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It’s hard for local, state
or federal government
to raise money in a fair
broad-based way when
its citizens don’t think it
spends its money wisely.
Citizens feel the game is
fixed.
No matter who is in office, the crooks
prevail — that’s the feeling anyway. And
it’s hard to really blame people for thinking
that way.
We’re not blind. We see Republicans now
complaining about huge deficit spending in
Washington when just a few years ago it was
them racking up those huge deficits; and
we saw the Democrats complaining about
high deficits just a few years ago when the
Republicans were in power, and now the
Democrats are the ones racking up huge
deficits.
There are no good guys. Instead of
dealing with the cost of government in
advance and how to control it before we
reach the budget season, most politicians are
happy to ignore it and then play the tough
guy by urging flat spending or some other
nonsense without laying the framework for
flat spending. In Manchester, for example,
Mayor Frank Guinta picked a number that
would keep taxes flat, but did nothing to
control spiraling employee costs. Governor
John Lynch is not much better. At the state
level we’re using one-time quick fixes to
plug holes instead of looking at how we can
restructure government to perform more
efficiently.
And that’s my single biggest peeve about
this entire process. Politicians know we feel
that we’re not getting our money’s worth
from them, so they use one-time revenue
sources, taxes on booze, cigarettes, gambling
and hacksaw cuts to level things out. For
example, in many communities where
teachers are being laid off it’s the teachers
with less tenure who get laid off. Why is that?
Shouldn’t the worst-performing teachers go
first? I’m sure all of us can remember a few
teachers who should have been in a different
profession. It’s not possible that all the best
teachers are the most tenured.
Many taxpayers feel squeezed in their
profession by disappearing retirement
plans, layoffs and wage clawbacks. Then
they see government employees hired on
their behalf earning above-average wages
and million-dollar retirement plans. There’s
an unfairness there that no elected officials
have yet fully addressed and it goes to the
feeling that the game is fixed.
The net result in all this general feeling that
we’re not getting a square deal is that people
don’t want to support government — heck,
they don’t even want to vote. On a very
practical level that means we the citizens get
the worst of both worlds. We get an expensive
government that does very little.
This is particularly frustrating to those of
us who believe in good government. The
nine scariest words in the English language
are not “I’m from the government and I’m
here to help,” as President Ronald Regan
liked to say. They are, “It’ll be several days
before we can help you.” — just recall
Katrina.
Budget fun — a look
at the pain and the
gain (in your tax bill);
doctors work together in
Manchester; local news
in brief.
5 Q&A
9 Quality of Life Index
10 Sports
12 I scream, you scream...
It’s one of summer’s sweetest treats — the trip
to your local ice cream stand. We offer you a
guide to local stands, with some advice on
new and popular flavors worth trying as well
as an answer to the question: frappe or milkshake?
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understanding between U.S. citizens and people of other countries.
WMUR reported Monday that Manchester-Boston Regional Airport’s passenger
traffic dropped 19 percent from May 2008
to May 2009, which works out to 66,000
fewer people. The station reported the economy and airline consolidation factored in the
reduction.
Financing NH’s small business
More than 400 small businesses in New
Hampshire attended a Small Business Financing Fair on Monday, June 29, at Southern New
Hampshire University. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
hosted the event, which was designed to help
businesses connect with lenders and government agencies to help them learn about their
financing options, according to a release from
Shaheen. Shaheen, who serves on the U.S.
Senate Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, traveled the state earlier
this year asking business owners about their
needs. The number one concern of small business owners was overwhelmingly access to
credit, the release said.
New park
The son of former governor John Gilbert
Winant donated an 85-acre park to the City of
Concord. The park, which is located on Fisk
Road, officially opened Wednesday, June 17.
Rivington Winant not only donated the park
but also paid for initial construction costs for
the parking lot, clearing trails, an informational kiosk and trailside benches, according to
Winant’s spokesman, Mike Barwell. The city
will maintain the property, which features pineoak forests.
Energy money
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced last week New Hampshire
would receive $10.3 million in stimulus funding to support energy efficiency and renewable
energy projects in the state. The Granite State
has proposed a statewide plan to prioritize energy savings, create and sustain jobs, increase
renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, a federal press release said. Once
the state has successfully implemented its plan,
it will receive another $12 million. The state
energy program will support energy efficiency upgrades to 75 state-owned buildings and 13
college campuses, the release said.
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The battle over legalizing medicinal marijuana is continuing this week. The legislature
gave its approval last week to an amended
bill that would let terminally and seriously ill
patients use medicinal marijuana. The measure now sits on Gov. John Lynch’s desk,
according to a state press release. The original
bill would have let patients grow marijuana at their homes, but the amended version
requires patients go to a “compassion center,” a nonprofit organization requiring state
certification, the release said. The bill allows
for up to five compassion centers after five
years. Reports earlier this year indicated a
Mason-Dixon Poll found 71 percent of New
Hampshire residents supported medicinal
marijuana reform.
Former state senator Bobby Stephen
hopped into the Manchester mayor fray last
week, while Alderman Mike Lopez said he
will not run. Stephen, a Democrat, joins a field
that includes Republican Alderman and state
Senator Ted Gatsas. The field also includes
state Rep. Richard Komi and public access
television producer Glenn Oulette. Democratic Alderman Mark Roy is also in the
mix. Mayor Frank Guinta opted to run for
Congress against current Rep. Carol SheaPorter rather than seek a third term.
Attorney General Kelly Ayotte was
expected to give the keynote address at a
Republican fundraiser this month, but NHPoliticalReport.com reported Monday she had
canceled, though no reason was given. Ayotte
has been rumored recently as a candidate for
Sen. Judd Gregg’s seat in 2010. Gregg has
said he will not seek reelection. According to
his father, former senator John E. Sununu
reportedly will announce whether he’ll run
for Senate in 2010 soon. Former governor and
current Republican party chairman John H.
Sununu told the Portsmouth Herald last week
his son would make the call within a couple
weeks. Sununu lost in 2008 to Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen in his bid for reelection.
Katrina Swett, a Bow Democrat, has yet
to make a final decision on entering the race
for the 2nd Congressional District, according to the Keene Sentinel. Current Rep. Paul
Hodes announced earlier this year he will run
for Senate instead. Democrats Ann McLane
Kuster and Mark Fernald have formally
announced their plans to run for Hodes’ seat.
According to reports, Executive Councilor
Debora Pignatelli is mulling a run in the 2nd
District as well.
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Pay more for land, less for building, UNH prof says
University of New Hampshire Professor Richard England has a
theory for tax reform: tax the land more, and the buildings less.
England isn’t calling for the elimination of a property tax, but
he’s thinking it would make sense to give communities an option
to enact a two-way property tax that taxes land at a higher
rate than buildings. A move in that direction, particularly for
urban areas in need of new development, would promote smart
growth, reduce sprawl and speed development, he says. England
co-edited the new book published by the Lincoln Institute of
Land Policy, Land Value Taxation: Theory, Evidence and Practice.
ies to adopt it, Franklin, Claremont or Berlin,
who need a boost, could adopt it to create jobs
and encourage new construction.
What are the benefits of the land tax?
The original motivation in Pennsylvania and
in some foreign countries was equity issues.
Landowners were making lots of money off private land holdings and land speculation. It was
kind of a populist one to collect more from the
wealthy landowners. But economists today have
very different reasons. ...Most academic economists think it would be a very good tax reform.
The modern case would be that it’s a tool for
local economic development. The reason being,
you can collect more from local revenues from
land values and less from building improvements. Really, you’re providing tax breaks to
capital improvements. There are examples of cities that have gone into a death spiral from rising
property tax rates. Gary, Indiana; East St. Louis, Illinois. They are very depressed cities. The
government keeps raising the property tax rates
to fund the local budget. The result is they’ve
stopped all building maintenance, renovations,
driven jobs out of the city limits.
Is this a good fit for New Hampshire?
I think it is. My recommendation would be
the legislature enact a statute permitting any
community to adopt this kind of taxation if they
want to. That’s how it was done in Pennsylvania.
Most Pennsylvania cities still have the traditional
property tax, but some, Harrisburg and Scranton,
have two-way property taxes, higher on land
values. And so I’m thinking Claremont and Berlin, which are struggling, could use it as a local
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more you’ll pay in taxes?
The tax is not on acreage but on assessed land
values. You would suspect an acre of land on
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for urban growth and urban revitalization.
Places that use it, how’s it working?
Anecdotally, Scranton, a generation ago, was
pretty depressed. These days, it’s doing pretty
well. It’s hard to say that results from its form
of property tax. We do know Harrisburg today
is a lot healthier than it was before the land value taxation was introduced. The other case in
the U.S. was in Hawaii. In the ’70s, they introduced land value taxation statewide in order to
encourage tourism development. It was so successful in Honolulu ... there was a backlash from
locals who thought it was over-development.
Are there any negatives to this method?
There’s a possibility those who own valuable
land will pay more taxes. From an equity and
political point of view, some landowners would
at least be skeptical and maybe even opposed. I
think that it can be overcome. ... The other groups
who might fear this type of tax reform in some
communities are homeowners, say situated on
valuable waterfront properties. … That can be
dealt with too, by creating a tax credit provision
on the annual property tax so they wouldn’t end
up paying more. One group who stands to gain
from this big time is condo owners. Condo owners would be taxed on their share of the building
and not very much on land.
That would seem to promote smart growth?
Exactly. That’s the reason I got interested.
It’s a local tool for promoting smart growth.
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Q:
What’s the land tax all about?
A land tax is a variation on the
property tax that we all know of
and many of us hate. With a land
tax, land values are taxed more heavily than
improvements or renovations on buildings are.
The traditional property tax assesses building
values and land values at an equal rate. There’s
no reason they have to be taxed at the same
rate. Take the state of Pennsylvania — they’ve
had almost a century’s experience taxing land
values higher than building values.
Places like Manchester, Nashua and Concord have historic, older buildings that maybe
could use a push as well?
We’ve done simulation studies in Manchester
and Berlin, simulated moving from traditional
property taxes to two-way. It’s just computer simulations, but the best I can tell, it would
encourage income growth and employment
growth and it might even, and this is against
intuition, could even increase land prices. On
the one hand, it’s taxing land more heavily, but
if in the process it’s encouraging income and
employment growth, it could even increase
land prices. If it did, that would really be a winwin. It doesn’t get much better than that.
TRUST
THE MERRIMACK
Fiscal Years 2011 and
2012 in balance
State budget passes, with ups and downs
By Jeff Mucciarone
[email protected]
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Faced with a mounting $500 million
deficit for the biennium that started this
week, state budget writers had a stiff
challenge before them this year.
Legislators approved an $11.5 billion state budget last week, which Gov.
John Lunch signed on Tuesday, June 30
(though a court ruling may hold up $110
million Lynch had hoped to use from the
state’s medical malpractice fund).
There are losses — the closure of the
Laconia prison, at least 200 layoffs, and
retirees under age 65 must now contribute to their health coverage. There are
also winners — aid to local schools is
fully funded, aid to communities overall
increases by 1.7 percent and the Department of Corrections will start a Division
of Community Corrections to monitor parolees and probationers to reduce
recidivism.
“I think it’s a tough and responsible
budget and a balanced budget,” said
Senate Majority Leader Maggie Hassan,
D-Exeter. “The fact that we were able to
come to an agreement on it, given the
economic conditions we have, I think is
a very good accomplishment.”
Along with 200 layoffs, the budget
calls for un-funding 400 state positions
and directs Lynch to cut another $25
million in personnel. Lynch is expected
to try to negotiate unpaid furloughs in an
effort to avoid more layoffs. The budget
will also close several district courts and
will cut medical education reimbursements for hospitals.
“I think that I am very pleased we will
end Fiscal Year 2009 with a balanced
budget and we have constructed a balanced budget for 2011 and 2012,” said
Rep. Marjorie Smith, D-Durham. Smith
helped lead a committee in negotiations
on the final budget. “It was a very difficult and painful job to do, as we tried to
meet the needs of the citizens who have
no place else to turn but to the state. At
the same time, we had to try to find revenue to keep the state going in the fairest
way that we could given the choices
available to us.”
According to a press release from
Lynch’s office, the budget decreases state
spending by about 1.1 percent. Republicans say the budget actually increases
state spending by 6 or 7 percent.
Steve Norton, executive director of
the New Hampshire Center for Public
Policy Studies, said in a recent report
the state made two significant chang-
es in how it accounts for general fund
activities — school building aid and
liquor commission appropriations are
no longer included in the general fund.
If they were, as they always have been,
the state’s general fund would increase
by 5.2 percent under the recently passed
budget. With the accounting changes, general fund expenditures decrease
by less than 1 percent. Between 1990
and 2009, the biennial rate of growth
in general funds has been 13.2 percent,
according to the report.
The budget does not include a refinancing tax, an entertainment tax or
expanded gambling, though it does
include a tax on gambling winnings. It
also raises the rooms and meals tax from
8 percent to 9 percent and extends it to
include campgrounds. Legislators also
approved extending the interests and
dividends tax to include limited liability companies.
“These tough economic times require
tough budget choices — and that’s exactly what we have done with this budget,”
Lynch said in the release.
Other highlights of the budget: it
significantly reduces funding for the
Department of Cultural Resources; it
raises the cigarette tax by 45 cents; it
phases out state funding for the Commissions on the Status of Women and
Men; and the Department of Health and
Human Services must cut another $20
million from its $700 million budget.
No money for culture
State budget decimates Dept. of Cultural Resources
By Jeff Mucciarone
[email protected]
In the state’s recently approved $11.5
billion budget, the Department of Cultural
Resources will be hit hard.
Gov. John Lynch’s budget proposal in
February initially slashed a big chunk of the
department’s budget. By the time the budget
got through the Senate, another $300,000
had been cut, said Senate Majority Leader
Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter.
“It’s pretty significant cuts to a small
department,” Hassan said.
All in all, legislators cut the department’s
budget by 18 percent. The department operates on a $7.7 million budget, split about
50-50 between state and federal funding,
said Van McLeod, commissioner of the
Department of Cultural Resources.
“The reductions are obviously substantial
in our department,” McLeod said.
eral money as we possibly can through
Hassan said the department would have the National Endowment for the Arts...,”
to lose some staff to accommodate the McLeod said. “It’s still a work in progress.
reductions, but legislators
I’m still concerned of what the future is
kept enough intact to
going to be and hopefully everything will get
allow the department
better as we move
“Cultural
to continue to receive
forward.”
institutions
federal grants.
“Obviously,
“They
actually
it’s difficult times
throughout the
leverage quite a bit state are part of the quality of
for
everybody,”
of federal money into
McLeod added.
life and our community wellour state,” Hassan
McLeod has had
said. “It’s important being,” McLeod said, noting
to lay off four fullthat his department touches
to maintain grants.”
time
employees,
McLeod said the every community
and another four
arts would be hurt in the state.
vacant
positions
most by cuts, though
were not filled.
historical resources and the state library
McLeod’s departwere also hit.
ment did receive a
“We have been trying to move things little stimulus money to help keep a fullaround so we can collect as much fed- time staffer from going part-time, he said.
“We’re doing everything we can to
make it have as [little] impact as possible,”
McLeod said. “It will have an effect, as will
everywhere else in the state.”
“Cultural institutions throughout the state
are part of the quality of life and our community well-being,” McLeod said, noting
that his department touches every community in the state. “Our job is to try to support
them.... The state is resilient. It always has
been resilient. This just happens to be one
of the most difficult times.”
The state Department of Cultural
Resources includes the State Council on
the Arts, the Film and Television Office,
the State Library, the American Canadian
French Cultural Exchange Commission and
the Division of Historical Resources.
Visit www.nh.gov/nhculture.
Pitch a tent, pay a tax
State legislature extends rooms & meals tax to campgrounds
By Jeff Mucciarone
[email protected]
The news coming out of state budget discussions last week wasn’t good for
campers and campground owners in New
Hampshire.
The legislature approved an $11.5 billion state budget that, among many cuts, tax
increases and layoffs, will extend the rooms
and meals tax to camping, essentially creating a new tax in the eyes of campers and
Hippo | July 2 - 8, 2009 | Page campground owners. The budget also raises the rooms and meals tax from 8 percent
to 9 percent.
“My understanding is that it’s an issue
the House Ways and Means Committee has
looked at a fair amount in the past,” said
Senate Majority Leader Maggie Hassan,
D-Exeter. “However, it wasn’t a decision
that we spent a whole lot of time discussing
in the budget process in the Senate. In the
committee of conference process, it came
in pretty late. … when one alternative after
the next gets rejected, people bring in new
ideas.”
Legislators reasoned that campgrounds
compete with hotels and motels already subject to the tax. And campgrounds are often
destinations for travelers from out of state,
Hassan said.
“We had raised the rooms and meals tax,”
Hassan said. “We had agreed to spend some
of the money with the increase for promotion of tourism in New Hampshire. The
House Ways and Means Committee brought
in the idea of extending the tax to campgrounds.... All in all I think people felt it
was a rational extension of the tax.”
Rep. Marjorie Smith, D-Durham, said
many other states tax camping either through
a sales tax or a rooms and meals tax.
“All this is doing is closing a loophole,”
Smith said.
While camping officials weren’t likely to
endorse the move regardless of how quickly
it took hold, given that campers bring their
own meals and beds, they would have liked
the quality of their own lives,” Smith said. paid prior to July 1, full payment or a por“Sure they don’t want to pay anything, but tion, would not be subject to the tax.
people understand that everybody has to
“It’s definitely going to have a negative
step up to the plate.”
impact,” Pitman said. “We’re already hearCampgrounds with cabins were already ing it from those that are trying to camp this
charging cabin users the rooms and meals summer.”
tax. New Hampshire campers will go from
Pitman and company may hear it most
paying nothing in state taxes to paying the loudly from seasonal campers, who pay up
highest state tax on camping in New Eng- to $3,000 to camp for the season. Those
land. Maine has a tax of more than seven folks will be paying the nine-percent tax on
percent on campers, officials said.
the full cost of their seasonal rental.
“They’re flabberCampgrounds must obtain a rooms and
gasted,”
Bradley
meals tax license and
“What I’m
said of campers.
they’ll need to take
“They ask me the
out a $5,000 bond to
seeing is young
reasoning behind it.
families who have ensure payment, PitI can’t tell them.”
budgeted for a weekend away man said.
Despite the tax,
“We’re still waiting
Bradley said camp- ... They’re waiting weeks to be for definitive rules to
grounds aren’t going able to afford to go away. Mom come out,” Pitman
to start providing and dad are working two jobs.
said. “They’re being
house cleaning ser- The kids are in daycare. Their
very reluctant to say
vices, as hotels do. discretionary income is eaten
anything.”
The camping tax up before they get here,”
Campground ownbrings with it quesers are concerned
Bradley said. “Oh by the way,
tions, perhaps most
about the potential
notably: what hap- you owe another
effect on the state’s
pens to someone 9 percent.”
tourism industry, the
who paid a deposnumber two industry
it on a campground prior to July 1 but will
in the state. Campers
stay at the campground and pay in full after
are typically vacationthe new fiscal year? Bradley said he learned ing on a tight budget. A nine-percent tax
from the state Department of Revenue might not be enough to dissuade them from
Administration that anyone who pays in full camping, but it will assuredly cause them
prior to July 1 will not have to pay the tax. to spend less money in the local economy,
But anyone paying only a portion prior to Pitman said. Many seasonal and long-term
the new fiscal year will pay the nine-percent campers are retired and living on a fixed
tax on the full bill, Bradley said. Hassan income.
said her understanding was that anything
“So these people come to a campground.
They rent a space, a piece of ground. They
bring their bedroom, their own meals,” Pitman said, adding some New Hampshire
communities are already taxing long-term
campers but there’s no uniformity from
community to community. “Then there’s a
registration tax. Now they’re paying a ninepercent rooms and meals tax on top of that.
It’s double and triple taxation in some cases.
People just aren’t aware of that.”
“It will have a trickle-down effect on local
business,” Pitman said. “Even if they keep
coming, they’ll have less money to spend.
Campers are people who are looking for
affordable vacations. They do not have a lot
of discretionary income above and beyond
the rates.”
There’s nothing formal yet, but campground owners are discussing a strategy for
overturning the camping tax, Bradley said.
“What I’m seeing is young families
who have budgeted for a weekend away ...
They’re waiting weeks to be able to afford
to go away. Mom and dad are working two
jobs. The kids are in daycare. Their discretionary income is eaten up before they get
here,” Bradley said. “Oh by the way, you
owe another 9 percent.”
“I understand that everybody would rather have somebody else pay, but in fact that
can’t happen,” Smith said. “At the very time
there’s a greater need for state services, the
state’s revenue goes down; we need to try to
counteract that.”
The Department of Revenue Administration is putting together plans for workshops
to help campground owners implement the
tax, Bradley said.
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a seat at the table. Most campground owners first learned of the potential camping tax
Friday, June 19. Less than a week later, the
budget was passed — with hardly any time
for legislators to hear from those affected by the measure, camping officials said.
Campgrounds will begin collecting taxes
Wednesday, July 1.
“There were no public hearings, no
input from industry owners or campers,”
said Bob Bradley, owner of Blake’s Brook
Campground in Epsom. “It’s a tax not on
campgrounds but on campers, the camping family that’s scrimping. The way it was
implemented was way out of left field. It
was used as a stopgap measure to try to raise
some revenues.”
“A lot of them, the anger comes because
it wasn’t due process,” added Gregg Pitman,
executive director of the New Hampshire Campground Owners Association.
“It was slipped in at the 11th hour without
any opportunity for public discourse from
campgrounds.”
Camping officials complained that other potential new revenue streams, such as
the refinancing tax or the entertainment tax,
came up, but legislators took the time to
hear from affected parties.
“The people most affected by the refinancing tax had the chance to speak up against
it,” Bradley said. Both measures never came
to a vote.
“I do understand why campground owners are surprised and feeling a little pressed
for time on this,” Hassan said.
“When people calm down, I think overwhelmingly people understand in this state
that the degree the state functions helps
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Manchester medics cooperating, not merging
Dartmouth Hitchcock and CMC near formal agreement
By Jeff Mucciarone
[email protected]
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Dartmouth Hitchcock Manchester and the
Catholic Medical Center have been collaborating for several years now. Officials at
both institutions would like to continue that,
even expand on it. But to do so, they need to
legally formalize an affiliation so they can
each and together provide the types of service the community needs, officials said.
The two entities have been working to
iron out details on an affiliation — not a
merger — for about a year and a half. They
went public with a letter of intent in February. They expect to have a formal agreement
ready for public review within a few weeks,
officials said.
At the moment, the two are working out
how to fit the two health care providers
together without stepping on the toes of the
religious and ethical directives of the Catholic Church, which the Catholic Medical
Center (CMC) abides by.
Last week Dartmouth Hitchcock, which
is based in Lebanon and also has locations
in Concord, Nashua and Keene, announced
the formation of a holding company, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, that would oversee
an affiliation between Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Mary Hitchcock
Memorial Hospital in Lebanon. The two are
located in the same building but are actually
separate entities. The holding company provides the framework to allow other health
care providers statewide to join the affiliation, said Dartmouth Hitchcock spokesman
Jason Aldous.
Because CMC is duty-bound by the
Church, CMC and Dartmouth Hitchcock
needed a different framework for affiliating. To make it work, CMC would form
its own holding company, Catholic Medical Center Health Care Systems, to oversee
for
business
An occasional look at new
shops, services and more
Stylish glass
Candia resident Kathy Berger and her
business partners aren’t necessarily suggesting people need to drink more to have fun
— though they might not challenge the idea
— but they are offering some extra pizzazz in
their wine glasses. HuePhoria, which opened
three years ago, features hand-blown, handpainted and dishwasher-safe stemware, along
with an assortment of other trinkets, such as
salt-and-pepper shakers and ornaments featuring “Larry the Lobsta.”
“It’s something bright, cheerful and fun,”
Berger said. “It’s drinking.”
Partners Jen Falso and Lisa Assenza work
out of their homes in Syracuse, N.Y., while
Berger manages her side of things from
home as well. Falso and Assenza, after
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the potential affiliation between CMC and
Dartmouth Hitchcock. Alyson Pitman Giles,
president and CEO of CMC, would serve in
the same capacity in the holding company,
Giles said.
Giles approached Dartmouth Hitchcock in
2003 initially asking for help with pediatric
coverage. That relationship sprung into several other collaborations. It became easier
for both medical centers to access specialists. The two worked together to bring the
Norris Cotton Cancer Center to Manchester
in February 2008.
“Rather than try to compete, close each
other down, build new buildings,” Giles
said. “Why can’t we collaborate?”
But to do that, they needed a more
“legally acceptable integration” that
would include governance, finances and
management, Giles said. The new CMC
holding company would include trustees from both sides, but with the majority
from CMC. Dartmouth Hitchcock personnel operating under the holding company
would need to abide by the same directives as CMC, Giles said.
Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack, of the Diocese of Manchester,
would need certain reserve powers over
the holding company, including authority
over bylaws, mission statements, affiliations and appointments to the board and
the position of hospital president, which
the Union Leader reported and Giles confirmed. Giles said the two sides were still
crafting their agreement around McCormack’s reserve powers.
In terms of patient care, Giles said big
changes aren’t on the horizon.
“I don’t think you’ll see a change whatsoever in relation to physicians,” Giles
said. “It will be pretty much invisible to the
patient.”
Giles said there would be more tertiary
specialists coming to Manchester that CMC
previously may not have had access to.
Some have been particularly interested
in the new West Side Neighborhood Health
Center, which is on CMC property and is
run by CMC but also includes Dartmouth
Hitchcock staff. The center includes maternity care, a refugee care center, and now a
new adult health care component.
“We’re both committed to the care of the
poor,” Giles said, adding that the new health
center has already helped deliver babies
for 250 mothers without health insurance.
“We’re trying to do the right thing and really take care of the six or seven thousand
people who would otherwise fall through
the cracks.”
Officials have said they hope to have a
formal affiliation agreement in place by the
end of the year.
What the proposed affiliation between
Dartmouth Hitchcock and CMC means for
the Elliot Health System in Manchester
remains unclear.
Rick Phelps, Elliot executive vice president, said Elliot has spent many years
trying to more tightly affiliate with Dartmouth Hitchcock. Phelps said it seems
Elliot was looking to affiliate with Dartmouth Hitchcock along much the same
lines as CMC is now, the focus being to
bring a greater array of services to the
Manchester area so patients don’t have to
travel so far.
“It is a natural integration,” Phelps said
of Elliot and Dartmouth Hitchcock. “I don’t
understand why it didn’t work out.”
Elliot agrees that health care reform
should include greater integration of services regardless of which institution is
providing them. At its core, Elliot supports
anything that improves the cost and quali-
ty of health care, Phelps said, adding Elliot
will continue to look to partner with health
care providers that share their vision.
“In terms of end results, I fail to see where
Dartmouth Hitchcock’s attempts to affiliate
with CMC differs from our attempts under
Optima Health,” Phelps said. Elliot and
CMC attempted to merge in the 1990s, but
the merger ultimately failed.
CMC says the Dartmouth Hitchcock affiliation will be different since there won’t be
any relocation or elimination of services.
In regard to Dartmouth Hitchcock Health,
Aldous said the holding company allows
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital to
operate more effectively together. It also
provides a framework for future affiliations
with other health care providers. Instead
of building a new facility to compete with
an existing entity, two or more health care
providers could lease space or staff to fill a
need, Aldous said.
“It allows us to be more comprehensive,”
Aldous said.
Given the rural nature of much of New
Hampshire, many places don’t have the population base to support full-time specialists.
But maybe there is a need for a specialist a
day or so per week in a given area. Under
this type of framework, a specialist from a
medical provider could use space in a Dartmouth Hitchcock building, or vice versa.
“It’s really a paradigm shift,” Aldous
said. “We’re still competing in other areas.
Is there a way to compete that makes sense
for both of us and collaborate in other ways
that make sense for everybody?”
“This is very much the first step in the
journey,” Aldous said of Dartmouth Hitchcock Health.
meeting at their daughter’s preschool, put
their design interests together and began
painting wine glasses. The pair sold their
creations at fundraising events and through
word of mouth in New York. In one year,
the pair sold 5,000 glasses just in their general area.
After Falso and Assenza, who had known
Berger for more than 20 years, found they
couldn’t keep up with production demands,
Berger, who had already started two companies previously, entered the picture.
Together, they decided there was something they had that other companies didn’t
― the dishwasher-safe component, Berger
said. Beyond the three partners, HuePhoria
has five employees, including one in New
Hampshire.
Today, Falso and Assenza handle designs
— a peace sign, a golf ball and a sail boat are
among the nearly 40 current designs offered.
Berger, who according to www.huephoria.
com does everything other than design, found
an overseas manufacturing company to handmake the glasses. The company distributes to
1,000 retailers nationwide now, and has strong
sales from the Web.
There are stories behind the design names,
such as Skeeter, the New Hampshire state
bird, and Sea Toy, the name of Berger’s first
boat, she said.
“It’s like a permanent wine charm,” Berger
said. “We kind of took the wine charm concept to the next level.”
HuePhoria’s clientèle is typically women who host cocktail parties and who have
the disposable income to drop $20 on a single wine glass. The idea of single wine glasses
is key as well, since historically wine glasses were not a single-item purchase, but that’s
changing. Simply, most women are going to
have a glass of wine from time to time, which
they’ll need a glass to drink, and they’re going
to buy gifts. That’s HuePhoria’s niche, Berger said.
Berger and company are illustrating how to
make a living without sitting in a cube every
day. A conference call, typically each morning, kicks things off and then they each go off
into defined roles. Intertwined with business
is taking care of the kids and tending to Sam,
Berger’s yellow Labrador retriever. The craziest time each day is when kids get home from
school, Berger said.
Working remotely helps with decision-making too ― there’s no one else there, so they
each simply have to make the call. They can’t
put it off, since they won’t be seeing each other anytime soon. Still, the threesome do make
it a point to meet in their Maine office for a
virtual summit once a year, to fill and refill
their glasses to make sure they work OK,
Berger said.
Berger is constantly calling on top retailers,
such as L.L. Bean, HuePhoria’s best customer
and its largest retailer. Overall, the company keys in on upscale, specialty boutique-ish
gift shops, of which 85 percent nationwide
are independently owned, Berger said. Smaller, independent retailers are more likely to tell
the HuePhoria story rather than big retailers.
Not that bigger stores are bad, but Berger said
there can be a tendency to rely on big ones.
If a big client drops a company like HuePhoria, the small business is going to be in serious
trouble. This way, HuePhoria has its hands in
lots and lots of little pots, rather than one big
one.
The company is looking to grow Web sales,
which made up about 12 percent of sales last
year. Berger said they need the physical retailers but the Internet is full of potential.
“We want to grow slowly and steadily,”
Berger said.
Berger offered some advice for prospective
startup entrepreneurs: “Don’t be afraid to ask
for help. Listen to the stories. There’s always
something to be gleaned from experiences.”
Visit www.huephoria.com. HuePhoria
products are available at Elizabeth’s on Elm,
Make and Take Gourmet and John’s Hallmark in Manchester, Ashton Christopher’s
and Bedford Custom Baskets in Bedford,
Caring Gifts and Interior Additions in Concord, and DesignWares in Nashua.— Jeff
Mucciarone
July 2, 2009
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QUALITY OF LIFE
INDEX
Clothesline emergency
The Concord-based Project Laundry List declared a “Clothesline
Emergency” Monday, June 29, because of the wet weather plaguing the Northeast in the past week. The organization promotes drying
laundry on a clothesline outdoors. To get through the rainfall, the
organization reportedly suggested using indoor drying racks unless
mold was an issue. If that was not an option, the organization suggested taking laundry to a coin-operated laundry facility, as they typically
use gas dryers, reports indicated. Visit www.laundrylist.org.
QOL score: -4 because QOL (and also the entire state of New
Hampshire and now apparently our clothes) needs it to stop raining so much already
Comment: An Associated Press article said this was Project
Laundry List’s first clothesline emergency in its 15-year history.
Declining swine?
Deep-fried goodness
The Sausage King of Nashua is opening a restaurant! Since Ed
Canto started parking a sausage cart outside Nashua downtown bars
late night on weekends six years ago, it’s been a savior to hungry bar
patrons — most kitchens there seem to close by 9 or 10 p.m. The
Sausage King of Nashua’s storefront location is expected to open in
August, at 53 Main St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, and until
about 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The menu will include sweet
Italian, hot, garlic and cheese-filled sausages, gourmet hot dogs,
marinated steak tips, onion rings, deep-fried hot dogs, kids’ meals,
and a deep-fried dessert menu with items like deep-fried Oreos and
Twinkies. They plan to serve beer and have outdoor seating. You
can normally find the Sausage King of Nashua at Home Depots in
Nashua, Merrimack and soon Manchester, and at events like American Defenders baseball games at Holman Stadium. Canto said he
might continue to station a late-night cart in Nashua. (Thanks to
Hippo reader Sharon for the tip.)
QOL score: +2 (QOL promises to do extra crunches in
preparation)
Comments: Canto started his cart business off as “Step Right
Up.” After customers started calling him the sausage king he
registered the name, and he quotes Ferris Bueller’s Day Off at
www.thesausagekingofnashua.com.
Live music on Main Street
Arts patron Meri Goyette isn’t taking a break after the second
International Sculpture Symposium in Nashua (she’s a major force
behind it). In her quest for more public art, she’s worked to get merchant approval and city permits for “Thursday Nites Live on the
200 Block” in Nashua. Performances will be Thursdays from 6 to
8 p.m., weather permitting, on the block between Villa Banca and
City Hall, starting July 9 and continuing through September.
QOL score: +2
Comments: So far, Goyette has two student bands signed up,
Under the Fig Tree and the Lavalee Trio, plus a magician and a
guitarist. She hopes others will be interested in the exposure.
Last week’s QOL score: 51
Net change: +1
QOL this week: 52
What’s affecting your QOL? Tell us at [email protected].
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LONGSHOTS
Declaring independence of how
others play the game
I was watching The
Patriot with Mel Gibson on TV Sunday
night and my mind
drifted to wondering what it must have been
like at the time of the Revolutionary War. If
you haven’t seen the film, it’s a fictional story
inspired by the real-life Swamp Fox, Francis
Marion, who kept General Cornwallis and
the British at bay in South Carolina during the
Revolution.
With the Fourth of July on tap this week it’s
a good time to think about those days, though
for many, I’m afraid, it’s become nothing
more than a three-day weekend for ball games
and barbecues and not for reflection on what
those people had to give up to fight. I wonder, for instance, how harmonious the lead-up
to the signing of the Declaration of Independence was. Did a “We’re all in this together”
spirit prevail? Or was it just the majority ruled
in the Sharks-and-Jets bickering way of today,
where each side hears the racket coming from
the others but doesn’t listen to what’s being
said? In that world, Paul Revere’s effort to
tell all the British were coming would have
been second-guessed by the opposition as
being slower than David Ortiz going from
first to third.
Of course the real story often depends on
who it comes from today. In our history books
the original GW and the rest of the boys are
heroes. But to Cornwallis the founding fathers
were traitors and the Swamp Fox was a terrorist. And if they were around then, god only
knows what Rush and the Fox News Channel
would have been calling people who wanted
to make change in the colonies by breaking
away from Britain. I suspect the nicest would
have been “liberals and far left loons.”
It’s one of the things sports has in common
with politics — there is a lot of yakking about
every thing you do. But it’s distinctly different
as well, where in sports there are my-way-orthe-highway bosses, like Bill Parcells, who
rule like a king — you don’t like it? see you
later, pal — which can work great for a football team. Of course, after the owners acted
like omnipotent rulers for the first 60 years
of baseball it led to the Players Association
being formed in the 1960s, with one of its
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founding fathers being Republican Kentucky
Senator and then righty fireballer Jim Bunning. That eventually also led to a revolt by
the minions via several strikes and 40 years
of acrimony.
I don’t mind dissent. It would be pretty boring if everyone agreed and it’s an important
part of our democratic system. But how it’s
done is another story, in that it’s often used as
a tactic to make the other side look bad, while
being masked as political convictions. That
passes for democratic dissent today, which
I don’t think is good. Nor is selectively taking individual mistakes to paint misleading
impressions of a job someone is doing.
Take Theo Epstein for instance. If you
look just at his mistakes you can make him
look pretty bad if you don’t bother to find out
the entire story. Like the 2004 title was actually a combination job where Dan Duquette
doesn’t get the credit he deserves for putting
key pieces like Manny, Johnny Damon, Derek Lowe, Jason Varitek and Pedro on that
team. And while he correctly let Pedro and
Derek Lowe walk after that season, out-ofshape David Wells was Pedro’s replacement
and he gave big money to a perennial .500
pitcher in Matt Clement. He also released
current AL home run leader Carlos Pena at
the end of 2006, who’s hit 100 homers since,
including 46 in 2007. That seems like a whopper to me.
Then in the winter of 2007 he spent over
$200 million on three players. Not quite what
the heavily criticized Yankees did this off season, but similar. Julio Lugo is a flat-out bust.
JD Drew isn’t a bust, but with him on pace
for his third straight 130ish game and 68 RBI
season, Theo spent twice as much on him as
he should. And then there is Dice-K. This
year’s struggle aside, you can make a solid
case his $10 million salary is the going rate
for a guy who’s won 34 games in two seasons. But when you throw in the $50 million
posting fee paid to get his rights, he becomes
a $100 million pitcher — which he certainly is not.
The point isn’t to hammer Theo for his
mistakes. It’s that everyone makes them and
the ones who bring them up most often in a
political democracy these days are opponents
looking to obscure what really counts — the
bottom line. Which for Theo is he did what
no one had done the 86 previous in Boston
by winning twice in five years. And with a
bulging farm system, he has them in position
to win this year and in the foreseeable future.
That’s darn good and something to think
about when someone is ranting and raving
about one mistake and not the total picture.
That’s the problem with a democracy: it
isn’t easy. Even when you’re trying to do the
right thing it seems there is always someone on
the other side. As Abe Lincoln once said, you
can please some of the people all of the time,
and all of the people some of the time, but you
can’t please all of the people all of the time.
Take the reaction to the Manchester School
Board’s decision to introduce pay-to-play for
extracurricular activities. It was done to keep
sports like hockey, wrestling and skiing from
being dropped — which is a good thing for
more than the kids and parents involved. That
made some happy and outraged some others, like the woman who asked on the Union
Leader blog, “What’s going to be next, $25
for math class?” Of course, someone else
suggested it was a good tax because the one
paying out is the person using the service.
Both have a point — but what tends to often
get lost in the passion of the moment is that
the (volunteer) board was trying to do something good. And even if you don’t agree with
it, it wouldn’t hurt to appreciate how much all
put into their non-paying job.
So that’s what I’m going to think of when
I wonder about the greatness of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and the others from
the early days. I’ll listen to those on the other
side, if they do the same. I’ll appreciate how
much people put in at home and in the wars
abroad to make the democracy work. And I’ll
fight the impulse to finger-point, to honor all
that has been done to lay the ground for the
great country we live in.
In other words I’m going to try and not take
it all for granted — like most of us do.
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Raining out, reining in,
reigning champs
The Numbers:
0.38 – earned run average
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Atlanta Braves after pitching
16 scoreless innings against
them the last two weekends
to improve his mark against
them to 6-0 in the last seven
against the Braves.
3 – runs allowed by Shane
Beauchemin when Sweeney
Post downed Plymouth Post
66 8-3 behind his five-hit,
five-strikeout pitching effort.
5 – NBA teams Shaquille
O’Neal has now been on after
last week’s trade sending him
to Cleveland from Phoenix.
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7 – highest ranking in the
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goal to make it 2-0, as Brazil roared back with
three goals to win 3-2.
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alone be the youngest driver ever to win one
of those events, as 19-year-old Joey Logan did
last week at Loudon?
Coming and Going: The surprising not of
the week came from across the river at Saint
Anselm, where longtime athletic director Ed
Cannon announced he is stepping down from
his post effective July 1. He’ll be replaced on
an interim basis by Drew Litz, who is also the
school’s associate dean of student affairs. Cannon has been at Saint A since 1974, when he
became assistant soccer coach. He was named
head coach the following year and remained
there for 30 years and 272 wins. He stepped
down in 2004 after doing dual duty as coach
and AD after replacing Ted Palauskas in 2000.
He will remain with the school as a special
fund-raiser for athletics after a job well done.
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1974, Pervous Ellison, taken by Sacramento in
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Knicks took him in 1964 but who did manage
to make a contribution off the bench the year
Bill Russell won the last of his 11 NBA titles
in1969.
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8 – pitchers who’ve pitched
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66 – career wins for Danton
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The Big Story: The crazy weather played
havoc with the expected big series with the
C-Dogs in town over the weekend — sort of.
While the F-Cats were losers in both Friday’s
(5-4) and Saturday’s (3-1) games and Sunday’s
was suspended because of rain, they still drew
over 14,000 to the two dates including 8,120
on Saturday.
Sports 101: Only four of the 65 players taken
first overall in the NBA draft have ever played
for the Celtics at some point in their career.
How many can you name?
Who’s Hot: If you haven’t been paying
attention, while the F-Cats may be struggling,
slugging outfielder Brian Dopirak is having quite a season. He leads the Cats in batting
average, hits, doubles, home runs, runs batted
in and slugging percentage. And his numbers
are not just highs on a struggling club, as he
also leads the Eastern League in doubles, homers and RBI. And those numbers also show why
he was Eastern League Player of the Week last
week as well
Out-of-Town Scores: Had to be a big thrill
for soccernaut Charlie Davis of Manchester, who was right there as Jozy Altidore got
the game’s opening goal in the U.S. World
Cup team’s shocking 2-0 win over Spain last
week in the Confederation Cup’s semi-final —
which is the qualifying tourney for next year’s
World Cup. Making the win over the European
champs all the more improbable was that Spain
outshot the American team 29 to 9 in the loss. It
crashed to Earth in the second half of the final,
after Davis had assisted on Landon Donovan’s
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Sports Glossary
Benjamin Franklin: Born-on-mybirthday author, printer, satirist, scientist,
inventor, statesman, kite flier and all around
ladies’ man from the time of the Revolution. Among his inventions were bi-focal
glasses, the Franklin (wood) Stove, the
lightning rod and (yikes) the urinary catheter, and while there’s no evidence that
he ever booed Santa Claus, since he was
from Philly the suspicion still persists.
The Swamp Fox: Real name Francis Marion. Colonial soldier who invented
what came to be known as guerrilla warfare
with his hit-and-run tactics in and around
the swamps of South Carolina against the
numerically superior British forces. Was
made into a TV series by Walt Disney in the
’50s and ’60s that was banned in Canada
and debated over in the House Commons in
London for its sinister portrayal of the British Army. Those who’ve seen Leslie Nielson
as Lt. Frank Drebin in the zany Naked Gun
films will have a hard time picturing him as
the ultra-serious guy in the title role of that
Disney series, but it’s him.
General Cornwallis: General in command of the British forces in the South who
blew a bigger lead in the early days of the
revolution than Hillary in last year’s Democratic primary. Succumbed to superior
American and French forces at Yorktown,
where he surrendered to end the war.
Made a nice comeback on the home front,
though, as envoy to Prussia, secretary of
defense and a Viceroy of Ireland. Not bad
for losing what grew into the greatest economic power in world history.
$100 Million Pitchers: There have been
five others besides Dice-K in baseball history. The latest is CC Sabathia, who got
it from the Yanks over the winter. Before
him was Johann Santana the year before
with the Mets — who has been pretty solid — even as they collapsed again last year.
There’s lefty Barry Zito with a 25-37
record. Next is Mike Hampton’s travails
after signing for the big dough tested the sanity of GMs in Colorado and Atlanta. He won
60 and lost 57 over his six-year mega-deal.
Kevin Brown, a solid pitcher, whose health
issues in the final years of $104 million deal
with the Dodgers made JD Drew look like
Cal Ripkin, averaged about 10 wins per in
the seven years of his deal with L.A. and the
Yankees.
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CREAM
Rain aside, the season of hot and muggy is here.
And what better to go with steamy days and nights
than ice cream?
What is merely a delicious treat in other parts of the
country has been elevated to an art form here, with local
ice cream makers turning out flavors that rival any national premium ice cream. To celebrate this holiday weekend
— or any weekend when you need a cool taste of something
sweet — we give you your local ice cream spots, from the places that make their own to the places that serve up scoops from
some of the best ice cream makers in the area.
Local scoop
By Doran Dal Pra
This collection of local restaurants, drive-ins and dairy
bars, offers nearly every flavor of ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, and frozen yogurt available and make for a perfect warm
weather stop. Pack a lot of napkins, and enjoy.
• Arnie’s Place (164 Loudon Road in Concord, 228-3225,
www.arniesplace.com)
How it’s made: Arnie’s has been making its own ice cream
since 1996. It offers 65 flavors.
Popular flavors: One of the most popular flavors at Arnie’s
is the Frozen Pudding, commonly referred to as “tutti fruity.”
It has dark and golden raisins marinated in rum, maraschino
cherries, apples and grapefruit peels.
What’s new: A couple new flavors featured at Arnie’s are
Orange Pineapple, Indian Pudding and White Chocolate.
Cone options: Soft-serve ice cream comes in a cake cone,
while hard ice cream is served in sugar and waffle cones.
Arnie’s also offers dipped waffle cones.
• Blake’s Creamery (353 S. Main St. in Manchester, 6690220; 53 Hooksett Road in Manchester, 627-1110, www.
blakesicecream.com)
How it’s made: Blake’s has been making ice cream since
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• Hayward’s Ice Cream (7 DW Highway, Nashua,
888-4663; 383 Elm St., Milford, 672-8383, www.haywardsicecream.com)
How it’s made: Hayward’s is 100-percent homemade
and currently has 50 total flavors of ice cream and frozen yogurt. They make their ice cream seven days per
week, for eight to nine hours per day.
Popular flavors: Chocolate Tsunami, Fluffernutter,
Cake Batter, and Cookie Dough.
What’s new: New on the menu (as of March) are
Appalachian Trail, which is espresso-flavored ice cream
Come and pick your
own certified organic
blueberries!
Cones
What is ice cream without a
cone? Cake or plain, sugar or
waffle cone, each kind brings
something different to the table.
Hayward’s Ice Cream Stand
(7 D.W. Highway., Nashua, 8884663‎, and 383 Elm St., Milford,
672-8383‎, haywardsicecream.
com) makes its own waffle
cones. Chris Ordway, owner of
Hayward’s, said that though the
process is time-consuming the
stand has been making its own
cones for 15 years because “they
are much better than the storebought ones.”
Hayward’s has three choices for
cones — plain, sugar and waffle
— Ordway says that he believes
a waffle cone is probably the best.
He said “a waffle cone holds ice
cream better” while “sugar cones
fall apart much easier” and “on a
hot day you have to eat fast” with
a plain cone. —Kayla Chagnon
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More places to get a
unique scoop
These local ice cream hot spots may not
make their own ice cream, but they offer
a wide range of sweet treats and make for
great summertime destinations.
• Beech Hill Farm (Beech Hill
Road, Hopkinton, 223-0828, www.
beechhillfarm.com)
Ice cream: Beech Hill Farm uses
Blake’s ice cream and currently carries
76 flavors
Popular flavors: Moose Tracks,
Cookie Dough, and the extremely popular make-your-own sundae bar where
you can put your imagination to work
and build the sundae of your dreams.
They also offer 95-percent fat-free
yogurt in a variety of flavors.
What’s new: Beech Hill just introduced
four new flavors: Candy Shop, made with
a vanilla base then filled with M&M’s,
Heath Bar pieces, Reese’s cups, Snickers, and Milky Way bars; Orange Pop, an
orange sherbet filled with Moose Tracks
swirl; Black Magic, a mocha cheesecake
ice cream with chocolate cookie dough
swirl; and Konabar, a coconut ice cream
with a dark chocolate swirl.
Cone options: sugar cones and waffle
cones that can be dipped and covered in
a number of different toppings
• Goldenrod Drive-in Restaurant
(1681 Candia Road, Manchester,
623-9469)
Ice cream: Goldenrod has been in
business since 1951, serving ice cream
and traditional American cuisine. They
make use of a local creamery for their
ice cream.
Popular flavors: Goldenrod’s Mint
Chip frozen yogurt and Black Raspberry
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Sat-Sun 9am-5pm
Chip frozen yogurt are some of its more
popular selections.
What’s new: “People get mad when
we take away old flavors, so for right
now we’re sticking with what we have,”
said Goldenrod’s owner Ron Diburro.
Cone options: sugar cone, soft-serve
cones.
• Johnson’s Dairy Bar (1334 1st
NH Turnpike, Northwood, 942-7300;
69 Route 11 New Durham, 859-7500;
www.eatatjohnsons.com)
Ice cream: Johnson’s Dairy Bar uses ice
cream from Richardson’s Dairy in Littleton, Mass. They operate locations in New
Hampshire and North Berwick, Maine.
Popular flavors: Some of their more
popular flavors are Black Raspberry,
Cookie Dough, and Moose Tracks.
What’s new: Johnson’s Dairy Bar has
seen success with its current ice cream
line-up and is sticking to their tried and
true flavors.
Cone options: sugar cones and
dishes.
• Pete’s Scoop (185 Rockingham
Road, Derry, 434-6366)
Ice cream: Peter Kershaw (the “Pete”
in Pete’s Scoop) makes use of Richardson’s Dairy out of Littleton, Mass., for
his ice cream. He carries 61 flavors of
both ice cream and frozen yogurt.
Popular flavors: Cookie Dough and
Mint Chip ice cream, as well as their 95percent fat-free Mint Patty Yogurt.
What’s new: Pete’s Scoop just introduced a flavor called Candy Shop that is
filled with pieces and chunks of popular candies.
Cone options: plain, sugar or waffle
cone, which can be dipped in chocolate
and loaded up with toppings.
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• Granite State Candy Shoppe (13 Warren St. in
Concord, 225-2591, www.nhchocolates.com)
How it’s made: Co-owner Jeff Bart says they currently make about 40 flavors and regularly have about
30 or so flavors ready for scooping but have a master
list of about 120 flavors that they’ll cycle through over
several years. Granite State makes super premium ice
cream which has 16 percent butter fat and not a lot of air
and high quality chocolates and vanillas — the special
Madagascar vanilla they use is “arguably one of the best
vanillas in the world,” Bart said.
Popular flavors: Coffee Toffee Crunch (coffee ice
cream with broken up pieces of toffee), Lura’s Coconut and Mocha Chip, which is extraordinarily popular
this year, Bart said.
What’s new: Last year’s new flavor was Funky Monkey, banana ice cream graham cracker swirl; currently,
check out the Green Tea ice cream.
Cone options: Granite State serve sugar, plain and
waffle cones but then they use their candy making
expertise for special offerings such as waffle cones
dipped in chocolate (milk, dark or white — all high
quality real chocolate), chocolate dipped waffle cones
rolled in chocolate sprinkles or roasted almonds and,
for the true chocoholic, a small dish of chocolate (milk,
dark or white) created in a special mold.
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Manchester, 669-4430)
How it’s made: Started in 1947, Cremeland is currently run by Tom and Nicole Queena, with Nicole
making all the ice cream. They carry 35 flavors and
make ice cream about three times a week.
Popular flavors: Two of the more popular flavors are
Chocolate and Black Raspberry.
What’s new: New Cremeland flavors include Florida Sunshine, made with an orange ice cream base with
a raspberry swirl and mandarin oranges; Coffee Cream
Swirl, made to taste like coffee with cream; and Butterscotch Pie, which has a butterscotch base, fine Oreo
cookie powder and pecans.
Cone options: Sugar cones, dishes, waffle cones.
A particularly unique ice cream presentation is the
Sand Pail Sundae. As the name implies, the ice cream
is served in a sanitized sand pail and has eight scoops
of ice cream, five toppings of your choice, two bananas, whipped cream, nuts or jimmies and five cherries. It
also comes with a plastic shovel.
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handmade cookie sandwiches. They make their ice cream
six days a week starting in February.
Popular flavors: Vanilla, Moose Tracks and Maple
Walnut.
What’s new: Konabar, which features coconut ice cream
with chocolate swirled through it; Black Magic, made with
mocha cream cheesecake ice cream and a chocolate cookie
dough swirl; Nancy’s Fancy Orange Pop, which was created at the suggestion of a customer and has orange sherbet
with moose tracks fudge swirled through it.
Cone options: You can have your ice cream in a sugar cone, a cup or waffle cones that can also be dipped
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Sweet Shoppe (135 State Route 101A,
Amherst, 594-2424, www.jakesoldfashionedicecream.com)
How it’s made: You can choose from
between 32 and 35 flavors of ice cream, sorbet and sherbet at one time at Jake’s, as well as
a selection of soft-serve ice cream. According
to chef and owner Ronie Vetter, Jake’s rotates
through roughly 100 flavors throughout the
year. They produce ice cream between three
and five days a week and their product is usually sold within the same week.
Popular flavors: “Mint Madness, made
with mint chips and Oreos, is the handsdown winner,” Vetter said. Also popular is
Caramel Assault, a caramel ice cream with
caramel swirl, pieces of dark chocolate and a
pinch of sea salt.
What’s new: Rocking Reese’s, a peanut butter ice cream with chunks of Reese’s
cups; and Sweet Cream ice cream with
raspberries.
Cone options: Sugar cone, plain cone,
soft-serve cone, and homemade waffle cones
that can be chocolate-dipped.
• King Kone (336 DW Highway, Merrimack, 424-6848)
How it’s made: King Kone offers all softserve ice cream that, according to co-owner
George Soffron, is made three or four days a
week. They offer nine flavors and their flavorings are made with all natural ingredients.
Popular flavors: Besides the classic flavors like vanilla, Peanut Butter is “wildly
popular.” King Kone will twist its Peanut
Butter with Chocolate for an even tastier
experience.
What’s new: Lime and Orange soft-serve,
which can be twisted with Black Raspberry
or Vanilla. The orange/vanilla twist imitates
the classic flavor of the creamsicle. All flavors are blended all the way through, not just
a flavor coating.
Cone options: You can get your soft-serve
dipped in chocolate, cherry or butterscotch.
Sundaes of all kinds are also offered. Also
special are their “razzles,” toppings for the
ice cream that are blended into the ice cream
to create an even wider variety of flavors.
• Moo’s Place (27 Crystal Ave, Derry,
425-0100, www.moosicecream.com)
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from traditional ice cream
mainly in that it contains
less butterfat. Here are some
of the places that make this
creamy treat.
• J Dub’s Coffee (1000
Elm St., Manchester, 6227944,
www.jdubscoffee.
com)
How it’s made: J Dub’s is
primarily a coffee shop but
offers a selection of gelato as
well. It carries four different
types, all of which are made
right there at the shop. “It’s
the perfect partner to the normal coffee business,” said J
Dub’s owner Jim Whitney.
Popular flavors: The flavor offerings are Chocolate,
Vanilla, Mango, and a daily
special flavor. Mango gelato
is the #1 seller.
What’s new: J Dub’s offers
special gelato that changes
every day. Past flavors have
included Mint Chocolate
Chip, Hazelnut, Coffee, and
Amaretto.
Cone options: The gela-
to is served in three-ounce
cups.
• Van Otis Chocolates
(341 Elm St., Manchester,
627-1611,www.vanotischocolates.com)
How it’s made: Known
mostly for award-winning
chocolate, Van Otis also
offers a wide range of gelato
flavors. Its roughly 20 flavors are offered both at the
Elm Street location and at the
Fratello’s restaurant chain.
Van Otis makes its gelato
roughly every two weeks.
Popular flavors: Popular
flavors of the gelato are Wild
Strawberry and Coconut, and
Lemoncello and Pink Grapefruit in sorbet.
What’s new: Van Otis will
be sticking with its current
flavor selection for the time
being.
Cone options: Both the
gelato and the sorbet are
served in small and large
cups.
• Swan Chocolates (436
DW Highway, Merrimack;
144 Main St., Nashua, 4235950, www.swanchocolates.
com)
How it’s made: Swan’s
gelato is offered year round
and comes in a close second in popularity to their
traditional business of making chocolate. They have the
capability to carry 12 different flavors and enough
recipes to make up to 80.
Flavors are switched around
seasonally and are typically
being made every day.
Popular flavors: Blueberry,
Pomegranate,
Lemon-Lime, and Biscotti
(chocolate and biscotti mixed
together).
What’s new: Recent new
gelato flavors are Watermelon, Key Lime, and Peach.
Cone options: Medium and large gelato cups.
“They are smaller than a regular dish of ice cream,” said
owner Michael Anderson.
“Sampling is very popular;
we encourage people to come
in and try some. You can also
pair up two or three or four
flavors and try something
new.” — Doran Dal Pra
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In most of the United
States, if someone orders
a milkshake they expect a
drink with milk, maybe syrup and ice cream. But order
a milkshake in New England
and you might receive something different.
According to Chuck Stergiou, one of the owners of the
Puritan Backroom, and Ron
Diburro, owner of the Goldenrod, the main difference is
the ice cream. While a frappe
could be described as a thick
milkshake, their ingredients are different. Stergiou
explained that a “frappe is
the one with ice cream —
there is milk, ice cream and
syrup,” while a “milkshake
has no ice cream.”
Diburro said at the Goldenrod the other difference
between the two is the flavors they come in. A frappe
can come in any kind of
ice cream flavor that the
shop has available, whereas
“milkshakes can be vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and
coffee” and that’s it.
Stergiou said that when
people come to the Puritan
they usually know which
drink they want and they
usually know the difference.
“Probably three out of
four know what a [frappe]
is,” Stergiou said, but just
to make sure the wait staff
checks with patrons who
order a milkshake to see if
they really want a frappe.
Diburro says that the Goldenrod has the same policy,
to check whether the customer expects ice cream in
his “milkshake,” making it
a frappe. Diburro says that
few people know they actually want a frappe instead of
a milkshake.
Another problem for people wanting their milkshake
to have ice cream is the price
point. Frappes are twice as
expensive as milkshakes,
Though not a local shop, this Seacoast
ice cream maker’s wares can be found at ice
cream counters all over the state.
• Annabelle’s Natural Ice Cream (49
Ceres St., Portsmouth, 436-3400, www.
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Can you have your ice cream
and your bikini too?
When it’s hot, ice cream can seem like the
best meal option and certainly just the right
amount of cold and sweet. But for most of us,
a straight diet of ice cream can have unfortunate consequences for those swimsuit days.
Can the low-calorie and/or low-fat offerings
fulfill some of your ice cream needs?
We conducted a not-so-scientific survey of
some of the diet-friendlier ice cream offerings at a local supermarket. There seem to
be two schools of thought when it comes to
the low-cal treat. One selection of ice cream
treats is simply smaller portions of the fullfat and full-calorie versions.
The other, represented by many of the treats
listed below, has less sugar, less fat or some
combination of the two. Not all of the results
are as tasty or successful as their boxes would
suggest. To try them out, Amy Diaz and Lisa
Parsons dug in to eight boxes of frozen snacks.
Lisa’s husband Doug chimed in with his opinion of a few of the treats. While a few of the
snacks were acceptable, the conclusion seems
to be that there is not yet a tasty low-cal alternative to the real thing.
• Healthy Choice Premium Fudge Bars
(fudgsicle) Calories: 80; fat: 1.5 grams; sugars: 4 grams; sugar alcohols: 3 grams.
Amy says: This very creamy bar is reminiscent of a pudding pop in its texture and
mouthfeel. The chocolate flavor is faint but
the overall creaminess make the bar feel
more like a treat. The bar was a hit with other family members.
Lisa says: First thought: Not bad. Second thought: But thin. Definitely feels
like skim milk.Third thought: BLECHY
aftertaste. This 3rd thought reoccurred
several times over the next few minutes.
Thumbs down. Ick. Her husband Doug
says: Almost sour taste. As it really settles
in my mouth though I realize, yeah, it tastes,
again, the skim milk taste [and a powdered
milk taste].
• Klondike Krunch (no sugar added) Calories: 170; fat: 10 grams; sugar: 7 grams;
sugar alcohol: 7 grams.
Amy says: The ice cream is creamy but
has very little flavor and the same can be said
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offer Italian ices, frozen yogurt and homemade ice cream cake, and carry about 35
flavors of regular ice cream and 30 flavors of
soft-serve. They recently opened a new satellite location in Brookstone Park in Derry.
Popular flavors: Black Raspberry, Cookie
Dough, Caramel Turtle (vanilla with a caramel swirl and chocolate truffles) and Double
Chocolate Brownie.
What’s new: S’mores ice cream, which,
like the famous treat, features chocolate,
graham crackers and marshmallows; Rocky
Road; and the summertime classic, Peach.
Cone options: Have your ice cream in a
sugar cone or a waffle, which you can also
have chocolate-dipped. Soft-serve ice cream
can be dipped into a number of different
flavorings. Enjoy a specialty sundae made
with brownies, cookie bars or strawberry
shortcake.
• The Puritan Backroom (245 Hooksett
Road, Manchester, 669-6890, www.puritanbackroom.com)
How it’s made: The Puritan started out
as an ice cream and candy store on Hanover
Street in Manchester in 1917. They make
ice cream roughly four days a week during
the summer and two days in the winter. Fifty total flavors are offered, and at the time
of interviewing, co-owner — and the man
in charge of making the ice cream — Chris
Pappas had just made Butter Crunch.
Popular flavors: “Vanilla, Chocolate and
Coffee are the most popular by numbers,”
Pappas said. Cookie Dough, Oreo, and Peanut Butter Cup are also very popular.
What’s new: The Puritan features new
seasonal flavors. Currently running are Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream and Banana ice
cream, and the folks at the Puritan have started making their own ice cream bars.
Cone options: The Puritan offers chocolate chip cookie cones, waffle cones, sugar
cones and the traditional dish.
and those who believe that
their milkshake should have
ice cream might fume over
the higher price.
However, neither store is
planning to drop the “frappe”
from their menu. According to Stergiou the Puritan
Backroom has always had
the frappe on its menu. He
said he had no idea where
the frappe-milkshake difference came from but he had
no plans on dropping either
drink.
So the confusion will
continue for both New Englanders and visitors alike.
But the New England frappe
is a point of pride for some
in New Hampshire. Diburro
says that whereas “everyone
else has milkshakes, New
England has the frappe.”
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saying “our frappe is their
milkshake.” And that difference makes the frappe
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about the chocolate coating.
The crispy does add a nice
texture to the chocolate coating. The biggest negative is
the mildly weird aftertaste.
Lisa says: Love the
crunch of the delicate thin
layer of chocolate coating.
Just like any Klondike bar.
Not bad at all. Doug says:
This looks like a Klondike
bar. Fine, it’s good, I haven’t
had a real Klondike bar in a
while but this seems fine.
• Light Ice Cream Sandwiches Vanilla (store brand)
Calories: 160; fat 2.5 grams;
sugars: 15 grams.
Amy says: Good basic ice
cream sandwich with appropriately creamy ice cream
and tasty chocolate cookies. Decent sized — overall
a good snack.
Lisa says: Like the Tercel of ice cream sandwiches.
Or what would be the current analogy. Is that a Yaris?
Doug says: That one’s fine.
That one seems completely
normal.
• Skinny Cow Low Fat
Ice Cream Cone (chocolate
ice cream in a cone with a
chocolate drizzle on top and
fudge in the bottom of the
cone) Calories: 150; fat: 3
grams; sugars: 19 grams.
Amy says: This looks
like the exact kind of childhood treat you’d want on a
summer day. Looks. The ice
cream has a mild but detectable chocolatey flavor but
there is also a plasticy flavor
when you first bite or lick the
ice cream and an extremely
off-putting aftertaste to the
ice cream, chocolate syrup
swirl on top and the fudge
on the bottom. However, the
nine-year-old in the family loved everything from the
drizzle to the tip of the cone.
Lisa says: The ice cream
tastes like a Fudgsicle. The
fudge swirl is pretty good.
Doug says: I’d have another
one. [he agreed it tastes like
a Fudgsicle]
• Skinny Cow Low
Fat Ice Cream Sandwich
(chocolate- and peanut butter-flavored ice cream)
Calories: 150; fat: 2 grams;
sugars: 15 grams.
Amy says: Creamy but not
terribly flavorful ice cream
— there is more of a peanut butter smell than a taste.
The cakes have very little flavor and a tendency to almost
instantly stick to fingers.
Lisa says: Yech. Doug
says: Wow, I don’t like
it. I don’t like the chocolate outside. It’s something,
something taste-wise, I just,
I took a big bite, I just don’t
like it.
• So Delicious Dairy-Free
Minis (Neapolitan flavored
ice cream sandwich) Calories: 90; fat: 2 grams;
sugars: 8 grams.
Amy says: There is something watery about the
consistency of the ice cream,
and the strawberry part of
the trio has a very “strawberry flavoring” flavor.
Lisa says: Tastes a little
fake, plasticky or cardboardy
or like lipstick ... and yet, not
bad! Doug says: The outside seems like a regular ice
cream sandwich, it’s soft;
this doesn’t seem light at
all. It’s pretty good. Might
be my favorite of the bunch.
The strawberry ice cream
tastes good.
• Weight Watchers Candy
Bar Ice Cream Bar (a peanut
butter low-fat candy-bar-sized
rectangle of ice cream topped
with caramel and peanuts
covered in milk chocolateflavored coating) Calories:
150; fat: 9 grams; sugars:
11 grams.
Amy says: The chocolate
exterior has almost no flavor
but the inside has a strong
and pleasant peanut butter
flavor. Though there are very
few actual nuts, the nuts add
welcome texture and flavor.
Overall, this treat feels more
decadent than it really is.
This and the Weight Watchers ice cream bar (below)
were the two treats I voluntarily returned to later.
Lisa says: The consistency
seems a little marshmallowy
maybe, just a little. Strong
flavor of peanut, then of
chocolate. Never really taste
the ice cream. OK-ish.
•
Weight
Watchers
Giants Cookies & Cream
Ice Cream Bar (ice cream
bar surrounded by crumbled
cookies) Calories: 130; fat:
5 grams; sugar: 15 grams.
Amy says: This bar isn’t
initally all that flavorful but
the exterior of crumbled
cookies adds a good taste
and texture. While the ice
cream isn’t very flavorful, it
also isn’t too sweet and it is
pleasantly creamy. Though
not as good as a premium
bar, this is a treat on par with
most grocery-store-bought
ice cream treats.
Lisa says: I don’t think
you gave me one of these. I
want a re-do.
Amy says: Sorry, box is
now suspiciously empty.
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Hot List
What’s hot now in...
CdS
According to Newbury
Comic’s top sellers
1. Dinosaur Jr., Farm
2. Kings Of Leon, Only
By The Night
3. Black Eyed Peas, E.N.D.
(Energy Never Dies)
4. The Mars Volta, Octahedron
5. George Harrison, Let it
Roll: The Songs of George
Harrison
6. Eminem, Relapse
7. Alexisonfire, Old Crows
/ Young Cardinals
8. Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot
9. Dave Matthews Band,
Big Whiskey And The
Groogrux King
10. Incubus, Monuments
& Melodies
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According to Hollywood
Video
1. Gran Torino (R, 2008)
2. Friday the 13th (R,2009)
3. The International (R,
2009)
4. Defiance (R, 2008)
5. He’s Just Not That Into
You (PG-13, 2008)
6. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
(PG, 2009)
7. Taken (PG-13, 2008)
8. Madea Goes to Jail
(PG-13, 2009)
9. Valkyrie (PG-13, 2008)
10. The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button (PG-13,
2008)
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Top movies at the box
office June 26-28 (weekend/cumulative)
1. Transformers: Revenge
of the Fallen, Paramount
($112 million/$201 million)
2. The Proposal, Walt
Disney ($18 million/$69
million)
3. The Hangover, Warner
Bros. ($17 million/$183
million)
4. Up, Buena Vista ($13
million/$250 million)
5. My Sister’s Keeper,
Warner Bros. ($12 million/$12 million)
6. Year One, Sony ($5.8
million/$32 million)
7. The Taking of Pelham
1 2 3, Sony ($5.4 million/$53 million)
8. Star Trek, Paramount
Pictures ($3.6 million/$246 million)
9. Night at the Museum:
Battle of the Smithsonian,
20th Century Fox ($3.5
million/$163 million)
Tuesday, July 7
Bring the youngsters to see Cinderella today, part of the Palace Professional Theatre for
Children Summer Series. This musical version is “full of witty dialogue and clever songs,”
according to the Palace. Performances are at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at 80 Hanover St. in Manchester (668-5588, www.palacetheatre.org). Tickets cost $6. For more about theater, see page
20.
Thursday, July 2
Is Friday a holiday for you?
Kick off the weekend early with
live music. For example, Fody’s
at 9 Clinton St. in Nashua (5779015) hosts the Chris White Band
at about 9:30 p.m. They perform
acoustic and alternative music.
Listen at www.myspace.com/
chriswhitemusic. For more about
live music, see page 46.
Thursday, July 2
Public Enemies is out in theaters. Johnny Depp plays John
Dillinger, notorious 1930s bank
robber. Christian Bale plays Melvin Purvis, sent after Dillinger by
Hoover’s new Bureau of Investigation. Michael Mann directs. For
more about movies, see page 42.
Saturday, July 4
Happy Fourth of July, folks. Several towns celebrate Independence Day
today (though Manchester always
celebrates with fireworks on July
3, at about 9:15 p.m. at Arms Park).
For a variety of July 4th events, see
page 26.
Sunday July 5
Watch cowboys and cowgirls
show their skills on horseback
as they race through obstacles
for prizes at the Extreme Cowboy Race at Gelinas Farm, 471
4th Range Road in Pembroke. It’s
free and open to the public. You
can also bring your horse to compete. Contact Gelinas Farm at
225-7024 or visit www.Gelinasfarm.com. For more about local
happenings, see page 25.
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2009)
2. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen
(Stephanie Plum), by Janet
Evanovich (St. Martin’s
Press, (June 23, 2009)
3. The Shack, by William
P. Young (Windblown
Media, 2007)
4. Sookie Stackhouse,
Books 1-7, by Charlaine
Harris (Ace, 2008)
5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
Society (Random House
Reader’s Circle), by Mary
Ann Shaffer and Annie
Barrows (Dial Press, 2009)
6. Liberty and Tyranny:
A Conservative Manifesto, by Mark R. Levin
(Threshold Editions, 2009)
7. The Help, by Kathryn
Stockett (Putnam, 2009)
8. Outliers: The Story
of Success, by Malcolm
Gladwell (Little, Brown
and Company, 2008)
9. Catastrophe, by
Dick Morris and Eileen
Mcgann (Harper, June 23,
2009)
10. Breaking Dawn, by
Stephenie Meyer (Little,
Brown, 2008)
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Robots!
Locals create new musical robot comedy
By Heidi Masek
[email protected]
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With the tagline “Can a chip-forbrains save the galaxy?,” a robot is
center stage in a locally made new
musical comedy, Hot Buttons.
It’s set in a future world where a
monopoly makes pretty much everything but its products don’t work and
people are getting hurt, said David
Agans of Amherst. The robot protagonist is meant to fix the products, and
since he’s not human he thinks he can
do it all. But “Actually, he has some
human characteristics which cause
him to fail in ways he’s too proud to
see, so his arc is discovering his own
flaws,” Agans said.
Although it’s been about 20 years in
the making, the premiere of Hot Buttons will be somewhat of a surprise to
its creators, Agans and Winfield Clark
of New Boston. They agreed to stay
away from rehearsals after turning it
over to Jeff Caron to direct it for Milford Area Players.
An early version of Hot Buttons ran
at Agans’ alma mater, M.I.T., in about
1997, and they continued to work on
it and seek feedback. Agans is the
author of an engineering nonfiction
book, Debugging.
Agans wrote the book for Hot
Buttons and both wrote lyrics. They
partnered on the show around 1995
after Agans posted that he was seeking a composer on a bulletin board.
“I wanted to write a sci-fi show,
have it take place in future, and be
about business,” Agans said. As he
worked on it, he realized it was really
about this robot.
Various other robot characters
appeared in popular culture during
Hot Buttons’ development.
There’s “cynical” Marvin in The
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and
Short Circuit, “which had the personality of its creator,” Agans said.
“I considered having those characteristics in other robots,” but they tend
to be “very cliché and narrow,” Agans
said.
“I’m sure there’s some of that in
there, but it’s not really intended to
spoof anything,” Agans said.
“As it happens, the social context
has kind of caught up with us,” Clark
said, since Hot Buttons is about “corporate malfeasance.”
The monopoly idea brings to mind
Urinetown. “I like Urinetown a lot
... but Urinetown really is a spoof,”
making fun of things familiar to the
theater-going crowd, Agans said.
“I’m thinking How to Succeed in
Business meets Futurama is what this
is ... but it’s a new story, you’re not
going to recognize anything you’ve
seen before,” and it’s not campy,
Agans said.
“Hopefully it will stand on its own
and other people will spoof it .... We’d
obviously like this show to go much
further than Milford, New Hampshire,” Agans said.
allows him to make melodies that are
enjoyable ... and don’t challenge the
listener,” Agans said.
“What I’ve been aiming for is a
sound that’s sort of halfway between
composed music and sort of pop
music, so it’s really eclectic, depending on the mood and specific song
and context,” Clark said.
Clark started his training as a folk
singer but in his late middle age
earned a degree in music composition in Canada. He’s always listened
to classical music.
He’s written a children’s musical
and has another project in the works,
but mainly writes choral music and
art songs.
“When I was in music school the
only instrument I could get in on was
voice, and I’ve always sung in choral
groups. So I tend to think in terms of
vocal music,” Clark said.
Music
Putting it on stage
“I go to a lot of new musicals,
because I always want to see what’s
going on. What I’ve found is that a
lot of new shows have very discordant music,” Agans said. His theory
is that one of the few ways a composer can make a new sound is with new
chords.
Clark’s songs are not familiar. The
melodies are not anything you’ve
heard before “but they are melodious” and “catchy,” Agans said.
“I realized what was going on when
I was writing lyrics for them,” Agans
said. Normally, one tries to match the
cadence to natural speech, but Clark
uses a different rhythm. You have to
be careful to make things sound natural when writing lyrics for Clark’s
music, Agans said. “I think that’s to
his advantage ... [that] makes it unique
to all of the familiar old chestnuts that
are out there ... but
Cast list
“It’s really in the last four or five
years that we’ve been working on this
version in earnest,” Agans said. They
had actors produce a demo CD in
2005, including Caron, who was one
of the people who offered feedback.
After more changes, Caron said
he’d like to direct it if they had a
venue. “I thought the idea of a robot
musical was just such a good idea,”
Caron said.
Agans is a founder and current
president of MAP, which has never produced a musical before. Some
board members wanted to in the past,
but felt it was too expensive and they
lacked know-how. Caron, however,
has directed “dozens” of musicals.
He went through the script with a red
pen, “having no idea how much of
that they were going to be willing to
change,” Caron said. It was more than
he thought he had the right to expect,
Susan Abis, Alan Amaral, Dave Atkinson, Angela Bendeck, Vick Bennison,
Gary Evans, Jamie Feinberg, Caity Glover, Patricia Helbig, Dingo (Steve) Ihde,
Kristen Lawson, Cathy McKay, Sarah Murai, Dave Ostrowski, Mark Sousa, Billy Steeves and Cheryl Stocks perform in Hot Buttons. A Hot Buttons demo CD recording session with Meg Petersen, Steve Damboise, Lanea Ritrovato, Sarah Houghton, Bill Hartery, Brady Lynch, Winfield Clark
(composer) and Jed Holland (music director) at the piano. Dave Agans photo.
at about 75 or 80 percent.
Playwrights aren’t “necessarily
thinking about the resources that a
community theater is going to have,”
Caron said. For example, scenes were
set in several rooms at a corporation. However, if MAP was building
a “cool corporate boardroom” set
there’s not much reason for the others, he said.
“When directing ... you have got to
think about what you can simplify so
you can spend money on things that
you can’t simplify,” Caron said.
That doesn’t mean that the original
plan wouldn’t work for a professional
production at some point — just not
at MAP, Caron said.
Agans is usually involved in
MAP’s shows, but to avoid trying to
tweak things at rehearsal, “I made a
deal with Jeff that I’d pretend I live in
San Diego,” Agans said.
“He kind of imposed that on himself,” Caron said. Agans did write
software for computerized lights on a
robot costume, though.
A life science middle school teacher in Merrimack, Caron has directed
plenty of children’s
If you go shows, including for
Junior Actorsingers and Kids Coop
in Derry. He’s directed main stage
shows at the Majestic Theatre in
Manchester, Actorsingers in Nashua,
and Nottingham Theatre Project, and
performed all over.
Caron said rehearsing for a premiere isn’t much different but might
be a little more work for the actors.
None had the advantage of already
being familiar with it.
Costuming was a draw, though their
robot costumes are limited by the budget and the need for actors to be able
to dance in them. “So we couldn’t
totally cover them in sheet metal, as
cool as that would have been,” Caron
said. It was important to Caron that
they didn’t just take the easy out and
make them androids. “We’ve done as
much as we could to make this look
as roboty as we could,” Caron said.
And they had fun adding attachments
that relate to the robots’ jobs, like
waitress.
Agans said he and Clark would like
to take the show to New York, Chicago or Los Angeles to have it produced
professionally and become part of a
catalog so other community groups
can use it.
What: Hot Buttons, original musical by David Agans and Winfield Clark, presented by Milford Area Players
When: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., July 17-July 26
Where: Amato Center, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford
Tickets: $7-$12
Contact: 673-2258, www.MilfordAreaPlayers.org
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• The Acting Loft
516 Pine St., Manchester
666-5999, actingloft.org
• Actorsingers
219 Lake St., Nashua, 889-9691,
actorsingers.org
• Adams Memorial
Opera House
29 W. Broadway, Derry,
437-0505, derryarts.org
• Amato Family Center for the
Performing Arts at Souhegan
Valley Boys & Girls Club
56 Mont Vernon St., Milford,
672-1002 ext. 2, svbgc.com
• Andy’s Summer Playhouse
Wilton, 654-2613,
andyssummerplayhouse.org
• Anselmian Abbey Players
Dana Center, 641-7700
• Bedford Off Broadway
Meetinghouse Road, Bedford,
557-1805, bedfordoffbroadway.com
• Bedford Town Hall
70 Bedford Center Rd., Bedford
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• 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
Arts Club (PAC)
505 Amherst St., Nashua,
428-3544
• The Palace Theatre
80 Hanover St., Manchester,
668-5588, palacetheatre.org
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• 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
• HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING through Aug. 9, in repertory
with GYPSY through Aug. 23 at
the professional Seacoast Repertory, 125 Bow St. in Portsmouth,
www.seacoastrep.org, 433-4472,
$24-$28.
• STRANGER THAN FICTION
improv troupe Tuesdays at 8 p.m.,
through Aug. 25, at the Players
Ring, 436-8123, $8-$12.
• 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
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• Summer nights: Dan Kleinmann and
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in the Prescott Park Arts Festival production
of Grease, performed outdoors Thursdays
and Sundays at 7 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. through Aug. 23 in Prescott
Park on Marcy Street in Portsmouth. David
Kaye, head of Acting and Directing at UNH’s
Department of Theatre and Dance, directs.
The Prescott Park Arts Festival is in its 35th
year of offering weekly free events including
music, festivals, kids’ events, musical theater
and dance. Also theater-related, four Seacoast
Repertory Theatre concerts are featured in
Prescott Park on Mondays at 8:30 p.m., starting with a concert of Pink Floyd’s The Wall
July 6. Visit www.Prescottpark.org or call
436-2848. Donations are recommended.
• Aida: Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida is
a contemporary take on the opera of the love
story of an enslaved princess and enemy soldier. The Majestic Theatre presents it Friday,
July 10, and Saturday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m.;
Sunday, July 12, at 2 p.m.; Friday, July 17,
and Saturday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m., at the
Majestic, 281 Cartier St., Manchester (www.
majestictheatre.net, 669-7469).
Candace
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musical direction by Michael Gallagan. Ticket costs range from $12 to $16.
• The sequel: The Palace Theatre’s trial
of repertory community theater apparently
passed the test.
“We were just shocked at how successful it was last year,” said Meredith Therrien,
marketing and public relations manager. It
made the Palace realize how many people are
looking for theater in the summer, and especially something to do in town during tough
economic times, Therrien said. They are following Disney’s High School Musical from
their 2008 series with Disney’s High School
Musical 2, kicking off Friday, July 10, at 7:30
p.m., with some returning cast members. It
runs through Aug. 30, on several Fridays and
Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and some Sundays
and Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Baby is a musical about three couples in
three different stages of life who are either
about to have a baby or trying to, and their
“misadventures,” Therrien said. It runs in
repertory with High School Musical 2 from
July 17 through Aug. 28 at 80 Hanover St. in
Manchester (668-5588, www.palacetheatre.
org). Tickets cost $10 and $20 for Community Summer Stock Productions.
• Stock: Peterborough Players, the professional summer stock company, opens the
David Hare drama The Breath of Life, about
two women in their 60s. It runs from Wednesday, July 1, at 8 p.m., through Sunday, July
12, at 4 p.m., at 55 Hadley Road in Peterborough (924-7585, www.peterboroughplayers.
org). Shows are mostly Tuesday or Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sundays
at 4 p.m. Ticket costs range from $38 to $43
with $15 student rush tickets, and “Rush for
all” on the first Thursday of each show.
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Again, Sam closes Saturday, July
4, with an 8 p.m. show. The Playhouse is at Alpenrose Plaza, at routes 3 and 11B in Weirs Beach, Laconia (366-7377,
www.winniplayhouse.com). Ticket costs range from $19
to $21. Winnipesaukee Playhouse performances are Monday
through Saturday at 8 p.m., and Mondays at 2 p.m. Courtesy photo.
Seacoast Repertory, 125 Bow St. in
Portsmouth, www.seacoastrep.org,
433-4472, $20.
• CIRQUE DU SOLEIL:
ALEGRÍA July 8-July 12, at the
Verizon Wireless Arena, 555 Elm
St., Manchester, $33-$96, verizonwirelessarena.com, 644-5000.
• AIDA from Elton John and Tim
Rice, presented by the Majestic
Theatre Fridays and Saturdays at
7:30 p.m., July 10-July 18, and
Sun., July 12, at 2 p.m., $12-$16.
• HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2
Community Summer Stock Production at the Palace Theatre, July
10-Aug. 30, on several Fridays and
Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., & some
Sundays and Saturdays at 2 p.m.,
$10-$20.
• LATE-NIGHT SUMMER
SERIES original work Fridays and
Saturdays at 10:30 p.m., and Sundays
at 9 p.m., at the Players’ Ring, 105
Marcy St., Portsmouth, 436-8123,
www.playersring.org, $10-$12. Evening Broadcasts II presented by Gill
Street Productions & Company July
10-July 12; Late Night Confessions
presented by Late Night Confessions
Company July 17-July 19.
• THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by Gilbert and Sullivan, Fridays
and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and
Sundays and Wednesdays at 2 p.m.,
July 10-July 26, at the Leddy Center, 30C Ladd’s Lane, Epping, leddycenter.org, 679-2781, $18.
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The Boys & Girls Club of Manchester
received $75,000 in May thanks to local artist
Kathy Tangney and Chico’s women’s clothing
company.
Last year, Tangney’s 81-year-old mother
was traveling north by bus from her Quincy,
Mass., home. She stopped in Manchester, took
a taxi to Tangney’s home and handed her a catalog. Chico’s (www.chicos.com) was holding a
25th-anniversary consumer jacket design contest — 100 percent of the proceeds from selling
the winning jacket would go to a nonprofit chosen by the winner.
“It was like a contest made for me,” Tangney said.
Tangney had always made her own jackets
(her mother had taught her to sew), and she’s a
watercolor artist. Inspired by her grandmother,
a rug-hooker who dyed her own wool, Tangney
always wanted to draw and paint, but started
college to teach home economics. It wasn’t
until years later that she ended up teaching art
in Weare and Concord schools after earning a
B.A. in art education from the former Notre
Dame College in Manchester — as a single
mother while substitute teaching.
Chico’s wanted a statement about submission
inspiration. Tangney’s peacock feather design
was inspired by that grandmother, Rose Peacock.
• NEW WORKS FESTIVAL presented by the New Hampshire Theatre
Project Sat., July 11, at 8 p.m., and
Sun., July 12, at 2 p.m., Q&A follows
July 12 show, at 959 Islington St.,
Portsmouth, www.nhtheatreproject.
org. Suggested donation $5. Call 4316644 ext. 5 for reservations.
• BABY, Community Summer Stock
Production at the Palace Theatre, July
17-Aug. 28, mostly Fridays at 7:30
p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., $10-$20.
• HOT BUTTONS, a new musical
comedy by Dave Agans and Winfield Clark, presented by Milford
Area Players’ Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.,
July 17-July 26 at the Amato Center,
$7-$12. Call 673-9073, or see www.
MilfordAreaPlayers.org for details.
• SPRING’S AWAKENING, by
Rose Peacock had been abused, and divorced
her husband in the 1930s, “which is unheard
of,” Tangney said. Tangney researched her life
at the National Archives. “She’d put my mother and aunt in boarding school. She just had
a really hard life but just kept charging forward,” said Tangney, who herself is 20 years
divorced.
Chico’s had 2,400 contest entries — “I never thought I had a chance,” Tangney said. She
expected someone who used Photoshop for
their submission or who was a graphic artist
would win. Tangney used watercolor postcards
for her handmade submission, but Chico’s said
her handmade approach and creativity appealed
to them. Tangney got a call from the company
president in July telling her she’d won. They
flew Tangney and her daughter to Florida, for
a $500 Chico’s shopping spree, and for Tangney to work with the Chico’s design team. In
the following months, they sent mock-ups and
pattern pieces for Tangney’s feedback. She
received her jacket in September, and Chico’s
asked her to come back to model it for a photo shoot at late artist Robert Rauschenberg’s
studio.
“This is just all too surreal,” Tangney had
thought. She stayed five more days to paint.
Donating the proceeds to the Boys & Girls
Club was her grandson’s idea. He was 11 at the
time and attended the Club.
“He just thought it would be a really good
idea ... so kids could afford to go there,” Tangney said.
Tangney’s watercolors are found in Manchester at Framers Market, 1301 Elm St.; the
Manchester Artists Association Gallery, 1528
Elm St.; Hatfield Gallery, 55 S. Commercial St.
Her work is also currently exhibited at Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2 White St. in Concord
through Sept. 8.
She’s the MAA program coordinator
and a member of the Merrimack River Painters and recently became involved with Eagle
Eyes. Many artists work with Eagle Eyes to
help paint over vandalism, often with murals.
Eagle Eyes was created following the shooting of Officer Michael Briggs (eagleeyes1.org.
p4.hostingprod.com).Visit www.kathytangney.
com to see more of her work.
—Heidi Masek
Frank Wedekind (the original, not
the musical), presented by Peacock
Players July 17-July 19 at the 14
Court St. Theater in Nashua.
• WOYZECK, by Georg Buchner,
presented by Open Door Theatre at
New England College Fri., July 17,
and Sat., July 18, at 7:30 p.m. and
Sun., July 19, at 3 p.m., at the NEC
Science Building on Depot Hill Road
in Henniker, 428-2454,$10-$12.
• CAFE MURDER “An Evening of
Laughter,” Sat., July 18, at 7 p.m.,
at Actorsingers Hall, 219 Lake St.,
Nashua,
nhgivesback.com/Cafe_
Murder.html, $18.50.
• SARAH SILVERMAN and Laura
Silverman perform with Lizz Winstead July 19, at 7 p.m., at the Palace
Theatre, $55-$150. Not recommended for those under 18. Benefits New
Thalian Players’ Theatre in the Park
(TiP) program. Auditions/workshops
• 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
[email protected].
• SUMMER PLAY READINGS at
the Newport Opera House, 20 Main
St., Newport, NH, Thursdays at 7 p.m.,
enter by the stage door, 863-2412,
www.newportoperahouse.com, call
to participate: J.B. Priestley’s comedy
When We Are Married July 9.
Children’s performances
• PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS
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Second Company shows for children
and families at 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, 924-7585, www.peterboroughplayers.org: The Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling mainly Fridays
and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., through
July 25, plus July 22.
• 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: Hansel and Gretel
July 7; The Little Mermaid July 14.
• S.P.A.T.S. presents three shows
that close their theater camp programs. How To Eat Like A Child
plays Friday, July 3, at 7 p.m. at
Adams Memorial Opera House, 29
West Broadway, Derry. Free and
open to the public. Call 715-1855 or
e-mail [email protected].
• PALACE PROFESSIONAL
Theatre for Children Summer Series
2009, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. & 6:30
p.m., and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., at
the Palace Theatre, $6: Cinderella
July 7-July 8.
• CINDERELLA Sat., July 11, at 11
a.m., presented by the Kaleidoscope
Children’s Theatre at Hampton
Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean
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• The need for water: Christine Destrempes
seeks to raise awareness about the number of
people who die daily from “preventable, waterrelated diseases because they do not have
access to clean water,” according to a release
from the Sharon Arts Center. That number is
13,699. Destrempes’ installation “13,699” uses
clear plastic water bottle caps (collected from
the Keene Transfer Station) strung on monofilament to represent each death.
“13,699” is part of “Water: Mystery &
Plight,” an exhibit that reopens the Sharon Arts
Downtown Exhibit Gallery with a reception
Friday, July 3, from 5 to 7 p.m., at 30 Grove St.
in Peterborough (924-2787, sharonarts.org).
Susan Callihan and Destrempes curated the
exhibit, which also features photography by
Mary Lang. “Her photographs of water reflections confuse surface and depth, creating color
field drawings of captured light, evoking mystery and uncertainty,” according to Sharon Arts.
Lang’s work is in the collection of the Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston and others.
Related events are planned, including a gallery talk by the artists Thursday, July 9, from 5
to 7 p.m. A reception and discussion at the gallery follow a screening of The Water Front at
the Peterborough Movie Theater on Tuesday,
July 14, at 5:30 p.m., co-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education. Robert
Wood of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association gives a slide presentation “Water for
People: Focus on Guatemala,” Saturday, July
25, at 4 p.m.
(A winner will be drawn for an Atlas Pyrovision Productions “turnkey” fireworks show
during the opening reception. The raffle tickets
cost $100 and benefit the Sharon Arts Center.
Buy tickets at the gallery or at Atlas shops in
Rindge or Amherst, or call 924-7256.)
• New museum: Portsmouth Museum of Fine
Art is now open at One Harbour Place, Bow
Street in Portsmouth. “I believe that the arts represent the most significant underutilized forum
for building community and increasing civic
engagement,” Ruthie Tredwell, museum founder and curator, stated in a release. The residence
of her grandfather Seabury Tredwell, a successful New York City merchant, was opened as the
Merchant’s House Museum in 1936.
The Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art’s current exhibit is expected to feature work by
artists Greg Mort, Joyce Tenneson, Bo Bartlett,
Bruno Civitico, Nigel Van Wieck, Lincoln Perry, Colin Berry, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, James
Rosenquist and Robert Indiana. Visit www.
portsmouthmfa.org or call 436-0332.
• Stolen artwork: Will Kimball-Jenkins
School of Art ever catch a break? Folks at the
Concord school were excited about opening a
show of original photographs from the book
Portraits from the Belly of the Whale by San
Francisco artist Michael Garlington on June
25. “This is a big-time show for the area,” Scott
Bulger said. “We very rarely get something like
this in New Hampshire, let alone in Concord.”
The school’s director of education and operations, Ryan Linehan, asked Garlington to exhibit
at Kimball about a year and a half ago. “It took
some convincing, but he found the gallery pretty unique ... I explained to him it’s a teaching
gallery,” Linehan said. Linehan said he wanted
to show students there’s “still cool stuff being
done on film” and in the darkroom, and expose
them to the content. Students “are just blown
away by it,” Linehan said last week. The images
are somewhat intense — Linehan said the work
shows a “different part of society.”
However, there were news reports June 26
that 14 of the 20 images exhibited had been
stolen from Kimball-Jenkins. The community
art school has already had to cope with various
kinds of drama in the past few years including
embezzlement by a former employee.
• Opening in Manch: Studio of Photographic
Arts (SOPHA) holds its second exhibit and sale
of members’ work “America,” July 2 through
Aug. 1 at 941 Elm St., Manchester (www.thesopha.com, 582-1492), opening with a reception
Thursday, July 2, from 7 to 10 p.m. Donations to
the NH World War II Veterans’ Memorial Fund
will be accepted during the show.
• Congrats: Winners were expected to
be announced June 25 for the fourth annual artwork competition for Manchester City
employees and their families in the National Arts Program® according to a release from
Crystal Nadeau, advisor, photographer and
Manchester Arts Commissioner. See the work
through Aug. 27 at “Art on the Wall at City
Hall Gallery,” 1 City Hall Plaza in Manchester (624-6500).
Winners get cash prizes and continuing art
educational grants through the National Arts
Program Foundation, the City of Manchester,
area business and supporters. Doreen Boissonneault’s “On Stark Street” won the Mayor’s
Choice Award. “Best In Show” went to Meagan Monteville for her photograph “Untitled,”
as did the first place in the intermediate artist
category. Jennifer Ryder’s “Massabesic Mist”
won first for amateur art and Claudia Michael’s
“Open Door, Morocco” won first for professional. Katrina Compagna won first in teens for
“Unintended” and Cole Shea won first for “The
Harvest” out of the under-12-year-old category.
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• SEACOAST REPERTORY
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Sundays at 7 p.m., and Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m. through Aug. 23
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Portsmouth, www.Prescottpark.org,
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Art Listings
Gallery Events
•ABOVE & BEYOND Robin Luciano Beaty, July 3-Aug. 3 at Three
Graces, 105 Market St., Portsmouth,
436-1988, www.threegracesgallery.
com. Reception, Fri., July 3, 5-8 p.m.
• “AMERICA,” exhibit and sale
of members’ work July 2-Aug. 1
at the Studio of Photographic Arts
(SOPHA), 941 Elm St., Manchester, www.thesopha.com, 582-1492.
Opening reception Thurs., July 2, 710 p.m. Donations to the NH World
War II Veteran’s Memorial Fund
accepted during the show.
• ART ’ROUND TOWN gallery
walk, Portsmouth, Fri., July 3, 5-8
p.m., artroundtown.org.
• CONTEMPORARY ON THE
COAST II features art of Natalie
Blake, Melissa A. Miller, Nancy
Simonds, Catherine Tuttle, Sandy
Wadlington and Barbara Wagner
through July 5 at the Coolidge Center
for the Arts on Little Harbor Road in
Portsmouth, www.wentworthcoolidge.
org, presented by McGowan Fine Art.
• EVE OLITSKI exhibits paintings
from Bear Island at the Chi-Lin Asia
arts gallery July 2–Aug. 3, Thurs.,
July 2, 5-7 p.m., at 17 Lake St., Meredith, 279-8663.
• GALLERY SALE, 15 percent
off artwork at New Hampshire Art
Association’s Main Gallery in July
at Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136
State St., Portsmouth, 431-4230,
www.nhartassociation.org. Rebecca
Ronstadt & Michelle Fennell are
featured in the East Gallery. Reception Fri., July 3, 5–8 p.m. during Art
‘Round Town.
• LIZZ VAN SAUN mosaic art
through July 9 at KAZA Interior
Designs, 202 South Main St., Concord, 244-9445.
• NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM® exhibit of artwork by city
employees and their families July
1-Aug. 27 at “Art On The Wall At
City Hall Gallery,” 1 City Hall Plaza,
Manchester, 624-6500.
• “OCEANIA—Peoples of the
Pacific Islands” exhibit opens during
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.
• SHARON ARTS GALLERY
reopens July 3 with “Water: Mystery
& Plight,” curated by Susan Callihan
and Christine Destrempes at 30 Grove
St. in Peterborough, 924-2787, www.
sharonarts.org. Destrempes’ installation “13,699” addresses consequences
of the global water crisis. Photography
by Mary Lang addresses the beauty
and contemplative value of water.
Reception Fri., July 3, 5–7 p.m. Gallery talk Thurs., July 9, 5–7 p.m., at
the Sharon Arts Downtown Gallery.
Film Night Tues., July 14, 5:30–7:30
p.m., The Water Front screens at the
Peterborough Movie Theater, recep-
HSM outside
New Thalian Players
presents Disney’s High
School Musical for
their fifth year of Theatre in the Park, their
new tradition of putting
a musical on stage at
Veterans Park on Elm
Street in Manchester,
free to the audience.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., from July
17 through July 25. Pre-show events start at 6:30 p.m. Rain
dates are Sundays, July 19 and July 26 (www.NewThalianPlayers.org). Elizabeth Vigil directs and Michael Shaughnessy
is musical director (he’s performed and directed music also in
Europe and Africa). Becki Dennis’ choreographs. More than
1,000 people saw the New Thalian’s Wizard of Oz park production last summer, according to the company. To sponsor or
volunteer, e-mail [email protected] or call 6666466. A not quite so family-friendly comedy benefit starring
Sarah and Laura Silverman and Lizz Winstead is at the Palace Theatre Sunday, July 19, at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $55 and
funds raised will help cover production costs. Visit www.palacetheatre.org. Courtesy photo.
programs.aspx.
• SUMMER ARTS CAMPS at Kimball-Jenkins School of Art in Concord,
one-week sessions July 6-Aug. 21, 9
a.m.-3 p.m., $200 per session, aftercare available until 6 p.m., early
drop-off starts at 8 a.m. Themes are
“Knights and Princesses,” “Ancient
Civilizations,” “World Cultures,”
“Earth Week,” “Travel Safari,” “Picasso and the Greats,” and “Superstars
and Superheroes.” Call 225-3932 or
visit www.kimballjenkins.com.
• CALL FOR ARTISTS for “Petite
Art in the Park” at the Seacoast Science Center July 6-July 12, at Odiorne
Point State Park, 570 Ocean Blvd.,
Rye, 436-8043, www.seacoastsciencecenter.org. Artists work “en plein air”
in Odiorne between July 6 and July 11,
on paintings no larger than 10”x10.”
Contact the center for details.
• SUMMER ART CLASSES and
Classes/workshops/open
workshops start July 7 for adults, teens
calls
• PHOTO CLASSES at the Studio of and kids at Kimball-Jenkins School of
Photographic Arts (SOPHA), 941 Elm Art. See www.kimballjenkins.com.
St., Manchester, www.thesopha.com,
Classical Listings
582-1492, $65-$249. Memberships
and studio rental available: Kick Start • NASHUA MUSIC EXCHANGE
Photoshop four nights starting Wed., seeks a director for a female pop
July 6; KickStart Digital SLR four chorus that currently meets Monday
nights starting Thurs., July 9; Interme- nights at the Apostolic Church on
diate Digital SLR four nights starting Concord Street in Nashua. Call Terry
Wed., July 8; open house (free) Fri., at 880-6873.
July 31, 6-9 p.m.; The Artistic Nude • SEACOAST WIND ENSEMBLE performs Thurs., July 2, 7:30Sun., July 12.
• PRINTS WITH DARYL, 8:30 p.m., in Concord’s Eagle Square
instructed by Daryl Furtkamp Thurs- outside the NH Historical Society’s
day, July 2, 10-12 p.m. in the NEC museum, nhhistory.org, 228-6688.
Studio, and 1-3 p.m. in the NEC Gal- (Concert will be held inside 7 Eagle
lery from the Learning Institute at Square in case of rain). New England College (LINEC) in • AMHERST TOWN BAND perHenniker, www.nec.edu/academics/ forms an Independence Day Concert,
learning-institute-at-nec, 746-6212. Fri., July 3, at 8 p.m. at Souhegan
• PRE-COLLEGE SUMMER High School football field, and in
PROGRAM at New Hampshire the Amherst Fourth of July parade,
Institute of Art. Overnight studio art Sat., July 4, at 10 a.m., www.amherprogram for high school students sttownband.org.
to build portfolios and earn col- • MERRIMACK CONCERT
lege credit July 5-July 17 ($1,950). ASSOCIATION and chorus “Eve
Scholarships are available. Down- of Independence Day” concert Fri.,
load information and a registration July 3, at 7 p.m., at Abbie Griffin
Park, Merrimack, free, 424-0558,
form at nhia.edu or call 623-0313.
• CURRIER ART CENTER sum- www.merrimackconcert.org.
mer art camps July 6-Aug. 14 at 180 • SUMMER SINGS open CommuPearl St. in Manchester ($126-$250). nity Sings at the Concord CommuSix themed, one-week art camps for nity Music School Tuesdays 7-8:30
kids. “ArtVentures! for Pre-Teens” p.m.: Folk Song Hootenanny led by
are one-week half-day programs. Susie Burke and David Surette July
Week-long workshops for teens and 7. Pay $10, or $25 for a family of
adults are also available. Call 669- three or more per session.
6144 ext. 122 or visit currier.org/ac/
tion and discussion follow at Sharon
Arts Exhibition Gallery. “Water for
People: Focus on Guatemala,” Sat.,
July 25, 4–5:30 p.m., slide presentation by Robert Wood of Lake Sunapee
Protective Association.
• TURNING WOOD INTO ART:
The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection July 3-Sept. 27 at the Currier
Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, www.currier.org, 669-6144.
Wood-themed activities Sat., July 11
with free admission.
• ZIMMERMAN HOUSE tours
leaving from Currier Museum. Call
669-6144, ext. 108 for schedule and
tickets or visit currier.org to see this
Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home.
“Focus Tour: Zen and the Art of the
Zimmerman House,” Sun., July 5, at
3 p.m.
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Activities for children and families, workshops, volunteer opportunities, events to keep you healthy and more
Gardening Growing mountain
Guy The more sun, the more flowers
Mountain Laurel. Henry Homeyer photo.
By Henry Homeyer
[email protected]
Clubs
Nature
• BOW GARDEN CLUB holds monthly
meetings the second Monday of the month at
6 p.m at the Old Town Hall (91 Bow Center
Road, Bow). Meetings are open to the public.
Visit gardencentral.org/nhfgc/bowgc.
• DERRY GARDEN CLUB holds monthly meetings in Derry. The next meetings is
Fri., July 10, at 11 a.m. at the Robert Frost
Farm (140 Rockingham Road, Derry). Call
434-6681 or email [email protected].
• GOFFSTOWN COMMUNITY GARDEN CLUB holds meetings on the first
Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at
Mountain View Middle School (41 Lauren
Lane, Goffstown). Visit gardencentral.org/
nhfgc/gcgc.
• GRANITE STATE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY (GSAVS) meets first
Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. (except
January and July) at the Marion Gerrish
Community Center in Derry. Group holds
regular workshops, plant and leaf sales and
swaps. New members and visitors welcome. Call 887-3154.
• HAMPSTEAD GARDEN CLUB holds
monthly meetings on the third Wednesday
of the month at 7 p.m. at the Hampstead
Congregational Church (61 Main St.,
were blooming. Old plants grown in the shade
have great sculptural features — they are twisted
and lanky, with ridged and furrowed bark.
Dick Jaynes is probably the foremost breeder of mountain laurel, having developed many
named varieties at his Broken Arrow Nursery
in Hamden, Conn. (www.brokenarrownursery.
com). I met with him a couple of years ago to
see what would be a good variety for my cold
winters. He said that mountain laurel is hardy
to Zone 4, but that cold winters can damage the
buds, causing blooming to be limited. He recommended one called Elf, which has bloomed
nicely for me and stayed low. He explained that
snow cover will protect the buds, and Elf stays
under two feet in height.
This past winter was hard on my two taller,
upright mountain laurel plants. We had a period
of minus 25 in January that burned off the flower buds above the snowline. Not only that, it was
a hard winter for the deer. For the first time ever
they ventured near the house and chewed some
of the twigs and evergreen leaves of my mountain laurels and rhododendrons. My two dogs
— Daphne, a young corgi, and Abby, an aging
mutt — usually deter deer, but this year the
hoofed culprits went everywhere.
One solution to both problems would be to
cover the mountain laurel with burlap in the early
winter. The burlap won’t keep them much warmer, but it should help to keep the wind from drying
out the flower buds. In my opinion that is key:
wind along with cold is much more lethal than just
plain cold. I may try covering this winter, though
frankly, I feel plants that can’t survive without my
help may not be worth garden space.
If you are planting mountain laurel, you need
to be sure your soil is acidic — preferably in the
range of 4.0 to 6.0. A soil test would be good if
your soils tend toward neutral (6.5 to 7.0). ProHolly and Holly-tone are two good acidifying
organic fertilizers that would be good in years two
or three, but I do not use them at planting time, or
Hampstead). Visit hampsteadgarden.org for
information about their meetings or e-mail
Joan at [email protected].
• HOOKSETT GARDEN CLUB is holding programs open to the public at the
Hooksett Public Library (1701B Hooksett
Road, Hooksett) on the last Wednesday of
every month at 6:30 p.m. Visit nhclubs.
esiteasp.com/hooksettgardenclub.
• NH ORCHID SOCIETY meets 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. on second Saturday of each month
at the Bedford Town Hall, located at the
intersection of Meeting House Road and
Bedford Center Road. Refreshments are
available and visitors are welcome.
dance
• Arthur Murray Dance Studio
99 Elm St., Manchester, 624-6857,
learntodancetoday.com
• Bliss Healing Arts Center LLC
250 Commercial St. # 2007, 6240080, blisshealing.com
• Dance International Studio
83 Hanover St., Manchester,
858-0162, importers-exporters.
com/DIS.htm
• Kathy Blake Dance Studios
3 Northern Blvd. in Amherst,
673-3978, kathyblakedancestudios.com
Listings
after July 1. I don’t fertilize any tree or shrub at
planting time, because I want the first year to be
a time of root growth, not top growth — which is
promoted by any nitrogen-containing fertilizer.
I top dress Pro-Holly on my blueberries, which
also need to grow in acidic soil. (FYI: now is the
time to fertilize your blueberries). Never fertilize any tree or shrub after mid-summer as it will
stimulate new growth which will be less hardy
and suffer winter damage.
The solution for organic gardeners is to buy
some bagged “garden sulfur” at your local nursery. It is pure elemental sulfur and will drop the
soil pH quite effectively. Mix it into the planting hole according to the directions on the bag.
I also add rock phosphate to promote good root
development. It is a very slow release material,
providing phosphorous to your plant for years.
Mountain laurels have fibrous roots that grow
close to the soil surface. Mountain laurels need to
grow in well-drained soil, but to stay lightly moist.
Adding some peat moss at planting time will not
only help to acidify the soil, it can also help heavy
clay-based soils to drain better. Mulch the soil surface with two inches or so of ground wood chips
to help the roots stay moist in dry times.
As with any newly planted tree or shrub, be
sure to water on a regular basis. I like to leave a
little ridge of soil around the planting so water
will not flow away from the roots, but soak in.
That is particularly important when watering
from a hose.
Thanks to breeders like Dr. Jaynes you can
now buy many different colors of mountain
laurel from white to a deep red. Many of the
light-colored varieties are pink in bud, opening
to a whiter blossom. I find all mountain laurels
glorious and worthy of garden space — even if
they require a little pampering.
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.
25 Clubs
Nature, hobbies...
26 Dance
Classes, dance parties...
30 Museums & Tours
Exhibits, tours
Features
25 The Garden Guy
Advice on your outdoors.
26 Kiddie pool
Family activities this weekend.
27 Car Talk
Click and Clack give you car advice.
28 Treasure Hunt
Hit paydirt in your old stuff.
31 Tech
John Andrews helps you with your gadgets.
Food
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32 New eats
Tour the gardens of
Bedford
The Bedford Women’s Club
will host a self-guided tour of “The
Hidden Gems of Bedford” on Saturday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. The tour will feature seven
gardens plus the Bedford Historical Society buildings. Pick up a ticket
and map at the Bedford Town Offices, 24 North Amherst Road, on the
day of the event from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Tickets cost $20 per person in
advance, $25 on the day of the event. Buy tickets in advance by sending check or cash to Bedford Women’s Club, P.O. Box 10015, Bedford,
NH, 03110. See bedfordwomensclub.org, call 472-3731 or e-mail [email protected].
• Krystal Ballroom Dance Studio
352 S. Broadway, Salem,
870-9350, krystalballroom.com
• Let’s Dance Studio
5 North Main St., Concord,
228-2800, letsdancenh.com
• Mill-A-Round Dance Center
250 Commercial St., Manchester,
641-3880, millaround.com
• Paper Moon Dance Center
515 DW Hwy., Merrimack,
429-1100, papermoondance.com.
• Queen City Ballroom
21 Dow St., Manchester, 6221500, queencityballroomnh.com
• Royal Palace Dance Studio
167 Elm St., Manchester, 6219119, royalpalacedance.com
• Senior Activity Center
70 Temple St., Nashua, 889-6155
• Steppin’ Out Dance Studio
1201 Westford St., Lowell, 978-452-
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Mountain laurel is a lovely evergreen shrub or
small tree that produces lovely pink and white
flowers in June. During a recent canoe trip on
Squam Lake in Holderness, N.H., I was surprised and delighted to chance upon forests of
blooming mountain laurel. The glorious diminutive blossoms (each an inch or less in width)
were blooming in large clusters along the water’s
edge and visible from half a mile away.
Although I bought my home in Cornish Flat in
1972 and many newcomers to town may think I
have been here forever, I have a confession: I was
raised in Woodbridge, Conn. Yes, I’m a Flatlander — or at least according to the seven remaining
true Cornish-born residents in town (I exaggerate, of course). But as a former Connecticut boy,
I love mountain laurels (Kalmia latifolia), the
Connecticut state flower.
Mountain laurel has many fine features: it will
grow in sun or shade, the leaves are shiny and
bright, and the delicate flowers are prolific — usually. What I noticed as I passed through forests of
them was this: the more sunshine the plants got,
the more flowers they produced. Plants in full
sun at water’s edge were the most prolific; few of
those growing in the shade of mature white pines
laurel
In this section:
Food and a show in Concord; new sandwich shop in Nashua PLUS PFarmers’
markets, dinners, festivals and more in
the food listings; Rich Tango-Lowy helps
you shop for ingredients; Weekly Dish; the
experts help you pick Wine with Dinner.
Get Listed!
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From yoga to pilates, cooking to languages to activites for the kids, Hippo’s
weekly listing offers a rundown of all
area events and classes. Get your program listed by sending information to
[email protected] at least three
weeks before the event.
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Events for the family this weekend
• Manchester will hold its
Independence Day fireworks
the night before — on Friday, July 3, around 9:30 p.m.
(at dusk) in Arms Park, which
will close to vehicle traffic at
6 p.m. Entertainment begins
at 7:30 p.m. with the 39th
Army Band. Food and beverage vendors will be available,
and people may bring their
own. No alcoholic beverages
allowed; no pets. Admission
is free. The eastbound lanes
of Bridge Street over the river will be closed to traffic at 8
a.m., the westbound span will
close at 10 a.m. (Fireworks
rain date is Sunday, July 5.)
• Concord will celebrate
July Fourth at Memorial Field
with fireworks and entertainment. Vendors open at 5:30
p.m., a radio DJ will begin a
set at 6 p.m. and a band concert begins at 8 p.m. At dusk
(approximately 9:15 p.m.)
the fireworks will start. Bring
blankets and lawn chairs. A $2
donation will be collected at
the gate. Call 225-8690 or go
to onconcord.com/recreation.
(Rain date is July 5.)
• Merrimack Fourth of
July is sponsored by the Merrimack Rotary Club and the
Town of Merrimack on Saturday, July 4, and includes a
Rotary pancake breakfast at
Merrimack High School cafeteria on 38 McElwain St. from
8 a.m. to noon; a 5K Sparkler
road race sponsored by the
YMCA on Henry Clay Drive
in Merrimack starting at 8
a.m.; a chalk art contest at Mer1111, steppinoutdance-lowell.com
Ballroom dances — by day
Sunday
• BALLROOM DANCE PARTIES every Sunday at Queen City
Ballroom, from 6 to 9 p.m. Cost is
$9 per person. Come at 5:15 p.m.
for a pre-dance lesson for $9 per
person; both dance and lesson cost
$15 per person. Singles and couples
welcome. Free admission for firsttimers. Monday
• FREE BALLROOM AND
LATIN DANCE every Monday,
at 6 p.m., at Arthur Murray Dance
Studio. Learn Salsa, Waltz, Tango,
Swing and more. Call 624-6857.
Whether a first-timer or
an expert, it’s sure to be a safe
and enjoyable experience!
Call or visit the website
for more information!
www.VisitTheFarm.com
603-483-5623
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Wednesday
• WEST COAST SWING is featured every Wednesday night at the
Queen City Ballroom. Dance lesson
for beginners from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.;
for more advanced students from 7:30
to 8:15 p.m. Dances are from 8:15 to
10 p.m. $9 per person. Singles and
couples welcome. Beginner-friendly.
No alcohol served or permitted.
rimack High School Cafeteria
from 9:30 to 11 a.m. (register
at www.merrimacknh.gov/
node/1005 or call 529-5806);
a skateboarding contest at 2
p.m. at the high school skate
park (call 440-8144 for more
information); a bike and wagon decorating contest (bring
your bike or wagon to the
Merrimack Commons on
DW Highway at 1 p.m. for
the parade); the grand parade
from Merrimack Commons
on DW Highway (which
ends up in front of the high
school; shuttles will be available between the commons
at the high school); a midway
(which opens at noon at the
high school and include contests, events, food, activities
for kids, music and more) and
fireworks at dusk. See the
city Web site or www.clubrunner.ca/Merrimack.
• Nashua will celebrate July
Fourth with a Field Day from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holman
Stadium. There will be bounce
houses, a caricaturist, carnival
games and prizes, relay races,
magic shows, snow cones and
Thursday
• FREE WEEKLY DANCES
hosted by Let’s Dance Studio in
Concord. Every Thursday from 8 to
10 p.m. Dances include ballroom,
Latin, swing and tango and are open
to the public.
Friday
• DANCE PARY WITH FIREWORKS at Queen City Ballroom
on Fri., July 3, from 7 to 10 p.m.
Event will include classic and contemporary dance music, a view of
Manchester’s fireworks and a dessert buffet. Singles and couples welcome. Tickets cost $10 in advance;
$12 at the door. Call 622-1500 or go
to www.queencityballroomnh.com.
• LATIN FRIDAY DANCE PARTIES every Friday night at the
Royal Palace Dance Studio. Open
to the public from 7:45 to 9:30 p.m.
Singles & couples are welcome. Call
to add your name to the guest list.
• SOCIAL DANCING from 8 to 11
p.m. on Fridays and one Saturday per
month at the Paper Moon Dance Center. Walk-ins encouraged, singles and
free sandwiches from Chickfil-A. The annual City of
Nashua fireworks will start at
approximately 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 4. Contact Parks &
Recreation at 589-3370.
• In Portsmouth, celebrate on Saturday, July 4,
from noon to 5 p.m. at Strawbery Banke (14 Hancock St.)
for an old-fashioned Fourth
of July complete with a children’s bike and wagon parade,
traditional games and crafts,
historic garden tours, live
music, living history, handson activities, food and more.
Tickets cost $15 for adults;
kids 17 and under get in free.
Active military members and
their families also are admitted free. Call 433-1100 or visit
strawberybanke.org.
• Canterbury Shaker
Village (288 Shaker Road,
Canterbury) hosts “Let Freedom Ring,” a Shaker Spirit
Day on Sunday, July 5, from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be
a poetry slam and dance and
music performances. Admission is $17 for adults, $8 for
children ages 6 to 17, and free
for children under 5. For more
information call 783-9511 ext.
200.
• Peterborough will do
fireworks on Sunday, July 5,
at the ConVal athletic fields
(184 Hancock Road, Peterborough). Gates open at 6 p.m.
with entertainment before the
fireworks. Admission is $2
per person, no more than $10
per family. Visit www.greaterpeterborough-chamber.com
or call 924-7234.
couples, ages 12 and up. $10; $5 if
attending any classes or lessons during
the prior week. Light refreshments.
Saturday
• SOCIAL DANCING From 8 to
11 p.m. on Fridays and one Saturday
per month at the Paper Moon Dance
Center. Walk-ins encouraged, singles
and couples ages 12 and up. $10; $5 if
attending any classes or lessons during
the prior week. Light refreshments.
• SNEAK PREVIEW FOR
BEGINNER DANCERS on the
third Saturday of every month at
the Queen City Ballroom. From 4
to 5 p.m. $5 per person. Singles and
couples welcome.
MUSEUMS & TOURS
• Canterbury Shaker Village
288 Shaker Road, Canterbury,
783-9511, shakers.org
• McAuliffe-Shepard
Discovery Center
2 Institute Dr., Concord, starhop.
com, 271-7831
• Currier Museum of Art
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CAR TALK By tom and Ray Magliozzi
Removing gas cap is no magic trick
you were right to hound him until he stopped to years of trouble in finding parts and people
doing it.
willing to work on this thing.
RAY: Here’s what we’d recommend instead.
Dear Tom and Ray:
Adopt the best available, widely supported curI’m tired of waiting for the American auto rent solution. Hybrids like the Toyota Prius, and
industry to come up with an affordable all-elec- Honda Insight and Civic Hybrid are getting 40tric car, so I’m looking seriously into buying a 50 miles per gallon. And they’re doing it with
Chinese-made Flybo. I know it has a top speed all of the latest and greatest safety equipment.
of 43 mph, and lacks a lot of basic safety and
TOM: If that’s not good enough, there are
comfort extras (no air bags, no heat ...) but the a number of people who offer plug-in conversame is true of the ‘87 Dodge Raider I’m driv- sion kits for those cars, which will turn your
ing now. I want an electric car not only because Prius into a car that can be plugged in at night
of the price of fuel, but also because of envi- and operate only on electric power much of the
ronmental issues. My question is, how easy (or time. That’s pretty close to what you’re looking
difficult) will it be to service this car? I will for now, isn’t it?
need to have this auto shipped from Michigan
RAY: And now that America has figured out
to Wyoming. And I don’t know of any Flybo that things finally need to change, it’ll be only
dealerships in the U.S. What could go wrong a few more years before carmakers are offering
with this car, and how can it be fixed? — Kate real, functional, highly energy-efficient, plug-in
RAY: Kate, you are about to join the wacko hybrids and electric vehicles. With warranties,
fringe. You know those guys who live in yurts, air bags, dealer networks and heat! So take it a
feeding themselves off their own homemade step at a time, Kate.
acorn granola and squirrel yogurt? Ask them
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about their Flybos.
Do you really need that truck if you only
TOM: We admire your environmental ambi- make one trip to the lumberyard per year? Find
tions, Kate. And we agree with you that electric out what kind of car NOT to get in Tom and
propulsion is probably where cars are even- Ray’s pamphlet “Should I Buy, Lease, or Steal
tually heading. But it’s very difficult to be an My Next Car?” Send $4.75 (check or money
early adopter. Especially when you’re adopting order) to Next Car, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando,
something that has no serious support network. FL 32853-6475.
So, unless you’re married to a very handy elec***
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Dear Tom and Ray:
When my husband and I first got married (18
years ago), I noticed that when his car was low
on gas, he would remove the gas cap, saying it
would make the gas last longer until he could
get to a station. I am a college-educated woman, and this seemed preposterous to me ... but
then I noticed other people doing it. My husband has since stopped doing this, due to my
nagging. But is there any truth to this, or is it
just some urban legend? — Tina
RAY: When the power goes out at your
house, does your husband also run outside and
disconnect the electric line from the pole so he
can suck more electricity through the house’s
wires and catch the end of the ballgame?
TOM: He’s nuts, Tina. I imagine his thinking
(or his father’s or grandfather’s thinking, more
likely) is that getting fuel from the gas tank to
the engine is like pouring soda out of a two-liter
bottle. And while it glug-glug-glugs out, if you
were to punch a hole in the bottom of the bottle
with an ice pick, you’d allow more air in, and
the soda would pour out more quickly.
RAY: But the gas tank is not a soda bottle.
First of all, nothing “pours” out of the gas tank.
The gasoline is “pushed” out by an electric
pump that sits right at the bottom of the tank.
TOM: And second, the pressure inside the
tank is carefully managed by the fuel-tank ventilation system. That’s done so that gasoline
vapors don’t constantly waft out into the atmosphere and make everyplace on Earth look like
Los Angeles.
RAY: In fact, if you drive with your gas cap
off, or even loose, your Check Engine light will
eventually come on. The computer will conclude that the fuel system can’t hold pressure,
and will warn you that you need to have the car
serviced.
TOM: We make a lot of money on that at
the garage. Some guy comes in with his Check
Engine light on, we walk around the car, tighten
up his gas cap and stick out our hand for some
money.
RAY: Actually, it’s unethical for us to charge
him for that, and we don’t. But while he’s there,
no one says we can’t sell him shocks and tires!
TOM: In the old days, gas caps had pinholes
in them and gas was sucked out of the tank by
mechanical fuel pumps driven by the engine.
So that’s probably where this theory originated. Even then, I’m dubious that removing the
gas cap would have made any difference. But
nowadays, it’s absolute bull feathers, Tina. And
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An antiques expert helps you
search for buried treasure
Dear Donna,
I have found a couple of boxes of these cards,
while cleaning out my parents’ estate. Some of
them are marked “Stereoscopic Treasures” on
the back side of the card. There seem to be a
couple of different versions of them. Some look
like actual pictures are adhered to them and the
others look printed. Can you give me any information on them?
Cindy in Raymond
Hi, Cindy.
What you have come across are stereoscopic
cards, also called stereo view cards. Stereo cards
have been around since the 1800s and were
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of boxes of cards.) The most common viewers
are usually wood and hand-held, with almost
like a pair of sliding binoculars on it. You look
through them and adjust so that the view cards
become like what we see today and 3-D.
The cards are slightly curved, to improve the
visual effect. There are a couple of different
versions of cards. Some are actual photos and
some are similar to prints. There are also some
that are hand-colored.
Stereo views came in sets (series), which
would almost tell a story. You will see a number
on each card that tells you where it belonged in
its set. Most got separated in time and collectors now collect what they like. There are at
times in antique shops complete sets that are
even still in the original boxes (they looked like
books and the cards were stored in them).
150 Ash St., Manchester,
669-6144, currier.org
• Laconia Historical
& Museum Society
in the Laconia Public Library at
695 Main St. in Laconia,
527-1278, laconiahistorical.org
• Langer Place
55 South Commercial St.,
Manchester, 626-4388,
langerplace.com
• Lee Scouting Museum
& Library
571 Holt Ave. in Manchester,
669-8919, scoutingmuseum.org
• Manchester City Hall
One City Hall Plaza, off Hanover
St. in Manchester, 624-6455
• Millyard Museum/Manchester
Historic Association
200 Bedford St., 622-7531,
manchesterhistoric.org
• New England Synthesizer
Museum
6 Vernon St., Nashua, 881-8587,
synthmuseum.com
• New Hampshire Aviation
Museum
South Perimeter Road,
Manchester, 669-4820, nhahs.org
• New Hampshire Snowmobile
Association Museum
Beaver Brook State Park Museum
Complex off Route 28,
Allenstown, 648-2304,
nhsnowmobilemuseum.com
• Museum of N.H. Natural
History
6 Eagle Square in Concord,
228-6688, nhhistory.org
• Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
18 Highlawn Road, Warner,
456-2600, www.indianmuseum.org
• Seacoast African American
Cultural Center
Price ranges vary depending on the subject
and whether they are photos or prints. The average price is about a couple of dollars each, but I
have seen some bring some high money because
of rarity. And just because you don’t have the
complete set doesn’t mean that you don’t have
rare ones. In fact I have had a couple of sets and
they still only brought a couple of dollars across
the board, because they were a common set with
little interest to a collector. Then I have had single ones that have brought around $40 each
because they were unusual ones.
I am not a collector of stereo cards but I do
have a small collection of local ones. They’re
just fun to look at, and I admire the technology for the time.
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 [email protected]. Or drop by the shop
(call first, 624-8668).
135 Daniel St. in Portsmouth,
430-6027, saacc-nh.org
• SEE Science Center
200 Bedford St., Manchester,
669-0400, see-sciencecenter.org
• Speare Museum
5 Abbott St., Nashua, 883-0015,
nashuahistoricalsociety.org
• U.S. Marconi Museum
14 N. Amherst St. in Bedford,
472-8312, marconiusa.org
Exhibits and Events
• “AMERICA’S KITCHENS,” a
traveling exhibit organized by Historic New England, will open at the
New Hampshire Historical Society’s
Museum at 6 Eagle Square in Concord. The exhibit features vignettes
of kitchens from colonial New England, 19th-century Illinois, an adobe
kitchen from the Southwest and a
1950s kitchen. See nhhistory.org or
call 228-6688.
• ANTIQUE SPORTS EQUIPMENT EXHIBIT This exhibit will
be on view until Sept. 30, at the New
Hampshire Antique Co-op (323 Elm
St., Milford). Open daily from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 673-8499 or visit
www.nhantiquecoop.com.
• “ARE WE THERE YET” a history
of roadside motels and cabin colonies
at the Laconia Public Library through
Oct. 31, presented by the Laconia
Historical and Museum Society. See
www.laconiahistorical.org.
• COMMUNITY DAY at Strawberry Banke (14 Hancock St., Portsmouth) on Sat., Aug 1, 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Enjoy all the museum has to
offer and help fight hunger. Free
admission to the museum with the
donation of a nonperishable food
item, per person, to be donated to a
local food bank. Call 433-1100.
• “HISTORY OF THE NH AIR
NATIONAL GUARD” at NH Aviation Museum. See www.nhahs.org.
• JASPER WARE COLLECTION ON DISPLAY at the Speare
Museum in Nashua, open Tuesday
through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Jasper ware is unglazed earthenware pottery invented by Josiah
Wedgewood in the late 1770s. Call
883-0015.
• POWWOW at Mt. Kearsage Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road,
Warner, indianmuseum.org, 4562600) on Sat., July 11, 10 a.m. to 8
p.m, and Sun., July 12, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.. Family-oriented outdoor event
focusing on the excitement and
vibrancy of American Indian culture
will include drumming, dancing,
performances, kid’s crafts, and demonstrations by Native American Indians from New England and beyond.
Food and craft vendors. Silent Auction. Medicine Woods nature walk
and the Museum Store open.
• STAR TREK EXHIBIT at McAuliffe-Shepard Discover Center, 2
Institute Dr. in Concord, www.starhop.com, 271-STAR. Items from
the 1979 Star Trek movie and chairs
from Star Trek: The Next Generation are accompanied by real history
behind the series.
Ongoing
• BOOTT DISCOVERY TRAIL
Pick up work aprons and time
cards at the museum entrance
and, through hands-on activities, explore how raw cotton was
made into finished cloth at Lowell
National Historical Park.
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TECHIE
Anything Windows can do, free can do better
By John Andrews
[email protected]
Hiding out in the Accessories folder of your Windows
Start menu, there are some
fun and/or useful little tools.
Microsoft included them
years ago and hasn’t put much thought into
them since, so of course there are better
alternatives out there now.
You might not have gone looking for
them because, hey, the included programs
work all right as they are. But why muddle
through? Here are just a couple replacements for you to get started.
Disk Defragmenter: Defraggler.
You defragment your hard drive regularly, right? You know, you should. When files
are written to your hard drive, Windows
puts them in the first available spot. That
spot might not have enough space before
another file starts, so the file being written gets broken up and scattered around the
disk. Windows can find all the pieces again,
but if they were all together to begin with, it
wouldn’t have to work as hard.
That’s one of the reasons computers seem
to slow down as you use them — even as
you delete files and make room for more
stuff. The built-in disk defragmenter does a
decent job of sorting everything out so all
your files are optimized for a while, but too
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WiFi hotspots
6110. Free for customers.
• PANERA BREAD 933 South Willow St, Manchester, 627-2443, and 7
Colby Ct., Bedford, 641-0500, panerabread.com, free.
• Patio and Pavilion Restaurants Hilton Garden Inn,
101 S. Commercial St., 603-669-222.
Free.
• PENUCHE’S GRILL 96 Hanover
St., 626-9830.
• TWO FRIENDS BAGEL &
DELI 542 Mast Road, Goffstown,
627-6622, twofriendsbagel.com. Free
to customers.
• VAN OTIS CAFE 341 Elm St.,
627-1611. Free.
• WILD ROVER PUB 21 Kosciuszko St., 669-7722. Free.
• YOUR SALON 18 S. Commerical
St. Free.
NASHUA
• A & E ROASTERY 131 Route
101A, Unit 2, Amherst, 578-3338,
aeroastery.com. Free.
• BREW’D AWAKENING 61 Market St., Lowell, 978-454-2739. Free.
• Carriage House 230 Route
13, Brookline, 769-6004, carriagehousecoffee.com, free
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• Airport Diner, 2280 Brown
Ave., 623-5040. Free.
• Bea’s Wash N Dry 478 South
Main St. 668-7110. Free.
• Billy’s Sports Bar &
Grill 34 Tarrytown Road, 6223644, billyssportsbar.com. Free.
• CASTRO’S BACK ROOM 972
Elm St., 606-7854. Free.
• CLUB 313 93 South Maple St.,
628-6813. Free.
• DERRYFIELD COUNTRY
CLUB 625 Mammoth Road, 6690235. Free.
• GOFFSTOWN PUBLIC LIB­
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• Highlander Inn Fusion
Hotspot, 2 Highlander Way, 603-6256426. Free to guests.
• Hooksett Public Lib­
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• JEWELL & THE BEANSTALK
797 Somerville St., 624-3709. Free.
• Jillian’s 50 Phillippe Cote St.
Free.
•ManchesterCityLibrary
405 Pine St.. Free. 624-6550.
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• 900 Degrees 50 Dow St., 641- • NUTFIELD ALE & STEAKHOUSE 55 John Devine Drive, 6680900
CONCORD
• The Barley House 132
North Main St. 228-6363. www.
thebarleyhouse.com. Free.
• Caffenio 84 N. Main St., 2290020, caffenio.com, free
• Centennial Inn 96 Pleasant
St., 225-7102. Free to guests.
• CHEERS DOWNTOWN
GRILLE & BAR 17 Depot St. 2280180. Free.
• Common Man, 25 Water St.,
228-DINE. Free.
• Concord Public Library
45 Green St. Free.
• CONCORD TIRE & AUTO
SERVICE 63 Hall St., 224-2393.
Free.
• Heritage Harley-Davidson, 142 Manchester St., 1-800HARLEY-1. Free
• PANERA BREAD 75 Fort Eddy
Rd., 226-8966, panerabread.com,
free.
• SOUTH END VILLAGE LAUNDROMAT 71 Downing St., 2288768. Free.
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
Notepad: Notepad2.
Alternative plain text editing programs
abound, mainly because programmers use
plain text editors more than just about any
other application. As such, you’ll find lots
of text editors with features that really
aren’t very useful to the average person and
can even be confusing. Nevertheless, getting more functionality than Notepad offers
is tempting.
Notepad2 is a happy middle ground. The
extra features aren’t intrusive, and it works
pretty much just like Notepad for the features they share. I mainly use a text editor
when I’ve copied some text and want to
quickly strip out any weird formatting like
different fonts, underlining and funky alignment. Notepad2 does that quite nicely.
It also does syntax highlighting, a common feature of programmers’ text editors.
When working with any kind of source
code, be it HTML, Perl, C++ or anything
else, Notepad2 displays different elements
in different colors. Since it’s purely a display function, the format of the text itself
doesn’t change. www.flos-freeware.ch/
notepad2.html
Paint: Paint.NET.
It sure sounds like an official Microsoft
replacement for the venerable — and very,
very basic — image editor, but it ain’t. Independently developed mostly by students
and originally open source, Paint.NET is
still free for anyone to use. Since it depends
upon your having Microsoft’s .NET Framework already installed on your system, the
program itself is very small and doesn’t take
up many resources. That means it opens
quickly for an impromptu photo cropping
or contrast adjustment.
It even incorporates some tricks of
advanced photo manipulation programs,
like support for multiple layers, automatic
adjustments and special effects. It’s hardly Photoshop, or even Photoshop Elements,
but it does give you plenty of tools to work
with. Best of all, it doesn’t have the condescending user interface of many cut-rate
photo editors that force you to go through
multi-step wizards just to draw a simple
line. www.getpaint.net
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Weekly Dish The art of the sandwich
Notes from the local food scene
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
[email protected]
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• Clam classic in Litchfield: Woodman’s
of Essex, the 95-year-old Massachusetts institution known for inventing the fried clam, has
at last opened a second location in Litchfield
at Mel’s Funway Park (454 Charles Bancroft
Highway, Route 3A). The restaurant is open
at 11 a.m. daily; see the menu at melsfunwaypark.com/restaurant.
• Deal at J’s: J’s Tavern Under the Bridge,
63 Union Square in Milford, has a weekend
special. Order a panini sandwich, fries and a
pint of beer Thursday through Sunday and it
will only cost $7.99. Check out the complete
menu at www.jstavernnh.com.
• Al fresco: Restaurant Adria, 118 Main St.
in Nashua, recently announced the opening
of its outside patio. Go to www.restaurantadria.com and get a 10-percent discount if
you subscribe to their e-mail list; active-duty
military personnel also receive 10-percent
off meals.
• Fireworks at 900 Degrees: Secure a spot
on the deck at 900 Degrees, 50 Dow St. in
Manchester, to view the city’s Friday, July 3,
fireworks show. Reserve a two-top table with
a $50 deposit and receive one bucket of beer
(five beers per bucket) and two plates of barbecue. Or reserve a four-top with a $100
deposit and enjoy two buckets of beer and
four plates of barbecue. The barbecue menu
includes sweet Italian sausages and peppers or grilled chicken burgers, along with
grilled corn in the husk, bowtie pasta salad,
and grilled scallion and cheddar cornbread.
Call 641-0900 for reservations.
• Summer hours: Extra Touch Gourmet, 8
Ridgewood Road in Bedford, has new summer hours: Monday through Thursday, 11
a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;
and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The summer menu features specials such as spinach
and strawberry salad, chicken caprese pesto panini, chilled peach soup and strawberry
whoopie pies. Go to www.extratouchgourmet.com to sign up for the weekly specials
e-mail.
• Microbrewing in October: NeighborWorks Greater Manchester will hold a
microbrew event on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the
Masonic Temple on Elm Street in Manchester from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The event will include
food, wine and, of course, microbrews along
with a chance to see inside this landmark on
north Elm Street. Tickets cost $25 per person; the proceeds benefit NeighborWorks
Greater Manchester. See www.nwgm.org.
• After-work fun for the ladies: T-Bones
and WZID will host a free series called
“Women After Work” at area T-Bones and
Cactus Jack’s restaurants. In July, the event
will be at the Cactus Jack’s, 782 S. Willow
St. in Manchester, on Thursday, July 9, from
5 to 7 p.m. The events will feature culinary
tips, cocktails, wine sampling and more. In
addition to the Cactus Jack’s (which will also
host events in September and November),
future events will be at the Derry T-Bones
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FOOD
La Javanaise offers unique flavors between bread
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
[email protected]
Restaurant owner William Heng faced a
dilemma. He wanted to change the menu at
his Hot Rize Café in Merrimack to include
some unique handcrafted sandwiches, but
the restaurant’s menu does well with its
established clientele. So instead he opened
a second restaurant — La Javanaise in
Nashua.
“When I bought Hot Rize, I had an existing business that was doing alright. I got
to the point where I couldn’t change the
menu anymore because of the customer
base we had. I wanted to open a sandwich
shop that served handcrafted sandwiches
made with unique and high-quality ingredients,” Heng said.
The name La Javanaise comes from a
French song that Heng heard in Paris cafés
while he studied business management at
La Sorbonne. (You can listen to the song
on the café’s Web site.) “In my mind I
always thought that someday I would use
that name,” he said. Born in Cambodia, he
grew up in France. He came to the U.S.
“by accident. I was visiting family members that I originally didn’t know lived
here. Then I met my wife and I stayed.”
Heng didn’t like the work he found in
different companies. He wanted the freedom to follow his own choices. He first
owned a liquor store in Massachusetts, but
decided to find a business that would allow
him time with his family, which includes
three boys ages 5, 8 and 12. That was when
he came to New Hampshire and bought the
first café.
Because of his French and Asian background, Heng created a La Javanaise
sandwich menu that features ingredients
different from the typical sandwich shop.
“I use a lot of spinach instead of lettuce;
cilantro, corn, sunflower seeds, roasted
peppers, chipotle pesto. My sandwiches
have a different taste not widespread in the
mainstream,” Heng said.
Owner William Heng prepares one of his handcrafted sandwiches at the new La Javanaise in
Nashua. Linda A. Thompson-Odum photo.
The café serves paninis, grilled wraps,
cold wraps, flatbread sandwiches and some
classic sandwiches. A few of his best-sellers include the La Javanaise grilled wrap
(roast beef, spinach, cilantro, aioli sauce
and sweet corn), La Mexicaine grilled wrap
(grilled chicken, pepper jack cheese, cilantro, spinach and chipotle sauce), Cubano
panini (roast pork, jalapeno, pickles, mustard and Swiss cheese), and the Chicken
Delicate panini (grilled chicken, roasted pepper, provolone cheese and tomato
pesto.)
Besides Heng’s specialty sandwiches, the café also serves salads and bagels,
including a Lox, with Nova lox and cream
cheese. Breakfast sandwiches are served
all day, which feature egg panini on grilled
ciabatta bread and grilled egg wraps in
unique combos such as Spicy Alamo (egg,
red roasted pepper, dried red chili, chipotle sauce and cheddar cheese) and Santa
Fe (egg, oven turkey, spinach, pepper jack
cheese and tomato pesto.)
The coffee comes from Java Tree in
Manchester, and Heng plans to partner with The Good Loaf Artisan Bakery
in Milford for his bread needs. The café
offers seating for about 24 people, and he
hopes that customers see it as a pleasant
space for friends and family to gather, and
an alternative to fast food.
“A sandwich is two thirds to three quarters of what you eat in a year,” Heng said.
“When you go to a nice restaurant and
have a nice dish, I want you to have that
nice dish in a sandwich.”
La Javanaise
650 Amherst St., Nashua (Greystone Plaza),
821-5136, www.lajavanaise.com
Hours: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6
p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Meals that entertain
Sushi and Hibachi at Ichiban
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
[email protected]
A flash of flame punctuates the sizzle of
meat on the Hibachi. A finely honed knife in
the hands of a skilled chef slices effortlessly
through a piece of the freshest fish. Conversation flows as the bartender mixes his latest
creation.
These are the sights and sounds at the
new Ichiban in Concord. Owner Danica Li
has created in essence three restaurants in
one inside the former Cat n’ Fiddle space.
Entering through the main doors, customers
find themselves in a wide open lounge area
with a large bar and etched-glass backdrop.
In a room to the side is a sushi bar with the
fresh fish on display and seating so custom-
ers can watch the chef in action. And in the
back are rooms with 12 hibachi tables where
chefs prepare the meal with flashing knives,
flames and tricks.
Ichiban means “number one” or “best” in
Japanese. The renovations on the restaurant
took approximately six months. Manager
Chee Wang explained that each chef has at
least three years’ experience in restaurants
and was required to complete a special training course before starting at Ichiban. He said
in the future the restaurant hopes to have its
own training program to bring American
chefs on board.
The front-of-the-house staff is made up
of mostly local people, while the chefs
and kitchen staff come from all around the
region. The various restaurant areas require
different chef skills.
“The sushi chefs have higher knife skills.
The hibachi chefs must control the temperature of the grill and entertain,” Wang said.
Wang came from China to the U.S. 20
years ago and has worked in the restaurant
industry for more than 10 years. He has a
computer science degree.
“I’ve worked 9-to-5 jobs before, but I
wanted more freedom and better hours. People think you work long hours in a restaurant,
but you see more sunlight in this job than in
a 9-to-5 job.”
How did he join the Ichiban team? “My
wife is Danica’s cousin,” he explained. “She
knew I worked in a Japanese restaurant for
years and asked for me to help.” Then he
smiled. “I couldn’t say no.”
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A chef prepares a Hibachi meal at the new Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar in
Concord. Linda A. Thompson-Odum photo.
dishes — including the Hibachi and sushi
selections — can be served throughout the
restaurant. For example, someone seated at
a Hibachi table could order sushi.
“This town seems to like sushi. We’ve
sold a lot of rolls with raw fish. People are
more open to raw fish here than in other
areas where they like cooked fish. We still
have a lot of people nervous to try sushi
because of the texture and it’s raw. The soft
texture makes it difficult the first time, but
once you try it the first time, you’ll love
sushi.” Wang said.
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Ichiban
Continued from page 32
Main Street. Events in the tent will include
daily cook-offs — on Thursday, jams, jellies and relishes; on Friday, cookies, and
on Saturday, pies. Judging will take place
at 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at
noon on Saturday. See entry form at www.
concordfoodcoop.coop; the entry deadline
is July 14. Prizes will be awarded to first,
second and third place. The tent will also
feature a farm-style petting zoo, a kids’
creation station, a pet rest stop and outdoor grilling and frozen treats from the
Celery Stick Café. See the Web site or call
225-6840 for more information.
• Like lunch at the shore: Commercial Street Fishery, 33 S. Commercial St.
in Manchester, will start offering lunch
on Monday, July 6. Lunch will be served
Mondays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2
p.m., for dine-in, take-out or even curbside delivery when requested, according to
a restaurant e-mail. The lunch menu features a lobster roll ($15), a soft taco with
crispy haddock or grilled steak ($10), the
house burger ($10) and half and full orders
of crispy fried seafood classics. Starters
include Maine Steamers ($12), GingerHoison Braised Short Ribs ($10) and
tempura chicken or shrimp ($10). Soups
and salads include a Green Goddess salad ($7), a Ginger Carrot Bisque ($8) and
a New England Clam Chowder ($5). See
www.csfishery.com or call 296-0706.
Two Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, NH 603.472.2001 www.bedfordvillageinn.com 800.852.1166
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Contemporary, Sophisticated Cuisine
Laid-back atmosphere
YELLOW FIN TUNA BURGER
Avocado, Lemongrass Aioli, Ponzu
Sauce, Daikon and Carrot Nest
Served on Broiche with Asian Slaw
PAELLA
Shrimp, Mussels, Calamari, Fish
Chorizo, Chicken, Peas,
Saffron Risotto and Lobster Fumet
HERB ENCRUSTED RACK OF LAMB
Goat Cheese Polenta, Grilled
Asparagus, Shallot Bordelaise and
Mint Pistou
SCALLOP “BLT”
Belgian Endive, Crispy Pancetta,
Jumbo Sea Scallop, Goat Cheese
Emulsion and Smoked Tomato
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Come into the lounge for a glass of wine and our extended tapas menu
Welcome
LUNCH
DINNER
SUNDAY BRUNCH
Closed July 4th & 5th
SUNDAY BRUNCH BUFFET 10AM-2PM
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK 11AM TO 1AM
1105 ELM ST. MANCHESTER 625-MINT(6468)
w w w . m i n t b i s t r o n h . c o m
055124
118 Manchester St., Concord, 223-3301
Hours: Lunch served daily from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Dinner, Sunday through Thursday, 4 to
10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 4 to 11 p.m.
Weekly Dish
(August, October and December). See tbones.com.
• Rock solid deals: Granite Restaurant
and Bar, Centennial Inn, 96 Pleasant St. in
Concord, 227-9000, www.graniterestaurant.com, has deals and special offerings
all month long this July, according to a
restaurant e-mail. Wednesdays will feature
vegan and vegetarian specials; Sundays
offer 11 items for $11 or less on the brunch
menu; Tuesdays will feature raw oysters
for $2 each from 5 to 8 p.m. On Saturdays,
the restaurant will offer special fundraising deals — on Saturday, July 11, $1 from
each bottle of wine purchased will go to
Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock; on Saturday, July 18, $1 from each
bottle will go to NAMI NH (National Alliance on Mental Illness); on Saturday, July
25, $1 from each bottle will go to the ASPCA. On Fridays July 17 and July 31, look
for wine tastings from 6 to 8 p.m. with
Keith Shulsky from Wineberries. For
more specials, go online and sign up for
the e-mail newsletters.
• Market Days events: Market Days
in downtown Concord are fast approaching (Thursday, July 16, through Saturday,
July 18) and will feature special food vendors as well as eats at the weekly Saturday
farmers’ market. The Concord Co-Op, 24
S. Main St. in Concord, will also get in the
game with a big tent on the south side of
Breaking News!
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
The menu lists 22 types of sushi or sashimi and 33 different sushi rolls. The chefs
prepare the fresh fish on the premises. Some
of the house specialty rolls include a spider
roll (soft shell crab, cucumber and avocado topped with masago), a kamikaze (spicy
tuna, eel, cucumber, wasabi tobiko outside)
and a spicy girl roll (salmon tempura inside,
spicy crab and crunch on top.)
The Hibachi dinner selections included chicken, beef and a variety of seafood
items. Wang said the most popular are the
steak and shrimp and the steak and lobster
combinations. The steak is a high-grade
filet mignon.
There is a dining room for people who
are not comfortable sitting in front of a
chef, plus non-Hibachi and non-sushi items
on the menu, such as udon, teriyaki, sukiyaki, tempura and katsu dishes. And all the
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Makes my day!
Casual Fine Dining
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San Francisco Kitchen
133 Main St., Nashua
886-8833
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
Sun. 4-10
Mon.- Wed. 11-10
Thurs. - Sat. 11-11
YouYou
Asian Bistro
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Contemporary
Asian- American
Fusion with
Japanese
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and Full Sushi Bar
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An Affordable Taste of Italy
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in downtown Nashua…since 1997
Writer in the
kitchen
Linda Thompson-Odum,
regular contributor to Hippo’s food section, will spend
some time in the back of the
dining room with her own Seriously Amateur Chef night
at Z Food and Drink, 860 Elm St. in Manchester, on Monday, July 27. She said in an e-mail that she will create a Julia
Child-themed menu. A portion of the night’s proceeds goes
to the NH Food Bank. Tickets for the four-course meal cost
$50. Call 629-9383 for reservations.
farmersmarket.deerfield-nh/us.
• FOOD MAPS The New Hampshire Chapter of the Northeast
Organic Farming Association offers
maps (available in print from NOFANH at 224-5022 or [email protected]
or in an interactive version at www.
nofanh.org) showing locations of
organically produced foods across the
state. Online, click “Organic Farms
and Land Care.” The site lists farms
by region and can narrow down the
search by type of food.
• FRANKLIN FARMERS’ MARKET, 206 Central St. on Tuesdays,
July through September, 3-6 p.m.
Call 648-6586 or e-mail [email protected].
• HILLSBOROUGH FARMERS’ MARKET at Butler Park
on the corner of Central and Main
streets, on Saturdays, July through
September, 9 a.m. to noon. Call
464-4640.
• JAFFREY FARMERS’ MARKET, Route 202 at the Monadnock
Plaza, on Saturdays, July through
September, 9 a.m. to noon. Call
532-6561.
• 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
or made fruits, vegetables, cheese,
ice cream, pies, cakes, breads, freeranged meats, eggs, herbs, spices,
herbal products, tomato sauces,
maple products, candy and more as
well as art, jewelry and other items
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 [email protected].
• LACONIA FARMERS’ MARKET on Beacon Street East, Saturdays through October, 8 a.m.
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Discover budget-friendly
Italian cuisine:
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Food Listings
Farmers’ markets
• 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)
FARMERS’ MARKET at the
Amherst Village Green, on Thursdays through October, 2:306:30pm. Call 249-9809 or e-mail
[email protected].
• 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 [email protected] 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 pre-ordered,
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
• BROOKLINE (OUTDOOR)
FARMERS’ MARKET at Brookline ballpark on Route 130, on
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
Wednesdays through October, 4-7
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.
• DEERFIELD FARMERS’
MARKET at Deerfield Fairgrounds
on Fridays, through October, 3-7
p.m. Call 463-8812, e-mail [email protected] or go to www.
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to noon. Call 267-6522 or e-mail
[email protected].
• LEE FARMERS’ MARKET at
Old Fire Station on Route 115 on
Thursdays through October, 3-6
p.m. Call 659-9329 or e-mail [email protected].
• MANCHESTER’S DOWNTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET
Manchester’s Downtown Farmer’s
Market 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, 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
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FOOD
Foodie Rich Tango-Lowy helps you search the aisles
Basil
Saturdays, July through October, 9
a.m. to noon. Call 487-2480, e-mail
[email protected] or go to www.
newbostonfarmersmarket.org.
• NOTTINGHAM FARMERS’
MARKET at Blaisdell Memorial
Library, 129 Stage Road, on Sundays through October, 1-4 p.m. Call
679-8484 or e-mail blaisdelllml@
comcast.net.
• 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 [email protected].
• PETERBOROUGH FARMERS’ MARKET in Depot Square
on Wednesdays through October,
3-6 p.m. Call 8786124, e-mail [email protected]
or go to www.peterboroughfarmersmarket.webs.com.
• SEACOAST MARKETS (6595322, [email protected],
www.seacoastgrowers.org) Markets are held in Dover, 118 Silver
St., on Wednesdays through Oct.
14, 2:15-6 p.m.; in Durham, Pettee
Brook Road, on Mondays through
Oct. 12, 2:15-5:30 p.m.; in Exeter,
Swasey Parkway off Water Street,
on Thursdays through Oct. 15,
2:15-6 p.m.; in Hampton, Route 1
in the Sacred Heart Church parking lot near Hampton Cinemas, on
Tuesdays through Oct. 13, 3-6 p.m.;
in Kingston, on the plains across
from the Kingston Fire Station
near the intersection of Church and
Main streets, on Tuesdays through
Oct. 13, 2:15-5:30 p.m., and in
Portsmouth, 1 Junkins Ave., on
Saturdays through Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to
1 p.m. Dover, Exeter, Newington,
Rye and Stratham also have winter markets that run on Saturdays,
November through April, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. See Web site.
• TILTON TANGER OUTLET
The Tanger Outlet Center in Tilton,
Exit 20 off Interstate 93, will host
a farmers’ market on Wednesdays
from 3 to 6 p.m. in the parking
lot between the Old Navy and the
Banana Republic. The market will
run through Sept. 23.
• WARNER FARMERS’ MARKET on the Town Hall lawn on Saturdays, mid June through mid October, 9 a.m. to noon. Call 456-2319.
• WEARE FARMERS’ MARKET
in Weare Center around the gazebo on
Fridays through September, 3-6 p.m.
Call 413-6213 or e-mail [email protected].
Festivals/cook-offs/expos/
parties/book events
• LOCAL FOOD MOVIE Food,
Inc., a documentary about the
nation’s food industry, will premiere at the Red River Theatre 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 August 6. Go to www.redrivertheatres.org for film times and
to purchase tickets.
• MARKET DAYS Concord’s
Market Days and Summer Music
Festival will run Thurs., July 16,
through Sat., July 18, from 9 a.m.
to 10 p.m. in downtown Concord
on all days. This free event (though
bring money for all the food) features shopping, music, family performers and more. See www.mainstreeconcord.com for details.
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 tend 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 multicourse meal will be paired with a
cigar wine or other beverage. The
cost is $105 per person. Call 800852-1166 or e-mail www.bedfordvillageinn.com for reservations. See
the Web site for a complete menu.
• RAW FOOD FAN CARA
THEOS 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. Plus, part of the proceeds
will once again go to the NH Food
Bank. Tickets are $50 and the fun
starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 629-9383 for
reservations.
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Food of kings, food of love.
The name basil comes from
“basileus,” the Greek word for
“king.” Some say it’s so named
because of its royal fragrance,
some attribute it to the royal purple color of the leaves,
either explanation seems a
stretch. In any case, Alexander
the Great (a king) brought it
from Asia or Africa to Greece
in the early 300s B.C., from
whence it made its way to India
(many kings there) then England (kings there, too) and by
the early 17th century to the United States (kings rare). The royal name persisted through
most of the herb’s travels: the Dutch knew it as koningskruid, or “king’s herb” and the
French as “herbe royal.”
Kingly it began, romantic it became. In Haiti, basil belongs to Erzulie, the goddess of
love, while for Hindus it represents Tulasi, who is revered for her faithfulness. The Italian
woman with a pot of basil on her window sill will attract a (presumably unmarried) husband. The Moldavian man who accepts a sprig from a local girl is destined to fall in love
with her. The Romanian gent accepting the same offer becomes officially engaged.
We modern folk primarily perceive basil as the green in pesto, but a little imagination
and the fragrant licorice-flavored herb easily slips into other garments. Begin your meal
with basil biscuits by adding a few minced leaves to your favorite biscuit recipe along with
the butter. Follow with a salad of chopped tomatoes, sliced red onions, goat cheese and
basil leaves, the whole peppered and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Perhaps an entree
of a delicate white fish salted and peppered, baked on a bed of basil leaves, and sprinkled
with a touch of basil oil (whirl basil leaves and oil in a food processor, then capture the
precious green liquid as it drips from a colander). End your repast with fresh strawberries
and mango, a bit of sugar, a squeeze of lime, and a handful of small tender leaves, torn and
tossed with the cut fruit. A meal of basil, kingly herb for the lover of food.
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Wine with dinner
What to drink when you’re eating
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
[email protected]
In the year that this food-wine pairing column has been in existence, this is a first-time
occurrence — two of the wine experts chose
the same wine to go with this picnic favorite.
• Moletto Prosecco —
$15.99
to
$16.99
(Recommended by Paula
Doucette of Bella Vino, 2
Young Road in Londonderry,
426-5212,
www.
bellavinonh.com; and recommended by Marilyn
McGuire from the Cracker Barrel, 377
Main St. in Hopkinton, 746-7777) “The
tiny, tight bubbles of this Italian sparkling
wine will cut through any oil in the fried
chicken and clean your palate. And what
fun to pair a sparkling wine with fried chicken,” Doucette said. McGuire said the wine
has a “very clean, light apple scent. The
bubbles will cut the fat and surprise your
• Jurtschitsch Sonnhof
Gruner Veltliner —
$17.99 (Recommended
by Alexandra Graf from
The Inn at Danbury’s
Alphorn Bistro, 67 Route
104 in Danbury, 7683318, www.innatdanbury.
com) Graf’s wine list for the restaurant said
Grueve is the wine’s nickname. It is “dry,
fun and tasty and you’ll love the label.”
• 2006 Bask Viognier
— $17.99 (Recommended by Tom Brock
from The Meat House,
five locations in New
Hampshire,
www.
themeathouse.com) A
California wine with citrus notes to cut through the greasy coating
of fried chicken. It has honeysuckle and
apricot flavors.
nerscellarnh.com.
• VINTNER’S CELLAR WINERY — CONCORD 133 Loudon
Road, allows customers to make
custom wines in batches of 24 to
28 bottles.
• VINTNER’S CELLAR WINERY — PORTSMOUTH Design
and create your own high-quality
wine. At 801 Islington St. in Portsmouth. Open Mondays through
Wednesdays, and Saturdays, from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays and
Fridays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays
and evenings by appointment only.
Call Gail at 431-5984.
in Newburyport, MA at Captain
George (10 82nd St. Plum Island
Point, Newburyport) on Fridays,
all cruises are from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
and cost $45. Upcoming cruises in
Portsmouth are on July 23, Aug. 27
and Sept. 24. Cruises in Newburyport are on Aug. 14 and Sept. 11.
Register at www.agrapeaffair.com
or call 433-0160.
Wineries
• CANDIA VINEYARDS 702
High St., Candia, 867-9751, www.
candiavineyards.com.
• FLAG HILL WINERY AND
DISTILLERY 287 North River
Road, Lee, 659-2949, www.flaghill.
com. Distillery produces General
John Stark Vodka, sugar maple and
cranberry liquor. Open year-round,
Wednesday through Sunday, 11 to
5 p.m.
• JEWELL TOWNE VINEYARDS South Hampton, 3940600, www.jewelltownevineyards.
com, offers tours and tastings.
• LABELLE WINERY Alyson’s
Orchard, Rt. 12, Walpole, 8282923, www.labellewinerynh.com.
• PISCASSIC POND WINERY
38 Oaklands Road, Newfield, 7780108, www.piscassic.com, makes
Honey Wine, also known as Honey
Mead.
• ZORVINO VINEYARDS 226
Main St., Sandown, 887-8463,
www.zorvino.com, open Tuesday
to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.
Classes/workshops on beer/
wine tasting
•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 different and distinct wines to taste and
compare. The 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 lovClasses/workshops on wine/ ers of all levels. New sessions start
every few months. Call for upcom- Weekly/monthly tastings
beer making
• BLACK ORCHID Black Orchid
• BEER/WINE-MAKING classes ing schedule.
Grille, 8 Temple St. in Nashua, 577and demonstrations on making beer,
891, www.blackorchidgrille.com,
wine and soda at IncrediBREW, Special tastings
112 DW Hwy, Nashua, 891-2477, • WINE TASTING at Butter’s holds a wine tasting of five wines
incredibrew.com. Shop features Fine Wine & Food (70 N. Main St., the first Tuesday of each month
fest-nights that focus on making a Concord, 225-5995) on Thurs., July from 6 to 8 p.m. with a represen2 with Gus of The Imported Grape tative from Wineberries. On any
particular kind of beer.
• VINTNER’S CELLAR CUS- and on Fri., July 10 with Jeremy of Tuesday during the month, purchase
dinner and you get half off one of
TOM WINERY — BEDFORD MS Walker. Call 225-5995.
Vintner’s Cellar at Sebbins Brook • WINE TASTING HABOR the five wines featured that month.
Marketplace, 410 South River Road CRUISES are offered by A Grape Reservations are recommended but
Route 3 in Bedford, offers a chance Affair in Portsmouth at Portsmouth not required.
to taste and create custom wines. Harbor Cruises (64 Ceres Street,
Call 627-9463 or go to www.vint- Portsmouth) on Thursdays and
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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
brew 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 430-8600 ext. 327.
• TUCKERMAN BREWING
COMPANY 64 Hobbs St. in Conway, 447-5400, www.tuckermanbrewing.com, offers tours every
Saturday at 3 p.m.
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Index
Cds
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• Mars Volta, Octahedron, B-
MuSIC, BOOKS,
GAMES, COMICS,
MOVIES, dVdS,
TV And MOrE
dork vs. dork: Public Enemies
Myah! You’ll never take Capt. Jack Sparrow alive, Batman! Never, ya hear me! Myah!
• VNV Nation, Of Faith Power and
Glory, A
BOOKS
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• The Second Night of the Spirit, B
• Speak Low, A
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 informa-
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• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, B
• My Sister’s Keeper, C+
Oh, hello, Public Enemies, I liked you better
when you were called Heat. Does Michael Mann
seriously think he can rehash the De Niro/Pacino
avant-crime thriller that put him on the map just by
hurling his one notable concept into the 1930s? I
have a certain respect for the looney-tunes career
of Depp, though this and his last few projects have
replaced the entrancing acting ability that brought
him out of the Greico/DeLuise slums of 21 Jump
Street with funny hats, weird hair and a thousand-yard crazy eye. Sadly Public Enemies is just another hackneyed step in by-the-numbers
action steadily taking Depp away from meaningful parts. And Bale?
Take stock, readers: what was the last Bale performance that displayed
any depth other than his range of grunted primadonna expletives? The
Machinist? Show of hands, how many here have actually seen that? I
thought as much. Pacino and DeNiro these two are not, and while a
slow simmering tension between two of the best actors of the last 40
years kept me rapt though Heat, two hours of Grunty FBI Lawyer chasing Weirdo in Pinstripes doesn’t hold a candle. Mann has misstepped,
as he did so fabulously with Miami Vice, in thinking he can simply plug
any two actors into any time or place, tell them they hate each other,
and shout “action.” — Glenn Given
dAn rESPOndS
• Moon, B• 48 Hour Film Project news
Oh really? Heat? You’re getting soft. Is that the one where Raging
Bull and Col. Frank Slade play, um, De Niro and Pacino? Honestly,
wouldn’t that movie have been scads better if everyone were wearing
pinstripes and driving 1934 Chevy Master Coupes? If you can’t find
inspiration in a chopper squad of flogger-wearing droppers throwing
lead at a bunch of coppers, then you’re clearly looking for some chin
music here, son.
There’s no debate here. Johnny Depp is playing
John Dillinger, directed by Michael Mann. Where do
I buy my ticket? If there’s one thing that all these men
were/are good at it’s gun fightin’ and gun fightin’ is
what this depression-era shoot-fest is going to be
about. In all the brew-ha-ha recently about pirates,
robots and zombies, we have been sorely short on
gangsters, and Public Enemies will fill that gap nicely thank you. Honestly, you could cast Johnny Depp
as Sponge Bob Square Pants and the movie could win an Oscar. (Don’t
even think about it, it’s my idea!) But surround him with fedoras and overcoats and tommy guns, give him an obsessive G-man played by Batman
and get the guy who made Tom Cruise a bad-ass to direct the whole shebang and you have bloody gold!
If that weren’t enough, the core of the movie — the Ahab-like pursuit of
Dillinger by FBI guy Melvin Pervis — is based on a hell of a true crime
book by Bryan Burroughs. There’s so much that fits in this project, my
friends, that no amount of Megan Fox cleavage, Will Ferrell hairy stomach or even terminators, can give this movie a lead overcoat.
— Dan Szczesny
GLEnn rESPOndS
Just because you’re old enough to have witnessed the exploits of
John Dillinger doesn’t make this a story worth telling, again and again.
While the second fiddle to Bonnie and Clyde’s Depression-era antics
does involve a personal rivalry with a transvestite superhero (Hoover)
the story itself peters out to a lame conclusion. And oooh the drama of
being chased by a glorified acocuntant named Melvin. No wonder you
like this concept so much. Old nerds overcome the sad truth of their life
to briefly appear cool before getting shot in the face. Dillinger or Szczesny, you decide.
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to ranting politely to stupid humans about their
stupidity in the face of mass inhumanity on the
world socio-poli-military stage, a stance that’s
now as quaint as the notion that Super-Obama
will defeat the homicidal insurance companies,
zoom past the racist Fox/Limbaugh cartel that
takes kickbacks from same, and at last deliver
the basic human right of single-payer health
care. Too tired, but, as mentioned, the band’s
delivery is much improved from their unremarkable 2007 effort, Judgment, more
imperative and faith-filled, and most importantly, more, you know, catchy and danceable.
To accomplish this, their trademark cardboardish sound has been largely abandoned (“In
Defiance” is the purist-friendly old-schooler),
replaced by Gary Numan-esque sympho-tech
(“Tomorrow Never Comes”), Cure-inspired
bliss (“Where There is Light”) and Euro-trance
spazzing worthy of Mortal Kombat soundtracks
(“Art of Conflict”). “The Great Divide,” a cautionary tale for lost kids thinking of joining the
service, is brilliant. A — EWS
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4th of July Holiday.
Closed Sat. 4th
Closed Sun. 5th
Reopen Mon. 6th
Career Changers Open House
Tuesday, July 7, 6:30 pm
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Playlist
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Start here . . . go anywhere!
Visit www.nhti.edu or call
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Dolling up sluggish
emo songs with garish
spaceship guitars and
mecha-robo
postindustrial drumming is
a nice way of disguising sluggish emo songs,
I’ll give them this, but with the guitar players of
most modern bands handcuffed by a music
industry that’s afraid of music, it’s a given that
there are much better bands out there (I’ll try
this one more time: Minus The Bear). Regarding Octahedron, there’s no rational explanation
for the overindulgent way-too-many minutes
of “Since We’ve Been Wrong,” which amount
to an overlong Portishead sample leading into
Air trying to sound vaguely Egyptian, all this,
mind you, while humdrum, radio-targeted
emo-ized vocals run the show (and why does
34-year-old singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s
sound like he’s 15, and why the ill-advised
Celtic Woman shtick in “With Twilight as My
Guide”?). But there’s no rational
explanation for Mars Volta itself,
other than Omar and his crew of
Floyd-loving
middle-minds
A seriously abridged
once caught some Warner Brothcompendium of recent
ers exec doing something very,
very Republican Congressmanand future CD releases
ish in some restroom.
• Can’t get enough freshly neutered ’80s rock from
Anyway, forth we slog.
American
Idol, you say? Then get thee to the Walmarts
Blowing the chance to upgrade
on
Tuesday
for the Rock Of Ages Original Broadway
Strawberry Alarm Clock for
the Web 2.0 generation in Cast Recording, in which Michael Barbiero, who helped
“Halo of Nembutals,” the turn Metallica into a weeping bunch of Teletubbies, mixes
band suddenly decide that the Broadway renditions of such Kmart-overheads hypno-rot
song calls for Styx filler; “Tef- as “Harden My Heart,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and
lon” is like Keith Moon’s slow the monstrous Journey song “Oh Sherrie,” which Rumsfeld
kid brother playing drums for actually banned from Guantanamo when all the perplexed
farmers started confessing immediately to being Godzilla
Rush. B- — EWS
or Maureen Dowd, anything to make it stop.
• I think I interviewed All Time Low once and, like all
VNV Nation, Of Fath
bands made up of teenage bimbo-men, they had no funcPower and Glory
tioning sense of humor, but I forget. There are a couple
Red Distribution, June 23
It’s a lit- of PR agents who keep trying to thrust their forthcoming album Nothing Personal up my right nostril, but the
tle
“RIYL” data on these guys includes emo same-olds Blink
inside
182, Fall Out Boy and New Found Glory, which is what
baseball, but ATL were like before, so I’m passing, but do have at it
yourself if you’re in the mood for something so boring that
the
it’ll make you slowly morph into a bowl of orange Jell-O
trend
toward sending digital copies with stale mini-marshmallows that have little baby ants on
of albums to reviewers is a roy- them if you look closely.
• Hmph, what else is coming next wee – GAHH!!
al pain in the can, especially
Norwegian
’80s squirrel-monkeys A-Ha think that the
when the copies have such
awesomeness
of the new Pet Shop Boys album gave them
weak signals that they cause
certain brands of burn CDs to license to heap more faraway piano and sub-disco beat-age
skip all over the place, as is the a la “Take On Me” onto the top layer of Earth’s pollution!
case with this one, done DYI- Foot of the Mountain is the title of the LP and the first sinstyle by singer Ronan Harris, gle, pleasant but laughably dated as it is, and I’d tell you
who should by now be way too about more songs but you have to take a quiz on their webfamous even to have to bother site before you can listen to the rest of the album, and I
with nonsense like that. But don’t speak narwhal-penguin so I can’t take the quiz, and
even relegated to being played also there’s the danger that I’d win the album accidentally.
• BLACKsummers’night, the new album from silk-tieover PC speakers, VNV’s
R&B
crooner Maxwell, is the big Billboard-pop release
promise that this is their livelifor
Tuesday.
In “Pretty Wings” he welds Peabo Bryson to
est album since Empires rings
Smoky
Robinson
while sex-laugh-singing over some ’70strue. Harris once again applies
inflected
bedroom-soul
that’s almost a better aphrodisiac
his limited but uniquely striking two-or-so-octave baritone than playoff hockey in HD. — Eric W. Saeger
Z34070209
Mars Volta, Octahedron
Warner Bros Records, June 23
Low (Hopeless Records)
• Oh My God Charlie Darwin, by
The Low Anthem (Nonesuch)
• Music from the North Country:
The Jayhawks Anthology, by Jayhawks (Sony Legacy)
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• BLACKsummers’night, by
Maxwell (Columbia)
• Hannah Montana, Volume 3 by
Hannah Montana (Disney)
• Nothing Personal by All Time
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On store shelves Tuesday,
July 7
• Rock Of Ages: Original Broadway Cast Recording, by Various
Artists (New Line Records)
• American Central Dust, by Son
CdS
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POP CuLTurE:
BOOKS
In stores this week
Fiction
• Amateur Barbarians: A Novel, by Robert
Cohen (Scribner)
• A Happy Marriage: A Novel, by Rafael
Yglesias (Scribner)
• The Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown & Co.)
• Six Suspects: A Novel, by Vikas Swarup
(St. Martin’s Press)
Poets corner
The Second Night of the Spirit, Bhisham
Bherwani, CavanKerry Press, 2009, 55
pages
Born in Bombay and
currently living in New
York, Bhisham Bherwani
has a rich life from which
to pull his poems, but
instead he decides to focus
his words mostly on the
mystery of illness. His
father’s recent death and
brother’s mental handicap are the framework
through which The Second Night of the Spirit
explores grief. It works mostly. It’s always
interesting to see which direction a first-time
poet will take — will they be timid and
An occasional collection of poetry reviews by Dan Szczesny
refined, or will they let it all spill out like an
open wound? Bherwani takes the road of
extreme passion, howling at the pain through
raw personal poems that explore his deeply
bruised psyche. In “Autumn” Bherwani
considers his brother’s illness as he watches
his friend’s healthy son skip down a woods
path: “I think of my brother aged three, little,
/ nauseous with encephalitis, in pain / entering
an endless night as febrile / illness permanently
damages his brain.”
The problem with “Second Night” is that
Bherwani does not yet have the experience
to know when to pull back, to give the reader
some space to catch their breath. Some of
the finest pain-driven collections like Plath’s
Ariel or Hall’s The Painted Bed offer the
Bookstores
• Barnes & Noble
1741 South Willow St.,
Manchester, 668-5557;
235 DW Hwy, Nashua,
888-5961; bn.com
• Borders
76 Fort Eddy Road, Concord,
224-1255;
281 DW Hwy, Nashua,
888-9300; borders.com
• Gibson’s Bookstore
27 South Main St., Concord,
224-0562,
gibsonsbookstore.com
• MainStreet Bookends
16 E. Main St., Warner,
456-2700,
mainstreetbookends.com
• River Run Books
20 Congress St., Portsmouth,
431-2100, riverrunbookstore.com
• Toadstool Bookshop
586 Nashua St., Milford,
673-1734, toadbooks.com.
Other
• Manchester Historic
Association
200 Bedford St., 622-7531,
manchesterhistoric.org
• New Hampshire
Humanities Council
19 Pillsbury St., Concord,
The Book
report
• Museum gets free guidance: The Institute of Museum and Library Services — a
main source of federal support for libraries
and museums (www.imls.gov) — has donated a set of books and DVDs about conserving
artifacts to the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner (www.indianmuseum.org).
Museum director Shawn Olson said in a press
release, “The books we are receiving will help
… us become better caretakers of our beautiful collection.” The IMLS books cover “such
topics as the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning,
emergency preparedness, and culturally specific conservation issues,” the release said.
Musings, by Miles Kington (Newmarket
Press)
• The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second
Chances, by Mark Millhone (Rodale Press)
224-4071, www.nhhc.org
• New Hampshire State Library
20 Park St., Concord,
www.nh.gov/nhsl
• New Hampshire
Writers’ Project
SNHU, 2521 N. River Rd.,
Manchester, 314-7980,
nhwritersproject.org
• Rivier College
420 Main St., Nashua,
888-1311, rivier.edu.
• UNH Manchester
400 Commercial St., Manchester,
641-4101, unhm.unh.edu
Author events
• LUCIE THERRIEN reads and
performs from her book-and-CD
set Dual Citizen on July 16 at 7
p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore.
• DAILY KOS founder Markos
Moulitsas Zuniga will be at Gibson’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 gov-
• Libraries get iPod-able audiobooks:
Many New Hampshire libraries already
offered downloadable audiobooks, but until
now you couldn’t play them on your iPod.
Now they’ve got audiobooks in MP3 format,
transferable to and playable on iPods and
other MP3 players, as well as in WMA format. The audiobooks automatically expire
at the end of the lending period (the file
stays on your computer but isn’t accessible
anymore — you can delete it by hand). Of
all the libraries in New Hampshire to have
the downloadable audiobooks, so far Nashua Public Library cardholders have been the
heaviest users of the service, according to
an NPL press release. See http://nh.lib.overdrive.com. — Lisa Parsons
reader some small bits of hope, a turn of
phrase that’s a written wink to let us know it
will be alright. Bherwani doesn’t give us that.
It doesn’t detract from the collection, but it
does make me sad. B
Speak Low, Carl Phillips, Farrar, Straus
and Giroux, 2009, 61 pages
I’ve been a fan of Carl
Phillips since his bold
National Award finalist
collection The Rest of
Love, and this new book
continues his string of
bold, superb collections.
Robert Pinsky famously
called Phillips’ prose
athletic and it’s easy to see why. His syntax is
distinctive and forceful — a bull that crashes
through the precious poetry china shop
without a care. Phillips leaves the reader
breathless and more than a little intimidated.
A good example of Phillips’ muscular prose
can be found in “Distortion,” when the
narrator compares sex to hunting: “-do you
know what I mean, his smell / on you after,
like those parts of the gutted deer that / the
men bring home with them, fresh from the
hunt, / as if you were like that now, the parts,
not the smell-.” Strong stuff. If you like your
poetry mean and unapologetic, Carl Phillips
has written a book for you. A
ernor of Vermont and candidate
for the Democratic presidential
nomination, and author of Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real
Healthcare Reform, visits Gibson’s
Bookstore in Concord on Sun.,
Sept. 20, at 2 p.m.
• WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE series at The
Music Hall in Portsmouth 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 Oct. 19,
Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 3, and
Jodi Picoult on March 31, 2010.
Authors are interviewed on stage,
with an audience q&a session following. Purchase tickets at The
Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, by phone at 436-2400, or
online at www.themusichall.org.
• ANTHONY BOURDAIN chef
and author of Kitchen Confidential
and A Cook’s Tour will be at the
Lowell Memorial Auditorium (50
East Merrimack St., Lowell) on
Sat., Jan. 9, 2010, at 8 p.m. Tickets ($39.50, $49.50, or VIP tickets
including a meet-and-greet with
Bourdain for $75) are available at
the auditorium box office, at 978454-2299, or lowellauditorium.
com.
What are you reading?
Lectures and discussions
• MARK NEELY presents “Lincoln and the Problem of Civil Liberty in War” on Thurs., July 16, at
7 p.m. at the NH Historical Society library, 30 Park St., Concord.
Neely’s book The Fate of Liberty:
Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992.
Admission costs $10 ($5 for NHHS
members). Advance registration is
required; call 856-0604 or e-mail
[email protected].
summer and travels to three different libraries for discussions led by
NH Humanities Council facilitators.
Attend one or all of the sessions;
you need not be a member of an
existing group to participate. Call
any of the libraries to sign up. July
21: Mont Vernon/Daland library,
Unsuitable Job for a Woman, by
P.D. James. Aug. 19, Wilton/Gregg
Free Library, Death in a Tenured
Position, by Amanda Cross. All
discussions begin at 7 p.m.
Book discussions
• MAINSTREET BOOKENDS
book group meets last Sundays at
3 p.m. Call Jen at 456-3021 to sign
up. July 26 at 3 p.m.: The Guernsey
Literary and Potato Peel Society,
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie
Barrows.
• TRI-TOWN BOOK CLUB
meets once a month during the
Poetry
• NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
POETRY READINGS are free
and open to the public; call 2199172 to confirm reading. Wed., July
1, Brian Henry and Eleni Sikelianos. Wed., July 8, Peter Campion
and Donald Hall. Thurs., July 9,
Chard deNiord and Peter Everwine.
Fri., July 10, Ed Ochester and Ilya
Jenny Butrym
Capital Campaign Assistant of
YMCA of Greater Nashua Corporate Office
Here’s what I’m reading right
now. (Please note, I also read beach
novels from time to time too!)
Right now, I am reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
and The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. I’m finding The Tipping Point to be a very
interesting book about social phenomena and how certain
things spread like epidemics. I love the way he combines
the science of epidemiology in terms of viruses and social
epidemics like fashion fads, “contagious” yawns, and the
like. Although I haven’t finished the book yet, the author
promises to explain how the reader can use this knowledge
to start positive epidemics within their circle of friends and
communities. I was attracted to that aspect when I purchased the book.
Now, the other book I’m reading is quite a challenge! The
Elegant Universe is supposedly written for the lay person,
but personally I think that one has to have a very deep interest in physics to get into this book. I have to admit I only
pick this book up sporadically, although I do find it very
interesting. You have to be in the right mood to read about
superstring theory and the theory of relativity!
Kaminsky. See http://tygerburning.
blogspot.com.
• LET FREEDOM RING event
on Sun., July 5, at Canterbury
Shaker Village will include a reading by members of the Poetry Society of NH, noon to 2 p.m. At 2:30
p.m. the Canterbury Village Shaker
Singers will perform. Admission to
the event is $17 for adults, $8 for
ages 6-17, free for those under 6,
$42 family/group. Call 783-9511
or visit shakers.org. T• PANEL
WITH DONALD HALL and
post-MFA faculty on Hall’s essay
“Poetry and Ambition,” on July 8
at 2 p.m. at New England College.
Free and open to the public.
• POETRY READING open mike,
fourth Tuesdays 7-9 p.m. at The
Lion Café on Route 107 in Deerfield. Info: 463-7226 or [email protected].
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BOOK & LECTurE
LISTInGS
Libraries
• Bedford Public Library
3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford
472-3023, bedford.lib.nh.us
• Concord Public Library
45 Green St., 225-8670,
onconcord.com/library
• Goffstown Public Library
2 High St., Goffstown,
497-2102, goffstown.lib.nh.us
• Hills Memorial Library
18 Library St., Hudson,
886-6030, hillsml.lib.nh.us
• Hollis Social Library
2 Monument Sq., Hollis,
465-7721,
hollis.nh.us
• Hooksett Public Library
1701B Hooksett Rd., Hooksett,
485-6092, hooksettlibrary.org
• Manchester City Library
405 Pine St. (main branch)
and 76 N. Main St.
(West branch), 624-6550,
manchester.lib.nh.us
• Nashua Public Library
2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4610,
nashualibrary.org
• Rodgers Memorial Library
194 Derry Road, Hudson,
886-6030, rodgerslibrary.org
• The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, World, edited by Mike Evans & Paul Kingsby Rebecca Wells (HarperCollins)
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release)
In theaters Friday, July 3
• I Hate Valentine’s Day (PG-13, limited • Lion’s Den (limited release)
• Local Color (R, limited release)
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
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Ice Age: Dawn of
the Dinosaurs (PG)
The happily mated
mammoths and their
friends the sabertooth
tiger, the sloth and the
opossums Crash and
Eddie adventure through
their own land of the lost
in Ice Age: Dawn of the
Dinosaurs, a scientifically
unlikely but otherwise
likeable animated movie.
Ellie (Queen Latifah), the girl
mammoth from the second movie,
is now in a family way and Manny (Ray Romano), the grumpy
mammoth from both the previous
movies, is all fatherly jitters. Sid
the sloth (John Leguizamo), full
of older-child fears that this new
family will leave him out, goes
looking for his own family and,
after breaking through the ice
into an underground cavern, finds
a trio of eggs that he decides are
“his children.” Unfortunately
for Sid (and other animals of the
Pleistocene age), “his children”
are also the children of a T-Rex
who, along with other should-beextinct Cretaceous-era dinosaurs,
have been carrying on their legacy of tiny arms and big teeth in
a tropical, volcano-heated pocket of pre-history underground. (I
know, I know, let’s all just take
a minute to work out our nerdy
irritation at this whole dinosaursand-mammoths thing and then
move on.)
The mama T-Rex comes looking for her eggs but instead finds
baby T-Rexes who have hatched
and now think of Sid as their mom.
The mama picks up the babies
and Sid and heads back down to
her prehistoric home and soon
Manny and Ellie; Diego (Denis
Leary), the saber tooth, and Crash
(Seann William Scott) and Eddie
(Josh Peck) are following after to
rescue their friend. Used to being
the biggest thing on land, Manny
soon finds himself dwarfed by the
many dinos underground, and to
help our unlikely herd complete
their rescue mission without getting eaten, they decide to use the
services of Buck (Simon Pegg),
a one-eyed, potentially crazy,
adventuring fellow mammal.
I should mention that this all
happens in 3-D, or at least it can if
you’re willing to spend the extra
$3 or so to see it that way. It’s
good 3-D, as most animated 3-D
is — nice rounded edges that give
depth to the picture but don’t get
in the way. Ice Age isn’t transcendently beautiful the way many a
Pixar movie can be but it’s pretty,
like a good story book.
And like a good story book,
Dawn of the Dinosaurs appeared
to entertain the audience of children in the screening I attended.
The nine-year-old boy sitting
next to me liked all the highjinx
and laughed throughout. I heard
some screams of terror from preschool-or-so aged kids during
scenes with the T-Rexes and other
big dinosaurs (I recommend that
you consider if a T-Rex popping
out of the screen right at your kid
is going to get in the way of anybody’s good night’s sleep before
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you take anybody five or younger). But overall the movie works
as a piece of entertainment for
kids.
The difference between this
movie and, say, the recent Up is
that it isn’t particularly exciting
or entertaining for anyone over
12. It uses a very well-worn structure and doesn’t do much to add
to previously created characters
— if you didn’t get to know Manny in the first movie, this isn’t
going to be the place to start.
But not every kids’ movie has
to be a Pixar film to be successful, and to this movie’s credit it
doesn’t torture its adult audience
as it entertains their kids.
Must-see movie of the summer? No. But Ice Age: Dawn of
the Dinosaurs is a cool 90 minutes
of movie-theater air conditioning
and harmless kid fun. B
Rated PG for mild humor and peril.
Directed by Carlos Saldanha and Mike
Thurmeier and written by Michael
Berg, Peter Ackerman, Mike Reiss, Yoni
Brenner and Jason Carter Eaton, Ice
Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an hour
and 27 minutes long and is distributed
in wide release by 20th Century Fox.
My Sister’s Keeper
(PG-13)
Jodi Picoult dares you
not to use the whole box
of Kleenex for My Sister’s
Keeper, a grand weepy
about sisters and cancer
and general sadness
based on Picoult’s book of
the same name.
Anna (Abigail Breslin) was
meant to be a miracle baby — a
baby who would was genetically
engineered to provide a miracle cure for her older sister Kate
(Sofia Vassilieva), who has had
leukemia since she was a small
child. Though Kate’s brother Jesse (Evan Ellingson) didn’t
have the right bone marrow, etc.,
to save his sister, a doctor told
Kate’s parents, Sara (Cameron
Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric),
that a test tube baby would have
cord blood, marrow and more to
offer. And now that Anna is 11,
what she can offer includes a kidney — a kidney that represents
the only hope for life for the 15ish Kate. But Anna says she
doesn’t want to give up a kidney
and spend her life being careful,
not participating in sports and
not being able to get pregnant.
Her mother Sara, single-minded in her insistence that Kate
must survive at all costs, is having none of this. So Anna goes to
Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin), a lawyer who she wants to
secure her medical emancipation
from her parents, allowing her to
choose what to do with her body
and all its parts.
Though the movie most frequently circles back to Anna and
her voiceovers, pretty much everybody gets a voiceover here — this
is what I feel, this is what I think,
this is what Kate’s cancer means
to me. It’s a lot of voiceover and if
the movie had pared it back some
(maybe knocking back by at least
two the number of characters getting to ruminate at us) I think it
would have been better served.
The brother Jesse feels like a vestigial character — somebody so
big in the book that he still has
a spot in the movie even though
he seems underdeveloped here.
And while Breslin is the star,
Vassilieva has the more interesting character (she is, after all,
both potentially terminally ill and
a teenage girl who is probably
moved to her most violent tears
over a boy). The movie’s strange
approach to its focus — seemingly elevating supporting characters
to main characters and giving
everyone narration — spreads
the sad around but doesn’t let us
get to know any one character
all that well. I’m sure a lot was
pared down from the book to get
the movie. Another go with the
editing pen could have removed
some of the unnecessary largeness that makes the story soapier
than it needs to be.
Of course with health problems aplenty (not just Kate) and
dead children (again, not just
potentially Kate) this movie is
already overflowing with extravagant mournfulness. This is most
assuredly a weepy and it pulls out
every device to try to get you to
cry — not the most genuine thing
a movie could do but if you need
a good cry, here’s your waterworks inducer.
And the movie seemed to pick
the most tear-jerking-ist actors.
Diaz, Breslin, Vassilieva and
even Patric do deep sadness with
aplomb while Baldwin and Joan
Cusack (as the judge who hears
Anna’s case) add graceful notes
of woe. No one person is over
the top but the combined force
of all this nose-blowing and eyewiping does tip the movie into a
land where the Sad becomes bigger than the Story. (However,
Baldwin’s character, though the
very picture of sympathy, is still
Jack Donaghy-slick, with perfect
1950s hair and clothes that beg to
be called dapper. There is even a
completely gratuitous shot of him
slow-mo-ing away in a convertible, as if he were selling it with
no money down and no interest
for six months. It’s like the movie interrupted all its sadness just
to remind us that, officially, Alec
Baldwin is a Handsome Man.)
I am not one looking for “a
good cry” — during this rainy,
financially stressful summer I’ll
take dumb, funny and explodey
(as evidenced by the unnatural
degree to which I liked Transformers and Year One) over
weepy any day. But for those
looking for a little emotional
whiz-bang, My Sister’s Keeper
does offer you all the opportunities for whimpering, sobbing and
fighting-back-the-single tear that
you could possibly want, with
better-quality acting than you’d
find in your average Lifetime
movie. C+
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, some disturbing images,
sensuality, language and brief teen
drinking. Directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Jeremy Leven and
Nick Cassavetes (from a novel by Jodi
Picoult), My Sister’s Keeper is an hour
and 46 minutes long and is distributed
in wide release by Warner Bros.
Moon (R)
A corporate astronaut
helping to mine an energy
source on the moon
encounters weirdness in
space in Moon, a cool,
thinky little sci-fi movie.
Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is
nearing the end of a three-year
contract of solitary work on
the moon. He spends his days
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working out on a treadmill, eating packaged food and talking to Gerty (voice of
Kevin Spacey), the robot with emoticon
facial expressions displayed on a computer screen and a friendly voice who
helps keep the various parts of the station and its outlying machinery working.
He’s going a bit stir crazy — an equipment malfunction is preventing the live
feed to Earth from working, so all communication is non-interactive messages,
like the video messages Sam gets from
his wife and small daughter back home.
He is, a little bit, seeing things — a darkhaired young woman appears to him a few
times, first causing him to scald his hand
on water he’s pouring and the second time
causing him to crash a vehicle as he drives
across the surface to fix a piece of mining
equipment.
This crash causes him to black out.
Later, we see Sam awake on a bed in the
station’s sick bay. Gerty is tending to him.
He’s not sure what has happened, but he
sees that a piece of machinery isn’t working, so he gets in another rover and heads
out, eventually finding a crash site with
a rover and a man inside. He brings the
man in to the sick bay and the man wakes
up and looks at Sam and asks Gerty who
that is and Gerty tells the man on the bed
to relax, Sam.
Is the first Sam a hallucination of the
second Sam? Is one of the Sams merely
a ghost? Is this all an extreme manifestation of Sam’s three years without human
contact?
Moon has an answer for these things
and while not terribly unusual by science
fiction standards it’s a good one. Moon
is good with ideas. It is less exciting in
execution — a man left alone with himself and his thoughts it perhaps something
that works better in a novel than on the
screen, where we’re left with almost all
Sam Rockwell all the time. Sam Rockwell, a good regular-joe type actor, carries
so many scenes with only himself. He does
not light up the screen but he doesn’t get
lost in his surroundings either. The station
and the moon’s surface are just spartan
enough that his low-key approach to the
material can still hold your attention.
What I do like about how this movie
approaches its eerie concept is the general spookiness of space. So often in science
fiction we go from an empty space to a
well-populated one — in the various Star
Trek iterations you basically have an office
building full of people warp-five-ing
through space. In Moon, as in the littleseen Sunshine from a few summers ago,
you have a lonely space where technology has put a few people (or in this case
one person) in so much nothing — a scary
amount of nothing. Until we settle on the
answer of how this nothing may have
pushed Sam over the edge, Moon makes
good use of the creepy unknown that can
be such a fun and engrossing part of space
stories. BRated R for language. Directed by Duncan
Jones and written by Jones and Nathan Parker, Moon is an hour and 37 minutes long and is
distributed in limited release by Sony Pictures
Classics.
48 Hour Film Project news
Arbor Day? and Stalling win audience awards
Audience choice awards for New Hampshire’s first 48 Hour Film Project have been
made public, but judges’ awards will be
announced at a “Best Of” screening at Red
River Theatres in Concord on Wednesday,
July 22.
Twenty-six teams drew film genres at a
kick-off June 12 at Double Midnight Comics in Manchester. They had to turn in a
short film June 14 in their assigned genre.
All had to include the prop “sunglasses,”
the line “Don’t just stand there. Move it.”
and character “Max or Marie Otterbein,
Waiter/Waitress.”
The best film overall will represent New
Hampshire for the first time at the national 48 Hour Film Project at “Filmapalooza”
in Las Vegas in April. About 30,000 filmmakers world-wide made films in 70 cities
for the 2008 contest. The project started in
Washington, D.C., in 2001.
Twenty-four of New Hampshire’s teams
passed in completed films, and 18 were eligible to compete, said producer Chris Proulx.
The completed films were screened in two
groups of 12 each on June 22 at Appletree
Cinema 12 in Londonderry, where audience
members voted for favorites. The “Audience
Award Winner: Group A” is Arbor Day? by
Dooster Productions. Stalling by Wax Idiotical Films (www.waxidiotical.com) won in
“Group B.”
Proulx said 10 films will be screened at
48 Hour Film Project team Avid-Garde’s crew Russ Stepan, Ryan Chatel, Kev Kelsey, Jimmy
Ahern, Matt Evans and Emily Montplaisir filming at Rock Rimmon Park in Manchester. Katherine Montplaisir photo.
Red River, and awards given in various
categories.
Proulx is also a co-founder of the New
Hampshire Film Festival (www.nhfilmfestival.com). Some 48 Hour films will play
during the first day, which is dedicated to
New Hampshire movies, Proulx said. NHFF
also shows international submissions and
runs for four days in Portsmouth in October.
Visit
www.48hourfilm.com/newhampshire/ for more information, and see
redrivertheatres.org or call 224-4600 for
updates on the July 22 Best Of screening.
—Heidi Masek and Jeff Mucciarone
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FILM Continued
Cinema locator
423-0240, cinemagicmovies.com
Flagship Cinemas Derry
10 Ashleigh Dr., Derry, 437-8800
Entertainment Cinemas 6
192 Loudon Road, Concord,
224-3600
AMC at The Loop
90 Pleasant Valley St., Methuen,
Mass., 978-738-8942
O’Neil Cinema 12
Apple Tree Mall, Londonderry,
434-8633
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Regal Concord
282 Loudon Road, Concord, 2263800
Regal Hooksett 8
100 Technology Dr., Hooksett,
641-3456
Regal Manchester 9
1279 S. Willow St., Manchester,
641-3456
Showcase Cinemas Lowell
32 Reiss Ave., Lowell, Mass.,
978-551-0055
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THE MUSIC HALL
28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 4362400, www.themusichall.org
• Anvil (NR, 2009) Thurs., July 2,
through Sat., July 4, at 7:30 p.m. Discussion to follow Thursday show.
• Il Divo (NR, 2008) Sun., July
5, at 4 & 7:30 p.m.; Mon., July 6,
TOWN HALL THEATRE
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and Tues., July 7, at 7:30 p.m.
• Apocalypse Now Redux (R,
2001 rehab of 1979 film) Wed.,
July 8, at 6:30 p.m.
• American Violet (PG-13, 2009)
Thurs., July 9, through Sat., July
11, at 7:30 p.m.
PETERBOROUGH
COMMUNITY THEATRE
6 School St., Peterborough, 9242255, www.thepct.com. Schedule
subject to change, call ahead.
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG, 2009) Fri., July 3,
through Sun., July 5, and Tues.,
July 7, through Thurs., July 9, at
7:30 p.m.; plus Sat., July 4, and
Sun., July 5, and Wed., July 8, at
3 p.m.; Fri., July 10, through Sun.,
July 12, and Tues., July 14, at 7:30
p.m.; plus Sat., July 11, and Sun.,
July 12, at 3 p.m.
THE COLONIAL THEATRE
95 Main St., Keene, 352-2033,
www.thecolonial.org
• Anvil! (NR, 2009) Thurs., July
2, at 7 p.m.
• Every Little Step (PG-13, 2009)
Fri., July 3, and Sun., July 5,
through Thurs., July 9, at 7 p.m.
• The Bad News Bears (1976)
Sat., July 4, through Mon, July 6,
at 2 p.m.
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88 Market St.
Manchester / 666-0293
LIVE MUSIC
6 DAYS A WEEK
www.strangebrewtavern.net
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The City of Manchester Presents
OTHER • SILENT FILMS — SUMMER
COMEDY SERIES Free screenings of silent comedy films in Stark
Park in Manchester with live music
by Jeff Rapsis. On Thurs., July
2, at 8 p.m., College (1927) with
Buster Keaton plus comedy shorts.
On Thurs., July 16, at 8 p.m., A
Sailor-Made Man (1921) with Harold Lloyd plus comedy shorts. On
Thurs., Aug. 27, at 8 p.m., Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp with Harry Langdon
plus comedy shorts.
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Cash For Gold
(603) 654-FILM (3456)
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10k, 14k, 18k, & Platinum.
Starts Fri — Area Premiere
John Krasinski — Maya Rudolph
“  ”
Every Evening 7:30 Sun mats 2:00-4:30
Turn your old, broken or
outdated jewelry into cash.
Starts Fri — Area Premiere
Jessica Biel — Colin Firth — Kristin Scott Thomas
Noel Coward’s “ ”
Every Evening 7:30 Sun mats 2:00-4:30
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Saturday Afternoon Library Classic Film
Susan Hayward and Charlton Heston
In a story of early America, our 7th President
Andrew Jackson and the lady beside him
“ ’ ” (1953)
Sat 4:30pm — free admission — donations to charity
Admission Prices: All Shows
Adults $6.00
Children (under 12) and Seniors (65 and over) $4.00
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BEST OF
2009
We Pay Top Dollar!
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1650 Elm Street, Manchester, NH
603-625-4653
www.bellmans.com
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
MILFORD DRIVE-IN
101A in Milford, 673-4090, www.
milforddrivein.com. Check Web
site for changes related to weather
or screenings. Open daily; drivein opens at 6:15 p.m.; movies
begin at dusk. Admission is $20
per car (up to 6 occupants).
Thurs., July 2
• Screen 1:
Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13,
2009); The Proposal (PG-13,
2009)
• Screen 2: Ice Age: Dawn of the
Dinosaurs (PG, 2009); Night at
the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG, 2009)
Fri., July 3, to Tues., July 7
Screen 1: Transformers: Revenge
of the Fallen (PG-13, 2009); The
Proposal (PG-13, 2009)
Screen 2: Ice Age: Dawn of the
Dinosaurs (PG, 2009); Night at
the Museum: Battle of Smithsonian (PG, 2009)
WILTON TOWN HALL
Main Street in Wilton. Tickets
cost $6 ($4 for seniors and children) unless otherwise stated.
wiltontownhalltheatre.com or call
654-FILM.
• Angels & Demons (PG-13,
2009) Thurs., July 2, at 7:30 p.m.
• Every Little Step (PG-13, 2009)
Thurs., July 2, at 7:30 p.m.
• Away We Go (R, 2009) Fri., July
3, through Thurs., July 9, at 7:30
p.m. Plus, Sun., July 5, at 2 &
4:30 p.m.
• Easy Virtue (PG-13, 2009) Fri.,
July 3, through Thurs., July 9, at
7:30 p.m. Plus, Sun., July 5, at 2
& 4:30 p.m.
• The President’s Lady (1953)
Sat., July 4, at 4:30 p.m. Free;
donations to charity.
MANCHESTER CITY
LIBRARY
405 Pine St., Manchester, 6246550, www.manchester.lib.nh.us
• Seven Pounds (PG-13, 2008)
Wed., July 8, at 1 p.m.
• Dick Tracy (PG, 1990) Wed.,
July 15, at 1 p.m.
• 50 First Dates (PG-13, 2004)
Wed., July 22, at 1 p.m.
• Bang the Drum Slowly (PG,
1973) Wed., July 29, at 1 p.m.
• Waking Ned Devine (PG, 1998)
Wed., Aug. 5, at 1 p.m.
• The Sixth Sense (PG-13, 1999)
Wed., Aug. 12, at 1 p.m.
• Fiddler on the Roof (G, 1971)
Wed., Aug. 19, at 1 p.m.
• The Pianist (R, 2002) Wed.,
Aug. 26, at 1 p.m.
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Movies outside the cineplex
RED RIVER THEATRES
11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, www.redrivertheatres.org
• Away We Go (R, 2009) Thurs.,
July 2, through Thurs., July 9, at
2, 5:45 & 8 p.m.
• Cheri (R, 2009) Wed., July 2, at
3, 5:30 & 7:45 p.m.; Fri., July 3,
through Thurs., July 9, 3:30, 5:30
& 7:45 p.m.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) Thurs., July 2, 2, 5:45 &
8 p.m.
• The Great Muppet Caper (G,
1981) Thurs., July 2, at 1 p.m.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG,
1981) Fri., July 3, through Thurs.,
July 9, at 1 p.m..
• The Wild Bunch (R, 1969) Fri.,
July 3, through Mon., July 6, at 2
& 7 p.m.
• D.O.A. (1949) Wed., July 8, and
Thurs., July 9, at 2 & 7 p.m.
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AMC Tyngsborough
440 Middlesex St., Tyngsborough,
Mass., 978-649-3980.
Chunky’s Cinema & Pub Nashua
151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua,
chunkys.com
Chunky’s Pelham Cinema & Pub
150 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-7499
Cinemagic Hooksett
1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett,
644-4629, cinemagicmovies.com
Cinemagic Merrimack 12
11 Executive Place Dr., Merrimack,
DowntownFilmFest.com
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Nite Roundup
Local music
& nightlife news
By Katie Beth Ryan
[email protected]
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• Gettin’ funky: The Canadian band
MicLordz & Sauce Funky will be traveling to Ground Zero, 48 Allenstown Road
in Allenstown, on Friday, June 3, at 7 p.m.
as part of their 2009 “Go Funk Yourself”
summer tour and in promotion of their new
CD, Sunset Ammunition. Appearing alongside the band will be Myths of Darrah, My
Last Flight and Forever in Motion. Tickets
cost $10 at the door. Check out MicLordz & Sauce Funky at www.myspace.
com/miclordzmusic.
• Supergroup: Chickenfoot, a group consisting of former Van Halen rockers Sammy
Hagar and Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe
Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, will descend upon the
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169
Ocean Boulevard in Hampton Beach, on
Sunday, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m. British guitarist
Davy Knowles will open. Tickets cost $57
in advance and $59 the day of the show, and
are available at 929-4100 or at www.casinoballroom.com.
• Calling all teens: The Nashua Public
Library will hold “American Idol: Nashua” on Tuesday, July 14, at 4 p.m. Judges
will be on hand to determine the Gate City’s
most talented performer. For more information, call the library at 589-4610.
• Calling all bands: Rockstar Energy
Drink is currently soliciting local bands to
serve as the opening acts for two concerts
at the Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
in Gilford this summer. Winning bands will
be the opening act at either the Saturday,
July 11, concert of Sum 41 and The Offspring, or the Sunday, Aug. 23, Judas Priest
and Whitesnake show. Interested bands can
send a link to their MySpace page to [email protected].
• Let’s meet: The Meetinghouse Park
Summer Music Series will highlight folk,
bluegrass and homegrown bands from the
area on select Tuesday and Saturday nights
throughout the summer. On Tuesday, July
7, you can check out Groove Alliance at
6:30 p.m. at the park, located at 11 Main
St. in Hampstead. The rest of the summer
schedule can be found at www.meetinghousepark.org.
• Got the blues? Massachusetts native
and blues guitarist Albert Cummings will
perform at Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young
Road in Londonderry, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 11. Cummings’ picking style has
come to encompass many genres, including
country and bluegrass. Tickets cost $20 and
are available at www.tupelohall.com or at
437-5100.
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HIPPO NITE
Bars, clubs, bands and other after-dark amusements
‘We want to make rock fun again’
The Cold Goodnight seeks to deliver a high-energy show
By Katie Beth Ryan
[email protected]
Sean Joncas doesn’t mince words when it
comes to describing the sound of The Cold
Goodnight, the Dover-based band for which he
is lead guitarist. The band cites distinct influences that form an unconventional family tree.
“When people ask what we sound like,
I like to say that we sound like the Wilson
sisters from Heart having Karen O [of The
Yeah Yeah Yeahs] as a daughter and letting
her date the guys from At The Drive-In,” he
said. Which is to say that they’re attempting
the delicate balance of fast-paced rock with
overt punk influences.
“Our whole thing is that we want to make
rock fun again,” Joncas said, by delivering a
high-energy show of original music and few
covers. “There’s a lot of hints of pop and I
think that kind of communicates across all
genres. Everyone likes a good hook, and
that’s what we shoot for in our songwriting.”
The Cold Goodnight has started to develop a name on the broader New England
music scene, with two July shows in the
Boston area, and will play two separate allages shows at Ground Zero in Allenstown on
Thursday, July 9, and Saturday, Aug. 1. They
have charismatic front lady Meri Cartmill on
board and a new EP, Werewolves and Redlights, in tow. To boot, they’ve shot their first
music video with director Oliver Wellington.
Not too shabby for a band that, to date, has
played just 10 shows together.
The four band members have only been
playing together as The Cold Goodnight
since last fall, but it was only a matter of
time before their musical paths would collide. Cartmill and brother Matt Cartmill,
TCG’s drummer, had talked about playing together for years. She’d begun writing
songs with bassist (and fiancé) Damian Boyer, but hadn’t yet found the musical dynamic
the duo was in search for. Moving to Dover
to start her graduate studies in literature at
UNH, Cartmill had to look no further than
her older brother and longtime friend Joncas.
To TCG she brings a feminine touch mixed
with the attitude and energy needed to play
with a bunch of guys.
“They’re all my best friends. But I like to
consider myself one of the guys most often,”
she says. “I think I’m girly, but I like to amp
it up onstage and have fun and jump around,
[and] get sweaty like the dudes.”
Around the Seacoast, the music scene is
dominated by folk acts and jam bands; closer to Manchester, the band says that cover
bands rule the roost. Their type of original
rock is hard to come by in both locations, and
the band has learned to rely on the Internet to
build its fan base.
“Sometimes it’s hard to draw crowds if
you’re a new, original band and people don’t
necessarily know what you sound like or what
they’re going to be seeing,” Boyer said. “That
said, I think there’s still, especially from the
New England area … a really good, young
live music scene. And there’s definitely people out there that still want to go see new
bands and stuff they haven’t heard before.
The scene is very, very far from dead.”
The Cold Goodnight is also not taking
younger listeners for granted, and have made
a conscious effort to play a fair number of
Good friends, good sound
Courtesy photo.
all-ages shows, including their upcoming
dates at Ground Zero. While kids may not
be inclined to buy CDs, the band still views
them as an important component in their getout-the-word efforts.
“Right now with everything that’s going
on with money and the economy, it’s hard
for people to go out and spend even $5 on an
EP,” Meri Cartmill said. “Kids are still really into the music…. We think that’s really
important, and that’s where a lot of enthusiasm still lies in new music.”
The Cold Goodnight will play at Ground
Zero, 48 Allenstown Road in Allenstown, on
Friday, July 17, and again on Saturday, Aug
1. Tickets for both shows cost $10 at the door.
To hear tracks from The Cold Goodnight’s
first EP, Werewolves and Redlights, head to
www.myspace.com/thecoldgoodnight.
The Cold Goodnight
Where: Ground Zero, 48 Allenstown Road,
Allenstown
When: Friday, July 17, and Saturday, Aug. 1
Tickets: $10 at the door
Honest Eye releases a new CD
By Katie Beth Ryan
[email protected]
In order for a band to have lasting power in this town, its members must be able to
be friends first, says Ryan Gagne-Hall, a.k.a.
“Skhell,” of the local group Honest Eye.
The last member to join the hard-rocking
and hard-working group from Manchester,
Skhell was initially hesitant about joining a
band with three strangers but now calls the
move one of the best decisions of his life.
“Three years later, these guys are my best
friends,” he said. “These guys are my brothers, and because we have a bond outside of
music, and we’re friends with each other, that
makes our music so much better.”
And considering the lifespan of many startup bands, Honest Eye, now in its fourth year,
is continuing to defy the odds. It’s a solid rock
band in an area dominated by heavy metal
groups, slowly but surely building up a solid
fan base beyond the Manchester area, thanks
to the intervention of the promotional company New England Concerts. It’s through
that group that Honest Eye will be playing at
Oxxfest alongside Papa Roach, Saving Abel
and a large number of other local bands on
Sunday, July 26, at the Oxford County Fairgrounds in Oxford, Maine. They’ll have a lot
of competition in Oxxfest, but Skhell is confident about the band’s sound and prospects for
success on a larger spectrum.
The company “heard the maturity in our
sound from where it was a year and a half ago
to where it is now,” he said. The band’s promoter “really likes our sounds and he likes
us as people and what we’re trying to do. He
hears longevity in our sound, instead of just a
quick hit, and he’s willing to work with us.”
Because the heavy metal influences in Manchester are so strong, the members of Honest
Eye often find themselves lumped into the
scene. While the band maintains a camaraderie with metal bands in the area, Skhell said
that the band takes more of its cues from ’90s
rock bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Tool and
Soundgarden. There are vestiges of metal in
the band’s sound, but their main focus is “taking it to the next level” with rock.
“Most of the shows that we play are with
heavy metal bands, just because there’s a big
heavy metal scene in Manchester,” he said.
“We do rock. We rock hard sometimes, but
Courtesy photo.
we’re not metal. We do scream sometimes, but
I’m the singer and I’m pretty melodic with my
melodies. We’ve compromised heavy rock as
kind of chill music.”
And that approach appears to be working,
as there’s a wide range of audience members
at Honest Eye’s shows. Skhell said that the
parents of members in other bands, as well
as the 20- and 30-somethings who make up
the core of the band’s audience, have come
up to compliment the group after shows. Both
the enthusiasm and the consistency that Honest Eye brings to Manchester’s ever-changing
music scene are not going unnoticed.
“We’ve seen a lot of the same bands,” he
said. “A lot of the same bands change members [but] keep the same name. There’s only
been a few bands that have been consistent
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try to play with those bands, because we’re
like that as well.”
In addition to Honest Eye’s performance
at Oxxfest 2009, the band will have a CD
release party at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at
Milly’s, 500 North Commercial St. in Manchester. Tickets for the band’s appearance at
Oxxfest can be obtained by contacting the
band at myspace.com/4honesteye.
We’ve Moved!
Honest Eye
What: CD release party
Where: Milly’s, 500 North Commercial
St., Manchester
When: Friday, Aug. 14, at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $30, myspace.com/4honesteye or
657-8400
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Instruments for Rent or Purchase
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CONCERTS
Venues
Capitol Center for the
Performing Arts
44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111
The Colonial Theatre
95 Main St., Keene, 352-2033
Dana Humanities Center at
Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Dr.,
Manchester, 641-7700
Hampton Beach
Casino Ballroom
169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton
Beach, 929-4100
Leddy Center
436-2400
The Old Meeting House,
1 New Boston Rd., Francestown
Palace Theatre
80 Hanover St., Manchester,
668-5588
Tsongas Arena
300 M.L.K Jr. Way, Lowell,
Mass., (978) 848-6900
Tupelo Music Hall
2 Young Road, Londonderry,
603-437-5100
Verizon Wireless Arena
555 Elm St., Manchester,
644-5000
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Local jazz
The Geyer/Feld Duo will
perform at Studio 99 in Nashua on
Friday, July 3, at 8 p.m. Ben Geyer
and Matthew Bryn Feld are both
singers and pianists and will offer
their takes on jazz standards, pop
tunes and original compositions.
Admission costs $10; $7 for
students. See www.bengeyer.com
and www.myspace.com/matthewbryanfeld for more on the
performers. See www.studio99nashua.com for directions
and more about the venue.
Ballroom
• Stone Temple Pilots, Wed., July
15, at 7:30 p.m., Verizon
• Bluegrass Festival, Thurs., July
16, at 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom
• Carbon Leaf, Thurs., July 16, at
8 p.m., Tupelo
• Jackson Browne with Shawn
Colvin (Greenerpalooza), Thurs.,
July 16, at 8 p.m., Meadowbrook
• Michael Franti & Spearhead,
Fri., July 17, at 7:30 p.m., Lowell
Summer
• Hollywood Undead with Red
Jumpsuit Apparatus & The
Sleeping, Fri., July 17, at 7:30 p.m.
Casino Ballroom
• Edgar Winter, Fri., July 17, at 8
p.m., Tupelo
• Aimee Mann, Sat., July 18, at
7:30 p.m., Lowell Summer
• Dave Mason, Sat., July 18, at 8
p.m., Tupelo
• Les Claypool, Sun., July 19, at 8
p.m., Casino Ballroom
• Tom Jones, Sun., July 19, at 7
p.m., Meadowbrook
• The Jon Pousette Dart Band,
Sun., July 19, at 7 p.m., Tupelo
• Crooked Still, Tues., July 21, at
7 p.m., Tupelo
• The Beach Boys, Wed., July 22,
at 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom
• Bob Weir & Ratdog, Thurs.,
July 23, & Fri., July 24, at 8 p.m.,
Casino Ballroom
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• Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime,
Fri., July 3, at 8 p.m., Casino
Ballroom
• The Church, Fri., July 3, at 8
p.m., Tupelo
• Diana Krall, Fri., July 3, at 8
p.m., Meadowbrook
• Joe Cocker, Tues., July 7, at 8
p.m., Casino Ballroom
• Reel Big Fish and The English
Beat, Wed., July 8, at 7 p.m.,
Casino Ballroom
• Aimee Mann, Thurs., July 9, at 8
p.m., Tupelo (sold out)
• State Radio, Thurs., July 9, at 8
p.m., Casino Ballroom
• Buddy Guy, Fri., July 10, at 8
p.m., Casino Ballroom
• John Eddie, Fri., July 10, at 8
p.m., Tupelo
• Los Lonely Boys, Fri., July 10,
at 7:30 p.m., Lowell Summer
• Staind, Shinedown, Chevelle
and Halestorm, Fri., July 10, at 7
p.m., Meadowbrook
• The Offspring, Fri., July 10, at
7:30p.m., Tsongas Arena
• Albert Cummings, Sat., July 11,
at 8 p.m., Tupelo
• Ani DiFranco, Sat., July 11, at
7:30 p.m., Lowell Summer
• The Offspring with Sum 41, Sat.,
July 11, at 8 p.m., Meadowbrook
• ASIA featuring John Payne,
Sun., July 12, at 7 p.m. Tupelo
• Hinder with Saving Abel,
Sun., July 12, at 8 p.m., Casino
38c Ladd’s Lane, Epping, 6792781,leddycenter.org
Lowell Auditorium
East Merrimack Street, Lowell,
Mass., 978-454-2299
Lowell Summer Music Series
Boarding House Park, 40 French
St., Lowell, Mass., www.lowellsummermusic.org
Meadowbrook Musical
Arts Center
72 Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford,
293-4700
The Music Hall
28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth,
Just two blocks south of
the Verizon Wireless Arena
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28. What Abba are
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30. Cult power ballad smash
Crowes
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33. Belly “Feed The __”
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Live on Thursdays
Several area towns will offer live
music on Thursdays starting July 9.
At lunchtime, head over to the Milford Oval in Milford, where Amy
Conley will kick off five weeks of
musical performances from noon to
1 p.m. (Marlena Phillips on July 16,
Rob Oxford on July 23, A La Carte on
July 30 and The Air Force Colonial
Brass Quintet on Aug. 6). Light lunches will be available
for $5. Visit www.milfordoval.net or call 672-4567.
On the Goffstown Common the music rocks at 7 p.m.
on Thursdays and runs through Aug. 27. Concerts start on
July 9 with Sonic Boomers and include Nice and Naughty on July 16, Dan and Jeni Klardie on July 23, The River
Band on July 31, Musical Theater Night on Aug. 6, Hearts
on Fire on Aug. 13, Real Fallu and Friends on Aug. 20 and
Crispin’s House Back to School Concert on Aug. 27. See
www.goffstownmainstreet.org or call 497-9933.
And in Nashua, “Thursday Nite Live” happens right in
downtown — from Villa Banca to City Hall on Main Street
from 6 to 8 p.m. The entertainment will begin July 9. Call
Meri Goyette at 882-1613.
Aug. 27, and The Nouveaux
Honkies on Sat., Aug. 29. See
www.prescottpark.org.
• FIESTA DE MUSICA a drum
and bugle corps competition hosted by Drum Corps International
and the Manchester Muchachos
Drum & Bugle Corps on Sun.,
July 12, at 5:30 p.m. at Memorial
High School (1 Crusader Way,
Manchester). Tickets cost $10 for
adults, and $8 for seniors and children under 12. Call 682-3438 or
www.muchachos.org.
Bowling
• BOUTWELL’S BOWLING
CENTER 152 N. State St., Concord, 224-0941.
• LAKESIDE LANES 2171 Candia Road, Manchester, 627-7722,
www.lakesidelanes.com.
• LEDA LIGHTHOUSE 340
Amherst St., Nashua, 889-4884,
www.ledalanes.com.
• KING BOWLING LANES
751 Mast Road, Manchester, 6239215, www.kinglanes.com
• MERRIMACK TEN PIN
CENTER 698 DW Highway,
Merrimack, 429-0989, 8:30 a.m.
to midnight.
• STADIUM TEN PIN Maple
Street, Manchester, 625-9656,
www.stadiumtenpin.net.
• TONY’S LANES 244 Elm St.,
Milford, 673-6673.
Trivia Nights
• BARLEY HOUSE 132 North
Main St. in Concord, 228-6363,
Wednesday.
• CENTRAL WAVE 368 Central
Ave. in Dover, 742-9283, Tuesday.
• KELLEY’S ROW 421 Central
Ave. in Dover, 750-7081, Wednesday, 8-10 p.m.
• PEDDLER’S DAUGHTER 48
Main St. in Nashua, 821-7535,
Tuesday.
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NIGHTLIFE
• 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 at the door.
• HUNT SMITH & ALLISON
ALDRICH, instrumental music
from America, the British Isles
and Ireland, at Mariposa Museum
in Peterborough, on Fri., July 3, at
7 p.m. Call 924-4555 or see www.
maiposamuseum.org.
• VILLAGE HARMONY, teen
choir singing American shapenote, gospel and Appalachian harmonies and traditional music from
all over the world, at the Community Church of Francestown,
Main Street in Francestown, on
Sat., July 4, at 7 p.m. Call 8993249. Admission costs $8. See
www.villageharmony.org.
• PRESCOTT PARK in downtown Portsmouth hosts music festivals throughout the summer. The
13th Annual Tommy Gallant Jazz
Festival is Sunday, July 5, from
noon to 5 p.m. Suggested donation is $8 per person. The event
will feature performers including
Don Doane Sextet, David Thorne
Scott & Mark Shilansky Quartet,
The Press Room Trio and Seacoast Big Band. Other scheduled
Prescott Park music festivals
include the Folk Festival on July
18, the WOKQ Country Music
festival on Aug. 1, the Rhythm
& Roots Festival on Aug. 8, the
Americana Festival on Aug. 15
and special kids music performances on July 25 and Aug. 22
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. See www.
prescottpark.org.
• FREESE BROTHERS BIG
BAND at the Hampstead Meetinghouse Park on Tues., July 7,
at 6:30 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.
• WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES in Prescott Park
in Portsmouth at 7 p.m. 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.,
Entertainment
• PSYCHIC MEDIUM RAVEN
DUCLOS on Sat., Aug. 8, from
5 to 7 p.m. at the NH Institute of
Art’s French Building, 149 Concord St. in Manchester, to benefit
ALS research and patient services.
Tickets cost $30. See www.acarrollconsulting or call 458-1519.
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• FOOSBALL TOURNAMENT
every Friday at Slammers Sports
Bar & Grill, 547 Donald St., Bedford. Signs-ups start at 8 p.m.,
tournament starts by 9 p.m. $10.
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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
Thursday, July 2
Bedford
Slammers: jam night
Rocko’s: KillWhitneyDead, The Demonstration, Wicked and guests
Strange Brew: Soup
du Jour
WB’s: DJ Spivak, DJ Bob
Wild Rover: Marty Quirk
Concord
Green Martini: open
mike
Hermanos: Mike Morris
Nashua
Pit Road Lounge:
Amber Room: DJ Rick
karaoke
Naples, Ms. Thang
Fody’s: Chris White Band
Dover
Barley Pub: bluegrass jam Peddler’s Daughter:
Mindseye
Brick House: Fatback
Supreme, Slicko, Regina
Portsmouth
Jimmy’s: DJ J. Jigga
Blue Mermaid: StephaKelley’s Row: DJ
nie Hayward
Coach
Brewery Lane: Greg
Luttrell
Epping:
Gas Light: Tim Theriault
Holy Grail: Matt and
Press Room: Artie Raynes
Howard
Friday, July 3
Allenstown
Ground Zero: MicLordz
& Sauce Funky, Myths of
Laconia
Cactus Jack’s: Relevation Darrah, My Last Flight,
Fratello’s: Duke Snyder Forever in Motion
Margate Resort: Jason
Concord
Mancine
Barley House: Mr. Nick
& The Dirty Tricks
Manchester
Black Brimmer: John Green Martini: Ron
Adams
Ridlon
Club 313: DJ Biggie, DJ Pit Road Lounge: Mark
from Day Janiero
Susan Esthera
Club Liquid: DJ Danjah
Derryfield: John Ridlon Dover
Fratello’s: Gardner Berry Brick House: The Parker
Gilford
Patrick’s: Sev
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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
Jillian’s: Acoustic Orange
Milly’s: Matt Frye, Skull
Funked, Crazy Jane
Murphy’s: Brian
Bergeron Duo
Epping
Rocko’s: Arsonists Get
Holy Grail: Tim Cannon All The Girls, See You
Next Tuesday
Gilford
Strange Brew: The
Patrick’s: T.M.F.I. Trio Love Dogs
WB’s: DJ Bobby G,
Hampstead
DJ Jian
Village Square:
Switchback
Merrimack
Slapshots: 3 Chords and
Hudson
a Cloud of Dust
Linda’s: Fair Game
Nashua
Laconia
Amber Room: DJ
Cactus Jack’s: Paul
Jonny C
Warnick
Fody’s: Bender
Margate Resort: Jeff
Peddler’s Daughter:
Lines
Amorphous Band
Paradise Beach Club:
Tiger Lily
Plaistow
Sad Café: Set It Off,
Manchester
Retro Ignite, Brikked,
Breezeway: DJ McKay Pure Decibels
Black Brimmer: Rock
Daddy’s
Portsmouth
City Sports Grille:
Blue Mermaid: AnthoDirty Thirds
ny Fiandaca
Club 313: DJ Susan
Brewery Lane: DJ SKD
Esthera
Gas Light: Gary Lopez &
Club Liquid: Renegade Baker St., The Hot Club of
Soundstation
Portland, DJ Biggie
Derryfield: Josh Logan Portsmouth Garden
Band, Gardner & Dave Inn: Sharon Jones
Element: DJ Took
Press Room: Parker
Fratello’s: Jon Abrams Wheeler Blues Band
Street Band, White Rabbit
Kelley’s Row: Tim Theriault Trio
Jimmy’s: DJ Bounce
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
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
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.
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
with special guest Matt
Stubbs
Hot tunes, cool shows
Saturday, July 4
Concord
Pit Road Lounge: Mark
from Day Janiero
Have upcoming shows you want listed
in the music this week? Send information about the coming week — Thursday
through Wednesday — [email protected] or by fax at 625-2422 no later
than noon on Monday. (E-mailed links to
regularly updated Web sites would also
be appreciated.)
Dover
Brick House: C Rayz
Walz, Eyenine, Mechanical Hound, Slicko
Kelley’s Row: DJ Coach
Jillian’s: The Slakas
Murphy’s: Erinn Brown
Strange Brew: Howard
Randall
WB’s: DJ Bobby G,
DJ Jian
Apple Tree Experience, Nashua
John Davey, Ricky Reil- Fody’s: Joe Macdonald
ly, Night Of Our Lives Martha’s Exchange:
Aces and Eights
Hudson
Concord
Linda’s: Sarah B and
Hermanos: Paul
Portsmouth
Company
Bourgelais
Gas Light: Rog & Ray
Nashua
Press Room: jam sesLaconia
Amber Room: DJ Rick Dover
sion with The Press
Margate Resort:
Naples
Barley Pub: Kingsley
Room Trio featuring
Tommy Dempsey
Peddler’s Daughter:
Durant Trio
Ryan Parker, John LockNaswa: DJ Terry Moran Swinging Johnsons
Brick House: karaoke
wood & Les Harris, Jr.
Paradise Beach Club:
and Portsmouth Jazz
Tiger Lily
Portsmouth
Hudson
Festival players.
Blue Mermaid: Jamantics Linda’s: Tim Laroche
Manchester
Gas Light: Duty Free,
Monday, July 6
Breezeway: DJ McKay DJ B. Money
Laconia
Concord
Black Brimmer: Leav- Portsmouth Garden
Margate Resort: Jim
Hermanos: Paul
ing Eden
Inn: Cormac McCarthy Tyrrell
Bourgelais
Club 313: DJ Bob, DJ
Press Room: Hot Rod
Naswa Resort: SouledDave G
Fury & Friends, jazz
Out Show Band
Dover
Club Liquid: DJ Danjah lunch with Larry GarKelley’s Row: TradiDerryfield: The Chick- land & Friends
Manchester
tional Irish sessions
en Slacks, Endangered
Derryfield: Josh Logan
Species
Sunday, July 5
Trio
Manchester
Element: DJ Took
Allenstown
Strange Brew: Howard Breezeway: piano night
Fratello’s: Jon Abrams Ground Zero: The
Randall Blues Jam
with Robert D.
Gilford
Patrick’s: Relevation
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NITE
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
Jillian’s: open mike
Dance under the man-made
stars
Queen City Ballroom, 21 Dow St. in
Manchester, 622-1500, www.queencityballroomnh.com, will hold a dance party
with fireworks on Friday, July 3, from 7
to 10 p.m. Event will include classic and
contemporary dance music, all with a
view Manchester’s fireworks. The evening will include a dessert buffet. Singles
and couples are welcome. Tickets cost
$10 in advance; $12 at the door.
Tuesday, July 7
Bedford
Slammers: karaoke
Concord
Barley House: Irish
acoustic sessions
Hermanos: Richard
Gardzina
Pit Road Lounge:
karaoke
Dover
Brick House: acoustic
open mike with Anthony Vito Fiandaca
Jimmy’s: DJ Koko-P
Laconia
Fratello’s: Duke Snyder
Nashua
Fody’s: karaoke
Portsmouth
Gas Light: Paul Warwick
Press Room: Larry Garland jazz jam, Hoot open
mike with Jerry Short
Derry Parks and Recreation
department will host a summer
concert series in MacGregor
Park kicking off on Tuesday,
July 7, at 7 p.m. with the local
country band Pony Express, and on Thursday, July 9, at 7 p.m.
with rock cover band Mirage Band. Concerts will run Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 7 p.m., ending with Recycled Percussion on
Thursday, Aug. 6. The concerts are free. On Tuesday, Aug. 4, at
5 p.m. the park will host a Kidz End of Summer Bash at 5 p.m.
See www.derry.nh.us for a complete schedule (click on “Parks &
Recreation Calendars” under “Town Calendars”).The bands are
Pony Express on July 7, Mirage Band on July 9, New England
Voices in Harmony & Granitestatesmen Barbershoppers on July
14, Mama Kicks! on July 16, White Mt. Bluegrass on July 21,
Skinny Ties on July 21, Souled Out Band Show on July 28, Grinning Lizards on July 30, Kidz Night Out – End of Summer Bash
on Aug. 4 at 5 p.m., and Recycled Percussion on Aug. 6.
Wednesday, July 8
Concord
Green Martini: open
mike
Hermanos: Jimmy Alba
Dover
Barley Pub: Yvonne
Aubert’s Funk Project
Manchester
Black Brimmer:
Mama Kicks
Fratello’s: Gary Lopez
Strange Brew: Lex
Laconia
Romane
Cactus Jack’s: Eric
WB’s: DJ Pat and
Grant
Fratello’s: Neil Martin guests
Wild Rover: Marty
Naswa Resort: Paul
Quirk
Warnick
Gilford
Patrick’s: Joe
McDonald
7/10 LOS LONELY BOYS
7/11 ANI DIFRANCO
7/17 MICHAEL FRANTI
SUN:
Sing Session w/Spain Brothers
2pm-5pm, followed by Traditional Music
& SPEARHEAD
MON:
7/18 AIMEE MANN
7/24-7/26 LOWELL FOLK
FESTIVAL
7/30 JOAN BAEZ
7/31 BLUES TRAVELER
8/1 MELISSA FERRICK
& CATIE CURTIS
8/7 DAR WILLIAMS
8/8 DEREK TRUCKS BAND
8/14 JAKOB DYLAN
Scalawag
TUES:
MANCHUKA
Funk & Soul
WED:
Open Mic Comedy Night
& THE WALLFLOWERS
8/15 ENTRAIN
8/21 EILEEN IVERS
FRI: 7/3
& IMMIGRANT SOUL
8/22 LIVINGSTON TAYLOR
8/28 TERRANCE SIMIEN
Music
& THE ZYDECO EXPERIENCE
8/29 RONNIE EARL
& THE BROADCASTERS
9/4 HOT TUNA ELECTRIC
9/5 TOM RUSH
9/12 30th BANJO & FIDDLE
9/18 GAELIC STORM

FREE FUN FOR KIDS!
WED & THUR AT 11AM
Wed - 7/8 Curious Creatures
Thurs - 7/9 Ben Rudnick & Friends



SAT: 7/4
4th of July
Brunch Sat & Sun 11:30 AM
Back Room
FREE for Parties
909 Elm Street • 625-0246
Celebrate Independence
with jazz
The 13th Annual Tommy Gallant
Jazz Festival is on Sunday, July 5,
from noon to 5 p.m. Suggested donation is $8 per person. The event will
feature performers including Don
Doane Sextet, David Thorne Scott &
Mark Shilansky Quartet, The Press
Room Trio and Seacoast Big Band.
See www.prescottpark.org.
Nashua
Fody’s: Dave Ortiz
Peddler’s Daughter:
DJ St. Julian
Plaistow
Muddy River: Nate
Wilson Group
Sad Café: Foreverinmotion, Beautiful
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
Noise, Undefyed, My
Last Flight
Portsmouth
Gas Light: Brandon
Press Room: Mike
Morris
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
Comedy
THIS WEEK and beyond
Tuesday, July 7
Tuesday, July 14 Manchester
Friday, July 24
Portsmouth
Headliner’s: Dave RatPlayer’s Ring Theater: tigan
Stranger Than Fiction
improv night, 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 19
Manchester
Saturday, July 11
Saturday, July 18 Palace Theatre: Sarah
Hampton Beach
Concord
Silverman, Laura SilverBallroom: Joel McHale Capitol Center for the man, Lizz Winstead
Arts: Ira Proctor , Tom
Manchester
Hayes, and Rob Steen
Tuesday, July 21
Headliners: Kelly MacPortsmouth
Farland
Hampton Beach
Player’s Ring Theater:
Ballroom: Lisa LamStranger Than Fiction
panelli
improv night, 8 p.m.
Portsmouth
Player’s Ring Theater:
Stranger Than Fiction
improv night, 8 p.m.
A pub that captures the
mythical and Old World feel that takes hold
and slowly pulls you toward another time
Londonderry
Tupelo: Bob Niles,
Tommy Dunham, and
Jerry Thornton
Saturday, July 25
Manchester
Headliner’s: Chance
Langton
Tuesday, July 28
Portsmouth
Player’s Ring Theater:
Stranger Than Fiction
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
Manchester
Black Brimmer: DJ
Ignite
Shaskeen: Manchuka
Strange Brew: Hipology
Kick off summer with
country

FRENCH & JOHN ST, DOWNTOWN
RAIN LOCATION: LHS AUDITORIUM
SHOWTIME: 7:30PM
0
Portsmouth
Gas Light: Aaron
Seibert
Press Room: Judith
Murray
Red Door: Annie
Bacon, The Milling
Gowns, Boy Who
Spoke Clouds

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



Manchester’s
Only
Alternative
712 Valley St.
Dine In or Take Out
Call 622-1021
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Hippo Crossword
“We’ve Got a Monopoly”— versions you probably haven’t seen. By Matt Jones
1 Skateboarder Tony
5 Gillette model
9 Did some clerical work
14 Lotion ingredient
15 “___ she blows!”
16 In safekeeping
17 Space found in WhoTurned-Out-the-Lights-opoly?
19 Univision News anchor
Jorge
20 Comic book line artist
21 Space that ought to be in ZZ
Topoly?
23 Viewed, to Tweety
24 Composer Stravinsky
26 Sweet suffix
27 “As God ___ witness...”
29 Hosp. area
30 Like one
33 Space in Underwater-opoly?
37 Greeting before “I didn’t
see you there!”
38 “Death ___ Funeral” (Frank
Oz movie)
39 Designer ___ Saint Laurent
40 Space in Affair-opoly?
45 Turn from gray to brown,
e.g.
46 Internet snicker
47 Item used in a golf variant
48 Sandwich with few ingredients
49 “2 ___ 2 Furious” (2003
movie)
51 Mickey Rooney ex Gardner
54 The space who’s also the
mascot of Cowboy-opoly?
58 Tiny amounts
60 “I Will Be” singer Lewis
61 Space in Snuff-opoly?
63 Heavily stocked, as a ship
52
64 Unwanted spots
65 “Los desastres de la guerra”
painter
66 Howard on the airwaves
67 Take a load off
68 Med. student’s study
Down
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
1 “I’ve ___ up to here!”
2 George Hamilton ex Stewart
3 “C’mon, I need your help
here, so stop resisting”
4 “Akeelah and the Bee” star
Palmer
5 Georgia airport code
6 2000s South African president Mbeki
7 “Speed ___”
8 1/2b x h, for a triangle
9 Bronco, Explorer, or Excursion, e.g.
10 Dumbstruck
11 Capital of
the third largest country in
South America
12 Earth Day
subj.
13 News
anchor’s locale
18 “Jump,
Jive an’ Wail”
bandleader
Louis
22 Almond ___
25 OB/___
6/25
1
9 2
5
7 1
9
7 8
6
3 5
6 9
2
8 4
8
2 9
6
Difficulty Level
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4
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2009 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
By Dave Green
(baby doctor)
28 Eminem alter ego Shady
29 Words before “old chap”
30 Away, perhaps
31 It takes two
32 ___ Plaines, Illinois
33 Greeting on the seas
34 Item in a blindfolded party
game
35 “Addams Family” cousin
36 Potato features
37 Condition of TV’s Monk
41 Actress Liv of “A Bridge
Too Far”
42 It may stick around after the
office closes
43 Music lover’s collection
44 Command to the band
48 Mistake
49 Property division, sometimes
50 Nerve-cell transmitters
52 Title Uncle on stage
53 “Please take ___”
54 Societal problems
55 Organized
56 It’s broken after some
thought
57 Turn-of-the-century Russian
ruler
59 Gymnast Korbut
62 Out of the mil.
©2009 Jonesin’ Crosswords
(editor@jonesincrosswords.
com) For answers to this
puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800,
99 cents per
minute. Must
be 18+. Or to
bill to
your credit
card, call:
1-800-6556548. Reference puzzle
#0420.
SU
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Fill in the grid so that every row, every
column, and every 3x3 box contains the
digits 1 through 9.
Last week's puzzle answers are below
6/25
3 2 8
5 4 6
7 1 9
8 7 1
9 3 4
2 6 5
1 8 3
6 5 7
4 9 2
Difficulty Level
4
7
3
5
2
9
6
8
1
5
8
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2009 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Across
SIGNS OF LIFE
All quotes are from The Humbugs of the World: An Account of
Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, In All Ages, by P.T. Barnum, born July 5, 1810.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22) “Unless considerable time and
labor are devoted to earning money, it is not appreciated by its
possessor; and, having no practical knowledge of the value of
money, he generally gets rid of it with the same ease that marked
its accumulation.” Revel in what you have truly earned.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) “The duel, for instance, used to be
called the ‘ordeal by battle,’ and was simply the commitment of
the decision of a cause to God. … Now-a-days nobody believes
that skill with a pistol is going to be specially bestowed by the
Almighty, without diligent practice at a mark. Accordingly, the
idea of a divine interposition has long ago dropped out of the
question, and duelling … is a purely brutal absurdity.” Settle
your differences civilly.
Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) “If the fact could be definitely determined, I think it would be discovered that in this ‘wide
awake’ country there are more persons humbugged by believing too little than too much. Many persons have such a horror of
being taken in, or such an elevated opinion of their own acuteness, that they believe everything to be a sham, and in this way
are continually humbugging themselves.” Stop worrying about
being made a fool of. It’ll only make you foolish.
Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) “The readiness with which people
will send off their money to a swindler is perfectly astounding.’”
Get references — real ones.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) “Alboni, the singer, had an
exquisitely sweet voice, but was a very big fat woman. Somebody accordingly remarked that she was an elephant that had
swallowed a nightingale. About as incongruous is the idea of a
nation of damp, foggy, fat, full-figured, broad-sterned, gin-drinking, tobacco-smoking Dutchmen in Holland, going crazy over a
flower. But they did so, for three or four years together.” A novel combination will be unexpectedly productive.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) “It would be a wonderful
thing for mankind if some philosophic Yankee would contrive
some kind of ‘ometer’ that would measure the infusion of humbug in anything. A ‘Humbugometer’ he might call it.” Indulge
your inventive side; it’s at a peak.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) “Be content with what you can
honestly earn. ... Do not try to get money without giving fair value for it.” Now is the time for you to get to work.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) “A great many persons believe
more or less in haunted houses. In almost every community there is
some building that has had a mysterious history. This is true in all
countries, and among all races and nations.” A great many persons also believe it takes the Earth 365 days to rotate on its axis.
Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) “It is to be hoped that, as
schools multiply and education increases, the follies and superstitions which underlie a belief in ghosts and hobgoblins will
pass away.” Read more nonfiction.
Aries (March 21 – April 19) “But whatever may have been
our early education, I am convinced that there is an inherent love
of the marvelous in every breast, and that everybody is more or
less superstitious….” Enjoy the marvelous, but keep a clear distinction between fact and fiction.
Taurus (April 20 – May 20) “Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, — it largely increases the product.”
Let people know you have something good to offer.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20) “No man ought to advertise in
the midst of landscapes or scenery, in such a way as to destroy or
injure their beauty by introducing totally incongruous and relatively vulgar associations. Too many transactions of the sort have been
perpetrated in our own country. The principle on which the thing is
done is, to seek out the most attractive spot possible — the wildest,
the most lovely, and there, in the most staring and brazen manner to
paint up advertisements of quack medicines, rum, or as the case may
be, in letters of monstrous size, in the most obtrusive colors… And it
is an atrocious piece of vulgarity ... Since writing this I observe that
two legislatures — those of New Hampshire and New York — have
passed laws to prevent this dirty misdemeanor. It is greatly to their
credit, and it is in good season. For it is matter of wonder that some
more colossal vulgarian has not stuck up a sign a mile long on the
Palisades. But it is matter of thankfulness too. At the White Mountains, many grand and beautiful views have been spoiled by these
nostrum and bedbug souled fellows.” Boycott billboards.
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LifeShare is searching
for Foster Care Parents to
work alongside kids with
behavioral issues.
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HEAT INCLUDED
Swimming Pool
Fitness Center
Tennis Court
FINE PRINT
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HELP WANTED
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A common
passion for caring
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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.
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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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FOR SALE
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WANTED
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News of The Weird
By Chuck Shepherd
Under the Sea
Using GPS and state-of-the-art sonar,
Columbia University researchers recently
made the first comprehensive map of the wonders submerged in New York City’s harbors.
Supplementing those findings with historical
data, New York magazine reported the inventory’s highlights in May: a 350-foot steamship
(downed in 1920), a freight train (derailed
in 1865), 1,600 bars of silver (unrecovered
since 1903), a fleet of Good Humor ice cream
trucks (which form a reef for aquatic life), and
so many junked cars near the Brooklyn and
Manhattan Bridges that divers use them as
underwater navigation points. Of most concern lately, though, are the wildlife: 4-foot-long
worms that eat wooden docks and tiny “gribbles” that eat concrete pilings.
Government in Action
The Evolution of Democracy
(1) Kim Schroeder, running for vice president
of the Milwaukee (Wis.) Teachers Education
Association in May, promised a five-point program, with the first four being vows to make
the union more aggressive toward the school
board. His fifth point, he said, was “to make
ing families created a ruckus in May after a dog
killed a neighbor’s cat. When the cat’s owner found out, he shot the dog dead. When the
dog’s owner found out, he shot the cat’s owner
and the man’s young daughter. Deputies were
called, and when they arrived, the dog’s owner
shot both of them, but one got off a return shot,
fatally wounding the dog’s owner (and completing the chain!).
The Continuing Crisis
More Post-Traumatic Stress: Peter Singer, the author of a new book on battlefield
robotics, told LiveScience.com in May he had
seen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan grow so
attached to their bomb-disposal robots that, in
one case, the soldier risked 160 feet of enemy
machine gun fire to retrieve his little buddy,
and in another, a soldier brought his robot in for
repairs with tears in his eyes over the “injury”
to his beloved “Scooby-Doo.” Several units, he
said, had given their robots promotions, Purple
Hearts and even a military funeral.
(1) Brandon Hiser, 22, was arrested in Kansas City, Mo., in May for trying to break into a
bank using only a screwdriver, which would be
a daunting task any time but the bank Hiser was
trying to enter was the Federal Reserve Bank
of Kansas City. (2) Ezedrick Jones, 18, was
arrested in Memphis, Tenn., for the attempted robbery of the very same KFC from which
he had recently been fired. Though masked,
Jones was quickly recognized by his former
manager via the mask’s oversized eye holes,
and throughout the robbery the manager kept
addressing Ezedrick by name.
Fine Points of the Law
Recurring Themes
Richard Balsavage, 28, pleaded guilty in
Berks County, Pa., in 2005 to taking pornographic photos of a toddler and was sentenced
to nine to 23 months in jail, which he served,
but while still on probation, he continued
to possess child pornography and was resentenced by a different judge, to 3 1/2 to
seven years in prison. Balsavage then asked
that judge for a re-sentencing, pointing out
that he had not been given a fair opportunity to
express remorse in court, and the judge relented. Balsavage then made a sorrowful apology,
but it went for naught because the judge had
subsequently learned that during therapy sessions, Balsavage had confessed to a history of
abuse of young children. If Balsavage had not
demanded re-sentencing, he might have been
out in 3 1/2 years, but his new term was set at
24 1/2 to 49 years.
People Different From Us
In the Kings Creek area north of Lenoir,
N.C., according to sheriff’s deputies, two feud-
Least Competent Criminals
The most recent man to decide to smash a
bullet with a hammer, George Fath, of Pleasant Lake, Ind., said he wanted to destroy it so it
wouldn’t harm his kids. Fath told WANE-TV
in April that he was shot in the stomach “and
knocked ... on my butt.”
Undignified Deaths
Their Last Words: (1) “A million dollars is
a lot of money to pay for a whore” were the
last words of multimillionaire French banker Edouard Stern, according to his girlfriend,
Cecile Brossard, who took offense (and was
convicted of killing him in June in Geneva,
Switzerland). (2) “Shoot me, shoot me,” you
“ain’t got the --” were the last words (according to a police report) of Scott Riley, 25, who
was arguing with the gun-wielding Joseph
Jimenez, 24, about their game of Beer Pong in
Bridgeport, Pa., in May.
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• More California Money “Management”:
The Los Angeles Unified School District pays
almost $10 million a year to about 160 teachers and staff who are forbidden to do any work
-- those subject to discipline but whose cumbersome “due process” and appeals take years
to carry out. One teacher, Matthew Kim, fired
by the school board in 2002 for allegedly sexually harassing students and colleagues, still
receives his $68,000 a year, including benefits,
and (by union contract interpretation) cannot be
called on to perform clerical or other non-”professional” duties during the appeals, according
to a May Los Angeles Times report.
• Because of what an April Boston Globe
report called “a decades-old interpretation
of the state’s militia laws,” state government
employees who are also members of the Massachusetts National Guard and who go on active
duty are paid much more money if deployed
at home than in Iraq or Afghanistan. State law
requires those Guardsmen on domestic duty to
be paid both for their state job and their military duty while Guardsmen in the war zones
collect only the higher of the two salaries.
• Britain’s Local Governments Are Afraid of
Everything: (1) The Bedfordshire and Luton
Fire and Rescue Service issued rules recently
requiring the use of long poles to test high-up
fire alarms because letting the firefighters use
stepladders might lead to injuries. (2) The South
Kesteven District Council decided in May to no
longer hoist the oversized Flag of St. George
outside Bourne Town Hall on St. George’s Day
-- because of the “risk” involved in using an 8foot ladder on a plinth above a spoked gate.
• Small-Town Government “People Skills”:
E-mails from Smithfield (Pa.) Township Supervisor Christine Griffin, published in May in the
Pocono Record, confirmed the long-time complaints of critics about her lack of diplomacy.
In one official e-mail, Griffin wrote: “Don’t
you dare waste my time with your (expletive),
you lying cheating son of a (expletive), sneaky
back door (expletive) nut (expletive) sucker.”
In another: “(N)o cement boots for me! Nice
try though, a real drama rama! Reminder: I am
the quintessential professional! (D)ecorum and
common sense are my bylaws!”
sure that there is ... beer and wine available for
our monthly Leaders’ Meetings.” (He lost.)
(2) Josko Risa finished second in the election
for mayor of Prozolac, Croatia (pop. 4,500),
and was in a run-off on May 31 because of (or
despite) his campaign pledge of (roughly translated) “All for Me, Nothing for You” (or, “It is
definitely going to be better for me, but will be
the same for you”). (Run-off results from Croatia were not widely reported.)
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