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From the current presidential campaign many lessons may be drawn.

An obvious one is that most in this country are bitterly disappointed with government, whether the present administration or the existing political parties. The list of grievances they have with government is long, very long, and their patience is at an end. Not surprisingly, then, each of the remaining candidates, in his or her own way, promises radical change, and the number of those rallying behind any one of them is in direct relation to the perceived credibility of those claims.

But while each may promise change, the institution of government and the process of governing will continue, alternating between accomplishment and failure, compromise and deadlock.

The frustration or anger or cynicism isn’t directed solely at government, however. It ranges across many of our institutions. The list is long, from religious institutions to higher education ones, from banking and finance to law enforcement and the courts, from nonprofits to corporations and even to the media itself. They all are viewed as having let us down, betrayed our confidence and eroded our idealism. The harsh light of 24-7 news, coupled with the viral world of social media, seems almost daily to expose iniquity, malfeasance or outright criminal activity. And each time it does, the threshold of our shock is lowered still further.

I recall a small but highly symbolic episode from years ago. The day after Gerald Ford was sworn in as president, succeeding the disgraced Richard Nixon, the New York Times reported that Ford got up that morning, went down to his kitchen and toasted an English muffin for himself. The simplicity of that act was in such stark contrast with the imperial style of his predecessor that many saw it as emblematic of a person who was ushering in a totally new way of things.

Institutional structures are human necessities, clay vessels, but precisely because they are human they are peopled by persons. So the character of those individuals is directly linked to the trustworthiness of the institution, whether it is a new pope, a new premier, a new university president, a new chief of police or a new CEO. Instinctively we look to her or him to restore our confidence in the institution: to sweep away the wrongdoing or inefficiency of the previous regime and start afresh.

In the current campaign climate, the quality of character will be the paramount criterion of judgment.

Stephen Reno is the executive director of Leadership New Hampshire and former chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire. His email is stepreno@gmail. com.

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ALSO ON THE COVER, Bring the kiddos to one of the dozens of egg hunts happening this weekend and next (p. 26), or get ready to celebrate Easter by planning a special meal at a local restaurant (p. 38). And this weekend is all about maple as sugar shacks around the state open their doors for tours, tastes and more (p. 42).

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NEWS & NOTES 4 A look at a possible cause of ALS; Sleepout; PLUS News in Brief.

8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 18 THE ARTS: 20 CLASSICAL Nashua plans painted pianos for Main Street 22 ART “Trans Pose.”

24 THEATER Listings for events around town.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 27 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

28 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

29 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

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FOOD: 38 EASTER MEALS Maple weekend; Cook with beer; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Wine; From the Pantry.

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NITE: 58 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Shaskeen celebrates anniversary; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

60 ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD A puzzle for the music-lover.

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NEWS & NOTES Bronx gangs

Last November, the Hippo published a cover story (“Drug Dealers’ Paradise”; go to hippopress.com, click on “past issues” and look for the Nov. 5, 2015 issue) about the economic forces driving drug dealers from as far away as New York to sell drugs in New Hampshire. In it, we unveiled a link between several arrests by Manchester police of likely-gang-affiliated traffickers with ties to the Bronx. Now, four months later, New York police and federal agents have announced the largest gang crackdown in Bronx history, with 84 indicted on charges of drug dealing, gun running and several shootings. And authorities say those individuals arrested in Manchester were part of the same operation that allegedly sold crack cocaine predominantly in exchange for guns. Manchester police named three individuals that they arrested, and the Boston Herald reported six individuals were arrested in New Hampshire. The Boston Globe reported traffickers also operated out of Cape Cod towns of Bourne and Wareham, and authorities said dealers were selling $10,000 worth of crack cocaine a week for quadruple the price they would get if they sold it in the Bronx.

Statehouse marathon

During a couple marathon legislative sessions on March 9 and March 10, the House passed and killed several bills. NHPR reported the key legislation the House passed was the reauthorization of expanded Medicaid. The Republican-led House voted 215 to 145 to pass the bill after two hours of debate. The bill still includes work requirements but a floor amendment ensured that the program would continue if federal regulators reject the work requirements. The House also passed a 10-day residency requirement for voting in the state. The issue, which is meant to tackle voter fraud, gained traction after videos were released alleging to show voter fraud in the primary. Gov. Maggie Hassan vetoed a similar 30-day requirement last year. And a bill that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2019 was killed by the House with a vote of 185 to 143.

New Hampshire has a lower minimum wage than all its surrounding states with $7.25 an hour.

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Senate race money

While only $2.6 million in outside money has already been spent on the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic challenger Gov. Maggie Hassan, observers expect it to blow out previous spending records. The Union Leader reported the last record of $31 million was set in the 2014 race for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s seat against Republican nominee Scott Brown. This is money not spent by the candidates’ campaigns but by corporations, advocacy groups, political action committees, unions and individuals. Both candidates have issued competing pledges to limit outside spending, but those pledges have been used more as political weapons than as uniting documents against independent forces. And with a third candidate now in the running — Republican former state senator Jim Rubens — high stakes and New Hampshire’s swing state status, experts say spending this cycle could get as high as $80 million.

Rx probe

An investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office into suspected misleading marketing practices by major pharmaceutical companies, downplaying the risks of opioids like OxyContin and Oxycodone, has hit a wall. NHPR reported a court order nullifying a contract for outside legal help has slowed efforts by the AG, forcing him to draw up a new contract but with governor and Executive Council approval. The AG’s office subpoenaed five companies last August: Purdue, Teva, Actavis, Endo and Janssen. Purdue executives pleaded guilty to criminal charges in 2007 for aggressively marketing OxyContin to doctors while downplaying its addictiveness.

Pot survey

A majority of Granite Staters support legalizing marijuana for recreational use, according to a recent Granite State Poll by the University of New Hampshire. More than 60 percent support legalization while about 30 percent oppose it. In 2013, about 50 percent supported legalization and 43 percent opposed it. Yet bills in the legislature to legalize cannabis have failed to pass. According to the same survey, more than 70 percent approve selling marijua-

na at state liquor stores and taxing it at liquor levels. Twenty-four percent disapprove. New Hampshire is the only New England state that has not decriminalized marijuana, though it legalized it for medical purposes in 2013.

At a recent town meeting, voters in Bow approved a $4 million public safety complex that will house fire and police departments. The Union Leader reported construction is expected to be complete by next January.

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The state Senate will be taking up expanded gambling again in the next two weeks, according to the Union Leader. Democratic Sen. Lou D’Allessandro of Manchester, the bill’s sponsor, made a change to the legislation in order to garner at least one more vote he needs to pass it. Previously, the bill would have located the expanded gambling site at Rockingham Park in Salem.

As rewritten, the location would be determined through a competitive process. It’s unclear whether the change is enough to win over Republican Sen. Kevin Avard of Nashua, whose vote is needed to pass, but this may be the last chance the legislature gets to pass expanded gambling in a way that competes with Massachusetts, as Rockingham Park is up for sale.

Merrimack water

In the wake of news that Merrimack’s drinking water may be contaminated with perfluorochemicals, it’s gotten the attention of politicians and activists. NHPR reported Gov. Maggie Hassan along with Vermont and New York governors wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the EPA to review its standards for this kind of contamination. Meanwhile, the law firm of clean water activist Erin Brockovich is looking into the issue

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The Union Leader reported the warrant article to disband the town’s police department was added by petition, but a recent report recommended upgrades to the department.

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can State Rep. Jack Flanagan of Brookline made his candidacy for Congressional District 2 official.

The AP reported Flanagan is the first to challenge Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster in the 2016 cycle. Flanagan, who has served five terms in the House, recently stepped down as majority leader under Speaker Flanagan for CD2 After previously announcing an Shawn Jasper in order to work on his exploratory committee, Republi- campaign.

The New Hampshire House passed a bill to raise the current net metering cap from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts. NHPR reported the net metering program allows for excess energy produced by property owners with solar panels to be sold back into the grid. It serves as an important economic incentive for the growth of renewable energy systems like solar and for businesses who install or lease solar to grow. Renewable energy advocates warn that failure to raise the cap would result in job losses in the solar sector. The Senate passed a similar bill that would raise the cap to 75 megawatts, but critics said that wasn’t enough to save jobs in 2016.

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A measure to legalize marijuana in a small New Hampshire town failed and the measure’s proponents vowed to continue the effort. The Concord Monitor reported Dan Schroth wasn’t given a chance to give his whole spiel in defense of the proposal at a recent town meeting in Pittsfield. Town Moderator Art Morse stopped Schroth short, saying it would be illegal for the town to allow recreational marijuana use and to tax its sale.

Though no one spoke against the measure, voters widely rejected it. Schroth said he would protest at the town’s veterans memorial on the 20th of every month, frustrated that he couldn’t speak on his warrant article.

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William Gilmore, 60, of Rochester was a self-employed carpenter for most of his life.

Gilmore built gazebos and decks and rebuilt kitchens. He was also an avid kayaker, scuba diver, surfer, fisher and bicyclist.

“I played just as hard as I worked hard,” Gilmore said.

But, in 2011 he started to notice that his pneumatic tools and saws were getting too heavy for him — a 6’2”, 210-lb., well-built man. His right arm had become weak.

“I thought I had an injury, work- [or] sports-related,” Gilmore said. “I was on my own for about a year just thinking that I could heal my injury and then when I realized there was something more going on with my right side, I went to see the Seacoast Orthopedic Group and they did a bunch of tests.”

At first, Gilmore says, doctors misdiagnosed the problem as something that would require time and physical therapy to overcome. But instead of getting better, his condition worsened. When it began to affect his left side as well in 2014, he went to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for second opinion. There, he was diagnosed with a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, that he says is different from the fastacting form that killed Lou Gehrig.

“It’s a slow progression and, for the most part, it stays in the upper body,” Gilmore said.

Today, his wife helps him do basic things.

“My arms don’t work. I can’t lift anything, I can’t hold a pen, I can’t feed myself, can’t wash myself. It’s a pretty nasty setup,” Gilmore said.

He says by 2014, he wouldn’t pick up a full cup of water.

“I couldn’t trust my hands that I wasn’t going to let it fall,” Gilmore said.

And he’s constantly reminded of his loss by the many relics of his bygone days as an

active outdoorsman.

At first, they had no idea why this clus“All those things, my kayak, my dive gear, tering was taking place, but as they looked my surfboards, my bicycles, I can’t use any of closer they noted that clustering was taking it anymore,” Gilmore said. place around specific water bodies known to have significant cyanobacterial blooms.

“We’ve since found BMAA in some of Possible cause these water bodies, so I think there’s a pretty Scientists are finding a mounting body strong link. It doesn’t prove anything,” Stomof evidence that Gilmore’s years living and working near coastline and shoreline may mel said.

He and his team identified patients living be at least one key factor that led to his disease. That’s because several lakes and ponds in those clusters who had never swum in nor Gilmore and others have interacted with are eaten any fish from the lake they lived near. often host to cyanobacteria, also known as This led them to investigate the possibility that patients had blue-green algae. been inhaling cyaThe cyanobacteria, in nobacteria from the turn, produce a toxair, something that’s in known as BMAA, possible during its which recent studblooming season. ies have shown “We set up aerocorrelates with high sol collectors, and rates of ALS when we’ve actually been ingested. able to find cyanobacDr. Elijah Stomteria in the filters of mel, a neurologist at these aerosol collecDartmouth-Hitchtors over a relatively cock Medical Center WILLIAM GILMORE short time, just a few who works with ALS hours,” Stommel said. patients, is one of the They also detectfirst scientists to discover a similar correlation in New Hampshire and the broader New Eng- ed traces of cyanobacteria in patients’ lungs.

Moving forward, Stommel wants to map land region.

“Initially it was just an exercise that I want- out patients around Lake Erie, which has ed some students to do for me, to see where been known to suffer severe cyanobacterial the patients were mapped out,” Stommel said. blooms, in an effort to get closer to under“We put them on Google Earth just to see standing the risk factors involved.

“We’re trying to collaborate with the Clevewhere they were.”

What they saw was surprising — clus- land Clinic. They have a big database of ALS ters of ALS patients around New Hampshire patients there, and we’re going to look retrospectively at the patients in that area hopefully lakes.

“One [cluster] was particularly interest- and see if there are high rates of ALS there or ing around Lake Mascoma in Enfield, New clusterings of ALS and better define some of Hampshire, where we found a rate of ALS these risk factors,” Stommel said. that’s about 40 times higher than expected,” Stommel said. “We’ve since been doing a lot The science Still, very little is known about the causes of mapping of ALS patients in northern New of neurodegenerative diseases like ALS England.”

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and Alzheimer’s. But research papers related to the environmental links to this disease and others have begun to snowball recently, thanks in part to Stommel’s work.

Just this past January, a study was published showing vervet monkeys who ingested a lifetime’s worth of BMAA grew large “tangles” in the brain consistent with those found in Alzheimer’s patients in a shockingly brief amount of time.

And Stommel said a scientist in France has connected a cluster of ALS patients near Montpellier with oysters and mussels eaten by patients. The shellfish originated in Thau lagoon, a cyanobacterial hotbed.

Cyanobacteria has long been known for its toxins — it produces many, some of which are deadly to humans — but it wasn’t fingered as the source of BMAA until the 1970s.

Prior to that, Army doctors in the 1940s and ’50s had identified BMAA in cycad seeds and bat meat as the cause of the now-famous ALS-like outbreak on the island of Guam during that time.

But there’s still plenty scientists don’t yet understand. Stommel says there may be genetic precursors and it may require a combination of factors not yet understood for a person to contract the neurological disease.

Another thing came out of the monkey tests that may prove helpful: a possible treatment.

A batch of vervets that ate the BMAA were also given an amino acid supplement called L-serine. Those monkeys weren’t in nearly as bad shape as those that didn’t receive the supplements. Human trials have already begun for Alzheimer’s patients and the preliminary results are expected by the end of the year.

Which is good news, since cyanobacteria — the more than 2-billion-year-old algae scientists determined last fall lent our planet’s atmosphere its first breeze of oxygen — cannot be easily avoided.

“These bacteria are really found everywhere. They’re really ubiquitous,” Stommel said.

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There are an estimated 300 homeless youth between the ages of 12 and 22 in Manchester on any given day — a stat that prompted Child and Family Services of New Hampshire to organize its first Sleepout last year to raise money for homeless youth services.

It was a simulation of what it might be like for a homeless youth to sleep outdoors, and community members will do it again this year, on March 25 in front of the Radisson.

Child and Family Services says this year’s Sleepout is poised to be twice the size of last year’s. Spokesperson Kat Strange said last year there were about 50 sleepers, and they raised more than $140,000. This year organizers expect between 75 and 100 sleepers. CFS originally set a goal of $200,000, but Strange said that may be optimistic. The real goal is to beat last year’s number.

Carol Heald, who works in the Runaway and Homeless Youth programs at CFS, said that while the event is meant to simulate what it’s like to sleep outside as a homeless person, it is a bit easier for participants, who can bring sleeping bags and will be under a canopy top, protected from any rain.

“We have cardboard on the ground, but we’re right on the ground right in front of the Radisson,” she said.

Plus, it’s only for one night, and there will be hot chocolate available in the evening and pastries and coffee in the morning.

The fundraising model is like a marathon, where each sleeper has a fundraising campaign where they try to get friends and

family to sponsor their effort.

Over recent years, the number of homeless youth has appeared to increase, though Heald says that may be partially due to greater access to information through community outreach and networking with schools.

“I don’t know if it’s gotten any worse or better but I think that things like the economy have impacted homelessness on a grand scale, so I would imagine that would have also affected youth homelessness,” Heald said.

She says homelessness looks different for different youth.

“Some of those youth may be in a family situation staying in a shelter. Other youth may be couch surfing, other youth may be staying with someone who’s not their guardian or their family member, some may be actually sleeping out on the streets,” Heald said.

And about 40 percent of the homeless youth nationwide are gay, lesbian or transgender. Heald says this high correlation often has to do with households who object to the youth’s sexual or gender identity.

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Why did you vote for an amendment that removed $4 million toward commuter rail project development in the 10-year high-

way plan?

I was on then-Governor Judd Gregg’s railway commission when that was [first] studied. ... Then, it was not economically feasible, and it’s worse today. All the rail, all the track from Lowell up will have to be completely replaced. It is now a 15-mile-an-hour freight track. And that would be, if you put passenger rail on it, like driving a Corvette on a Class VI road [a road not maintained for five or more years]. The track is not in good shape. … In some cases, the track will have to be doubled for a side-split change to move over. Plus you have to buy trains. Also, almost all passenger rail in this country is subsidized. The MBTA is heavily subsidized by pretty much all the towns east of [Interstate] 495 as part of their property tax, whether or not there’s rail going through it. Also, a portion of the Massachusetts sales tax goes to the MBTA. You think that will ever happen in New Hampshire, where we’re going to ask all the towns around Nashua and Manchester [to pay higher taxes]? I don’t think so. …

It is not economically feasible to use it. If you charge people what it really cost to ride the rail, no one would ride it.

to pay for anything. … When the federal government says we’ll give you millions and millions of dollars every year to do it, it’s not, because somebody will cut it from the budget, just like we Rep. Ralph Boehm cut stuff from our budget, and then we’re stuck holding the bag. … So, when they say no state money, it’s still taxpayer money.

The latest studies actually have projected some economic benefits like jobs created and real estate development. Why do you feel that’s not true?

Because the only way you’re going to get businesses to come to New Hampshire is we have to lower our business taxes. Right now, businesses are going to Massachusetts because their taxes are lower. … They can always come up with, “Yeah, this will happen, this will happen 20 years from now, this and that.’ That’s all pie-in-the-sky and my favorite quote is… “There are lies, there are damn lies and then there are statistics.” These are statistics being made up and not even real statistics. They’re guesses that people say, “Oh yeah, if we do this, this may happen.”

Proponents for commuter rail say this The “may” doesn’t work. $4 million for project development can be How do you think this will play out in the funded without any state taxpayer dollars.

Why not learn more about the environmen- Senate?

If they put [project development funding] tal and engineering costs if we don’t have to back in, then it will probably go to commitpay for it?

Well, we’ve studied it and it was brought tee of conference. I don’t know what the up at the meeting. Back in the ’90s we did stand of the Senate — I’m running for Senate that study and then there was another study next time — but I don’t know what the stand and a couple of studies since then. And the would be. … Sometimes it’s confusing to figfederal government paying for it? The feder- ure out what the Senate’s going to do. al government is $19 trillion in debt, so that’s If a public-private partnership is estabtaking money out of my other pocket. … We know we can’t trust the federal government lished for rail station construction, as some have proposed to minimize state costs, would that soften your stance toward adding a rail Five favorites line?

Favorite Book: The Count of Monte Putting in the stations themselves, I don’t Cristo think that would be a problem. But that’s a Favorite Movie: St. Vincent small part of it. The big part is paying for the Favorite Musician: Taylor Swift track and subsidizing — every time someone Favorite Food: Steak rides the train, you’re subsidizing it.

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NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Drug crisis funds

The federal government is set to give $1.2 million to New Hampshire’s community health centers in order to tackle the opioid addiction crisis. NHPR reported the federal dollars will be split between three community health centers in Somersworth, Nashua and Colebrook.

Each health center will add one new full-time drug treatment counselor, according to federal officials. They also said state funds could be used to support seven new treatment providers, including support staff.

Health and Human Services officials announced a total of $94 million of supplemental funding for 271 health centers nationwide.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Experts say the substance abuse treatment and recovery infrastructure in New Hampshire needs to expand significantly in order to meet the demand and curb the drug epidemic.

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Saving battle flags

How will New Hampshire save and restore its deteriorating collection of battle flags on display at the Statehouse? The Concord Monitor reported the Joint Legislative Historical Committee approved plans to raise the money through the sale of two limited-edition liquor bottles priced between $24.99 and $29.99. The bottles designed by the Liquor Commission are made of ceramic and to be filled with vodka. One is shaped to resemble the state with the Old Man of the Mountain on top while the other is shaped like a hockey puck with a printed image of a camping scene on the front. The bottles are expected to raise between $60,000 and $70,000. A similar commemorative bottle released three years ago raised more than $80,000. The committee will need to settle on a specific plan to save the flags after the money is raised.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The battle flags from the Civil War, some of which are bloodstained and tattered by bullet holes, are on display in a case that is not airtight or temperature-controlled.

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Goodbye to winter

Monday afternoon brought some blistery storms but hardly enough to save what has become a terrible ski season — a real bummer for towns whose economies rely on those tourism dollars, and also for those skiers, like QOL, who tried to get good deals by buying ski passes back in November — before winter showed its true colors. It’s been a rainy, icy, muddy, lukewarm season, and QOL is only happy to see it go.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: Goodbye snow pants, hello short shorts.

Daylight delight

On the other end, QOL doesn’t like getting up in the morning darkness but is enjoying the closer-to-7 p.m. sunset that results from Daylight Saving Time. Love it or hate it, it’s one more indication that spring is coming — now counting down to March 20.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: There are some benefits to this horribly un-wintry winter.

Gardening season will start earlier, and so will certain sports seasons, like golf. Many New Hampshire cities — Concord, for example — have opened or will open their outdoor courts and recreation areas earlier than usual.

QOL score: 61 Net change: +2 QOL this week: 63 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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The annual national festival known as March Madness kicks off this week. To many that’s cause for celebration, though for me not quite so much as it once was. That’s traceable to the advent of the One and Done culture now dominating the college game, where instead of enjoying watching freshman stars like Jahlil Okafor or one of my favorite players of the last 20 years Anthony Davis grow into more polished leaders and players as upperclassmen, they’re off to the NBA as Kentucky, Duke and other big-name schools move on to their next AAU team. That’s a big loss for me, as those teams play on talent but not guile, experience or to the togetherness that comes with being together for two or three years like it was with Patrick Ewing’s team at Georgetown or Bill Walton before him at UCLA. And that produces an inferior level to what college had to offer before One and Done came into existence.

I’m not criticizing John Calipari or others he does it better than. They’re just playing the cards they’re dealt. One and Done is the reality they face and had nothing to do with creating. Thank the NBA for that monstrosity.

But it’s also reality, because with the money that’s out there, players would be nuts to not get theirs as soon as they can in the event something goes wrong down the road. It’s just the way it is. People who don’t have the experience I’ve had don’t know any other way, so it’s all just fine to them.

I only bring it up because being more of an NBA fan and with the Celtics’ coffers rich with draft assets, I now look at the tourney through the lens of a talent evaluator to identify who the Celtics could wind up with.

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Here are some other thoughts about the One and Done Tourney of 2016.

If those who doubt coaches make a huge difference in college basketball need more evidence, look at the decline of Butler since Brad Stevens left town. Next program to watch is Florida, who went just 19-13 after Billy Donovan left for Oak City and the NBA. NCAA Tournament 101: Name the only three coaches and the teams they did it with to lead three different teams to the Elite 8 Round of the NCAA Tournament.

When was the last time Kentucky (16) and Duke (19) entered the tourney buried so far down in the national rankings? When Richard Nixon was president?

Who else knows that Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis is the son of the great and mammoth ’80s Russian and too late in his career to see how good he really was Portland Trailblazer Arvydas Sabonis?

Crime Report: Rick Pitino and Louisville are sitting out thanks to the incredible hookerrecruiting scandal, while perpetual crybaby Jim Boeheim and Syracuse are back from their exile due to multiple recruiting violations. Meanwhile North Carolina is in despite allegations of academic impropriety that sure seem like they should bring major penalties if proved true.

NCAA Tournament 101 Answer: The coaches who had led three different teams to the Elite 8 Round of the NCAA Tournament

are Rick Pitino (Providence, Kentucky and Louisville), John Calipari (UMass, Memphis and Kentucky) and Bill Self (Tulsa, Illinois and Kansas).

Do you think that if egotist Donald Trump’s name were the same as the coach of the Kansas Jayhawks he’d be referred to as Bill (him) Self?

NCAA Tournament 102: Which conference (the team was in when they won it) has produced the most NCAA tournament champions?

If you’re watching the Maryland-South Dakota State tilt on Friday and that guy on the Terps’ bench looks familiar, it’s SNHU Hall of Famer Beano Ranson. After short stints at Marist, James Madison and Xavier he’s been at Maryland since 2010. By the way I spell it Beano, not the more popular Bino.

Am I considered old-school if I yearn for the Michael Adams, John Bagley or Bill Curley days at Boston College? OK, then how about the Tyler Roche era? Firing Al Skinner turned out to be a brilliant move, didn’t it?

So what if he played too much pick-up ball at lunch time? They made the tournament nearly every year he was there. That seems to be better than the embarrassing o-fer they put on the board in ACC play this year.

NCAA Tournament 102 Answer: Though most of them were won when they were the PAC-8, thanks to UCLA’s 10 wins in 12 years in the 1960’s and ’70s the PAC-12 has 15 wins, which ties the ACC for the most NCAA men’s basketball champions. The SEC (8 by Kentucky) with 11 is next followed by Big 10 with 10 overall, five by Indiana.

If you’re interested, I’m rooting for Michigan State. I love the blue-collar attitude and toughness Tom Izzo teams play with. Senior swingman Denzel Valentine and the 6’10” freshman with real hop Deyonta Davis could be on the Celtics’ radar with their later picks, 103159 so I’m keeping an eye on them. Plus I love those uniforms and that’s always a huge factor with me!

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Great Events in Manchester

1971 - Memorial vs Central In First All-Manchester Class L Basketball Final

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Class L Basketball final. Central got there via 76-74 win over Nashua saved by a Mike Husey steal with six second left. Looking to repeat as champs, Memorial had knocked off top ranked Dover 66-61 behind 18 points from Mike Flanagan and 28 more from Mike Applegate and Ron Beaurivage.

It was tight for most of the 1st half, but a late Jeff Wallace and Ned Desrosiers led 10-2 run had Central up 35-27 at the half. Memorial turned the tide by winning the third period 16-8 to tie it at 43. Then the real drama unfolded in a back and forth fourth period that looked like Memorial’s when Flanagan buried a 30 footer in the final minute to make it 51-49. But a Wallace put back tied it at 51 before a Flanagan runner with three seconds left wouldn’t fall so on to the first OT. That was more like a wrestling scrum as after an early Beaurivarge bucket neither team scored again until Central’s Stan Pinkos did with 37 seconds remaining to make it 53-53. After Wallace scored on the first possession followed by Flanagan picking up his fifth foul it looked good for Central early in the second overtime. But Beaurivarge quickly scored five straight for a 60-55 Crusader lead which they stretched to a 64-58 final. Memorial was a two time winner, Wallace had a game high 25, Applegate 23, 7 of Beaurivarges’ 12 came in OT, and with 2/8/16 7:28 PM 21 Flanagan closed out his career with a most ever 192 points in NHIAA tournament play after what was surely another great event for Manchester.

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St. A’s up, SNHU down The Big Story: If it’s true Saint Anselm is going to drop down to Division III sports next year, its men’s basketball team did so in style by playing for the NCAA Eastern Regional title as we went to press on Tuesday night. We know by now the outcome of their final with Stonehill, who prevented an all-Manchester final by beating SNHU 75-74 with a last-second score in OT. The Hawks got there with 83-71 and 77-73 wins over Philadelphia University and St. Thomas Aquinas behind strong games from Victor Joshua and Mike McCahey. For the Penmen Rodney Sanders had 30 in the win over top seed Holy Family and 28 in the heartbreaker vs. Stonehill.

Sports 101: Sometime this week or so Tim Duncan will become the third player in NBA history to win 1,000 of the total games they played in. Who are the other two?

Championship Run of the Week: To seven-seed Goffstown, who went to the Division II State finals when Sarah Doherty’s buzzer-beater shot down Lebanon 37-35, then won it by avenging two earlier losses to Hanover with a 37-31 victory when Molly McQueeney had a

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2 – goals scored by Drew Merrick to lead Trinity to a 3-2 win over Central in the opening round of the NHIAA state hockey tournament.

6 – consecutive goals scored by Bedford after going down 1-0 in their 6-1 win over Hanover when Griffin Gagne led the way with a pair of goals.

game-high 12 points.

Comebacks of the Week: Down 20 in the third period, Memorial came all the way back to squeak by Nashua South 75-72 in the opening round of the state basketball tournament. That was followed by roaring back from 12 down to beat Nashua North 81-79 in Round II, when Paul Rodolf made a pair of free throws with six seconds left.

Nick of Tyme Awards: To West’s Akok Akok for scoring as time ran out to move West into the Division II semifinals with a 43-42 win over Hollis Brookline.

Sports 101 Answer: The two players with 1,000-plus wins in their NBA careers are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 1,074 and opposite number in the ’80s Celtics-Lakers rivalry Robert Parish with 1,014.

On This Date – March 18: 1955 – Maurice (the Rocket) Richard is suspended for the season after his brawl leads to riots all over Montreal that injure 37 and see over 100 arrested. 1959 – Fittingly, Celtics GM and former star Danny Ainge is born on St. Patrick’s Day. 1963 – Retiring Celtics all-time all-timer Bob Cousy plays his last regular-season home game in a Celtics uniform.

18 – consecutive wins for the Bishop Guertin girls after 46-34 and 35-31 wins over Winnacunnet and Bedford in the final two rounds of NHIAA basketball tournament to claim the Division I state championship when Meghan Cramb had 10 and 14 points in the wins.

33 – combined points from Ronnie Silva (18) and Nathan Hale (15) as top seed Nashua North rolled to

an opening-round Division I 57-43 playoff win over Alvirne.

62 – combined points from Jaylen Leroy (25), Jon Makori (22) and Evan McDonald (15) as Central ended Bedford’s season with a 73-67 win in overtime in Round II of the Division I playoffs when Josh Bauer was high for the Bulldogs with 16.

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Sports Glossary

Arvydas Sabonis: Seven-foot-three-inch behemoth and inarguably the greatest Russian hoopster of them all. Won gold for Russia in 1988 Olympics and bronze twice after that. Came to the NBA at 31 but still averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds per game during seven years of declining skills with highs of 16 and 10 in 1997-98.

Patrick Ewing: Arguably in the Top 10 college basketball players of all time while at Georgetown in heyday of Hoya paranoia. Under the guidance of former Bill Russell back-up John Thompson, he was an uber-aggressive defender who blocked shots, smothered dribblers coming off picks and ranged sideline to sideline in a way I’ve only see Anthony Davis do since. Sadly that all disappeared after he entered the NBA and became an offensive first 17-foot fall-away jump shooter with the Knicks, where he was a Hall of Famer but not the game-changer he could have and should have been — with the blame for that going to Pat Riley.

Jim Boeheim: Woe-is-me whiny crybaby men’s basketball coach of Syracuse who finally got caught doing what many in the biz suspected he was doing for years. A great program-builder who’s kept Cuse at the top of the college game for 30 years but who may be the worst coach ever at developing top talent, as, Carmelo Anthony aside, name one Orange player that grew into something great in the NBA as tons did after leaving Dean Smith and UNC behind.

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Maybe you’ve been making batches and batches of your family-and-friends-famous cookies in your tiny kitchen, tripping over your cats as you try to maneuver mixing bowls and cookie sheets. Maybe you want to build a robot but don’t have the tools, or create a sculpture but don’t have the space. Or maybe you have an amazing vision for a tech startup but don’t know how to put idea to paper. That’s where makerspaces and incubators come in. For anyone who wants to take his hobby or business to the next level, there’s likely a place for you in one of these facilities: studios for artists, commercial-sized kitchens for home cooks who want to go bigger, warehouses for hands-on building and office space for networking and brainstorming. Whatever your idea, you can help it grow in a space you can sort of call your own.

Space and guidance to make your goodies

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Unlike aspiring techies, scientists or engineers, those who want to open a restaurant or make specialty jams are hard pressed to find an internship or program that teaches the ins and outs of the food industry. For many, the only route is to dive in, learn as they go and hope for the best.

That’s what Neelima Gogumalla, founder and owner of Creative Chef Kitchens, discovered when she heard from a friend with a struggling restaurant business.

“During that whole fiasco she expressed a concern that there wasn't a place she could

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have gone to learn about the business … so she started with input from different people,” Gogumalla said in a phone interview.

Intrigued by the idea of creating a space to test foodie products and ideas, Gogumalla researched and visited farmers market vendors across the country before opening a commercial kitchen in Derry in 2013.

“My whole goal was always to elevate this to more than just a shared kitchen and make it a true incubator space,” she said. “[To] take these companies up to a level where they can move out and get their own spaces or I can take an equity [share] and grow with them.”

Ed and Laurel Smith, husband-and-wife team and owners of Ruth’s Mustard, took their first stab at making her grandmother’s traditional hot and sweet mustard on a larger scale — 60 jars — about three years ago in their home kitchen.

It took them two hours to make eight jars, and they had to essentially seal off the house.

“When you make mustard, it’s pretty noxious,” Ed Smith said. “Tastes good, but you gotta wear goggles and masks.”

Looking to take their hobby to the next level, the Smiths invested $1,000 to work with

New Hampshire welcomed another food incubator on Feb. 16 when husband and wife Gavin and Mary Macdonald opened Genuine Local in Meredith. The couple began in the food business in 2008 with a family barbecue team that turned into catering company MacDaddy’s Rollin’ Smoke BBQ. They followed that with Swineheart’s Signature Sauces produced through a commercial kitchen space in Keene and when that space closed, the Macdonalds made the move to open their own food incubator.

“We learned everything the hard way … and there is really no good manual,” Mary Macdonald said in a phone interview. “Every food business is a little different … so we've put together a pretty comprehensive array a food incubator, the now closed Neighbor Made Kitchen in Keene.

“It really just blossomed. … We came out with some other flavors and it’s really taken off,” Smith said. “We’re not big-time. I think we did about $10,000 the past couple of years in sales and it’s gradually increased where we’re probably in about 60 stores. It’s fun and we’re enjoying it.”

Smith said it was a recommendation from Neighbor Made’s owner that encouraged the Smiths to add more products to their line.

“His theory was just one lone Ruth’s Mus-

of services and resources for people that no matter where you are in the process … we can accommodate.”

Perhaps the most obvious benefit of working with a food incubator is the physical space. Cooking from a home kitchen severely limits the amount you can make and with what equipment.

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tard on a shelf gets lost, but if you have three or four different varieties that makes you look more professional,” Smith said. “And he was 100-percent dead on with that.”

When the kitchen in Keene closed last fall, the Smiths bided their time before moving their production to Genuine Local. Not only were they familiar with the Macdonalds, having worked with them in Keene, but it was the only space that had exactly what the Smiths needed — a streamlined process from the 40-gallon kettle to the bottling machine, and a label maker.

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Ian Cook joined MakeIt Labs four years ago as a college student. Since then, he’s worked on drones, 3-D printing and various other projects, but last year, Cook took on a new challenge at the makerspace. “[I’m] turning my daily-driver car into a race car for hillclimb racing in Vermont,” he said. “I come from a family of racing, so I wanted to get into it. Racing is kind of expensive if you don’t do everything yourself, but having MakeIt Labs allows me to do that.”

First, Cook measured out the car and designed a model on a computer program.

Now he’s in the process of fabricating a roll cage, which he works on at MakeIt Labs almost every evening. MakeIt Labs has the tools he needs, such as chop saws, bandsaws, angle grinders, welders, an automotive lift and certain hand tools.

“It would be impossible for me to do this at home,” he said. “I live in an apartment. I don’t have a garage or anything.

At MakeIt Labs, I have a heated, lit place where I can spread out and work.”

Cook sometimes posts the times he’ll be working on the car on the MakeIt Labs online message board so that other members can join him if they’re interested.

“I’ve had quite a few people come by and help. It’s fun to be involved with something more than your own project,” he said. “Sometimes, it’s also a pay-it-forward thing, because they know I’ll help with their project down the line.”

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“Some people say, ‘I need a bigger space’ or ‘I’ve been doing this at home and want to sell at stores,’” Gogumalla said.

Along with space and equipment, food incubators also offer guidance that would-be businesses might not find elsewhere.

Macdonald and her husband put a particular focus on mentorship, the level of which is determined on a case-by-case business.

“We have customers that want to rent the space and equipment and do it themselves, we have customers that have an idea and want to develop it, we have customers that want to hire us to produce their product,” Macdonald said.

Less than a month after opening, the Macdonalds had four people in one week stop by

just to chat about their ideas.

“It’s not a business that most people are familiar with, and even if you’ve worked in the food industry, to work in food production for retail sales is very different,” Macdonald said.

Gogumalla said 99 percent of the people she works with come for both the space and the business help. She does very little in the kitchen itself — mostly checking that things are always clean and in order — and spends the rest of her time at her desk doing research on all aspects of the food business process to help those in the kitchen think big and get ready for their next step.

Once companies have had a steady couple years of revenue stream, she’ll help introduce them to banks, work on business plans and financials and help them find investors.

“It’s like a health club for geeks,” said Steve Korzyniowski, vice president of the board for the new Manchester Makerspace opening in a few weeks. “It’s a place where people who make things can work on their projects and have access to the tools they need, access to a knowledge base of people trained in various skills, and gather … with others who are interested in the same ideas.”

Makerspaces are generally nonprofits and member-operated. Most membership packages are offered by the month, and some makerspaces have different levels of membership that come with more or less accessibility to the building and equipment and added perks.

Most makerspaces require members to pass a test or complete a class before allowing them access to advanced equipment.

“Safety is a first priority, both the safety of the members and of the equipment,” Adam Shrey, president of MakeIt Labs in Nashua, said. “If someone has been a woodworker their whole life and they can demonstrate a few things, we’ll give them clearance [to use woodworking equipment]. Otherwise, we have regular training to teach members how to use the equipment safely.”

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Korzyniowski said he’s seen interest from local schools, homeschooling groups, parents and teens looking to utilize the makerspace for STEM activities.

“Parents bring their children in to make things they can’t do at home while also exposing them to a more social atmosphere,” he said. “Then, there’s students in high school who have a project started at school but the school doesn’t have the tools they need, or they want to work on their project at night after the school is closed, so they go to a makerspace.”

Makerspaces are also popular for business purposes. Established businesses may use a makerspace for projects they can’t do in their office or commercial space. Korzyniowski offered an example of a bicycle repair business in Portsmouth that has a retail location but leases a section of a makerspace to do the bike maintenance work. People who work with computer design programs and need a place to create physical models of their designs may also turn to a makerspace.

Someone who is interested in or in the early stages of starting a business can use a makerspace to experiment with different ideas and flesh out their plan without taking

Nashua MakeIt Labs MakeIt Labs (25 Crown St., Nashua, makeitlabs.com) has been open since 2010. Earlier this month, it completed the move from a 6,000-square-foot space to a 12,000-squarefoot space down the street. Part of the new facility is a garage-type area, which MakeIt Labs President Adam Shrey said houses “the louder and dirtier equipment” for things like metal fabrication, machining and automotive work. Another part is a clean space with smaller, spread-out tables for working on electronics and computers.

“We have a little of everything, from soldering irons and computers to welders, laser cutters and plasma cutters,” Shrey said. “But that’s just the equipment. … While some [makerspaces] are just a place where people work on stuff, we’re one that has a full range of capabilities with classes, social spaces and a variety of other things.”

MakeIt Labs has two main membership options: a “Hobbyist” membership includes access to the building during set hours and a minimal time allotment on metered equipment.

“Pro” members get an RFID card for 24/7 building access, priority access to tools, project storage space and an extended time allotment on metered equipment.

The cost to join is $40 per month for a Hobbyist membership, $75 per month for Pro membership.

any major risks.

“We want to provide them with space and tools to design and develop an idea … and to explore [the process] of turning that idea into a business,” Shrey said. “They can try a variety of things without setting up a full-fledged [collection of] equipment or spending a lot of money.”

A makerspace is more than a place to build things.

“It’s primarily about the community,” Shrey said. “Many times when someone starts a project, other members wonder what they’re doing and offer to help and get involved. We have members that can do what they’re working on at home, but they’d rather do it here because there’s people here.

There’s new ideas.”

John Cook, a MakeIt Labs member of over five years, works full-time as an engineer and has operated a successful side business selling lighting kits for science fiction scale models for over 10 years. He said places like MakeIt Labs are needed “to stimulate learning, attract talent, and [serve as] a community resource,” and that one of the main reasons he continues his membership is the comradeship.

“I enjoy the social group,” he said. “The place is a magnet for people like me. I can learn a lot by being there, just from my friends.”

Manchester Makerspace Manchester Makerspace (36 Old Granite St., Manchester, manchestermakerspace.org) is set to open by early April. The current plan allocates 6,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space to work stations for metalworking, woodworking, machinery and automotive projects, and 1,500 sq. ft. of clean space for things like computer programming and video game designing.

However, Manchester Makerspace Vice President Steve Korzyniowski said that the development of the makerspace will be largely up to the members.

“Those who are interested and passionate about having this public work space will bring their ideas and talents… and those will determine what [equipment] is best to have here,” he said.

Manchester Makerspace will implement a system with RFID cards that grant members 24/7 access to the building and access to equipment if they have been approved. Classes will be offered on operating makerspace equipment and various other topics.

Membership types include Individual, Family and Company with options for three months, six months and 12 months. Storage space will be available for an additional fee.

“There’s been a huge amount of interest so far,” Korzyniowski said.

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There aren’t any general art-centric makerspaces in New Hampshire, but if you want to take your art to the next level, there are plenty of different venues where you can do that depending on your preferred media.

Your best bet is to explore art centers and schools that teach it — many will offer open studio time or courses in which you can explore individual projects, like the Homestead Woodworking School in Newmarket ($325, plus materials, two months of classes).

At Terrapin Glassblowing Studio in Jaffrey, you can take classes or rent the studio for $40 per hour, according to its website, which includes bench, pipes, punties, tools and clear glass.

If you want to tinker around with some higher-tech tools, a traditional makerspace might be your best option, and the Port City Makerspace in Portsmouth is full of creative makers, from engineers to furniture designers, photographers to woodworkers, with monthly ($50) or 24-hour access ($80) membership options.

Come in with one trade, and you’ll likely learn another either through its class offerings or from another maker.

Current member Nihco Gallo joined with a woodworking background but learned a bit of metalsmithing soon after. The place boasts a woodshop, metal shop, machine shop, garage, 3-D printers and warehouse that can be used as storage space for large projects.

“A lot of members are hobbyists or craftspeople who just need access to tools

and realize it’s cheaper and more convenient to join a makerspace than to outfit an entire space, as well as more social and fun,” Gallo said via phone. “I think the makerspaces are appealing to both craftsmen and professionals because they offer a wide range of tools that even the best outfitted hobbyists don’t have in their basements or garages.”

If you’re more into ceramics, Studio 550 Art Center in Manchester offers a variety of membership types for the use of studio space — punchcards (for which prices vary) or unlimited ($145), for which the studio is accessible during open studio hours. Regular class tuition also includes a once-a-week open studio session in which artists can practice or conduct individual projects. The only extra cost is clay and firing.

“Studio membership is more if you can’t make a class or don’t want instruction and are just working on a project,” owner Monica Leap said. “Not everybody wants to take a class. When I left school, I was just looking for a studio to work in.”

Sal Steven-Hubbard uses Studio 550’s space and tools.

“It’s a much better environment to work in than your basement,” Steven-Hubbard said. “And seeing other people’s work on display in the gallery gives you ideas. … It gives me something to strive for.”

Theresa Caulkins is a glass artist who has been with Studio 550 since its inception. The Manchester resident, who teaches both glass art and drawing, said it’s inspiring being part of the Studio 550 makerspace community.

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“Some incubators in the state and elsewhere are really focused [on] and help a wide variety of companies, not just startups. In other words, they may be helping new, small consultancies or lifestyle businesses or things like that,” said Joshua Cyr, Alpha Loft’s director of education and acceleration. “Others such as Alpha Loft are really focused on startups. These are high-growth-potential businesses which have some sort of innovative spin on their business model or their product or something else along those lines.”

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The state also hosts a few communal art studios and centers, like the newly-established Eclective Avenue Creative Art Space in the Manchester Mills, which is currently looking for more members to rent space and hold classes there. There’s also Creative Ventures Gallery in Amherst, which is home to artist studios, classroom space and exhibition events.

Another option is the New Hampshire Creative Club, which isn’t exactly a makerspace — it has no permanent home — but a $50 yearly membership gets you access to monthly creative-based events and helps connect big companies with freelance artists — designers, illustrators, copywriters, creative writers, photographers, videographers and furniture makers.

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The Hannah Grimes Center offers workshops that “tend to be free or quite affordable,” Kristiansen said.

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He said the accelerator program was a huge help.

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The Queen City will become a green city when the 21st Annual Manchester St. Patrick’s Day Parade makes its way downtown, starting at noon at the Brady Sullivan Tower on Elm Street, then proceeding down Elm to Veterans Park.

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The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts invites the public to the 11th annual New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud Championship at the Statehouse (107 N. Main St., Concord), starting at 6 p.m.

Virginia Prescott of New Hampshire Public Radio’s Word of Mouth program hosts as 12 high school competitors recite poetry for the chance to represent New Hampshire at the national championship in Washington, D.C. Visit nh.gov/nharts.

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Downtown Nashua to get two public pianos this spring

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This spring in Nashua, public art takes a new form: street pianos.

Specifically, two painted street pianos, tentatively to be located at the corner of Main and Pearl streets, and at Bicentennial Park near Darrell’s Music Hall and Studio Mark Emile. The project, presented

by North Main Music and Great American Downtown, takes inspiration from British artist Luke Jerram’s Play Me, I’m Yours street piano project, which has installed 1,500 art pianos and seen 50 cities worldwide, from New York to London.

Project organizers hope that painting will begin by the end of March and that instruments make it to the street by the end of April. They’ll be available for public playing until October.

Sarah Roy, marketing and public relations manager for Nashua music school North Main Music, envisioned the Gate City with outdoor pianos while vacationing with her family in Littleton last July. It was a beautiful day, and the family had been eating lunch outside at Bailiwicks Fine Restaurant & Martini Bar when, across the street, three men began singing and playing at a painted piano. The men were in their late teens and early 20s, and the sounds echoed throughout the streets.

“We were really moved by it,” Roy said.

Roy called Mike McAdam, founder and director of North Main Music.

“I took pictures and sent them to Mike,” Roy said. “I said, ‘We can make this happen!’”

When she arrived back in Nashua, she contacted the Littleton Chamber of Commerce and found out that the town had

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started the program a few years back. Four pianos were set out along Main Street, and they were decorated in a variety of styles and colors. When it rained, local businesses came by and slipped a protector cover on top. When the pianos became out of tune — which happened more often due to outdoor elements — hired personnel came by to tune them up.

Mollie White, executive director of the Littleton Chamber of Commerce, said via phone that the project has added a new dimension to their main street — so much so that they’re hiring a student from North Country Charter Academy to paint a fifth to go out this spring. The town often incorporates the pianos in outdoor summer events.

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“We’ll actually hire some piano players up and down main streets to put music in the air and ramp up the vibrancy of downtown,” White said.

Roy and McAdam also reached out to Paul Shea, executive director of Great American Downtown. He was interested too.

“This is something I’ve seen in some iteration online for a couple of years now,” Shea said via phone. “It’s an opportunity at a fairly low cost to provide a significant point of interest and opportunity for people to be creative and express themselves.”

There are some costs, though. Getting pianos won’t be an issue — the music school gets piano donations all the time, and since the project went public, at least

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three have been offered up. But the pianos do need to be secured to the ground, and they’ll need the three-sided rain covers, to be constructed by Sweeney Metal Fabricators. Stadium Graphics will create the cover art that gets stretched over the frame.

“Even with the raincovers, they’ll take a beating. Whether we completely start from scratch each year or touch up what’s there each year, we’re not sure yet,” Roy said.

“The life of these pianos really isn’t that long.

You’re lucky if you get two to three years.”

The biggest expense is hiring people to come by and tune, which organizers hope will happen every other week. Sponsors will get signage and logos on the rain covers and piano plaques, and come October, the instruments will go back inside. There’s been a lot of encouraging support via sponsorships — from Nautical Gin, The Peddler’s Daughter, Fortin Gage, Nashua Dog Park, Enterprise Bank, Lennan Company, Pompanoosuc Mills, Persian Rug Galleries and Elizabeth Grady — and many organizations have provided in-kind donations.

“Darrell’s Music Hall agreed to store it in the winter; they know how to take care of the pianos. We’re working with Positive Street Art to paint the pianos, and City Arts Nashua is providing small artist stipends to pay for the supplies,” Roy said. “I’ve seen pictures and read stories about people having impromptu jam sessions, and people coming down with a guitar to play along. I think it’s a really cool community-building activity that disrupts the way you normally interpret your sidewalk. You’re bringing music to everyone, and everyone is welcome to play it.”

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Art Events • GIRLS AT WORK, INC., DIVA COMEDY NIGHT Comedy by Cindy Pierce, Kevin Gallagher, Sue Schmidt.

Evening of storytelling to raise funds for Girls At Work, Inc. Sat., March 19, at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. New Hampshire Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester. $25-$50.

Visit girlswork.org.

• HOP TO IT SPRING CRAFT FAIR Music, crafters.

Sat., March 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Crowne Plaza, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua. Free. Call 5284014. Visit joycescraftshows. com.

• ADULT COLORING PARTY Drop in, sit, relax with coloring therapy. Mon., March 21, at 6 p.m. Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester.

• ARTSPEAK MEETING City of Portsmouth Cultural Commission meeting. Wed., March 23, 8:30-10 a.m. Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle Road, Portsmouth. Free. RSVP

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by calling 512-3953, emailing info@art-speak.org. Visit artspeak.org.

• SEACOAST ARTIST ASSOCIATION GRAND OPENING Raffle of "Great Bay in Winter" by Annick BouvronGromek, refreshments, proceeds go to renovations. Sat., April 9, at 5 p.m. Seacoast Artist Association Gallery, 130 Water St., Exeter. $20. Call 778-8856.

• BECKY FIELD Presentation on NH's cultural diversity by local author/photographer, Different Roots, Common Dreams.

Sat., April 9, at 1:30 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Visit derrypl.org. Call 432-6140.

Fairs • WINTER CRAFT MARKETS Consisting 20 juried craftsmen. Sat., April 9, 9 a.m.2 p.m. Wentworth Greenhouses, 141 Rollins Road, Rollinsford.

Call 343-2393.

Openings • "NEW WORKS" Featuring work by NH artists. On

view March 18 through May 1.

Reception Fri., March 18, 5:307 p.m. MainStreet BookEnds, 16 E. Main St., Warner. Visit mainstreetbookends.com.

• "BIG PICTURE" Mural exhibit by five artists. On view March 16-May 15. Reception Sat., March 19, 5-8 p.m.

3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. Visit 3Sarts.org.

Call 766-3330.

• "PEACE OF THE SEA" Art exhibition featuring art

by Pamela Wamala. On view March 16 through April 29.

Opening Sat., March 19, 2-4 p.m. Whistler House Museum, 243 Worthen St., Lowell. Call 978-452-7641.

• "TRANS POSE" Art show

by Catherine Graffam. On view March 22 through April 22.

Reception Friday, March 25, 5-7 p.m. McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. Visit mcgowanfineart.com. Call 2252515.

• "FRESH" Wild Salamander Group Art Show. Highlighting pieces inspired by beauty found outside. On view April 1

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• Change agents: The Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy, 11 Tan Lane, Exeter, hosts an art show, “Change Agents: Personal Art as Political Tactic,” March 25 through April 30. The exhibit features works by 40 contemporary artists who bring personal perspectives to pressing social and political issues of our time — racism, gender discrimination, environmental crisis, cultural tradition and media stereotypes — in a variety of formats and media, according to a press release. The show was developed by a number of PEA students to expand conversations on identity, social construction and politics and is accompanied by a number of upcoming events: “The Geography of Poverty” Wednesday, March 23, at 12:45 p.m., hosted by Pulitzer Prizewinning photographer Matt Black (space limited, RSVP by March 18, gallery@ exeter.edu); an opening reception Friday, March 25, from 5 to 7 p.m.; and a gallery talk Saturday, March 26, at 10 a.m.,

by Lauren Gillette and other artists. Call 777-3461 or visit exeter.edu/lamontgallery or email gallery@exeter.edu.

• Studio on wheels: Studio 550 is bringing a free mobile clay studio visit to the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester and NeighborWorks of Southern New Hampshire as part of the 2016 Clay for Kids Fund. The goal of the fund is to bring the studio to kids who otherwise would not have the opportunity to learn ceramics. A small percentage of every full-priced art studio class registration is reserved for the fund. Visit 550arts.com.

• Moving on: The Seacoast Artist Association is moving to a new location at 130 Water St., Exeter, with a grand opening event Saturday, April 9, at 5 p.m., which will have drinks, refreshments and through May 4. Reception Fri., April 1, 6-8 p.m. Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, 30 Ash St., Hollis. Visit wildsalamander.com.

• ANNE COOK, MARY HART Art show. On view April 5 through April 30. Reception Sat., April 9, 4-7 p.m. Unchartered Gallery, 103 Market St., Lowell.

• KAREN GOLA Exeter Fine Crafts April artist of the month.

Glass artist of Gola Glass. On view through April 30. Reception Sat., April 16, noon-3 p.m.

Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water St., Exeter. Call 778-8282.

“Butterflies, Fireflies and Helicopters” by Carl E. Moore.

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a drawing for a painting, “Great Bay in Winter” by Annick Bouvron-Gromek, proceeds for which go to renovations.

The last show at the gallery at 225 Water St., Exeter, is “Wild With Color,” on view through March 26. Call 778-8856.

• Upcoming benefit for girls with power tools: This Saturday, March 19, at 6 p.m., at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester, Girls at Work, Inc. hosts a benefit event of comic storytelling, chocolate tasting and drinks with performers Cindy Pierce, Kevin Gallagher and Sue Schmidt. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and general admission tickets are $25 online, $30 at the door.

Visit girlswork.org.

• Aviation photography: The New Hampshire Department of Transportation hosts a photography contest and exhibit, “A Focus on Aviation: Photography Contest & Exhibit,” with submissions accepted now through March 27, to coincide with General Aviation Month in New Hampshire. Collegiate, amateur and professional photographers are all welcome to submit photos via Facebook within prospective categories that depict New Hampshire aviation. Winning photos will be printed and displayed in a show at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire.

For more on the contest, visit gsama.org/ events.html.

— Kelly Sennott

Open calls • CALL FOR ARTISTS: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT Looking for artists for "Telling America's Stories: Celebrating 100 Years of the National Park Service." Open for submissions Feb. 10 through April 1. Exhibition runs May 7 through June 10. Brush Art Gallery & Studios, 256 Market St., Lowell. Call 978-275-1705, 978-459-7819.

Visit lowellartshows.com/NPS. • CALL FOR ART: OMER T. LASSONDE JURIED EXHIBITION Hosted by NH Art Association. Open to all artists.

Submissions due by March 26 at 5 p.m. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth.

Visit nhartassociation.org for guidelines and entry form.

• CALL FOR ARTISTS Looking for entries for Third Annual Meredith Sculpture Walk. Sculptures will be positioned in 32 highly-visible locations throughout Main St., Lake Winnipesaukee and Mine Falls Marketplace.

Submissions due by March 31.

Meredith, NH Meredith., Email meredithsculpturewalk@metrocast.net. Call 677-2298.

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Second looks

Trans artist combats the male gaze

“The thing with trans women online is we essentially all kind of know each other. I can look up any trans woman in her 20s on Facebook and I’ll probably have at least a few common friends with her. It’s a tight-knit network of people. There’s not that many of us, and we kind of like to stick together,” Graffam said. “I definitely wanted to show diversity in who we are and what we look like and our experiences and how we define ourselves. An important part was for them to have agency over the photos. … So often in the media, we’re ridiculed or just not written or talked about in an acceptable way.”

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

Go ahead and take another look at Catherine Graffam’s portraits of trans women — it’s what she wants.

“In art, there’s this way women are painted and photographed. It’s very complicit, and it’s very passive, and it’s usually really easily digestible,” said Graffam, a trans woman and recent graduate of the New Hampshire Institute of Art. “It’s kind of set up to uphold the standards of beauty women have to reach to be deemed beautiful and acceptable. … Because I’m trans, it’s hard to meet those standards — people don’t usually react to it well or write you off as ugly, or they don’t quite enjoy it the same way they would with an easier image.”

Her goal in her upcoming show at McGowan Fine Art, “Trans Pose,” on view March 22 through April 22, is to combat the male gaze in art and cause people to reflect on how they define women and femininity.

Hot sellers

Graffam has spent months slaving away in her Manchester mill building studio, which is located behind a winding maze of stairways and hallways. She shares the space with three other NHIA alumni trying to make names for themselves in this new post-grad life, and during an early March visit, the long, high-ceilinged room was almost empty, save for her collection of trans women’s portraits hanging next to the studio’s only window. She still had two more to complete before showtime.

Most artists McGowan Director Sarah Chaffee represents have years of experience. But Chaffee saw something special in Graffam’s work at the New Hampshire Institute of Art’s spring BFA showcase.

See “Trans Pose” Where: McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord When: On view March 22 through April 22; reception Friday, March 25, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Contact: 225-2515, mcgowanfineart. com, catherinegraffam.com AND MEMORIES: IMAGES OF THE LOWELL CEMETERY" Looking for art to celebrate Lowell Cemetery 175th anniversary. Artists may enter up to 3 pieces between May 1 and May 20. Show goes up June 18. Lowell, MA Lowell., Call 978-454-5191. Visit lowellcemetery.com.

Trans issues

Catherine Graffam in her Manchester art studio. Kelly Sennott photo.

Graffam’s senior thesis focused on imagery depicting her transition as a male to female transgender person, and Chaffee was struck

by Graffam’s conservative style countered with topical LGBT issues. Throughout the evening, Chaffee constantly circled the work — looking at it, then moving away, then coming back — until finally, a friend who was with her said, “Go ahead and buy it!”

At the time, Graffam hadn’t known Chaffee was a local gallery director, nor that she hardly ever buys or shows work by artists so young. But when Chaffee followed up a couple months later, asking Graffam to come sign her painting, she saw the opportunity; she drove to Concord, paintings stashed in her car, and Chaffee took a handful. The first sold within hours.

“I never do that,” Chaffee said. “I took four to five paintings and a handful of prints.

And within a couple weeks, I had sold a few more paintings and a print. … Whenever I sold work … she would bring more work, and I’d sell it, and then she’d bring me more work. I was like, wow, I think we’ve got something here.”

They were also mostly self-portraits, which are sometimes tricky sells, and a lot of the buyers were older clientele. One man had purchased his online from Indonesia.

Workshops/classes/ demonstrations • FELTED HANDBAG Workshop taught by Lynda Petropulos. Sat., March 19, 10:30 a.m.4 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $50 tuition, $45 materials. Email nashuarg@nhcrafts. org.

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• NUNO FELT A SCARF Taught by Melinda LaBarge.

Sat., March 26, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Retail Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. Tuition $55, materials $35. Call 595-8233. Visit nhcrafts.org.

• PHOTOGRAPHING NATURE Paul Hopkins shares

“I think in general, when a portrait or self portrait speaks to a buyer enough, they purchase it because there’s some kind of emotional content they connect with,” Chaffee said. “And I think her most successful pieces are heavy with emotional content. Sometimes people just want to look at a pretty picture and don’t want to be challenged. Her work really straddles that line, of being a beautiful painting and a lot to think about. … It’s a sly and subtle way of getting people to take a second look.”

The paintings

Chaffee and Graffam began discussing a solo exhibition in August. Graffam proposed “Trans Pose.”

“I was a bit concerned she was going to be like, ‘This is New Hampshire, kiddo, you need to turn it down,’” Graffam said.

“I didn’t know if she really wanted to go on the record to have this sort of stance by proxy of me showing this art there.”

Chaffee did, and Graffam has been at work ever since. The women in the paintings are people Graffam met online, and they sent her photos for her to reference. They come from all over the country and are of all different professions — writers, poets, video game designers, comic artists — and ethnicities.

knowledge of outdoor photography and camera skills. Thurs., April 14, at 6 p.m. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord.

• TRADITIONAL RUG HOOKING Workshop taught

by Lisa Chaloner. Sat., April 16, noon-3:30 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98

Graffam came out gradually in 2014, before the issue heated up with Caitlyn Jenner.

“It did raise some awareness, for better or worse, but we also saw the highest murder rate ever of trans women in 2015, and I do not think that’s a coincidence at all.

With all this coverage, sure, maybe there may be some progression, but there’s also a huge pushback,” Graffam said. “And now we’re kind of facing a legal pushback. All the bathroom bills, health care stuff. It’s a total mess.”

She said it’s hard for trans women to find and keep jobs because of this pushback — in fact, she quit her pizza delivery job due to harassment — which is why a percentage of painting sales go to the models featured.

“There’s a lot of mental health issues in the trans community, and high rates of suicide, and it’s hard to stay afloat and thrive as a trans woman,” Graffam said. “I wanted to use my situation, which is pretty well off, and use it to give back to my community in a monetary way.”

Graffam, who didn’t begin painting seriously until age 18, hopes this show will be the start of an edgier art scene here. She’s not sure whether she’ll keep working with this series but will likely continue creating emotionally charged work.

“I want to send a message of beauty and strength,” she said. “I don’t think I’m saving the world or anything, but I hope it impacts some people.”

Main St., Nashua. $35 tuition, $40 materials. Email nashuarg@ nhcrafts.org.

• ARTIST'S LEGAL SERIES All events are presented by Kimberly Peaslee, Intellectual Property lawyer at Upton & Hatfield. "Licensing/Commercialization" is Tues., April 19, 5:30-7 p.m.; "Trusts & Estates"

is Tues., May 17, 5:30-7 p.m.

McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. Free, registration requested. Call 225-2515. Email gallery@mcgowanfineart.com, visit mcgowanfineart.com.

• ALCOHOL INK TILES Workshop. Open to adults and teens 12 and older with any level of experience. Taught by

AND THE WINNER IS...

On Monday, March 7, the Manchester millyard’s ANNEX Studio was packed with a 130-member viewing party for the Season 2 finale of Ellen’s Design Challenge, produced by talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. The crowd had come to support Manchester furniture maker Vivian Beer, a show finalist. When she was announced as the winner — which includes a future HGTV magazine spread and $100,000 cash prize — she was showered with hugs and congratulatory messages.

An exhausted Beer shared her thoughts about the show the next day while cleaning the studio space with her wife, Mariana Rosas, and studio owner Robert Daniel.

PRIZE MONEY: I’ve been really thinking of using [the money] to feed the business. … This is a chance to take that money and really increase my resources. I’ve been thinking about trying to purchase some CNC [computer numerical control] tools, which you saw during the show, and also develop some different approaches to the way I’ve been working.

NEW LINE: Being part of the competition made me think about a lot of different things, but one of the things I really want to do is make a line of work that really hits a different demographic and is more accessible. A lot of that is going to be using other CNC technologies to make it more efficient.

CREATIVE EXPLORATION: I’ve really developed a specific voice. But there [are] also all these concerns of trying to survive. So having a period of time where I wasn’t thinking of surviving, I was just thinking about being creative, was really unusual. You blow away the preconceptions of, how can I work and what kind of market can I bring my work to. So it is kind of coming out fresh again from this experience. … In a lot of ways, we were really sequestered during that month. All you had on your side was what was in your mind previously.

COLLABORATION: In an interior sense, there’s this spirit of collaboration I got from working with [carpenter partner] Matt Blashaw and other carpenters on set. … I’ve always been curious about what it really takes to be creative, what it really takes to be original, and the concept of creativity happens outside of your comfort zone. … That spirit of collaboration is taking you outside of where you work, out of the way you work, which is where true creativity and true innovation lies. So that’s really reflected in what I want to do in the future, [to] seek those more collaborative experiences.

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THE SHOW: They’re still figuring it out. It’s a really unusual show, and nobody’s done anything like it before. … I’d love to see it became a thing. A real thing. It is a thing, but you know, see it really grow.

WHAT’S NEXT: I have a lot of things on my schedule that were there before any of this happened. I’m still working on a public art piece to be installed in July in Arlington, Virginia. … I have two glass residencies coming up in the spring in the Pacific Northwest at the Pilchuck Glass School [in Stanwood, Washington] … and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. — Kelly Sennott Alene Sirott-Cope. Sat., April 23, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $30, plus $10 for materials. Email nashuarg@nhcrafts.org.

• UPCYCLED WOOL MINIPURSE Workshop taught by Clare Collins. Sat., April 30, 1:30 a.m.-5 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $35 tuition, $15 materials. Email nashuarg@ nhcrafts.org.

Theater Productions • THE REALNESS: A BREAK BEAT PLAY Merrimack Repertory Theatre production. Play

by Idris Goodwin. March 16 through April 10. Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell. Tickets start at $15. Visit mrt.org.

• THE STAR SPANGLED GIRL Leddy Center production.

March 11 through March 20, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, 38C Ladd's Lane, Epping. $20. Call 679-2781. Visit leddycenter.org.

• THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES Revue portraying high school classmates with a gleeful parade of pop music from the 1950's and 1960's. Set designed by Ben Hart and Brandon James, who created sets for

Oliver! and direccted/designed sets/costumes for Avenue Q. Feb. 26 through March 20.

Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. $14-$35. Visit seacoastrep.org. Call 433-4472.

• GRACE AND GLORIE Featuring Barbara Webb, Molly Parker Myers. Thurs., March 17, at 7:30 p.m.; Fri., March 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. $16-$27. Visit winniplesaukeeeplayhouse.org. Call 279-0333.

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• Plays about women: The 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival hits Portsmouth this weekend with three different play readings at the West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. The theme: plays by and about women. Each will be followed by an audience discussion. First on the list is Charm by Kathleen Cahill, directed by Meghann Beauchamp. It’s a contemporary magical realism script that explores the life of forgotten Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller, to be read by Colleen Madden on Friday, March 18, at 7 p.m. The next, The Women

by Clare Boothe, is a classic tale from 1937 with an all-female, 25-member cast who read Saturday, March 19, at 7 p.m. To wrap it up, Kathleen Somssich and Genevieve Aichele present a female version of The Odd Couple

by Neil Simon Sunday, March 20, at 2 p.m.

The festival was created in 2013 to engage artists and audiences in a collaborative conversation about the art of playwriting and theater, and to showcase scripts the NHTP is unable to present in fully realized productions. There’s another social collaboration with the UNH Social Work Department — a reading of Body & Sold by Deborah Fortson at the Hennessey Theater, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham, Wednesday, March 23, at 6 p.m. General admission prices are $10, $5 for students and alumni.

Call 431-6644, ext. 5, or email reservations@ nhtheatreproject.org.

• Ring essentials: Symphony New Hampshire has a number of upcoming events in preparation for its April 3 concert, The Essential Ring, Part 1. There’s a panel discussion this Sunday, March 20, at • ROCK OF AGES Palace Theatre production. March 4 through March 26. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $25-$45. Visit palacetheatre. org. Call 668-5588.

• MARY POPPINS Windham High School performance. Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m. Windham High School Auditorium, 64 London Bridge Road, Windham. $15.

• CHARM Play by Kathleen Cahill. Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $10 general admission. Call 431-6644, ext.

5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• BEAUTY & THE BEAST, JR. Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts show. Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m.;

Kathleen Somssich and Genevieve Aichele will be featured in the reading of The (Female) Odd Couple by Neil Simon as part of the 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival.

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4 p.m., at Rivier University’s Dion Center, 420 S. Main St., Nashua, called “Facing the Music,” with contributions from Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett, Dr. Martin Menke and Maestro Jonathan McPhee. Then there’s a film music reception Monday, March 21, at 5:30 p.m., at the Nashua Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St., Nashua, in which McPhee will explore how Wagner’s opera music inspired John Williams — whose music inspired Star Wars, E.T. and Indiana Jones — via movie clips. Finally, the pre-concert events end with a library talk on Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” by Symphony NH bassist Robert Hoffman Thursday, March 31, at 5:30 p.m., at the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Call 595-9156.

• Free dance lessons: The Manchester Community Music School, 2291 Elm St., Manchester, hosts free dance lessons Fridays from 6:15 to 7 p.m. during the month of March. Dance professional Marlana Carroll, Latin and Ballroom Dance instructor of Living Room Dance Lessons, will lead students in foxtrot, swing and other styles at the school in preparation for the Share the Music Gala at the end of the month.

Sign up by calling 644-4548. Visit mcmusicschool.org. — Kelly Sennott

Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $13. Visit majestictheatre.net. Call 669-7469.

• THE GAME'S AFOOT Ken Ludwig show. Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. Scenic Theatre, 6 Depot St., Pittsfield. $15. Call 435-8385.

• JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Peacock Players production. Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m.

Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua. $12-$17.

• NOISES OFF Milford Area Players production. March 11 through March 20. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Amato Center for the Performing Arts, Route 13N, Milford. $15. Visit milfordareaplayers.org.

• THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Sanborn Theatre Troupe high school production.

Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. Sanborn Regional High School, 17 Danville Road, Kingston. $7. Call 702-0473.

• THE MOTH MAINSTAGE at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, Sat., March 19, at 8 p.m., $39-$45, themusichall.org, 436-2400.

• DANCE NORTHEAST FESTIVAL Two-day festival produced by Sole City Dance, culminating with ensemble performance. Sat., March 19, at 2 and 7 p.m. Master class Sun., March 20, at 9 a.m. continues throughout day. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. Tickets available at rochesteroperahouse.com. Call 335-1992.

JUST MARVELOUS The Marvelous Wonderettes spends its last hours at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth, this weekend, with showtimes Thursday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 18, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 19, at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 20, at 2 p.m. The show is a revue starring “high school classmates,” with a gleeful parade of pop music from the ‘50s and ‘60s, according to the press release. It features an all-woman cast, live band and set by the design team that helped put on Avenue Q and Oliver! at the Rep. Tickets range in price, $22 to $38. Call 433-4472 or visit seacoastrep.org. Pictured, Rachel Pantazis, Alyssa Dumas, Victoria Britt, and Heidi Gagné. Photo by Kathleen Cavalaro.

Nashua. Free, tickets required as seating is limited. Visit sotwnnashua.com.

• THE FLICK Rolling Die Productions show. March 25-April 10, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sun., March 27, and Sun., April 3, at 7 p.m., Sun., April 10, at 3 p.m. Players' Ring, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $15.

Visit playersring.org. Call 4368123.

• LOST IN WONDERLAND NH Theatre Factory production.

Youth Stage Setters program.

Music, lyrics and book by Joel Mercier. Adaptation of Lewis Carroll novel. Fri., March 25, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 26, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry.

Visit nhtheatrefactory.org.

Auditions/open calls • AUDITIONS: PALACE TEEN AND APPRENTICE COMPANY Mon., March 21, at 6 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Call 668-5588. Must sign up to get audition slot.

Workshops/other • DANCE NORTHEAST FESTIVAL Two-day festival produced by Sole City Dance, culminating with ensemble performance. Sat., March 19, at 2 and 7 p.m. Master class Sun., March 20, at 9 a.m. continues throughout day. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. Tickets available at rochesteroperahouse.com. Call 335-1992.

Classical Music Events • PERGOLESI'S STABAT MATER Concert featuring soprano Karol Carrol. Fri., March 18, at 7:30 p.m. Cathedral of St. Joseph's Blessed Sacrament Chapel, 145 Lowell St., Manchester. $15. Call 6226404, ext. 31.

• PETERBOROUGH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY CONCERT Celebrating 20 years.

Featuring Garnet Rogers, Catie Curtis. Fri., March 18, at 8 p.m.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Peterborough Players Theater, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. $25. Visit pfmsconcerts.org.

• CONCORD COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND GALA ALUMNI CONCERT Featuring alumni and special guests.

Fri., March 18, at 7:30 p.m.

Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. $20. Visit ccmusicschool.org, call 228-1196.

• 2016 DOVE SINGERS: "THE SACRIFICE" Concert.

Sat., March 19, at 4 p.m. Manchester Vineyard Community Church, 150 Dow St., Manchester. Second concert Sun., March 20, at 7:30 p.m. Orchard Christian Fellowship, 275 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. Freewill offering. Visit dovesingers.org.

• LAKES REGION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, FEATURING JACOB MACKAY Concert, "Dvorak!" Includes music by him, Wagner, Haydn.

Featuring cellist Jacob MacKay, junior at Brandeis University.

Sat., March 19, at 7:30 p.m.

Inter-Lakes High School, 1 Laker Lane, Meredith. $15. Visit LRSO.org.

• CONCORD COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL PERFORMATHON AND COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE School tours, refreshments, musical activities, recitals ongoing. Open jam at 1:30 p.m., instrument petting zoo. Sat., March 19, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Free. Visit ccmusicschool.org, call 228-1196.

• A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra concert. Sun., March 20, at 3 p.m. Portsmouth Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $25. Call 436-2400. Visit portsmouthsymphony.org.

• RHYTHM IN THE NIGHT: IRISH DANCE SPECTACULAR Dance performance with storyline. Wed., March 23, at 7:30 p.m. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. $24-$30. Call 335-1992.

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• THE WOMEN Play by Clare Booth. Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $10 general admission.

Call 431-6644, ext. 5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• THE (FEMALE) ODD COUPLE Play by Neil Simon.

Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $10 general admission. Call 431-6644, ext. 5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• BODY & SOLD Play by Deborah Forston. Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Wed., March 23, at 6 p.m. Hennessey Theater, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. $10. Call 431-6644, ext.

5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S THE ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Produced by Aquila Theatre.

Thurs., March 24, at 7:30 p.m.

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. Free. Reservations required. Visit ccanh. com.

• DORKS IN DUNGEONS Improv reminiscent of Dungeons & Dragons and World of Warcraft. Thurs., March 24, at 8 p.m. 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. $12 or paywhat-you-can at the door. Visit dorksindungeons.com, 3Sarts. org.

• MARGARET BOURKEWHITE, AMERICA'S EYES Living history program based on photographer, performed by Sally Matson. Thurs., March 24, at 6:45 p.m. Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount Saint Marys Way, Hooksett. Free. Call 4856092.

• SAVIOR OF THE WORLD: HIS BIRTH AND RESURRECTION Easter musical.

Thurs., March 24, at 7 p.m.; Fri., March 25, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 26, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 110 Concord St.,

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LISTINGS 27 Children & Teens Games, clubs, fun...

29 Clubs Hobby, service...

29 Continued Education Classes, seminars, lectures...

29 Crafts Fairs, workshops...

30 Dance Ballroom, folk...

30 Health & Wellness Workshops, exercises...

30 Marketing & Business Networking, classes....

30 Miscellaneous Holiday events, pets, fundraisers....

FEATURES 27 Kiddie pool Family activities this week.

28 The Gardening Guy Advice on your outdoors.

29 Treasure Hunt There’s gold in your attic.

34 Car Talk Click and Clack give you car advice.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE Hopping and hunting Where to go for Easter egg hunts From town egg hunts to helicopter egg drops, New Hampshire is hopping with Easter fun. Here are some local hunts to take the kids to this weekend and the next.

Town egg hunts

• Hooksett - Saturday, March 19, at the Hooksett Public Library (31 Mount St. Mary’s Way). Hunts start at 10 a.m. for babies and toddlers, 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers and 11 a.m. for age 6 and up. There will be games, crafts, visits with the Easter Bunny and more from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Visit hooksettlibrary.org.

• Hopkinton - Saturday, March 19, at Hopkinton Middle High School (297 Park Ave., Contoocook). Hunt starts at 10 a.m. and is open to grade 3 and under. BYO basket. Photos with the Easter Bunny offered 9:30 to 10 a.m. Visit hopkintonrec.com.

• Hudson - Saturday, March 26, at Benson Park (27 Kimball Hill Road).

Hunts start at 11:30 a.m. for age 4 and under, noon for K through grade 2 and 12:30 p.m. for grades 3 through 5. BYO basket. Visit hudsonrec.com.

• Manchester - The Spring Celebration takes place on Saturday, March 19, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Manchester City Library (405 Pine St.) It features stories, crafts and an egg hunt for kids ages 2 through 7. Registration is recommended. Visit manchester.lib.nh.us.

The Friends of Stark Park’s Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, March 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Stark Park (River Road, Manchester), and is open to age 8 and under.

Visit starkpark.com.

• Merrimack - Saturday, March 19, at Wasserman Park (116 Naticook Road). Hunts start at 10:30 a.m. for ages 1 through 3, 10:45 a.m. for ages 4 and 5, 11 a.m. for ages 6 and 7 and 11:15 a.m. for ages 8 through 10, and are open to residents only. BYO basket and camera for photos with the Easter Bunny. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Visit merrimackparksandrec.org.

• Milford - Saturday, March 26, at Keyes Park (Elm Street). Hunts start at 11:15 a.m. for toddlers, 11:45 a.m. for pre-K to grade 1 and 12:15 p.m. for grades 2 through 4, and are open to residents only. BYO basket. There will be a bake sale, raffles, photos

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A previous Our Promise to Nicholas Foundation Easter Egg Hunt. Courtesy photo.

with the Easter Bunny ($3) and field games from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit milford.nh.gov.

• New Boston - Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m., on the town common (7 Meetinghouse Hill Road). The Easter Bunny will lead kids in an Easter bonnet parade. An egg hunt will follow. BYO basket. Prizes will be awarded for the most creative bonnets and for finding special eggs.

Visit newbostonnh.gov.

• Pelham - Saturday, March 26, on the Village Green (in front of the Town Hall). Hunt begins at noon and is open to age 8 and under. There will be visits with the Easter Bunny, fun activities and prizes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit pelhamweb.com.

• Salem - Saturday, March 26, at Soule’s Elementary School (173 S. Policy St.). Hunts start at 11:30 a.m. for age 5 and under and 1 p.m. for ages 6 through 10. There will be a bounce house, face painting, live music and balloon animals from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit rccsalem.com/ egghunt.

• Wilton - Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Main Street. Visit local shops to find eggs containing candy for kids and retail prizes for adults. BYO basket. Visit mainstreet. wilton.nh.us.

• Windham - Saturday, March 19, at the Town Hall (3 N. Lowell Road). Hunts start at 9:45 a.m. for ages 3 through 5, 10 a.m. for age 2 and under and 10:30 a.m. for ages 6 through 9. BYO basket and camera for photos with the Easter Bunny.

Visit windhamnewhampshire.com.

Other egg hunts

• Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia, visitthefarm.com) presents the Egg-Citing Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 19, Sunday, March 20, and Saturday, March 26, with check-in times from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There will be visits with the Easter Bunny and live animals, horse-drawn wagon and tractor train rides and an egg hunt for ages 2 through 10. BYO empty dozen egg carton. Tickets cost $19, free for babies under age 1.

• Our Promise to Nicholas Foundation (NH Sportsplex, 68 Technology Drive, Bedford, egghunt2016.eventbrite.com) holds its Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. It features ongoing egg hunts, live entertainment, visits with the Easter Bunny and other special guests, a bounce house, games, raffles, a silent auction and a bake sale. Tickets cost $8 per person or $28 per family in advance, $10/$32 at the door.

• Tuscan Village (67 Main St., Salem, tuscanbrands.com) hosts its Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 20, at 11:30 a.m. Search for the golden eggs outside on the piazza, then visit with the Easter Bunny inside the market.

• Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, aviationmuseumofnh. org) puts on the Easter Egg Hunt at the Museum on Saturday, March 26.

Hunts are open to age 10 and under and run 11 to 11:45 a.m. There will be crafts and treats until 1 p.m. BYO basket. It’s free with regular museum admission, which is $5 for adults, $4 for veterans and seniors 60+, $2.50 for ages 12 through 16, free for age 11 and under and $15 max for a family.

• Kimball Jenkins Estate (266 N. Main St., Concord, kimballjenkins. com) throws an Eggstravaganza on Saturday, March 26. The hunt begins at 10:15 a.m. and is open to ages 1 through 11. There will be a bounce house, face painting and photos with the Easter Bunny from 10 a.m. to noon. Admission is free.

• Beaver Brook Association (117 Ridge Road, Hollis, beaverbrook. org) has its Easter Egg Trail Hunt on Saturday, March 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. Eggs will be hidden along the decorated trails and replenished throughout the day. It’s free and open to all ages. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

• Next Level Church presents the Helicopter Egg Drop on Sunday, March 27, in Concord, Epping, Portsmouth and Somersworth. Thousands of eggs will be dropped from a helicopter onto a grass field for kids to collect. Drops are held at 9 and 10:30 a.m., and the exact locations will be announced that weekend. To participate, register online at 2016eggdrop. com and attend an NLC service during Easter weekend. NLC in Concord meets at the Mill Brook School (53 S. Curtisville Road).

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Family fun for the weekend

Eggs-tra fun

Head to the St. Joseph Hospital Atrium (172 Kinsley St., Nashua) for Easter Egg-citement on Saturday, March 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be face painting, arts and crafts, refreshments, professional photos with the Easter Bunny (one per family) and other fun activities. Free. Visit stjosephhospital.com.

ConcordTV presents its inaugural Easter Eggstravaganza at the Bektash Shrine Center (189 Pembroke Road, Concord) on Friday, March 18, from 3 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 19, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 20, from noon to 5 p.m. There will be children’s games, refreshments, contests, raffles, a silent auction and visits from the Easter Bunny. Visit yourconcordtv.org.

Learn with 4-H

Fairy Tea Party at Kimball Jenkins Estate. Courtesy photo.

visit kimballjenkins.com/fairy.

Porcupines 101

Join Amoskeag Fishways (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) on Friday, March 18, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., for a family fun night about prickly porcupines. Learn about these common New Hampshire forest-dwellers through fun activities and games. The cost is $8 per family, and advance registration is required. Call 626-3474 or visit amoskeagfishways.org.

It’s 4-H Activities Day at Milford Middle School (33 Osgood Road) on Saturday, March 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 4-H youth members will present demonstrations and speeches on topics like backyard chicken care, healthy eating and stained glass.

There will be hands-on learning activities with things like origami, cotton candy and homemade slime. A fashion show will feature outfits selected or made by 4-H members at 1 p.m. Call the Hillsborough County UNH Cooperative Extension office at 641-6060.

Strumming along

Fairy good tea

Don’t miss out on the final day of Charmingfare Farm’s (774 High St., Candia) Maple Express on Saturday, March 19. Take a horse-drawn carriage ride to an authentic sugar shack for a tour. See how trees are tapped for syrup and try the syrup on pancakes. Stop by the barn and see the animals. Check-in times are available from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Plan on spending at least two hours. Tickets costs $19 per person, free for babies under 2, and can be purchased online at visitthefarm.com.

Flutter over to the Kimball Jenkins Estate (266 N. Main St., Concord) for a Fairy Tea Party on Sunday, March 20, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The party includes a story time, a take-home art project and tea, hot cocoa, juice and light refreshments. You can arrive in a fairy costume, your favorite party dress or whatever makes you feel elegant. This party is for kids ages 2 through 12 accompanied by an adult.

Preregistration is required. Call 225-3932 or Children & Teens Children events • STEAM INNOVATION LAB GRAND OPENING The public is invited to drop in and explore the Children's Museum of New Hampshire's new STEAM Innovation Lab during its three-day grand opening celebration. See a 3D printer in action, learn about DNA with the Floid Imaging System, explore hands-on engineering activities and more. Also includes an open house event for educators on Thursday and a members-only event on Friday. Thurs., March 17, through Sat., March 19. Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover.

Head to Hampstead Public Library (9 Mary E. Clark Drive) on Saturday, March 19, from 10 to 11 a.m., for a free drop-in guitar lesson with Let’s Play! guitar program director Daniel Saunders. Learn some basics if you’ve never played, or improve on the skills you already have. Instruments will be provided, but you can also bring your own. All ages are welcome. Visit hampstead.lib.nh.us or call 329-6411.

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Admission and drop-in activities are free. Some special workshops require registration and a fee. Visit childrens-museum.org.

• KIDS' EASTER PARTY UNO Pizzeria & Grill locations in NH, MA and ME will all host Kids Easter Parties with crafts, goodies and a special visit from the Easter Bunny at select locations. Kids eat free with the purchase of an adult entree. Tues., March 22, 4 to 7 p.m. To find your closest UNO location, visit unos.com.

• FAMILY LEGO NIGHT Enjoy a family-fun-free-build and exhibit. There will be loads of legos as well as a variety of lego kits. Wed., March 23, 6:30 to

7:30 p.m. Hollis Social Library, 2 Monument Square, Hollis. Please register. Call 465-7721.

Contests & scholarships • ROTARY FOUR-WAY TEST SPEECH CONTEST For Nashua high school students. Contestants will incorporate the Rotary Four-Way test into a speech illustrating the moral and ethical model of behavior and decision making using four different principles. Prizes of $500, $300, $100 and $50 will be awarded.

Mon., March 21, 6 p.m. Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua, 1 Positive Place, Nashua. Details and a registration form can be found at nashuarotary.org or by

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IN/OUT THE GARDENING GUY

Feeding the birds The trees and bushes they flock to

By Henry Homeyer

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When I was a boy and saw robins hopping around on the lawn when it was still frozen and partially snow-covered, my first impulse was to go buy some fishing worms and put them out.

Sixty years later I am feeding the robins — but not worms. The robins this year came back early, and in great numbers. They have been feasting on crabapples lingering on a tree I planted outside my kitchen window.

We gardeners can do much to provide the biological diversity needed in our environment to feed the birds — robins included.

And earlier this winter that same tree fed the wild turkeys for a day or two. Fortunately it produces plenty of fruit, and there was some left for those early birds from the South.

Many years ago I attended a talk by naturalist Ted Levin of Norwich, Vermont.

He explained that not all fruit is created equal. Birds need calories and thus go first to any food source that has a high fat content, particularly in winter. Birds are a bit like teenagers; pepperoni berries would suit them fine. Some fruits have high sugar content, which also makes them attractive.

Think of blueberries, and how quickly the birds can clean off a bush if it’s not covered in netting.

Of the crabapples, some are liked by birds and others ignored. According to Kevin Brown of E.C. Brown Nursery of Thetford (ecbrownsnursery.biz), the following are good crabapples loved by birds: Snowdrift, Sugar Time, Sargent, Red Jewel, Prairie Fire and Golden Rainbow.

In many places staghorn sumac are still loaded with dry red fruit, their seeds are clustered in “bobs” that are displayed at the tips of the top branches. Sumac is not generally planted by gardeners — unless you consider birds gardeners. They eat the seeds at this time of year and some seeds pass through their digestive systems unharmed. But sumac seeds have very little fat content, so, according to Levin, they have remained largely uneaten until now, the hungry time. I have seen starlings and bluejays eating them, and read that another 20 or so species do, too.

If you are interested in learning more about trees that feed birds, or provide them with shelter or nesting sites, there is a wonderful book available in paperback by Richard M. DeGraaf called Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Attracting Birds. The book lists what birds use each of a hundred or so plants for food, shelter and nesting. So if

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you want to attract a specific bird, you can find plants that will attract it.

Other good woody plants for bird food include elderberries, grapes, shadbush and pagoda dogwood. Elderberries like moist soil; I have them growing right up next to my stream. They are not long-loved plants, generally surviving under 10 years. Planting two or more varieties together will help to get better pollination.

Grapes produce their fruit on new canes.

So prune them heavily each winter, before they set blossoms or leaves. A good structure to support the vines is important, too.

Shadbush is one of the first trees to bloom each spring. Its blossoms are similar to apples, but the fruit is small and dark, almost like a blueberry. Birds are ready to eat the fruit a few days before it is fully ripe, so although I have several bushes, it was many years before I got to eat any.

Pagoda dogwood is a wonderful native shrub that grows willy-nilly on my property. Like elderberries, it is not a plant with a long lifetime. It’s an understory tree that can do well even in shade. The blossoms, unlike those on its cousin the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), are small and understated. In late summer its fruit – dark blue drupes (fruit with one large seed, like a cherry) are prominently displayed on red upward-facing stems. And the birds love them, stripping them off as soon as they are ripe.

All evergreens are important to birds, too, including white pine, hemlock, balsam fir and spruces of all kinds. Birds not only eat the seeds, they nestle in their branches to be out of the winter winds.

So don’t worry about feeding those early-arriving robins. No need to buy fishing worms for them. But do think about planting some nice trees or shrubs for them this year. They’ll appreciate your efforts and reward you by eating some of the bugs in your yard.

Henry Homeyer lives in Cornish Flat and is the author of four gardening books.

His website is Gardening-Guy.com. Henry is now blogging twice a week at dailyuv. com/henryhomeyer.

IN/OUT TREASURE HUNT

Might you be of some help in telling me what this is? I found it in a field in Dunbarton. I have held on to it in hopes to find out what it was. Now I’m going to hand that over to you. It’s 24” long and the cross wood is nailed in securely, so I believe it was meant to be there.

Stacey from Hopkinton Dear Stacey, I had to network among colleagues in order to get some opinions on what this was. There are so many things that are out there that you can’t learn until you come across one.

I believe that wooden piece is for cows.

It took a farmer I know to give me his input.

It makes sense.

The piece was made to fit around a cow’s neck so that when grazing along the side of a fence the cow could not get its neck stuck in the fence. Can you imagine seeing all the cows in a field with this on? Imagine the person who thought of this. How ingenious and useful this probably was to the farmer.

This is the first one of these I have seen,

calling Garry Clarke-Pounder at 566-9816 or Helen Honorow at 833-0474.

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Science • WICKED COOL FOR KIDS - LEGO ROBOTICS LEGO Robotics introduces kids to robotics programming. Kids create bots with motors and sensors and program them on our own computers. There are lots of challenges to engage budding techies.

Thurs., March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, May 5, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

McKelvie Intermediate School, 108 Liberty Hill Road, Bedford.

Call the Recreation Department at 472-5242 or register online at BedfordRecOnline.com.

Teen events • NACH NIGHT A semi-formal charity dance for high school students hosted by the IANH Youth Group. Features Indian music and dance/pop music. Proceeds benefit the TNF Flood Relief Fund and

and I’m not sure I will see another but if they were used a lot then I could have been missing them in local barns right along, not knowing and just not seeing them for what they were. I will now keep my eyes open.

The value isn’t high ($20 to $30) on such an item, but the history of it is worth so much more.

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 (fromoutofthewoodsantiques.com).

She is an antiques appraiser and instructor.

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 email her at footwdw@ aol.com. Or drop by the shop (call first, 6248668).

the Nashua Soup Kitchen. Sat., March 19, 7 to 10 p.m. Alpine Grove, 19 S. Depot Road, Hollis. $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Call 320-0185.

• WORLD WAR PUN If your awful puns make your friends and family groan, put your skills to the test and see if you can reign supreme as punmaster. The winner will receive a prize. For teens in grades 6 to 12. Tues., March 22, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St., Milford. Visit wadleighlibrary.org.

Clubs Events • TOMORROW'S HEIRLOOMS - QUILTS FOR ALL TIME Amoskeag Quilters' Guild presents 14th Biennial Quilt Show with 150+ quilts of all sizes, vendors, raffles, and refreshments. The winning ticket for a quilt to benefit Joni and Friends New England will be drawn on Sunday. Sat., March 19, and Sun., March 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Manchester Memorial High School, 1 Crusader Way, Manchester. Multi-day admission is $8, free for kids under 12. Visit amoskeagqg.org.

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• WORKREADYNH Shortterm skill-building classes where participants earn certifications and improve skills that give job-seekers the edge in finding employment. Upcoming sessions offered March 28 to April 15 at NHTI, and April 11 to 29 at Lakes Region Community College.

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Crafts Fairs • CABIN FEVER ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR Sat., March 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Deerfield Town Hall, 10 Church St., Deerfield.

Workshops • FELTED HANDBAG Workshop taught by Lynda Petropulos.

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LADY LAUGHTER Amherst Junior Women’s Club’s 5th Annual Night of Comedy features Jody Sloane and Mary Ellen Renaldi on Friday, Apr. 1, 6 p.m. at Crowne Plaza Hotel (2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua 886-1200). “This is a wonderful event,” said AJWC President Karen Tuthill.

“Our members are dedicated women who provide their time, talents and energy to serve our great communities. As the club celebrates its 50th year, we are hoping to make this year’s event top the charts as our best ever.” Tickets are $35/advance ($40/door).

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Other craft events • LEPRECHAUN SHOP HOP Hop your way to 6 different Quit Shops in NH. Purchase a passport for $8.00 and receive a "free" gift at time of purchase. Receive a "free" pattern at each shop you visit. Each shop offers light food and refreshments, daily door prizes, bingo prize and a completion gift. Get stamped at all 6 shops and pass in your completed passport to be entered into our grand prize of a Baby Lock Sewing Machine. Participating shops include The Constant Quilter in Andover, Golden Gese Quilt Shop in Concord, Pine Tree Quilt Shop in Salem, The Quilting Corner in Tilton, The Sewing Diva in Derry, and Stitched in Stone in Kingston.

Thurs., March 17, through Saturday, March 19, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dance Folk dances • CONTRA DANCE Music by the Dorsey-Parrott Pick-Ups. Beginners, singles, families welcome. Sat., March 19, 8 to 11 p.m.

East Concord Community Center, 18 Eastman St., Concord. $7 ($5 ages 15-25, free under age 15).

Call 225-4917, or visit homepage. nhvt.net/dwh/contra.htm.

• ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE Rich Jackson teaching dances that will appeal to all, from novice to experienced dancers.

Music will be provided by performers Jacqueline Schwab, piano and Emily O'Brien, recorder. Sun., March 20, 2 to 5 p.m. Monadnock Center for History & Culture, 19 Grove St., Peterborough. $10.

Call 209-3304.

Health & Wellness Workshops & seminars • ROTATOR CUFF REVIEW A Dinner with the Docs educational class. Join Albert Tom, MD, orthopedic surgeon from St. Joseph Hospital Orthopedics and Physical Medicine, for a discussion about rotator cuff injuries.

Topics include common causes, injury prevention and treatment options. Tues., March 22, 6 to

8 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. $10. Includes dinner. Call 595-3168.

• PROPERTIES OF ESSENTIAL OILS Join Laura Iwaskiewicz for an Introduction to Essential Oils and learn about ways to brew up a healthier lifestyle.

Tues., March 22, 7 p.m. Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. Call 886-6030.

Exercise & fitness • BARRE BASICS This 8-week class for teens 14+ and adults is choreographed to motivating music and each class is an hour long full body strength workout focused on isometrics. You will improve your posture, core strength and mobility. Register by March 17. Thurs., March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, May 5, 12 & 19, 6 to 7 p.m. Memorial Elementary School, Bedford. $120 Bedford Resident/$130 Non-Resident.

Call 472-5242 or register online at BedfordRecOnline.com.

Screenings • WOMEN'S HEALTH SCREENING Rivier University Nurse Practitioner students supervised by advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) will perform the exams. Screenings will include a clinical breast exam, pelvic exam and Pap smear.

Thurs., March 24, 5 to 8 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. Free. Pre-registration is required. Call 595-3168.

Marketing & Business Marketing workshops • HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS Workshop will cover: key steps in launching your business; its unique characteristics; break-even and other financial forecasts; how to define customers and reach them; the business plan; and start-up financing. Tues., March 22, 6 to 8 p.m.

Concord Chamber of Commerce, 49 S. Main St., Concord. $25.

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Networking • STRATEGIC NETWORKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE NETWORKING Learn how to make connections. Find out how to develop your elevator

pitch, follow up on introductions, and create an action plan. Thurs., March 24, 7 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua.

Free. Registration required. Visit tinyurl.com/npllectures.

Personal finance workshops • DAVE RAMSEY'S FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY A Biblically-based curriculum that teaches adults how to handle money God’s way.

Begins Sun., March 20, 6 p.m.

Emmanuel Baptist Church, 14 Mammoth Road, Hooksett. For more information, call 668-6473 or visit emmanuelbaptistchurch. com. To register for the class, visit daveramsey.com/fpu/classes/1016394.

• RETIREMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP Learn the facts about social security, Medicare and Medicaid; understand how taxes and investment fees affect your retirement income; know your risks in your retirement investments and how to avoid a catastrophic loss to your savings. Wed., March 23, or Tues., March 29, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St., Milford. Visit wadleighlibrary.org.

Miscellaneous Holiday events • 21ST ANNUAL MANCHESTER ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE Parade kicks off rain or shine from the Brady Sullivan Tower and proceeds down Elm to Veterans Park. Sun., March 20, noon. Downtown, Elm St. , Manchester. Visit saintpatsnh. com.

Pet events • MICROCHIP & RABIES CLINIC All pets must be leashed or caged. Bring proof of previous vaccines to receive rabies vaccine. All proceeds benefit Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter. Sat., March 26, 8 a.m. to noon. Veterinary Emergency Center of Manchester, 336 Abby Road, Manchester. $25 to microchip dog or cat. $15 for rabies vaccine. Call 6283544.

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“A bar just has a different element from a studio. There’s a feeling of more fun and more energy,” Meehan said. “Some people prefer a studio’s class-like, quiet environment where they can concentrate and do their thing, but people [attending Plant Nite] are looking for more of a party, social experience.”

The dates and locations for upcoming Plant Nite events are listed on the website, along with descriptions and photos of the different terrarium styles and short bios and photos for all the master gardeners. Plant Nite also offers private events for birthday celebrations, corporate team-building, fundraisers, bachelorette parties and more.

Meehan said that while people have expressed disappointment about not being able to bring their kids, Plant Nite was specifically designed as an activity for adults, to encourage them to get out and take a night for themselves.

“In this day and age, we’re always going, going, going. … Some people may have forgotten what it’s like to create something or to connect with people,” she said. “Making time to reconnect with [ourselves] and others is important for our well-being, and this [Plant Nite] experience is the perfect opportunity to step out of isolation.”

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A new approach to the traditional night out at the bar has been catching on around Manchester.

It’s called Plant Nite, and it’s a lot like its popular sister company, Paint Nite, but instead of pairing drinks and socializing with painting, it pairs them with gardening. At Plant Nite events, which run about an hour and a half, adults 21+ are guided step by step as they build their own terrariums in a fun, party-like atmosphere. There are about eight to 10 events offered each month at various Manchester-area bars and restaurants.

Plant Nite had its initial launch in Boston in September but didn’t hit New Hampshire until early last month. Within just a couple weeks of its debut, Plant Nite Manchester’s calendar was booked up.

“Manchester has had a lot of painting activity, but nothing like Plant Nite,” said Diane Meehan, who manages Plant Nite Manchester. “There’s people who aren’t interested in painting or just want to try something new, so I think with Plant Nite [the founders] were looking to tap into another style of creativity.”

Plant Nite events are hosted by master gardeners who provide instructions for building the terrariums, oversee the music and side activities and facilitate social interaction among the participants.

Each event features a different style of terrarium, such as a wooden planter, glass bowl or hanging globe, and new styles are added regularly. Materials supplied include a planter, plants and decorative accessories like sand, moss, gravel and ornaments.

The only kind of plants used in Plant Nite events are succulents, which are very hardy and easy to take care of, even for people with no gardening experience.

Though everyone at the event builds the same style of terrariums, there is a variety of choices available in the layout and decorating stages.

“No two plants end up looking the same,” Meehan said. “We walk you through the general steps, but you can tailor it to what appeals to you aesthetically … [by] deciding how to place things and what colors and patterns to use.”

Plant Nite’s partnership with local bars and restaurants is a fundamental part of the event concept. It allows participants to order from a full menu of food and drinks as they create, and it provides a backdrop that’s conducive to the laid-back, communal nature of Plant Nite events.

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No need to turn off AC when driving on steep grades Dear Car Talk: I’m hoping you can settle a family dispute. You see, my wife and I have come a long way since our college days at UC Davis, when we drove a 1967 Mercury Cougar.

By Ray Magliozzi It was a great car, especially since gas was 75 cents a gallon, except it would overheat on every grade. Driving down to Los Angeles, we would run the heater going up the grapevine on 100-degree days to keep the temperature gauge out of the red.

My wife now drives a 2014 Lexus RX 450H, and I drive a 2014 4x4 Toyota Tacoma. As we make the climb up the Sierras to our vacation house, I always turn off the AC, partly because of all the old cars I had as a kid, but additionally because it is less work on the engine and cooling system to have the AC off. My wife says modern cars are designed to handle the load, and with her hot flashes, she does not want her thermostat screwed up any more by me turning off the AC. I promise I am not turning on the heater anymore, although at times she thinks I am.

So, can I leave the AC on going up a, let’s say, 6 percent grade and make my wife hap-

py, or should I continue to turn it off? These hot flashes are killing me. — Bill Bill, this is a no-brainer. New wives are much more expensive than new engines.

But you won’t even need a new engine.

Your wife is right that modern cars are designed to handle the demands of air conditioning under all but the most extreme conditions. And since your wife drives a hybrid (the Lexus 450H), the air conditioner is not even run by the engine; it’s run by a separate electric motor. So running the AC has no effect on that engine whatsoever.

And when you’re driving your Tacoma, it has a temperature gauge on the dash. So if it’s 110 degrees out, and you’re trying to maintain 65 mph up a 6 percent grade, and you see the temperature needle moving up near the hot zone, then you can slow down and turn off the AC until you reach the top of the hill.

But most modern cars shut off the AC anyway under those “wide-open-throttle” conditions, when they need to divert maximum power to the engine.

And, incidentally, slowing down from 65 to 55 or 50 mph will do a lot more to help cool the engine than turning off the AC will. So I’d suggest modifying your speed as a first step, before turning off the AC and ticking off your wife. Remember, even when it’s so

hot out, you could have a very chilly weekend up there in the Sierras, Bill.

Dear Car Talk: We have a 2004 GMC pickup, which we rarely use. We disagree as to the best way to keep the battery charged: Just start the truck occasionally, and let it sit in the driveway and run for a little while every week, or actually take it out on the road, and drive for 20 miles or so? Or put it on the charger every week or so? Also, if the battery goes dead, will that mess up the computer for emissions testing, just as if we had to replace the battery? — Marty The answer to your last question is yes. If the battery goes completely dead, the computer will lose its stored emissions data.

Then you’ll have to drive it for a few days to create new data before you can pass an emissions test. Not to mention that you’ll have to restore all of your radio presets.

In terms of maintaining a car you don’t drive much, the worst thing you can do is start it up and just let it run in the driveway for a few minutes. That’s bad for two reasons. First, you’re not really recharging the battery. So you’re using the battery to start the truck, and then leaving it weaker than before you ran the car.

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Second, when the engine runs, the combustion of gasoline and air creates water vapor.

But if you don’t run the car long enough to really heat things up, you allow the water vapor to sit there and cause rust.

So I’d make two suggestions: One, start it up and drive it for a day every few months.

Not only will you charge the battery and evaporate any water vapor you create, but you’ll also exercise some moving parts of the truck that should move once in a while.

Things like brake calipers and transmission solenoids can stick or rust if they’re left for a long time. Belts can dry up and crack.

My second suggestion is to get a trickle charger. For $30, you can get a battery charger that “trickles” a small amount of electricity to your battery as it’s needed. The advantage of a trickle charger over a conventional charger is that a trickle charger never lets your battery go dead, so the truck can be started whenever you do want to use it. And a trickle charger doesn’t need to be monitored.

You just hook it up, plug it in, and your battery is always ready to go.

And then, with all that extra time you have from not starting your truck every couple of weeks, you can ponder the question of why you’re keeping it in the first place.

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• E & R Cleaners is looking for people to work in their Manchester facility for an early morning shift that starts at 4 a.m. It’s a great chance to join this family-owned and growing local business.

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CAREERS

Lindsay Aucella Puppeteer

Lindsay Aucella of Strafford is a professional puppeteer and kids’ performer through her business, Lindsay & Her Puppet Pals, which she bought from her mentor in 2011. She has upcoming shows at the Concord Public Library on April 10 at 1 p.m. and at the Manchester City Library on April 26 at noon. Find more info at Lindsayspuppetpals.com.

Explain in one sentence what your current job is.

I do interactive chilperformances … with

en some education courses and stuff like that but it … just sort of fell into my lap. It was like a crash course, trial by fire. I had to learn to work dren’s with kids, bring their energy level puppets. up, bring it back down. Building the puppets, I’m really slow at it right How long have you worked now because I’m troubleshooting there? how to do it. I learned how to use a Courtesy photo.

Four and a half years. sewing machine. … I watched [puppeteer Martha Dana] perform a couple How did you get interested in this field? shows and it seemed like something that would I wasn’t really… I had no acting experience. be a good fit for me. I’ve always been a real aniI had worked with kids a little bit. I had tak- mated storyteller of personal anecdotes.

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How did you find your current job?

I would say dumb luck. … Four and a half years ago, I met … Martha. ... I was kind of recently out of school trying to make it as a painter. … Somebody introduced me to Martha … and we just kind of hit it off immediately, we were like kindred spirits. … A couple months later she called me up out of the blue and asked if I wanted to purchase her business. She was considering retiring right around that time and I had played with her puppets a little bit while I was at her house and she just got the idea.

What is your typical at-work uniform?

I would say casual but nice-looking. …

The puppets are large so I’m often wearing the puppets themselves. The robot straps onto the front of me, goes on my feet and straps around my waist. A lot of the other puppets will dangle along the sides of my body, so they’ll wrap their arms around my neck and wrap their legs around my waist and that’s how I hold them up. So yeah, I guess you could say I wear the puppets.

What was the first job you ever had?

I worked at a gift shop on the boardwalk at What’s the best piece of work-related Weirs Beach. advice anyone’s ever given you?

— Ryan Lessard Fake it till you make it. … It was a lot of forced confidence initially. Sometimes I’m Five favorites having a bad day and I have to get in front of Favorite Book: And the Mountains the kids and smile and give them all my ener- Echoed by Khaled Hosseini Favorite Movie: Roman Holiday gy to be present with the kids.

What do you wish you’d known at the beginning of your career?

I guess the biggest challenge for me was

Favorite Musician: Andrew Bird Favorite Food: Ice cream Favorite Thing About NH: That it’s still mostly small towns.

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learning how to work with the different ages of kids and figuring out how to bring their energy level up and bring it back down again … sort of like how a teacher learns to read her students. … I guess I wish I had a little more experience with young children before I began because that was the learning curve.

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Mr. Appliance, an award-winning company serving Central and Southern N.H., is currently looking for experienced appliance technicians, preferably with a Gas and/or Refrigeration License.

Tired of your current position as an HVAC Technician? Is working late at night, weekends, or holidays getting old? Tired of being on call 24 hours a day, or working outside in subzero temperatures? Are you missing your children's events or games because of work?

What kind of education or training did you need for this job?

I had Martha’s mentorship. I saw a couple of her shows and took a lot of mental notes and then I just practiced alone in my room and put a show together. She watched the performance and gave me a little bit of feedback.

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JANITORIAL JOBS Harding working? Dependable? Love to clean? If that is you, we have the perfect janitorial jobs working with very reputable companies. Please call Leddy Group at 603-666-4051 or e-mail resumes to bedford@ leddygroup.com.

CUSTOMER SERVICE Do you truly love helping people each and every day and assisting them with all of their customer service needs? Leddy Group is seeking full time, long term customer service candidates in the Manchester area. Please call 603-666-4051.

PART-TIME ASSOCIATE Tues and Fri,10am -2pm and one weekend day, Saturday or Sunday.

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK The Derryfield School, n Manchester, NH, seeks an Accounts Payable Clerk. Responsible for data entry, weekly check run, plus other general clerical duties for financial operations.

Proficiency in Blackbaud Financial Edge and Microsoft Office. Enjoys working with a team approach.Accounts Payable exp of at least 2 years; Associates required. Please send your resume, cover letter and three references to: apeters@derryfield. org. Visit our website: derryfield.org CASHIERS, DISHWASHER, PRODUCE AND ACCOUNTING CLERK Concord Food Co-op is hiring for part time positions. Cashiers, dishwasher, produce,

and accounting clerk.

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Email: hr@ concordfoodcoop.com EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The non-profit organization, Partnership for a Drug-Free NH, is searching for a full-time dynamic Executive Director.

More information at drugfreeNH.org or email info@drugfreenh.org MACHINE OPERATORS, INSPECTORS AND FINISHERS Axcess Staffing is seeking machine operators, inspectors and finishers. All shifts.

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Experience is helpful.

Commutable from Seacoast/ Manchester.

Starting rate $12.00 plus shift differential.

Please call 603-775-2503 CDL B DRIVERS The Town of Hooksett is hiring CDL B drivers for both the Highway Dept and the Parks and Rec. Starting pay is $14.65.

Please check the website for job description and application. www.hooksett.org SEASONAL LABORERS The Town of Hooksett is hiring seasonal laborers for the Parks and Recreation Department.

Starting pay is $12.00.

Please check the website for application and info. www.hooksett.org MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS NEEDED Full and Part Time Mental Health workers needed to work at a New Hampshire Hospital.

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Don’t miss your chance to enjoy an Easter meal out with friends and family on Sunday, March 27. Make your reservations for breakfast, brunch or a prix-fixe dinner.

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• Culinary celebs: Representing the Granite State during this year’s New Hampshire Restaurant Week from March 18 through March 25 are eight celebrity chefs, chosen for their creativity and passion in culinary arts along with their contributions to the culinary community in the state. According to a press release, the local kitchen stars are Peter Agostinelli, executive chef at Bedford Village Inn; Kevin Halligan, owner and executive chef of Local Eatery; Malik Hammond, culinary director for The Common Man family of restaurants; Vito Marcello, owner and chef of Vito Marcello’s Italian Bistro; William Morin, chef de cuisine at Tuscan Village; Scott Ouellette, chef and owner of five restaurants, including O Steaks & Seafood and Canoe Restaurant & Tavern; Adam Parker of Fratello’s and Homestead; and Matt Provencher of the Foundry Restaurant.

Throughout the eight-day event, participating restaurants will offer special menu items as well as prix fixe, three-course lunch and dinner options. See restaurantweeknh.com.

• Fungi feast: Mushroom-lovers will delight at the chance to enjoy an evening of mushroom-themed dishes and dinner pairings at the Flag Hill Winery & Distillery (297 N. River Road, Lee) Mushroom Dinner on Saturday, March 19, at 6 p.m.The menu features potato dumplings, shiitake miso soup, tempura oyster salad and duck risotto or king carbonara, each paired with a Flag Hill wine or cocktail.

Cost is $58 per person and reservations are required. Event is 21+. See flaghill.com.

• Market recognition: The Rochester Farmers Market was recently awarded a $1,000 New Hampshire Agricultural Promotion mini-grant from the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food, according to a press release, to help promote the market. The grant must be matched with local donations in securing banners, flyers and signage for the new market on the Common. The farmers market opens for the season on Tuesday, June 7, at the Rochester Common and will continue through Oct. 25 on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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• Airport Diner (2280 Brown Ave., Manchester, 623-5040, thecman.com) will serve from the regular menu with Easter specials from 5 a.m. to midnight, plus a breakfast buffet with Easter specials from 7 to 11 a.m.

• Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) will serve an Easter brunch buffet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call for reservations.

• Alpine Grove (19 S. Depot Road, Hollis, 882-9051, alpinegrove.com) will serve an Easter brunch buffet with seatings on the hour from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Menu includes scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage, assorted quiches, baked Virginia ham, seared salmon, roast leg of lamb, a dessert buffet and more.

Cost is $24 for adults, $10 for children 12 and under, no charge for children 4 and under.

Reservations required.

• Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001, bedfordvillageinn. com) will host a Grand Buffet in the great hall featuring salads and appetizers, a chef’s carving station, omelet station, Belgian waffle station and dessert station from 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Cost is $49 for adults, $22.95 for children age 4 to 10. Reservations required.

They’ll also serve a four-course prix fixe dinner from noon to 6 p.m. featuring an appetizer, salad, entree and dessert. Cost is $65 for adults, $29.95 for children ages 4 to 10. Reservations required. The Tavern will be closed on Easter Sunday.

• Belmont Hall & Restaurant (718 Grove St., Manchester, 625-8540, belmontrestaurant. com) is offering an all-you-can-eat buffet with seatings at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Cost is $11.99 per person, $8.99 for children 6 and under. Reservations required.

• Brookstone Event Center (14 Route 111, Derry, 328-9255, brookstone-park.com) will serve an Easter brunch buffet between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. featuring baked brie en croute, a Caesar salad station, French toast, tricolored cheese tortellini, slow-roasted prime rib and more. Cost is $39 per person, $19 for children ages 3 to 12, no charge for toddlers.

Reservations and prepayment required. The Easter bunny is also scheduled to visit.

• Buckley’s Great Steaks (438 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 424-0995, buckleysgreatsteaks.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. serving from the regular

menu, plus specials.

• The Common Man (25 Water St., Concord, 228-3463; 88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088; 304 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-3463, thecman.com) will serve from the dinner menu with Easter specials from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Reservations recommended.

• Copper Door (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677, copperdoorrestaurant.com) will serve brunch specials from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. like Nutella French toast, vegetable frittata and cedar-roasted haddock. Regular menus will also be available from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., plus evening dinner specials. Call for reservations, taken until 8 p.m.

• Country Tavern (452 Amherst St., Nashua, 889-5871, countrytavern.org) will serve an Easter brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. including made-to-order omelets, meat-carving station, cinnamon French toast, baked haddock, vegetable stir-fry, penne bolognese and assorted desserts. Cost is $26.95 for adults, $15 for children under 12. Call for reservations.

• The Derryfield (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880, thederryfield.com) will serve an Easter buffet brunch with seatings starting at 10 a.m. Menu includes an omelet or pasta station, carving station, bread station, salad station and dessert station, plus a main buffet line featuring corned beef hash, pancakes and blintzes, eggs Benedict, seafood Newburg, grilled sirloin and more. Cost is $24.95 for adults, $20.95 for seniors 65+, $16.95 for children under 12. Call for reservations.

• Firefly American Bistro & Bar (22 Concord St., Manchester, 935-9740, fireflynh.com) will serve brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along with dinner from the regular menu. Specials will also be available all day.

Reservations highly recommended.

• Fratello’s Italian Grille (155 Dow St., Manchester, 624-2022, fratellos.com) will serve an Easter brunch featuring a visit from the Easter bunny and live jazz music with seatings at 11 a.m and 2 p.m. Brunch includes fruit

and pastries, chef’s omelet and waffle station, the grand buffet, carving station and sweet endings such as cakes, tortes and chocolate mousse. Reservations required; call 641-6776.

• Funktion Spirits & Spoonfuls (931 Elm St., Manchester, 782-5365, funktionspirits. com) will offer their regular Sunday brunch plus specials from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brunch features a Bloody Mary bar, breakfast salads and soups, sandwiches and plates (such as buffalo tofu and eggs, steak and eggs, oat-stuffed sweet potato). Reservations recommended for larger parties.

• Gauchos Brazilian Steakhouse (62 Lowell St., 669-9460, gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com) will be open for regular hours, serving a brunch buffet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 4 to 9 p.m.

• Giorgio’s Ristorante & Meze Bar (524 Nashua St., Milford, 673-3939, giorgios. com) will serve an Easter buffet starting at 10 a.m. with the last seating at 2 p.m. Cost is $32.99 for adults, $12.99 for kids under 12.

Reservations recommended. Only available at the Milford location. Following the buffet, the restaurant will be open until 9 p.m. serving from the regular menu.

• Granite Restaurant & Bar at The Centennial (96 Pleasant St., Concord, 227-9005, graniterestaurant.com) will host an Easter brunch buffet with seatings at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Menu includes breakfast selections (smoked Scottish salmon with mini pumpernickel bread, brioche French toast with house-made berry jam), dinner selections (tarragon and lemon baked haddock, cranberry and toasted almond rice pilaf), a carving station (rosemary and garlic roasted lamb, North Country Smokehouse ham) and desserts (assorted house-made cupcakes). Cost is $29.95 for adults, $26.95 for seniors 55 and older, $17.95 for children under 15, free for children under 6.

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38 with seatings on the hour from noon to 6 p.m. The menu features graze (asparagus and roast garlic soup, house-made pierogi), harvest (deviled egg trio, broiled oysters), feast (sliced smoked ham, amaranth polenta) and indulge (ginger coconut cake, strawberry pecan shortcake parfait) sections. Cost is $49.95 for adults (choose from four courses), $19.95 for youth 12 and under (choose from three courses). There will be an egg hunt from 1:30 to 2 p.m. and acoustic guitarist Bradford Myrick will perform from noon to 2 p.m.

• Hanover Street Chophouse (149 Hanover St., Manchester, 644-2467, hanoverstreetchophouse.com) will serve from noon to 4 p.m. Entrees range from $43 to $75 and include appetizer and dessert. A children’s menu is also available. Reservations required.

• Killarney’s Irish Pub (9 Northeastern Boulevard, Nashua, 888-1551, killarneysirishpub.com) will serve an Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the grand ballroom. Cost is $22.95 per person. Reservations required.

• LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst, 672-9898, labellewinerynh.com) will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call extension 1 to make reservations at the Bistro.

• Lakehouse Grille (281 DW Highway, Meredith, 279-5221, thecman.com) will serve a Grand Easter Buffet in the Winnipesaukee Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Menu features carved-to-order options, a chef’s table, a parfait bar, desserts and assorted fruit, pastry and hors d’oeuvres. Cost is $29.95 for adults, $14.95 for children age 12 and under. Seating in the dining room from 4 to 9 p.m. includes selections from the dinner menu plus Easter specials.

• Mile Away Restaurant (52 Federal Hill Road, Milford, 673-3904, mileawayrestaurant.com) will offer a special Easter menu and is currently accepting reservations. All dinners cost $28.95 and include a choice of appetizer (seasonal country pate, Swedish meatballs), salad, entree (nut-crusted chicken, broiled haddock, scallops en casserole, roast leg of lamb) and dessert (lemon mascarpone cake, blueberry peach cobbler, maple custard, chocolate mousse cake). Children under 12 may have chicken tenders or smaller portions of select entrees.

• MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar (212 Main St., Nashua, 595-9334, mtslocal.com) is accepting reservations for Easter Sunday brunch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for any size party.

• Northside Grille (323 Derry Road, Hudson, 886-3663, hudsonnorthsidegrille.com) will serve breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. featuring Easter-themed specials. Seating is first come, first served.

• The Number 5 Tavern (157 Main St., Hopkinton, 746-1154, number5tavern.com) will serve an Easter brunch buffet from 7 a.m. to noon. Find them on Facebook for price and menu updates. Reservations accepted.

• O Steaks & Seafood (11 S. Main St., Concord, 856-7925, magicfoodsrestaurant-

group.com/osteaks) will serve an a la carte Easter brunch with open hours from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Reservations recommended.

• The Peddler’s Daughter (48 Main St., Nashua, 821-7535, thepeddlersdaughter.com) will serve their regular Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner from the regular menu, plus specials like leg of lamb and baked ham. Reservations are not required, but recommended for parties of more than four.

• The Puritan Backroom (245 Hooksett Road, Manchester, 669-6890, puritanbackroom.com) will be open for normal hours from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and serving from the regular menu plus Easter specials like roast lamb and baked ham. Accepting reservations for parties of six or more.

• The Red Blazer Restaurant and Pub (72 Manchester St., Concord, 224-4101, theredblazer.com) will serve their Easter brunch on both sides of the restaurant from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $26.99 for adults, $12.99 for children. Reservations recommended.

• Restaurant Tek-Nique (170 Route 101, Bedford, 488-5629, restaurantteknique.com) will serve an Easter brunch buffet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. that includes an omelet station, carving station, hot and cold brunch items, a dessert table and drink specials. Cost is $30 for adults, $14 for children age 3 to 12, free for children under 3. Call for reservations. The restaurant will be closed for dinner service.

• Tilt’n Diner (61 Laconia Road, Tilton, 2862204, thecman.com) will serve from the regular menu, plus Easter selections on the breakfast buffet and Easter dinner specials, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Breakfast buffet ends at 11 a.m.

• Tuscan Kitchen (67 Main St., Salem, 9524875, tuscanbrands.com) celebrates Easter dinner with a special menu served from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Selections include baked garganelli, duck ravioli, wood oven roasted rack of lamb, herb-roasted ham, carrot cake and chocolate ricotta pie. Call or go online for reservations.

• The Yard (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-3545, theyardrestaurant. com) will serve Easter brunch with seatings on the hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (seatings at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. for parties of seven or more). Selections include breakfast items (pancakes, scrambled eggs, corned beef hash), lunch and dinner items (rosemary chicken, sweet and sour pork, barbecue kielbasa) a carving station and assorted desserts.

Cost is $23.95 for adults, $12.95 for children under 10. Call for reservations.

• Zorvino Vineyards (226 Main St., Sandown, 887-8463, ext. 2, vineyardeventsnh. com) will serve Easter brunch buffet with seatings at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The menu features a breakfast station (omelets, home fries, bacon and sausage, French toast), salad station, carving station, entree station (penne pasta primavera, chicken saltimbocca, citrus creamed baked haddock), dessert station and beverage station. Cost is $39.95, $16.95 for children age 3 to 10, free for children under 3. Reservations required.

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Despite an early start to the season that gave some producers their earliest boiling dates on record, the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association is still set to welcome visitors to the state’s sugar houses during the 21st annual Maple Weekend on Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20.

Robyn Pearl, publicist for NHMPA, said that though this winter’s warmer weather led to a season start earlier than the last two, it’s not unusual for New Hampshire to be making syrup anywhere from mid-February to mid- to late-April.

“And that doesn’t mean it’s going to end earlier,” she said in a phone interview.

“For the foreseeable future it looks like good sugaring weather and temperatures, [though] you can’t count on the weather.

Mother Nature does what she does.”

Once a year over 100 locations statewide open their doors to give guests a peek into the maple process from tree to table, such as tree tapping and sap collecting, watching active boiling and getting a fresh syrup sample right off the evaporator.

In addition, throughout the month of March and into April, the NHMPA also hosts assorted sugar house events and open houses.

“We always had maple weekend … [but] we opened it up to maple month because we wanted people to know maple syrup isn’t made all in one weekend — it’s made in about eight weeks,” Pearl said. “We wanted to give opportunities to visit other times as well.”

The NHMPA website has a list of participating sugar houses that includes contact details, open hours for the weekend and

Sweet syrup lined up and ready for Maple Weekend.

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what they’ll be offering to visitors, all broken down by region.

“You can take one day and stay in your own backyard and meet new people or take a day and explore other parts of the state,” she said. “There’s lots of locations, lots of options and every place offers something different.”

Along with tours, samples and demonstrations, some locations will showcase the various tasty ways that they use their maple syrup.

“A lot [of producers] make things with their syrup like maple candies of all different types like brittle, fudge ... and people have expanded to granola or spiced nuts or mustard,” Pearl said.

Some of the items for sale or sample this year include maple cream, maple mustard, maple barbecue sauce and maple frappes and sundaes from Sunnyside Maples in Loudon; maple popcorn and maple butter biscuits from Grant Family Pond View Maples in Weare, and maple bacon brittle and maple lollipops from Sugar Bee Farm in Claremont.

Maple highlights Here are a few sweet and educational highlights maple syrup. See justmaple.com. to check out during this year’s Maple Weekend Folsom’s Sugar House (130 Candia Road, (Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20). Chester) will host maple tours, explaining the For a full list, visit nhmapleproducers.com. maple process from start to finished product.

Check out tapped trees and boiling. See folCharmingfare Farm’s Maple Express (774 somsugarhouse.com.

High St., Candia) offers demos, tree identifi- Maple Ridge Sugar House (268 Loudon cation, pancake and syrup sampling and horse Ridge Road, Loudon) will offer guests the drawn rides. See visitthefarm.com chance to sample all grades of maple with Just Maple (475 School St., Tilton) offers their maple shots, plus fresh maple dougha whole host of maple sampling, such as dif- nuts. Also, take a tour through the woods to ferent grades of syrup, maple cream, maple learn about maple firsthand. See mapleridgecotton candy, maple milk and more. Lunch sugarhouse.com. and snacks for sale include maple baked beans, Mapletree Farm (105 Oak Hill Road, Conmaple bean soup, maple boiled hot dogs and cord) gives guests the chance to check out a hamburgers with maple mustard. Rolling in self-guided orchard and woods tour and watch the Dough will sell a variety of maple baked sap boil. Get your questions answered by a sugar goods, like maple cinnamon rolls, and Surow- maker and sample sugar-on-snow, maple syrup iec Farm will make cider doughnuts to dip in and maple cream. See mapletreefarmnh.com.

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If you think beer is delicious as a beverage, imagine what it can do to your favorite chili or casserole.

According to Zachary Thayer, executive chef at New England’s Tap House Grille, cooking with beer can be as simple as using it to marinate meat. “[Get] a beer you like, whether it be a Shock Top or a Guinness or even a Bud Light ... put it on steak and let it marinate,” he said in a phone interview.

Strange Brew Tavern Manager Deirdre Conway said cooking with beer first came onto her radar as a marinade, but with today’s high-quality and craft beers there are plenty of other ways that beer can boost a dish’s flavor.

Perfect pairings

With 48 beers on tap, the Tap House Grille menu features a number of dishes that use beer as an ingredient, such as chili, beef stew and pork tenderloin marinated in hard cider or pumpkin beer in the fall.

“We have a large selection to choose from that we can really pair with and play with,” Thayer said.

At Strange Brew, Conway said, the steak tips are marinated in a lager or porter, the alehouse chicken in a light beer. The chicken and black bean chili, honey mustard ale sauce and meatloaf all have beer in them, as does the batter that’s used for the fish and chips, onion rings and tenders.

“We use Blue Moon for our beer batter because it has more of a citrus taste to it,” she said.

For St. Patrick’s Day, Strange Brew makes a lamb and Guinness stew and also a black and tan cake with one layer of Guinness cake and one layer of lager or ale cake.

“It’s great — [beer is] a natural leavening because of the yeast in it,” she said.

For Thayer, using beer as an ingredient is appealing because it coaxes out new characteristics not only from the beer, but also from the other ingredients.

“For example, if you take a pork tenderloin and marinate it in beer and then you eat the pork tenderloin and maybe have that same beer, it’s going to bring out some of the characteristics and balance things out very nicely,” he said.

Or you can forgo the complement route altogether and try contrasting the dish by drinking an entirely different beer.

Conway suggests going with subtle, not overly spiced flavors when it comes to cooking with beer, like porters, lagers and ales.

“I wouldn’t use an IPA to marinate something because it’s so strong it would be all you tasted,” she said. “[And] you can’t use a fruit beer unless [you’re] making a dessert.”

Thayer likes cooking with pale ales because they tend to keep most of the original flavor characteristics, unlike darker beers that have more variability, potentially getting sweet or bitter depending on the type. But in the end, the changes in the beer and the finishing flavor profile all depend on what you’re cooking.

“Everything is going to change and taste different whether it’s a light or dark beer or [you’re] cooking with chicken or beef or a vegetarian dish,” he said.

Get cooking

The easiest way to try your hand at cooking with beer is using it as a meat marinade.

With grill season coming up, Conway suggested putting beer on some beef, ribs or chicken or even finding a recipe that calls for wine and replacing it with beer.

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Thayer recommends using beer to make a sauce or adding it to a pre-existing dish.

The Tap House Grille menu features a beer cream sauce that starts by reducing the beer before adding the garlic, shallots and other ingredients to achieve the desired taste.

Pie crust 1 cup chopped pecans ⅔ cup semisweet chocolate morsels Mix everything together but the chocolate and pecans. Put chocolate morsels in bottom of pie crust, evenly spread out. Pour liquid mix into your pie crust. Sprinkle pecans on top of pie. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. It’s done when top of pie domes up completely. Let cool for one hour before cutting.

This process requires the cook to be a bit more selective, he said, as the reduction could really change the flavor. For example, hoppy IPAs don’t reduce as well as lighter beers. Conway said to cut the beer with a broth or juice before adding it in because the goal is to enhance the dish, not overpower it.

“The big thing I would say is go pick yourself up a six-pack and have fun,” Thayer said. “Try it one way, try it another way — baked, grilled, boiled.”

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will offer three-course lunches for $16.95 and three-course dinners for $29.95 to an anticipated 100,000 diners. “This is the 9th year we are hosting Restaurant Week Portsmouth & The Seacoast,” Valerie Rochon, tourism director and interim president of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, said in the press release. What began as a promotion to bring attention to area businesses has turned into a twice-a-year celebration of Portsmouth as a restaurant-driven destination. “The camaraderie among restaurants and the community is quite remarkable,” John Akar, owner of Cava Tapas & Wine Bar, said in the press release. “We support one another and we supFood Fairs/festivals/expos • KEARSARGE MAPLE FESTIVAL Pancake breakfast and eggs breakfast at United Church of Warner 7:30 to 11 a.m. both days, sugar on snow at NH Telephone Museum Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum and Little Nature Museum maple sugar history events Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nine sugar houses in Warner and Webster offer free tours and samples both days 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., March 19, and Sun., March 20. Visit kearsargechamber.org.

• PEEPS DIORAMA CONTEST Open to all ages, recreate a scene from a favorite book or movie. Entries accepted Fri., March 25, to Fri., April 8. Prizes awarded Wed., April 13. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord. See concordnh.gov.

• PEEPS SHOW Dioramas from adult or children's literature featuring marshmallow peeps. Through Thurs., March 31. Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. rodgerslibrary.org.

Church & charity suppers • CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE SUPPER Family-style supper Sat., March 19, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Arlington Street United Methodist Church, 63 Arlington St., Nashua. $11 for adults, $10 for seniors, $6 for children, free for kids under 5.

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• CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE SUPPER Family-style supper includes cabbage, potato, carrots, turnips, beverage and dessert. Sat., March 19, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Arlington Street United Methodist Church, 63 Arlington St., Nashua. Cost is $11 for adults, $10 for seniors, $6 for children, free for children under age 5. See asumc.net.

• SOUPERFEST 7th annual event includes samples of soup, bread and dessert from local

port the community. We are all in this together and we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else than here on the Seacoast.” See restaurantweekportsmouth.com for more details.

• Ales for Tails: Spend the afternoon enjoying food, beer and fun at Anheuser-Busch Brewery (221 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack) while supporting the animals during the Humane Society for Greater Nashua’s Ales for Tails on Sunday, March 20, from 1 to 5 p.m.

The $50 ticket includes a Beermaster tour, the chance to meet a beermaster, a photo op with a Clydesdale, Texas Roadhouse barbecue, cornhole and other games, raffles, silent auctions and more. The event is 21+. See hsfn.org.

Concord chefs, plus games, music, snacks and more. Sat., March 19. FunFest for children from 2 to 5 p.m., SouperFest from 4 to 7 p.m. Rundlett Middle School, 144 South St., Concord. Suggested donation is $10, $5 for those 18 and under. See concordhomeless.org.

• PANCAKE BREAKFAST & SUGARING-OFF PARTY Breakfast is sponsored by IHOP, Hannaford and Hutchinson's Candy. Sat., March 19.

Breakfast from 8:30 to 10 a.m., sugaring-off from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lincoln Akerman School, 8 Exeter Road, Hampton Falls.

• VETERANS' COFFEE CLUB David Teed, Compassionate Care Hospice veteran liaison, discusses VA benefits.

Attendees are encouraged to bring photos and other memorabilia from their time in the service to share. Tues., March 22, from 1 to 2 p.m. Nashua Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St., Nashua. Coffee and donuts served free of charge.

See nashuaseniorcenter.org.

• CHOWDER LUNCHES Hosted by The Women's Alliance of Community Congregational Church in Greenland at the Greenland Parish House.

Menu features fish chowder or corn chowder served with homemade bread, coffee, tea and a choice of homemade pies. Tues., March 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Community Congregational Church Parish House, 44 Post Road, Greenland. $7 per person.

For more information call 436-8336 or visit communitychurchofgreenland.org.

Classes/workshops • PUFF PASTRY Make classic puff pastry dough from scratch, then make turnovers, Palmiers and Sacristan. Fri., March 18, from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

Finesse Pastries, 968 Elm St., Manchester. Cost is $75. Visit finessepastries.com.

• GROW ORGANIC: VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GARDENING WORKSHOPS Sat., March 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (how do you like them apples); Tues., March 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. (a fungus among us); Tues., March 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. (the good, the bad and the ugly); Sat., April 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (berries, berries and more berries); Tues., April 5, from 7 to 9 p.m. (a four season harvest); Tues., April 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. (growing your favorite veggies); Tues., April 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. (great tasting tomatoes); Sat., April 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. (tour Living Earth Farm, Brookline).

Beaver Brook Association, 117 Ridge Road, Hollis. Cost is $10 for weeknight workshop, $20 for Saturday workshop, $125 for all 12 workshops. See beaverbrook. org.

• GOOD GARDENING WORKSHOP SERIES Workshops will cover starting your garden, growing vegetables before the typical growing season and minimizing disease and pest issues. Sat., March 19, Sat., April 16, Sat., April 30, at 10 a.m. Moulton Farm, 18 Quarry Road, Meredith. Free.

See moultonfarm.com.

• HEARTH COOKING Participants learn open-hearth cooking skills hands-on to make then enjoy a traditional menu. Sat., March 19, Sat., April 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wheelwright House, Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth.

Cost is $65 for non members, $55 for members. Registration required. See strawberybanke. org for class details and menus.

• ITALIAN EASTER PIES Make Italian meat pie, sweet ricotta pie and chocolate peanut butter Easter egg cookies.

Sun., March 20, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Culinary Playground, 16 Manning Street, Suite 105, Derry. Cost is $65.

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• HEALING FOODS & POTLUCK STUDY GROUP Explore foods that help heal the digestive tract. Participants bring a dish to share with the group. Tues., March 22, from 6:15 to 8 p.m. WSW Center, 111 Water St., Second floor, Exeter.

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• FRENCH MACARON Learn how to make classic French macaron from scratch with

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• ARTISAN BREADS I Learn the basics of bread baking while making sweet Challah bread, herb ciabatta and cheesy Gruyere rolls. Thurs., March 31, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at Finesse Pastries, 968 Elm St., Manchester. Cost is $75 per class. Visit finessepastries.com.

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The recipe is pantry-friendly and includes onion salt, garlic powder, paprika and salt and pepper to taste. The ground beef and whole-wheat pasta provide essentially a blank canvas for the mix of salts and spices.

The cheese sauce portion of the dish consists of milk, water, flour and cubes of cheddar cheese, or freshly grated sharp cheddar.

And just a bit of spice goes a long way in this recipe, as my husband has taken to adding pinches of crushed Thai chilies or squirts of hot sauce behind my back that alter the flavor profile of the dish dramatically.

The only place I veered from the recipe was when it came to the pink Himalayan salt.

It’s not something I’ve ever purchased, and I simply substituted sea salt.

Overall, the dish satisfied my odd craving. It also received decent reviews from my husband, and my daughter always asks for second helpings. I haven’t experimented too much with noodle, meat or cheese substitutions, but I think I’ll be taking some inspiration from the original and whipping up alternatives in no time.

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With Baby No. 2 expected any day now, I’ve been craving foods I haven’t eaten since I was a child, most of which are terribly unhealthy. My pantry has been stocked with things like Little Debbie oatmeal pies, black licorice and butterscotch candies. I’ve tried to only give into cravings in moderation, but there was one craving so strong I had to find a healthy alternative to the original: I wanted Hamburger Helper.

My mom used to make Hamburger Helper when she was in a pinch. Admittedly, Hamburger Helper was not the healthiest option, but it was fast, affordable and fed four hungry kids in a matter of minutes.

But as my parents became more food-conscious, the dish rotated out of the weekly menu. And while up until a few weeks ago I hadn’t even thought of the dish in years, I found myself nostalgic and with a craving.

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One of my Christmas presents this year was a tasting kit from Forbes Wine Club/ Tasting Room, and I recently took the time to order my first tasting kit. I think there are a few companies like this out there offering a similar service. Here’s how it works: They send you a small tasting kit with wine bottles that are about the size of nips. Each bottle has a number on it. You taste the bottles in the order that they are numbered.

In this case, I had two whites (sauvignon blanc and chardonnay) and four reds (red blend, barbera, cabernet and a pinot noir).

If you prefer one over the other, you can order future shipments with all white, all red or mixed. As you taste the bottles, you rate them using the online website. Your preferences direct the shipment of fullsized bottles that you receive.

This is a fun experience, tasting wines you know nothing about except for what you can see and read on the label. Based on what I liked in the tasting kit, I prefer fresh, zesty whites and bold, earthy reds, according to my tasting reports. Recommended reds include grenache, cabernet sauvignon and sangiovese and the recommended regions are Spain, Tuscany (Italy) and California. On the white side, the recommended grapes are sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio and riesling, starting with New Zealand, Italy and Germany. The white recommendations are spot-on, while I find the red ones interesting. I do enjoy fruit-forward wines but find that some bolder reds can be too dry. However, I am always open to trying new wines.

Based on my responses, I’ll be getting a shipment of six wines that includes nebbiolo, sauvignon blanc, riesling, two cabernets and a malbec. Again, I know nothing about these wines, and will probably taste them before reading anything about them. This helps me be more objective and less influenced by descriptions that convince your senses what you “should” be tasting as opposed to what you actually are. I will be sharing my tasting experiences in upcoming columns; however, I will not be tasting all six of these bottles at once!

Several New Hampshire wineries are now offering similar wine clubs, including Sap House Meadery in Center Ossipee, Hermit Woods Winery in Meredith and Fulchino Vineyard in Hollis. LaBelle Winery in Amherst offers an “adopt a vine” program, which has some similarities. This is a great way to enjoy wine and support a

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local business at the same time.

Speaking of tasting wine, Hermit Woods Winery is offering a March Madness special with two-for-one tours and tastings on Saturdays and Sundays. The tours are offered hourly from noon to 4 p.m. If you want to learn more about their winemaking and facility, this is the best way to do it.

With the spring season upon us, it is time to start thinking about wines for warmer times. Flag Hill in Lee is celebrating with a Rosé Release Wine Pairing Dinner on Saturday, April 16, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Chef James will be preparing a mushroomfocused four-course dinner infused and/or paired with Flag Hill wines and spirits. Visit flaghill.com for more information and tickets.

A quick reminder that March 18 to March 25 is New Hampshire Restaurant Week. Of course, this week is mainly about food, but we cannot forget its companion: wine! This is a great time to try something new and experience new pairings. Plus, places like LaBelle Winery are offering special menus and tastings.

Another great way to experience food and wine is through the New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet’s In the Mix Kitchen Series, held on the second and fourth Saturday of the month from noon to 2 p.m. at their 25 Coliseum Avenue, Nashua, location. Upcoming events include March 26 with Perfecta and The Grazing Room at Colby Hill Inn, and April 9 with Djinn Spirits and Riverside Barbeque. Visit liquorandwineoutlets.com/events for more dates.

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cer parents at least. She is now 46 years old. Where does the time

To let us know about your

If you were familiar with the vibe of “C86” (the cassette-tape compilation released by the British New Musical Express magazine in 1986), you had a head start in digging on the hazy, sloppily arranged dream-pop of Oshin, the 2012 debut LP from this Brooklyn indie band led by singer-guitarist Zachary Cole Smith. Another way to say it would be “Howard Shore meets Joy Division, with half the melodic calories,” in other words Jesus & Mary Chain throwbackism done, apparently, just for the sake of it. I do like Smith’s attitude (he abandoned the band’s possibly copyrighted original name, Dive, because he seriously didn’t care what the band’s name was). Opener “Out of Mind” offers Raveonettes vocals over New Order-style rubber-band crook-legging, while “Under the Sun” evokes early Cure, a slam-dunk aesthetic that should get the band more love from Pitchfork (keeping in mind that if they’re mean to this album, Smith could always take a bus across town to Pitchfork HQ and beat their heads in). B — Eric W. Saeger

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I never talk about limited-edition vinyl runs, mostly because they’re never interesting. But in this case, we have a necessary ambient appurtenance for anyone whose “den” is filled with Isaac Asimov anthologies, “realistic” ceramic skulls and the stench of lousy old incense. The people at Cadabra Records are releasing a bunch of classic-horror spoken-word albums for readers of good … taste (get it?), this particular one featuring stories read by actor Andrew Leman, a partner of the Lovecraft historical society, some pretty creepy cover art by Alan Brown and sounds by Teratoma Sound Lab. Leman’s voice is well-suited for the project, though his delivery can seem a bit redundant after a while, but the eerie frightwig ringouts pervading the atmosphere nullify that and drag the listener down into the fog, which, in the case of “The Hound,” spells the first mention of Lovecraft’s fictional Necronomicon text as found in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. Seriously cool goth-bait. B — Eric W. Saeger

to listen to. Wow, the whole song sounds like old Bowie from the

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go? Probably the same place her dingbat husband Gavin Whatsisname went, after realizing Gwen isn’t 23 anymore. Her new album is This Is What the Truth Feels Like, and it is really a re-do of her first attempt at making this album, because the first bunch of songs she wrote were too edgy and depressing and TMI for the record company — come on, who wants honest songs about real emotions and things that don’t involve riding around in platinum Benzes and twerking in grocery store parking lots, let’s be real. The first single, “Used to Love You,” is one of these heartfelt breakup songs, a snap-dancey confection you could feasibly twerk to if need arose. Does that count?

• Post Pop Depression is the 17th LP from rough-and-tumble crazyman Iggy Pop. It was produced and co-written by Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, apparently because Iggy wanted to do an album reflecting on his own legacy, and he is symbolically handing over his torch of crazydom to Josh Homme, who dresses sensibly, I notice. It’s either that or Iggy lost a

1980s, like with angular faux-jazz guitar-chords and sloppy jamout noise. Totally tubular. I like it.

• The Word Alive, how did those guys end up in my “Important Releases to Babble About” feed? Is this thing broken? This is categorized as metalcore stuff, their new album Dark Matter, but the advances sound like Papa Roach with the noisebaffle set to “annoying.” Buy this if you must, if only because the band once reached No. 15 on the “Heatseekers” chart. I need to call a technician about my feed, because my mellow just got harshed.

• I’ve heard of Lust for Youth, but no one else seems to know about them except for those worm-people at Pitchfork. What’s going on here? Compassion is the title of their forthcoming new album, and the single, “Stardom,” sounds like Joey Ramone singing for Simple Minds — in other words you likely won’t hear about them much after this, so don’t feel un-hip. Steady as she goes. — Eric W. Saeger

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“Right! That’s the face I made!

There are these gardens that have plants that are harmful and poisonous, and I thought that would be a really cool — not plot, but setting or something,” Rule said over lunch — French bread pizza and grape soda — at Johny’s Pizza in Hooksett last week. “I wanted the plants to kind of be involved with a murder. Death by garden!

It didn’t really come out that way, but plants are a really big part of this book.”

The Northwood author began drafting a little before her first title, Strange Sweet Song, came out in 2014, and she’s since spent long days writing to get the story to her editor on time. She mapped it out on her computer, sometimes at home, sometimes at her parents’ cabin on Donnell Pond in Franklin, Maine, about 40 minutes outside Bar Harbor.

This book, like Song, is fantastical, but also futuristic. It’s about a girl, Redwing, who has spent 18 years living in a small attic room, while her identical sister, Jey, has lived a public life as an only child. Their father had hoped Redwing might grow into a normal person — not the wicked creature mythology promised — which is why he spared her life as an infant. But when she switches places with her sister one day, she’s attacked and forced to unleash her powers and her secret.

The city the twins live in has hissing pipes and curving temples, and it’s located on the side of a volcano. There’s an excess of hot water — ice cubes are a luxury — and birds.

Instead of horses, people ride ostriches, and instead of dogs, they have pet raptors.

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Rule liked writing this one, she said. The tone was fun, the protagonist confident and sassy.

“It’s a little bit funnier than what I had been working on, so it was a little refreshing for me to get to work on something funny,” Rule said. “It’s also a little bit of a lighter story; it’s about the destruction of the world rather than opera!”

Creating a magical world comes with challenges, but they’re fun challenges, in Rule’s opinion. She got to make up gods, myths and places, and the only research involved was looking up names to ensure her fictitious people, places and things didn’t already exist in the real world. For her, establishing those details and boundaries is key when writing fantasy.

“If you can really kind of imagine how everything fits together, and it makes sense to you, then you don’t have to work as hard,” Rule said.

Rule has a variety of events in New Hampshire this month, starting with a book launch party at MainStreet BookEnds.

Bookstore owner Katharine Nevins said via phone she was excited to cater to the next talented Rule generation; she remembers seeing the author coming in as a teeneger along with her mother, New Hampshire writer and storyteller Rebecca Rule.

“I really do think she’s going places,” Nevins said. “I think the writing’s great, and she’s in with a wonderful publishing house. She’s got really fresh great ideas, and she writes for the right genre. She’s nailing it.”

Rule’s next project is a magical realism novel set in Maine tentatively called Shoes. It’s currently on submission, though the first 30 pages will appear in the Hunger Mountain Journal for the Arts this spring.

It’s the second novel she ever wrote, the one she initially sent to her agent for query.

(Her agent said it needed work, and she’s since revised.)

She’s also written one chapter of a horror novel, inspired by working at the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion in Portsmouth.

“It has 40-something rooms — though we can’t agree on how many rooms it has.

We can’t even agree on how many floors it has. It’s like this crazy Frankenstein house,” Rule said.

Whenever she’s not writing, she’s running a blog for her alma mater, the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she earned her MFA, or she’s working as a freelancer.

“It’s the best job in the world. I love it,” Rule said.

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How to Have a Good Day, by Caroline Webb (Crown Business, 328 pages) Everybody tells you to have a good day. Caroline Webb wants to tell you how.

The Oxford-trained economist has compiled a boatload of research about human behavior and given it the CliffsNotes treatment, condensing best practices culled from behavioral science and organizing them with an eye on workplace success.

Webb’s How to Have a Good Day lacks sizzle, and its subtitle’s promise that you can “harness the power of behavioral science to transform your working life” may be an exaggeration for most. But the book injects a scholarly gravitas into the self-help and business-success genre, and apparently we could use the direction.

Americans have added nearly 200 hours of work to our years — in essence, an extra month — since the 1970s, Webb writes, yet our to-do list is never completed.

“We focus on whatever is blinking more brightly, rather than on what’s truly important and in line with our intentions for the day. And thanks to our long hours, we’re probably not functioning at our best. There’s evidence to suggest that our productivity and cognitive performance decline once our working day stretches behind eight hours, which means our ninth, tenth, and eleventh hours make a progressively less satisfying dent in our workload,” she says.

There are solutions for that, many of which you may already know: ditch multitasking, remove distractions, schedule breaks, make lists, prioritize, make important decisions at high-energy times. Webb, however, supplies the whys, such as the study that showed Microsoft employees took 15 min-

utes to fully get re-engaged in a task after being interrupted by an incoming email — whether they answered the email or not — and research that shows people work best when engaging in deep, focused thought in 90-minute increments.

Webb smartly begins by supplying what she calls “the science essentials” — the basics of how the human brain works: complementary systems, which she calls “deliberate” and “automatic”; its “discover-defend” axis; and the mind-body loop.

Examining how these primordial functions affect our behavior is helpful in understanding why we’re so quick to check an email (desperately seeking some type of reward, like one of B.F. Skinner’s rats pressing a lever in hopes that food will appear) or bristle when encountering a stranger (who might pose some yet-to-be-determined threat). We descend into defensive mode when encountering even the mildest of criticism or rejection, which is why Webb suggests the most effective interactions pulse with warmth and bury the negatives.

What Webb calls the mind-body loop helps to explain how our patterns of thought are often quietly controlled by our bodies — which can signal the brain to feel happy and relaxed, or confident and in control — when we make adjustments to our breathing, posture, or even clothes. “These ‘fake it till you make it’ findings are useful to us since they suggest it’s possible to use our bodies to reverse-engineer the state of mind we want,” Webb writes.

Distressingly, we are also affected by other people’s bodies, which are can be conduits of good moods or bad. “Stress leaks, too,” Webb writes. “Other researchers found that asking people to do some unexpected public speak-

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ing not only made the speakers twitchy, but also raised the cortisol levels of people who’d been assigned to listen to them.”

Webb became interested in all this while she worked for the management consultant firm McKinsey & Company, where she would ask clients what made a day good or bad, and what it would take for them to have more good days. For most people, the best days leave them feeling productive, confident in their performance and contributions on the job. The best days also leave them feeling energized, not depleted.

To get to that point regularly, Webb says there are seven areas that bear improvement: priority-setting, productivity, relationships, thinking, influence, resilience and energy.

Some of these are wearily familiar: exercise, and get more sleep. But amid this, and the occasional sin of a “handy checklist” (oh, please), there are many interesting ideas, including scheduling meetings for 25 or 45 minutes (rather than 30 minutes or an hour) to build in some breaks into the day, orchestrating the day so it ends on a high note, and creating workplace cues that stimulate focused thought.

She also tells you why you should always respond within 24 hours to an email. (“People’s brains see social exclusion and uncertainty as a threat, and you pose that threat in a minor way every time you delay in responding to an email.”)

How to Have a Good Day suffers from over-organization; Webb spends too much time telling us what she’s about to tell us. Her anecdotes would be substantially improved by identifying real people, not just their first names. As such, the book feels longer than it is, and weaker, despite exhaustive appendixes and notes. Overall, however, it’s a thoughtful, intelligent look at what drives human behavior and how a few tweaks can result in more consistently good days. B — Jennifer Graham Books

Author Events

• STEVE GORDON Author talks about Let's Talk About Death: Asking the Questions That Profoundly Change the Way We Live and Die. Thurs., March 17, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson's Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• KEVIN FLYNN, REBECCA LAVOIE Authors talk about Dark Heart. Sat., March 19, at 2 p.m.

Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua St., Milford. Visit toadbooks.com.

Call 673-1734.

• LINDA REILLY Author talks about Out of the Dying Pan. Sat., March 19, at 11 a.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua St., Milford.

• LITA JUDGE talks about Quick, Little Monkey! And Hoot and Peep at Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough, Sat., March 19, at 11 a.m.

• Poetry events starting up: National Poetry Month isn’t until April, but there are a couple events this week to get you ready for it. One is at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester, on Tuesday, March 22, at 6 p.m., where there is a reading by poet Adam Clay from his new book, Stranger, which traces a period of great change in his life: a move, new job and the birth of his first child. The reading is at 6 p.m., and the event’s free to attend. Visit nhia. edu/events.

There’s another event Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m., at 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, called “The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Celebration of the Life of Robert Dunn.” A group of his friends will share a reading of his poems, and Katherine Towler will read from her new memoir, The Penny Poet of Portsmouth, according to a press release. Dunn — known as the Penny Poet of Portsmouth for the little books of poems he sold on the street for a penny — lived in Portsmouth from the ’70s until his death in 2008. Dunn never owned a car, telephone or computer and was a fixture in downtown. Towler’s memoir chronicles her friendship with him. Tickets for the reading are $8 or $28 for the reading plus memoir copy. Doors open at 6 p.m. Visit 3Sarts. org or call 766-3330.

• Exeter alum returns: On Friday, March 25, at 7 p.m., Phillips Exeter Academy alum Roxane Gay — who is also an associate professor of English at Purdue University — visits the school as part of an event, “An Evening with Roxane Gay,” which happens at Assembly Hall, 53 Front St., Exeter. Gay is the author of Bad Feminist: Essays and An Untamed State: A Novel, and her writing has also appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories 2014, The Best American Short Stories 2012, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Time and others. The event is free and open to the public. Email kbrown@exeter.edu.

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• LARRY CULTRERA Author talks about New Hampshire Diners: Classic Granite State Eateries. Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m.

Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Call 589-4610.

• ADI RULE Book release party for The Hidden Twin. Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. MainStreet BookEnds, 16 E. Main St., Warner. Visit mainstreetbookends. com. Call 456-2700. Second event Thurs., March 24, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson's Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. Call 224-0562.

• THE PENNY POET OF PORTSMOUTH: A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF ROBERT DUNN Gathering to celebrate Robert's life, devotion to Portsmouth, reading of his poems. Tues., March 22, at 7

p.m. 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. $8 for reading, $28 for reading plus book copy.

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• ADAM CLAY Author talks about third book of poems, Stranger. Tues., March 22, at 6 p.m. New Hampshire Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Visit nhia.edu.

• PHYLLIS EDGERLY RING talks about The Munich Girl at Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water St., Exeter, Wed., March 23, at 7 p.m.

• MARTY KELLEY Author talks about Albert's (Almost) Amazing Adventure. Sat., March 26, 1-3 p.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua St., Milford. Visit toadbooks.com. Call 673-1734.

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• GERALD BOURGEOIS Author talks about Wherever Flames May Rage: A History of the Concord NH Fire Department. Sat., March 26, 10 a.m.noon. Annie's Book Stop, 1330 Union Ave., Laconia.

• EDIE CLARK Author talks about What There Was Not to Tell. Wed., March 30, at 6:30 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Call 432-6140.

• GLORIA NORRIS Author talks about KooKooLand. Wed., March 30, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson's Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore. com/event/kookooland.

• SUSAN STRECKER Author talks about Nowhere Girl. Thurs., March 31, at 6:30 p.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua St., Milford. Visit toadbooks.com. Call 673-1734.

• MICHELLE ARNOSKY Author talks about new book, Slavery & The Underground Railroad in New Hampshire.

Thurs., March 31, at 5:30 p.m.

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• PETER ZHEULTIN Author talks about Rescue Road. Thurs., March 31, 6-8 p.m. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord.

• POET SHOWCASE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE POETS Collection of poets present work in new anthology, published by Hobblebush Books. Thurs., April 7, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson's Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. Call 224-0562.

• BECKY FIELD Presentation on NH's cultural diversity by local author/photographer, Different Roots, Common Dreams. Sat., April 9, at 1:30 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry.

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• KATHERINE TOWLER Author visits Gibson's Bookstore to present The Penny Poet of Portsmouth. Thurs., April 14, at 7 p.m. Gibson's Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

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POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13)

A young woman has either been saved from a devastating attack on America or is being held hostage by a psycho — or maybe both! — in 10 Cloverfield Lane, a sidequel or somethingquel to the 2008 horror movie Cloverfield.

Actually, I have no idea whether the events in 10 Cloverfield Lane are in the same universe as the events of Cloverfield. Even a guess in that direction is something of a spoiler.

As the movie opens, Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is crying and packing and exits an apartment leaving behind a set of keys and what looks like an engagement ring.

Driving through the dark in what we learn is Louisiana, Michelle ignores her boyfriend’s pleas via phone that they have only had a fight and she should come back. Before she can decide whether or not to respond to him, she is run off the road.

When she wakes up, she has an IV in her arm and her injured leg is chained to the wall in a concrete room that I think anybody at this point would instantly recognize as a standard kidnapper’s bunker. When Howard (John Goodman), the man bringing her food, comes in, Michelle runs through all the possible responses from fear to appearing to appease him to suggesting that people will be coming to look for her. Howard tells her that he knows nobody will look for her and later he

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Coming soon March 18: The Divergent Series:Allegiant (PG-13) This series, starring Shailene Woodley, is still happening and this would make number three of the four expected movies; Miracles (PG) Jennifer Garner stars in this movie about a girl who is cured of an illness after a bad accident.

Reviewlets * Indicates movies worth seeing. *Deadpool (R) Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin.

It does not get more meta than this adaptation of the swearing, dirty-joke-telling, anti-hero hero Deadpool in this X-Men offshoot that is fun from the moment the opening credits begin. B+ Eddie the Eagle (PG-13) Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman.

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tells her why: there has been an attack, chemical maybe or nuclear, he’s not sure. What he is sure of is that the air above is contaminated and they must stay underground, in the disaster shelter he’s built and stocked, for a year or two until the air is clear.

As any of us would, Michelle assumes this is nonsense and she has been kidnapped by a crazy person. Howard’s intensity and general creepiness seem to back up this idea, as does the occasional mention of someone named “Megan,” who isn’t here anymore.

But then she meets Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.), another inmate of the bunker. He has an

only British ski jumper around for the 1988 Olympics) struggles to reach his goal of becoming an Olympian in this sweet but slight tale. C The 5th Wave (PG-13) Chloë Grace Moretz, Ron Livingston.

As unnecessary YA dystopian stories go, this one’s alright. A girl tries to look after her younger brother after an alien invasion starts to seriously cull the human population. C+ London Has Fallen (R) Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman.

The disposable action movie from 2013 gets a clunkier, more embarrassing sequel.

D+ *Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG) Voices of Jack Black, Bryan Cranston.

There is something a little pared down about this nonetheless whimsical and fun

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continuation of the story of Po, the dumpling-eating, kung fu-mastering panda. After introducing Po to his long-lost biological panda father — much to the anxiousness of his adopted goose father — the movie gets down to the business of having Po and his new panda friends fight a big evil and learn to “believe in yourself” and that “everybody has something special about them.” Entertainment and encouragement — not bad for $8. B The Revenant (R) Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy.

DiCaprio’s wilderness guide character gets the stuffing knocked out of him by a bear and then wanders around the pre-Civil-War northern Midwest in this pretty but slow movie. BRisen (PG-13) Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton.

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injured arm that she assumes was the result of an escape attempt. No, he tells her, he got this injury trying to get into the bunker. He helped Howard do construction on the place, which is why he came here after he saw the red light of the attack. As Michelle questions him further, though, he doesn’t seem to have any more information than “red light,” so Emmett becomes another piece in the puzzle but not definitive proof that Howard’s apocalyptic story is true.

Usually in a horror movie, things are either x or y, it’s a ghost or you’re going mad, the doll is evil or it’s really just the gardener try-

with keeping the peace and tamping down potential civil unrest after a rabble-rouser from Nazareth is crucified. If you like a good sandals-andswords tale of Bibleness, this is your jam. B *Spotlight (R) Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo.

Based on the true story of the Boston Globe’s investigation into the Catholic Church’s priest sex abuse scandal, this “best picture” Oscar-winning movie is an ode to expensive, exhaustive investigative reporting and also a solid bit of storytelling chock full of great performances. A *Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) Daisy Ridley, John Boyega.

If you haven’t thrown your money into the $1.5 billion pile of worldwide box office earnings yet, do. This movie is fun, real actual fun, not fun for nostalgic reasons and in spite of annoying CGI

ing to kill you, it’s a serial killer or, well, usually in the serial killer movies it’s just a serial killer full stop. 10 Cloverfield Lane leaves open the possibility that many things are true. Maybe the world is ending, but that doesn’t mean Howard isn’t a creepy dude who is holding people hostage. Or maybe he’s just a really intense, twitchy prepper. Maybe he and Emmett are in on something together or maybe Emmett is really the one pulling the strings. Can Michelle trust anything anybody says, anything she sees?

I like the way the movie is able to leave the exact nature of what is happening uncertain even as it adds more information and brings you a better understanding of the characters.

Eventually, you do get answers, though not all the answers and I kind of like that too. The movie is satisfying but resists the urge to tie up every plot thread, much in the manner of a really satisfying short story or the first-season finale of a TV show that isn’t certain it’s going to make it to Season 2.

10 Cloverfield Lane doesn’t have a lot of moving parts but it puts its pieces together well, creating a solid, tense movie. B Rated PG-13 for thematic material including frightening sequences of threat with some violence and brief language. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg with a screenplay by Josh Campbell & Matthew Stuecken and Damien Chazelle, 10 Cloverfield Lane is an hour and 43 minutes long and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

like some Star Wars movies I could mention. This revisiting of the galaxy far, far away that does in fact feature Luke, Leia, Han and other old favorites is actually at its best with the next generation: pilot Rey (Ridley), ex-Stormtrooper Finn (Boyega), bad-ass Poe and even whiny villain Adam Driver. B+

war correspondent and finds life in the Kabubble (as the press corps calls it) exhausting and exhilarating. Wisely, this movie doesn’t make pronouncements on The War but is more about what life in a high-intensity job can do to a person. B+

Zoolander 2 (PG-13) Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson.

Triple 9 (R) The male models return in Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate this exceptionally stupid Winslet. sequel (and I mean that as a The movie also features compliment!) to a 2001 movCasey Affleck, Anthony ie I remember primarily for Mackie, Woody Harrelson, being a really jarring thing to Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus watch some two-plus weeks and Michael Kenneth Wilafter a horrific national catasliams and yet somehow can’t trophe. Derek and Hansel pull itself together enough must fight not just another to have the energy to realstrange evil plot (this one full ly sell its tale of heists and of Temple of Doom and Da dirty cops and the Russian Vinci Code weirdness, plus mob. BSting!) but also aging and irrelevancy. And perhaps also Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (R) hipsters. If you are looking Tina Fey, Margot Robbie. for extreme stupidity with Looking to change her life, moments of goofy zaniness, desk worker Tina Fey heads this is your movie. C+ to Afghanistan to work as a

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Sacha Baron Cohen digs deep into a bag full of eighth-grade humor for The Brothers Grimsby, a mostly unfunny spy movie spoof.

Nobby (Cohen) is the father of seemingly dozens of children with his wife Dawn (Rebel Wilson) even though his only occupation seems to be drunken soccer fan.

Though his giant family is crammed in a small house, he still keeps one room empty and set up for his little brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who was adopted 28 years ago after the boys were orphaned. When, during a drunken celebration at the local pub, he’s told that his brother has been spotted, Nobby is elated. He’s been looking for his brother for years — which actually makes no sense, since, as we learn, Nobby knew Sebastian was being adopted by a posh London family. Of course, this is only one of many things in what I’ve just said that make no sense — are we to believe that somehow an orphan winds up living as an adult in his childhood home?

Or is it that he made over a room in a completely different house to look like his childhood room? And are we really supposed to buy that the 44-year-old Cohen is older than the 52-year-old Strong?

Anyway, the moment of the boys’ reunion is just as improbable: Sebastian, an elite secret agent, has been tasked to protect celebrity humanitarian Rhonda George (Penelope Cruz) at a world health event.

Somehow, Nobby’s buddy has learned that this elite secret spy is going to be at this event. Nobby picks just the moment when Sebastian is about to stop an assassin to give his brother a bear hug, causing the assassin to kill an important official and a bunch of the wrong people to get shot.

The moment goes so totally wrong that Sebastian is painted as a rogue agent and is forced to go into hiding. Naturally, Nobby’s got just the perfect place — Grimsby, where a welcome home party features a sign announcing that Sebastian is a spy and shhh not to tell anybody.

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Likewise, much of the humor in Grimsby is still basically just stupid.

What makes this movie such a weird failure is not just its sophomoric and offensive sense of humor but it’s finesse-free way of constructing these jokes. Sacha Baron Cohen whatever you think of him usually tries, at least tries, to say something smart with his comedy. To mix sweaty hairy naked guys with some commentary about the latent racism of poshies. (Which is perhaps why one might argue he’s “doing a thing” here. To which I say, if that is the case, do it better.) I’m not saying he’s successful or even all that clever with the way he mixes low humor and high messaging but he frequently seems to try. Here, there are maybe two bits of commentary. One comes late in the movie and has to do with the morality-free ways in which swaths of henchmen are killed in spy movies. The other is a muddled bit of commentary on a one-percenter’s view of humanity. Neither is cleverly handled or does anything to redeem or balance the lame potty humor that permeates throughout.

The Brothers Grimsby feels like some bit of moldy, inartful Farrelly brothers knockoff leftover from the early aughts that, like radioactive material at a Superfund site, has been unearthed to the delight of no one. F Rated R for strong crude sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, language and some drug use. Directed by Louis Leterrier with a screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Phil Johnston & Peter Baynham, The Brothers Grimsby is an hour and 23 minutes long and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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MOVIES OUTSIDE THE CINEPLEX RED RIVER THEATRES 11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, redrivertheatres.org • Embrace of the Serpent (NR, 2015) Thurs., March 17, at 2:10, 5:30 & 7:50 p.m.

• The Lady in the Van (PG-13, 2015) Thurs., March 17, at 2:05, 5:35 & 7:55 p.m.; Fri., March 18, at 1:25, 3:45 & 6:10 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 1:25, 3:45, 6:10 & 8:25 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 1:25, 3:45 & 6:10 p.m.; Mon., March 21, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.; Tues., March 22, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.; Wed., March 23, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.; & Thurs., March 24, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.

• The Big Short (R, 2015) Thurs., March 17, at 2 & 8 p.m.; Fri., March 18, at 1 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 12:30 & 5:50 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 12:30 & 5:50 p.m.; Mon., March 21, at 5:25 p.m.; Tues., March 22, at 5:25 p.m.; Thurs., March 24, at 5:25 p.m.

• Spotlight (R, 2015) Thurs., March 17, at 5:25 p.m.; Fri., March 18, at 3:30 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 3:30 & 6 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 3 p.m.; Mon., March 21, at 2:10 & 7:30 p.m.; Tues., March 22, at 2:10 & 7:30 p.m.; Wed., March 23, at 7:15 p.m.; Thurs., March 24, at 2:10 & 7:30 p.m.

• Where to Invade Next (R, 2016) Fri., March 18, at 3:40 & 8:30 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 3:15 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 3:15 p.m.; Mon., March 21, at 2 & 7:55 p.m.; Tues., March 22, at 2 & 7:55 p.m.; Wed., March 23, at 2 p.m.; Thurs., March 24, at 2 & 7:55 p.m.

• Creative Control (R, 2016) Fri., March 18, at 1:30 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 1:30 7 8:30 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 5:30 p.m.; Mon., March 21, at 5:30 p.m.; Tues., March 22, at 5:30 p.m.; Wed., March 23, at 2:10 p.m.; & Thurs., March 24, at 5:30 p.m.

• The Last Laugh (1924) Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m., silent film with musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis • The Phantom of the Opera (PG-13, 2004) Fri., March 18, at 6:30 p.m.

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• The Roaring Twenties (1939) Sat., March 19, at 4:30 p.m.

CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART 150 Ash St., Manchester • Kinky Boots (PG-13, 2005) Thurs., March 24, at 6:30 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY 405 Pine St., Manchester, 6246550, manchester.lib.nh.us • Darby O’Gill and the Little People (G, 1959) Fri., March 18, at 3 p.m.

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• Freeheld (PG-13, 2015) Fri., March 25, at 3 p.m.

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• The Messenger (documentary) Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 7 p.m.; Tues., March 22, at 7 p.m.; Wed., March 23, at 7 p.m.

• Elvis Costello: Detour Thurs., March 24, at 7 p.m.

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• Celebrate: 3S Artspace opened a year ago with a focus on edgy art — “we invite unbounded risk” is its mission statement. A first birthday weekend commences Friday with DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin leading New York Night Train Soul Clap & Dance Off, with an afternoon dance performance, and an evening concert

by Sam Amidon and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche on Saturday. The celebration starts Friday, March 18, at 8 p.m. at 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. Visit 3sarts.org.

• Jamming: Time spent on the summer festival circuit gave Roots of Creation talented friends to call on for its forthcoming album. Guests include Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band), Sublime’s Ras MG, reggae star Mighty Mystic and the Rubblebucket horn section. Livin Free drops next month — the title is a nod to their home state of New Hampshire. See them Saturday, March 19, at 9 p.m. at Penuche’s, 96 Hanover St., Manchester.

Tickets $12 in advance at brownpapertickets. com, $15 at the door. The show is 21+.

• Fretful: A double bill of residencies begins with an afternoon Celtic jam and closes with The Doublenecks, a duo of Nashua guitar teachers who dabble in a decades-spanning array of musical styles — gypsy jazz from the 1930s, wartime swing blues, ’50s rockabilly, ’60s rock and ’70s funk and soul. They mix modern-flavored originals with traditional instrumental guitar favorites. Go Sunday, March 20, at 7 p.m., at Riverwalk Café, 35 Railroad Square, Nashua, riverwalknashua.com.

• Showcase: The latest installment of Live at Frank’s Place features Famous Jane, led by Kim Riley and Hank Decken. Ubiquitous singer-songwriter Riley has played nearly every room in the area, and Decken is one of the region’s most versatile guitarists. Rounded out

by Tom Davis on bass and Travis Barber on drums, they made one of 2015’s best records, New Persuasion. They play Wednesday, March 23, at 6 p.m. at Strange Brew Tavern, 88 Market St., Manchester. See 1075frank.com.

• Mainers: Twenty-five years after forming from the cream of Portland, Maine, session players and bands, The Boneheads thrive on the unexpected, trading instruments and reinventing songs effortlessly. Their rootsy blend of Americana influences has garnered comparisons to everyone from the Band to the Subdudes. See them Thursday, March 17, at 8 p.m. at Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille, 40 Andover Road, New London. Reservations required, with pre-show dinner seating available; call 526-6899.

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Irish band marks Easter Uprising centennial

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It’s the time of year for all things Celtic, with St. Patrick’s Day songs, step dancers and shamrocks everywhere — which makes it mind-boggling to realize that just a century ago an independent Ireland didn’t exist.

Moreover, English occupiers did all they could to eradicate Irish culture completely.

That changed with the Easter Uprising of 1916. Dublin, Ireland, native Derek Warfield and his band the Young Wolfe Tones are touring to mark the anniversary; they play a show at Manchester’s Shaskeen Pub on March 19.

Warfield, an astute historian of his country, recounted in a recent phone interview how outward expressions of Irish pride were ruthlessly suppressed for generations.

“They didn’t just want the submission of the Irish people, they wanted to destroy forever the language, music and the poetic bard tradition that had gone back hundreds of years,” Warfield said. “So they set about doing that in the 16th century, but they didn’t succeed.”

The violence in 1916 marked an irrevocable turning point.

“It was the most important event in Irish history over the last five to six hundred years,” Warfield said.

The military rebellion was followed in 18 months by an election.

“The Irish people voted overwhelmingly for independence from Britain and that vote was ignored. … It showed English rule for what it was — self-serving,” he said.

The language used to tell Ireland’s story is musical, and his band’s show features many songs of struggle and vindication.

“All our history is in our music, which is an amazing fact … the association goes back to the earliest recorded texts,” Warfield said.

During the occupation, citizens “couldn’t write songs, couldn’t sing — nobody except an English king. The whole tradition went underground and became part of the people’s resistance.”

With independence, Irish culture came into the open, and the world grew to love it.

Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones When: Saturday, March 19, 9 p.m.

Where: Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester More: theyoungwolfetones.com

Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones. Courtesy photo.

“We had the opportunity since the 1920s to place a value on all our traditions, the dance, music, song and written word,” Warfield said.

“Under English rule ... to wear the color green was an offense. To sing or even whistle a song with a sentiment that expressed Irish liberty was punished by flogging and sometimes death. The attempted conquest was very violent; the songs reflect that.”

Now 73, Warfield has been a musician all his life.

“It was probably inevitable,” he said. “I came from a family that was very musical and it played a big part of my childhood. My mother and father, all my aunts and uncles sang songs. They were regular theatergoers, and it was an essential part of our life to be part of living culture. We were very poor, but my parents and grandparents placed a high value on Irish tradition. … I was about 18 when people asked me to come to places to play and they’d pay. I just fell into it.”

Warfield and his brother Brian started the Wolfe Tones in 1963. The group disbanded after 40 years, but the singer, songwriter and mandolin player wasn’t ready to retire.

“I felt I had a lot to give to a younger generation; I started Young Wolfe Tones to pass on the traditions,” he said. “We’ve been going 11 years. I’ve had some wonderful young peo-

ple, fine musicians far greater than anything of my own generation, who are by the standards of today very poor, mostly self-taught.

Today the young people have skilled teachers. My band members are all teachers.”

Along with the songs of his country, Warfield has released records charting the link between Irish music and the rest of the world — two covering the American Civil War, and DEREK WARFIELD a project in 2011 examining Australia.

“I was invited to the National Folk Festival, and I considered it a great honor. They asked me to sing the songs of the rebel and resistance,” Warfield said. “Apparently the Irish went to Australia and sowed the seeds of discontent; much of their early history is colored with Irish immigrants. I found the songs absolutely fascinating. I’m uncovering material that very few people have covered.”

This is the band’s second trip to the Shaskeen; they played for the pub’s 10th anniversary in 2015.

“It had been many years since I’d been in Manchester,” Warfield said. “We had a wonderful night — a super place, a great venue. It is a bit of Ireland in New Hampshire. With the connections that go back in history between Ireland and New Hampshire, it’s really fitting.”

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Night Life Music, Comedy & Parties • TWO BANDS/ONE VAN TOUR at Elks Lodge #146 (290 Granite St., Manchester) on Thursday, March 17, 6 p.m. $10-$12 - Born A New And Premonitions W/ Distinctions, Weightless, Hollow Point and more TBA • GARNET ROGERS / CATIE CURTIS at Peterborough Folk Society (55 Hadley Road, Peterborough 318-9196) on Friday, March 18, 7 p.m. $22/$25 Rogers is a man with a powerful physical presence – with a voice to match. Curtis is a veteran on the singer/songwriter folk scene with devoted fans following her every move.

• DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN: SOUL CLAP & DANCE OFF at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 3sarts.org) on Friday, March 18, 8 p.m. $20 Sweaty dance party … drawing on raw soul and the most feral strains of rock ‘n’ roll from the early 1960s to power the nights.

• BRIAN DUNNE at Red & Shorty's (4 Paul St., Dover 7673305) on Friday, March 18, 8 p.m. $15 - With his sharp lyrical prowess and country-influenced vocals, Brian has played in the U.S. folk scene far and wide.

• CONNIE DOVER at Town Hall (240 S. Main St., Wolfeboro 569-7710) on Friday, March 18, 7:30 p.m. $25 - Acclaimed by the Boston Globe as "the finest folk ballad singer America has produced since Joan Baez," Connie Dover is a singer, poet and Emmy Award-winning producer and composer.

• OPEN MIC NIGHT at Spireside Coffee Housee (6 Stark Highway North, Dunbarton 7444601) on Saturday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation - No featuree this month, with hope the extra time will allow for three-song sets instead of the usual two (will depend on the number of performers who sign up). Doors & Open Mic signups at 7.

• SAM AMIDON & GLENN KOTCHE at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 3sarts. org) on Saturday, March 19, 8

VAN THE MAN Moondance, the Ultimate Van Morrison Tribute, stops at Rochester Opera House (31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992) on Friday, March 18, 8 p.m. With his mix of folk, blues, soul, and jazz, Van the Man is widely considered one of the most influential vocalists in rock and roll, and this incredible tribute captures his concert like no other.

Hear classic tunes like “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Moondance,” “Domino,” “Wild Night” and “Caravan,” to name a few. Tickets are $20 and $22 (premium) at RochesterOperaHouse.com. p.m. $26 - Vermont-born singer, guitarist, fiddler and banjo player performs with Koche, the rhythmic anchor in Wilco, one of the most beloved rock bands on the planet.

• SUNDAY CINEMA: STRETCH AND BOBBITO: RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 3sarts. org) on Sunday, March 20, 1 p.m. $11 - During the 1990s, Stretch and Bobbito introduced the world to an unsigned Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang, and Big Pun as well as an unknown Jay-Z, Eminem, and the Fugees.

• O'BRIEN CLAN at Taylor Community (435 Union Ave., Laconia 524-5600) on Monday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. Free - Siblings Benjamin, Johnathan, Timothy, Michael and Susannah O’Brien perform traditional Irish jigs, waltzes and folk songs as well as more contemporary Celtic music by bands such as Gaelic Storm.

• FELICE BROTHERS at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 3sarts.org) on Friday, March 25, 8 p.m. $20 from backwoods kitchen sink folk to swamp strip-mall … the band has appeared at Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival, and Coachella and toured with the Killers, Mumford and Sons, and Bright Eyes.

• ANTJE DUVEKOT at Red & Shorty's (4 Paul St., Dover 7673305) on Saturday, March 26, 8 p.m. $25 - When speaking about her debut album, former Rolling Stone music editor Dave Marsh says: "This is a brilliant, brilliant album. I have had this reaction once in the last 10 years and that was the first time I heard Patty Griffin."

• PURE BATHING CULTURE at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 3sarts. org) on Wednesday, March 30, 8 p.m. $12 - American indie pop band from Portland, Oregon; the group's members, Sarah Versprille and Daniel Hindman, first met while college students in New Jersey.

• SUSAN WERNER / VANCE GILBERT at Peterborough Folk Society (55 Hadley Road,

Peterborough 318-9196) on Saturday, Apr. 2, 7 p.m. $25/$28 Susan and Vance are both gifted singers, stylists and songwriters - as well as uniquely talented musicians and entertainers.

• 20TH ANNIVERSARY DANCE PARTY at Lion's Club Hall (246 Mammoth Road, Londonderry 622-1500) on Saturday, Apr. 2, 6 p.m. $12 Celebrate 20 years of ballroom fun with QCB. Hardwood floor, recorded music, friendly crowd, smoke and alcohol free. Singles and couples welcome. Dance hosts. Mixer dances. Potluck.

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• ISLAND CASTAWAYS BAND at Gilford Youth Center (12 Potter Hill Road, Gilford bshallow066@gmail.com) on Saturday, Apr. 2, 5:30 p.m. $50/$90 for couples - Gilford Rotary Evening in Paradise features tropical rock genre of music originally made famous

by Jimmy Buffett and more recently by Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown, popular with people who live the Margaritaville lifestyle no matter what the climate may bring.

• REUNION TRIO at Bedford Public Library (3 Meetinghouse Road , Bedford 472-2300) on Sunday, Apr. 3, 2:30 p.m. Free.

Friends of the Bedford Library season continues with afternoon music hosted by the Friends of the Library.

• TRACY GRAMMER at Red & Shorty's (4 Paul St., Dover 767-3305) on Sunday, Apr. 3, 8 p.m. $25 - Music without the overhead of running a commercial venue with fine quality coffee and tea and snacks - but the main focus is the music. A comfortable, homey, family oriented atmosphere where the music can shine.

• BILL KIRCHEN at Red & Shorty's (4 Paul St., Dover 7673305) on Friday, Apr. 8, 8 p.m. $25 - Music without the overhead of running a commercial venue with fine quality coffee and tea and snacks - but the main focus is the music. A comfortable, homey, family oriented atmosphere where the music can shine.

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20 Old Granite St. Claremont 267-7778 Exeter 366-4341 641-2583 New Socials Shooters Tavern Pimentos Hanover Paradise Beach Club Fratello’s Rt. 3 DW Hwy 528-2444 2 Pleasant St. 287-4416 69 Water St. 583-4501 Salt Hill Pub 155 Dow St. 624-2022 Shooter’s Pub 7 Lebanon St. 676-7855 322 Lakeside Ave. 366-2665 Ignite Bar & Grille Deerfield Boscawen 6 Columbus Ave. Canoe Club 100 Hanover St. 494-6225 Nine Lions Tavern Alan’s 772-3856 27 S. Main St. 643-9660 Patio Garden Lakeside Ave. Imago Dei 133 N. Main St. 753-6631 4 North Rd 463-7374 Pitman’s Freight Room 123 Hanove St. Francestown Henniker 94 New Salem St. Jewel Derry Bow Toll Booth Tavern Country Spirit 61 Canal St. 836-1152 Drae Chen Yang Li 740 2nd NH Tpke 262 Maple St. 428-7007 527-0043 Tower Hill Tavern Karma Hookah & 520 South St. 228-8508 14 E Broadway #A 588-1800 Pat’s Peak Sled Pub 264 Lakeside Ave. Cigar Bar 216-2713 24 Flander’s Road 366-9100 1077 Elm St. 647-6653 Halligan Tavern Bristol Gilford 888-728-7732 Weirs Beach Lobster KC’s Rib Shack Back Room at the Mill 32 W. Broadway Ellacoya Barn & Grille Pound 837 Second St. 627-RIBS 965-3490 2 Central St. 744-0405 2667 Lakeshore Road Hillsborough 72 Endicott St. 366-2255 Midnight Rodeo (Yard) Purple Pit 293-8700 Mama McDonough’s 1211 S. Mammoth Rd 28 Central Sq. 744-7800 Dover Patrick’s 5 Depot St. 680-4148 Lebanon 623-3545 7th Settlement Brewery 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Tooky Mills Rumor Mill Salt Hill Pub Milly’s Tavern 50 S Main St, 217-0971 47 Washington St. 9 Depot St. 2 West Park St. 448-4532 500 Commercial St. 373-1001 Goffstown 464-6700 625-4444 Asia Concord Village Trestle Turismo Modern Gypsy 42 Third St. 742-9816 Barley House 25 Main St. 497-8230 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 Londonderry Coach Stop Tavern 383 Chestnut st.

Cara Irish Pub 132 N. Main 228-6363 176 Mammoth Rd Murphy’s Taproom 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Hampton CC Tomatoes Hooksett 437-2022 494 Elm St. 644-3535 Dover Brick House 209 Fisherville Rd Ashworth By The Sea Asian Breeze Stumble Inn N’awlins Grille 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 295 Ocean Blvd.

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Shorty’s 1050 Bicentennial Drive 625-1730 South Side Tavern 1279 S Willow St. 935-9947 Strange Brew Tavern 88 Market St. 666-4292 Thrifty’s Soundstage 1015 Candia Road 603-518-5413 Tin Roof Tavern 333 Valley St. 792-1110 Wild Rover 21 Kosciuszko St. 669-7722

Moultonborough Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road 478-5900

Nashua 110 Grill 27 Trafalgar Sq. 943-7443 5 Dragons 29 Railroad Sq. 578-0702 Arena 53 High St. 881-9060 Boston Billiard Club 55 Northeastern Blvd.

943-5630 Burton’s Grill 310 Daniel Webster Mason Highway Marty’s Driving Range 888-4880 96 Old Turnpike Rd Country Tavern 878-1324 452 Amherst St. 889-5871 Dolly Shakers Meredith 38 East Hollis St. Giuseppe’s Ristorante 577-1718 312 DW Hwy 279-3313 Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St. 577-9015 Merrimack Fratello’s Italian Grille Homestead 194 Main St. 641 DW Hwy 429-2022 889-2022 Jade Dragon Haluwa Lounge 515 DW Hwy 424-2280 Nashua Mall 883-6662 Pacific Fusion Killarney’s Irish Pub 356 DW Hwy 424-6320 9 Northeastern Blvd.

Tortilla Flat 888-1551 594 Daniel Webster O’Shea’s Hwy 262-1693 449 Amherst St. 943-7089 Peddler’s Daughter Milford 48 Main St. 821-7535 Aden China Portland Pie Company 437 Nashua St. 14 Railroad Sq 882-7437 672-2388 Riverwalk Chapanga’s 35 Railroad Sq 578-0200 168 Elm St. 249-5214 Shorty’s Clark’s on the Corner 48 Gusabel Ave. 882-4070 40 Nashua St. 769-3119 Stella Blu J’s Tavern 70 E. Pearl St. 578-5557 63 Union Square 554-1433 Thirsty Turtle Lefty’s Lanes 8 Temple St. 402-4136 244 Elm St. 554-8300 Pasta Loft New Boston 241 Union Square Molly’s Tavern 672-2270 35 Mont Vernon Rd Shaka’s Bar & Grill 487-2011 11 Wilton Rd 554-1224 Tiebreakers at Newbury Hampshire Hills Goosefeathers Pub 50 Emerson Rd 673-7123 Mt. Sunapee 763-3500 Union Coffee Co. Salt Hill Pub 42 South St. 554-8879 1407 Rt 103 763-2667 Valentino’s 28 Jones Rd. 672-2333 New Castle Wentworth By The Sea 588 Wentworth Rd 422-7322

Derryfield: Mugsy Trio/D-Comp Foundry: Justin Cohn Fratello's: Jazz Night Funktion: Peter Lawrence Lebanon Higgins Salt hill Pub: O'hanleigh Karma: DJ Midas, SP1 & Reed on drums Londonderry Murphy's: Joe McDonald, Brad Coach Stop: Steve Tolley Bosse, Clint LaPointe, Jimmy & Marcelle & Celtic Beats Manchester 1oak on Elm: Lakes Region Big Penuche's: Hornitz/Dale & The Zdubs Band Queen's Pub: Peter Fogarty Duo Central Ale House: Jonny Shaskeen: Gobshites/JTW Trio/ Friday Blues Cat & the Moon/Bruce Jacques City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Hooksett Tap House Grille: NH Pipes

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British Beer Company 103 Hanover St. 5010515 Cafe Nostimo 72 Mirona Rd. 436-3100 Demeters Steakhouse 3612 Lafayette Rd. 766-0001 Dolphin Striker 15 Bow St. 431-5222 Fat Belly’s 2 Bow St. 610-4227 Grill 28 200 Grafton Road 433-1331 Hilton Garden Inn 100 High St. 431-1499 Lazy Jacks 58 Ceres St. 294-0111 Martingale Wharf 99 Bow St. 431-0901 Oar House 55 Ceres St. 436-4025 Portsmouth Book & Bar 40 Pleasant St. 427-9197 Portsmouth Gas Light 64 Market St. 430-9122 Press Room 77 Daniel St. 431-5186 Red Door 107 State St. 373-6827 Redhook Brewery 1 Redhook Way 430-8600 Ri Ra Irish Pub 22 Market Sq 319-1680 Rudi’s 20 High St. 430-7834 Rusty Hammer 49 Pleasant St. 319-6981 Thirsty Moose 21 Congress St. 427-8645

Portsmouth Blue Mermaid Island 409 The Hill 427-2583 Strange Brew: Olde Salt/David Rousseau/Jerry Short & Rick Watson Whiskey's 20: DJs Shawn White/ Ryan Nichols/Mike Mazz Wild Rover: Celtic Beats/Kevin Dolan Merrimack Homestead: Kim Riley

Raymond Cork n’ Keg 4 Essex Drive 244-1573 Rochester Gary’s 38 Milton Rd 335-4279 Governor’s Inn 78 Wakefield St. 332-0107 Lilac City Grille 103 N. Main St. 3323984 Revolution Tap Room 61 N Main St. 244-3022 Radloff’s 38 N. Main St. 948-1073 Smokey’s Tavern 11 Farmington 330-3100 Salem Barking Bean 163 Main St. 458-2885 Black Water Grill 43 Pelham Rd 328-9013 Jocelyn’s Lounge 355 S Broadway 870-0045 Sayde’s Restaurant 136 Cluff Crossing 890-1032 Seabrook Castaways 209 Ocean Blvd 760-7500 Chop Shop 920 Lafayette Rd 760-7706

Kelley’s Row 417 Route 108 692-2200 Old Rail Pizza Co. 6 Main St. 841-7152 Sunapee One Mile West Tavern 6 Brook Road 863-7500 Sunapee Coffee House Rte. 11 Lower Main St. 229-1859 Suncook Olympus Pizza 42 Allenstwon Rd. 485-5288 Tilton Black Swan Inn 354 W Main St. 286-4524 Warner Local 2 E Main St. 456-6066

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by Queen Latifah, born March 18, 1970. become dependent on that label for everything. You may be getting a little too used Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) It was my to things. twenty-fourth birthday, and I decided to celVirgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) When I was a ebrate by inviting my closest friends to party child, my scariest times were when I felt I had on a yacht in Marina del Rey. … as I was get- to break away from the pack. … I stood firm, ting dressed for the party, I stepped out onto but inside I was trembling. Stand firm. the balcony to look at the sunset, turned to go Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) All I can tell back inside, and suddenly caught myself in you from my own experience is that valleys the mirror. I saw my mother staring back at don’t last forever. They really don’t. Life has me. Looks aren’t everything. its peaks, its valleys, and its plains, too. And Aries (March 21 – April 19) I want to do none of them is going to last forever. And neisomething great every year and see it through ther is that sandwich you have for lunch. to completion, whether it’s expanding on Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) And boy, let my acting roles, producing more movies, me tell you, artists can be like thankless chillearning more things, or doing something dren. They are expensive to keep happy, and for others in a way that has a huge impact. they have no appreciation or idea of what is How’s that project coming along? being done for them, all before they’ve even Taurus (April 20 – May 20) This is the dropped an album. Don’t hold your breath first time I’ve talked publicly about going waiting for a thank-you. broke. I’m sharing this with you so you’ll Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) To get me understand how easy it can be to lose it all at through my awkward phase my mom startany level of wealth when you’re not looking ed teaching me how to walk with a book on hard enough. Look harder. my head, like the models. … It was a simple Gemini (May 21 – June 20) You’re at thing, but mastering that strut was a blessyour best when you’re focused on the task ing, especially by the time I hit high school. and fully absorbed in what you are doing, It gave me a presence when I walked down not even considering whether or not you are those halls. Master a simple thing. performing the task to perfection. Take an Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) You don’t opportunity to be at your best. have to love just one thing or have only one Cancer (June 21 – July 22) An expen- career. … Sure, the familiar is comforting, but sive pair of sneakers, the nicest car, the latest it’s also boring. Mix things up a little. clothes — these things are not necessities.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Try to Focus on what’s enough. incorporate giving into your life as much as Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) Both of us could possible. Even if it’s just taking the time to have had a deal with a major label and taken have a quick conversation with a stranger. high-level, lucrative jobs as music execu- … You don’t know what’s going on in sometives. … It would have been easier in a lot of one else’s world, so you have to try to be as ways. You get expense accounts and travel nice as possible. You never know what kind of accounts. You start buying things like flashy impact you can have on that person’s life with cars and houses, and before you know it, a small act of kindness. You have a chance to you’ve acquired so much stuff and gotten so make a difference.

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• Perps Who Needed to Hit the Gym: (1) Anthony Nemeth, 26, seeking pain medication but lacking a prescription, leaped over the pharmacy counter of a Walgreens in Bradenton, Florida, in February and demanded a supply. Customer David West, 25, standing at the counter with his girlfriend, ended the “robbery” with four quick punches, sending Nemeth to the floor. (West is a competitive boxer and reportedly a former state champion.) (2) Wheelchair-user Betty Jeffery, 76, was briefly the victim of a purse-snatching in Pitsea, England, in February. She appeared vulnerable, but in fact is a former national arm-wrestling champion and slugged the young female thief in the face, slowing her down and leading her to drop the purse as she fled.

• Didn’t Think It Through: (1) Simon Chaplin, 62, thought he had cleverly evaded police near Hebron, England, recently (thus avoiding a speeding ticket) by employing a do-it-yourself, James Bond-style smokescreen device on his Peugeot sedan, facilitating a smoggy getaway. Initially, baffled police officers were forced to hang back, but of course as the haze broke, they merely followed the smoke trail up ahead and caught Chaplin (who was convicted in Swansea Crown Court in February).

(2) The man who tried to vandalize a cafe in the Richmond suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in February, got away, but surveillance video showed that, in dousing the outside of the building with fire accelerant, he had also doused his own shoes and was spotted running off with his feet on fire.

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The office’s deputy director told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in January that the city wants to encourage “public art” and that the grant will oblige the recipient to create a work of prose or poetry from the bridge’s northwest tower, to help the people of Seattle understand the function of art in the city.

(The artist will not be “in residence,” for the tower has no running water.)

New World order

• Exasperated, Columbia County (Pennsylvania) District Judge Craig Long felt the need to post a sign outside his courtroom in January informing visitors that they should not wear pajamas to court. However, even Judge Long acknowledged that his admonition was not enforceable and that he was merely trying to encourage minimal standards.

• “Microaggression”: In its brand-new communications stylebook this year for

city workers, San Diego officials noted that the city’s then-upcoming Presidents’ Day announcements should, to be bias-free and inoffensive, never refer to America’s “Founding Fathers,” even though they were all males, but only to “founders.”

Bright ideas

• The roadside billboard giant Clear Channel Outdoor Americas announced in February that it would soon be recording the cellphone locations of drivers who pass the company’s signs in 11 cities in order to give advertisers more information on how to pitch products to people with those particular travel patterns and behaviors. Clear Channel asserts that no individual identifications would be sought, but privacy advocates fret about potential abuses, and even a Clear Channel executive acknowledged that the program “does sound a bit creepy.” (On the other hand, as Clear Channel pointed out to The New York Times, cellphone users’ locations and characteristics are already being extensively monitored by advertisers.)

• “Medical” marijuana will take on a new meaning soon if the Food and Drug Administration approves Foria Relief cannabis vaginal suppositories for relieving menstrual pain (from the California company Foria). Currently, the product is available only in California and Colorado, at $44 for a four-pack. The company claims the inserts are targeted to the pelvic nerve endings, but International Business Times, citing a gynecologist-blogger, noted that the only studies on the efficacy of Foria Relief were done on the uteruses of rats.

Not the usual suspects

A then-married couple, both graduates of elite California law schools, were convicted of felonies and went to jail briefly two years ago for a criminal scheme inexplicably tawdry and in February 2016 lost a resultant civil lawsuit for $5.7 million to the scheme’s victim. A woman at their child’s school had referred to the lawyers’ son as “slow,” enraging Kent Easter (University of California at Berkeley) and then-wife, Jill (UCLA), who retaliated by planting drugs and paraphernalia in Kelli Peters’ car and then, a man identified via circumstantial evidence as Kent (with an accent as if from India), called in a DUI tip to police, resulting in Peters’ arrest.

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