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a list of all the ways you can entertain the kids
this summer, including several ideas for free
fun and for activities that are fun for family
members of all ages. We also have an updated
list of day-long camps that can be found at
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available, even during popular weeks in July
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Inside/Outside:
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Weekend events for the family.
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Even as some wonder if
there really is an economic
recovery underway, gas
prices are creeping up.
Experts now think that
when the economy heats
back up gas will easily
surpass $5 per gallon, possibly hitting $10 a
gallon by 2015.
While these types of predictions have been
made before and not come true, it seems
reasonable for us to consider the possibility and
the ramifications to our local economy. It might
even be a good idea to start planning for that
eventuality.
One of the main planning thrusts has been
to look at high-speed rail from the Merrimack
Valley into Boston. For Concord, Manchester
and Nashua this would be a huge boon, though
such a rail line wouldn’t come cheaply. New
Hampshire has already lost out on millions
for the stimulus package because the state
turned down the idea of planning a Boston-toMontreal rail line in 2004. Rail does seem to be
one of those few issues that unite Republicans
and Democrats; and while the state is already
dealing with increasing costs and decreasing
revenue, rail needs to be on the agenda or we’ll
never be ready for $10 gas.
In Manchester a group aptly named
Manchester Moves is filling in where local
government doesn’t do a good job of treading,
focusing on turning abandoned rail beds into
bicycle and walking trails. Already people are
using the trail on the West Side and many more
miles could be used up. Trails could be linked
up from Goffstown village to Newmarket.
What a selling point to retiring Boomers — live
in a city, bike into the country.
Nashua has the beginnings of an excellent
trail system along the river, as does Concord. In
fact, it might be possible to link them all up.
Of course bicycling is not a reasonable
solution to $10 gasoline. Riding to work is only
workable a few days a year when you factor
in rain and winter. While mass transit, such as
trains and buses, is useful to take people into
larger cities, such as Boston, they too can’t
solve how we’ll get around affordably if gas
goes that high.
It’s likely a mixture of trails, mass transit and
market solutions, such as electric cars, all aided
by civic groups and the government, will be the
mostly likely and successful solutions. There
will be no silver bullet.
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During your annual checkup, your primary care provider
suggests you schedule a colonoscopy. Immediately you
begin to make lists of things to do to avoid making an
appointment.You may have heard about the time and
preparation the procedure takes, but it is what you
haven’t heard that will calm you and give you the
confidence to schedule this lifesaving exam.
What is a colonoscopy?
A colonoscopy is an important screening tool for
colorectal cancer, also known as cancer of the large
intestine (colon). It is the second leading cause of cancer
death in the U.S., but also one of the most preventable.
Beginning at age 50, women and men should talk to their
primary care providers about scheduling a screening
colonoscopy.
Too many people each year simply do not have this
simple and painless procedure because of false
perceptions, and the effects can be devastating.
How long will it take?
The exam itself takes approximately 30 minutes and is
done in an outpatient setting.You will be put into a light
sleep with anesthesia during the procedure, so you will
need someone to drive you home.
How do I prepare?
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If you are age 50 or older, talk with you health care
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Routine Screening Saves a Life
When it was time for Patti to
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at the recommended age of 50,
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registered nurse, she knew the
importance of receiving this
recommended screening.The screening for Patti
revealed a small area of concern, but since Patti was
very healthy and had no family history of colon cancer,
it was recommended that she return in two years
(instead of the recommended ten years) for a followup screening.When Patti returned for the follow-up
colonoscopy in June of 2007, she received a diagnosis
that no one had expected to hear: colon cancer.
Luckily, Mark Mallek, MD, a gastroenterologist at
St. Joseph Hospital, had found the cancer in the early
stages. After receiving surgery in August, Patti started
chemotherapy at the Oncology Center at St. Joseph
Hospital.Today, the former marathon runner is on the
road to recovery. She credits her recovery not only to
the team of health care professionals who provided her
care throughout the process, but to the constant
messages she received about the importance of getting
a colonoscopy.
“The best defense against colorectal cancer is
routine screenings,” states Dr. Mallek. “Unfortunately,
many people are delaying these life-saving screenings
due to higher co-pays and deductibles. Finding cancer
early gives patients the best chance at survival and
avoiding long-term expenses associated with cancer
treatments.”
The American Cancer Society recommends that all
adults begin screening for colorectal cancer at age 50.
People at higher risk should begin earlier.Talk to your
primary care provider about your risk and when to
begin screening. For risk assessment tools or to listen
to Patti’s full story, please visit our website at
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Among the many, many pieces of the $11.6
billion state budget plan drawing attention this
week is a measure that would extend the rooms
and meals tax to camping. The budget plan
also increases the tax from 8 percent to 9 percent. Legislators were expected to vote on the
plan Wednesday. The tax would apply to tent
camping and recreational vehicles. The Concord
Monitor reported nearly 40 people protested the
tax Monday, June 22, at the Statehouse. The tax
already applied to cabins.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
announced Monday, June 22, that more than
$134.5 million is available for New Hampshire
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to be used for education reform and to
save teacher jobs. The Granite State will be eligible for another $66 million in the fall, a U.S.
Department of Education press release said.
New Hampshire has already received $42.6 million in stimulus funds, the release said.
The whispers are growing stronger for
Attorney General Kelly Ayotte to run for
Judd Gregg’s Senate seat in 2010. Ayotte, a
Republican, has been noncommittal in reports.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes announced
earlier this year he would run for the seat.
According to NHPoliticalReport.com, Nashua businessman Fred Tausch is also a potential
contender for Gregg’s seat.
The Executive Council unanimously confirmed Carol Ann Conboy to the New Hampshire
Supreme Court. Conboy, nominated by Gov. John
Lynch, will fill the post of the retired Justice Richard Galway. Conboy, 61, of Bow, has served as an
Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior
Court since 1992. She will be the second woman
to serve on the state’s Supreme Court.
The Council also unanimously approved
Lynch’s selection of Amy Ignatius to serve on
the state Public Utilities Commission. Ignatius
has served as director of the state Office of Energy and Planning since 2006.
The city of Nashua turns 156 years old Saturday, June 27. The Nashua Public Library will
air films of the city’s centennial parade in 1953
and its sesquicentennial parade in 2003.
Bike swap
The first annual Bike Swap in Concord will
benefit the Central New Hampshire Bicycle
Coalition. People are asked to donate bicycles
or bring them for consignment, said Nicholas
Coates of the Program for Alternative Transportation and Health. “We’ll take anything and
everything,” Coates said, and bikes not sold
will be used for programs like a new bike-sharing program or donated to people who lack other
transportation. Donate bikes at S&W Sports, 296
South Main St. in Concord, until 8 p.m. Friday,
June 26. The sale will take place Saturday from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon.
For consignment, the owner keeps 75 percent and
the Coalition takes 25 percent. Call 228-1441.
Money: still not growing on trees
State budget process especially painful this year
By Jeff Mucciarone
jmucciarone@hippopress.com
State legislators were set to vote Wednesday,
June 24, on an $11.6 billion state budget. Controversial entertainment and refinancing taxes, along
with expanded gambling, didn’t take hold in the
plan, but 750 state workers will lose their jobs.
“This was an extraordinary budget,” Sen.
Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter, said Monday. “There
are cuts in this plan that no one likes”
“It has the good, the bad and the ugly in it,”
said Rep. Neal Kurk, R-Weare. He said most of
the good is what is not in the budget, such as
the gambling bill, a capital gains tax, a death tax
and the refinancing tax. Kurk said the bad is the
increase of the rooms and meals tax, the tax on
gambling winnings, expansion of the business
profits tax to include limited liability companies
and raising fees. The ugly is relying on more
than $400 million worth of one-time money,
some of which is federal stimulus funds.
Legislators say this year was especially difficult considering the $550 million deficit for the
coming biennium. The budget plan would close
the Laconia prison, raise the tobacco tax by 45
cents, increase the rooms and meals tax by 1 percent and increase vehicle registration fees.
“This budget will do much harm to New
Hampshire,” said Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, DManchester. “There’s another way.” D’Allesandro
has long pushed for expanded gambling in New
Hampshire and said he is hopeful that if this
budget goes down, budget writers would give
gambling another look.
“I think the proposal reflects the really difficult time we’re in but also manages to protect
the most vulnerable people in New Hampshire,”
Hassan said. “It is a balanced budget leaving no
deficit in this fiscal year and no deficit in the next
biennium, which in difficult economic times is a
significant accomplishment.”
D’Allesandro said he wasn’t pleased with the
“11th hour” nature of some of the state budget
negotiations. He didn’t like the new 10-per-
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cent tax on gaming and expanding the rooms
and meals tax to include campgrounds. He said
Monday he would vote against the budget.
Hassan has heard the sentiment of “just cut
more” plenty this budget season. But that’s easier said than done. The state budget is about $11.6
billion but that includes all dedicated funds and
federal money. The $550 million shortfall was
largely in the state’s general fund, which is all
taxpayer money. To put it into perspective, closing down the Department of Corrections and the
judicial branch in their entireties for one year
would only save $175 million, Hassan said.
“It was like nothing any of the budget writers
on this team had seen before,” she said.
Hassan said very few proposals or ideas are new
to budget writers. The work begins well before
February. Officials are constantly altering proposals to meet the latest revenue estimates. Officials,
such as Gov. John Lynch, are also developing alternative proposals to use in case of an impasse.
Lynch a few weeks ago tossed out a proposal for
a 1-percent refinancing tax as a potential revenue
source. Realtors, bankers, developers and people
looking to refinance their homes weren’t happy.
Officials said the measure seemed counter to government efforts to keep people at risk of foreclosure
in their homes. It could have been devastating for
developers who often refinance a construction loan
several times in a few years. Legislators heard the
protest and the measure was never even voted on.
Then there was the entertainment tax, a 9-percent tax on movies, concerts and raceway tickets.
Some called it a “back-door” sales tax. Hassan says
the more ideas there are the better and said Lynch
didn’t want legislators to dismiss anything without properly examining it. While the entertainment
tax would have fallen on discretionary income,
legislators felt they shouldn’t enact it unless they
understood it better, Hassan said.
“People try to bring out as many options
as they can, especially when the budget is as
tough as this one was,” Hassan said. “If you
don’t raise a lot of ideas and discuss them, you
might miss something.” Still, when a tax proposal receives negative backlash, Hassan said,
lawmakers can take a public relations hit for just
considering a controversial measure.
D’Allesandro said legislators will occasionally float bad proposals in hopes of scaring folks
into supporting something else that’s less bad.
It might work politically from time to time, but
D’Allesandro said that can be a dangerous strategy. While the entertainment tax concept has been
bounced around since the early 1990s, the refinancing tax was new. Kurk said sometimes officials
make proposals in an effort to get ideas or concepts
taken more seriously in a future budget year.
Hassan said budget writers from the House
and Senate are in constant contact over all things
budgetary. Officials are also meeting with state
agency heads and the public to gauge support for
particular measures. If the process has been done
right all along, by the time the budget gets to the
committee of conference process, there’s very
little that surprises negotiators, Hassan said.
“The committee of conference is not only reconciling issues, but reconciling them in light of
the most up-to-date information,” Hassan said.
The last 10 days of negotiations are equal
parts sharing information, exchanging positions
and attempting to persuade each other. When
the two bodies realize they aren’t going to move
each other, on say, expanded gambling or a capital gains tax increase, negotiators have to go
back to the drawing table, Hassan said.
“It’s a fluid process, a very human process,”
Hassan said.
Correction:
In the story “Life on camera” in the June 18-24 Hippo, Ryan Plaisted of MCAM TV-23 in Manchester, pointed out two programs that were particularly successful at the public television station.
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Golf: survival of the fittest
TPI is high-tech help for your swing
Brian Silfies, who owns One_2_One Brian’s Fitness in Concord,
joined with Barry Arvidson of Arvidson Chiropractic Center
in Tilton to offer a golf instruction program combining fitness
assessments, training and medical treatment. Silfies and
Arvidson teamed with Concord Country Club to offer the Titleist
Performance Institute’s (TPI) training program. Visit www.
golffitnessnh.com.
has got stuff they need to work on. Afterward,
people get a fitness handicap. People like that.
You might be a five for a handicap, but a 15 in
golf fitness. It gives them goals. ... You want
to get that handicap down. It makes it fun for
them. If you do the exercises, when we retest
you, hopefully the handicap went down.
Q:
How does the K-Vest work?
It uses two TV screens and a computer. ... It
will light up red if you move out of the zone
and green if you’re within it. It really helps
groove your swing. It reads how much variation you’ve got. ... It gives instant feedback.
When you look at a golf swing, what are
you keying in on?
There’s 13 different tests, each one testing
strength, flexibility and mobility and balance.
Those are the four key components in golf. ...
If anything hurts, we send them to the medical
guy and make sure he’s OK to play. ...
How typical is it for you to work with someone with swing problems?
Everybody has something they need to work
on. We’ve taken one guy through the [PGA
Tour], club pros, state champions. Everybody
How do you fix it?
Basically through exercises. You strengthen up the muscles in the core, abdominals, all
the muscles in the hips. ... It could be mobility issues with the upper spine. If that doesn’t
rotate, the only way to get the golf club back
is to pull your shoulders too far.
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What’s the response been so far?
It’s been positive. ... One thing that’s very
important is you get with the golf pro, work
with the K-Vest, now you’re increasing your
range of motion, strengthening, balance.
You’re changing everything. You may not
play so well at first. We’ve had some concerns
over that. We hope that people stick with it.
Basically, you’ve got a new body and you
need learn to play with it. You’ve got to stick
with it.
So people aren’t going to see the results on
the golf course overnight?
Exactly.
— Jeff Mucciarone
The Hippo is giving away tickets to Cirque du Soleil, which runs Wednesday, July 8,
through Sunday, July 12, at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
Hippo will give away a pair of tickets to four lucky readers!
Send your name, address and a daytime weekday phone number to contest@
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Old and valuable
Getting NH historic places noticed
By Jeff Mucciarone
jmucciarone@hippopress.com
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Regularly receiving requests from communities and property owners, the state Division
of Historical Resources must determine which
buildings and places are worthy of special distinction, like the Wilton Town Hall, and places
that may very well be special or unique but
aren’t likely to make the cut.
Peter Michaud, of the state Division of Cultural
Resources, believes historic preservation programs
are underutilized, and the state is hoping to turn
that around to get more properties listed.
“There’s wonderful resources out there,”
Michaud said.
The Wilton Town Hall was recently honored
with its placement on the National Register for Historic Places. Built in 1884, the Town Hall initially
consolidated town functions, including town offices, police, library and an auditorium. Today, the
Town Hall is a popular film-viewing destination.
The Town Hall made the cut in two areas
considered by the National Park Service when
determining historical significance: architecture and its association with events in history,
Michaud said.
“It’s a wonderful example of Queen Anne
style,” Michaud said, adding that its role in consolidating town functions was significant as
well.
Beyond architecture and association with
historic events, the Park Service considers asso-
ciations with famous or prominent people and
archeology. Assuming a smooth process, an eligible property can make the Register in as little
as four or five months. Michaud said the state
has one property that’s been in the works for a
few years now. In many cases, there’s no rush,
he said.
The state finds out about important places in
a variety of ways. Sometimes community members or property owners recognize something of
significance and they’d like to see it honored in
some way, Michaud said.
“We get quite a few calls that way,” Michaud
said. “That kicks off the National Register
process.”
Often the state needs to find out a little bit
about a building to determine if it’s worth investing the time and money in the process. The state
conducts its own intensive survey.
“The survey is a good identification step,”
Michaud said.
The survey lets community members analyze a property. Perhaps the property is ripe for
the National Register or the state’s own register
of historic places. State officials want detailed
descriptions of properties, historical context
and an explanation of overall significance, said
Mary Kate Ryan, state survey coordinator.
“[The state program] allows us to honor
properties that may not have what it takes to
be on the National Register, but are nonetheless important to communities and state history
and should have some recognition for that,”
The Wilton Town Hall was recently placed on the National Register for Historic Places.
Michaud said. “It’s another means for recognizing these places.”
Maybe the result of the survey is otherwise
— perhaps it’s a wonderful property but it’s not
matching the criteria.
“There are properties that have been looked at
within a community, but if you put them under
more scientific scrutiny, they wouldn’t make it,”
Michaud said. “That doesn’t mean they’re still
not important to a community.”
Michaud said recognizing properties brings a
national recognition, a national context to them.
Researchers would have access to information
on such places on a national level. Michaud also
said there’s a current effort in Washington, D.C.,
to make historic information digital to allow
easier access.
Especially in the case of municipally owned
buildings, there are federal grants available for
renovation work on historic properties. Privately owned historic buildings would be eligible
for preservation tax incentives, up to a 20-percent tax credit equal to the total rehabilitation
cost, Michaud said.
In December the state announced that Concord’s Old North Cemetery had been placed on
the National Register for its connection to historic events. The cemetery is also the final resting
place of President Franklin Pierce.
Visit www.wiltontownhalltheatre.com. Visit
www.nh.gov/nhdhr or call 271-3483.
Hot on the trail of NH’s cold cases
Budget provides federal money for pursuit
By Jeff Mucciarone
jmucciarone@hippopress.com
It was more than five years ago that Hanson,
Mass., native Maura Murray disappeared in
Haverhill. It has been 26 years since the bodies
of two 15-year-old girls, Diane Compagna and
Anne Psaradelis, were discovered by a hunter in
Candia. Just two years before that, Kathy Lynn
Gloddy’s body was found in Franklin.
All these years later, still no answers. There
are more than 100 cold cases in New Hampshire. Some may be close to an arrest. Some are
currently missing persons cases that, with a little
work, would likely soon become criminal investigations as well. Others may never be solved.
But with federal funding on the way, the Granite State will have a team of investigators slated
solely to work on the state’s cold cases.
Rep. Peyton Hinkle, R-Merrimack, sponsored the cold case bill, which passed the Senate
three weeks ago.
“I think there are cases, with the work of the
unit, that we can solve,” said Attorney General
Kelly Ayotte.
The cold case unit, which will consist of two
state police detectives, one full-time prosecutor and one part-time investigator, could be up
and running by this fall. Officials will meet with
investigators from the major crimes office, prosecutors and local police to evaluate which cases
are closest to being solved so the unit can be
most productive, Ayotte said.
“It’s one of those things [where] there’s a
hodge-podge of different organizations and
they’re all good people but the problem is,
they’re not all connected,” said private investigator and former police officer Seldon Nason.
“There has to be some sort of cohesive effort.”
Hippo | June 25 - July 1, 2009 | Page Hinkle began thinking about the bill about
four years ago when he read a news story about
retired police detective Joseph Horak, who
has devoted his life to solving the murders of
Compagna and Psaradelis. Horak was initially
assigned to the case in 1973, but still works to
solve the cold case today, even publishing three
books about it, the last one including the name
of the man Horak believes killed the two girls.
“I thought it’s just not right that this case can
go all these years and nobody seems to be trying
to solve it,” Hinkle said.
Just last year, Hinkle read an article about a
Manchester man who was arrested as the result
of the work of a cold case unit in Maine. Maine
police officers had had a man under suspicion
for quite some time, and with officers staying on
top of the case, he finally admitted to the murder, Hinkle said.
“When I read that, I thought old cases can be
solved,” Hinkle said. “That gave me the idea
of putting together a cold case unit for state
police.”
Hinkle began making phone calls to law
enforcement officials trying to get a sense of
where they were on old cases. He found officers in the state police’s major crimes unit to be
so bogged down with more current cases, it was
hard for them to make time to pick up the pieces
on older cases. Hinkle found a similar impression at Ayotte’s office.
“There are current cases that come in that
need immediate attention,” Ayotte said.
Nason said some of these cases simply need
manpower.
“Certainly the most important trait is having
somebody at least doing the work,” said Nason,
who is president of the New Hampshire League
of Investigators.
Since he drafted the plan, Hinkle has done
further investigation of the state’s cold cases, gathering evidence from Murray’s family
and from the Massachusetts-based Molly Bish
Foundation, which offers support in finding
missing persons.
“There’s a long list of cold cases both in New
Hampshire and Vermont,” Hinkle said. “When
I first got involved I had no idea it was this big.
Some of the private investigators have been just
donating their own time to work on these cases free of charge to family members. They were
very helpful.”
“To me the hero in all this is Joe Horak,” Hinkle said. “He’s been so persistent through the
years. He’s retired but he’s still continued to
work on this.”
There are several cases in New England
where private investigators are working pro
bono on missing persons cases.
“I’m surprised somebody didn’t do this a long
time ago,” said private investigator and former
state trooper John Healy. Healy has spent countless hours attempting to find information on the
whereabouts of Murray, who seemingly disappeared after a minor car crash on Route 112 in
Haverhill. “I’m excited. I’m very happy.”
Healy explained cases can go cold pretty
easily.
“At some point you run out of sources,”
Healy said. “You’re stuck until new sources
come along at some point. Sometimes you don’t
have sources. Sometimes people don’t cooperate. State police are understaffed and so busy.
When you run short of sources, and leads start
to peter out, and then another case and another case and another case gets piled on your desk,
you just reach the proverbial dead end.”
Solving cold cases isn’t easy but one key
ingredient that a cold case unit could use is a
change in relationships. Over time, people can
have a change of heart, guilt weighs on them or
perhaps close friends have a falling out.
“Memories change and relationships change,”
Healy said. “Somebody might lie to you three
days after an event to protect a friend. Seven
years later, maybe somebody has done harm to
you and you’re not worried about that allegiance
anymore.”
A few years ago, a woman provided needed
information on a 1985 murder in Hooksett that
lead to an arrest and a conviction, Healy said.
“That’s a perfect example,” he said.
While relationships can change over time for
the better in terms of an investigation, time also
leads to another hurdle — death. Nason said
he’s had several witnesses and suspects die in a
23-year-old cold case in Windham.
When private investigators come across
something they think could be evidence or otherwise useful to a case, they forward it to the
prosecuting attorney. It’s one-way communication, Healy said, adding it should be that way.
The frustrating part for investigators and family
is that it’s hard to know if they are finding useful
information or something police already found
or know about. Officials can’t provide families
with those details as it could compromise investigations, Healy said.
“We don’t sit down and have team meetings,”
Healy said, adding private investigators can
also serve as buffers between law enforcement
and grieving families who may not understand
police protocols. “We’re trying to be an additional resource.”
Private investigators also try to keep media up
to date on cases, as any story might hit a nerve
with the right person, Healy said.
Healy figured on most cold cases the odds
are about 50/50 that investigators have someone in mind as a suspect.
“Suspecting is a lot different than being able
to prove it in a court of law,” Healy said.
Nason said he’s usually considering a particular person as a suspect, but often the evidence
just isn’t there to support an arrest. Gathering the evidence comes down to money. Law
enforcement need to justify the cost of generating that evidence. Police might want to
indefinitely tail a particular suspect but manpower might not allow it, Nason said.
“Often times there is a viable suspect, but
because of resources, financial abilities, there
just isn’t enough evidence,” Nason said.
It’s not like the stories on television in shows
like CSI or Law and Order. There are some
criminals who are smart enough to cover their
tracks or to plan out a crime. But most incidents
are crimes of opportunity or passion, Nason
said, and crimes fitting those molds typically
leave evidence.
“It all goes back down to time and manpower, working the streets,” Nason said. “Putting
your feet on the street, talking to people, just
being persistent.”
In the Murray case, Healy said investigators
keep widening the circle and re-interviewing witnesses, sometimes four or five times.
Repeated interviews can be tough on witnesses, Healy said.
Cold case investigations are also about people skills. Considering witnesses have been
hounded by police, media and private investi-
gators, gaining their trust and helping them see
that it’s worthwhile to talk again can be challenging, Nason said.
“We interviewed a potential witness in the
Maura Murray case for the third time,” Healy
said. “By accident, we just went up there and
ran into him. He gave us a piece of information
he didn’t give before because nobody asked the
right question. Sometimes you just don’t ask
the right question. People want to share. They
want to be honest. We just didn’t ask the magic question.”
The most important thing is getting out there
and doing the old gum-shoe work on the streets.
Persistence is key, Nason said.
Especially for older cases, witnesses have
relocated so tracking them down and subsequently visiting them can grow costly. Nason
said he recently traveled to Tennessee to meet
with a witness in a cold case. A private investigator has to justify that type of trip to a paying
client, knowing he might not turn up anything.
The state would have far more resources in that
regard, Nason said.
If nothing else, a cold case unit would consolidate the flow of information.
A lot of attention is rightfully given to providing closure to families who have suffered a
tragedy. Cold cases also present a public safety issue. The longer a case goes unsolved, the
longer a dangerous person remains free. Nason
said violent offenders typically re-offend.
“What’s the cost of a human life?” Nason
asked. “That’s what it all comes down to.”
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Breaking ground this fall off Exit 5
By Jeff Mucciarone
jmucciarone@hippopress.com
The YMCA of Greater Nashua is getting a
new home in the Gate City.
The YMCA, which also has facilities in
Merrimack, is moving forward with a capital
campaign to help raise the $10.1 million needed to build a new facility just off Exit 5 of the
Everett Turnpike, next to Stellos Stadium, said
CEO Mike LaChance. The YMCA has been in
its current downtown location at 17 Prospect
St. since 1964.
In existence locally for 122 years, the Prospect Street building will cost too much to
renovate — $4.5 million — considering needed upgrades to meet ADA compliance laws,
LaChance said. The YMCA was first located on Temple Street in Nashua before moving
to its current location. LaChance is hoping to
break ground on the new YMCA this fall and to
have a completed building in fall 2010.
“So this is the next evolutionary step, moving to a new site,” LaChance said, adding the
YMCA has entered into an agreement with the
City, in which Nashua owns the land and the
YMCA will own the building.
The existing facility, along with costly renovation, also has limited parking, with just 79
spaces, LaChance said. “That just doesn’t meet
our need.”
After deciding to build a new YMCA building, officials worked out a deal to sell the existing
property to Southern New Hampshire Medical
Center, which sits next door. The proceeds from
the sale would help finance new construction.
Capital campaign volunteers and workers are
striving to raise $3 million. The balance of the
cost would be debt-financed, LaChance said.
“It’s been great so far,” LaChance said of
capital campaign efforts. “We’ve got some
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great volunteers to help with the campaign.
Things are really happening.”
The volunteer corps includes Hudson residents Portia, 8, and Nina Butrym, 9, who sold
lemonade to kick off their first fundraising
event two weeks ago for the capital campaign.
The youngsters pledged to raise $1,000 and
raised about $500 Sunday, June 14, selling lemonade. LaChance said the two were inspired by
their mother, Jenny Butrym, who works for the
campaign. Portia and Nina, after deciding they
wanted to help, spent a day or so with a notebook writing down ideas for how they could
raise money. So far, lemonade has been a success, LaChance said.
The new building will be a little more than
40,000 square feet, compared to the current
55,000-square-foot building. LaChance said a
detailed review revealed the YMCA could be
a more efficient facility in terms of space, even
if it increases its membership by as much as 50
percent.
Soon to be outside downtown, LaChance
said offering a public transportation option is
important as well. The new facility will feature
a bus stop right at the YMCA.
“No matter where you live, you can get there
via public transportation,” LaChance said, adding there has been a perception that lots of people
walk to the YMCA currently. The YMCA has
found that largely not the case, he said.
The new building will be family-oriented,
including features such as a family aquatic pool
in addition to the typical six-lane pool, and a
family adventure center. There will also be studios for dance, yoga, pilates and other group
exercise classes. The building will include an
after-school childcare center, a multi-purpose
room for seniors and a large wellness facility.
Visit www.nmymca.org. Call 880-6049.
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The Book Cellar has opened a new store in
Manchester that will provide an outlet for students looking to sell used textbooks.
University bookstores typically don’t buy
back books that have changed editions, which
leaves many students out of luck. That’s where
The Book Cellar, which has a general bookstore in Nashua, comes in. The new store is
located at 1279 South Willow St., next to Daddy’s Junky Music.
“We’ve always dealt with textbooks,” said
manager Loralee Reyes, who added the store
has been selling textbooks online for about 10
years and The Book Cellar is about two years
old now in Nashua. The Book Cellar is owned
by Milford resident Allard Deu, who has been
in the book industry for more than 25 years.
The Manchester location, which opened
May 2, not only buys and sells used textbooks;
it also carries new editions. The store focuses on technical and professional-level books,
Reyes said.
“We wanted to get closer to the students
around here,” Reyes said. Nashua is a little too
far away for many students attending college
in the Manchester area. The location, right off
the highway and close to the mall, makes for a
promising business, Reyes said.
Reyes said the life cycles of textbooks can
be short, even for math books. New editions
can pop up every couple years.
“They are so expensive,” Reyes said, and
accordingly, she’s seen more students shopping around to save on their books. The Book
Cellar can save students up to 40 percent off
the cost of current editions. Older editions that
still may be sufficient for a course could save
students up to 80 percent, Reyes said. Whereas school bookstores won’t take older editions,
The Book Cellar can still get something for
the books’ reference value. “We’ll buy pretty
much anything,” Reyes said.
And while there are online deals for textbook-shoppers, students are sometimes under
time constraints to begin reading a book before
they fall behind in their studies waiting for
books to be shipped to them. The Book Cellar
gives students the real thing right away.
“It is a problem,” Reyes said of the wait for
shipping. “...It might take a week, or they get
the wrong book. I’ve heard all the horror stories. With us, you can look on the Web site and
see if we have it at either retail store.”
Visit www.bookcellaronline.com. For the
Manchester store, call 836-5000. The Nashua
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Joe Goodwin is trying to give back. He says
he wants to help put New Hampshire on the
map in terms of fitness and athletics.
Goodwin opened Powerhouse Fitness at
18A Russell Ave. in Goffstown in February.
Along with one-on-one training at his Goff-
stown studio, Goodwin is trying to get more
involved with high school and college athletic
teams. He says many New Hampshire coaches
and athletes lack expertise in proper training
and conditioning. That’s one of the places
his new business fits. The other end of Powerhouse Fitness is working with non-athletes
looking to make a life change or to simply
shed a few pounds.
A certified nutritionist and master professional trainer, Goodwin attended Suffolk
University and had been working at the Boston
Sports Club in Boston. Now, the 22-year-old
Stratham native is taking what he’s learned
back to the Granite State. So far, Powerhouse
Fitness is doing well. Along with teaching athletes and coaches how to properly train, he
also works with athletes on proper nutrition.
“I grew up playing basketball — my whole
family did,” Goodwin said. He said he saw the
level of athlete from other areas of the country and he found that New Hampshire athletes
simply didn’t compare. They were at a disadvantage, he said.
“A majority of New Hampshire players who
have potential are just not taught the correct
way to train until they’re actually in college,”
Goodwin said, adding that players from other
parts of the country have been training properly at that point for up to 10 years.
Three years ago when Goodwin went to
Indiana, 12- to 14-year-old kids were getting
up every day at 5:30 a.m. to train, he said.
“You don’t have that knowledge with the
correct training ... as other states,” Goodwin
said. And if people are training incorrectly,
injuries will likely happen, he said. Furthermore, if athletes don’t train properly coming
back from injuries, the problem area is only
going to be more susceptible to reoccurring
injuries in the future, Goodwin said.
In New Hampshire, Goodwin sees many
coaches who are volunteers. He’s hoping
he can lend a little guidance to coaches and
players so they can get the most out of their
abilities.
“Some people who have that potential just
need a little more,” Goodwin said.
He’s trained college athletes in basketball,
track and field, hockey, football and soccer, so
he’s open to working with any athlete.
But in his studio in Goffstown, the majority
of the people he works with are non-athletes,
and he says that’s just as important. He said
there are two sides to the business.
“This is also for people who need to get in
shape for health reasons or to just feel better,”
Goodwin said.
“The majority of people who do go to the
gym train improperly,” Goodwin said. “They
don’t get the results they want. They have no
motivation left and they stop coming.”
Goodwin said he doesn’t want people wasting their time at the gym without guidance and
without results, while also risking injury.
Visit www.nhpowerhousefitness.com. Call
770-5143. — JM
Quick change
Sick of waiting at the mechanic for an oil
change? Motivated Automotive Maintenance
Specialists will come to you.
Celebrating its first birthday, the vehicle maintenance company has seen business
spike recently despite the tough economy, said
Kate Shaw, who co-owns the business with
Keith Mochida. Based in Nashua, Motivated
Automotive offers a few different oil change
packages, checks air conditioners and provides air conditioner charges, replaces filters,
rotates tires and replaces windshield wipers.
“We do most of the preventative vehicle maintenance that an express place would
do,” Shaw said. “Everything we need is in our
van.”
Mechanics do an inspection of the vehicle,
making clients aware of anything that might
be broken or headed in that direction. All in
all, the company’s mechanics are usually in
and out within about 30 minutes, depending
on the work that’s done, Shaw said.
“They listen for the ticks, the dongs and the
ding,” Shaw said, adding that although the
company doesn’t perform repairs, its mechanics will provide advice and referrals.
The company got started about 16 months
ago. Mochida, who had been out of work,
and Shaw, who had been self-employed for
several years, had been discussing business
opportunities. After a day of driving around to
job interviews, Mochida took note of a variety of mobile businesses — dry cleaning, dog
grooming, windshield replacement.
“Why not us?” Shaw asked.
Mochida had previously worked as a computer engineer, but had extensive experience
as a mechanic during his time in the Navy and
helping his grandfather growing up, Shaw
said.
“He threw the idea out there,” Shaw said.
“We did the research. We liked it. We thought
we could make this work.”
In Shaw’s experience as a mother taking
care of kids and trying to run errands, getting
to car appointments was always a hassle, even
at express places.
“You never know if you’ll have to wait 10
minutes or two hours,” Shaw said. “To me from
that perspective, it sounded fantastic. It sounded like something we could market, especially
with the time crunch families are under.”
The company typically operates from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday for individual customers, but will operate before and
after hours for clients with fleets of vehicles.
With two vans and two mechanics per van,
teams travel as far as Boston’s Seaport to the
south and currently as far as Concord to the
north, Shaw said.
For entities like rental car companies, Motivated Automotive can be particularly helpful.
Instead of having to pay an employee to drive a
car to a mechanic for maintenance, which would
turn into lost revenue, a company can have
Motivated come right to the location and perform services while the vehicle isn’t being used.
“Our goal is to put more trucks on the road,
putting more local people back to work,”
Shaw said.
Depending on where the client is, Motivated
Automotive usually books individual appointments a week in advance. A basic oil change
costs $39.95, with no additional fees, unless
more extensive work is requested. The basic
package includes an oil change, replacing the
oil filter and topping off fluids. They do not
charge installation fees for things like air filters
or light bulbs. Motivated Automotive recycles
all its oil rags, filters and waste oil.
The company partnered with the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation and is donating $5 for every
“Red Carpet Oil Service,” which is the top-level
package, costing $54.95, and includes vacuuming, window-washing and a safety inspection,
on top of the basic service. The donation program will continue until next March.
Call 800-808-2752. Visit www.motivatedservice.com and fill out a contact form for a
chance to win a year’s worth of Red Carpet Oil
Services. — Jeff Mucciarone
June 25, 2009
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Be on the look out for E. coli
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least temporarily. Due to concerns of E. coli contamination, Nestle has
recalled all of its prepackaged Toll House cookie dough. The state has
identified two cases of E. coli related to the recall, one in March and
one in May. Both have recovered. Officials are still investigating the
outbreak, a DHHS press release said. Typically cooking the product as
directed will kill the bacteria but consumers are advised to discard any
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Back in the game
At least temporarily, the Merrimack Youth Association (MYA) will maintain its town funding, preserving youth sports, the Telegraph reported this
week. Last month, the Merrimack Town Council had proposed phasing out
direct town funding to the MYA over the next five years. On Monday, June
22, the MYA reportedly reached a one-year agreement to continue public
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The NBA draft is
Thursday, but with
it regarded as the
weakest in years and
the Celtics picking somewhere in the 50s it
doesn’t have many on the edge of their seats.
But, as generally is the case, the rumor mill is
grinding away and surprisingly Rajon Rondo
seems to be at the middle of most of them.
The most popular is Rondo going to Memphis for the second pick that they’d use on
Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, who had
everyone but me agog over him during last
summer’s Olympics. I’ll freely admit I’ve had
my misses on guys (UCLA’s Ed O’Bannon
comes to mind) and since Danny Ainge is
a great judge of talent even I’d listen to him
before I’d listen to me. But unless Steve Nash
materialized to start, as Rubio developed, it
doesn’t make sense, since the Big Three
doesn’t want to go into maybe their last shots
at a title with a rookie point guard in tow.
Danny and Doc apparently have issues
with Rondo’s occasional on-court inconsistency and off-court maturity. But while what
I’m saying could be moot when you read
this, I’m betting they’re sending a message
and aren’t real serious about trading a rising
NBA star. So with that said, let’s get to getting the team back in position to win another
NBA title.
They’ve got three ways to approach it,
with Kevin Garnett being the key piece to
all three. They need to determine how long
KG with be a top 5 player (two years), one
in the top 10 as the inevitable slip takes place
(year three) and a top 20 player (year four and
five maybe) and then lay out a plan around the
answers to those three questions. The other
big issue is salary cap maneuverability. Since
the Big Three are over it by themselves, they
don’t have any. That’s why they got nothing
done at the trading deadline because none of
the remaining players were making enough
money to balance off the salary of a veteran
who could help. Thus they need to address
that too.
Plan A – Go for it again and the future
be damned: You only get so many shots at
the brass ring so ride the Big Three hard for
another year with the notion Ray Allen won’t
be back when his contract expires in 2010.
Then use their $5.5 million salary cap exemption to fill in the holes on the bench for a guy
who can play defense at the three while scoring a little and for some size behind Kendrick
Perkins, and KG. It also means it’s a one- (or
maybe two-) and-done approach. But it gives
them the best chance to win it next year.
Possible Options: Two free agents who
come to mind are Grant Hill and Antonio
McDyess. They’re near the end but still have
a little left in the tank and are high-character
guys who’ve already made a lot of money so
maybe they’ll come for less to go for a ring.
The biggest issue is they’ll have five of their
top eight in their middle 30s, which equates
to high risk in the injury department, and if
they come at the wrong time of the year, that’s
trouble.
Plan B – Extend it to a three-year target:
My guess is KG will be a top 10 player in
year three. So if you go this way you need a
two guard for year two and three. So it means
looking to trade Ray Allen now to a team in
search of the salary cap space he’ll provide
for the vaunted 2010 free agent class. It could
also get them younger and give better contractual control for his replacement since Ray’s up
in 2010. It may also offer the opportunity to
add depth if it’s a two-for-one or a larger deal
involving Brian Scalabrine’s $3.3 million
salary. But it’s trading a guy who’s obviously still got game who, while not playing well
against Orlando, had a great season and playoff vs. the Bulls when he scored 51 in a game.
That also means his trade value may never be
higher than it is right now.
Possible Options: Milwaukee (Michael
Redd), Detroit (Richard Hamilton), Houston (Tracy McGrady) are three big names
whose teams want to cut payroll, clear space
for 2010 or have done well when he’s been
out with injuries so it might be time to move
on. Only Hamilton, who might help attract
McDyess, would create the salary cap maneuverability they need, so my pick is him.
Plan C – Extend it to Garnett’s five-year
window: This one involves building the team
around Garnett and the young core of Rondo,
Kendrick Perkins and Big Baby Davis while
seeking salary cap maneuverability by trading
Paul Pierce. Yes I know he’s a lifelong Celtic
and I love Pierce. But that’s exactly how I felt
when the original Big Three began to decline
and then lived through TWENTY years of
NBA irrelevancy before last year. Sorry, not
willing to do that again. I want to see them
win now and position themselves to win after
this Big Three is a very pleasant memory.
Because of the pounding he gets from taking
it to the basket and rebounding in a position
that requires quickness, he’ll be the first of the
three to decline. And, while it’s true he made
some big shots in the playoffs, he looked
slow and unfocused for long stretches as well.
He’s got two high-level years left. So with the
knowledge that his value may never be higher, as Branch Rickey says: “I’d rather trade a
guy a year too early than a year too late.”
It’s risky because it’s doubtful they’ll get
back in one guy the kind of scorer he is now.
So they need to get the kind of deal Harry Sinden got when he did the unthinkable
by sending Phil Esposito to the Rangers for
Brad Park and Jean Ratelle. Young’ns and
non-hockey folks check the glossary for the
particulars. But in short, he traded an A+ and
C player for a younger A- and B+ that kept
them strong in the short term and in contention after Espo declined.
Possible Options: Eric Gordon and Marcus Camby from the Clippers. Gordon won’t
be as good as Pierce, but he scored 16.5 as
a rookie and adds another low-cost high-ceiling young’n to the core. Camby gives them
size, experience, solid defensive skills and
an expiring $10 million contract to go with
Allen’s expiring deal to give them $26 million
coming off the cap as Dwayne Wade, Chris
Bosh and LeBron James become free agents
in the summer of 2010.
I’m leaning to Plan C because it gives the
best chance to be good for a five-year period
and because of the possibility of Wade, who
is as good as Kobe and younger. But if Rondo’s gone by now, all bets are off and it’s back
to the drawing board for me.
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Carpenter building strength,
Local golfer meets Tiger
Alumni News: Saturday’s 7-1 win over KC is
the latest news local hurler Chris Carpenter is
building a nice season after a year plus of little
activity thanks to an assortment of arm injuries.
The Bedford righty got the win after giving up
just a run and three hits while striking out six
over seven innings. It moved him to 5-1 on the
year with a 1.53 earned run average over 58.2
innings when he’s struck out 43 and walked just
nine batters. His five 2009 wins give him 105 in
his career against 71 loses.
Sports 101: Joe Torre moved into fifth place
all-time for games won by a manager with a 3-2
win over Nomar and the A’s on Thursday night.
Who are the four managers ahead of Torre on
the list?
Tiger Tale: After his showing at the U.S.
Open maybe Tiger Woods should have changed
places with local legend Mike Grady a while
back when the 14-time winner of golf’s majors
stopped by to give him a few tips. The meeting
came at a clinic at the Grand Cypress Resort
near Tiger’s Orlando, Fla., home as the result
of the owner of Elm Street’s Collector Heavens
winning a clinic from a sales promotion from a
sports collectible retailer.
Alumni News II: After a rough 1-5 start, exMemorial Crusader Chris (leg of) Lambert has
picked it up for Maxwell Q. Klinger’s favorite baseball club. He’s won two of his last three
and over his last four games he’s given up just
three earned runs over 26.2 innings when he
The Numbers:
1:07:44 – best time by a
local in Saturday’s grueling
race to the top of Mt. Washington, turned in by Juan
Guillermo of Milford, which
was good for 12th place
overall.
1:29:22 – time it took
Amherst’s Cathy Merra to
reach the finish line with the
top local female time at the
49th annual Mt. Washington Road Race, which made
her the 12th-place finisher as
well.
16 – Eastern League-leading number of homers by the
allowed 17 hits and struck out 20 for his Toledo Mudhens.
Walk-off Hit of the Week: While the walkoff part is not accurate since the guy who hit it
was running full speed to first, it did have the
same impact as if Nick Gorneault’s bottomof-the-ninth-inning single was a homer since
it scored Brian Dopirak to make the F-Cats a
2-1 winner over the Akron Aeros on Thursday
night. And since it was his third hit in four at
bats, he gets offensive player of that game too.
Out-of-Town Scores: With nine interceptions between the teams you probably can’t call
it a neat and tidy game, but a win is a win is
a win for the Manchester Wolves, especially
given the recent struggles that have seen them
drop to 4-7 on the year. But they got win number five on Friday night with a 59-53 verdict
over the Mahoning Valley Thunder behind new
QB Mike Pott’s big day, which included five
TD passes while he was going 32 for 47 for 274
yards.
Sports 101 Answer: The four managers with
more wins than Torre are Connie Mack (3,791),
John McGraw (2,763), Tony LaRussa (2,469)
and Bobby Cox (2,357). And if you are wondering Torre moved past Sparky Anderson to
get to number five, and Mack with 3,948 is also
waaaay in front for most losses by a manager
all-time.
Fisher Cats’ Brain Dopirak,
which came during a 3-5 day
when the F-Cats beat Erie 82. He also leads the EL with
21 doubles.
73 – score carded by Manchester’s Pat Gocklin in
earning medalist honors at
NH State Amateur qualifier held at Concord Country
Club last week.
90 – points lost off the
combined batting averages of
Dustin Pedroia and Kevin
Youkilis since Jacoby Ellsbury and his game-breaking
speed were shifted out of the
lead-off spot in the Red Sox
batting order. Pedroia has
gone from .326 to .286 while
for Youk it’s .366 down to
.316.
134 – winning score posted by Walt Cutshall and
Dave Larrivee of Manchester CC at the NHGA Four
Ball Championships at Owls
Nest.
302,500 – dollars raised
over the eight years the Manchester Monarchs have held
their own at the Ace Baily
Golf Classic after the latest
haul of $30,000 raised last
week at the tourney held at
Manchester CC.
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Espo for Park and Ratelle: Shocking
1974 trade sending wildly popular Bruins
all-timer Phil Esposito to New York with
hasn’t-been-heard-from-since defenseman
Carol Vadnais for hated Ranger Brad Park
and smooth enter Jean Ratelle. Sent a guy
who’s scored an unheard of 76, 66, 55, 68
and 61 goals the previous six seasons for a
guy who’d just written a book ripping everyone in his new locker room. Bruins fans
were outraged, but Espo never scored more
than 42 again as his game declined from the
moment of the trade, while the Bruins stayed
in thick of it long after he left Beantown.
Ed O’Bannon: All lefty early ’90s California prep star forecast to be headed for
an all-world NBA career. Settled at UCLA
where knee injuries nearly derailed his
career. Recovered in time to lead them to
their first NCAA title since John Wooden and the dynasty left the building. Did
it with a flourish too, scoring 31 and grabbing 17 rebounds in the final. Lasted just
three NBA years where his knee woes and
tweener stature left him to small to play
the bigs and too slow to play the guards.
The D-Word: Refers to the word “dynasty,” which some hand out to successful
teams like youth leagues give out trophies.
Goes for a long period of sustained success
where a team wins it all a number of times
and is in the heat of the race when they don’t.
In my lifetime that includes the Celtics,
Yankees, Canadians, 49ers, the combined
Tom Landry AND Jimmy Johnson-Barry
Switzer Cowboys, UCLA basketball under
Wooden, as well as the 15 titles and 31 trips
to the finals Minneapolis-L.A. Lakers and
not the four in one decade but none before
and two 30 years later Steelers or the admirable three-in-four-years Patriots.
Grant Hill: Supposed to be the next
Michael Jordan after a celebrated career
at Duke. Played in four Final Fours under
Coach K, winning twice and carrying
the 1994 Dukies to a final-game loss to
Arkansas almost by himself. Most famous
moment was throwing the in-bounds pass
that led to Christian Laettner making
THEE basket vs. Kentucky in the greatest
college game ever. Perennial NBA AllStar in his early years until felled by foot
woes that forced him to miss more than 60
games in four of six seasons with Orlando,
though he did play in all 82 this past year.
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Upcoming events
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June 27 | Ferret Awareness Day at the 28 | Sand Sculpture viewing ends today. See www.
Londonderry Lions Club Hall, 256 Mammoth
Road in Londonderry, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Admission costs $3 for adults; children 12 and
under get in free.
River Jamboree at Waterfront Park at
Everett Arena in Concord from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. with a rubber duck race at 1:15 p.m. See
onconcord.com/recreation.
hamptonbeach.org.
Castle Quest medieval experience today from 1 to 4
p.m. at the Castle, 141 Union St. in Manchester. Cost is
$15 per person. See www.castlecreate.com.
Hollis Strawberry Fest from 2 to 4 p.m. with strawberry
shortcakes and sundaes along with music and activities
at Monument Square in Hollis.
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A kids’ guide
to summer
Stuff to do, places to go
and things to see for kids
and the whole family
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Summer vacation takes on a whole different meaning when it’s your kids, not
you, singing “school’s out for summer.”
Whether it’s a few days between camps,
a week of family staycation or a whole
summer of free time, you’re going to have
days when you need to find something to
do to entertain the kids. Luckily, you have
plenty of options, from classes and workshops that last only a few hours to events
where you can drop in at will. For those
looking to get a few more weeks of allday camp, slots are still available at some
area camps.
Whether it’s a weekend outing or something to add excitement or learning (that’s
OK, they don’t have to know) to a weekday, we’ve got your guide to a kid-friendly
summer. And who knows — there might
even be some fun for the older members
of the family as well.
Art
• Currier Art Center (180 Pearl St., Manchester,
669-6144, ext. 122, www.currier.org)
Classes & workshops: The summer art school offers
daylong camps as well as half-day classes that run for a
week and cost between $175 and $230 for age 5 through
adult. Class sessions start Monday, July 6. Registration is
required for all classes.
• Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester,
669-6144, www.currier.org)
Regular events: The museum offers Family Studio
every Wednesday, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Family Saturdays the
second Saturday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m., and Storytime in the Gallery the fourth Monday of
every month at 11:30 a.m.
Big events: “From Barks to Bowls: A Day of Turned
Wood” on Saturday, July 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. will correspond with the new exhibit “Turning
Wood Into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection,”
which opens July 3. The Saturday event (which features
free admission all day) will include demonstrations and
more. Older, literature-inclined kids might also be interested in the New Hampshire Poetry Slam team, which
will appear for a night of slam poetry on Thursday, Sept.
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3, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
• E.W. Poore (532 Front St. in Manchester, 622,
3802, www.ewpoore.com)
Classes & workshops: The air-conditioned studio is
available for use for $10 per visit. Six-week classes for 7
to 12 year olds in drawing and painting start in early July.
The cost is $90.
• Kimball-Jenkins School of Art (266 N. Main St. in
Concord, 229-0655, kimballjenkins.com)
Classes & workshops: Kimball-Jenkins offers summer
courses for teens and tweens on topics like manga starting
July 6. Teens can also take summer classes or workshops
with adults to build skills in photography, pottery, drawing
or painting). Fees range from $50 to about $275.
Libraries
• Amherst Town Library (14 Main St., Amherst,
673-2288, www.amherst.lib.nh.us)
Regular events: The library offers regular story
times (for which registration is required) including Paws
to Read with Anna and Leo every other Monday, 1011:15 a.m. in 15-minute increments, and Craft Storytime
for ages 7 and up and ages 3 to 6 alternate every other
Wednesday, 2:30-3:30 p.m. starting July 1.
Classes & workshops: The library offers a variety
of hour- to two-hour-long classes (many of which are in
writing) including for kids in middle school and older.
Go online to register.
Big events: The library will welcome guests such as Fungo or Slider from the Fisher Cats for story time on Friday,
July 10, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. and Norman the Amazing Magician on Monday, July 20, at 2 p.m. Bravery Soup
will be performed by the Riverbend Youth Company on
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Middle schoolers and
older can participate in the Ice Cream Taste Off on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 3:30-4:30 p.m. The End of Summer Reading
Cookout will be on the town green on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Registration is required for all events.
• Bedford Library (3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, 472-3023, www.bedford.lib.nh.us)
Regular events: The library offers monthly Friday
night movies (July 10 and Aug. 8 at 7
Camps p.m.), Scrabble on July 8 at 7 p.m., and
Many of the groups in this list offer day-long
camps. See updated information for summer camps
by clicking on this story at www.hipppopress.com.
The list was updated in early June and many camp
sessions are still available.
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10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Children’s Museum of New
Hampshire in Dover. See
www.childrens-museum.org.
Red, White & Blue Parade
of decorated bikes, trikes,
wagons and more at 2
p.m. at the Nashua Public
Library. See www.tinyurl.
com/nplkid.
3 | Fireworks
in Manchester
at Arms Park
at dusk (about
9:30 p.m.).
Entertainment
begins at
7:30 p.m.
Admission is
free.
Summer free for all!
• Looking for some last-minute, money-free weekend fun? The Currier
Museum of Art offers free admission to
all on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.
Kids under 18 always get in free, and on
Saturday mornings so can their drivers.
• Open Doors Manchester’s arts and
cultural tours in downtown Manchester
means free transportation (a free trolley
between events), free snacks (many of
the galleries are holding receptions for
artists) and stops at kid-friendly places
like SEE Science Center and the Millyard Museum. The remaining summer
trolley event is Thursday, June 25. See a
map at majestictheatre.net.
• Grease is on the bill for the Prescott
Park Arts Festival in Prescott Park on
Marcy Street in Portsmouth, Thursdays
and Sundays at 7 p.m. and Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m., June 26 through
Aug. 23. The event is free but donations are recommended; see www.
at noon at Merrimack High School; fireworks are held at dusk. See www.clubrunner.ca/
Merrimack.
Nashua’s Fourth of July includes a field day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and fireworks at 9
p.m. at Holman Stadium. Contact Parks & Recreation at 589-3370.
An old-fashioned Fourth of July will be held at Strawbery Banke, 14 Hancock St. in
Portsmouth, from noon to 5 p.m. with a parade, traditional games, historical events and
more. Tickets cost $15; children 17 and under get in free. See strawberybanke.org.
Fireworks in Concord at Memorial Field at dusk (9:15 p.m.); gate opens at 6 p.m.
Admission cost is $2. See onconcord.com/recreation.
Steve Blunt at the Lawrence Barn. There also is an
ice cream social on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m. at
the Lawrence Barn.
• Hooksett Public Library (1701 Hooksett
Road, Hooksett, 485-6092, www.hooksett.lib.
nh.us)
Regular events: The library offers story times at
10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesdays starting July 8.
Classes & workshops: Upcoming classes
include “Build a Book” on Wednesday, July 8, at
12:30 p.m. for grades 6 to 8. Registration required.
Big events: The library will kick off its summer
reading programs with a party for teens on Tuesday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m. and a party for younger
kids on Monday, July 6, at 6 p.m.
• Manchester City Library (405 Pine St.,
624-6550; 76 N. Main St., 624-6560; www.manchester.lib.nh.us)
Regular events: The library has story times on
Tuesdays and Friday at 9:30 a.m. and free kids’
movies on Friday at the West Branch Library at 2
p.m. The library also offers crafts classes on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. and live entertainment in Victory
Park (across the street from the main library) on
Thursdays at 6 p.m. from July 9 through Aug. 13.
Big events: “Digging for Dinosaurs” on Monday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. (for kids 1 to 5 years old);
for teens, a Dance Dance Revolution tournament on
Friday, July 10, and Aug. 14, at 4 p.m., and a Guitar
Hero tournament on Thursday, July 23, at 4 p.m.
• Nashua Public Library (2 Court St. in Nashua, 589-4631, nashualibrary.org)
Regular events: The library hosts Plaza Pics
in Greeley Park the last four Fridays in July. Story times are held Monday through Wednesday at
10 a.m. and Thursday at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. There
is a regular teen role-playing meet-up on Mondays
at 3:30 p.m., and look for live music on Thursday
evenings and at noon on Wednesday.
Classes & workshops: Teen workshops include
a weeklong Manga workshop the week of July
20 as well as other one-day classes for teens. Go
online for a schedule or to register.
• Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry
Road in Hudson, 886-6030, rodgerslibrary.org)
Regular events: Lullaby Lapsit for children up
to 23 months Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; 2-year-olds
Mondays at 9:30 a.m.; 3- to 6-year-olds Tuesdays
at 10 a.m., and PJ Story Time for 3- to 6-year-olds
prescottpark.org.
• The River Jamboree at Everett
Arena in Concord on Saturday, June
27, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., offers kids’ music,
games, face-painting and canoe and
kayak rentals for free. If you want to
spend a few bucks, buy a duck ($3 each
or two for $5) for the 1:15 p.m. duck
race. Call 225-8690 or go to onconcord.
com/recreation.
• Stark Park in Manchester’s North
end will host silent comedy films with
live music by Jeff Rapsis on some
Thursdays at 8 p.m. in July and August.
The schedule is College (1927) on July 2
with Buster Keaton plus comedy shorts;
July 16, at 8 p.m., A Sailor-Made Man
(1921) with Harold Lloyd plus comedy shorts on July 16, and Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp with Harry Langdon plus comedy shorts on Aug. 27.
• The theater company S.P.A.T.S.
will offer free shows at the end of its the-
Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Book Bunch for 7- to 12year-olds on Mondays at 1 p.m. Craft club every
Thursday at 10 a.m. for 7- to 12-year-olds. Registration is required for all events.
Big events: Summer Reading Program events
are all on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. starting July 8,
which is Big Truck Day at Alvirne High School.
July 15 is Wildlife Encounters with real wild animals, July 22 is a magic performance, July 29 is
Baseball Bonanza and Aug. 5 is A Beach Story.
• Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St.
in Milford, 673-2408, www.wadleigh.lib.nh.us)
Regular events: The library offers regular book
clubs and a writing group for teens and a summer
reading program for younger kids. Story times and
other events for younger kids are held Monday
and Wednesday mornings with some family story
events on Monday evenings.
Classes & workshops: Kids’ crafts classes are
offered regularly throughout July and August.
Big events: Upcoming events include a Scholastic Book Fair July 11 through July 18, a Harry
Potter party on July 7, and the reading program
finale on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Museums & historical sites
• Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker
Road, Canterbury, 783-9511, shakers.org)
Regular events: Visitors can tour the village’s
trails and buildings, view exhibits and craft demonstrations, shop at the museum store and dine
at the Shaker Table restaurant. Guided tours are
offered. The Village is open daily during the summer from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Big events: Upcoming events include Let Freedom Ring (a Shaker Spirit Day) on Sunday, July 5;
Raspberry-Lavender Day on Saturday, July 11, and
an art show on Sunday, Aug. 2.
• The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
(6 Washington St. in Dover, 742-2002, childrens-museum.org)
Regular events: The nearby Cocheco Arts Festival features children’s musicians in Henry Law Park
at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays July 7 through Aug. 11.
Big events: Dinosaur Day is Wednesday, July 1,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Let it Fly Day is Thursday,
July 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; a teddy bear clinic
and tea party is Wednesday, Aug. 12, from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
ater camp programs. How To Eat Like A
Child plays Friday, July 3, at 7 p.m.; A
Midsummer Night’s Dream plays Friday, July 17, at 7 p.m., and Pinocchio
is Friday, July 31, at 7 p.m. — all at
Adams Memorial Opera House, 29 West
Broadway in Derry. Call 715-1855 or email judedirect@gmail.com for more
information.
• The Andres Institute of Art, 98
Route 13 in Brookline, encourages kids
to touch and even climb on some sculptures along its trails. The Institute offers
guided sculpture trail hikes at 10 a.m. on
third Saturdays (July 18, Aug.15) and at
11 a.m. first Sundays (July 5, Aug. 6),
from the lower parking lot. Call 6738441 in the days before your visit to
verify that a guide will be present. See
www.andresinstitute.org.
• Plaza Pics at Greeley Park in
Nashua means free Friday night movies
in July. A preshow of live entertainment
ture the animals of the Caribbean in Victory Park in Manchester at 6 p.m.
Hillsborough Balloon Festival and Fair starts today and
runs through July 12 at Grimes
Field in Hillsborough. Admission
is free; some events have a
fee and parking costs $5. See
www.balloonfestival.org.
• Kaleidoscope Children’s Museum (250
Commercial St., Suite 101, Manchester, kaleidoscopechildrensmuseum.net)
Regular events: The Museum features ongoing
exhibits and play areas including a puppet theater,
a reading corner and a climbable pirate ship.
Classes & workshops: Art classes, workshops,
yoga and more are offered on a rotating basis in
the museum’s party room. Crazy Crafts with Carla will run Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. for $12 per session (includes museum
admission) beginning July 16; and Amy Conley’s
summer sing & dance class for ages 0 to 8 will be
Thursdays from July 15 through Aug. 27 at 1 p.m.,
$10 per family for drop-in.
Big events: A grand opening event to celebrate
the Kaleidoscope’s move to Manchester will be
held Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
with music from Amy Conley and other fun. General admission fees apply. On Sunday, Aug. 16, at 3
p.m. the Flannery Brothers will perform a concert
of silly songs and singalongs; tickets cost $8 (free
for children younger than one year old).
• Mariposa Museum (26 Main St., Peterboro,
924-4555, mariposamuseum.org)
Regular events: The museum focuses on folk
art, cultural studies and story-telling. It is open
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in summer. And offers
regular Sunday events and more. Part of the museum’s collection includes costumes from different
eras and cultures that kids can try on. The museum regularly offers crafts, musical and other events
specifically geared toward kids. Big events: On
Tuesday, July 28, at 7 p.m. it’s a summer sing-along with Animaterra.
• Millyard Museum/Manchester Historic
Association (200 Bedford St., 622-7531, manchesterhistoric.org)
Regular events: Exhibits on view include
“Abraham Lincoln: Manchester Remembers” and
“Woven in Time: 11,000
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summer reading-related events for kids and teens.
Big events: Special programs planned include a
performance of Prince Caspian by the Hampstead
Stage Company on Tuesday, July 14, at 10:30
a.m., at Bedford Town Hall; The Toe Jam Puppet
Band on Wednesday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m. at Bedford Town Hall and the Fun Faire and Picnic on
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the library.
Registration is required for all events.
• Concord Public Library (45 Green St., Concord, 225-8670, onconcord.com)
Regular events: The library offers summer
reading programs and story times. Call for times.
• Derry Public Library (64 East Broadway in
Derry, 432-6140, derry.lib.nh.us)
Regular events: The library offers a Lunch
Bunch Story Time every Friday at 11:30 a.m. in
the park. Bring a lunch and blanket. The library has
Movie Mondays every Monday at 1 p.m.
Classes & workshops: Classes at the library
include arts and crafts classes for elementaryschool-aged children. Registration is required for
some programs.
Big events: There will be an hour-long drum,
movement and singing show at the East Derry
Library on Tuesday, July 24, at 1 p.m.; a mime on
Thursday, July 16, at 2 p.m.; Norman Ng, a magician, on Tuesday, July 21, at 2 p.m.; Raptor Rapture
on Wednesday, July 29, at 6:30 p.m. and a beach
party for grades 1-6 on Thursday, July 30, at 1 p.m.
Registration is required for some programs.
• Hollis Social Library (2 Monument Square
in Hollis, 465-7721, hollis.nh.us)
Regular events: Storytimes offered by the
library include Tiny Tots, 0- to 3-year-olds every
Friday at 10:30 a.m.; preschool, 3- to 5-year-olds
on Monday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. and Thursday
mornings at 11 a.m. and Pajama Story Time the
third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. Summer
reading programs are Mondays at 11 a.m. for twoyear-olds to second graders and Thursdays at 11
a.m. for third through sixth graders.
Big events: Special reading program events are
on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. July 7 is Julie & Brownie
Pirate Show at the Lawrence Barn. July 14 is Mike
Bent, magician, at the Lawrence Barn. July 21 is
How to Live on a Ranch. July 28 is Jerry Schneider
with What’s the Buzz at Your Library. On Aug. 4 at
11:30 a.m. it’s
4 | Merrimack’s Fourth of July celebration starts with a 5K race at 8 a.m. A midway opens 5 6 7 8 9 | A Pirate Journey will fea-
More kid fun
Have a kid-friendly event to help rev up
summer? Let us know at listings@hippopress.com. And if you’re looking for stuff to
do with the kids this or any weekend, check
out Kiddie Pool, a regular spotlight on events
for youngsters and their whole families in our
Inside/Outside section.
starts at 7:30 p.m. and is followed by
a movie. The line-up is Journey to the
Center of the Earth on July 10, Tale of
Despereaux on July 17, Kung Fu Panda on July 24 and Madagascar: Escape
2 Africa on July 31.
• The Fairy Tale Festival in Greeley Park in Nashua will feature music,
bouncey houses, face-painting, art, a
parade and more on Saturday, July 11,
from noon to 3 p.m. See www.gonashua.com or call 589-3370.
• Downtown Film Fest at Veterans’
Park on Elm Street in Manchester features
free outdoor kid-friendly films on Thursdays with pre-show live entertainment
starting at 6:30 p.m. See Madagascar:
Escape 2 Africa on July 16, Hotel for Dogs
July 23, Journey to the Center of the Earth
July 30 and Kung Fu Panda Aug. 6. See
downtownfilmfest.com.
• High School Musical is on the bill
for the Theatre in the Park in Veterans
Park in Manchester on Fridays and Saturdays, July 17, July 18, July 24 and July
25. Pre-show entertainment begins at
6:30 p.m.; show begins at 8 p.m. Admission is free but bring cash for food. See
www.newthealianplayers.org.
• The Tempest, Nashua Theatre
Guild’s production of William Shakespeare’s play, will help bring the Bard to
life for the kids heading into high school
Shakespeare studies on Saturdays and
Sundays, July 18, July 19, July 25 and
July 26, at 2 p.m. on each day. The play
will run in Greeley Park in Nashua.
• A Kidz End-of-Summer Bash on
Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 5 p.m. will celebrate
the final week of Derry’s summer concert series in MacGregor Park (the series
runs Tuesdays and Thursdays in July and
the first week of August; see www.derry.
nh.us). The event will feature a free movie. Bring cash for food and moon jump
tickets.
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Museum, 18 Highlawn Road in Warner, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and July
12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See indianmuseum.org.
Fairy Tale Festival in Greeley Park
in Nashua from noon to 3 p.m. with
a children’s parade at 2:45 p.m. See
www.gonashua.com.
ket Days and Summer Music Festival
runs today through
July 18, 9 a.m. to 10
p.m. in downtown
Concord. See www.
mainstreetconcord.
com.
hike of Hackett Hill
in Manchester presented by Amoskeag
Fishways from 8 to
9 p.m. The cost is $5
per family. See www.
amoskeagfishways.
org.
polo, square dancing, a chicken barbecue and kids’ events. Admission is free
(parking costs $3). Visit www.canterburyfair.com.
Prescott Park Kids Festival will run Saturdays, July 25 and Aug. 22, 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. at Prescott Park on Marcy Street in
Portsmouth, www.Prescottpark.org, 4362848. Suggested donation $5.
Years at Amoskeag Falls,” at the Millyard Museum
Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Big events: The MHA presents a free concert by
the Yankee Brass Band on Saturday, July 25, at 6
p.m. in Stark Park.
• Mt. Kearsage Indian Museum (18 Highlawn
Road, Warner, indianmuseum.org, 456-2600)
Regular events: The museum, which is open in
summer 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (noon to 5 p.m. on
Sundays), is dedicated to local Native American culture, from thousands of years ago through the present.
The museum features indoor and outdoor “quests” —
the “Medicine Woods Quest” along a nature trail and
the “Circle Quest” with the artifacts in the galleries.
The museum offers a day camp for children age 6 to
13 from late June through early August.
Big events: The 10th Anniversary Powwow will
be held on Saturday, July 11, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, and
Sunday., July 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Family-oriented
outdoor event will focus on American Indian culture and include drumming, dancing, performances,
kid’s crafts, and demonstrations by Native American Indians from New England and beyond.
• New Hampshire Aviation Museum (South
Perimeter Road in Manchester, 669-4820,
nhahs.org)
Regular events: The museum is generally open
to visitors on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission
is free but donations are accepted at the door.
• Museum of New Hampshire History (6 Eagle
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• Concord Community Music School (23 Wall
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Classes & workshops: The school offers camps,
classes and lessons for singers and musicians on a
variety of instruments.
Day-long fun
Looking to get your kids a full day of sports,
rocket-building, theater experience or dance?
Luckily, many summer camps still have open
one- or two-week sessions, even during the
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Square in Concord, 228-6688, nhhistory.org)
Regular events: The museum is open Monday
through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday,
noon to 5 p.m., in the summer. See exhibits highlighting the natural, political and cultural history of
New Hampshire.
Big events: On Thursday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m.,
the Museum presents a free concert by the Seacoast
Wind Ensemble performing historical patriotic
music from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. The concert will be held outdoors in Eagle
Square, unless it rains, in which case the show
moves to the adjacent atrium — bring a chair.
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Big events: The “Summer Sings” program is
open to the public on Tuesdays, June 30 through
July 28, at 7 p.m. Different genres of music will
be the focus on each night — family sing starts the
series on June 30. The cost is $25 for a family of
three or more per evening.
• Manchester Community Music School
(2291 Elm St., Manchester, 644-4548, mcmusicschool.org)
Classes & workshops: The school offers
camps, classes and lessons for singers and musicians on a variety of instruments.
Big events: MCMS presents a summer music
series for kids, free and open to the public,
performed in the third-floor auditorium of UNHManchester. That series includes The Fisherman
and His Wife, a fable presented by UNH’s Little
Red Wagon, on Friday, July 17, at 1 p.m.; jazz combo with percussion
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Ribfest at Gunstock
Mountain Resort in Gilford. Admission costs
$5; kids 5 and under
get in free. See www.
gilford-rotary.org/ribfest.
& Tea Party at the Children’s Museum of New
Hampshire in Dover
from 10 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. See www.childrens-museum.org.
presented by MCMS on Thursday, July 23, at 1
p.m., and Peter and the Wolf on Thursday, Aug. 20,
at 1 p.m.
• Nashua Community Music School (5 Pine
St. Ext., Nashua, 881-7030, nashuacms.org)
Classes & workshops: Private lessons as well
as a series of one-week classes in the summer for
various ages and various instruments; typical cost
of a one-week program is $300.
Nature
• Amoskeag Fishways (6 Fletcher St. in Manchester, 626-FISH, amoskeagfishways.org)
Regular events: Family Friday Nights this
summer are June 26, July 17 and Aug. 14; registration ($5 per family) is required in advance for
these hour-long all-ages events focusing on the
Merrimack River and its watershed, one of which
is a hike. Fishways Fundays, for ages 4-5 with an
few solid, entertaining-the-whole-family movies and one truly excellent one.
Want excellent? Go for Pixar and Up,
the PG tale of a grumpy old man, an earnest young boy and their adventure to
South America. Eddie Murphy’s Imagine That (PG) is a sweet and charming
comedy about a father bonding with
his young daughter over her possibly magical security blanket. Night at
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Jaffrey. Gates open at 4 p.m.;
fireworks begin after dusk.
Tickets cost $40 per carload,
$8 for walk-ins; children 10 and
under get in free. See www.
jaffreychamber.com.
adult, include Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, from 10 to 11
a.m. or 1 to 2 p.m., studying insects and amphibians in the wild around the Fishways. Registration
in advance ($5 per family) is required.
Classes & workshops: Summer vacation series
in three groups: Explorers (ages 5-6), Adventurers
(ages 7-9) and Voyagers (ages 10-13). Meet once a
week in July; Explorers and Adventurers meet for
two hours each time, cost is $8 per session or $30
for all four, and adults need not attend. Voyagers
meet all day to explore the watershed, cost is $28
per session or $105 for all four.
• Beaver Brook Association (117 Ridge Road
in Hollis, 465-7787, beaverbrook.org)
Regular events: The association’s land includes
fields, forests and wetlands in Hollis, Brookline
and Milford with 35 miles of trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding. See Web site for a map.
Classes & workshops: Classes in weeklong
the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG), the Ben Stiller sequel to the
original museum-exhibits-come-to-life
movie, is a little less charming and more
predictable but it has those monkeys
the kids like so much. Of the big action
movies, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star
Trek and Terminator Salvation are all
solidly PG-13 and best to be saved for
older movie goers. Other kid-friendly
Festival in Hampton
Beach runs this week
through Friday, Aug.
21. See www.hamptonbeach.org/children-only.cfm.
sessions for various age groups from preschool to
teen, exploring and studying local wildlife.
Big events: Free summer celebration at Maple
Hill Farm on Saturday, June 27, starting at 5 p.m.,
with a dessert buffet and live music from Cahill
from 6 to 8 p.m.
• Charmingfare Farm (Route 27 in Candia,
483-5623, visitthefarm.com)
Regular events: Guided horseback trail rides
available by reservation, suitable for all levels of
riding ability, even first-time riders, but children
must be at least 10 years old and accompanied by
one parent; cost is $60. General admission to the
farm often includes opportunities for pony rides,
horse-drawn rides or tractor train rides in addition
to visiting the petting zoo and wildlife exhibits.
Classes & workshops: For ages 5-6, choose a
three-day week of camp that runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
cost is $139 per week. For ages 7 to 16, choose a full
movies on the schedule:
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
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for this third movie about a mammoth,
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• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
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country from evildoers in this Disney
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Opens Friday, July 24.
• Aliens in the Attic (not yet rated)
Live-action kids (including High School
Musical’s Ashley Tisdale) discover
computer-animated aliens living in their
Maine vacation home. On the schedule
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by someone else. And, thanks to stadium seating, most movie theater chairs
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(catch & release) weekends from noon to 4 p.m.
Call ahead to arrange fishing instruction. GPS rentals are also regularly available.
Classes & workshops: Monthly Creature Feature for all ages Saturday, Aug. 1, from 2 to 3 p.m.,
free to Amherst residents, $1 for others. A large
variety of summer camps available for all ages
all summer, for which pre-registration is required.
Build-a-Boat class, in which each student builds
his or her own canoe for personal use, will be held
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week of camp that runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., cost is
$279 per week.
• Educational Farm at Joppa Hill (174 Joppa
Hill Road in Bedford, 472-4724, theeducationalfarm.org)
Regular events: The farm offers riding lessons
and farm tours, which are geared toward kids.
Classes & workshops: Farm camp for ages 4-5
has half-day (choose morning or afternoon) sessions. Agricultural camp for ages 6-13 includes
nature walks, garden work and a weekly theme, for
a full day. Choose your week; themes vary.
• Massabesic Audubon Center (26 Audubon
Way in Auburn, 668-2045, nhaudubon.org)
Regular events: The Center offers regular nature
presentations for families, often on Friday evenings
and Saturdays and Sundays (this weekend it’s “Bats
Above” on Friday, June 26, at 7 p.m. and “Dragonfly
Workshop” on Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m.). Registration is usually required. On Sundays, the center
teaches
Fun for the whole family
The search for kid fun doesn’t have
to end with parental suffering. There
are plenty of summer events that offer
something for everyone. Here are a few
to keep in mind:
• Farmers’ markets: In addition to
the foods (from strawberries to apples
but also baked goods like the doughnuts
and cupcakes at the Concord Farmers’
Market), many area markets offer a bit
of fun for kids. Some farmers bring the
chicken whose eggs they’re selling with
them (a regular visitor in past years at the
Manchester Farmers’ Market; www.manchesterfarmersmarket.com). In Bedford
(which holds its markets on Tuesdays, 3
to 6 p.m.), musicians and other entertainment can be found on many market days
(see www.bedfordfarmersmarket.org).
Check out your local market; see www.
nhfma.org for list of area markets.
• Summer Solstice celebration:
Beaver Brook Association will hold a
Summer Solstice Celebration on Saturday, June 27, from 5 p.m. to dusk at
Maple Hill Gardens, 117 Ridge Road in
Hollis. The event is free. You can enjoy
an evening of music with the band Cahill
(www.cahillmusic.com/music.html) on
the basics of backyard birding (the cost is $5).
Classes & workshops: Half-day camps for ages
4 and 5, full-day camp for older campers. Mostly
nine-day sessions. Ages 12 to 14 may sign up for
a Wilderness Week either July 13-17 (backpacking
in the White Mountains) or July 27-31 (canoeing in
the Lakes Region).
• McLane Audubon Center (3 Silk Farm
Road, Concord, 224-9909, nhaudubon.org)
Regular events: McLane offers trails for hiking
and searching out wildlife.
Classes & workshops: Half-day camps for ages
4 and 5, full-day camp for older campers. Mostly
nine-day sessions. Ages 12 to 14 may sign up for
a Wilderness Week either July 13-17 (backpacking
in the White Mountains) or July 27-31 (canoeing in
the Lakes Region).
• Peabody Mill Environmental Center (66
Brook Road in Amherst, 673-6248, pmec.org)
Regular events: Fishing rentals (rod, reel, tackle and bait) available for $5; fish in PMEC pond
the lawn (bring a blanket) and kids and
adults alike can partake of the dessert
buffet. See www.beaverbrook.org.
• Hollis Strawberry Fest: The annual Hollis Strawberry Festival and Band
Concert will unify young and old on Sunday, June 28, 2 to 4 p.m., with strawberry
shortcakes and sundaes. Grown-ups will
also enjoy the arts, crafts and music from
the Hollis Town Band while kids check
out some of the activities designed specifically for them. The event will be held at
Monument Square in Hollis (or the Hollis
Brookline High School in case of rain).
• The Cirque: Cirque du Soleil:
Alegria will perform Wednesday, July
8, through Sunday, July 12, at the Verizon Wireless Arena, 555 Elm St.,
Manchester, verizonwirelessarena.com,
644-5000. Tickets cost $33 to $96.
• Hillsborough Balloon Festival and
Fair: This event will run from Thursday, July 9, through Sunday, July 12, at
Grimes Field in Hillsborough and offer
a variety of kids’ events including a carnival, a parade and more. Fair-goers
of all ages can enjoy the live music,
four-wheeler mud bogs, fireworks, minitractor pulls and hot air balloon rides.
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• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2
Institute Drive in Concord, 271-STAR, starhop.
com)
Regular events: Super Stellar Fridays every
Friday at 7 p.m., different topic each week, recommended for ages 8 and up (under 13 must be with an
adult); $9 adult, $6 child, members free. Teen Nights
on the second Friday of each month, with pizza and
soda. Free SkyWatch on the first Friday of each
month with the NH Astronomical Society. Regular
planetarium shows include “Black Holes” (for ages 8
and up), “Dawn of the Space Age,” (8 and up) “Digital Universe” (8 and up), “Family of the Sun” (6 and
up), “Our Place in Space” (4 to 8), “Tonight’s Sky” (6
and up) and others.
Classes & workshops: Little Explorers meets
the third Wednesday of each month, 10 to 10:45
a.m., for ages 3-4 with adult; $5 per person. Rocketeers workshop for ages 8 and up costs $25 per
person (includes materials), available Saturday, June
27, at 9 a.m. and again Saturday, Aug. 29, at 9 a.m.
Scout badge workshops are also offered. Half-day
and full-day weeklong summer camps are available
for various ages with various themes in July and
August; costs range from $150 to $250.
• Seacoast Science Center (570 Ocean Blvd.
in Rye, 436-8043, seacoastsciencecenter.org)
Regular events: The Music-by-the-Sea concert
series Thursday evenings in July, under a tent on
the north lawn—bring beach blankets and chairs,
rain or shine; all concerts begin at 6 p.m., gates
open at 5 p.m., no dogs, no alcohol; tickets are
required, prices range from $1 to $8.
Classes & workshops: Family Science Camp
offers hands-on exploration for ages 6 and up, cost
is $50 per family (members $40); Saturday, July
11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is “The Salt Marsh”—
bring a picnic.
Big events: Art in Nature, a weeklong exploration of art and science, July 6-12, includes activities
for all ages and chances to watch artists at work and
Admission is free but parking costs $5
and other items have related fees. See
www.balloonfestival.org.
• 10th Anniversary Powwow: Learn
about the Native American culture of the
area at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum,
18 Highland Road in Warner, indianmuseum.org, 456-2600, on Saturday, July
11, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday,
July 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of
the anniversary powwow. There will be
crafts for the kids as well as drumming,
dancing, performances, demonstrations, a
nature walk and food and craft vendors.
• Concord’s Market Days and
Summer Music Festival: Concord
will celebrate summer with this annual
event Thursday, July 16, through Saturday, July 18, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
each day. Kids’ activities and family performers are a big part of the events (with
free family fun activities on the Statehouse lawn from 10 a.m. to noon). For
the grown-ups, the event will feature
shopping, food and more. See www.
mainstreetconcord.com.
• Lowell Folk Festival: Just for the
kids, this downtown Lowell, Mass.,
event features games and other activities
to purchase paintings. Marine Teens will go whale
watching in the Gulf of Maine on Monday, July 13,
9 a.m. to noon, for ages 12-15, cost is $10.
• SEE Science Center (200 Bedford St. in
Manchester, 669-0400, see-sciencecenter.org)
Regular events: SEE houses many hands-on science exhibits and demonstrations related to light,
electricity, sound, motion, bubbles, balls, gravity,
etc. It is also home to the largest permanent LEGO
installation at minifigure scale in the world.
Classes & workshops: SEE offers its fourthemed one-week Summer Science Camp twice,
first July 20-24 and again July 27-31, meeting
from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for kids entering grades 3
to 6 in the fall, at a cost of $200 per camper.
Sports & recreation
• Concord Recreation Dept. (onconcord.
com/recreation)
Classes & workshops: Summer programs
include swim and tennis lessons, soccer leagues
and various sports camps for different age groups
in grades 1 through 9. Camps are held in city
parks. Guard Start, a junior lifeguarding program
from the Red Cross for ages 11-14, is offered Fridays, July 10-31. See complete schedule and full
descriptions online.
Big events: The Splash Bashes for grades 4-8 are
set for four Mondays: July 6 at Rolfe Pool; July 13 at
Merrill Pool; July 20 at Heights Pool and Aug. 3 at
Kimball Pool. No registration needed. Popcorn and
soda will be sold. Events are supervised by lifeguards
from City pools, and pool staff will host water games
and contests. Music is provided by a professional DJ.
Events are from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and cost $3; limit of
100 children per event.
• Conway Ice Arena (8 Riverside St., Nashua,
595-2400, conwayarena.com)
Regular events: Open skating occasionally
available; call or see current schedule online.
Classes & workshops: Recreational skating
camp for ages 6 and up and Basic Level 3 and up,
one week in July; team hockey camp last week in
July; various summer hockey camps and clinics
focusing on particular skills.
• SummerFun in Nashua (www.gonashua.
com; many events are in Greeley Park)
Regular events: Downtown street entertainment Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in July, to
include play performances, all-ages concerts, family films, and a youth fishing derby. Concerts on
Library Plaza most Thursdays in August at 7 p.m.
Bach’s Lunch Concerts at noon most Wednesdays
at Shattuck Street on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. For adults, it’s
a cornucopia of folk, roots, Americana,
jazz and other musical genres on six stages from Friday, July 24, through Sunday,
July 26 — all for free. Do bring money,
though, for the crafts in Lucy Larom Park
and for the diverse offering of ethnic eats.
See www.lowellfolkfestival.org.
• Blueberry festival: Bring them
together with blueberries. The Seventh
Annual Blueberry Fiddle Festival, organized by the Immaculate Heart of Mary
School in Richmond, will be held at the
Cheshire Fairgrounds (Route 12 in Swanzey) on Friday, Aug. 7, from 2 to 9 p.m.
and Saturday, Aug. 8, from 9 a.m. to 7
p.m. Admission is free; parking is $5.
Blueberry pie and ice cream will be available. Music lovers can enjoy the fiddle
competitions and jams and even delight/
embarrass your kids by joining in. See
www.blueberryfiddlefestival.com.
• Latino Festival: Kids love a parade,
and a parade down Elm Street in downtown Manchester kicks off the festival
on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 11 a.m. to
noon. The festival itself will be held in
Veterans Park from noon to 8 p.m. and
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feature foods from all over Latin America (as well as standard festival eats for
the kids who might not be lining up with
their parents for empanadas). Nosh while
watching the dancers and musicians who
will perform throughout the day. Admission is free but bring money for the eats.
See www.latinosunidosnh.org.
• Southeast Asian Water Festival:
Or head down to Lowell, Mass., that
same day (Aug. 15) to give the kids a
taste of Southeast Asian culture. Kids
can enjoy the parades, boat tours and
more; meanwhile, adults longing for
Vietnamese and Cambodian eats will
have plenty of snacking opportunities.
See www.lowellwaterfestival.org.
• Living History: Sneak in a little
learning with the Living History event in
Hillsborough Friday, Aug. 21, through
Sunday, Aug. 23. Kids will like the reenactments from the Revolutionary
and Civil Wars. Older history buffs can
see a schoolhouse from the 1800s and
tour cemeteries, churches and historic
homes. Admission costs $10 for adults,
$8 for seniors over 65, $5 for children 617; children 5 and under get in free. See
livinghistoryeventnh.com.
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in August at the library.
Big events: Fairy Tale Festival on Saturday, July
11, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Greeley Park bandshell, with on-stage actsandmusical treats plus food,
games and a bounce house. Children’s Day on Saturday, Aug. 8, from noon to 3 p.m., with entertainers,
activities and a bike parade (bring your own bike);
also youth and adult bike races starting at 9 a.m.
behind Holman Stadium the same day. On Monday,
June 29, at 6 p.m. Marcus Gale performs children’s
music at the Greeley Park bandshell; on Monday,
Aug. 24, at 6 p.m., it’s Judy Pancoast.
• Tri-Town Ice Arena (311 West River Road
in Hooksett, 485-1100, tri-townicearena.com)
Regular events: Public skating available at $6
per skater (skate rentals $3, skate sharpening $6),
or get a 10-admission punch card for $50. Typically open Saturdays and Sundays 2:30-4:30 p.m. but
see schedule online for exceptions and other times.
Family skate time available on certain Friday evenings 6-8 p.m. Occasional Teen Nights with DJ on
Fridays for ages 11-15; call for details.
Classes & workshops: Learn-to-Skate sessions start Monday, June 29. Learn to Play Hockey
is Wednesdays, July 1 through Aug. 5, 9:30-10:20
a.m., $120. Power Skating summer camp for Mites
and Squirts is July 6-10, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Other camps include Figure Skating, middle school
hockey, high school hockey, and Drills and Skills.
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• American Defenders of NH (at Holman
Stadium, Amherst Street in Nashua, 8832255, americandefenders.us)
Regular games: The next home games for
this Can-Am League baseball team are June
29 & 30 and July 1 vs. Quebec; July 3-5 vs.
Sussex; July 15-22 vs. Brockton and then New
Jersey. The regular season continues through
Sept. 7.
Big events: Saturday, June 27, features an exhibition game with the Doug Flutie All-Stars vs. the
U.S. Military All-Stars at 5:05 p.m., followed by
the U.S. Air Force Band Afterburner at 7:30 p.m.
on the party-deck porch, and then a classic rock
concert with Ernie and the Automatics and the
Flutie Brothers Band on the big stage.
• Lowell Spinners (450 Aiken St. in Lowell, Mass., 978-934-9348, lowell.spinners.
milb.com)
Regular events: Some amount of tickets will
always be available to a game on the day of the
game, according to the Web site. Tickets start at
$4. The next run of home games is Wednesday,
July 1, through Friday, July 3.
Big events: Upcoming promotions include
“Mystery Bobblehead Giveaway” on July
3, Star Wars night on July 18 and “Celebrate
1 Year Anniversary of the Manny Ramirez
Trade” on July 30.
• Manchester Wolves Football (Verizon
Wireless Arena, 555 Elm St. in Manchester,
manchesterwolves.com)
Regular games: The Wolves have two home
games left in the season — Friday, July 17, vs.
the Mahoning Valley Thunder and Friday, July
24, vs. the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers,
both at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $9.75 for kids;
$15 for adults.
• NH Fisher Cats Baseball (1 Line Drive in
Manchester, 641-2005, nhfishercats.com)
Regular games: The next set of home games
is Friday, June 26, through Monday, June 29,
vs. the Portland Sea Dogs (games start at 7:05
p.m. except on Sunday, when start time is 6:35
p.m.). The Cats return with games on Saturday,
July 4, through Monday, July 6, also versus the
Sea Dogs. Look for at least one home game a
week (usually between three and five) through
the end of August. Tickets start at $6.
Big events: Upcoming extras for gameattendees include fireworks after the games on
Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28. On
Monday, June 29, it’s a Johnny Pesky bobblehead giveaway (game starts at 7:05 p.m.).
Theater & movie theaters
• The Acting Loft (516 Pine St. in Manchester, 666-5999, actingloft.org)
Classes & workshops: The Acting Loft offers
full-day summer camps.
Big events: High school performers will present
Storytime Theatre matinees on Fridays at 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Tickets cost $3 and are available at the
door. The schedule includes Hey Diddle Diddle —
The Rhymes and Riddles of Mother Goose (July 10),
The Butterfly (July 17), Ama and the White Crane
(July 24), Arkansaw Bear (July 31), Tarheel Tales
(Aug. 7) and Ghost of the River House (Aug. 14).
• Actorsingers (320-1870, .actorsingers.org)
Classes & workshops: Actorsingers offers
full-day summer camps.
Big events: The Teen Actorsingers will present Swing Friday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday,
Aug. 1, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 2, at
2 p.m. at the 14 Court St. Theater.
• The Bedford Youth Performing Company
(155 Route 101 in Bedford, 472-3894, bypc.org)
Classes & workshops: The BYPC offers halfday camps in music and dance (as well as full day
theater camps).
• Chunky’s cinema and pub (151 Coliseum
Ave. in Nashua; 150 Bridge St. in Pelham, 6357499, chunkys.com)
Regular events: Chunky’s shows first run
movies but with the twist of sit-down menu of
foods like salads, burgers, desserts and more. See
Web site for deals and promotions.
• Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts (281
Cartier St. in Manchester, 669-7469, majestictheatre.net)
Classes & workshops: The Majestic offers
half-day camps for 4- to 7-year-olds as well as
full-day camps for older students.
• Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester, 668-5588, palacetheatre.org)
Big events: The Palace Professional Theatre for
Children Summer Series will offer shows Tuesdays
(at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.) and Wednesdays (at 10
a.m.) in July and August. Tickets cost $6. The schedule includes Cinderella (July 7-8), Willy Wonka (July
14-15), Little Mermaid (July 21-22), Charlotte’s
Web (July 28-29), Snow White (Aug. 4-5), Seussical
(Aug. 11-12) and Sleeping Beauty (Aug. 18-19).
• Peacock Players (14 Court St., Nashua,
889-2330, peacockplayers.org)
Classes & workshops: Peacock Players offers
full-day camp.
Big events: The players will present Grease
from Friday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 9, at
the 14 Court St. Theater in Nashua.
• Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St. in Concord, 224-4600, www.redrivertheatres.org)
• Regular events: The theater will offer familyfriendly movies such as The Great Muppet Caper
(June 26 through July 2), Raiders of the Lost Ark (July
3, through July 9), The Goonies (July 31 through
Aug. 6) and more through the end of August.
• Regal Hooksett (100 Technology Dr. in Hooksett, 641-3456)
Regular events: A second-run theater, Regal
Hooksett offers $3.50 movie tickets for all shows.
• Seacoast Repertory (125 Bow St. in Portsmouth, www.seacoastrep.org, 433-4472)
Regular events: Seacoast Repertory will offer
matinees of kid-friendly productions on Saturdays
and Sundays. Tickets cost $8 to $10. Schedule
includes Doctor Doolittle (July 11 at 11 a.m. and
July 12, at 1 p.m.), Alice Through the Looking
Glass (July 25 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., July 26 at 1
p.m.) and The Adventures of Beatrix Potter & Her
Friends (Aug. 8 at 11 a.m. and Aug. 9 at 1 p.m.).
• Wilton Town Hall Theatre (Main Street in
Wilton, 654-FILM, wiltontownhalltheatre.com)
• Regular events: Wilton offers two free films
regularly — a weekly classic movie on Saturdays at
4:30 p.m. and on one Sunday a month, a free silent
film (with live music). Upcoming films in that series
are College (June 28), A Sailor-Made Man (July 19)
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members of a fictional Christian boy band (think ’N Sync) who are trying to save souls
while playing their last gig. StageCoach Productions closes their run of Altar Boyz today
at 2 p.m. at the 14 Court St. Theater in Nashua. Call 320-3780 or visit www.stagecoachproductions.org. Ticket costs range from $15 to $18. Jagfotoz Photography photo. For
more about theater, see page 22.
Manchester Open Doors cultural trolley tour is 5 to 8 p.m. today.
One of the gallery openings on the
list is an exhibit of work by folk artist Robin Kent (her “First Cup” is
seen here) at the Framers Market,
1301 Elm St. in Manchester (6686989). Find an Open Doors map at
majestictheatre.net. More information is in Hippo art gallery listings
on page 20.
Friday, June 26
New Hampshire author Jodi
Picoult’s novels have a pretty
sizable following. My Sister’s
Keeper involves a young girl
who was conceived to help
keep her sister, a cancer patient,
alive. Cameron Diaz stars as
their mother in a film adaptation of the story. For more about
movies, see page 42.
Saturday, June 27
Watch a Professional Bull Riders (pbrnow.com) competition
at the Verizon Wireless Arena (555 Elm St. in Manchester,
644-5000, verizonwirelessarean.com) today at 7:30 p.m. The
tour showcases rising stars, fan
favorites and veterans. Ticket costs range from $12.50 to
$35.50. For more about local
happenings, see page 25.
Sunday, June 28
Stop by the Hollis Strawberry
Festival today between 2 and 4
p.m. Find strawberry shortcakes
and sundaes, arts and crafts and
kids’ activities, plus the Hollis Town Band performs. It’s at
Monument Square (or the Hollis-Brookline High School in
case of rain). Call 465-2392 or
465-2723. For more about food,
see page 32.
Need a frame?
We’ve got a bunch!
BOOKS
According to Amazon’s
best sellers (each book
is listed only once)
1. Glenn Beck’s
Common Sense: The
Case Against an Outof-Control Government,
Inspired by Thomas
Paine, by Glenn Beck
(Threshold Editions,
2009)
2. Liberty and Tyranny:
A Conservative
Manifesto, by Mark
R. Levin (Threshold
Editions, 2009)
3. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen
(Stephanie Plum), by
Janet Evanovich (St.
Martin’s Press, (June
23, 2009)
4. The Shack, by
William P. Young
(Windblown Media,
2007)
5. The Guernsey
Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society
(Random House
Reader’s Circle), by
Mary Ann Shaffer and
Annie Barrows (Dial
dVd
According to
Hollywood Video
1. Gran Torino (R,
2008)
2. The International (R,
2009)
3. Defiance (R, 2008)
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
(PG, 2009)
5. He’s Just Not That
Into You (PG-13, 2008)
6. Taken (PG-13, 2008)
7. Fired Up (PG-13,
2008)
8. New in Town (PG,
2009)
9. Revolutionary Road
(R, 2008)
10. Valkyrie (PG-13,
2008)
FILM
Top movies at the
box office June 19-21
(weekend/cumulative)
1. The Proposal, Walt
Disney ($34 million/$34
million)
2. The Hangover,
Warner Bros. ($26.8
million/$152 million)
3. Up, Buena Vista ($21
million/$224 million)
4. Year One, Sony ($20
million/$20 million)
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Books 1-7, by Charlaine
Harris (Ace, 2008)
7. Breaking Dawn (The
Twilight Saga, Book
4), by Stephenie Meyer
(Little, Brown, 2008)
8. Eclipse (The Twilight
Saga, Book 3), by
Stephenie Meyer (Little,
Brown, 2007)
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Twilight Saga, Book
2), by Stephenie Meyer
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10. The Twilight
Saga Collection, by
Stephenie Meyer (Little,
Brown Young Readers,
2008)
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sellers
1. Dave Matthews
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The Groogrux King
2. Incubus, Monuments
& Melodies
3. Eminem, Relapse
4. Mos Def, Ecstatic
5. George Harrison, Let
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George Harrison
6. Kings Of Leon, Only
By The Night
7. Chickenfoot,
Chickenfoot
8. Black Eyed Peas,
E.N.D. (Energy Never
Dies)
9. Dirty Projectors,
Bitte Orca
10. Green Day, 21st
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ARTS
The SOPHA community
Amateur and professional photographers join Manchester studio
By Heidi Masek
hmasek@hippopress.com
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The storefront of Croteau Photography in a distinctive downtown
Manchester building has quietly taken
on a new role in the same industry.
The way the Studio of Photographic Arts (SOPHA) functions, it sounds
like a nonprofit. It’s not, but owner
Bud Thorpe frequently uses the word
“community” when he talks about
the place. SOPHA now has 39 member photographers, up from about six
when they moved into 941 Elm St.
near the end of 2008.
SOPHA offers studio rental,
including use of lighting, props and
a make-up room. They run classes
geared to help people figure out what
they can actually do with their fancy
new digital cameras.
Professional
members
use
SOPHA’s reception area/gallery for
client meetings, and the $100 per
month pro membership fee allows
unlimited studio usage (depending on
availability). There’s also a large format printing service.
The studio was busy with a setup for a fashion advertisement shoot
Thursday, June 18. On a recent weekend, 30 ballerinas were at SOPHA
and around downtown for a member
dance photographer’s shoot.
Thorpe calls himself “studio manager,” and everyone who helps out
seems to be called “staff.” Interns
come from local art and photography
schools, including Boston University’s Center for Digital Arts in
Waltham.
The first SOPHA members’ gallery
show opening on April 30 collect-
ed 185 pounds of tuna for the New
Hampshire Food Bank (it was their
canned tuna month).
Gallery shows run for four or five
weeks in their storefront space and
are meant to show and sell member
work, but are always tied to a charity,
Thorpe said. Since SOPHA is about a
photographic community, the shows
should be tied to the larger community, he said. It’s “a very simple business
practice ... don’t be greedy,” he said.
Their second show, “America,”
opens Thursday, July 2, with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m., and is up
through Aug. 1. Members were challenged to represent the theme without
using an American flag. Thorpe
stressed that it’s not meant to be unpatriotic — the purpose of the rule is to
avoid cliché and force the photographers to think beyond the obvious.
Those showing work are making
donations to the New Hampshire
World War II Veteran’s Memorial
Fund; visitors can also donate at the
reception.
Thorpe expects about 20 members
to show about 100 photos; prints will
probably start at $30.
SOPHA originally opened two
years ago at 62 Elm St. in Manchester
and included a lot of car photography.
The partnership split, and Thorpe
wanted to focus on SOPHA as a community in a more visible location. He
saw an “opportunity that couldn’t be
missed” when his friend Dan Croteau
planned to close his studio. Croteau
now works mainly in real estate, but
is a SOPHA member and still meets
clients there.
“The digital world presented some
challenges” to portrait and wed-
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ding photographers because more
and more people have access, Thorpe said.
Thorpe’s idea for dealing with that
is to bring in the new photographers.
SOPHA’s not a school — “It’s more
like a community art center in the way
we run our classes,” Thorpe said.
SOPHA runs four-night “KickStart
Digital SLR,” “Intermediate Digital SLR” and “KickStart Photoshop”
classes regularly ($199 for nonmembers, $159 for members).
Many enroll because they bought
a digital SLR (single lens reflex) and
want to know what all the buttons do.
Thorpe said the class is a lot of fun to
teach and he enjoys students’ “eureka moments.”
“We have a tremendous retention
rate,” Thorpe said. Ninety-five percent take a second class.
Eric Arnold, of Hunt’s Photo in
Manchester, has a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art. Finding
“qualified instructors” with the “right
personality” is a challenge, Thorpe
said. Arnold teaches “Urban Landscapes” for SOPHA; the one-day
workshop is rescheduled to June 28
because of rain.
Dave Dawson, also of MassArt,
teaches one-day workshop “Dastardly Dames, Alternative Glamour” (July
26, $199 or $179 for members). “The
Artistic Nude” is scheduled for July
12 ($249, or $199 for members).
While sunshine may work outside,
indoor shots on digital cameras can
be tricky (that’s an understatement in
this reporter’s case).
Thorpe said the first way to address
lighting issues is to learn to use the
flash properly. SOPHA spends one
Inside a SOPHA studio. SOPHA photo.
evening of a four-night digital SLR
class on this.
“There’s a lot people can do to
improve the quality of their pictures,”
Thorpe said.
SOPHA teaches studio lighting to
those who want to take that a step
farther. Studio lighting has “never
been so approachable,” Thorpe said.
That’s because with a digital camera
the photographer can immediately see
the result.
SOPHA has 6,000 square feet of
first-floor and basement space —
the upstairs was bricked off in 1945,
Thorpe said. They use the bricked
back alley and basement for shoots.
The basement also stores props and
is the home of T-shirt business, 603
Clothing. It also houses a darkroom.
“We’ve got a range of members
with a range of photographic interests,” Thorpe said.
If you go Some have always
shot in film, some are discovering for
the first time because great film camera equipment can currently be had
for very little money, he said.
Thorpe is a self-taught photographer, with undergraduate work in
infectious disease. After 25 years in
paramedics, he still works as a paramedic one day per week in Townsend,
Mass. — “People call during the
worst moments of their life,” Thorpe
said of that job.
Thorpe mainly shoots portraits,
families, frequently corporate or executive portraits and some weddings.
There’s a number of wedding photographers at SOPHA in all price
ranges, Thorpe said. Others use the
studio for product photography, advertising and portraits. Members come
from Manchester and father afield,
including Keene and Portsmouth.
What: “America” members’ gallery show reception
Where: Studio of Photographic Arts (SOPHA), 941 Elm St., Manchester
When: Thursday, July 2, from 7 to 10 p.m.
Charity: Donate to the NH World War II Veterans Memorial Fund at the
reception.
Contact: 584-1492, www.thesopha.com
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Art Listings
Gallery Events
• ANDRES INSTITUTE OF ART,
98 Route 13 in Brookline, guided
sculpture trail hikes at 10 a.m. on the
third Saturdays (July 18, Aug.15) and
at 11 a.m. first Sundays (July 5, Aug.
6), from the lower parking lot. Call
673-8441 in the days before your visit
to verify that a guide will be present.
See www.andresinstitute.org.
• ART CONCORD gallery walk
June 25, Aug. 20 and Dec. 3, 5-8
p.m., and Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. See
concordnhchamber.com or call 2242508. Participating venues include
Cole Gardens, 430 Loudon Road;
Franklin Pierce Law Center Gallery,
2 White St.; Kimball Jenkins School
of Art, 266 North Main St.; League
of NH Craftsmen, 205 North Main
St.; Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture
Garden, 236 Hopkinton Rd.; NHTIConcord’s Community College, 31
Institute Dr.; Red River Theatres, 11
South Main St.; and Sulloway Gallery, 19 School St.
• CONCORD ARTS MARKET Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., through July 25
(closed July 4), at 33 Capitol St., Concord. Also runs during Concord’s Market Days, July 16-July 18. Visit concordartsmarket.com or call 229-2157.
• ELEMENTS group show through
June 27 at the MAA Gallery, 1528
Elm St., Manchester, 785-6437.
• FIRST THURSDAYS The Currier
Museum is open late from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. first Thursdays each month
with special programs including live
music, lectures and film. No First
Thursday in July.
• FIRST PEOPLE OF THE NORTHEAST contemporary paintings and traditional crafts through Sept. 20 at Mill
Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden,
236 Hopkinton Road in Concord, 2262046. Reception Sun., July 12, 1-4 p.m.
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Art Concord reception, Thurs., June 25,
5-8 p.m.
• THE GLORY OF WATERCOLOR, work by Diane Statkum and Pat
Hurd in June at Canal Art and Framing, 1 Water St., Nashua, 886-1459.
• GRAND OPENING RECEPTION
of White Birch Fine Art, LLC, gallery
and instruction, Fri., June 26, 4–8 p.m.,
and Sat., June 27, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., at
8 Mohawk Dr., Londonderry, www.
WhiteBirchFineArt.com,
434-0399.
Managed by artist Elaine Farmer. • “GREEN: More Than a Color” collaborative event among art galleries and
eco-friendly organizations in Market
Mills Courtyard, Lowell, Sat., June
27, noon-4 p.m. (rain date is June 28).
Sponsored by Brush Art Gallery at 256
Market St., and includes ALL Arts Gallery, 246 Market St., X/O Studio and
Studio II at 256 Market St., Revolving
Museum, Lowell Farmers’ Market and
others. See www.thebrush.org or call
978-459-7819. • GROUP SHOW of work by Richard
Lee Clark, Beth Ordway, Sitaji Devi
and Harriet Blackie in June at the NHTI
library, 31 College Dr., Concord, 2717186, www.nhti.edu/library. • INVITATIONAL OUTDOOR
SCULPTURE exhibit through Oct.
18 at Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture
Garden, 236 Hopkinton Road in Concord, 226-2046. Art Concord Thursday, June 25, 5-8 p.m. Champagne
reception with music from Sylvia
Miskoe Sat., June 27, 2-4 p.m.
• KATHY TANGNEY watercolors,
“Birds of a Feather” in June at the Wine
Studio, 53 Hooksett Rd., Manchester,
622-9463, www.thewinestudionh.com.
• JANET DUCHESNEAU pottery
and Jeff Newcomer photography featured in June at Sharon Arts Downtown
Galleries in Depot Square, Peterborough, 924-2787, sharonarts.org.
• JOSH HUTCHINS “Creative Pho-
tography” through August at UNH
Center for Graduate & Professional
Studies at Manchester, 286 Commercial St., 4th floor, 641-4313, www.
unhmgrad.unh.edu. Meet the artist
Thurs., June 25, 4:30-6 p.m.
• KIMBALL-JENKINS School of
Art presents Michael Garlington photography “Portraits from the Belly of
the Whale,” and abstract paintings
by Roger Goldenberg in June and
July at the galleries at 266 N. Main
St. in Concord, 255-3932. Reception
Thurs., June 25, 5:30 -7:30 p.m., during Art Concord.
• LAWRENCE DONOVAN exhibit,
“Simplicity,” through June 27 at East
Colony Fine Art, 55 South Commercial St., Manchester, 624-8833, www.
eastcolony.com.
• LENKA FLAHRETY photography exhibit “Sled Dogs on the Trail,”
through June 30 at The Darkroom
Gallery at Hunt’s Photo and Video, 4A
Vinton St., Manchester, 606-3322.
• LINDA MACARTHUR stained
glass featured in June Hatfield Gallery,
55 South Commercial St.,Manchester,
627-7560.
• LOVE LETTERS TO KAFKA,
work by Nicole Maloof through June
29 at Three Graces, 105 Market St.,
Portsmouth, 436-1988, www.threegracesgallery.com.
• MICHELA VERANI metal clay
jewelry July-September at Maison de
L’Art, 57 East Pearl St. Nashua, 8799888, www.moniquesakellarios.com.
• MONTY WHITFIELD watercolors
and acrylics through June at the Nashua
Library, 2 Court St., 589-4610.
• NEW MEMBERS EXHIBIT of
the New Hampshire Art Association
through June 26 at Robert Lincoln Levy
Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth, 4314230, www.nhartassociation.org.
• “OCEANIA—Peoples of the
Pacific Islands” exhibit opens during
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Ending, beginning, return
“The Ordeal,” photo from Germany by Art Ferrier.
Peterborough’s First Friday, July 3,
with a “KidCraft,”at 5 p.m., reception at 6 p.m., and performance from
Allison Aldrich and Hunt Smith at
7 p.m., at Mariposa Museum, at 26
Main St., Peterborough, 924-4555,
www.mariposamuseum.org.
Auburn St. in Manchester. There’s an “Intro to
Beads” class Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m. for
$75, materials included. “Intro to Lampworking” in two sessions starts Sunday, June 28, at
10 a.m. Slater has a class schedule up at www.
aaronslaterglass.com/classes.htm. Open studio
time is available. If you want to teach or rent
bench space, contact Slater at 380-3004 or aaron@aaronslaterglass.com. (Read about Slater
and glass lampworking in Hippo’s March 1,
2007, “Secretive art, Mixing imagination and
science to create glass art,” at www.hippopress.
com/070301/cover.html.)
• Bad news: I always look forward to reading
about what ellO gallery&shop in Portsmouth
is up to. ellO held a “Bend it! Break it!” workshop to “Break some toys & make some art” in
May, followed by an “ellO Wood Derby” (pinewood derby). Last year ellO challenged artists
to use messenger bags from a Portsmouth-based
manufacturer in “The BaileyWorks Art Project.”
They frequently hosted live music and sound
art. Unfortunately, ellO shuts their doors for
good after two years June 28. “Postcards from
the Edge,” a juried show in which artists were
asked to explore the “‘Greetings From...’ tourist-type postcard” idea, runs until then, with a
closing reception Friday, June 26, from 5 to 9
p.m. “Revival,” new works by Katrine Hildebrandt, Jenny McGee Dougherty, Peter Jackson
Hussey and Joseph Conway, the Pine Haven
Collective, is on view, too.
Co-owner Byrdy DiLando said they had
a “rough winter,” sales-wise. “We just can’t
really afford to keep it going much longer,”
DiLando said. John Fanning, another co-owner, plans to create “ellO Project” informal
events around the area, DiLando said. Check
www.ellogallery.com for news until August.
In the meantime, stop at 110 State St. in Portsmouth while you can (433-9110).
• Home-like art space: Elaine Farmer, who
has been active in regional and Londonderry art
scenes, is managing a new gallery exhibiting her
work and that of other artists. White Birch Fine
Art, LLC, also has space for instruction, “ART
Birthday Parties” and gallery space rentals for
other social gatherings. Check the place out at
grand opening receptions Friday, June 26, from
4 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., at 8 Mohawk Drive in Londonderry (www.WhiteBirchFineArt.com, 434-0399).
Farmer wants White Birch to “create a warm,
homey atmosphere,” according to a release.
Coffee and pastries will be available for purchase, and it has places to sit and relax.
• One more: If you didn’t get enough galleryhopping at either Manchester Open Doors (www.
majestictheatre.net/opendoors.php) or Art Concord June 25, several galleries around the Market
Mills Courtyard in Lowell, Mass., are involved in
“Green: More Than a Color.” They collaborate
with eco-friendly organizations like the Lowell
Farmers’ Market Saturday, June 27, from noon to
4 p.m. (The rain date is June 28.) Brush Art Gallery & Studios at 256 Market St. sponsors. See
www.thebrush.org/GreenMoreThanAColor.htm
or call 978-459-7819.
• OPEN DOORS MANCHESTER Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.: June 25,
Sept. 17 and Nov. 12. Tour of arts
and cultural venues with free trolley
between venues, 669-7469, opendoorsmnchstr@aol.com. Map at
majestictheatre.net. Venues include
Manchester City Hall Art on the Wall
at City Hall Gallery; MAA Gallery;
Millyard Museum, SEE Science
Center and FIRST Place at 200 Bedford St.; Art 3 Gallery; Langer Place
studios and galleries at 55 S. Commercial St.; East Colony Fine Arts
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• Chimera’s back: Nashua’s Chimera Gallery, which was a lively place to visit during
various Nashua Art Walks, went dormant over
the past months. Everyone involved has other
full-time gigs, and projects and studies kept them
occupied while Nashua Theater Guild used the
Picker Building space to rehearse in, according
to Art and Nancy Ferrier. But Chimera is back
this summer with a reception Saturday, June
27, from 3 to 6 p.m., for what look to be three
unique exhibits running through Aug. 27.
One of the things that kept regular exhibitor
Art Ferrier busy was a show at Marziat Gallery
in Hamburg, Germany. He shows urban photographs mostly from Hamburg, plus some from
Montreal, New York and Boston, in “Signs of
Man” at Chimera this summer. Ferrier participates in the Florence (Firenze) Biennale in
Italy (www.artferrierphotography.com).
Abstract painter Dominique Boutaud’s
installation “L’echapper Belle – A Narrow
Escape” is also at Chimera. Gallery director
Nancy Ferrier has been advising her on other
shows. In “The Unseen,” Francisco De la Barra
uses organic materials including spices in painted portraits he created after interviewing guests
of a Somerville, Mass., homeless shelter.
Chimera Gallery is part of a working photography studio owned by photographer Kym
Scott and her husband Marcus Scott, and other
than receptions it’s usually only open Saturdays
and by appointment, according to the Ferriers.
The Picker Building is at 99 Factory St. Extension in Nashua. Call 888-2661 or visit www.
chimeragallery.net.
• Queen City rollover: Glass artist Aaron
Slater of Manchester is taking over the Queen
City Lampworks space, a studio previously run
by Kevin Engelman and Jason Herring, to run
as a glass school on a trial basis inside 21 W.
Local Color
28 Chestnut St. „ Portsmouth, NH
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Hot hits
The chorus rehearses for “Hot Hits.” Courtesy
photo.
A geographic cornucopia of songs are
pulled together for the revue “Hot Hits, Cool
Harmonies: The Great American Songbook.”
From “New York, New York” to “California
Here I Come,” with country-western in
between, plus Nat King Cole, Elvis, barbershop
and Broadway, the show with area performers
is a tribute to bygone musical eras, according
to a release.
It’s conceived by Irene Deschesnes and
Gallery; and Framer’s Market.
• OPEN STUDIO NIGHTS third
Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. at Verdigris Artisans, 88 N. Main St., Suite 205, Concord, www.verdigrisartisans.com. • OUT OF AFRICA exhibit
through early June at Mariposa
Museum, at 26 Main St., Peterborough, 924-4555, www.mariposamuseum.org, $3-$5.
• PHOTOGRAPHY by Beth Ordway and Richard Lee Clark in the
NHTI Library Lobby, 31 College
Dr. in Concord, 271-7186.
• REVIVAL installations from
Pine Haven Collective through
June 30 at ellO gallery & shop, 110
State St., Portsmouth, 433-9110,
www.ellogallery.com.
• ROBERT CHILDRESS, illustrator of the Dick and Jane books
from 1958 to 1968, print sales of
his college series partially benefit
the New Hampshire Food Bank. Email nance@metrocast.net.
• ROBIN KENT folk artist June
25-Aug. 16 at the Framers Market, 1301 Elm St., Manchester,
668-6989. Reception Thurs., June
25, 5-8 p.m., during Manchester
Open Doors.
• THREE JEWELERS, THREE
FRIENDS Lauren Pollaro, Karen
Orsillo, and Blair LaBella in June
at Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water St.,
Exeter, 778-8282.
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
Martha Kuepper and directed by Betty
Thomson. Deschanes has put together more
than 14 stage extravaganzas to raise money for
local causes. She started a tradition in 1993 of
creating shows around music and a theme as
a fundraiser for Concord City Auditorium’s
renovation effort.
The Rotary Club of Concord presents “Hot
Hits” to benefit local agencies that serve the
hungry and the homeless, and the cast and crew
are Rotarians, Rotarian family members and a
few extras, according to Julienne Turner.
See “Hot Hits, Cool Harmonies: The Great
American Songbook,” Thursday, June 25, at
7:30 p.m., Friday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m. and
Saturday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m., at the Concord
City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. in Concord.
Tickets cost $20, or $15 for students and
seniors. Children under 7 are admitted free. Buy
tickets at the door, at Ballard’s or Merrimack
County Savings Bank in Concord, or at www.
concordnhrotary.org.
— Heidi Masek
Wood visions
The Currier Museum
of Art displays “Turning Wood Into Art: The
Jane and Arthur Mason
Collection” from July 3
through Sept. 27. See 65
objects “from one of the
world’s foremost collections of contemporary lathe-turned
wood.” Everyone is admitted free Saturday, July 11, for
wood-themed activities at the Currier including an exhibit
reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. with woodturning demonstrations. Ron Fleming’s 1997 lathe-turned and carved
pink ivory wood, “Firebird,” from the collection of the
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina, a gift of Jane and Arthur Mason, is seen here. (Image
courtesy of the Currier). The Currier is at 150 Ash St. in
Manchester (www.currier.org, 669-6144).
P.S. The Currier is not holding its regular monthly “First
Thursday” evening event in July.
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,
concordcityauditorium.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
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Gail Angellis and Melissa Sine in FIGHT, at
the 2008 New England Fringe Festival. Courtesy photo.
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
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
• Yellow Taxi Productions
yellowtaxiproductions.org
• GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL Thurs., June 25, and Fri., June
26, at 8 p.m.; and Sat., June 27, at
3 p.m., at the Capitol Center for the
Arts, $29.50-$49.50.
• “HOT HITS, COOL HARMONIES: The Great American
Songbook” conceived by Irene
Deschesnes and Martha Kuepper,
directed by Betty Thomson, Thurs.,
June 25, at 7:30 p.m., Fri., June
26, at 7:30 p.m. and Sat., June 26
at 7:30 p.m., at the Concord City
Auditorium, $15-$20, free for children under 7, www.concordnhrotary.org. Presented by the Rotary
Club of Concord to benefit local
agencies serving the hungry and
the homeless.
• PHEDRE starring Helen Mirren, National Theatre of London
HD Broadcast Series Thurs., June
25, at 7 p.m., at The Music Hall,
28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 4333100, www.themusichall.org, $15$27.50.
• ALTAR BOYZ presented by
StageCoach Productions Fri., June
26, at 8 p.m.; Sat., June 27, at 2 & 8
p.m.; and Sun., June 28, at 2 p.m., at
14 Court St. Theater, Nashua, 3203780, www.stagecoachproductions.
org, $15-$18.
• THE WORLD OF SARAH
ORNE JEWETT, an original production performed by Seacoast
community members under Pon-
tine Theatre direction, Fri., June 26,
at 7:30 p.m., at West End Studio
Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth, and Sat., June 27, at 1 p.m.,
at Historic New England’s Sarah
Orne Jewett House Museum, South
Berwick, Maine, 436-6660.
• ROOM 16, staged reading of
an in-development musical about
Watergate Friday, June 26, at 7:30
p.m., at the Palace Theatre, $10.
• TAPPED features tap dance soloist Aaron Tolson Sat., June 27, at
7:30 p.m., at the Palace Theatre,
$27.
• HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING through Aug. 9, in repertory
with GYPSY June 26–Aug. 23 at
the professional Seacoast Repertory, 125 Bow St. in Portsmouth,
www.seacoastrep.org, 433-4472,
$24-$28.
• ANDY’S SUMMER PLAYHOUSE youth educational company features actors ages 8-18 in
new work, at 582 Isaac Frye Hwy.,
Wilton, 654-2613, andyssummerplayhouse.org, $7-$14: Donkey Xote, by Kerry Ryan Thurs.,
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Mass. (Atlantis is the company behind this
Fringe.) However, they are offering a “Bring
Your Own Venue” option anywhere in the six
New England states, during the festival run of
Sept. 21 through Oct. 4. Registration is firstcome, first-served starting July 1 and isn’t
just open to theater. Music, stand-up, dance,
improv and performance art are some of the
other options. Productions this year can use
up to 120 minutes (you can certainly use a
shorter piece) but are disqualified for running
over their time slot. New this year, productions get a percentage of ticket sales plus an
opportunity to win a cash “Audience Award”
or “Producers Award.”
For more details, visit www.NEFringeFestival.com, call 978-667-0550, or e-mail
info@nefringefestival.com.
• At the Majestic: In other festival news,
applications to put a production in the New
Hampshire Community Theatre Association
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• Congrats: Void, by New Hampshire playwright Don Tongue, was the Audience Choice
runner up in the 37th Boston Playwrights’
Platform Festival of New Plays in Series B —
nine shorts performed nightly from June 18
through June 20 in Boston. New Hampshire’s
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(www.playwrightsplatform.org).
• (Targeted) jobs: Stimulus funding has
made its way to the Henniker Youth Theatre at John Stark Regional High School via
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12 full-time positions for 18- to 24-year-olds
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• This weekend: The Palace Theatre (80
Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588, www.
palacetheatre.org) features a reading of Room
16, an in-development musical about Watergate, Friday June 26, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost
$10. On Saturday, June 27, at 7:30 p.m., Aaron Tolson returns to the Palace with dance
showcase “Tapped,” including performances from New England Tap Ensemble (www.
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Musical revue Girls Night: The Musical
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p.m.; and Saturday, June 27, at 3 p.m. Ticket
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The National Theatre of London HD
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Phedre, by Jean Racine in a version by Ted
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Auditions/workshops
• AUDITIONS for the children’s
choir for ages 8-12 in Joseph &
The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sat., June 27, at 10 a.m., at the
Palace Theatre. Call 668-5588 for
appointment.
• IMPROV COMEDY eight-week
class starts Sun., June 28, from
improv troupe Stranger Than Fiction. See www.strangerthanfiction.
us.
• NHCTA FESTIVAL deadline
to perform at the Sept. 12-13 New
Hampshire Community Theatre
Association Festival (www.nhcommunitytheatre.com) is Tues., June
30. E-mail Rob Dionne at rob@
nhcommunitytheatre.com.
• YOUTH STIMULUS JOBS, 12
full-time positions for 18-24 year
olds awarded to Henniker Youth
Theatre by the New Hampshire
Department of Education (see www.
NHworks.org). Those with an interest in the arts who are available to
work up to 40 hours per week July
1-Sept. 30 should visit www.alchemistsworkshop.org. • ARTS MINISTRY of All Saints
Anglican Church open auditions
Wed., July 1, at 6:15 p.m., for singers, dancers, instrumentalists and
actors of all ages, at,at the Concordia Lutheran Church, 211 Main
St., Concord, 875-1917, www.allsaintsnh.com.
• NEW ENGLAND FRINGE
FESTIVAL 2009 registration opens
July 1. In its third year, the main
venue will be Atlantis Playmakers
theater, 380 Cambridge St., in Burlington, Mass. There’s a “Bring Your
Own Venue” option. E-mail info@
nefringefestival.com, visit www.
NEFringeFestival.com or call 978667-0550.
• VOLUNTEERS needed for New
Thalian Players in mid-July for
Theatre in the Park performances
in Manchester, including backstage assistants, costume assistants,
booth attendants and ushers. E-mail
newthalianplayers@gmail.com.
Outside and in
Wendy Klemperer’s
“Running Black” is
part of the Mill Brook
Gallery & Sculpture Garden’s annual
invitational outdoor
sculpture exhibit at
236 Hopkinton Road
in Concord. See the
rest of this year’s
work at Mill Brook’s garden during the Art Concord gallery open houses and receptions Thursday, June 25, from
5 to 8 p.m. Indoors, Mill Brook features contemporary
paintings and traditional crafts in “First People of the
Northeast” (226-2046, themillbrookgallery.com). If you
miss Art Concord, there’s a champagne reception at Mill
Brook with music by Sylvia Miskoe and Bruce Cobb, Saturday, June 27, from 2 to 4 p.m.
For more about Art Concord, see concordnhchamber.
com or call 224-2508.
Peterborough, 924-7585, www.
peterboroughplayers.org: The Just So
Stories by Rudyard Kipling mainly
Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.,
June 26-July 25, plus July 22. Proceeds from Just So Stories on June
27 go to Recreation Allies Network
(www.recreationallies.org). Anne of
Green Gables runs Sat., Aug. 22,
Wed., Aug. 26, Fri., Aug. 28, and
Sat., Aug. 29, at 2 p.m.; and Mon.,
Aug. 24, at 7 p.m.
• CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS Concord
Pediatric Dentistry’s “Little Smiles”
Children’s Summer Series Tuesdays
at 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. in Governor’s
Hall at the Capitol Center geared for
age 3 and older, $6: Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs June 30; Hansel
and Gretel July 7; The Little Mermaid July 14; The Jungle Book July
21; Rapunzel July 28; The Nightingale Aug. 4; Aladdin Aug. 11.
Free outdoor shows
• GREASE presented by the Prescott
Park Arts Festival Thursdays and
Sundays at 7 p.m., and Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m. June 26-Aug. 23
Children’s performances
in Prescott Park on Marcy Street in
• LITTLE RED WAGON profesPortsmouth, www.Prescottpark.org,
sional theater troupe of UNH per436-2848. Donation recommended.
forms A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mon., June 29, at 2 p.m., for young
Summer stock
audiences, at the Senior Center, 76
• NEW LONDON BARN PLAYN. Main St., Manchester, as part of
HOUSE, 84 Main St., New London,
the West Manchester Community
526-6710, www.nlbarn.org. PerforLibrary Summer Reading Program.
mances Tuesday-Saturday at 8 p.m.;
Call 624-6560.
Sundays at 5 p.m.; Wednesdays at 2
• PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS
p.m.; selected Mondays and Saturdays
Second Company shows for chilat 2 p.m., $20-$35.50: She Loves Me,
dren and families at 55 Hadley Road,
by Joe Masteroff, Sheldon Harnick
and Jerry Bock through July 5.
• PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS
professional performances are mostly Tuesday or Wednesday through
Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sundays at
4 p.m., at 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, 924-7585, www.peterboroughplayers.org, $38-$45. Student
rush $15. “Rush for all” $15 on the
first Thursday of each show: Bad
Dates, comedy by Theresa Rebeck
through June 28; The Breath of Life,
drama by David Hare July 1-12;.
• WINNIPESAUKEE PLAYHOUSE professional summer season
at Alpenrose Plaza, routes 3 and 11B
in Weirs Beach, Laconia, $19-$21,
366-7377, www.winniplayhouse.com.
Performances Monday-Saturday at
8 p.m., and Mondays at 2 p.m.: Play
it Again, Sam, romantic comedy by
Woody Allen through July 4.
Classical Listings
• AMHERST TOWN BAND performs at Greeley Park in Nashua
Thurs., June 25, at 7 p.m., www.
amhersttownband.org.
• CONCORD COMMUNITY
MUSIC SCHOOL piano recital
Sun., June 28, at 2 p.m., at 23 Wall
St., Concord, 228-1196, www.ccmusicschool.org, free.
• GRANITE STATE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA performs Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 3 and the Brahms violin concerto Sat., June 27, at 7:30 p.m.,
for the Summer Music Associates, at
the Sawyer Center at Colby-Sawyer
College, 541 Main St., New London,
526-8234.
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inside/outside
In this section:
Activities for children and families, workshops, volunteer opportunities, events to keep you healthy and more
Gardening Growing Bearded Irises
Guy Sun-loving flowers in a rainbow of colors
Marita Johnson in her iris garden. Henry Homeyer
photo.
By Henry Homeyer
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Clubs
Car
• EAST COAST CAMARO CLUB
meets the third Sunday of every month
at MacMulkin Chevrolet in Nashua. Visit
mjwrabbit.tripod.com.
• GATE CITY CORVETTE CLUB
meets on the second Friday of the month at
7 p.m. at MacMulkin Chevrolet in Nashua.
See www.gatecitycorvetteclub.com.
• LONE WOLFE CRUISERS CRUISE
NIGHT at Arnie’s Place (164 Loudon Road,
Concord) on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. Cruise Night
features the Cruiser’s Choice Trophy, which
honors the drivers’ favorite car of the night,
and the Arnie’s Choice Trophy, which honors the staff’s favorite car. The evening also
includes raffles for various prizes and a 50-50
drawing, from which half the proceeds are
donated to local charities.
adds potassium and micronutrients. One year she
added bone meal for phosphorus, but the skunks
came and dug them up to get the bone meal.
Marita divides her irises every three to five
years in the fall. She inspects each rhizome for
borers or rot and then replants — keeping out
some rhizomes to share with friends and visiting
gardeners. In general she plants four rhizomes in
a rough circle, allowing about a foot of space in
the middle of the planting. In years with an early
mud season and long, wet springs she loses some
rhizomes to rot. Undaunted, she uses that as an
opportunity to buy more!
Three companies in Oregon supply Marita with most of her rhizomes, which cost about
$7.50 for the ordinary ones. Fancy new varieties
can cost up to $50, but she is patient and waits for
the price to come down. The companies are MidAmerica Garden (www.mid-americagarden.com,
503-390-6072), Schreiner’s Iris Gardens (www.
schreinersgardens.com, 800-525-2367) and
Cooley’s Gardens (www.cooleysgardens.com,
503-873-5463). Of course, you can buy some in
bloom right now by going to your local plant nursery. That way you will know the color and size of
the blooms.
Marita keeps on cutting off the spent blossoms
to keep that outdoor “bouquet” looking good:
sometimes she goes through her iris patch three
times a day to remove blossoms that have passed
their peak. Deadheading also saves energy, she
explained. After a plant is done blooming, she cuts
off the foliage about six inches above the ground.
So take advantage of the season. Go to your
local nursery, see what is in bloom, and bring
home some irises.
Henry Homeyer is a gardening coach and garden designer and the author of three gardening
books. Contact him at henry.homeyer@comcast.
net or P.O. Box 364, Cornish Flat, NH 03746.
• NEW HAMPSHIRE MUSTANG
CLUB holds cruise nights every Saturday
at Home Depot in Londonderry (41 Nashua
Road). Call 533-0884 or email secretary@
nhmustangclub.com or visit nhmustangclub.com.
• NEW ENGLAND VINTAGE THUNDERBIRD CLUB meets throughout the
year and sponsors events such as Thurderama. Call 859-7818 or 859-3491, or
email dseymour@worldpath.net or visit
their Web site clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/nevt.
• SPORTS CAR CLUB OF NEW HAMPSHIRE holds Autocross events throughout
the summer. The events happen at the New
Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. Cost
is $50 for nonmembers. Go to sccnh.org or
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Features
25 The Garden Guy
Advice on your outdoors.
26 Kiddie pool
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27 Car Talk
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28 Treasure Hunt
Hit paydirt in your old stuff.
Food
32 Kitchens past
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June is one of the best months for ogling flowers. There are the peonies, of course, and bachelor
buttons. Lupines send up their bright spires. Meadow rue, both blue and yellow, abound in the garden
and outside it. Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi), a fantastic pink wildflower that grows along
roadsides — and even at the edge of my parking
area — does its yearly display this month. But as
good as any of those are the irises: slim, delicate
Siberian iris and hefty bearded iris in a surprising
array of colors. They are easy to grow, beautiful,
and some of the bearded irises are surprisingly
fragrant.
Marita Johnson of Springfield, Vt., grows 225
different varieties of bearded iris in her yard in
a couple of beds that can be viewed with Mt.
Ascutney as a backdrop. I visited her in the second week of June and on that day she had 100
different kinds of iris in bloom. Not 99 or 103.
She counts them daily and keeps impeccable
records about every type she grows. From white
to nearly black, Marita’s irises cover the full
spectrum of colors.
Bearded irises do best in full sun. Marita and her
husband have been in their house for 35 years and
during that time the iris garden has had to move as
trees grew up and began shading the garden. Like
any sun-loving flower, bearded irises will grow in
areas with just a little sun, but the number of blossoms and the plant vigor is reduced. In general, six
hours a day of sun is fine.
Planting irises for the first time? Be sure you
plant them with their rhizomes on the soil surface, not buried. A rhizome is a horizontal plant
stem that is modified to store energy. Roots come
off the rhizome and go down; leaves begin at the
rhizome and grow up. The rhizomes are brown
and most people just call them roots. They prefer well-drained soil and do not require highly
fertile soil, though they do best if started in good
soil. Each year Marita uses fertilizers that have
little or no nitrogen (the first number of the 3
numbers on the bag). She top dresses with a 510-10 chemical fertilizer in the spring, and adds
only phosphorus in the fall with a 0-20-0 chemical fertilizer. The soil should be near neutral, so
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to time to neutralize the acid rain we get.
Organic gardeners could fertilize in the spring
with an organic fertilizer like Pro-Gro (5-3-4)
and supplement it with a little rock phosphorus
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dusk. Free to the public, this
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Learn about bats and search for
them, hear bat stories and toast
marshmallows. Pre-registration
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at Amoskeag Fishways, 6
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My son, who transports cars for a living,
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the garage floor for more than a few moments
while we’re moving it from one place to another. In other words, we should never store it on
the garage floor. Why? He claims that it will
discharge. He says it happens to them all the
time. Now, I’m an electrical engineer. Nothing in my knowledge, training or experience
tells me anything about cement garage floors
being in any way, shape or form conductive,
or in any way a cause of battery discharge.
Which one of us is nuts? — Tom
RAY: Your son is. We’ve always been told
not to leave car batteries on garage floors,
too. But that’s so other mechanics won’t trip
over them and crack their heads.
TOM: Cement is not conductive. You’re
right about that. But any rechargeable battery
— that’s left anywhere — eventually will
lose its charge. Rechargeable batteries are
particularly quick to discharge. Just like your
cell phone’s battery runs down when it’s sitting on the kitchen counter overnight.
RAY: There are some people who have told
us that this old myth comes from the days
when battery casings were made out of wood.
If the battery acid spilled out, it could make
the wood wet, and create a conductive path to
a moist cement floor. I wasn’t around when
batteries were made out of wood, so I don’t
know. My brother was around, but nowadays,
he can’t remember anything before the Teapot Dome Scandal.
TOM: Another theory is that garage floors
are simply colder than, say, workbenches. And, as every electrical engineer knows,
chemical reactions slow down in lower temperatures. So, while the battery might not be
discharging on the cement floor, it might be
cooling off, and be less able to pump out its
power temporarily.
RAY: That’s why we store all of our unsold
batteries on our living-room sofas, Tom. Tell
your son that’s what he needs to do, too.
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My name is Victor, and as an upcoming
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car (when and if I ever get one). I was thinking about gluing a coffee mug onto the roof
of my car right above the driver’s seat, as if I
forgot my morning coffee. I think it would be
funny to see me driving down the highway, 70
mph, with my forgotten drink clinging to the
roof of my car for dear life. I have two questions: (1) What glue do you guys suggest so
as not to have the paint eaten off the roof of
my car? Or some other form of attachment
to keep the mug on the car? (2) Do you guys
think this is funny? Because I want my most
honorable Car Talk Guys’ stamp of approval
of humor before I go ahead with my prank on
the world. Thank you very much. Victor
TOM: I think it’s very clever, Victor. I
know there are serious people all over the
place who will disagree with me, but I think
we all need a few more laughs these days. So
I’m for all for it.
RAY: I think the only concerns you need
to consider relate to safety. First of all, you
don’t want the cup to fly off when you’re
going 70 mph and hit some other car in the
windshield. Or even just scare another driver
if it comes flying at him.
TOM: So, forget about glue. I wouldn’t
trust a commercial glue in that situation, at
those speeds. What you need are sheet-metal screws!
RAY: Right. We know, since you’re an
entering college student, that any car you buy
will be old, ugly and crying out to have a few
holes drilled in its roof.
TOM: I’d suggest that you use a plastic
mug. In fact, we have a nice Car Talk travel mug at the Shameless Commerce division
of our Web site, www.cartalk.com. Unfortunately, at $14.95, it might be worth more than
your car.
RAY: In any case, take the plastic mug,
place it where you want it on the roof, and
then drill four screws right through the bottom of the mug. Be careful that the screws
aren’t too long, or they’ll stick down into the
passenger compartment.
TOM: Right. Then when you go over speed
bumps, you’ll bounce up and get four holes
in your head. And it’s clear you don’t need
any MORE holes in your head, Victor.
RAY: Then, to prevent leaks into the car,
cover the tops of the screws with a clear, silicone caulk. And draw a bead around the
outside of the cup, too, to prevent water from
coming in underneath it.
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baby bassinet to the roof with a blanket billowing out of it. Uh-oh. I hope we didn’t just
give Victor another idea.
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I have what I think is a weird item to ask
you about. This has been floating around in
my family since, well as long as I can remember and I am 62 years old. At one point it was
hanging on the back of the cellar door and had
sewing pins in it at my parents’. Before that I
remember seeing it in their home in the spare
room on a table.
Now it’s been in my home for over five years
in our cellar just waiting for where it will go
next. I don’t have the heart to just throw it
away.
Can you tell me anything you might know
about it? It’s 23 inches long and is mostly constructed of wood. The face looks to be hand
carved. The clothes look old and it had some
kind of hair at one time but it is almost all gone
now. If this has any value to someone, maybe
you could help me sell it or just find it a new
home.
Claire in Hudson
Dear Claire,
Your doll is so sweet. It’s hard to give you a
determination on a price because it looks handmade. This category of item is considered to be
folk art. There is modern-day folk art as well,
but some of the older items have such craftsmanship in them that they can bring some
really substantial money in today’s market.
Handmade items can be one of a kind. The
value would lie in the quality of the item, sometimes the maker (it it’s a famous creator of folk
art), the rarity and the subject of the item.
A lot of the stuff that would bring a higher value would be the earlier items, but I have
seen plenty from the 21st century that has been
of interest to collectors. Even stuff from the last
10 years is now sought after as well.
Your doll looks to be from the 1930s or 1940s
judging by the clothes — though the clothing
could have been made to look that way from
older garments. His head is very sweet and the
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Professional development
• CONSITUTION FOR TEACHERS at the Loeb School (749 East
Industrial Park Dr., Manchester) on
Wed., Aug. 12. The workshop will
be led by Attorney Gregory V. Sullivan, who has argued before the
New Hampshire Supreme Court in
several landmark First Amendment
and public access cases. Attorney
Sullivan will explore how the three
branches of the Federal Government
interact with each other, with the 50
states and with the rights of American citizens, all as prescribed by
the Constitution. The Constitutional
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• MEDICAL OFFICE COURSES
weekly at the Office Technology
Training Program in Nashua. Nashua Adult Learning Center, 882-9080
ext. 218.
• PRE-NURSING ASSISTANT
fact that the hair is missing gives it more character. That’s a difference between manufactured
pieces and handmade ones. If this were a Barbie and the hair were missing the value would
be almost none. But because this might be the
only wood figure like this it’s OK.
I would say its value is in the $200+ range to
the right collector. It could be even higher, but I
would have to see it for real.
My word of advice for anyone who has old
handmade items from their family: don’t be so
sure it’s trash. Some of the common stuff that
was made from kits doesn’t have value, but I
mean items like this wood figure. If you have
questions, have it looked at first before you discard 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).
Cut-a-thon
Signature Style at 670 North
Commercial St. in Manchester (in
the Jefferson Mill building) will
hold a Cut-a-thon on Sunday, June
28, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Men,
women and children pay $15 per
haircut, whether it’s a half-inch off or a “Locks of Love” haircut of 10 inches or more (no styling, though), and all proceeds
will be donated to the New Hampshire Food Bank. Walk-ins are
welcome but if you’d like an appointment or have questions, call
606-7089 or e-mail signaturestyle@conversent.net.
PROGRAM from the American
Red Cross, Granite Chapter Office
(2 Maitland St., Concord, 225s-6697
or 1-800-464-6692) teaches students
how to care for residents in longterm facilities/home/hospitals in a
licensed nursing assistant 9-week,
162-hour program. Registration fee
is $40; state test is $100. Must be
16 years old; high school diploma or
GED not required.
• SCIENCE WORKSHOP for
kindergarten to 8th-grade teachers
at Amoskeag Fishways (6 Fletcher
St. in Manchester, 626-FISH, www.
amoskeagfishways.org) July 6 to 17
with the Museum Institute for Teach-
ing Science. The two-week session
will focus on “Science Inquiry:
Water and Energy.” See www.mits.
org. Graduate credit or continuing
education units available.
• TEACHING STEM THROUGH
AEROSPACE at the McAuliffeShepard Discovery Center on Tues.,
June 30, at 9 a.m. Learn how to educate middle and high school student
about STEM (Science, Technology
Engineering, and Mathematics) in
this fun-filled teacher workshop
featuring aerospace-based activities. Cost is $75, includes $8 credit
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TECHONOLOGY
FOR
TEACHERS The Institute on
Disability, 56 Old Suncook Road
in Concord, via the University of
New Hampshire, will host the third
annual Assistive Technology Summer Institute July 22-24, 9 a.m. to
3 p.m., with three interactive workshops. The cost is $75 for each
workshop, all taught by Dan Herlihy. See www.iod.unh.edu/events.
html#atsi or call 228-2084.
Yoga
• Academy of Marital Arts
Manchester Commons, 403 S.
Willow St. in Manchester,
626-5272; Lorden Plaza, 614
Nashua St. in Milford, 672-1333;
academy-martialarts.com
• All Elements Healing Therapies
228 Loudon Road, Concord,
225-5554, allelementshealing.com
• Amherst Yoga
17 Old Nashua Road in Amherst,
673-7661, amherstyoga.com
• Aquarian Yoga Studio
102 Elm St., Milford, 672-1744.
• Bikram Yoga Concord
8 McGuire St., Concord, 4159642, bikramyogaconcord.com
• Bikram Yoga Nashua
5 Pine St. Extension, #6 Mill
South, Nashua, 880-YOGA,
bikramyoganashua.com
• Bikram Yoga Manchester
195 McGregor St., Mill West
Annex, Manchester, 669-7711,
manchesterbikramyoga.com
• Body-Oasis
89 Route 101A Suite 9 in Amherst,
882-3832, body-oasis.com
• Full Spectrum Wellness
Langer Place, 55 S. Commercial
St.,Manchester, 296-0830, fullspectrumwellness.com
• Greater Manchester Family
YMCA
30 Mechanic St. in Manchester,
gmfymca.org, 623-3558
• Healing Hands Chiropractic
25 Nashua Road, Suite F2, Lon
donderry, 434-3456, healinghand
snh.com.
• Hollis Yoga
3 Market Place, Hollis, 465-2343,
hollisyoga.com.
• Living Yoga Studio
120A N. Main St. in Concord,
226-YOGA, livingyoganh.com
• Manchester Yoga Center
679 Mast Rd., 668-YOGA,
nhyoga.com
• Moving Spirit Yoga Studio
32 DW Hwy, Merrimack, 886-7308,
movingspirityogadance.com
• NH Power Yoga
704 Rte. 101 A, Merrimack,
nhpoweryoga.com, 594-2494.
• Riverflow
198 Londonderry Pike in Hooksett,
935-9822, riverflowyoga.com
• Sharing Yoga
3 Pleasant St., Concord, 630-5576,
sharingyoga.com.
• Southern New Hampshire
Medical Center
8 Prospect St. in Nashua,
883-5124, snhmc.org
• Londonderry Yoga
298 Rockingham Road, Route
28, Londonderry, 669-9642,
chiro-yoga-massage.com
• YogaBalance
145 S. Main St., Manchester,
625-4000, yogabalance.info
• YogaCaps
yogacaps.org, 670-0302,
info@yogacaps.org
• Yoga Center
Concord, 226-0680,
nhyogacenter.com.
Remember the
ferrets
A ferret festival, part of the
14th annual Ferret Awareness
Day, will take place Saturday,
June 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at the Londonderry Lions Club
Hall (256 Mammoth Road, Londonderry). There will also be a
yard sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission to the festival costs
$3 per person; children 12 and under get in free. Proceeds will
benefit local ferret shelters. Call 669-5062 or e-mail nhfoc@
comcast.net.
Garden tour
The Colonial Garden Club of Hollis will
present “Come Into Our Gardens,” a selfguided tour of seven Hollis-area gardens
on Sat., June 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets
cost $20 in advance and can be purchased
at
www.thecolonialgardenclubofhollis.
com, by phone at 466-7148 or by mailing Beaver Brook
Association, 117 Ridge Road in Hollis. Tickets will sell for
$25 on the day of the tour at the Hollis Common. Pre-order a
box lunch, which will be served at Beaver Brook, for $12.
• Yoga Circles for Life
43 Lowell Road, Belltowne
Plaza, Hudson, 880-8122
• Yoga for Today
Waumbec Mills, Manchester,
• Yoga Sanctuary
25 Indian Rock Road, Windham,
537-0588, yogasanctuary.com
• BUDDHA BELLY YOGA as
well as Flow yoga, Gentle Flow
yoga, Anusara-Inspired Yoga,
Ashtanga sampler and more at the
Living Yoga Studio.
• CORE YOGA at YogaBalance.
Work on abdominal and back
strengthening and flexibility postures. Every Tuesday, 9:30-10:30
a.m. Cost is $15 for drop-ins.
• FAMILY YOGA a program from
Concord Hospital at the Center for
Health Promotion (279 Pleasant St.,
Concord). The class runs Mondays
from 5 to 5:45 p.m. starting July 13
and ending Aug. 17. Cost is $69.
Register at the Concord Hospital
Web site.
• FREE YOGA for the unemployed at Sharing Yoga. The offer
is for an eight-week yoga and meditation series. Call 230-7300 or go to
www.sharingyoga.com.
• GENTLE/BEGINNER YOGA
a program from Concord Hospital
at the Center for Health Promotion (279 Pleasant St., Concord) on
Mondays from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
Classes start July 13 and end Aug.
31. Cost is $95. Register at www.
concordhospital.org.
• GENTLE FLOW YOGA at Living Yoga, Monday, 5-6 p.m., and
Tuesday, 6:15-7:15 p.m. Drop-in
rate is $15.
• GENTLE YOGA at the Allard
Center YMCA of Manchester,
Tuesdays, 6:45-8 p.m. Cost is $85
($60 for members).
• GENTLE YOGA at Londonderry Yoga on Tuesdays, 6-7:15 p.m.
Drop-ins cost $15.
• GENTLE YOGA at Riverflow,
Wednesdays at noon, Fridays at 5
p.m. and Sundays at 9 a.m. All classes
are 75 minutes, walk-ins cost $12 and
seniors and students cost $10.
• GENTLE YOGA at Yoga Center
on Thursdays, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Cost
is $15 for drop-ins.
• INTERMEDIATE YOGA is
an eight-week program offered by
Southern New Hampshire Medical
Center, 8 Prospect St. in Nashua,
www.snhmc.org. Classes are on
Wednesdays, 5:30-6:45 p.m., from
Wed., July 8, until Wed., Aug. 26.
• IN-DEPTH YOGA every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m., with 45 minutes of discussion, presentation and
demonstration followed by 75 minutes of yoga, at Sharing Yoga.
• LUNCHTIME YOGA as well
as Vinyasa yoga, mediation, restorative yoga and Tai Chi/Qi Gong at
Full Spectrum Wellness.
• NH POWER YOGA has classes
Mondays at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Tuesdays at 9 a.m., 4 and 7 p.m.;
Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Thursdays at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Fridays at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; Saturdays at 9:30 a.m., and Sundays at
9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• POWER YOGA a program from
Concord Hospital at the Center for
Health Promotion (279 Pleasant St.,
Concord) on Tuesdays from 9 to 10
a.m. Classes start July 14 and end
on Aug. 25. Cost is $79. Register at
www.concordhospital.org.
• POWER YOGA at Riverflow,
Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday’s
class is 75 minutes, Saturday’s
class is 90 minutes. Walk-ins cost
$12, seniors and students $10.
• POWER YOGA: CHALLENGING at YogaBalance on
Thursdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m., and
Sundays, 4-5:15 p.m. Cost is $15
for drop-ins.
• STRESS MANAGEMENT
THROUGH YOGA a program
from Concord Hospital at the
Center for Health Promotion (279
Pleasant St., Concord) on Fridays
from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Classes start
Jun 19 and run until July 31. Cost
is $75. Register at www.concordhospital.org.
• SUN SALUTE YOGA at Londonderry Yoga on Thursdays, 910 a.m. Drop-ins cost $15.
• SUNRISE YOGA at YogaBalance.
A one-hour moderate hatha yoga
class every Thursday, 6:15-7:15 a.m.
Cost is $15 for drop-ins.
• THAI YOGA BODYWORK
plus Vinyasa yoga, gentle yoga,
beginner yoga and all-levels yoga
as well as occasional retreat events
are available at Yoga Sanctuary.
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Weekly Dish Kitchens then and now
Notes from the local food scene
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
food@hippopress.com
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• Presidential burgers: One of President
Obama’s favorite burger joints is coming to
Nashua. Five Guys Burgers and Fries is scheduled to open in the Greenfall Marketplace
(341 Amherst St.) sometime in the near future,
according to the company’s Web site (www.
fiveguys.com).
• New eats: The new Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse, Sushi Bar and Lounge opened recently
in the old Cat and Fiddle location in Concord
(118 Manchester St.). The menu features an
extensive selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls,
plus a selection of hibachi items. Lunch is
served daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; dinner is
served Sunday through Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m.,
and Friday and Saturday, 4 to 11 p.m.
• Recession eats: 900 Degrees, 50 Dow St.
in Manchester, now offers the Recession Buster — one Margherita pizza and a Caesar Salad
for $10. This deal is available from 4 to 7 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
• Raw: Z Food and Drink, 860 Elm St. in
Manchester, will hold another Amateur Chef
Night on Tuesday, July 14, and this time with
raw food practitioner and aspiring chef Cara
Theos. With the support of Z’s staff, Theos
will prepare a four-course raw-foods dinner so
guests can give this eating style a test run. Part
of the proceeds will once again go to the NH
Food Bank. Tickets cost $50 and the fun starts
at 6:30 p.m. Call 629-9383 for reservations.
• Food, the movie: Food, Inc., a documentary about the nation’s food industry, will
premiere at Red River Theatres in Concord on
Friday, July 24, with a special post-film Q & A
with Stonyfield Farm founder Gary Hirshberg.
The film is a study of what we eat, how it’s produced, what it’s doing to our country and what
the future holds. Regular screenings will run
until Aug. 6. Go to www.redrivertheatres.org
for film times and to purchase tickets.
• Wine tasting: LaBelle Winery, 100 Chestnut Hill Road in Amherst, will hold a free Open
House Wine and Cheese event Saturday, June
27, from noon to 3 p.m. The tasting will feature the winery’s award-winning wines paired
with local cheeses, plus samples from the Meat
House and chair massages. Register through
the winery’s Web site, www.labellewinerynh.
com, with the number of people in your party,
or call 828-2923.
• Wine dinner: Flag Hill Winery, 297 North
River Road in Lee, 659-2949, will hold its June
dinner on Friday, June 26. The three-course dinner features a choice of starters (beer-battered
squash blossoms or strawberry and spinach
salad) and entrée (bison sirloin steak, paella, or
black bean enchilada), with strawberry cream
puffs for dessert. Coffee or tea is included, and
wine, beer and soda may be purchased by the
glass with dinner. The cost is $36 per person;
reservations are required.
• Hospital food, part 1: Concord Hospital’s
Center for Health Promotion, 279 Pleasant St.
in Concord, will offer two sessions of its “Kids
Top Chef” program — one on Monday, July
13, and the other on Monday, Aug. 3, from 11
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FOOD
Museum display tracks progress from mud hut to microwave
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
food@hippopress.com
Visitors to the new “America’s Kitchens”
exhibit at the Museum of New Hampshire
History in Concord are greeted by the E. B.
White quote, “On days when warmth is the
most important need of the human heart, the
kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries
the wet socks, it cools the hot little brain.”
The exhibit’s mission is to outline the centrality of the kitchen as it relates to American
life, which includes the regional and historical differences and the technological changes
through time.
“It’s logical that the kitchen is the center of the home. It’s all about food, which is
basic to human existence. And anytime you
have food, it’s related to social contact,” said
director of collections and exhibitions Wesley Balla.
Visitors will see kitchen vignettes that
range from Colonial times to the modern
day. Some displays also highlight regional kitchen variations between New England
kitchens and ones found in the South, Midwest and Southwest. Others show advances
in kitchen technology. For example, a food
preservation display moves from a wooden
barrel (an Old Sturbridge Village reproduction) and 1890s icebox to a 1930s and a
1960s refrigerator.
There are a number of interactive displays,
such as the one near the exhibit of historic
cookbooks, where visitors can page through
some books and copy recipes onto provided
cards. Another area allows visitors to write
down their favorite kitchen story, including
disasters, to be archived. A different display
lets them explore kitchen design. Visitors
may get the feel of churning butter or try
their hand at grinding corn on a heavy stone
with a stone roller the way it was done by
women in New Mexico.
Balla pointed out the exhibit shows the
ways social, cultural and economic forces
change the kitchen over time. He noted how
the kitchen started as the centerpiece of the
home but then lost some of that status when
the movement to fast food shifted the food
focus out of the home and family rooms took
The progressions of food preservation displayed in the “America’s Kitchens” exhibit at the
Museum of New Hampshire History. Linda A. Thompson-Odum photo.
the kitchen’s place. It returned with the trend
toward big designer kitchens, and remains
as the current economy forces people to prepare more meals at home to save money.
“Aside from the core point of the exhibit, visitors get to see those changes that
occurred and how people and cultures created their own interpretations of the kitchen,”
Balla said.
The display that seems to elicit the most
comments so far is the Koravos Kitchen, a
remake of a post-World War II kitchen from
Andover, Mass. The turquoise metal cabinets and the stainless steel appliances remind
many people of their parents’ or grandparents’ kitchens.
“America’s Kitchens” was organized by
Historic New England in Boston, the oldest
and largest regional preservation organization in the United States. New Hampshire
is the first to get the exhibit, where it will
remain until January 17, 2010. Then it will
move on to the Long Island Museum of
American Art, History and Carriages in New
York, and the Heritage Museum & Gardens
in Massachusetts.
To go along with the exhibit is the new
book America’s Kitchens by Nancy Carlisle and Melinda Nasardinov with Jennifer
Pustz. Much like the display, the book discusses what it was like to live and work in
kitchens that were very different from the
ones of today. The book costs $34.95 and is
available at the museum and at www.nhhistory.org.
“Even though a lot of people still cook
from raw ingredients, we don’t have the skill
sets that people once needed in the kitchen,
such as how to handle a fire and where to
place the pot,” Balla said. “Go even farther
back and they were killing their own meat
and growing their own food. The exhibit helps people see the roots of their food,
cooking and kitchens.”
Bella Vino owner Paula Doucette said.
Each class will feature information about
a specific wine variety with five different
wines to taste and compare. Doucette will
teach the classes along with representatives
from various wine distributors.
“I chose these classes because they seem
to be the major grape varietals and they’re
our top sellers,” Doucette said.
The classes will also include food pairings
put together by Sheila Sheehan, the shop’s
resident food and wine expert. She has compiled a notebook full of suggestions and
recipes for customers.
The classes:
• Sauvignon Blanc (Tuesday, July 7) —
Sauvignon blanc is a white wine best known
for its grassy, herbal flavors. It’s a good
match with shellfish or as an alternative to
chardonnay. This class will explore differences between new world and old world
sauvignon blancs. “Most people who love
red wines like sauvignon blanc,” Doucette
said.
• Riesling (Tuesday, July 21) — The classic German white wine grape known for its
floral perfume aromas. Regional differences
can change this wine’s characteristics from
crisp and bone-dry to full-bodied and spicy
or luscious and sweet.
“America’s Kitchens” exhibit
Where: Museum of New Hampshire History, 6 Eagle Square, Concord, 228-6688,
www.nhhistory.org
When: Exhibit runs through Jan. 17, 2010.
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Also open
Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 1 through
Oct. 15.
Same grape, different wine
Find out why with Bella Vino
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
food@hippopress.com
Anyone who has a favorite wine type
— merlot, pinot noir, sauvignon blanc —
knows that the flavor can differ from one
label type to another. This summer, Bella Vino in Londonderry will host a series of
classes that explain what makes wines different even though they come from the same
grape type.
“Everyone has a favorite type of wine, but
it’s amazing how different each varietal can
be. Plus a lot of people have also told me
they want to know about wine in general,”
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• Pinot Noir (Tuesday, Aug. 4) — Pinot
Noir originated in Burgundy, France, but
today’s popular varieties also come from
Oregon and California. It’s a light to medium-body wine that has a reputation of being
difficult to grow and make.
• Merlot (Tuesday, Aug. 18) — Merlot has herbal and fruity flavors similar to
Cabernet Sauvignon, but also a smooth and
supple character without the bite of tannins.
Top producers hail from Bordeaux, California, Washington state, Chile and Argentina.
• Cabernet Sauvignon (Tuesday, Sept.
8) — Doucette noted that this wine is
the most successful and popular of the
top-quality red-wine grapes. Cabernet sauvignon grapes produce full-bodied, fruity
wines that are rich, complex and intensely
flavorful.
The classes run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The
cost of each is $25, and class size is limit-
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from local artisans. To get in touch
with McChesney for more information on the market or to learn how
to become a vendor, call 731-6253
or mintmodels@comcast.net.
• LACONIA FARMERS’ MARKET on Beacon Street East, Saturdays through October, 8 a.m.
to noon. Call 267-6522 or e-mail
BPRamsay1@aol.com.
• LEE FARMERS’ MARKET at
Old Fire Station on Route 115 on
Thursdays through October, 3-6
p.m. Call 659-9329 or e-mail leemarket@comcast.net.
• MANCHESTER’S DOWNTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET
Manchester’s Downtown Farmer’s
Market returns on Thurs., June 18
and will continue every Thursday
until Oct. 22. The Market runs
from 3 to 6:30 p.m. (until 6 p.m. in
October) and parking in the Harnett
Parking Lot next door to the market is free during market hours.
Look for local produce, meat, cut
flowers, baked goods, specialty
foods, certified organic products
and more. Weekly family activities will include cooking demonstrations, music, farm animals and
other entertainment. The market is
located on Concord Street next to
Victory Park. Visit www.manchesterfarmersmarket.com for a list of
vendors and activities.
• MILFORD FARMERS’ MARKET at Granite Town Plaza on Elm
Street on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon,
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• BROOKLINE (OUTDOOR)
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Tuesdays through October, 3-6
p.m. Call 672-4229 or e-mail www.
brooklinefarmersmarket.org.
• CANTERBURY FARMERS’
MAKRET at Canterbury Center
in Elkins Library parking lot on
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p.m. Call 783-9649, e-mail farmer@
ccfma.net or go to www.ccfma.net.
• CONCORD FARMERS’ MARKET runs Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to
noon on Capitol Street next to the
state house. Look for live music,
plants, flowers, meat, maple syrup
and baked goods along with the traditional seasonal fruits and vegetables.
• FRANKLIN FARMERS’ MARKET, 206 Central St. on Tuesdays,
July through September, 3-6 p.m.
Call 648-6586 or e-mail cindytaylormidwife@yahoo.com.
• HILLSBOROUGH FARMERS’
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Saturdays, July through September, 9
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• KEARSARGE MARKET 51 E.
Main St. in Warner in the Brookside
complex. This year-round market is
open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Owner Mike McChesney says
the market features locally grown
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ice cream, pies, cakes, breads, freeranged meats, eggs, herbs, spices,
herbal products, tomato sauces,
maple products, candy and more as
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• AMHERST INDOOR FARMERS’ MARKET at Salzburg Square,
Route 101 in Amherst. Monday, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday,
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (wine tasting from 4
to 7 p.m.); Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday,
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• AMHERST (OUTDOOR)
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• BEDFORD FARMERS’ MARKET, at Wallace Road in Benedictine Park, on Tuesdays, through
October, 3-6 p.m. Events include
usicians, July 4 celebration, pumpkin decorating and trick or treat at
the market. Call 435-6410, e-mail
Romney@comcast.net or go to
www.bedfordfarmersmarket.org.
• BROOKLINE INDOOR FARMERS’ MARKET offers breads from
Stormy Moon Farm bakery, a freezer
of meats from Kelly Corner Farm in
Chichester, locally raised chickens,
free-range turkeys that can be preordered, DJ’s Pure Natural Honey,
Yankee Farmers pepperoni, garlic
from Country Dreams Farm, Nashua.
The market is on Route 13, next to
TD Banknorth, the Brookline Florist
and Farwell Realty. Hours are Mondays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Tuesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Call 554-6002
ed, so registration is required. Each student
will receive a 10-percent discount if they
sign up for three or more classes. Students
will also receive a 10-percent discount on
the purchase of any wine sampled that evening and a free Bella Vino Wine glass.
Doucette may add a class on zinfandels
in the fall. She plans to hold another wine
aroma class, which teaches how to distinguish the different scents found in wine.
To find out the latest, visit her Tastings and
Notes blog on the shop’s Web site, www.
bellavinonh.com.
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Serving the complete
Piccola Menu late into the night
Friday, June 26th
Siroteau
Saturday, June 27th
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a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on both days. The cost is
$15. See www.concordhospital.org.
• Hospital food, part 2: St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St. in Nashua, 882-3000,
www.stjosephhospital.com, will hold its
“New England Clambake Class” on Thursday, July 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Learn how to
cook for a clambake and take apart a lobster.
The cost is $25. Register online.
• Two great tastes… The Canterbury
Shaker Village, 228 Shaker Road in Canterbury, will hold its Raspberry-Lavender Day
on Saturday, July 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Learn culinary, medicinal and household
uses for lavender, take a tour of a certified
organic gardens, which will include tips on
growing and sustaining lavender, and attend
a relaxation clinic and try Shaker-style lavender cookies and tea for sampling. Cooking
demonstrations, lavender wand-making,
sachet-making, massages and yoga also will
be part of this event. Admission costs $17
for adults, $8 for children ages 6 to 17, and
children under 5 may attend free. Call 7839511 ext. 200 or see www.shakers.org.
• Eat local: Gibson’s Bookstore, 27 S.
Main St. in Concord, 224-0562, www.gibsonsbookstore.com, will hold an event to
celebrate Eat Local Foods month in New
Hampshire (August) on Thursday, July
30, at 7 p.m. A panel will discuss the ben-
efits (health, economic, environmental)
of eating local and offer suggestions of
books to encourage local eating. The panel
will include Ruth Smith from the Concord
Cooperative Market, Larry Pletcher of the
Vegetable Ranch and president of Local
Harvest CSA, Elizabeth Obelenus of Northeast Organic Farming Association and Ruth
Owen of Hopkinton.
• Helping more people eat local: The
state Department of Health and Human Services’ Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Nutrition Program will offer WIC families
coupons to use at state farmers’ markets. See
www.nhfma.org for a list of markets. See
www.dhhs.nh.gov/DHHS/WIC/default.htm
for information on WIC.
• New menu, new deals: Nutfield Ale and
Steakhouse, located inside the Four Points by
Sheraton on John E. Devine Drive in Manchester, plans to introduce a new menu at
the end of June, according to a press release.
Look for Main Jonah crab cakes with fresh
jalapeño preserves, a crisp summer fruit gazpacho, miso and sake glazed baby back ribs,
and beer and bourbon marinated filet tips as
well as a new wine list. Also, the steakhouse
will have a hospitality hour Monday through
Friday, 4 to 6 p.m., with different specials
each night.
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Weekly Dish
Continued from page 32
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Pickles with Sanbaizu (Three Flavor
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I often make these pickles with cucumbers, but you can easily substitute carrots,
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vegetable.
In a medium bowl, whisk 1/3 cup of rice
vinegar, 3/4 teaspoon of soy sauce, 1 1/2
tablespoons of sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon
of salt until completely blended. Peel two
cucumbers, slice each in half lengthwise,
and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon. Slice the cucumbers very thinly
to make many, many half-moon shaped
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the vinegar mixture making sure to coat
them thoroughly, cover with plastic wrap
and refrigerate several hours or until dinnertime. Serve with short-grain rice and
Asian fare.
from 3 to 6 p.m. in the parking
lot between the Old Navy and the
Banana Republic. The market will
run from June 23 through Sept. 23.
• WEARE FARMERS’ MARKET
in Weare Center around the gazebo on
Fridays through September, 3-6 p.m.
Call 413-6213 or e-mail wearefarmersmarket@comcast.net.
Festivals/cook-offs/expos/
parties/book events
• STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL The
annual Hollis Strawberry Festival and
Band Concert will be held Sun., June
28, from 2 to 4 p.m. featuring strawberry shortcakes and sundaes along
with arts and crafts, activities for the
kids and music. The Hollis Town
Band will perform marches, Broadway show tunes and symphonies.
The event will be held at Monument
Square (or in the Hollis Brookline
High School in case of rain). Contact
Diana Kroeger at 465-2392 or Lynne
Dougherty at 465-2723. • SUMMER SOLSTICE WITH
DESSERT BUFFET Beaver
Brook Association will hold a
Summer Solstice Celebration on
Sat., June 27, from 5 p.m. to dusk
at Maple Hill Gardens, 117 Ridge
Road in Hollis. The event is free
and open to the public and will feature a dessert buffet, live music with
the band Cahill (www.cahillmusic.
com/music.html), a walk through
the gardens and more. Bring a picnic dinner and blankets and chairs.
See www.beaverbrook.org.
Chef events/special meals
• CIGAR DINNER Bedford Village Inn, 2 Olde Bedford Way in
Bedford, 472-2001, www.bedfordvillageinn.com, will hold its third
annual cigar dinner, featuring Tatuaje Cigar owner and founder Pete
Johnson, on Thurs., July 23. The
evening will begin at 6 p.m. under
the tent with a cigar, a taste of scotch
and hors d’oeuvres and a raw bar.
Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. Most
courses of the multi-course meal
will be paired with a cigar wine or
other beverage. The cost is $105
per person and “the dress is Tommy
Bahama Casual,” according to the
BVI Web site. Call 800-852-1166
or e-mail www.bedfordvillageinn.
com for reservations. See the Web
site for a complete menu.
• MEDITERRANEAN MEAL
Before the performance of Girls
Night: The Musical at the Capitol
Center for the Arts in Concord on
Thurs., June 25, and Fri., June 26,
enjoy a pre-show dinner in the historic Kimball House Mansion Dining Room (attached to the Chubb
Theatre) catered by Nonni’s Italian
Eatery. The menu includes fresh
mozzarella and tomato brochette,
vegetable roll-ups with chive cream
cheese, Mediterranean chicken
skewers with olive and basil, mini
eggplant parmesan with ricotta
cheese, prosciutto and fresh melon
with cracked pepper, and Caesar
salad with Nonni’s homemade
dressing. Tickets for the dinner
cost $16.50 (performance tickets
are sold separately) and must be
purchased in advance. Go to ccanh.
com for tickets to both events. (The
dinner will not be served before the
Sat., June 27, performance.)
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13 Warren St., Concord, NH 03301
www.nhchocolates.com 225-2591
BEST OF
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Hours: Sun. 12-5, Mon.-Wed. 10-6, Thur. & Fri. 10-8, Sat. 10-6
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
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
June 20 through early October. Call
673-5792, e-mail mosseyapples@
aol.com or go to www.Milfordnhfarmersmarket.com.
• NASHUA — MAIN STREET
BRIDGE MARKET is held on the
side of Main Street, on the bridge
near Peddler’s Daughter in downtown Nashua, on Sundays, 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m., through Oct. 25. See www.
greatamericandowntown.org or call
883-5700.
• NASHUA — SCHOOL
STREET MARKET will run Fridays from 2 to 6 p.m. until Oct. 30.
See www.greatamericandowntown.
org or call 883-5700.
• NEW BOSTON FARMERS’
MARKET at the gazebo in the
Town Common on Route 13 on
Saturdays, July through October, 9
a.m. to noon. Call 487-2480, e-mail
pygarus@aol.com or go to www.
newbostonfarmersmarket.org.
• PELHAM FARMERS’ MARKET has started for the season and
will run Mondays through Sept. 28
from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Patrick Parish,
12 Main St. in Pelham. Look for New
Hampshire wines, fruits and vegetables, homemade breads and baked
goods, plants, flowers and entertainment for the kids. E-mail pelhamfarmersmarket@yahoo.com.
• PETERBOROUGH FARMERS’ MARKET in Depot Square
on Wednesdays through October, 36 p.m. Call 878-6124, e-mail Mich.
S@comcast.net or go to www.peterboroughfarmersmarket.webs.com.
• TILTON TANGER OUTLET
The Tanger Outlet Center in Tilton,
Exit 20 off Interstate 93, will host
a farmers’ market on Wednesdays
Cotton has the cure
Voted best Martinis in New Hamphire
year after year after year after year after year
www.cottonfood.com
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Distilled white vinegar, champagne vinegar, balsamic vinegar, 12-years-old black
fig vinegar, apple cider vinegar, chardonnay
vinegar, pear vinegar and rice wine vinegar.
I keep many vinegars; vinegar provides acid,
vinegar adds tang,vinegar balances the rich
fat. Rice vinegar with sesame oil for basting, rice vinegar with soy sauce for dipping,
rice vinegar with sugar and a pinch of salt
for sushi rice. White rice vinegar fermented
from short-grain rice with water and sugar,
smoky black rice vinegar made with sweet
rice and sorghum, sweet-tart red rice vinegar fermented from yeasty red rice. Mild
Japanese rice vinegar, potent Chinese rice
vinegar, rice vinegar from the supermarket,
rice vinegar from the Asian market. I pickle cucumbers and carrots and daikon in rice
vinegar and soy sauce and sugar and salt;
it’s called Sanbaizu.
Rice Vinegar
Martini Envy?
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Best Ribs
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KC’s Rib Shack
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Best Menu Item
Pulled Pork BBQ
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KC’s Rib Shack
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Best Sandwich
The Cardiac Sam
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Hottest Bartender
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  BEST OF
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KC’s Rib Shack
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Wine with dinner
What to drink when you’re eating
Strawberry Shortcake
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
food@hippopress.com
Drink Listings
Brewerys/Distillerys/Cider
• ANHEUSER-BUSCH 221 DW
Hwy in Merrimack. Complimentary
tours include a visit to the Clydesdale
Hamlet, home to the world-famous
Budweiser Clydesdales. Open daily
10 to 5 p.m. Call 595-1202.
• FARNUM HILL CIDERS 98
Poverty Lane, Lebanon, 448-1511,
www.farnumhillciders.com
• ELM CITY BREWING COMPANY Colony Mill Marketplace,
222 West St., Keene, 355-3335,
www.elmcitybrewing.com. Restaurant, brewery and pub, open
Mon.-Thurs., 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.,
Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to
midnight, Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• REDHOOK BREWERY 35
Corporate Drive, Pease Tradeport,
Portsmouth, www.redhook.com, produces Redhook ales and features the
Cataqua Public House offering brews
and a pub menu. Tours offered Monday and Tuesday at 2 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday at noon, 1, 3 and 4
p.m.; Friday and Saturday every hour
on the hour from noon to 4 p.m.;
Sunday every hour on the hour from
1 to 4 p.m. For private tours, call 4308600 ext. 327.
• TUCKERMAN BREWING
COMPANY 64 Hobbs St. in Conway, 447-5400, www.tuckermanbrewing.com, offers tours every
Saturday at 3 p.m.
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.
• 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.
• 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
• INTRODUCTION TO WINE
Chuck Saunders of The Wine
Society (18 Pondview Place in
Tyngsboro, Mass., 978-649-8993;
650 Amherst St. #9 in Nashua,
883-4114;
www.winesociety.us)
will hold a one-night introduction
to wine on Thurs., June 25, 6:308 p.m. at the Tyngsboro store. The
cost is $40 ($35 for Society members); RSVP at 883-4114.
• WINE CLASSES Bella Vino,
2 Young Road in Londonderry,
will hold six summer classes that
focus on different grape varietals
on various Tuesdays from July
until September. Each class will
include wine education specific to
that grape, food pairing and five
wines to taste and compare. Cost
is $25 per class. Enrollment is limited, so sign up early. Email paula@
bellavinonh.com, or call 426-5212.
The complete list of classes can be
found at www.bellavinonh.com.
• 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.
Special tastings
• BBQ WINES The Wine Society
(18 Pondview Place in Tyngsboro,
Mass., 978-649-8993; 650 Amherst
St. #9 in Nashua, 883-4114; www.
winesociety.us) will have a tasting
of wines to go with July Fourthstyle barbecue on Sat., June 27, at
the Tyngsboro store from 1 to 4
p.m. The cost is $10; RSVP to 8834114.
• WHITES & ROSÉS WINE
TASTING The Concord Cooperative market, 24 S. Main St. in Concord, 410-6200, www.concordfoodcoop.coop, will hold a summer wine
tasting of whites, pinks and rosés on
Thurs., June 25, from 6 to 8 p.m.
This event is free and open to the
public. Sample 50 different wines
(available for sale for less than $15
per bottle) while snacking on treats
and listening to live music.
• WINE & CHEESE TASTING
LaBelle Winery in Amherst is holding a free open house wine and cheese
tasting event on Sat., June 27, from
noon to 3 p.m. Go to labellewinerynh.
com to register for the event.
• WINE SOCIETY BOOK CLUB
The Wine Society will restart its Wine
Society Book Club in the fall at the
Tyngsborough store at 18 Pondview
Plaza on scheduled Thursdays from
6:30 to 8 p.m. The cost of each book
event will be $25 per participant and
the number and type of wines to go
with each book discussion will depend
on the number of attendees. Registration for each month’s discussion
will be closed one week in advance.
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Casual Fine Dining
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133 Main St., Nashua
50 Dow Street, Manchester
886-8833
www.900degrees.com
Sun. 4-10
Mon.- Wed. 11-10
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wine match would be champagne since it is
common to pair its fine bubbles with strawberries, and one of the wine experts made
that selection. However, the other two made
different, though bubbly, suggestions to
expand this dish’s wine possibilities.
• Scagliola Dolcesvago
Moscato
— $15.99 (Recommended by Marissa
Bontatibus from The
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Hooksett Road in
Manchester, 622WINE (9463), and 27 Buttrick Road #3 in
Londonderry, 432-WINE (9463) This
moscato has a hint of lemon and is light and
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of Bella Vino, 2 Young Road in Londonderry, 426-5212, www.bellavinonh.com) This
sparkling Chenin Blanc is floral on the
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make it fun.
• 2007 Scagliola Brachetto Petali di Rose
— $16.99 at state stores
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Alphorn Bistro, 67
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768-3318,
www.innatdanbury.com)This
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Index
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pg39
dork vs. dork: Transformers 2
Revenge of the CGI explosions
• Rhett Miller, Rhett Miller, B+
BOOKS
MuSIC, BOOKS,
GAMES, COMICS,
MOVIES, dVdS,
TV And MOrE
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• What We Eat When We Eat Alone,
Stories and 100 Recipes, B
Includes listings for lectures, author events,
book clubs, writers’ workshops and other literary events. To let us know about your book
or event, e-mail Lisa Parsons at lparsons@
hippopress.com. To get your author events,
library events and more listed, send information to listings@hippopress.com.
FILM
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• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, B
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• Year One, B-
• Away We Go, B
• Food, Inc., C+
dAn rESPOndS
You’re right, there’s no place to go. Like some dork Capt. Picard, you’ve
become assimilated by the Bay-org and I have no Riker to shoot you out. But
maybe it’s better this way. Maybe, just maybe, you’ll come out the other side
of this a better person. After all the robot dust has settled and you pick yourself
up off your sticky basement floor, and as the gummy bears slowly begin to fall
away, your eyes will clear and you’ll walk out into the piercing daylight a better, stronger human being. Then again, maybe resistance really is futile.
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What is there to debate here, really? The size of
the explosions? Megan Fox’s acting ability? Whether
there will be a third movie in the franchise? Answers:
Big, terrible, yes.
So Michael Bay is back with the summer’s most
highly anticipated sequel: Transformers: Revenge of
the blah, blah
blah. Who cares? This movie might as well
be called Megan Fox Pretty, Robots Go Boom for all
the difference any nod to story, acting, development or
subtext this movie will have.
There are three writers attached to this project. Why? What could they possibly have contributed? Here, let me save Bay some money next time, and
write the script for him right here: Kablam! There, done, you’re welcome.
Look, Bay took a real step toward being a real person by appearing in
those credit card commercials where he makes fun of himself. Good for
him. So, now, why maintain the facade of being a real film-maker? Why not
just film a two-hour robot fight? John Turturro? Why bother? Put that money toward more special effects. Add ninjas and maybe a giant shark that can
walk on land. Make it robot zombies. Bring in some pirates.
The sooner Bay strips off the greasy veneer of filmmaker and just focuses his energy on blowing things up, the better off we’ll all be. Until then, it’s
not worth sitting through Shia LaBeouf’s attempts at human emotion. The
robots have more feeling.
GLEnn rESPOndS
It should be noted that one of the three writers here comes from your precious Star Trek reboot, Mr. Pissoneverything. Just because Michel Gondry
didn’t bring your proposed My Little Pony Helen Mirren, Ralph Fiennes
Darfur genocide indie flick to the silver screen shouldn’t sour your puss
to a fun romp in robo exlpodey town. Also, Megan Fox Pretty, Robots Go
Boom? I and most film-goers would lap that sweet cream up.
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I’m sorry, what did you say? I couldn’t hear you over
the sound of everything being exploded by ninja robots
who turn into sports cars. I didn’t hear your pointless
plea for subtext and plot amidst the Robo-kung-fu; the
chest-swelling bass of Peter Cullen’s Optimus Prime
has deafened my ears to the mewling of lesser men.
Gloomy Gus and Nitpick Ned are sure to pooh- pooh
the Bayformers franchise from their respective crum
bum perches. “Oh, phooey, they didn’t make Soundwave a 20-foot-tall tape deck.” “Well tarnation! A M1 Abrams-sized robot
cannot possibly shrink down to a Vespa scooter.” SHUT UP, NERD. Go
watch a PBS documentary about giant crossbows instead of ruining a perfect
summer treat. Objections are irrelevant to a film like Transformers: Revenge
of the Fallen. I mean, if you’re going to argue negatively about a movie that
uses a subtitle with “Revenge” in it you’ve already lost. Bay’s “adaptation” is
causing a nerd war among Trans-fetishists but the only Switzerland profiteering to have is to shut the medulla off and unselfconsciously enjoy it. Yes! Shia
LaBeouf looks like a Camaro-driving early ’80s pimp minus the John Waters
moles-tache. Hell yes! Megan Fox has legs that go all the way to the ground
and is the proverbial “Brick House” that funk music warned us of. Michael
Bay WILL sweep a tracking shot across an aircraft carrier and then explode
them all to heck with robot meteors. GIVE IN TO THE BAYHEM.
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POP CuLTurE:
On store shelves Tuesday,
June 30
• Wilco, by Wilco (Nonesuch)
• Cradlesong, by Rob Thomas
(Atlantic)
• American Saturday Night, by
Brad Paisley (Rca)
• Electric Dirt, by Levon Helm
(Vanguard Records)
CdS
• Wait For Me, by Moby (Mute)
• Road Show, by Stephen Sondheim (Nonesuch)
• Now, Vol. 31, by Various Artists (Sony Legacy)
• Johnny Winter: The Woodstock
Experience, by Johnny Winter
(Sony Legacy)
• Jefferson Airplane: The Wood-
Rhett Miller, Rhett Miller
Shout Factory Records, June 9
stock Experience, by Jefferson
Airplane (Sony Legacy)
• The Woodstock Experience, by
Various Artists (Sony Legacy)
• Killswitch Engage, by Killswitch Engage (Roadrunner
Records)
We Deliver —
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Rhett
compendium of recent
Miller
as leader of alt-country bigand future CD releases
shots Old 97’s, the band
• Wilco releases Wilco (The Album) next week,
still made up of the same
spearheaded
by breakout single “You Never Know,” a
four dudes who gave us
1993’s Hitchhike to Rhome straightforward radio-rock honky-tonker that channels
(a record soaked in the Tom Petty and Dylan. As usual, it will get Grammys and
same cowpoke slide-gui- wide critical acclaim while normal people buy the Black
tars to which they returned Eyed Peas album instead and then drag it back to their
in last year’s Blame It On dingy digs while complaining about how everybody’s
Gravity). As a solo artist, stupid, and then skip paying the electric bill, again.
• Former Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas is a
Miller is most rebellious
toward his fans, getting all huge and famous solo artist now, mainly because you
city-fied and whatnot, and weren’t interested in the job. Looking like a one-eyed
the tradition continues in albino ghoul from some Tom Hanks Hades on the covthis fourth solo record, er of his new pop album, Cradlesong, he beckons you
blasphemously bereft of to listen to his tedious advance single, “Her Diamonds,”
slide guitar for the first which sounds like your basic American Idol finalist trythree songs. But forget Tex- ing to sound like Collective Soul wearing plastic Paul
as and stuff; this album is Simon masks. Brings up the question: what the hell are
proof that he’s a strong we all doing?
• Part of the Jonas Brothers’ deal with Lucifer Q.
songwriter, not a one-trick
Pal-o-mine-o, channeling Devil was agreeing to have their greasy hair immortalTommy-era Pete Townsh- ized in 3-D, thus next week you can pay FYE $40 to
end in the melodically get Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience, or instead
robust grower “Nobody wait two weeks to get it from Amazon for $6.66 from
Says I Love You Anymore” some goth kid whose parents bought it for him, knowing
(lyrically he does tend to he would be saved. Backstage footage featuring lungbe a little fatalists-R-us, busting bong hits, panda furries and naked bald ladies
yes, but be prepared to tune painted gold not included if you purchase the edited verinto a Ray Davies — or sion from the Disney Store, at your mall.
• Now That’s What I Call Music #31 approacheth,
spaceshot stoner, take your
pick — headset, not Mopey due in stores Tuesday. Includes Lady Gaga’s slick
and the Mopeingtons). but loathsome “Poker Face,” Black Eyed Peas’ horriPunkish speedster “Happy ble-stinky retro-techy “Boom Boom Pow,” and Ting
Birthday Don’t Die” strad- Tings’ worm-eaten cheerleader-alt-rocker “That’s Not
dles the line between My Name.” Meanwhile, nuclear-armed North Korea is
Replacements and “19th having a fit of hissy-insane and your sister’s family is
Nervous Breakdown”; Jack considering moving into a Dumpster until the full-pay
Johnson gets a wink in jobs come back from quarter-pay India.
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POP CuLTurE:
In stores this week
Fiction
• Return to Sullivans Island, by
Dorothea Benton Frank (HarperCollins)
• The Sound of Water: A Novel,
by Sanjay Bahadur (Atria)
• The Apostle: A Thriller, by
Brad Thor (Atria)
• Seen the Glory: A Novel of the
Battle of Gettysburg, by John • Art in the Age of TechnosciHough Jr. (Simon & Schuster)
ence: Genetic Engineering,
Robotics, and Artificial Life in
Nonfiction
Contemporary Art, by Ingeborg
• Duchess of Death: The Biogra- Reichle (Springer)
phy of Agatha Christie, by Rich- • Wilderness Warrior: Theodore
ard Hack (Phoenix Books)
Roosevelt and the Crusade for
• Encyclopedia of Human Rights, America, 1858-1919, by Douglas
by David P. Forsythe (ed.) Brinkley (HarperCollins)
(Oxford University Press)
What We Eat When We Eat Alone,
Stories and 100 Recipes, by Deborah
Madison and Patrick McFarlin (2009,
Gibbs Smith, 272 pages)
What do I eat when I eat
alone? Whatever creates
the fewest dirty dishes.
One pot only is good,
one paper plate only is
better. A knife or a fork
slipped easily into the
dishwasher works well.
After a long day, crackers straight from the box works the very
best.
Of course, sometimes one wants more
than that.
What We Eat When We Eat Alone is all
about not just eating crackers or turning to
takeout but also not quite doing the kind of
cooking that we tend to do for others. It’s
about cooking solely for your own pleasure — the kind of cooking that can make a
meal of a side dish (like fried potatoes with
yogurt sauce or Dan’s Spicy Tapenade) or
can make use of convenience items, like
canned fish or leftovers, to nonetheless create something that makes the solitary meal
truly a meal instead of an in-front-of-theTV snack.
The book features stories of the special
ritual of eating and cooking alone. Some of
the food is odd (jelly on fried Spam) and
some is more elaborate (a grilled marinated
tri tip). Childhood connections and comfort
BOOK & LECTurE
LISTInGS
Author events
• LOCAL AUTHOR EVENING
Gary Crooker, author of New
Hampshire’s Old Home Days, Robert DePaulo, author of Resurrection,
and Equanimiti Joy will read from
their works on Thurs., June 25, from
7 to 9 p.m. at Wilton Public Library
(7 Forest Road, Wilton, 654-2581,
wiltonlibrarynh.org).
• WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE series at The Music
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food play an even bigger role when you’re
cooking for yourself. The people described
here don’t go to extra effort to make their
rice with eggs, carbonara-style, or the
aforementioned Spam creation appetizing to others. You know what you like and
when you cook for yourself you can make it
exactly as you like.
The book offers its stories and then follows with these idiosyncratic recipes, many
of which, not for nothing, would make good
for-two recipes or (doubled or tripled) good
recipes for more people. Many recipes are
meant to be made and eaten over a week —
leftovers being a particular favorite of those
dining solo. Most of your work is already
done but you are still able to hack your meal
a bit — more cheese here, fried with an egg
there.
This conversational book makes for a
light, fun read. There’s a chummy quality
to the discussions here. Talking about people’s comfort foods is like talking about
your guilty-pleasure TV shows or the songs
you sing in the shower. The result is a book
full of intimate stories and quirky recipes.
It feels somehow like the opposite of your
standard cookbook, where you’re learning
about a food tradition (whether it’s a culture’s traditions or a family’s traditions)
and then cooking for an audience. Here, it’s
all focused internally, giving you a peek at
what feels like people’s personal culinary
thoughts. B — Amy Diaz
Hall begins its 2009-2010 season
with a visit from E.L. Doctorow on
Wed., Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. ($13).
Subsequent shows are Tracy Kidder on Mon., Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
($13), Barbara Kingsolver on Tues.,
Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. ($13), and Jodi
Picoult on Wed., March 31, 2010,
at 7:30 p.m. ($13). Tickets on sale
to general public at noon June 27
at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St.,
Portsmouth, at 436-2400, or online
at www.themusichall.org.
• DAILY KOS founder Markos
Moulitsas Zuniga will be at Gib-
son’s Bookstore in Concord on
Mon., Aug. 24, at 7 p.m., coinciding with the paperback release of
his book Taking on the System.
• HOUSE OF CARDS: A TALE
OF HUBRIS AND WRETCHED
EXCESS ON WALL STREET
author William D. Cohan will be
at Gibson’s Bookstore on Mon.,
Aug. 31, at 7 p.m.
• HOWARD DEAN former Vermont governor, 2004 candidate
for Democratic presidential nomination, author of Howard Dean’s
Prescription for Real Healthcare
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POP CULTURE:
Poetry
• NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
POETRY READINGS are free and
open to the public; call 219-9172 to
confirm reading. Wed., June 24, Ilya
Kaminsky and Carol Frost. Thurs.,
June 25, Pat Fargnoli and Maura
MacNeil. Fri., June 26, Kazim Ali.
Sat., June 27, performance with
Regie O’Hare Gibson. Sun., June
28, NEC alums Chris Goodrich and
Paula McLain. Tues., June 30, NEC
student reading. Wed., July 1, Brian
Henry and Eleni Sikelianos. See
http://tygerburning.blogspot.com.
What are you reading?
Jim Readey
Owner of The Yoga Center in
Concord, www.nhyogacenter.com
I am just finishing Eat, Pray,
Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s an
autobiographical work about the
30-something author’s decision to
celebrate her bitter divorce by traveling for a year in order to find
herself. First up is Italy (where her
aim is to explore pleasure), then India (to study yoga in
an ashram), and finally Indonesia/Bali (to, well, perhaps,
fall in love, again). Gilbert is a clever and hilarious writer, and had me entertained throughout her journeys. She
also shares lots of powerful insights, of both a spiritual and practical nature, along the way — which is the
book’s real value. I resisted reading this, at first (having
been told it was a “chick book”), but now I am wishing
she would write a sequel!
Other
• BOOK SALE at Manchester
City Library (main branch) on
Thurs., June 25, from 2:30 to 6:30
p.m. For $5 you receive a paper
grocery bag at the entrance of the
Winchell Room, which you can fill
Shalom, 87 Richardson Road in June 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
with as many items as you can fit.
North Chelmsford, Mass. (www. Hundreds of gently read books for
• BOOK SALE at Congregation
congregationshalom.org) on Sun., all ages at rock-bottom prices.
The Book
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A pub that captures the
mythical and Old World feel that takes hold
and slowly pulls you toward another time
SUN:
Sing Session w/Spain Brothers
2pm-5pm, followed by Traditional Music
MON:
Scalawag
Spend your summer
nights at Billy’s
watching your
favorite team. With
Billy’s MLB network
and 50 TV’s you’ll
never miss a game!
We will be closed for
4th of July Holiday.
Closed Sat. 4th
Closed Sun. 5th
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WED:
Open Mic Comedy Night
The Dirtnaps
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• The all-nature Book Report, item 1:
Mountains: There’s now a third edition of
The White Mountains Map Book, written
by Steve Bushey and Angela Faeth, published by Map Adventures of Portland,
Maine, and distributed in New Hampshire
by Bondcliff Books of Littleton. The 64page guide comes with a waterproof trail
map showing “almost the entire White
Mountain National Forest,” according to
a press release. The book describes hikes,
lists campgrounds and offers trip planning
advice. See www.mapadventures.com.
• The all-nature Book Report, item 2:
Lakes: Also check out Beyond Walden:
The Hidden History of America’s Kettle Lakes and Ponds, by UConn geologist
Robert M. Thorson, published by Walker
& Co. in May; its entry for New Hampshire mentions Chocorua Lake near
Conway, cites Mirror Lake as “one of the
best studied kettles in the world” and mentions Eagle Pond in connection with poet
Donald Hall. Kettle lakes are “self-contained natural wells, with no inlet or outlet
streams” formed by glacial ice melting.
• The all-nature Book Report, item 3:
River: There are amazing photographs —
close-ups of river otter, lynx tracks on a
snow-covered log — and some very interesting maps in the new Where the Great
River Rises: An Atlas of the Connecticut River Watershed in Vermont and New
Hampshire, edited by Rebecca A. Brown
and published by Dartmouth College Press.
The maps simplify could-be-dull material,
showing things like where New England’s
birds fly when they migrate (there are
three “flyways” over the region). It’s an
oversized, glossy-paged atlas filled with
essays by different authors on the wild and
the civilized aspects of the region.
• The all-nature Book Report, item
4: University: The University of New
Hampshire Press has released The Sustainable Learning Community: One
University’s Journey to the Future, edited by John Aber, Tom Kelly and Bruce
Mallory, and it’s all about, you guessed it,
UNH. It includes essays like “Sustainable
Science and Engineering” and it chronicles the university’s efforts to be green
itself — it ints landscaping, transportation,
composting, fuel use and such — and its
environmental academics, e.g. its Institute
for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space,
its dual major in EcoGastronomy and its
Sustainable Living minor. —Lisa Parsons
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Reform, visits Gibson’s Bookstore
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FILM
In theaters Friday, June 26
• My Sister’s Keeper (PG-13, wide
release)
• Cheri (R, limited release)
• The Hurt Locker (R, limited release)
• Life Is Hot in Cracktown (R, limited
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• Quiet Chaos (limited release)
• The Stoning of Soraya M. (R, limited
release)
• Surveillance (R, limited release)
In theaters Wednesday, July 1
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release)
• Public Enemies (R, wide release)
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Transformers:
Revenge of the
Fallen (PG-13)
Shia LaBeouf teams
up with his hot girlfriend,
Optimus Prime and the
other Autobots (again) to
fight Megatron and the
Decepticons (again) in
Transformers: Revenge of
the Fallen, a sequel that
just as easily could have
been called Transformers:
Again But Louder.
Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) is
headed off to college, leaving his
girlfriend Mikeala (Megan Fox) and
his car Bumblebee — and his parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White,
and I give already, they’re fun).
He’s eager to be a regular kid, not
at all the guy helping the Autobots
fight the Decepticons, both invading alien factions who can turn into
cars, jet planes or other vehicles of
awesomeness. But fate (Michael
Bay) has other plans for him. The
Decepticons are busy searching
the Earth for something connected to, as Optimus Prime intones in
a voiceover (which has the same
timbre and rah-rah quality you’d
expect in the narration for an ad for
some kind of massive, ass-kicking
pick-up truck), the long history the
Decepticons have had on our planet. Naturally, just as our best and
brightest young Army officer (Josh
Duhamel) fighting the Decepticons
with the Autobots is starting to sense
trouble, some civilian wienerhead
(John Benjamin Hickey) shows up
to wave around a presidential order,
disrespect the Autobots and generally muck things up.
Meanwhile — because coherent storytelling is for girls — Sam
is having strange visions of Transformer symbols, he can’t seem to
say to his girlfriend “I love you,”
a piece of the life-giving All-Spark
turns some of the Witwicky household appliances into dog-sized
Decepticons, his college roommate
is a conspiracy nut, Decepticons are
planning to destroy the world and
Sam’s parents are vacationing in
Paris.
Transformer: Revenge of the
Fallen doesn’t so much have subplots as it has the paper sketch of a
subplot with some dialogue thrown
at it and maybe a scene or two
before it moves on to something
else. It’s the suggestion of character development, the rough draft of
plot threads. The movie might have
nearly two and a half hours but it
clearly doesn’t want to waste time
on incidental things like character
arcs or story-telling or scenes that
make sense when viewed back to
back. It’s as though someone gave
Michael Bay a complete, multidimensional 15-hour movie and he cut
it down, leaving in only the parts that
reached a certain threshold of awesome. Thus we have some parental
comedy, some explosions, a few
shots of the perpetually lip-glossed
Megan Fox, some more explosions,
some stuff happening in a military
control center, some funny college
stuff, some shiny cars driving fast,
other shiny cars and trucks turning
into Transformers and smashing
into opposing side Transformers.
In fact, “shiny” is a big part of this
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movie — shiny cars, shiny trucks,
shiny yellow Camaro, shiny Megan
Fox’s hair, shiny explosions, shiny
Josh Duhamel. Shia LaBeouf is not
so much shiny, he’s in motion —
that being the other major theme
of Transformers, stuff moving fast.
The cars speed, the fighter jets
swoop down, Shia LaBeof runs,
other people run, the unicycle-ish
Transformers roller skate after their
untransformed vehicle brethren.
Shiny stuff moving fast — there’s
your plot summary. Transformational shweesh shweesh, vaguely
gun-cocking-sound, ka-boom —
there, I’ve just described most of
the scenes.
For all that big chunks of this
movie flat out makes no sense —
for example: many of the scenes
in Egypt, particularly the ones that
appear to feature wild camels; the
scene where the doors at a Washington, D.C., museum seem to open
onto a California desert complete
with mountains in the background,
everything to do with the reappearance of John Turturro — I didn’t
entirely mind. I don’t even mind
the anachronistic jingoism and the
score that, at one point, seemed like
Wagner with more drums and less
subtlety. If anything, this movie’s
biggest problem is that despite the
“oh, to hell with it” approach to story continuity, it’s still really long.
Perhaps a few of those somber
speeches about destiny or revenge
could have been cut. Also, while
some of the robot-on-robot violence is quite cheer-able, much of it
is just a crazy hairball of metal and
CGI and you don’t know what’s
happening until something blows
up and the smoke clears (and re:
stuff blowing up — this is the kind
of movie where you’ll find yourself
thinking “what’s on fire here, the
sand?” because explosions and fire
don’t always seem to have a direct
connection to some actual gas or
solid igniting).
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen is loud, un-self-consciously campy, occasionally absurd and
full of things clearly designed with
the idea “make it more badass” in
mind. In short, it’s a Michael Bay
movie. And it’s a silly, overly long
one. But, as it turns out, still plenty of fun. B
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language,
some crude and sexual material,
and brief drug material. Directed by
Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman,
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
is two hours and 24 minutes long and
is distributed in wide release by Paramount Pictures.
Whatever Works
(PG-13)
Larry David delights
at channeling a most
misanthropic version of
Woody Allen in Whatever
Works, a hokily charming
comedy set back in Allen’s
beloved New York City.
Boris Yellnikoff (David) is,
basically, a miserable bastard. A
self-proclaimed genius (he claims
to have been up for a Nobel Prize),
he believes himself to be surrounded by “microbes” and “inchworms”
— his pet names for the rest of
humanity. People make life so
much worse than it needs to be, he
kvetches to his friends, and then to
us, speaking directly into the camera. He tells us the story of his life,
which, by the time he was living in
a dive apartment and earning money teaching kids to play chess, was
pretty indulgently lousy. But then
he all but trips over Melodie (Evan
Rachel Wood), a possibly 20-something/probably teenage runaway
from some caricature of a Mississippi small town who asks Boris
for some food. He ends up inviting
her into his apartment and letting
her stay there — for the company, because she’s pretty, whatever.
Though he insults her intelligence
at every turn and she is far too chipper for him, they become friends
— perhaps because she tolerates
his quirks or perhaps because, not
threatened by her like he was by
his age-appropriate, professionally
successful wife, he feels comfortable being some version of himself
around her.
Then, more wackiness ensues.
Her mother Marietta (Patricia
Clarkson) shows up and is both
repelled by Boris and enchanted by
life in New York. Her father John
(Ed Begley Jr.) shows up, having
just dumped his mistress. There is
some talk about Melodie’s family’s
religion and then there are some
changes in the relationship between
Melodie and Boris, some cute and
tidy little plot twists and finally the
monologue you see in the trailers,
about doing whatever you can do to
find some happiness in this world,
about accepting whatever works in
your life.
These lines are the most earnestly delivered part of Larry David’s
many speeches, asides, monologues and bits of dialogue which
all seem to have the comforting
quality of knock-knock jokes. For
most of the movie, David seems to
be barely keeping in a merry laugh
at just how wonderfully miserable
his Boris is. As the character Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm,
he is an awkward, grumpy guy trying to fit in to society. In Whatever
Works, Boris doesn’t care and can
delight, as Larry David the character only occasionally can, in singing
out to whoever will listen about
how little he thinks of life and people. David is, well, the phrase “pig
in,” uhm, let’s say, “it” comes to
mind when I think of how wide
and twinkly his smile is throughout
Whatever Works.
The miracle of the movie,
though, isn’t that David is having
fun but that we get to have fun.
There is a “take my wife, please”
quality to the jokes here and yet the
cornball humor is surprisingly successful. In one scene, Boris wakes
in the middle of the night after
having nightmares about his own
mortality. A genuinely concerned
Melodie suggests watching some
TV to calm down.
I’ve been looking into the abyss,
Boris moans.
That’s OK, we can watch something else, Melodie says.
That’s about the level of the
humor, but it works, as does the
stageyness of some of the scenes
and even the oft-recycled quality
of some of these quintessentially
Woody Allen characters. I read the
New York magazine story about
David, Allen and the changing
tone of American comedy before I
saw this movie, so perhaps that put
me in the mood to think about this
movie in terms of comedy as an art
form. But Whatever Works feels
like old comedy in the way Broadway revivals can recall golden ages
of theater. It could have felt like
moldy nostalgia but it feels more
like a well-played jazz standard.
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boy’s out-of-nowhere response to
his mother’s prodding that he “tell
the nice people what you know
about babies.” It’s a kind of delightful weirdness that you’ll either be
able to buy or not — if you can’t,
I could see how it would tip the
movie over into “insufferably cute”
territory. But I bought and, for its
fun characters and solid performances, liked it. B
Rated R for language and some sexual content. Directed by Sam Mendes
and written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, Away We Go is an hour and
37 minutes long and distributed in limited release by Focus Features. It is
scheduled to open Friday, June 26, at
Red River Theatres.
Food, Inc. (PG)
Whatever Works
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a return to form for Allen but its
tone is something different — it’s
a cheerier kind of movie, even,
dare I say it, an optimistic one. It’s
as though, after years of wrestling
with miseries big and small in his
movies, Allen has found in this tale
some kind of contentment, even
happiness. You leave feeling lighter. Who knew — the cure for the
existential blues might just be a
good corny joke. B+
Rated PG-13 for sexual situations
including dialogue, brief nude images and thematic material. Written and
directed by Woody Allen, Whatever
Works is an hour and 32 minutes long
and is distributed in limited release by
Sony Pictures Classics. It opens in the
Boston area on Friday, June 26.
Year One (PG-13)
And lo, God reached
out His hand and from
the dust He did createth
the poop joke and He
looked on it and saw that
it was good in Year One, a
hopelessly, winningly silly
comedy about early man.
Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael
Cera) are buddies, a hunter and gatherer (respectively) in their village of
stick huts and grunting men. Zed’s a
braggart, Oh’s a shrinking violet —
neither is exactly eating first from
the kill, social-status-wise. So Zed
decides to snack on some fruit from
the tree of knowledge and is banished from the tribe. Oh goes with
him because it’s a buddy comedy
and they meet Cain (David Cross)
and, very briefly, Abel (Paul Rudd);
a
just-discovering-circumcision
Abraham (Hank Azaria) and his notso-thrilled son Isaac (Christopher
Mintz-Plasse nee McLovin’), and,
once in Sodom (of “and Gomorrah” fame), a sketchy high priest
(Oliver Platt) and a scheming princess (Olivia Wilde — Thirteen for
all you House fans). They also regularly bump in to their respective
crushes from the village — Eema
(Juno Temple) for Oh and Maya
(June Diane Raphael) for Zed.
So, poop, sight gags involving
how Sodom got its name, Blackian
bluster, Ceraesque mumbling, circumcision jokes, general sex humor,
sight gags involving the amount of
hair on Oliver Platt’s chest — ask a
class of third-graders for their best
potty humor jokes and I’ll bet you’d
get at least one that was somehow
in this movie. This isn’t subtle, dry,
observational humor. This is “wacka wacka,” “ba-dum-DUM” humor
with plenty of moments of “bwahHA” and “ewww” and whatever
noise I made during one of the poop
scenes (sort of a laugh-gag thing,
I’m guessing). I don’t remember a
rubber chicken but there will probably be one in the DVD outtakes.
Add this all together and, yes,
you get 100 minutes of stupid. But
it’s good stupid. It might have you
rolling your eyes but more often it
will have you laughing. BRated PG-13 for crude and sexual
content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. Directed by
Harold Ramis and written by Ramis,
Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg,
Year One is an hour and 40 minutes
long and is distributed in wide release
by Sony Pictures.
Away We Go (R)
A cute but nervous
couple contemplates
finding a new home as
they await the birth of
their child in Away We Go,
a somewhat precious but
sweet, likeable film.
Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph), unmarried but
committed, are expecting. They live
what seems to be a pleasant life —
Verona is a medical illustrator and
Burt works in insurance — but
Verona suspects they might also be
screw-ups, a sense that is heightened
as she considers the approaching birth of her baby. When Burt’s
parents (Catherine O’Hara, Jeff Dan-
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iels) unexpectedly announce that
they plan to move abroad for a few
years (missing the birth and the first
few years of the baby’s life — the
years Burt and Verona had hoped to
lean on them), Burt and Verona consider leaving the area. They want to
be near family and friends, to find a
home that says Home to them.
Thus, they travel. In Phoenix,
they hang with Verona’s inappropriate, unhappily married friend Lily
(Allison Janney). In Tuscon, they
spend time with Verona’s sister
Grace (Carmen Ejogo). In Madison,
it’s Burt’s flakey, hippy cousin LN
(Maggie Gyllenhaal) — she doesn’t
want a stroller because why would
she want to push her babies away
from her. In Montreal, it’s the warm
and happy (seemingly) family of
college buddies Tom (Chris Messina) and Munch (Melanie Lynskey).
In Miami, it’s Burt’s brother (Paul
Schneider), recently left by his wife
and worrying about his now motherless daughter. This discussion of
where to live isn’t just about location — it’s about how to live, what
kind of family Burt and Verona
want. It’s one thing to be sort of
romantically adrift in those years
after college, it’s another thing to be
Burt and Verona — people in their
30s and unclear exactly what kind of
life they want to be living. Away We
Go isn’t, therefore, about one of the
dramatic life stages — coming of
age, post-college, mid-life crisis. It’s
about the part where you say “huh,
so, this is my life,” unsure how you
feel about what you see.
I think it’s the mushiness of this
subject matter that can make the
film seem a little mushy itself, a bit
half-baked and overly concerned
with its own little moments. But I
find that kind of fitting — the tone
matches the subject, just as the hipster-in-middle-age humor matches
the story itself. And the movie
is funny if you buy in to its point
of view — much of it of the quiet
chuckle kind of humor except for a
few big laughs, including one little
Add high calories,
environmental concerns,
questions about labor
practices and genetically
modified farming to the
toppings on your national
chain fast food sandwichproduct with Food, Inc.,
a documentary about
modern food production in
America.
Uhm, or don’t add those things
— do what you want, eat as many
McWhopperFilets as you’d like.
One of the things Food, Inc. scares
the bejesus out of you about is the
veggie libel laws in some states that
make it difficult (or at least expensive) to speak ill of the dominant
agricultural industry. So, to be clear,
no actionable ill-speaking here.
You probably already know
which of your food choices are not
the right ones — you eat in the car
instead of at the table, you eat too
much meat and fat and not enough
vegetables, you think enough snack
cakes can equal a dinner. (And, yes,
by “you” I mean me.) Food, Inc.
gives you some science to add deeper perspective (though, sadly for me,
not any excuses) to your questionable nutritional choices. It explains
some of the government policy and
economic reasons behind why soda
is cheaper than broccoli and what
some of the effects of that kind of
food pricing are, particularly for
people at the lower end of the economic scale. It tours the chicken
coops of farmers for the big chicken producers, it looks at the negative
side of modern slaughter houses
(both for animal and for worker), it
considers the effects that genetically modified seed (and its patenting)
have had on farmers. In the movie’s
most heart-rending scenes, we also
meet a woman whose toddler son
died after eating an E.Coli-tainted
burger. She has now become a food
safety advocate and we meet her
tirelessly pushing Congress to pass
stricter enforcement laws. Well, not
tirelessly, really, because as passionate as she clearly is about her cause
you can see the weariness (from her
grief, maybe, and having to constantly relive it to make her case) on
her face and in her posture.
Balancing out the in-the-fieldstyle reporting are interviews with
Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food
Nation, and Michael Pollan, author
of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. New
Hampshire’s own Gary Hirshberg
of Stonyfield Farm also makes an
appearance. His part in the film
is during one of the movie’s more
forward-looking segments, which
considers Walmart’s entry to the
organic business. I would have liked
more from him (and not just because
he’s a local) and more about this idea
of big box stores answering consumer demand for green and organic
products. You can’t let perfect be the
enemy of good, he says, and I am
interested in just how “good” the
Walmart impact is and what “perfect” might look like. (And I’m not
saying this snidely — consumers
voting with their dollars is one of the
things the film advocates. Shoppers
voted for organic foods and Walmart
responded — there is much that the
movie could have discussed in that
one corporate decision.)
My biggest qualm with Food,
Inc. as a new entry in the “eat local”
media canon is that it doesn’t have
quite enough of that forward-looking-ness, not quite enough of the
“new.” Food, Inc. feels in many
places like a Cliffs Notes version
of other things — the Schlosser and
Pollan books; Mark Bittman’s latest
book on eating green and healthy,
Food Matters; the documentary
King Corn, which looks more deeply at the public policy behind the
explosion of the corn crop and at
were all that corn goes. Food, Inc.
feels like a survey, touching briefly on so many subjects (food safety,
labor practices, immigration, nutrition, environmental concerns) that
we can’t get too deep on any one,
nor do we get the kind of sketched
out images of the future (positive,
negative, whatever) that can spur
action or at least more interest in a
subject.
If you’ve read the books of the
men featured in this movie, started
shopping at your farmers’ market,
been paying more attention to your
labels, you’re likely the choir to
which parts of this documentary are
needlessly preaching. But for those
who are new to the “eat local” movement, Food, Inc. does offer a way to
get an idea how the whole locavore
discussion came about. C+
Rated PG for some thematic material and disturbing images. Directed by
Robert Kenner, Food, Inc. is an hour
and 34 minutes long and is distributed in limited release by Magnolia. The
film is scheduled to open at Red River
Theatre in late July as well as Wilton
Town Hall Theatre in coming weeks.
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NEWBURYPORT
SCREENING ROOM
82 State St.., Newburyport, Mass.,
978-462-3456, www.newburyportmovies.com
• Limits of Control (R, 2009)
Thurs., June 25, at 7:30 p.m.
• Summer Hours (NR, 2009, French
with subtitles) Fri., June 26, at 6:30 &
THE MUSIC HALL
8:45 p.m.; Sat., June 27, at 4:15, 6:30
28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436- & 8:45 p.m.; Sun., June 28, at 5:15
2400, www.themusichall.org
& 7:30 p.m.; Mon., June 29, through
• Monsters vs. Aliens (PG, 2009) Thurs., July 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., June 27, at 2 p.m.
• State of Play (PG-13, 2009) Sat., OTHER June 27, at 7:30 p.m.
• CINEMA AT STUDIO A, a
• Examined Life (NR, 2008) Sun., summer independent film series
June 28, at 4 & 7:30 p.m.; Mon., with the Lowell Film Collaborative.
June 29, and Tues., June 30, at 7:30 Films screened at LTC offices, 246
p.m.
Market St. in Lowell, Mass. Events
• Gone With the Wind (1939) Wed., are open to the public; donations
July 1, at 6:30 p.m.
encouraged. Under 18 not admitted
• Anvil (NR, 2009) Thurs., July 2, to R movies. See www.lowellfilmthrough Sat., July 4, at 7:30 p.m. Dis- collaborative.org. Movies schedcussion to follow Thursday show.
uled: Thurs., June 25, at 7 p.m.,
• MIFF The Maine International Nerdcore Rising (NR, 2008, docuFilm Festival will be held Fri., July mentary about nerd rap).
17, through Sun., July 19, and will • TWILIGHT on the front lawn at
feature eight films, seminars and Franklin High School in Franklin
more. Weekend passes went on sale on Sat., June 27, at 8:30 p.m. Popto the public May 9; individual tick- corn, hot dogs and soda available
ets will go on sale June 27. A festival for purchase. Cost is $2 per person;
pass (which includes priority seating $5 per family. Bring a lawn chair.
for films and special events) costs • SILENT FILMS — SUMMER
$120; weekend pass costs $28; indi- COMEDY SERIES Free screenvidual film tickets will cost $11. See ings of silent comedy films in Stark
www.miff.org.
Park in Manchester with live music
by Jeff Rapsis. On Thurs., July
PETERBOROUGH
2, at 8 p.m., College (1927) with
COMMUNITY THEATRE
Buster Keaton plus comedy shorts.
6 School St., Peterborough, 924- On Thurs., July 16, at 8 p.m., A
2255, www.thepct.com. Schedule Sailor-Made Man (1921) with Harsubject to change, call ahead.
old Lloyd plus comedy shorts. On
• Up (PG, 2009) Thurs., June 25, Thurs., Aug. 27, at 8 p.m., Tramp,
7:30 p.m.
Tramp, Tramp with Harry Langdon
• The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (PG- plus comedy shorts.
13, 2009) Fri., June 26, through • DOWNTOWN FILM FESTISun., June 28, and Tues., June 30, VAL in Veterans Park in Manchester.
through Thurs., July 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Evenings begin at 6:30 p.m. with live
plus Sat., June 27 and Sun., June entertainment; movies begin at dusk.
28, and Wed., July 1, at 3 p.m.
Food vendors on site. Scheduled
movies: Thurs., July 16, MadagasTHE COLONIAL THEATRE
car: Escape 2 Africa; Thurs., July 23,
95 Main St., Keene, 352-2033, Hotel for Dogs; Thurs., July 30, Jourwww.thecolonial.org
ney to the Center of the Earth; Thurs.,
• The Planet of the Apes (1968) Aug. 6, Kung Fu Panda. For info, call
Thurs., June 25, at 7 p.m.
Intown Manchester 645-6285.
• Anvil! (NR, 2009) Fri., June 26, • NH FILM FESTIVAL opens the
through Thurs., July 2, at 7 p.m. call for entries for the ninth annual
Plus Sat., June 27, and Sun., June Film Fest, Oct. 15 to 18, in downtown
28, at 2 p.m.
Portsmouth. Go to www.nhfilmfesti• Every Little Step (PG-13, 2009) val.com to find out how to enter the
Fri., July 3, and Sun., July 5, festival (with www.withoutabox.
through Thurs., July 9, at 7 p.m.
com). Early entries close July 5; late
entries close Aug. 5; Without a Box
entries close Aug. 15.
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AWAY WE GO (R) 98 min. Fri. 2:00, 5:45, 8:00, Sat. 2:00, 5:45, 8:00, Sun. 2:00, 5:45,
8:00, Mon. 2:00, 5:45, 8:00, Tue. 2:00, 5:45, 8:00, Wed. 2:00, 5:45, 8:00, Thu. 2:00,
5:45, 8:00
THE BROTHERS BLOOM (PG-13) 113 min. Fri. 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, Sat. 3:00, 5:30, 7:50,
Sun. 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, Mon. 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, Tue. 3:00, 5:30, 7:50
THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (G) 95 min. Fri. 1:00, Sat. 1:00, Sun. 1:00, Mon. 1:00,
Tue. 1:00, Wed. 1:00, Thu. 1:00
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DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (NR) 94 min. In Our Screening Room Fri. 2:00, 7:00, Sat. 2:00,
7:00, Sun. 2:00, 7:00
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RULES OF THE GAME (NR) 106 min. French/English Subtitles - In Our Screening Room
Mon. 2:00, 7:00, Tue. 2:00, 7:00
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (NR) 115 min. In Our Screening Room Wed. 2:00,
7:00, Thu. 2:00, 7:00
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CHERI (R) 92 min. Wed. 3:00, 5:30, 7:45, Thu. 3:00, 5:30, 7:45
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WILTON TOWN HALL
Main Street in Wilton. Tickets cost $6
($4 for seniors and children) unless
otherwise stated. wiltontownhalltheatre.com or call 654-FILM.
• Lemon Tree (NR, 2009) Thurs.,
June 25, at 7:30 p.m.
• Angels & Demons (PG-13, 2009)
Thurs., June 25, through Thurs.,
July 2, at 7:30 p.m. Plus, Sun., June
28, at 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• Every Little Step (PG-13, 2009) Fri.,
June 26, thru Thurs., July 2, at 7:30
p.m ; also Sun., June 28, at 2 p.m.
• On the Beach (1959) Sat., June
27, at 4:30 p.m. Free; donations to
charity accepted.
• College (1927) and comedy
shorts, Sun., June 28, at 4:30 p.m.
Live music by Jeff Rapsis. Free.
Proposal (PG-13, 2009)
MANCHESTER CITY
LIBRARY
405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550,
www.manchester.lib.nh.us
• Sweet Liberty (PG, 1986) Wed.,
July 1, at 1 p.m.
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Movies outside the cineplex
RED RIVER THEATRES
11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600,
www.redrivertheatres.org
• Easy Virtue (PG-13, 2009)
Thurs., June 25, at 6 & 8 p.m.
• Holes (PG, 2003) Thurs., June 25,
at 2:15 p.m.
• Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Thurs., June 25, at 7 p.m.
• The Brothers Bloom (PG-13, 2009)
Thurs., June 25, at 2, 5:30 & 7:50
p.m.; Fri., June 26, through Tues.,
June 30, at 3, 5:30 & 7:50 p.m.
• Away We Go (R, 2009) Fri., June
26, through Thurs., July 2, at 2, 5:45
& 8 p.m.
• Destry Rides Again (1939) Fri.,
June 26, through Sun., June 28, at
2 & 7 p.m.
• The Great Muppet Caper (G,
1981) Fri., June 26, through Thurs.,
July 2, at 1 p.m.
• Rules of the Game (La Regle Du
Jeu) (NR, 1939) Mon., June 29,
and Tues., June 30, at 2 & 7 p.m.
• Cheri (R, 2009) Wed., July 1, and
Thurs., July 2, at 2, 5:30 & 7:45 p.m.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) Wed., July 1, and Thurs.,
July 2, at 2 & 7 p.m.
TOWN HALL THEATRE
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Nite Roundup
Local music
& nightlife news
By Katie Beth Ryan
music@hippopress.com
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• Homegrown: Friday, July 3, will bring
The Geyer/Feld Duo to Nashua’s Studio 99 at
8 p.m. Mathew Bryan Feld and Nashua native
Ben Guyer will perform their blend of original music with jazz and pop standards. Tickets
cost $10, or $7 for students. Studio 99 is located at 99 Pine St., the former Picker Building
in Nashua’s millyard. For more information,
visit www.studio99nashua.com or call 5625179. Get an idea of the Geyer/Feld sound
at www.benguyer.com and www.myspace.
com/matthewbryanfeld.
• Transforming: A series of Saturday night
concerts with singer-songwriters will help
christen the new Derry Meadows Music Café,
35 Manchester Road in Derry. The first concert will take place on Saturday, June 27, at
7 p.m. with Second Union and Greg Descoteaux. Admission is free but donations will
be welcomed to support the Greater Derry
Arts Council. To learn more about the series,
contact Caitlin O’Neil at coneil@keypointpartners.com or 781-418-6293.
• Harmonic: Vermont-based teen world
music ensemble Village Harmony will perform on Saturday, July 4, at 7 p.m. at the
Community Church of Francestown, 18 Main
St. in Francestown. Their repertoire includes
traditional Appalachian folk music, gospel,
South African and Georgian music, as well
as Bosnian songs influenced by two Bosnian
performers currently performing in Village
Harmony. Adult leaders of Village Harmony include Luke Hoffman, Carl Linich and
Suzannah Park. Tickets cost $10, or $5 for
students and seniors. For information, call
899-3249 or visit www.villageharmony.org.
• Touring: Two ’90s-era chart-toppers
will play back-to-back dates at the Hampton
Beach Casino Ballroom in mid-August. Collective Soul will appear on Friday, Aug. 14,
and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones will follow
up on Saturday, Aug. 15. Tickets cost $26 for
Collective Soul, $29 for the Bosstones, and
both shows are 18 and up. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Hampton Beach Casino
Ballroom box office, 169 Ocean Boulevard in
Hampton, by phone at 929-4100, or online at
www.ticketmaster.com.
• Jazz in Portsmouth: The 14th annual
Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival will take place
on Sunday, July 5, from noon to 6 p.m. as part
of the Prescott Park Arts Festival. This year’s
slate of performers includes Billy Novick’s
Blue Syncopators, saxophonist Fred Haas, the
Press Room Trio and the Seacoast Big Band.
Donations of $5 to $8 will be collected at the
door. Prescott Park is located at 105 Marcy St.
in Portsmouth. The event is sponsored by the
New Hampshire Library of Traditional Jazz
and Prescott Park Arts Festival.
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HIPPO NITE
Bars, clubs, bands and other after-dark amusements
Screaming like a…
Banshee has old-school ambition
By Katie Beth Ryan
music@hippopress.com
It’s fair to say that most bands on the
local circuit share a similar life cycle. Their
members meet in their youth, jam in their
basements and at friends’ pool parties for
those formative years after high school, and
then attract a larger audience during regular
sets at clubs and bars. They might record a
few songs or even a full-length CD, before
marriage, kids and work loom on the horizon
and their expensive equipment collects dust
in the basements where they once broke the
sound barrier.
At least that was the case for the members
of Banshee, whose members each played in
now-defunct area bands in the ’70s and ’80s.
But musical restlessness eventually took
over, says guitarist Dave B, who was once a
staple in several Lynn, Mass.,-based bands.
“I quit the whole music scene for about 10
years, and one day just put out an ad, saying I
wanted someone to jam with,” he said. “I was
kind of tired of just having all this gear and
not doing anything. Billy answered the ad
and the next thing you know, Sweede piled
on, and we went and saw Joey, and we liked
him so much that we invited him down to a
practice, and he ended up being the final nugget in the group. It was just a magic thing.”
Hearing Dave B — he won’t give out his
last name — talk about his involvement in
Banshee is like hearing an aspiring musician
rave about the opportunity to play alongside
his rock idols. And Banshee has an impressive pedigree. There’s lead singer Joey P,
who does double duty, performing with Banshee and local favorites The Rusty Cadillacs.
Bassist Sweede used to play in bands like
Mantis and Hex, opening for groups like
Kiss and Ronnie Montrose, and drummer
and vocalist Bell Wenzel made a name for
himself in Oliver Sudden. Balancing a band
with many varied backgrounds can be tough.
Wenzel says that Banshee manages to make
it work.
“We all have a good portion. Everybody
has their own part,” he said. “We blend very
well together…. We all get along well, too.
We hang around together other than in the
band, which is a good thing. It’s like a little family.”
In particular, said Dave B, bassist Sweede
acts as the musical backbone of Banshee,
filling the void left by the band’s lack of a
rhythm guitarist. To boot, he’s also not a bad
vocalist.
“A lot of people look over bass players
usually, but he’s not a typical bass player,” he
says. “He’s just a mechanic when it comes to
his instrument.”
With Manchester boasting a fair number of
cover bands, Banshee manages to stand out
by lugging what they claim is the largest PA
system of any area group. During the band’s
two-year lifespan, its members have started
to incorporate more live material into their
live set, while also infusing the term “cover
band” with new life.
“We really wanted to bring back more of
the old concert experience, instead of just
going out there [and] playing covers,” Dave
B said. “Everyone in the band comes from
more of an original band before this. We
came together and wanted to do some more
old-school stuff.”
Now that they’re all at the age when fam-
Courtesy photo.
ilies and work have settled into the picture,
the boys of Banshee aren’t looking to conquer American Idol anytime soon. But Dave
B says that doesn’t mean that the band isn’t
ambitious.
“With Banshee, we just want to destroy
New Hampshire. I want to tear down the
walls of every club there is. I want that name
to get out there,” he says.
“We’re having a great time with it. And
whatever happens happens.”
Banshee’s upcoming shows include a Friday, June 26, show at American Legion Post
23 in Milford (15 Cottage St. in Milford); a
Saturday, July 18, show at Murphy’s Taproom, 494 Elm St. in Manchester; and a show
on Friday, July 24, at Mad Bob’s Saloon,
342 Lincoln St. in Manchester. Banshee’s
MySpace page — 20,000 hits and counting
— is www.myspace.com/rockbanshee.
Reborn
Mortuus Ortus makes metal harmony
By Katie Beth Ryan
music@hippopress.com
The past year and a half has been a period of constant change for local heavy metal
band Mortuus Ortus. For one thing, its lineup has changed, now containing two new
core members in addition to longtime member Andrae Dumont, a.k.a. Drae Graveyard.
And for another, the band has traded in its
longtime moniker, “Graveyard Shift,” for its
current name.
“It didn’t serve us any good purpose,”
says bassist Jason Freitas, known by his
stage name of Jason Skulls. “If you go on
MySpace, for instance, you’ll find 10 other
bands with that name.”
Mortuus Ortus (pronounced mor-TWO-us
OR-tus) is frequently mispronounced, and its
Latin meaning may elude longtime fans of
Graveyard Shift. Freitas says that the name
is symbolic, as it roughly translates as “to die
and arise.”
“The old band kind of died and this one
rose in its place,” he says. “So it’s kind of
metaphorical in that sense, and it sounds kind
of cool and creepy. It works.”
And after seeing musicians come and go,
Mortuus Ortus’ current lineup is working out
well, too. Dumont, 35, is joined not only by
Freitas but also by younger brother Shawn
Dumont (“Shawn the Dead.”) Freitas came
on board after crossing paths with Drae, who
also performs in the local groups Human
Wine and Vintage Flesh. Meanwhile, Shawn,
a decade younger than Drae and Jason, says
he grew up watching his brother’s involvement in other bands. All the while, he was
studying the trumpet and piano and knew
that he wanted to one day learn the guitar and
play with his brother.
“When it comes to playing guitar, it was
something I taught myself,” he says. “I
picked it up, I really wanted to play it, and I
wanted to try a different genre of music.”
The songwriting process in Mortuus Ortus,
says older brother Drae, has felt more organic
than in his past musical ventures.
In the past, “I wasn’t the songwriter, I
wasn’t the guy composing and putting the
stuff together,” he says. “When it came down
to Graveyard Shift, my own personal evo-
Courtesy photo.
lution in music just became, ‘Why are you
going and trying to put together someone
else’s thoughts and their work, when you
have so many of your own?’”
For a band that grew up on Ozzy Osbourne,
Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, there’s a great
degree of formal musical training in Mortuus
Ortus’ past. Shawn’s training was in classical and sacred music, but that hasn’t hindered
him as the guitarist for a heavy metal band.
Meanwhile, Freitas studied jazz composition at Five Towns College on Long Island.
Nowadays, he’s put aside his jazz training to
perform before audiences with his body completely wrapped in chains (and, occasionally,
dangling from the ceiling). Freitas says that
while heavy metal bands dominate the north-
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“The greatest appeal of it is that it’s
homegrown,” Shawn said. “A lot of the
music I appreciate now, I have to say that
he introduced it to me years back. This is
as much my baby as it is his. It’s something
we’ve developed and that we’re creating
and fostering.”
Look out for Mortuus Ortus’ appearance
in Lucretia’s Daggers’ video “The Horrors
of Retail. They’ll play at The First Players
Club in Derry on Saturday, July 18; at Milly’s on Wednesday, Sept. 9; and at Rocko’s
on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Samples from the
band’s self-titled demo can be found at
www.myspace.com/graveyardshiftmusic.
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Ortus stands out because its members’ backgrounds are varied and their music is fun,
though the lyrical content may be dark.
“We hope that sets us apart from so many
other groups, where everyone has the same
influences and they go straight up for that,”
he says. “The market for that is a little bit
smaller. We hope to branch out to more
people.”
Adding to Mortuus Ortus’ heavy metal harmony are the brothers Dumont. After
years of learning under his brother’s tutelage, Shawn says it’s nice to finally call him
a bandmate as well.
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hold __”
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$45.50 to $75.40.
• PSYCHIC MEDIUM RAVEN
DUCLOS on Sat., Aug. 8, from
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Art’s French Building, 149 Concord St. in Manchester, to benefit
ALS research and patient services.
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25, through Saturday, June 27, at
7:30 p.m. on each night, at the Concord City Auditorium.
Tickets cost $20, $15 for students and seniors and free for
children 6 and under. Purchse them at www.concordnhrotary.org. The show is presented by the Rotary Club of
Concord to raise money for groups serving the hungry and
the homeless.
The Concord City Auditorium (www.concordcityauditorium.org) is at 39 Green St. in Concord, 228-2793.
CERT SERIES in Prescott Park
in Portsmouth at 7 p.m. Concerts
start on July 1 with Tom Rush. The
schedule includes David Francey
on July 8, Pine Leaf Boys on July
15, Genticorum on July 22, Richie
Havens on July 29, The Waybacks
on Aug. 5, Jonathan Edwards in
August, the Lost Bayou Ramblers
on Thurs., Aug. 27, and The Nouveaux Honkies on Sat., Aug. 29.
See www.prescottpark.org.
• THE GEYER/FELD DUO, jazz
pianist and vocalist, respectively, on
Thurs., July 2, at 8 p.m. at Studio
99, Pickering Building, 99 Pine St.
in Nashua, 562-5179, www.studio99nashua.com. Tickets cost $10.
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NIGHTLIFE
• NH BASS FEST Wed., June 24,
through Sat., June 27, at Southern
New Hampshire University in Manchester. The event features classes
and workshops all day long with
evening concerts featuring Michael
Manring, Celso Pixinga, Todd
Johnson, Dave Buda, Danny Morris, Marshal Wood and Rob Gourlay. Go to www.nhbassfest.com for
information on registration for the
workshops. The Saturday, June 27,
will feature an open house for the
public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• SIT DOWN BABY, southern
style blues, on Fri., June 26, at 8
p.m. at Studio 99, Pickering Building, 99 Pine St. in Nashua, 5625179, www.studio99nashua.com.
Tickets cost $7 at the door. See
www.sitdownbaby.com for more
about the band.
• NORBERT DAMS, innovative
classical guitarist, on Sat., June 27,
at 8 p.m., at Studio 99, Pickering
Building, 99 Pine St. in Nashua,
562-5179, www.studio99nashua.
com. Tickets cost $12 at the door. • ED GERHARD, guitarist, at The
Bow Lake Grange Hall in Strafford
on Sat., June 27, at 8 p.m. Show
benefits Grange. Tickets costs $18
and can be purchased at 664-7200
or www.edgerhard.com.
• STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL &
BAND CONCERT on Sun., June
28, from 2 to 4 p.m. featuring music
by the Hollis Town Band, performing
music in many styles from marches
to Broadway show tunes and symphonic works. The festival will also
feature strawberry shortcakes and
sundaes. The festival will be held at
Monument Square (Hollis Brookline
High School in case of rain).
• GROOVE ALLIANCE, 9-piece
show band, will kick off the Hampstead Meetinghouse Park summer
series on Tues., June 30, at 6 p.m.
Admission is free; attendees are
advised to bring blankets or lawn
chairs. The Meetinghouse Park is
at the corners of Main Street and
Emerson Avenue in Hampstead
behind the town hall. See www.
meetinghousepark.org.
• LIZ LONGLEY, folk with acoustic, on July 1, part of the Londonderry
Arts Council’s 2009 Concerts on the
Commons series at the bandstand on
the town common, the corner of Mammoth and Pillsbury roads, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. The high school math
club will have concessions. Free. See
www.lizlongley.com.
• WEDNESDAY NIGHT CON-
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Allenstown
Candia
Ground Zero
Henderson’s Pickin’ Parlor
48 Allenstown Rd. 179 Raymond Rd, 483-5001
Pasquales Ristorante
Amherst
145 Raymond Rd, 483-5005
Club Comedy at Amherst Concord
Country Club
Annicchiarico Theatre
72 Ponemah
1 Thompson St.
Road,673-9908 The Barley House
132 N. Main St., 228-6363
Auburn
Borders
Auburn Pitts
76 Fort Eddy Rd, 224-1255
167 Rockingham Concord Grille
Rd, 622-6564
1 Eagle Square
Green Martini
Barnstead
6 Pleasant St., 223-6672
Barnstead
Hermanos
Music Hall
11 Hills Ave., 224-5669 96 Maple St,
Loudon Road Restaurant
269-2000
and Pit Road Lounge
388 Loudon Rd, 226-0533
Bedford
Makris
C.R. Sparks
354 Sheep Davis Road,
18 Kilton Rd,
225-7665
647-7275
Penuche’s Ale House
Mark’s Show- 6 Pleasant St., 228-9833
place Route 3,
The Red Blazer
668-7444
72 Manchester St., 224-4101
Slammers
547 Donald St., Deerfield
668-2120
Lazy Lion Café
Quackers Lounge 121 S.
4 North Road, 463-7374
River Road; 622-3766
Derry
Belmont
Adams Opera House
The Lodge at Belmont
29 W. Broadway/ Rte 102
Route 106, 877-872-2501 Brookstone Grille
14 Route 11 E., 328-9250
Boscawen
Burgundy’s Billiards
Alan’s
35 Manchester St., 437-6600
133 N. Main St., 753-6631 Steve-N-James Tavern
187 Rockingham Road
Brookline
434-0600
Big Bear Lodge
106 Route 13, 672-7675
Dover
Village Gate Folk Stage
Barley Pub
12 Main St., 315-9423
328 Central Ave.,742-4226
Dover Elks Lodge
Bow
282 Durham Road
Chen Yang Li
Biddy Mulligan’s
520 South St., 228-8508
1 Washington St., 749-1100
Mama Clara’s
Dover Brick House
728 Route 3A, 227-0221
2 Orchard St., 749-3838
Dover Soul
Band
Milly’s: False Autopsy,
Frankenvan, Pentecoastal
Flying Machine, Man
Down, The Zambia
Strange Brew: Paramounts
Concord
Green Martini: open mike WB’s: DJ Bob
Hermanos: Mike Morris Wild Rover: Marty Quirk
Thursday, June 25
Bedford
C.R. Sparks: Rico Barr
Slammers: open mike
Dover
Barley Pub: bluegrass jam
Brick House: Courtney
Brocks
Jimmy’s: DJ J Jigga
Kelley’s Row: DJ Coach
Epping
Holy Grail: T.J. Wheeler
Hampstead
Pasta Loft: Lisa & Lisa
Village Square: Ponder
Laconia
Cactus Jack’s: Eric Grant
Fratello’s: Duke Snyder
Londonderry
Whippersnappers: Rod
Welles Blues Band
Manchester
Black Brimmer: John
Ridlon
Breezeway: DJ McKay
Club 313: DJ Biggie
Club Liquid: DJ Danjah
and special guests
Derryfield: Ron Adams
Fratello’s: Michael Grady
Johnny Bad’s: open mike
with The Wan-Tu Blues
364 Central Ave., 834-6965
Kelley’s Row
421 Central Ave., 750-7081
RJ’s
83 Washington St.
Top of the Chop
One Orchard St., 740-0006
64 Dow Road
Hudson
Johnny’s Pizzeria
Lowell Road, 880-7087
Linda’s Sport Bar
2B Burnham Rd, 886-0792
East Hampstead
The Pasta Loft
220 E. Main St., 378-0092
Laconia
Black Cat Café
17 Veterans Sq., 238-3233
Cactus Jacks
Epsom
1182 Union Ave., 528-7800
Circle 9 Ranch
Fratello’s
Windymere Dr., 736-9656 799 Union Ave., 528-2022
Weirs Beach Lobster
Epping
Pound
American Legion
72 Endicott Street, 366232 Calef Hwy. (Rt. 125)
2255
Holy Grail Food & Spirits Weirs Beach Smokehouse
64 Main St., 679-9559
Rt 3 Laconia, 366-2400
Margate Resort
Exeter
76 Lake St., 524-5210
Shooter’s Pub
Naswa Resort
10 Columbus Ave., 772-3856 1086 Weirs Blvd., 366-4341
Paradise Beach Club
Gilford
322 Lakeside Ave., 366-2665
Patrick’s
Weirs Beach Smoke House
18 Weirs Rd., 293-0841
Route 3, 366-2400
Goffstown
Village Trestle
25 Main St., 497-8230
Hampstead
Route 111 Village Square
472 State St., 329-6879
Henniker
Pat’s Peak Sled Pub
24 Flander’s Road,
888-728-7732
The Henniker Junction
24 Weare Rd., 428-8511
Londonderry
The Homestead Restaurant
Rte 102 and Mammoth
Road, 437-2022
Mayflower Grange
535 Mammoth Rd, 867-3077
Whippersnappers
Route 102, 434-2660
Manchester
Alpine Club
175 Putnam St., 623-8202
American Legion Wm H
Jutras & Post No 43
56 Boutwell St., 623-9467
Hillsborough
American Legion
Boomerang’s
Post #79
37 Henniker St., 464-3912 35 W. Brook St.
Nonni’s Italian Eatery
American Legion
W. Main St. 464-6766
Sweeney Post
251 Maple St., 623-9145
Hollis
Begy’s Lounge
Alpine Grove
333 Valley St., 669-0062
19 S. Depot Road, 882-9051 Black Brimmer
The Dream Farm
1087 Elm St., 669-5523
Jimmy’s Down
Concord
Barley House: October Sons
Green Martini: Generations Manchester
Pit Road Lounge: Code 3 Black Brimmer: Never
in Vegas
Breezeway: DJ McKay
Dover
Brick House: Moe Pope City Sports Grille: Morse
Code
presents Life After God,
Club 313: DJ Susan Esthera
The Day Laborers
Milford
Club Liquid: Renegade
Jimmy’s: DJ Bounce
Shenanigans: karaoke
Soundstation
Kelley’s Row: Rough
Derryfield: Mama Kicks,
Nashua
Endangered Species
Epping
Fody’s: Josh Logan
Holy Grail: Family Affair Element: DJ Daddy Dave
Peddler’s Daughter:
Fratello’s: Paul Luff
Mindseye
Jillians: Jammed
Gilford
Mad Bob’s: Mad Lincoln
Patrick’s: Those Guys
Portsmouth
Milly’s: Acrida, Caldera,
Blue Mermaid: Laurie
Permanent Holiday,
Goffstown
Jones Band
Spaulding
Village Trestle: The
Dolphin Striker: Audrey Jonathan Webster Band
Murphy’s: QRawk
Ryan
Penuche’s: Allie Beaudry
Gas Light: T.M.F.I
Rocko’s: Psykoma, Devils
Hampstead
Press Room: Morgan Davis Pasta Loft: Doug
Champion, Pirates, The
Red Door: Nkosi
Day That Drops, Avenge
Mitchell
the Dead, Demons in the
Village Square: Razan
Friday, June 26
Attic, Through Fear, Jive
Kayne
Allenstown
Shaskeen: The Dirtnaps
Ground Zero: Welcome the Hudson
Strange Brew: Love Dogs
Tide, We Are The New Year, Johnny’s: Horizon
WB’s: DJ Bobby G, DJ Bob
A Lifelike Story, The Ghost Linda’s: Out On Bail
The Yard: Elijah Clark
Sonata, Run Forest Run
Merrimack
Laconia
Bedford
Slapshots: Coopers Escape
Cactus Jack’s: Aaron
Slammers: Eric Preston
Seibert
Milford
Naswa Resort: Bob
Boscawen
Pasta Loft: Rampage Trio
Pratte, Robert Charles
Alan’s: Sole City (Aaron Paradise Beach Club:
Seibert Duo)
Nashua
The Bars
Amber Room: DJ Jonny C
Brookline
Black Orchid Grille:
Londonderry
Country Corral: Pop
Wendy Glick Duo
Whippersnappers:
Farmers
Club Social: DJ Big Daddy
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Bo’s Riverside
500 Commercial St.,
625-4444
Breezeway Pub
14 Pearl St., 621-9111
City Sports Grille
216 Maple St., 625-9656
Chateau Restaurant
201 Hanover St., 627-2677
Club 313
93 S. Maple St., 628-6813
Club Liquid
Amherst St., 645-7600
Commercial St. Fishery
33 S. Commercial St.
296-0706
Derryfield Country Club
625 Mammoth Road,
623-2880
Don Quijote
333 Valley St., 792-1110
East Side Club
786 Massebesic St., 669-1802
Element Lounge
1055 Elm St., 627-2922
Eleven Eleven Nightclub
1111 Elm St., 222-2304
Gaucho’s Churrascaria
Brazilian Steak House
62 Lowell St., 669-9460
Grandstands
216 Maple St., 625-9656
The Hilton Garden Inn
101 S. Commercial St.,
669-2222
Jewell & The Beanstalk
793 Somerville St.,
624-3709
Jillian’s Billiard Club
50 Philippe Cote Dr.,
626-7636
Johnny Bad’s
542 Elm St., 222-9191
J.W. Hill’s
795 Elm St., 645-7422
Mad Bob’s Saloon
342 Lincoln St., 669-3049
McGarvey’s
1097 Elm St., 627-2721
Milly’s Tavern
500 Commercial St.,
625-4444
Murphy’s Taproom
494 Elm St., 644-3535
New England Revival
Fody’s: Brick Yard Blues
Peddler’s Daughter:
Thirdstone
Sky Lounge: DJ
Studio 99: Sit Down Baby
Plaistow
Sad Café: Jessica Prouty,
Marissa Winings, Lot 403,
Proof of Purchase
Portsmouth
Blue Mermaid: Scalawag
Brewery Lane: DJ SKD
Dolphin Striker: Miss Tess
Gas Light: Jim Devlin
Band, The Hot Club of
Portland, DJ Biggie
& the Bon Ton Parade
Hilton Garden Inn: Curt
Bessette and Kathleen
Soldati
Muddy River: Rockspring
with Taylor River Band
Press Room: Dreadnaught,
The Great Bay Company
Red Door: Press Project
MCs Face of Fate & BCap
with Ryan Obermiller
Coffee House (NERCH)
60 Bailey Ave., 625-9550
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
Merrimack
Buckley’s Great Steaks
438 DW Hwy, 424-0995
Slapshot’s
515 DW Hwy, 262-9335
Silo’s Steakhouse
641 DW Hwy, 429-2210
Milford
The Pasta Loft
241 Union Sq., 672-2270
Santos-Dumont
770 Elm St., 672-5464
Shenanigans
586 Nashua St., 672-2060
Nashua
The Amber Room
53 High St., 881-9060
Black Orchid Grille
8 Temple St., 577-8910
Borders
281 DW Hwy, 888-9300
Boston Billiard Club
55 Northeastern Blvd.
595-2121
Cattleman’s Sports Bar
14 Railroad Square,
880-6001
Club Social
45 Pine St., 889-9838
Country Tavern
452 Amherst St., 889-5871
Fody’s Tavern
9 Clinton St., 577-9015
Gate City Pub
56 Canal St., 598-8256
Haluwa Lounge
Nashua Mall, Exit 6
883-6662
Killarney’s Irish Pub
Holiday Inn, Exit 4
888-1551
Laureano Nightclub
245 Main St.
Manhattan on Pearl
70 E. Pearl St., 578-5557
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
16 Bicentennial Sq.,
595-9831
Pine Street Eatery
136 Pine St., 886-3501
Shorty’s
Nashua Mall, 882-4070
Simple Gifts Coffee
House
58 Lowell St.
The Sky Lounge
522 Amherst St., 882-6026
Slade’s Food & Spirits
4 W. Hollis St., 886-1334
Villa Banca
194 Main St., 598-0500
New Boston
Mad Matty’s
35 Mont Vernon Road,
487-3008
Peterborough
Harlow’s Pub
3 School St., 924-6365
Salem
Blackwater Grill
43 Pelham Road, 328-9013
The Varsity Club
67 Main St., 898-4344
Sandown
The Crossing
328 Main St.
Tilton
Plaistow
Old Friends Tavern
The Sad Café
& Restaurant
148 Plaistow Rd,382-8893 927 Laconia Rd, 524-1777
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 or by fax at 625-2422 no later
than noon on Monday. (E-mailed links to
regularly updated Web sites would also
be appreciated.)
Boscawen
Gilford
Alan’s: Scott McRae Duo Patrick’s: Justin James
and Bryan Conway
Brookline
Country Corral: Stones Hampstead
River
Pasta Loft: Acoustic
Underground
Concord
Village Square: The
Green Martini: Dusty
Tweed Brothers
Gray and The Know
Hermanos: The Machine Hudson
Stops
Johnny’s: Project Mess
Penuches: Grafton
Linda’s: Preciphist
County Killers
Pit Road Lounge: Code 3 Laconia
Naswa Resort: Ricky and
Salem
Dover
The Giants
Black Water Grille: Rob Barley Pub: Superfrog
Paradise Beach Club:
Breton
Brick House: Johnny
The Bars
Doogan, Tim Cahill and
Saturday, June 27 the Baby Makers
Londonderry
Allenstown
Jimmy’s: DJ J Jigga
Whippersnappers: Last
Ground Zero: The
Kelley’s Row: DJ Coach Kid Picked
Regular Cannons, Lauren
Hurley, Fentanyle, So
Epping
Manchester
Many Numbers and guests Holy Grail: Elijah Clark Black Brimmer: Tigerlily
Bedford
Slammers: Tripwire
Portsmouth
AK’s Bar and Bistro
111 State St.
Blue Mermaid
Island Grill
The hill at Hanover and
High streets, 427-2583
Brewery Lane Tavern
96 Brewery Lane,
433-7007
Chestnuts at the Nest
3548 Lafayette Road,
373-6515
Daniel Street Tavern
111 Daniel St.
Dolphin Striker
15 Bow St., 431-5222
Gas Light Co.
64 Market St., 431-9122
The Hilton Garden Inn
100 High St., 431-1499
Muddy River
Smokehouse
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,
portsmouthpearl.com
Press Room
77 Daniel St.,431-5186
The Red Door
107 State St., 373-6827
Red Hook Brewery
35 Corporate Dr., 430-8600
The Wet Bar
172 Hanover St.
Breezeway: DJ McKay
City Sports Grille: Not
Dead Yet
Club 313: DJ Bob,
Karaoke with CJ
Club Liquid: DJ Danjah
and special guests
Derryfield: Resonant
Soul, Chad Lamarsh
Element: DJ Took
Fratello’s: Sev
Jillians: The Skinny Ties
Mad Bob’s: The Auburn
Jam
Milly’s: Mistaken For
The Gifted, The Jinxx’d,
Meatsaw, Red Right Hand
Murphy’s: One Down
Penuche’s: Manchuka
Rocko’s: Battle of the Bands
Shaskeen: The Stink
Strange Brew: Racky
Thomas
WB’s: DJ Bobby G and
guest DJs
Wild Rover: October Sons
The Yard: Without Paris
Merrimack
Slapshots: B’Acre Boys
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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
NITE
Milford
Pasta Loft: Beale Street
Band, Rich Kumpu and
Bob Allwarden
Nashua
Amber Room: DJ Rick
Naples
Black Orchid Grille:
Steve Tolley
Club Social: Rampage Trio
Fody’s: Mad Express
Peddler’s Daughter:
Best Not Broken
Sky Lounge: Bounce
Studio 99: Norbert Dams
Night of slam
Carlos Williams, named the 2009 Best Male
Poet at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, will perform at the Friday, June 26,
Slam Free or Die open-mike night at Bridge
Café, 1117 Elm St. in downtown Manchester.
Sign-up for the 15 spots begins between 6 and
6:30 p.m.; the open mike begins after 7 p.m.
See myspace.com/bridgepoetryopenmic or
myspace.com/russianrouletteprod for more.
Peterborough
Harlow’s Pub: Mamadou
Plaistow
Sad Café: Summer kickoff weekend with Keep Me
Conscious, Acrida, Obruo,
Caldera, Matt Lindstrom
Qfwfq Duo (world-reknowned for
their light-controlled noise collages), birdorgan and other musicians
will perform at 21 West Auburn St.,
3rd floor, in Manchester on Saturday, June 27, at 8 p.m. See more about
the bands at www.qfwfqduo.com and
www.myspace.com/birdorgan.
For
directions, call 377-9300.
Hudson
Johnny’s: Project Mess
Laconia
The Naswa Resort: Pulse
Dover
Jimmy’s: DJ Koko-P
Kelley’s Row:
traditional Irish sessions
Londonderry
Whippersnappers: Jam
night with Gardner Berry
Manchester
Derryfield: Lisa Guyer
Shaskeen: Scalawag
Portsmouth
Dolphin Striker: Matt
Shipman
Gas Light: Pat Foley
Muddy River: Regina
Rochefort
Press Room: Larry
Garland Jazz Jam, Hoot
with Jerry Tillett
Red Door: Scissor Test
Wednesday, July 1
Concord
Portsmouth
Green Martini: open
Londonderry
Brewery Lane: open mike mike
Whippersnappers:
Dolphin Striker: Rick
Hermanos: Ben
Salem
Four Sticks (Led
Watson Consortium
Levergood
Black Water Grille:
Zeppelin tribute band)
Gas Light: Aaron Seibert
Rob Breton
Press Room:
Gilford
Manchester
Effenpeifferberger
Patrick’s: Eric Grant
Sunday, June 28
Derryfield: Chad LaMarsh Red Door: BJ Snowden,
Allenstown
Foyes , The Drug Rat Band Laconia
Ground Zero: Jonathan Penuche’s: Rasta Love
Shaskeen: The Spain
Fratello’s: Neil Martin
Mitchell, Twipe, The
Brothers & Friends sing-aTuesday, June 30
Margate Resort: Jeff
Novel Ideas, Lauren
long, traditional Irish music Concord
Lines
Hurley and guests
Strange Brew: Howard Barley House: Irish
Randall Blues Jam
acoustic sessions
Manchester
Concord
Hermanos: Ben
Black Brimmer: DJ
Hermanos: John Franzosa
Nashua
Levergood
Shaskeen: Manchuka
Fody’s: Adam Reczek
Wild Rover: Marty Quirk
Derry
Dover
Burgundy’s: open mike
Nashua
Portsmouth
Brick House: Open
Dolphin Striker: Don
mike with Anthony
Peddler’s Daughter:
Dover
Michael Fiandaca
DJ St. Julian
Barley Pub: Jim Rudolf Severance
Gas Light: Rog & Ray
Studio 99: First
Group
Press Room: Bruce Gertz Laconia
Wednesday Jazz Jam
Brick House: At Half
featuring Jerry Bergonzi,
Fratello’s: Duke Snyder
Mast, Black Bear, Say
Tim Ray & Joe Hunt
Portsmouth
Your Last Words, Scare
Gas Light: Elijah Clark
Don’t Fear, The Brethren, Red Door: Sunday Night Manchester
Groove Session with
Black Brimmer: DJ Ignite Muddy River: Nate
The Holocene Elegy
Pharos and members of
Derryfield: Gardner Berry Wilson Group
Press Project
Penuche’s: open mike
Goffstown
Strange Brew: Strange
Village Trestle: open
Monday, June 29
Brew All Stars
mike blues jam with The
Concord
WB’s: DJ
Wan-tu Blues Band
Hermanos: John Franzosa
Comedy
Fri. June 26th - MORSE CODE
Sat. June 27th - NOT DEAD YET
110” HD Projection TV - Over 35 TV’s • FREE Peanuts • Pub Style Menu
Located at Stadium Ten Pin • 216 Maple Street, Manchester • 625-9656
Noise collages
Hampstead
One Eleven Village
Square: Blues jam with
Mr. Nick and the Dirty
Tricks
Pasta Loft: Anthony of
Two by Two
This Week Featuring:
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Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
Portsmouth
Blue Mermaid: Todd
Cushing & Fred Shepard
Brewery Lane: DJ SKD
Dolphin Striker: The
Erinn Brown Band
Gas Light: Root 3, DJ
B Money
Hilton Garden Inn:
Todd Royce Morton
Muddy River: One
Hand Free, Kings of
Crisis, Fire in the Field
Press Room: Jazz lunch
with Larry Garland &
Friends, Charlie Strater
Band, The Great Bay
Company
Red Door: Mike Swells
EVERY FRI-SAT NIGHT
9PM TO 12:30AM
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Saturday, June 27
Tuesday, July 7
Manchester
Portsmouth
Headliner’s: Tom Hayes Player’s Ring Theater:
Stranger Than Fiction
Tuesday, June 30 improv night, 8 p.m.
Portsmouth
Player’s Ring Theater:
Saturday, July 11
Stranger Than Fiction
Hampton Beach
improv night, 8 p.m.
Casino Ballroom: Joel
McHale
Manchester
Saturday, July 18
Headliners: Kelly Mac- Hampton Beach
Farland
Casino Ballroom: Lisa
Lampanelli
Tuesday, July 14
Portsmouth
Manchester
Player’s Ring Theater: Headliner’s: Dave RatStranger Than Fiction
tigan
improv night, 8 p.m.
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Velma
Hippo Crossword
“They Were in That?” — you gotta start somewhere. By Matt Jones
1 ___ nova
6 “What’s Happening!!” character
9 Mister Rogers
13 Reversed
14 Space opener
15 Reside
16 “How to ___ Book” (1940
book of literary guidelines)
17 His film debut was a bit part
in “Donnie Darko” (2001)
19 His film debut was as Billy
Crystal’s son in “City Slickers”
(1991)
21 “___ Yuppie Scum” (T-shirt
slogan)
22 “The ___-Weed Factor” (John
Barth novel)
23 California State Route 1
along the shore, for short
26 Ready to serve
30 Knuckleheaded
34 Fire in the blood
35 His film debut was in “Curly
Sue” (1991) as a sort of villain
out to get the title girl
37 Half-moon tide
39 Acid in proteins
40 “M*A*S*H” actress
41 His film debut was as a subway thief in “Heartburn” (1986),
with Meryl Streep and Jack
Nicholson
44 Prefix before friendly
45 “La Boheme,” e.g.
46 Start of el calendario
47 Toon dog of the 1990s
48 Racecar driver Foyt and CNN
host Hammer
50 Prompt
52 His film debut was as the
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Dog-Faced Boy in “Big Top
Pee-wee” (1988)
60 His film debut was as Woody
Allen’s college-aged son in
“Manhattan Murder Mystery”
(1993)
61 “What am I gonna do this
time?”
62 Early Peruvian
63 45-across selection
64 Composer Camille Saint-___
65 New Mexico art colony
66 Bumped into
67 Spaghetti western composer
Morricone
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
stunts
12 Rec room
14 Where J is represented with a
moving pinkie: abbr.
18 “The Mary Tyler Moore
Show” spinoff
20 Gossipy sorts
23 Liberal, epithetically
24 Radiohead hit of 1992
25 Lose it?
27 Home of ASU’s main campus
28 Bird-related
29 British coins
31 Less shopworn
32 7UP competitor
33 He sang about Bennie
36 Force through intimidation
Down
1 ___ Dubai (world’s tallest sky- 38 Amazonian chompers
42 Malaysia’s current prime
scraper, as of 2009)
minister ___ Tun Razak
2 ___ Day vitamins
43 Part of a jokey coin flip
3 Mt. Rushmore’s loc.
4 Agreed (with) proposition
5 Slow compo- 49 “Get outta here!”
51 Actor Hawke
sitions
52 Eric of 2009’s “Star Trek”
6 Film geek’s
53 ___ Domani
spool
54 “The Way ___” (Timbaland
7 Johnson of
song)
“Laugh-In”
55 “Think nothing ___”
8 Prostitute’s
56 Deg. for a grad student in
clients
film studies
9 Squiggles in
57 Spooky sign
one’s vision
58 Rajah’s wife
10 Capital on
59 “This touches me ___ many
the Baltic
levels”
11 First name
60 Bump on the forehead, perin motorcycle
haps?
6/18
By Dave Green
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4
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column, and every 3x3 box contains the
digits 1 through 9.
Last week's puzzle answers are below
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7 3 9
6 4 1
9 1 5
3 8 2
4 6 7
8 5 3
2 7 6
1 9 4
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SIGNS OF LIFE
All quotes are from George Orwell, born June 25, 1903.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22) “There are books that one reads over
and over again, books that become part of the furniture of one’s mind
and alter one’s whole attitude to life, books that one dips into but never
reads through, books that one reads at a single sitting and forgets a week
later: and the cost, in terms of money, may be the same in each case.” —
“Books vs. Cigarettes” Read more.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) “First of all, one should use Indian or
Ceylonese tea. China tea has virtues which are not to be despised
nowadays — it is economical, and one can drink it without milk
— but there is not much stimulation in it. One does not feel wiser, braver or more optimistic after drinking it.” —“A Nice Cup of
Tea” Seek to develop true sources of wisdom, bravery and optimism
within yourself.
Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) “The existence of good bad literature — the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved
by a book that one’s intellect simply refuses to take seriously — is
a reminder that art is not the same thing as cerebration.” —“Good
Bad Books” Take in some art. Also spend some time thinking.
Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) “A bookseller has to tell lies about books,
and that gives him a distaste for them; still worse is the fact that he is
constantly dusting them and hauling them to and fro.” —“Bookshop
Memories” Be careful not to spend so much time with a thing you like
that you become sick of it.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) “Much of what goes by the name of
pleasure is simply an effort to destroy consciousness. If one started
by asking, what is man? what are his needs? how can he best express
himself? one would discover that merely having the power to avoid
work and live one’s life from birth to death in electric light and to the
tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing so.” —“Pleasure Spots”
Seek meaningful pursuits.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) “Lastly, tea … should be drunk
WITHOUT SUGAR. I know very well that I am in a minority here. But
still, how can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour
of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put
in pepper or salt.” —“A Nice Cup of Tea” Stick to the essentials.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) “Dickens is one of those authors
whom people are ‘always meaning to’ read, and, like the Bible, he
is widely known at second hand. People know by hearsay that Bill
Sikes was a burglar and that Mr Micawber had a bald head, just as
they know by hearsay that Moses was found in a basket of bulrushes
and saw the ‘back parts’ of the Lord.” —“Bookshop Memories” Go
back and work on something you always meant to get to.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) “Until one has some kind of professional relationship with books one does not discover how bad the
majority of them are.” —“Confessions of a Book Reviewer” Find
something really good to read.
Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) “In general, one’s memories of any
period must necessarily weaken as one moves away from it. … But it
can also happen that one’s memories grow sharper after a long lapse of
time, because one is looking at the past with fresh eyes and can isolate
and, as it were, notice facts which previously existed undifferentiated
among a mass of others.” —“Such, Such Were the Joys” Share a favorite memory with a loved one.
Aries (March 21 – April 19) “Roughly speaking, what one might
call the AVERAGE novel … seems to exist only for women. Men
read either the novels it is possible to respect, or detective stories.
But their consumption of detective stories is terrific.” —“Bookshop
Memories” Read something outside your usual comfort zone.
Taurus (April 20 – May 20) “Man needs warmth, society, leisure,
comfort and security: he also needs solitude, creative work and the
sense of wonder. If he recognised this he … would then learn that the
highest happiness does not lie in relaxing, resting, playing poker, drinking and making love simultaneously. And the instinctive horror which
all sensitive people feel at the progressive mechanisation of life would
be seen not to be a mere sentimental archaism, but to be fully justified.”
—“Pleasure Spots” Go natural.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20) “This idea that the buying, or even
the reading, of books is an expensive hobby and beyond the reach of
the average person is so widespread that it deserves some detailed
examination.” —“Books vs. Cigarettes” Share a favorite book.
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
A common
passion for caring
Live-in Companion
Easter Seals NH is seeking a supportive LIVE-IN Companion
for a woman with a developmental disability in the Nashua
area. Provide assistance with activities of daily living and
community activities. Behavioral experience preferred.
Free rent and generous daily reimbursement provided.
For more information contact:
Bette Ouellette at (800) 607-1565 x226. EOE
www.eastersealsnh.org
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HELP WANTED
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YOUR AD
HERE!
Call 625-1855 x25
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
FOR SALE
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
WANTED
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News of The Weird
By Chuck Shepherd
Competitive Facial Hair
At the biennial World Beard and Moustache
Championships in May in Anchorage, Alaska, four local heroes “defeated” the usually
dominant German contingent in the 18-category pageant, including overall champ David
Traver of Girdwood, Alaska, whose woven
chin hair suggests a long potholder. Said
Traver, of the Germans, “They were humble,
and you have to respect that.” One defending champ, Jack Passion of Los Angeles, fell
short with his navel-length red hair, despite
having authored “The Facial Hair Handbook”
after his 2007 victory. Traver acknowledged
that no money was at stake (only trophies and
“bragging rights”), but added that there are “a
lot of ladies” who fawn over men’s facial hair.
“Seriously, they exist.”
Yikes!
They Actually Pay People to
Do This Research
(1) Two scientists from Britain’s University of Oxford, on a three-year study costing
the equivalent of nearly $500,000, found that
ducks may be even more comfortable standing under a sprinkler than paddling around in a
pond. Lead researcher Marian Stamp Dawkins
concluded that ducks basically just like water.
(2) According to research announced in May by
pediatrics professor Jennie Noll of the University of Cincinnati, the more often that teenage
girls tart themselves up in online presentations,
the greater the sexual interest they provoke.
The Continuing Crisis
• Not What They Were Looking For: (1)
Rescuers searching for a missing tourist on
People Different From Us
When Christina Vanderclip dropped by the
house of her former boyfriend, Travis Schneller,
in Greeley, Colo., in June, they soon began to
argue. According to police, Travis hit her and
pulled her hair, then Travis’ mother jumped on
Christina’s back and pulled her hair, then Travis’ younger brother Michael and father, Robert,
jumped on Christina, too, hitting and choking
her. Christina managed to escape, and police,
after a 10-hour standoff, entered the home and
arrested the entire Schneller family.
Least Competent Criminals
Jose Villarreal, charged in Georgetown,
Texas, with assaulting his girlfriend, decided to take his chances at trial and rejected the
prosecutor’s offer of five years in prison. In
May, the jury deliberated one minute before
finding him guilty, and he got 16 years.
Recurring Themes
Drivers Who Were Run Over by Their
Own Cars: (1) A 21-year-old man in Santa Fe,
N.M., inebriated, shifted into reverse, thinking it was “park,” and fell out the driver’s door
(November). (2) A 52-year-old man in Tobyhanna, Pa., ran over himself after falling out
of his truck trying to reach the controls of the
access fence at his gated community (May).
(3) A 56-year-old woman in Santa Monica,
Calif., was killed when she left her stalled car
in “drive” while she crawled underneath to
determine why it wouldn’t start. She accidentally triggered the starter with a screwdriver,
and the car drove over her (May).
It’s Good to Be a British
Prisoner (continued)
(1) According to a recent report in Britain’s
Police Review Journal, the government’s
“Intensive Alternatives to Custody” pilot program has recently assigned young offenders,
in lieu of incarceration, to attend skill-building classes in gardening, fishing and learning
how to apply for government benefits. (2)
The U.S. Department of Justice, with British government cooperation, has been trying
for 10 years now to extradite three al-Qaida
operatives in British custody to stand trial in
the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya
and Tanzania, but Britain’s legal system has
permitted the suspects to stall with nearly
endless bureaucratic tactics. Since the jihadists claim indigent status, all of the challenges
are paid for by British taxpayers, with the current tab (according to a May Washington Post
report) amounting to the equivalent of nearly $900,000.
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• Men Who Get Around: (1) Thomas Frazier, 42, was jailed in Flint, Mich., in April after
his unpaid child-support tab reached $530,000
(14 children with 13 women). He told the
judge that he was only trying “to find someone
who would love me for me.” (2) The total tab
of Desmond Hatchell, 29, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
was not reported at his May court appearance,
but the judge questioned him sharply about payments from his minimum-wage job. Hatchell
has 21 kids by 11 women, but told WLVT-TV,
“I didn’t intend to have this many.”
• Bad Sci-Fi Movies Come to Life: (1) A
portion of downtown Rotterdam, Netherlands, was blanketed in gluey white “silk” in
May, from a six-week-long invasion of caterpillars that strip trees and cover them with
gooey larvae. (2) Nicola Bruce and her two
toddlers, who live in government-assisted
housing in Stoke-on-Trent, England, have
awakened nearly every morning for two years
to a fresh invasion of about 50 slugs, despite
30 attempts by contractors to find their source
(in addition to the remodeling of the kitchen
and bath and the bleaching of floors).
• The head of Florida’s Department of
Corrections admitted in May that at least
43 children (including a 5-year-old), who
observed their parents’ prison jobs as part of
“Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day”
in April, were playfully zapped by 50,000volt stun guns. DOC Secretary Walt McNeil
said the demonstrations (in three of the state’s
55 prisons) even included one warden’s kid,
but that only 14 children were individually
shot (with the rest part of hand-holding circles feeling a passing current). Twenty-one
employees were disciplined.
China’s Taishan Mountain in April failed to
find him but inadvertently discovered the
corpses of seven other people. (2) Los Angeles
Police detectives, frustrated that a 1980s-era
South Los Angeles serial rapist-killer is still
at large, set out recently to painstakingly trawl
for DNA from all unregistered sex offenders
who have come through the system since then.
They came up with nothing on him, but in late
March, they inadvertently matched DNA to
a different cold-case serial killer, the “Westside Rapist” from the 1970s and arrested John
Floyd Thomas Jr., now 72.
• Leading Economic Indicators: (1) Bloomberg News reported in April that among the
assets for sell-off by Lehman Brothers Holdings (liquidating following its September 2008
collapse) is a “matured commodities contract”
for enough uranium cake to make a nuclear
bomb. Administrators are awaiting a rebound
in its market price. (2) Among the assets for
sell-off listed in the May bankruptcy filing of
Innovative Spinal Technologies of Mansfield,
Mass., were nine human cadavers (eight of
which had already been used for research).
• More Fallout From the Recession: (1)
In May, Mitsubishi Motors of New Zealand,
to spark sales of its Triton compact pickup trucks as “hardy, versatile units,” began
offering farmers a companion “hardy, versatile” premium with each truck: a goat. (2) In
May, Ichiro Saito, a professor of dentistry at
Tsurumi University, publicly warned that as
many as 30 million Japanese workers overstressed by the economy are suffering from
such severe dry mouth that the country might
be experiencing epic halitosis.
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