Hippo 03/09/17

SKATE-ATHON P. 26

BIG SHOW, TINY ART P. 20

LOCAL NEWS, FOOD, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

FREE

MARCH 9 - 15, 2017

INSIDE: CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY

GRANITE VIEWS STEPHEN RENO

113457

The news drip

The Black & Cherry Bench Repurposed/Refinished Furniture & More

3/19 Spring Early Bird Special:

10% Off entire shop

Re-Opening 3/24 with New hours: Fridays & Saturdays 9am-3pm

603.738.2606

113433

7375 Oak Hill Rd. | Loudon NH blackandcherrybench@gmail.com

Take the Next Step...

ENROLL NOW! NEW Spring classes start March 20, 2017 www.mccnh.edu 1066 Front Street, Manchester, NH (603) 206-8100 | www.mccnh.edu 109536

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 2

Think about how you get your news today.

When I was a kid, my grandfather sat in his chair by a radio that was the size of a small Fiat and tuned a green lighted dial to find a voice that could be heard without static. Today, I glance at my iPhone and even before I open it the headlines from The New York Times (or other sources) are displayed.

So what is news?

With the first transmission of the telegraph in 1844, America’s definition of news changed. No longer important, necessarily, was the content of the report but the fact that it was an almost instantaneous transmission of a happening from afar. One could argue that our current definition of “news” is often defined not as the importance of an event, but as the fact that we know it right away.

Today, many of us are on a “news drip.”

We are connected to what is happening around the world almost as it happens. We never have to wait for breaking news. Our tech devices can be set up in such a way that we can be interrupted with a news flash in a business meeting, while driving or at a meal with friends or family.

So let’s take the medical metaphor of a “drip” a step further. Those of us who have been so hooked up acknowledge that our doctors and nurses are doing something that we need, perhaps critically. We trust them. But with a news feed, do we have the same sense of trust? Do we need to be so connected? And connected to what? What is reliable?

When does the gratification of “being the first to know” overshadow our discernment as to whether we need to know this right now, or even at all?

With matters so critical these days, ought we not to pay more attention to those sources from which we get our information: those on the basis of which we make decisions, form judgments, and talk with others? When does entertainment overtake information, especially critical analysis? Amusing Ourselves to Death was a warning Neil Postman wrote decades ago. As we rightly exercise discernment regarding what we put (or have put) into our bodies, we might also exercise the same regarding what we take in mentally.

We owe it to ourselves in any event and, given the times, as well to our country, to think carefully about our sources.

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.

MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 VOL 16 NO 10

News and culture weekly serving Metro southern New Hampshire Published every Thursday (1st copy free; 2nd $1).

49 Hollis St., Manchester, N.H. 03101 P 603-625-1855 F 603-625-2422 hippopress.com

EDITORIAL Executive Editor Amy Diaz, adiaz@hippopress.com Managing Editor Meghan Siegler, msiegler@hippopress.com, ext. 113 Editorial Design Ashley McCarty, hippolayout@gmail.com Copy Editor Lisa Parsons, lparsons@hippopress.com Staff Writers Kelly Sennott ksennott@hippopress.com, ext. 112 Angie Sykeny asykeny@hippopress.com, ext. 130 Ryan Lessard rlessard@hippopress.com, ext. 136 Matt Ingersoll mingersoll@hippopress.com, ext. 152 Contributors Allison Willson Dudas, Jennifer Graham, Henry Homeyer, Dave Long, Lauren Mifsud, Stefanie Phillips, Eric W. Saeger, Michael Witthaus

ON THE COVER 12 NEW HAMPSHIRE TO BROADWAY Youth theater is alive and well in New Hampshire, and it’s churning out stars like Caroline Burns, who was seen nationally on The Voice and is now on a path to Broadway. And she’s not the only one. The Hippo talked to several rising stars about their current journeys and the state’s youth theater Caroline Burns. Photo by Emma Contic (conticcreative.com). programs that helped them on their way.

ALSO ON THE COVER, Celebrate St. Patty’s Day with food (p. 34) and music (p. 52). See tiny art at the Minumental exhibition at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, p. 20.

Or grab your skates and take to the ice for a fundraising event, p. 26.

INSIDE THIS WEEK

NEWS & NOTES 4 Up in space; testing for arsenic; seeking blood donations PLUS News in Brief.

8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 18

THE ARTS: 20 ART Minumental art at NHIA. Listings 22 THEATER Arts listings: arts@hippopress.com Violet.

Inside/Outside listings: listings@hippopress.com 24 CLASSICAL Food & Drink listings: food@hippopress.com Listings for events around town.

Music listings: music@hippopress.com

BUSINESS Publisher Jody Reese, Ext. 121 jreese@hippopress.com Associate Publisher Dan Szczesny Associate Publisher Jeff Rapsis, Ext. 123 jrapsis@hippopress.com Production Katie DeRosa, Emma Contic, Kristen Lochhead, Haylie Zebrowski Circulation Manager Doug Ladd, Ext. 135 dladd@hippopress.com Advertising Manager Charlene Cesarini, Ext. 126 ccesarini@hippopress.com Account Executives Alyse Savage, 603-493-2026 asavage@hippopress.com Katharine Stickney, Ext. 144 kstickney@hippopress.com Roxanne Macaig, Ext. 127 rmacaig@hippopress.com Stephanie Quimby, Ext. 134 squimby@hippopress.com Jill Raven, Ext. 110 jraven@hippopress.com Tammie Boucher, support staff, Ext. 150 Reception & Bookkeeping Gloria Zogopoulos To place an ad call 625-1855, Ext. 126 For Classifieds dial Ext. 125 or e-mail classifieds@hippopress.com.

Unsolicited submissions will not be returned or acknowledged and will be destroyed.

Opinions expressed by columnists do not represent the views of the Hippo or its advertisers.

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.

30 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

CAREERS: 32 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a...

FOOD: 34 WHERE TO EAT ON ST. PATTY’S DAY A new kind of smoothie; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Wine; From the Pantry.

POP CULTURE: 46 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz credits Marvel with another movie win with Logan.

NITE: 52 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Where to see live music for St. Patrick’s Day; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

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

55 MUSIC THIS WEEK Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

ODDS & ENDS: 60 CROSSWORD 61 SIGNS OF LIFE 61 SUDOKU 62 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 62 THIS MODERN WORLD

Revive your love life!

All Systems are Go with Thermi-O

Pain-free – Non-Invasive – No Downtime – Physician performed Increases Strengthens Reduces Improves VAGINAL MOISTURE VAGINAL MUSCLES PAINFUL INTERCOURSE URINARY LEAKAGE and URGENCY

Improves VAGINAL LOOSENESS

Increases VAGINAL SENSITIVITY & IMPROVES ORGASM

Increases LIBIDO

“The Renew staff are very accommodating and just a pleasure to be around. “The combination of the O Shot and Thermvia was very Dr. Vuich is professional, kind and approachable. In December 2015 I had the O Shot procedure. It was fast and basically painless (I only felt some pressure). Dr. Vuich walked me through each step and Laura was by my side making sure I was comfortable. Going through Menopause is difficult enough and the O Shot procedure was a life changer for me. It has helped with dryness and arousal issues I experienced prior to the process. I’m now feeling like I used to - and it is great! I recommend the O Shot procedure for women like me who just want their normal life back! Thank you Dr. Vuich!

”- CA, SEPTEMBER 2016

easy. I actually was very relaxed. After the procedure I went shopping. All I can say is ‘wow’ - I felt an increase in libido the very next day. I have not had to use lubricant before intercourse since the first treatment. I also do not wear pantyliners anymore. I just had my second Thermvia treatment and I couldn’t be happier. My husband is so

”- MM, JULY 2016

happy I had the procedure.

Dr. Lisa Vuich is currently the only physician in New Hampshire performing this powerful combination procedure to benefit women’s lives.

Without pain and without surgery, this in office procedure is a true medical breakthrough.

Dr. Lisa Vuich

Expert Injector, Laser Specialist

Southern New Hampshire’s Premier Medispa since 2006.

Check out our website for services, pricing, before and after images, and videos!

603-894-0070 RenewMediSpa.com

The Windham Towne Shoppes 29 Indian Rock Rd. - Route 111, Windham, NH (2 miles from exit 3 off I93)

110467

NEWS & NOTES

Gov vs. mayor

After Gov. Chris Sununu called out the Massachusetts city of Lawrence and its sanctuary city status for allegedly driving a majority of the opioid trafficking in the Granite State, a war of words erupted between Sununu and Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera.

During an appearance on Boston Herald Radio, Sununu made a link between undocumented immigrants and the drug crisis and named Lawrence as the source of 85 percent of the fentanyl found in New Hampshire, WMUR reported. While Lawrence has been cited by law enforcement as a base of operations for much of the drug trafficking affecting northern New England, along with other northern Massachusetts communities, the source of Sununu’s statistics was unclear. And it spurred Rivera to host a press conference with local media to admonish Sununu for his statements, calling them “incredibly distracting for the work we have to do in the city every day.” He also questioned the number, saying it’s “incredibly high.”

Sununu claimed during the radio show appearance that New Hampshire will be “going in” across the border with law enforcement to address the problem, which to Rivera sounded like an invasion. “I’m not sure he meant to threaten the sovereignty of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but he did,” Rivera said during the press conference.

Rivera called the governor’s office twice before he spoke to the media and later talked with Sununu.

Sununu released a statement saying Rivera is doing a “good job” on the issue but that “we must recognize this is a cross-border issue.”

Rivera told WMUR that Sununu told him he did not mean to impugn Lawrence.

three major companies, in relation to substance abuse coverage, were released recently. According to a press release, the “market conduct” review looked at Cigna, Anthem and Harvard Pilgrim to ensure they are complying with new rules around mental health parity (ensuring mental health coverage is on par with that of other medical services) and network adequacy. The study took place from January to September 2015. In some ways, the review by the department triggered some changes, since some companies faced a shortage of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers in certain parts of the state.

The insurers took steps to remedy the shortage in response to examiners’ requests that they outline steps to correct the shortage. State officials will be looking further into certain practices at Harvard Pilgrim, since they delegate their SUD services through a third party, United Behavioral Health. The department didn’t get all the documentation it requested from the company by the time the report was released, but officials expressed concern that a requirement across the board for prior authorization might be a case of noncompliance with parity laws, according to the Insurance Department.

Infrastructure

Gov. Chris Sununu has pledged to spend $84 million on major infrastructure projects to repair roads, bridges and schools, as part of his budget. But the AP reported Sununu has not offered specifics when it comes to which projects will get funded. Republican budget-writers want more clarity on how to distribute the money, though they broadly support the plan. Besides state roads, there are nearly 12,000 miles of road in the state maintained by local communities, and 344 of the state’s red-listed bridges are municipal Addiction coverage The findings of a study by the bridges. And with the school buildNew Hampshire Insurance Depart- ing aid program suspended in recent ment into the insuring practices of years, it’s unclear how schools will be selected for projects that would expand space or remediate asbestos CORRECTION and lead paint issues.

On page 14 of the Hippo’s Feb. 23 pets issue, in a box listing AKCaffiliated NH dog clubs, one of the clubs was printed incorrectly. The correct name of the club is “German Shepherd Dog Club of Southern New Hampshire.”

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 4

Revenue

The House is projecting millions fewer incoming dollars to work with than estimated by Gov. Chris Sununu when he drafted his budget.

NHPR reported the House Ways and Means Committee is estimating the revenue for the next biennium to be $59 million less than what Sununu counted on. A big chunk of the difference is from one-time money, which Sununu included in his estimations. The House also differs in its business tax revenue projections.

Rep. Neal Kurk, the top House budget-writer, said this may mean cutting funding to existing programs or eliminating new programs proposed by the governor. The House historically estimates lower revenues early in the year. By March and April, estimates tend to increase.

Election law

The Senate is set to hear a bill that would create significant voter registration requirements. The hearing was scheduled for March 7, the committee is due to make its recommendation by March 14, and the full Senate will vote on it on March 23, WMUR reported. The bill’s prime sponsor, state Sen. Regina Birdsell, a Republican from Hampstead, told WMUR a late amendment to the bill would require anyone who registers within 30 days of an election show definitive proof of residency in the state. Current state law allows for same-day registration but critics say that allows too many non-residents to vote here. Under the bill as amended, new registrants will still be able to vote but if they cannot show proof of residency they will be required to present it to town or city clerks within 10 or 30 days after the election. The bill outlines a list of possible forms of verification.

Renters must be at an address for at least 30 days. College students can

NH HOSPITALS

Gun rights activists gathered for their annual rally in front of the Statehouse in Concord on Saturday, March 4, the Concord Monitor reported. According to the article, organizers speaking at the event struck a more celebratory tone compared to past rallies, since the state eliminated concealed carry licenses.

CONCORD

A therapeutic horse riding program is looking for a new home in Boscawen. The Concord Monitor reported Whispering Horse Stable, a small operation with one horse named Cloud Dancer, will need to find a new farm

by April 15 since the current barn space won’t be available after that date.

LaBelle Winery in AmherstHooksett has hit a roadblock in trying to expand its operation into a proposed mixed-use development across Route 101 on Goffstown a 48-acre parcel that would include a distillery, vineyard and hotel. The Telegraph of MANCHESTER Nashua reported a neighbor filed a suit against the project, claiming it conflicts with the zoning ordinance.Bedford A career readiness program for manufacturing jobs Derry Merrimack Amherst called My Turn, Inc., is partnering with Hitchiner ManuLondonderry facturing in Milford to train Milford 10 young adults for skilled careers, the Telegraph of Nashua reported. My Turn NASHUA has been working to pair young people with manufacturers in the greater Nashua area for three years.

obtain letters from their institution in federal and state government or present a university bill. service, having worked for New Hampshire governors and U.S. senators. Most recently, Vlacich NHCUC chief Longtime Democratic operative was serving as Sen. Maggie Mike Vlacich will replace Tom Hassan’s interim state director folHorgan as the president and CEO lowing the election. Prior to that of the New Hampshire College and he served as the state director for University Council, according to a the Hillary Clinton campaign. He press release. Vlacich, a graduate worked for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of the University of New Hamp- from 2009 to 2015, according to shire, has 15 years of experience his LinkedIn account.

The state’s hospitals are one step closer to getting about a couple hundred million federal dollars toward uncompensated care after they won a key court case against the federal government, NHPR reported. The New Hampshire Hospital Association won its case when the U.S. District Court in Concord ruled the federal government didn’t go through the proper rulemaking process when, in 2010, it changed how it calculates its uncompensated care payouts, resulting in a reduction. According to the story, the hospitals will most likely be owed the difference, but the federal government could also redraft the rules through the proper process.

BRADY SULLIVAN

According to a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, local real estate giant Brady Sullivan will pay $90,461 as part of a settlement agreement over its violation of lead paint safety rules. Sandblasting by a subcontractor at Brady Sullivan’s Manchester West Side apartment building known as “The Lofts at Mill West” spread lead paint dust throughout the apartments of existing tenants. Lawsuits by a group of affected tenants are ongoing. According to the EPA, the agency is continuing its investigation of the subcontractor, Environmental Compliance Specialists, Inc., which went bankrupt in late 2016.

Smiles by Design Raman & Thompson

FAT

Welcoming new patients!

There’s so much more to quality dentistry than a great smile.

Dr. Sree Raman and our compassionate, dedicated team provide the highest quality family and cosmetic dental services:

DESTRUCTION Come try this 1st in New Hampshire treatment!

• Zoom® Whitening • One-visit Crowns • Invisalign® Clear Braces

The all new FDA Cleared Non-Surgical Fat Buster PROVEN

We invite you to see why we have been named a Top Dentist in New Hampshire Magazine since 2005 & ‘Friendliest Dentist’ in the Hippo Press since 2012.

32%

Fat Layer Thickness Reduction

• FREE Nutrition & Body Consult • Customizable Treatments

222 River Road, Manchester • NewHampshireSmileDentistry.com

Local Favorite our

ariymedspa@gmail.com

s

Call us: 603-669-6131

110133

603. 637.1857 ariyamedspa.com

TH O M P SO N Y

&

($1,020 Va lue) Limited Tim e Offer!

128 S. River Road Bldg. C, Unit 4 | Bedford

SMILES by DESIGN RA MA N

FREE

Cellulite Re duction with Velash ape III

Hippo Best of 2015

Read

ers Picks

112818

Come see us and get the best deals at the

Great Northeast Boat Show March 24th-26th | Milford, NH GreatNortheastBoatShow.com

Boat Rentals By the day | Week | Month | Season 20’-25’ Bow Riders | 20’-25’ Pontoon Boats Yes...Temporary boat licenses available!

COBALT BOATS

By Premier Marine

Full-Service Marina | Sales | Repairs | Gas | Boat Storage | Rentals | Registration | goodhueandhawkins.com

Thank you for helping make us the #3 dealer in the world!

244 Sewall Road | Wolfeboro, NH 603-569-2371 112411

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 5

NEWS

Arsenic in water

State ramps up its study of uranium and arsenic in wells

By Ryan Lessard

news@hippopress.com

The state Department of Health and Human Services is entering into Phase 2 of its efforts to learn more about naturally occurring arsenic and uranium levels in our groundwater and in our bodies.

Scope

Unlike statewide studies that seek to create a random sample from each county and population center of New Hampshire, the Targeted Arsenic and Uranium Public Health Study is focusing on specific communities.

“We’re only looking in select areas,” said Amanda Cosser, the biomonitoring program manager at DHHS. Cosser said the study began in August in just Bow and Dunbarton, and to a smaller extent in Epsom. Researchers hosted town hall meetings to explain the process and recruit participants. Now, officials

are broadening their efforts by extending the study into Deerfield, Goffstown, New Boston, Weare and more fully in Epsom.

Researchers are selecting communities in southern and southeastern parts of the state where the United States Geological Survey determined a high probability of increased arsenic based on the bedrock geology of those regions. By testing well water and residents’ urine, officials will have hard data.

“We’re looking at private well water quality as well as body burden. So, how much, if wells are contaminated and they’re not being treated, how much of that arsenic and uranium is getting into people’s bodies?” Cosser said.

Ultimately, Cosser said, researchers aim to complete the study in 26 communities they’ve targeted, from which they hope to test at least 500 individuals and their wells.

Invitations will be sent to residents in “recruitment postcards” and if residents agree to participate, they’ll get a free well water testing kit.

After the broader study is complete, the national rate of 20 and the third highparticipants will see the result of their est after Rhode Island and Connecticut. own tests so they can compare it with othWith more than 40 percent of Granite ers who were tested.

Staters getting their drinking water from wells, establishing a link between local groundwater and bladder cancer would be Health issues The potential side effects of prolonged a critical step in preventing future cases.

Arsenic has also been linked to low-level exposure to arsenic and uranium childhood developmental effects, cardioare varied, but one thing Cosser has her vascular disease, skin discoloration and eye on is bladder cancer.

“Studies of long-term exposure to skin hardening. Uranium has been known arsenic in rodents and humans in oth- to cause respiratory disease and affect kider countries have shown that there’s an ney function.

Besides drinking water, arsenic can also increased risk of skin, lung and bladbe found in some foods like rice, as well as der cancer,” Cosser said. “And with New cigarettes, paints, pesticides and industrial Hampshire having such high rates of bladder cancer compared to other states in the chemicals. In order to take those environcountry, this is especially interesting to us, mental exposures into account, participants and another reason why we are conduct- will also be asked to complete a survey.

The study is part of a $5 million, five-year ing this study.” program with the CDC that will include According to 2013 data from the U.S. a second statewide study to determine a Centers for Disease Control, New Hampshire had a rate of bladder cancer of 26.5 baseline for environmental contaminants per 100,000 population. That’s higher than like perfluorochemicals. That study has not yet begun.

Antennas and rockets

New Hampshire’s link to the recent space missions cies and to troubleshoot any issues that might arise mid-mission.

By Ryan Lessard

news@hippopress.com

Space connection

If you watched the live feed of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 19, you might have heard the commentator talk about data coming in from New Hampshire.

That data, it turns out, came from the New Boston Air Force Station, and it’s been helping out with space launches like these since the 1960s.

Falcon 9

Major Nathaniel Markley is the director of operations at the New Boston Air Force Station, which is located on an old World War II bombing range. He said three antennas there — which look like mini Epcot center globes — are dedicated to the Air Force Satellite Control Network. The network site has the codename BOSS and is operated by the 23rd Space Operations Squadron.

Markley said whenever there’s a launch on the East Coast, BOSS is usually involved in the mission.

“We’re usually the first site that will be called up to help track the telemetry from that rocket or the satellite vehicle that is sitting on top of the rocket,” Markley said.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 6

Courtesy of SpaceX.

During the last launch, BOSS was one of three network sites around the globe that helped relay telemetry, tracking and commanding data from the Falcon 9 rocket to mission control. The other two were LION in Oakhanger, England, and REEF in Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean.

While BOSS plays an important role, its main function isn’t to examine the data; it’s just to make sure mission control gets it.

“We don’t actually see the data,” Markley said. “The analogy we like to use is that we’re just a real complex telephone opera-

tor [using] the old patch cables.”

The antenna operators, of which there is one for each antenna always on duty, make sure the antenna is aligned correctly and is beaming at the right signal frequency and power, and that the data link-up is working.

Usually, an East Coast launch will rely first on BOSS, and then, as it moves farther east, other sites like LION and REEF will take over the task. Ahead of the launch, operators are on the phone with mission control personnel to make sure the antenna is tuned to the appropriate, unique frequen-

The BOSS station is in operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year. Its first antenna was installed in 1961 and it’s been involved in space missions ever since.

Because it’s located on an old bombing range, the Air Force has spent the past several decades cleaning up the land and getting rid of old bombs in unspent ordnance remediation efforts.

On any given day, they’re talking to about 80 satellites in orbit and helping the satellite owners track them. Markley said BOSS handles around 67,000 launch or satellite supports each year.

The most recent launch (CRS 10) was the 10th of 12 resupply missions to the International Space Station that NASA has contracted with SpaceX to conduct.

On average, the New Boston station helps with about 10 SpaceX launches each year, about two to five of which are NASA resupply missions, according to Markley.

The 23rd Space Operations Squadron covers all the sites around the Atlantic Ocean, whereas the 21st Space Operations Squadron covers the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

NEWS

In search of blood

Red Cross month highlights need for donations

By Ryan Lessard

news@hippopress.com

In 2010, when Pierce was born, he needed an immediate transfusion of blood. His mother, Tricia Eastman of Merrimack, said that was even before the doctors diagnosed him with leukemia six months later.

“He is a harder blood type to match so we were very fortunate that [the hospital] had what he needed,” Eastman said.

Pierce’s blood type is O-negative, which is a universal donor type but can only receive the same blood type.

Pierce had to go through two years of treatment with regular transfusions, since leukemia, a type of blood cancer, seriously reduces a patient’s red blood cell and platelet count. He’s now in remission.

As far as Eastman is concerned, regular blood donors save her son’s life.

“If it weren’t for people donating blood, he wouldn’t have been able to survive,” Eastman said.

Today, Pierce is in first grade. He enjoys writing and drawing.

Heroes

“March is Red Cross month and it’s a time to recognize the heroes who support the Red Cross mission and help those in need in their communities,” said Mary Brant, communications manager at the Red Cross of Northern New England.

Brant said it’s a constant struggle to maintain enough of a blood supply, in part because of the limited shelf life.

Red blood cells can be stored for 42 days and platelets last only five days. Plasma can be frozen and used for up to a year.

Nationally, the Red Cross needs to collect 14,000 red blood and platelet donations daily to keep up demand. That’s about 700 daily donations in the Northern New England region alone.

A typical red blood donation is a pint of blood, but donors can choose to be what’s dubbed a “Power Red Donor” where they give a concentrated donation of roughly double the red blood cells but plasma and platelets are returned.

The hardest thing to get are platelets.

“We’re always looking for platelet donors,” Brant said.

Since only 3 percent of the U.S. population donates blood each year, Brant said the nation’s blood is supplied by an “elite group” of people.

Still, since 38 percent qualify for blood donations, plenty more people can help out.

While regular blood donors can return every eight weeks, platelets regenerate faster, enabling donors to give platelets every two weeks.

Blood can be given at blood drives or at

the donation center in Manchester and takes about an hour for the whole process (the actual blood donation takes about 10 minutes).

But platelet donations can only be done at the donation center and take two to two-and-ahalf hours.

While O-negative is the universal donor type, AB type blood is the universal recipient for red blood cells and the universal plasma donor.

“We always encourage people of all blood types to donate,” Brant said.

The process generally involves a quick physical check-up that includes taking your temperature, blood pressure and iron levels.

Typical disqualifiers include not feeling well, frequent travel outside the country, certain medications and getting a recent tattoo.

Recent shortages

Inclement weather and natural disasters can have ripple effects on the blood supply gathered by the Red Cross. And in a small state like New Hampshire, travel isn’t always easy.

“Here in New Hampshire, there is only one donor center and that’s not always going to be convenient for people going to donate blood,” Brant said.

That’s why there are blood drives scheduled virtually every day across the state. But when the roads are undriveable, that throws a wrench into their plans.

“We had two winter storms that caused the cancellation of quite a few blood drives,” Brant said.

By mid-February, snow and icy roads caused a dozen blood drives to cancel, resulting in about 355 donations not being collected.

That’s on top of regular dips in donation patterns.

“There are two times of the year that the Red Cross always struggles to maintain an adequate blood supply,” Brant said.

Those times are the winter, starting around the holidays, and the summer, when people are often traveling.

The storms this winter caused a temporary shortage. In response, Brant said, the Red Cross reached out to regular donors to ask them to give again. And wherever blood was in demand and local donations couldn’t meet that demand, blood was imported from out of state.

“The Red Cross is a national organization and has the infrastructure to move blood where it’s needed, when it’s needed,” Brant said.

How to donate to the Red Cross Go to Redcrossblood.org or call 1-800 RED-CROSS (733-2767) or visit the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center at 425 Reservoir Drive, Manchester.

MQX Quilt Festival

™

New England 2017

Manchester, New Hampshire April 5–8, 2017 The Center of New Hampshire / Radisson 700 Elm Street • Manchester, NH 03101

Have you experienced MQX yet?

What are you waiting for?

Join us for a festival of quilts, events, education, and fun!

• Featuring twenty-nine renowned faculty members and more than 125 classes in piecing, machine quilting, fabric dyeing, design, sergers.

• More than 400 competition and special exhibit quilts including: • The Lion King Challenge • Remarkable Quilts by Mark Sherman • Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s Double Wedding Ring Quilts • SAQA’s Wicked Good Art Quilts • On-site quilt appraisals, daily door prizes, and Machine Quilting Teacher of the Year.

• Fun evening events, great vendor shopping and free lectures mean that MQX has something for everyone.

• Free shuttle service from MQX hotels and local parking garages/lots.

It doesn’t matter how you get here; fly, drive or walk… don’t miss MQX!

— Janet-Lee Santeusanio & Mary Schilke

www.MQXShow.com Machine Quilters Exposition, LLC

Show Hours: Wednesday, April 5th 7–9 pm only Thursday, April 6th, 10 am – 6 pm Friday, April 7th, 10 am – 5 pm Saturday, April 8th, 10 am – 5 pm $12 admission (good for all show days)

Follow us on Facebook: mqxshow.com/ MQXFaceBook

Thank You to our Sponsors!

Diamond Corporate Sponsors: ABM/Innova, Gammill Quilting Machines Platinum Corporate Sponsor: Superior Threads Silver Corporate Sponsors: Bittersweet Fabric Shop, IntelliQuilter

113190

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 7

NEWS & NOTES Q&A

Maple tree issues

How weather and climate are affecting maple production

113141

Jeff Moore is a family farmer at Windswept Maples Farm in Loudon. He recently spoke at the Local Climate Impacts Pancake Breakfast, “Maple Syrup and Forest Impacts,” at the University of New Hampshire. Despite the earlier tapping season, New Hampshire’s annual Maple Weekend is scheduled for the end of March: Saturday, March 25, and Sunday, March 26.

113524

QUEEN CITY QUEEN DENTAL QUEENCITY CITY DENTAL DENTAL DR. MARINA E. BECKER DR. MARINA E. DR. MARINA E. BECKER BECKER Caring Caringand andgentle gentlefamily familydentistry dentistry

Offering: Offering: Full FullRange RangeofofQuality QualityDental DentalCare Care Mercury-Free Mercury-FreeDentistry Dentistry White WhiteFillings FillingsOnly!

Only!

60 60Rogers RogersSt. St.Suite Suite#1-A #1-A Manchester, Manchester,NH NH03103 03103

603-669-3680 603-669-3680

••Repair RepairofofChipped/Broken Chipped/BrokenTeeth Teeth ••Porcelain PorcelainVeneers Veneers ••Teeth whitening • Bondings Teeth whitening • Bondings ••Crowns • •Implants Crowns Implants ••Bridges • Bridges •Dentures Dentures ••Root canals & extractions Root canals & extractions

Specials

FLOAT THERAPY FLOAT THERAPY Hours: Hours:M-Tu-Th-Fr M-Tu-Th-Fr8:30 8:30–5:30 –5:30 Closed ClosedWednesdays Wednesdays

Accepting AcceptingNew NewPatients Patients Most MostDental DentalInsurances InsurancesAccepted!

Accepted!

5% 5%Senior SeniorDiscount Discount

Extractions $ 160 Veneers $750

Same Day Emergency Service Available* *In Most Cases

111773

Book your spot now for our new cutting edge Float Pod for Rest Therapy. It’s a total zero gravity experience!

!

NEW

Float Therapy offers extreme relaxation by lying completely buoyant in Warm Heavily Saturated Epsom Salt Water that is the same temperature as your skin. The float sessions allow your mind to be free of Stimuli & your body to be free from pressure. It creates the ultimate level of relaxation in a zero gravity state.

Float Tank Sessions 90 Min $75 60 Min $60 (3) 90 Min $210 (3) 60 Min $170 Be sure to pair your Float Session with other Spa Services or add it to your package!

23 Sheep Davis Rd (Rte. 106) Concord | 229-0400 | SerendipityDaySpa.com HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 8

113517

Can you tell me a little about ately, right now Windswept Maples Farm? in the present, Sugaring has always been a big sap will run. We part of New England and we’re a have the techfamily farm. We’ve been in the same place nology, we have since 1780, or eight generations, and we’ve vacuums and always made sugar. The commercial busisanitation pracness as you know it, Windswept Maples, was tices that allow kind of started by my parents back in the earus to pull sap in ly ’80s. We sell a little bit of retail syrup right less than ideal here at the farm. We sell some bulk syrup. We conditions, so if … do some maple products, some consulting Courtesy photo. it doesn’t freeze in maple equipment sales. … We tap about every night, that’s 8,500 trees now and we try to make about not a big deal. … But we need to have some anywhere from 3,000 to 3,500 gallons of syr- periodic freezes to recharge those runs. up a year.

So is the concern that the weather could get How has the maple producing operation too cold or too warm for extended periods? been going so far this year?

The technology we have allows us to tap It’s been good. I mean, every year has been earlier than we ever used to. … We’ve always so highly variable and can be so entirely dif- played a fine game as to when to start tapping ferent from another year. I think we’re a little so that we don’t always have that tap hole over half of our production right now. The exposed to too much bacteria for too long and timing can be different. The timing has been end up having a tap hole close up on us too earlier. It’s been a lot warmer weather than early in the season and miss our best weathwhat we’ve had other years. … Lots of times er to get runs. … Because we don’t have to is comes down to, truthfully, a week makes a worry so much about tap holes drying out difference in a season sometimes. nowadays with vacuum and better sanitation practices … the issue we run into is the sap In what ways can weather shifts affect never really stops running. The issue is the maple production? buds on the trees break a lot earlier … like Lots of times it’s about where we get a this year, they’ve swollen up considerably freeze. Sometimes that freeze is a difference already. So what we actually run into hapof three or four degrees in one place or anoth- pening is the sap doesn’t stop running but the er. … The difference between getting down quality of the sap diminishes rapidly once the to 28 [degrees] at night for an extended peri- buds are on the trees, once that warm weathod of time as opposed to getting down to 31 er hits. … That’s what will end your season. can play a big role in the volume of the sap. … Our best runs are usually in the mid-40s Longer-term, what trends related to cliduring the day, but you get a freeze the night mate shifts have you noticed affecting maple before that’s anywhere from 25 to 28 degrees production in New Hampshire? is about ideal. … Microclimates play a huge We talk about this stuff all the time and I role in sugaring. And that’s a hard thing to think that … in sugaring, we’re constantly predict lots of times. … We don’t mind a few adapting and improving our practices. … Our warm nights. What really worries us is if we seasons are starting earlier and certainly some don’t get a lot of freezes or we get an extended of that is due to our changing climate, but also period of warm weather. This year has been a you’ve got to recognize a lot prior to that is pretty good example of that. … We’ve had a we have equipment, technology and practices lot of very warm weather already and we’ve available to us that allow us to tap early when had a lot of very warm nights. So, immedi- we never used to be able to do that. … Having said that, I think certainly it’s pretty hard WHAT ARE YOU REALLY INTO to disagree that our seasons are starting earliRIGHT NOW? er. They always used to say you want to tap We’re big basketball fans here. … It’s

by Town Meeting day and that was in March. been exciting to see a lot more talk about And we’ve had half of our season already. … the Celtics. They’re kind of rebuilding, but And I think climate has to do with that. they’re competitive.

— Ryan Lessard

NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Weather fluctuations bode ill for fruit trees

Fruit-growers in the region are worried that the recent warm temperatures, some of which reached record or near-record highs, followed by more freezing temperatures could spell the same disaster that decimated the peach crop last year. During the 2015-2016 winter, early warm temperatures triggered bud growth in area peach trees but subsequent cold snaps killed many of those buds. While it’s not clear how much budding took place in New Hampshire last month, the Concord Monitor reported at least two days in February achieved record high temperatures in Concord. And several fruit-growers told the Monitor that the recent cold days could mean a repeat of last year’s poor harvest.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: More than 100 cities on the East Coast set all-time temperature highs for a day in February.

75

No. 2 state

The U.S. News and World Report ranked New Hampshire second in a broad ranking based on 68 metrics and weighted by a “citizen experience” survey. Massachusetts earned the top spot. New Hampshire had the lowest poverty rate, which helped it earn the No. 1 spot in the economic opportunity category. Overall, health care in the state was ranked fourth. While education was ranked third overall, that belies a significant gap between Pre-K through 12 education (first place) and higher ed (39th). Crime and corrections was also a mixed bag: Taken together, the Granite State came in 12th; relatively low crime rates placed the state at No. 3, but incarceration rates and inequality in juvenile jailing placed the state’s corrections system at No. 48.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: There’s still plenty of room for improvement but it’s mostly positive news.

Waking early

The cold weather is not the best, and neither is driving in the snow, but QOL likes a lot of things about winter — it’s the season for skiing, ice skating and snowshoeing, and the season you don’t have to worry about bears while walking through the woods or putting seed in birdfeeders. But according to a recent story in the Union Leader, the recent strange weather could rouse hungry black bears out of hibernation a little earlier this year. Time to monitor (or bear-proof) your birdfeeders, garbage containers and chicken coops.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: Also, who likes getting woken up early? Not QOL, and probably not the bears.

Less funding than anticipated

New Hampshire will see fewer federal dollars than expected to curb the drug crisis, according to a recent NHPR story. New Hampshire officials anticipated getting $10 million over the next biennium with the 21st Century Cures Act, but that number has dropped to $6 million, as the money is not being doled out via deaths per capita but by total numbers. California, which received the most money, has a per capita rate nearly two thirds lower than New Hampshire’s.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: Overdose deaths are expected to reach nearly 480 for 2016, which means New Hampshire has the second-highest number of overdose deaths per capita in the country.

QOL score: 71 Net change: -2 QOL this week: 69 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

112687

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 9

SPORTS DAVE LONG’S LONGSHOTS

Down memory lane with Hawks, Penmen

Kristi Whitten Realtor ©

Dreams

I’ll help you find the home you love.

Kristi Whitten Keller Williams Realty 168 S. River Road Bedford, NH 03110 M: 603.674.4985 www.kristiwhittensells.com

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated.

112053

I took a trip down memory lane when Saint Anselm and SNHU squared off at Penmen Palace for the Northeast 10 Basketball title on Saturday. You could feel the sense of anticipation in the packed gym for the kind of battle folks have seen in these parts a zillion times. After being part of it for a long time as a SNHU coach and TV and radio broadcaster, I found it a familiar scene. But I hadn’t seen it for a few years and it felt good to be back.

Seeing familiar names in the media info, like Darren Clough, Joe Ingegneri, John O’Connell, Cleveland Woods, Tarik Sheppard and the late, big Sam Carey, led to a flood of memories for great games, terrific players and quirky sidebar stories (see Glossary), all of which add up to what I think has been New Hampshire’s greatest sports rivalry of the last 30 years. While other good ones have flashed across the sky, these teams have done battle mostly at or near the top of New England Division II basketball all that time.

SNHU brought the fastest baseline-to-baseline player they ever had in all-name teamer Daquaise Andrews. The only one who might be close to this jet is Johnny Cummings, who played on two NCAA teams in the early ’80s. Chris Walters is an all-round player in the mold of some other good ones before him, but with uncanny shot-blocking ability. At just 6’4”, he gets to shots on timing, instinct and zero-to-60 hops that wow you. Only incredible leaper Trevor Middleton and maybe Woods were better SNHU shot blockers.

For St. A, after a major 30-points-per-game scoring tear in January, I was curious to see Tim Guers. Harrison Taggart, a senior big, illustrates one of the biggest differences between now and back in the day as all the 6’6” types are much more athletic and (almost) all shoot threes. He can run and looks

like he could be a decathlete in track. There was also ex-Londonderry star Cody Ball, who’d been coming on strong, and in being the game’s eventual star he did not disappoint.

From the start the game followed two familiar patterns. For some reason this has been a series with long runs, big scoring droughts and furious comebacks. Here, the Penmen jumped out 11-2 amid a hail of turnovers and questionable shots. That forced Keith Dickson to take a timeout to settle his guys down.

It worked, as they scored 13 straight out of the timeout, eight coming from Ball to go up 15-11. At 26-18, now the Penmen looked rattled. It was a start reminiscent of a late ’80s game when the Hawks jumped out 18-1, then, in a blink of an eye, then-New Hampshire College was up 39-38 behind a scoring barrage from Kobe play-alike Kirk Jackson.

The other familiarity was each team’s make-up. If you lined up 1,000 guys and told me to pick the St. Anselm player, I bet I could do it, as Dickson has a formula for putting teams together. It starts with a feisty, defensive-oriented point guard, usually from the fertile New Jersey recruiting area. Their job is to force teams’ offenses to start farther out to mess up timing and passing angles. That group includes ’90s lefty Eddie Buecker, outstanding late-’80s passer Kevin Tynan, ferocious Jamie Cosgrove and Taylor Fortin today. He’s just as good defensively, but maybe the best of the lot offensively. Then come wings like Ball and Guers who kill you with the three-ball. Finally, the bigs, with a few notable exceptions, generally haven’t been asked to score much but are strong on D inside and hit the boards. Ditto in 2017.

SNHU’s Stan Spirou does it another way.

He just finds guys who can play and molds them into a team. So with Wayne (the frig) Robertson and Scott Drapeu (for a short time) he’s had power teams. One’s built on balance with inside (Woods) and outside (Carmen Giampetruzzi and Darrell Johnson) scoring; guard-centric teams with Soto

Karapostolou, Miguel Gonzalez and 5’5” point guard Jon Biano, and one that did everything on its way to three straight Elite 8’s behind Robertson, Rob Paternostro, Will Flowers and the best bench I’ve ever seen by far.

Those contrasts are what had made the series so delicious. SNHU is led by athletic slashers and NE-10 player of the year Devin Gilligan, an all-round player, who is one of those guys who you’re not quite sure how he’s killing you, but he is. Meanwhile Dickson followed the formula for one that could be any of the 30 that came before — deep shooting wings, and the team defense that, along with Ball, was the story of the game.

In previous games I’d seen Andrews and Walters use superior quickness to get easy points at the rim, while Gilligan did it with three-point shooting and his hustle game.

But all constantly rushed shots on Saturday because St. A always had someone running at them from the weak side or jumping out up top, to get a hand or body in their way, a nice piece of scouting and pre-game coaching by Dickson that had the Penmen shooting just 35 percent for the game. The one guy who did get to the hoop successfully was Merrimack’s Dimitri Flores. He was misfiring early, but adjusted nicely by taking to the rack. That led to three big buckets that got the Penmen back to 39-37 at the break.

It was back and forth the rest of the way.

In the end the decisive player was Ball. He made the vital 8 straight early and two giant threes late to first make it 70-65 with 1:10 left before two free throws iced it at 73-68 with 5 seconds left. That gave him 26 overall and the MVP. While the latest ultra-competitive rendition of the great rivalry goes into the books as an instant classic.

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

112412

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 10

SPORTS DAVE LONG’S PEOPLE, PLACES & OTHER STUFF

Playoff time in full bloom The Big Story: It’s tourney time in high school basketball and hockey as well as in college basketball. With too many combatants to mention, among the highlights are the Saint Anselm and SNHU men earning bids to the NCAA Division II East Regional Championship that begins Saturday in Syracuse, New York. While the Bedford girls in basketball and boys in hockey are in their respective Final Fours and the Division I boys basketball tournament kicks off after deadline on Tuesday night.

Sports 101: Last week’s 101 noted that no active Celtics player has ever won an NBA scoring title. But six guys who eventually would become Celtics did win one before joining the team. Name them.

Hot Ticket: It’s the annual hockey pilgrimage to SNHU Arena on Saturday beginning with the girls’ ice hockey final at 10 a.m., followed by Division III at 12:15 p.m., D-II at 2:30 p.m. and D-I at 4:30 p.m. Then in the north end of town at the SNHU campus it’s basketball, where the girls’ D-II title game goes on Friday at 7 p.m. and on Saturday it’s the girls’ D-I final at 4 p.m. followed by the Boys D-III title game at 7:30 p.m.

Horace Greeley Award: One-time Pinkerton hockey star Zach Sanford followed Horace’s advice and went west to St. Louis last week when, 26 games into his

The Numbers

10 – players to score when the gritty Central boys came back from 11 down to beat Salem 63-59 when freshman Yansel Reyes led the Green with 16.

13 – points scored to just 2 allowed in a the decisive second-quarter run that sent 8-seed Nashua North on their way to a 60-42 win

NHL career, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues by Washington for defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk just before the trade deadline.

High School Game of the Week: The double-overtime affair won by Nashua North 93-85 over Londonderry behind a defense that shut out the Lancers in the second OT and a 38-point night by Alonzo Linton.

Sports 101 Answer: The six players to become members of the Celtics after winning NBA scoring titles before they joined the team are Dave Bing, Tiny Archibald, Bob McAdoo, Pete Maravich, Dominique Wilkins and Shaq. Tiny, McAdoo and Maravich won four years running between 1972 and 1977.

On This Date – March 9: 1946 – Ted Williams turns down a $500,000 offer to play in the startup Mexican Baseball League. 1974 – In one of college basketball’s greatest games, NC State downs Maryland 103-100 in overtime of the ACC Final behind 38 and 29 from Tom Burleson and David Thompson to advance to the NCAA Tournament, where they would end UCLA’s record run of 7 straight NCAA men’s basketball titles. 1979 – Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters.

over 9-seed Memorial in the opening round of the NHIAA Division I girls basketball tournament; game-high honors went to Isabel Dunning with 22 for the Titans.

26 – for Manny Alisandro in Memorial’s edge-of-your-seat 65-57 double-overtime win over Londonderry when Jake Coleman had a game-high

28 for the Lancers.

35 – saves by Keena (State) Alnahas in leading Central to a 2-1 tourney win over Bishop Brady behind two power-play goals from Sam Hebert.

37 – combined points from Jacobee Burpee (21) and Dillion Plourde (16) to lead West to a 78-63 win over Souhegan.

Sports Glossary

Saint Anselm-SNHU rivalry quirks Name Changes: No nickname changes out of respect to Native Americans needed. But “New Hampshire College” got kicked to the curb for “SNHU.” The Duffley Legacy: Saint Anselm’s all-time points-per-game season leader is the late Chuck Duffley. He averaged 24.3 per in the two-hand set shot days of 1952-53. His son Bobby Duffley is a long-time Penmen assistant coach.

Down Goes Frankie: A few years later, late, great NYC product Frankie O’Donnell averaged 21.3 per for St. A. He coached two state title-winning Bishop Bradley teams that won 60 straight in the ’60s. After that, he sat next to me on the NHC bench as an assistant, where then assistant and now Trinity AD Chip Polak inadvertently decked Frank with a wayward fist pump/punch after a huge bucket. Stan Spirou replaced Frank on Tom Sullivan’s staff, while Frank was replaced at Bradley by now state Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, Sullivan’s predecessor as NHC’s coach!

Bob Brown: Hawks coach when the rivalry heated up. His assistant was Keith Dickson.

He was Rick Pinto’s assistant at BU before that and son Brett now coaches Philly’s 76ers.

Little Stevie Clifford: He was a newbie assistant to Brown and Dickson when Georgetown terminator Patrick Ewing was the biggest name in college basketball. Today as coach of the Charlotte Hornets he’s Ewing’s boss. Trust me: There isn’t a person dead or alive anywhere who’d have predicted that when he was at St. A’s.

113432

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 11

aroline Burns made her national television debut last March as a contestant on The Voice — a whirlwind experience not only because she worked with pop stars like Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera, but because she finally nailed her big break.

And then she flew home to Hollis.

Upon her return, the teen practiced vocal and dance exercises every day. She remained active on social media and tried to stay in touch with the Los Angeles connections she’d made. Her mom, Rhonda Burns, kept an eye out for other auditions and opportunities. Though to be honest, they weren’t certain what came next. The Voice is big, but it doesn’t hold the same weight American Idol did in its first seasons.

“People think you go on The Voice and then all of a sudden you’ve taken off, and everyone’s asking you for things. But you come back and you still have to work so hard at it,” Caroline Burns, 16, said during an interview at her family’s Hollis farmhouse this February. “Now there are so many people on these shows.”

Three months later, she got another bite in the form of a phone call from her old voice teacher, Carlos Martinez, who told her Mark Schoenfeld was looking to cast the lead in a revival tour of Brooklyn: The Musical. Schoenfeld, who co-wrote the music and lyrics for Brooklyn, coincidentally lived in the same building as Martinez in Manchester and had been unsuccessful trying to find a lead at New York auditions.

Would she be interested in singing for him?

Today, Caroline Burns still practices singing and dancing every day, but with a purpose: to get ready for the Brooklyn tour, which kicks off in Dallas this summer. She’s waiting to see who’s cast alongside her in the five-person show and dreaming about where this job could take her — ideally, Broadway.

The road to the biggest stage of all is never straight, even less so for New Hampshire hopefuls, who must navigate it with long trips to New York or compete against performers who grew up near the Big Apple and know the business already.

Every so often, they’ll lose a part to the son of a Backstreet Boy. But there are many Granite State success stories. Some have made it to Broadway, and others, like Caroline Burns, are still hopefuls on their way, but all their tales share the same basic ingredients: a bit of business savvy, a sprinkle of luck, tons of talent and unwavering grit and determination.

For lots of New Hampshire kids, Broadway is not an impossible dream. Or at least it doesn’t seem that way, as many alumni of local theater companies are now on the big stage. You can’t go through a Peacock Players production without hearing about Alexandra Socha, who took over for Lea Michele in the lead of Spring Awakening in 2008, or do a Palace Theatre show without hearing about Kaleigh Cronin, who’s currently in A Bronx Tale, and Missy and Max Clayton, Manchester natives who are sing-

Ryan Dever Exeter mom Maribeth Dever remembers her first panic at seeing her son Ryan Dever onstage. He was 8 and starring as Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors at the Leddy Center for the Performing Arts. It helped prepare her for seeing him as Bruce Bogtrotter on the Broadway national tour of Matilda: The Musical this past spring.

“I sat down in my seat for opening night … and all of a sudden I thought, holy crap. If he screws up, the whole show is toast! … I don’t think I breathed until it was over. And he did fine! But there is

that sense of, that’s your kid. … You don’t want them to feel like they failed, and you certainly don’t want to disappoint other people. And Broadway’s Broadway. That’s a bigger deal.”

Ryan Dever, 13, is home now with the rest of his siblings, who all love theater. His latest gig was as Scar in the Palace Youth Theatre’s The Lion King with his younger brother. What’s next is uncertain; after all, he only just entered his teen years.

“I can see myself doing musical theater in the future, but as of plans, I’m 13! I have no idea what I’m going to do yet,” he said.

Caroline Burns Hollis teen Caroline Burns is readying for Brooklyn: The Musical, which starts with a four-week show in Dallas this summer, but you might know her from The Voice, where she competed on Team Adam Levine.

Since then she’s remained busy, making frequent trips to Los Angeles and New York to meet with directors, producers HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 12

and potential cast members, and flying to Nashville to record music. Before The Voice, Burns traveled the New Hampshire theater circuit, performing with the Palace Theatre (its youth and teen company), the Peacock Players and the Riverbend Youth Company and singing the national anthem at local sporting events.

ing and dancing professionally. Max Clayton is famous among the Palace youth for graduating from the University of Cincinnnati’s College-Conservatory of Music program with three offers, including Broadway. Every so often, kids in these programs will meet successful alumni returning to lead workshops or see or perform in a New Hampshire show. This past October, for instance, Socha headlined a Peacock Players fundraiser.

“I’d heard of people who were at the Palace and who went to Broadway, and that gave me some hope too. I felt like, well, they can do it — that means it’s not impossible,” Caroline Burns said.

This is how Missy Clayton said she and her brother and her best friend, Cronin, felt performing with the Palace Youth Theatre and its teen company. They met and worked with visiting New York actors for Palace mainstage shows all the time, so it didn’t seem that far off.

Socha said during a phone interview that there’s actually pretty high New Hampshire representation in New York, where she lives now. She mentioned Garett Hawe and Darius Harper, who both performed with the Peacock Players with her and have Broadway on their resumes now. Cronin said one of her friends from New Hampshire wound up dressing her at Cabaret.

They credited their success to the strong musical theater scene in New Hampshire.

In addition to Palace and Peacock, you can find youth theater at the Majestic Theatre, the Riverbend Youth Company, Kid’s Coop Theatre, the New Hampshire Theatre Factory, the Winnipesaukee Playhouse, the Children’s Theatre Project and many others. Some, like the Palace, have altered their programming specifically to help kids transfer into the real world after high school, with resume and audition workshops.

Sometimes the theater signs show up early.

When Caroline Burns was 4, her mom remembers parking their car, turning off the radio and listening to her daughter belt out tunes without accompaniment. As soon as she was old enough, she put her daughter in theater programs. At age 9, she began taking voice lessons with Martinez, who could tell right away she had what he calls “star quality,” evident in the way the petite blonde talked, walked and presented herself.

“And that feeling was totally justified when I heard her sing,” Martinez said.

“Some people are just born with it.”

For Exeter 13-year-old Ryan Dever, who recently returned from the Broadway national tour performing as Bruce Bogtrotter in Matilda: The Musical, it was clear from the time he could talk he would be onstage, said his mom, Maribeth Dever.

Caroline Burns (page left and above). Photos by Emma Contic (conticcreative.com)

NH’S NEXT BROADWAY STARS Where to see the next generation of theater talent or inspire a future actor The Wizard Of Oz: Palace Youth Theatre production at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester, Thursday, March 9; Wednesday, March 15, and Thursday, March 16, at 7 p.m.; tickets $14, visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588 A Year With Frog and Toad: Peacock Players production at the Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua, Friday, March 10, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 11, at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 12, at 2 p.m.; Friday, March 17, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 18, at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m.; tickets $12-$17, visit peacockplayers.org The Drowsey Chaperone: Derryfield Upper School Players at the Nancy S. Boettiger Theater, 2108 River Road, Manchester, Friday, March 10, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 11, at 2 and 7 p.m.; tickets $15 James and the Giant Peach, Jr.: Kid’s Coop Theatre production at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry, Friday, March 10, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 11, at 1 and 6 p.m.; tickets $12, visit kids-coop-theatre.org Annie: Bedford Youth Performing Company production at the Derryfield School’s Nancy S. Boettiger Theater, 2108 River Road, Manchester, Friday, March 17, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 18, at 1 and 7 p.m.; tickets $15.50, visit bypc.org The Lion King, Junior Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts production at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry, Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m.; tickets $15, visit majestictheatre.net or call 669-7469 Fame: Maskers Drama Club and Central Community Players production at Central High School, 207 Lowell Road, Manchester, central.mansd.org, Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m., tickets $12 Seussical: The Musical: Pinkerton Players, Friday, March 24, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 25, at 1 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 26, at 2 p.m., tickets $12, stockbridgetheatre.com The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Windham High School theater department at 64 London Bridge Road, Windham, Friday, March 24, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 25, at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 26, at 2 p.m., tickets $13

113529

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 13

*

Residential & Commercial Financing Business Consulting, Mediation & Auditing

Low Rates & Great Programs!

Alpha Mortgage & Financial Services

AlphaMortgages.com

•595•7699 603 Info@AlphaMortgages.com

EFSTATHIA C. BOORAS, BROKER

Licensed By The New Hampshire Banking Department NMLS 1988.

NMLS 24021 MA Broker MB1988, MLO 24021. ME CSO7003.

We Arrange, But Do Not Make Mortgage Loans. *SUBJEC T TO CHANGE WITH SUBMISSION.

109035

vintage gifts

We have all your and needs!

collectible

141 Rte. 101A, Heritage Place, Amherst 880-8422 | 101AAntiques.com

110087

NATURALLY PROTECT YOUR FAMILY • Immune Support & Strengthening Supplements • Homeopathic Remedies

Affordable Pricing Everyday!

We have 1,000’s of Products to Support Your Heahtly Lifestyle

Supplements • Bulk Foods, Herbs & Spices • Natural Specialty Foods • Premium Natural Body Care & More!

OPEN EVERYDAY | 164 North State St., Concord, NH ( 1 Mile N. of Main St.) | 224-9341 HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 14

105845

He loved jamming out to Kelly Clarkson and High School Musical songs on his pink microphone, and when he was 2 he snuck past his parents at his older sister’s dance studio and jumped into class.

“The teacher had to bring him down to me,” Maribeth Dever said during an interview in their Exeter living room. (Ryan Dever can’t recall the details but does remember holding onto a pole not wanting to leave.) At age 6, he tagged along for his sister’s auditions at the Leddy Center for the Performing Arts production of Oliver. He wasn’t technically old enough to perform in the show.

“Somehow he talked them into letting him audition. He wasn’t prepared to do anything. He didn’t have a headshot. He just went in and sang Taylor Swift’s ‘You Belong With Me,’” Maribeth Dever said.

“And he got a part.”

The most direct path to musical theater stardom is to attend a Top 10 school — like the University of Michigan, the University of Cincinnati, Carnegie Mellon University. It’s the path Palace Theatre Artistic Director Carl Rajotte recommends for his students going through his youth and teen programs who want to continue with the art after high school.

“I always promote college. I’ve been through the business, and I’ve seen a lot of friends who’ve made it without going to college, but it’s just a lot harder because you’re 18 years old. You don’t even really know who you are yet. So to be thrown into New York City without the safety net of professors looking after you, college nurturing you, it’s scary,” Rajotte said. “But I will say, it is harder to break into the busi-

ness if you’re in a school that’s not in the top 10. The top 10 is where you get a great showcase your senior year in New York City, with invited agents and managers and casting directors.”

As such, local theater directors and voice teachers sometimes become like college advisors, helping their kids pick out the right songs, monologues, even the right outfit for that college audition.

After school, it’s all about New York, even if Broadway is not your first destination or even your final destination. All the regional companies, cruises and tours host auditions in New York, and if you want to get on the national stage, it means either moving to the city or vowing to make regular four- or five-hour hikes from the Granite State.

Some people get big gigs right out of college, but more often the steps are steady, with actors performing in increasingly higher-caliber theaters over time. Finding an agency could help you connect with producers and book auditions, but they’re not always necessary. And, of course, some actors skip a lot of steps.

The shortcut for Caroline Burns was YouTube, which she started using at age 7.

“We didn’t know it was going out to the world. We were just posting videos to send to my grandparents, and my sister had said, if you post it on YouTube, then you can send the link,” Caroline Burns said. “And then people started watching it.”

And so she created more YouTube videos of her singing, which is how scouts from The Voice found her and asked her to audition.

When she scored the part in Brooklyn, it

Alexandra Socha Alexandra Socha has been living in New York for 10 years, but her biggest claim to fame is the job she got when she first moved to the city, replacing Lea Michele as Wendla in Spring Awakening on Broadway in 2008.

The Nashua native was performing with the Peacock Players under directors like Keith Weirich, Scott Severance and Tim L’Ecuyer when she went to the Boston open calls with a few other Peacock Players students. After the audition, she had one callback and then heard nothing for ages.

“I sort of thought I’d never hear anything again. And then two months later I got a call saying one of the ensemble members was leaving and they were going to have callbacks in New York to replace her — and would I come?” Socha said.

She got the part. She was 17. She joined the ensemble in 2007 and took the title role a year later.

“As far as Spring Awakening goes, it was

about being in the right place at the right time in the right role,” she said. “I got to cut the line in a very big way, but after Spring Awakening closed is when my career as an actor started.

I learned how to go to auditions and how to file for unemployment, and what it takes to really get the work.”

She’s since taken up a number of projects, from Broadway (Brighton Beach Memoirs) and off-Broadway (Fun Home, Death Takes a Holiday) to Netflix. Ten years later, her Spring Awakening days still carry weight. At the time of her call, she’d just finished a four-week development workshop with a new musical, Head Over Heels.

“There are only so many productions and a million actors,” Socha said.

“I joke that I spend a lot of time doing work that potentially nobody will ever see. But you know, sometimes you strike gold, and the thing you’ve been working on gets a production and moves to Broadway. You never know what’s going to happen.”

crying as he’s singing, and I’m going, ‘Oh no,’” Maribeth Dever said.

Broadway Kids Auditions helped them find an agent, Take 3 Talent, in 2014, which lined up auditions in New York with all the Broadway productions looking for kids at that point — School of Rock, Matilda, Pippin, Finding Neverland, Disaster!.

“I had to stop hyperventilating, because now I have five children and we’re going to New York,” Maribeth Dever said.

If you live in New Hampshire, New York auditions are all-day affairs.

The morning of an audition, Maribeth and Ryan Dever leave Exeter at 5 a.m. and drive to Hartford, Connecticut, where they take a train to Grand Central Station. From there, they walk 20 minutes to the audition studio. After the audition, they turn around and do it in reverse. Maribeth Dever said she used to look at parents of celebrity children and question, what are they thinking?

But now she understands.

“I thought, those poor kids are thrown into this so their parents can get some glory off of their fame. And I’m finding myself in this position with him,” Maribeth Dever said. “It’s not easy for us to do it. It’s not something we would ever imagine ourselves doing. … But Ryan charges his

The Claytons Missy Clayton If you’re a regular Palace Theatre audience member, you might recognize Manchester native Missy Clayton, a frequent dancer on the Manchester stage, her most recent credits being Hairspray (still running) and Smokey Joe’s Cafe.

She and her brother, Max Clayton, were part of the theater’s first Teen Company, now in its 10th year.

Artistic Director Carl Rajotte said Teen Company is like the “varsity” of the theater’s youth programming; Teen Apprentice Company is “junior varsity” and Palace Youth Theatre is for all levels.

“Not everybody is going to be a theater professional, but it will help them with everything — learning how to speak, learning how to cooperate with people, learning how to create art,” Rajotte said during an interview at the theater. “The mission of the teen program, casually, is it’s for the serious musical theater student who might want to continue theater as a professional or at least through college as an arts degree. It guides them and makes them know what the professional business is like.”

The Claytons danced in a variety of the Palace’s youth and mainstage shows. During an interview before the theater’s Hairspray production, Missy Clayton pulled out a photo of the two

as the salt and pepper shakers in the theater’s take on Beauty and the Beast on her phone.

“That was a huge stepping stone for myself and for my brother, getting the opportunity to be pushed on a higher level than most kids our age,” she said.

Max Clayton Max Clayton is currently deep in ensemble rehearsals for Bandstand on Broadway, with previews beginning March 31. The Manchester native studied at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and also performed in Broadway’s Gigi, On the Town and Something Rotten. He never took formal voice or dance lessons in high school; most of his training was at the Palace. He lives with his sister in New York and sees friends from New Hampshire all the time.

“For such a crowded, busy city, it’s also very small; it’s so nice, leaving your stage door, walking one block and running into your best friend,” he said via phone between rehearsals. “It doesn’t feel like work at all. And that’s the goal — the second it starts feeling like work, I’m doing something wrong and I need to change up my routine. But performing on Broadway is a very special feeling that I haven’t gotten over yet.”

We would like to Welcome Back

Christine Isabelle, APRN Christine has been a Nurse Midwife for over 15 years. She has cared for women of all ages and many different cultures. Her practice style is very personal, providing each woman with compassionate individualized care. She has a special interest in adolescent health, contraception, well-woman care and perinatal mood disorders.

Christine is accepting new patients and is especially eager to see her previous patients as well!

• Adolescent Care • Well-Woman Care • Contraception • Menopausal Management

113528

• Infertility Evaluation and Management • Prenatal Care • Low and High Risk Care • Genetic Screening

30 Canton Street, Suite 6, Manchester | 603.624.1638 | drmontanarella.com

113473

seemed foolish not to get on the ride.

“That’s what you’re going to college for, so why pass it up?” Caroline Burns said.

For Ryan Dever, the stage was always the dream, even at recess. While most boys went to play soccer, he’d hang out by the playset and imagine it was the barricade from Les Misérables.

“Ever since I was little, I had always been picked on for being the theater kid,” Ryan Dever said. “I’d just start singing Les Mis, and people would be like, ‘Would you stop singing!’ But I just couldn’t. I couldn’t stop singing.”

Maribeth and her husband, Sean Dever, grew a little concerned about their third of five kids when he turned 10.

“Things can be a little challenging when you’re a little different from the rest of your class. He was feeling a little blue in the fifth grade, having trouble finding his niche, and three people on the same day over Christmas break sent me messages about this group called Broadway Kids Auditions, who were coming to Marblehead [Massachusetts] to teach kids how to do a professional audition,” Maribeth Dever said.

They signed him up. Maribeth Dever dropped her son off and returned five hours later to observe mock auditions. He sang “Alone in the Universe” from Seussical. At that point, Maribeth Dever realized what her family was getting into.

“All the other mothers around us are

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 15

Spring Items Arriving Daily

Peter Mazurowski

Call today to consign your gently used furniture and accessories!

Be sure to visit the dealer booths on our lower level 56 N. Main St., Concord NH | 603-856-0110 | www.hilltopconsignmentgallery.com

113474

The Perfect Place To Play & Nap!

GRACO® Pack ‘N Play

$67.99 SALE

$12.00 663-5678 • 175 Queen City Ave, Manchester NH

ElliotPharmacy.org • M-F 7am to 7pm • Sat & Sun 8am to 5pm

111392

Compare SAVE at $79.99

Bow native Peter Mazurowski, now 20, is a company member at the Charlotte Ballet in North Carolina; at 13 he was cast in the lead of Billy Elliot on Broadway, which he performed in until the show closed a year and a half later.

Mazurowski caught the theater bug as a kid, performing with companies like the Children’s Theatre Project, the Palace Theatre and the New Hampshire School of Ballet. He was advised to audition for the role of of Billy at a national dance competition with his studio. His voice teacher at the time, Joel Mercier, helped him with the vocal audition.

“I was a local kid from New Hampshire.

batteries when he goes down to the city.

He’s kind of like a square peg in a round hole up here a lot of the time. So when we take him down, and he sees people who have the same passion … the other stuff doesn’t bother him anymore.”

Over the next 14 months, Ryan Dever had some near misses. For Disaster!, he was narrowly edged out by the son of a Backstreet Boy. The final callback for School of Rock involved singing to Andrew Lloyd Webber (also known for music in The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ SuperStar, Evita and Cats).

After 18 auditions, he captured the role of Bruce Bogtrotter, the boy who steals Miss Trunchbull’s chocolate cake.

“The part is like Beyonce on a desk — how could I say no?” Ryan Dever said.

His mom was less certain.

“I had gotten an email while we were on the train [on the way home]. They said they wanted to cast him in the tour. I was trying to decide if that was a step we were willing

I wanted to make it someday, but I didn’t expect to have a dream like that come to reality when I was that young,” he said via phone.

The experience was amazing but difficult on his parents, who took turns staying with him in the city. When he returned home, he decided to pursue dance over musical theater and studied at the Boston Ballet School for two years before securing his current position. “[Billy Elliot] definitely opened up a lot of doors for me. I was surprised how much of a pull it had, and how many connections I now had in the ballet world because of it,” he said.

to take as a family,” Maribeth Dever said.

Seeing her son’s excitement, it was hard to take the opportunity away. So they made the leap, moving to New York for rehearsals in January 2016 and traveling with the rest of the Matilda cast, including 15 other kids, via bus and airplane, starting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ending in Boston in June 2016. Rehearsals were 10 hours a day, six days a week. Sean Dever stayed home with the rest of the kids.

“I went from having a job, five kids, a dog, a husband, to living a whole year in a hotel with one child,” said Maribeth Dever, who started a blog, the Reluctant Stage Mom, inspired by her experience. “But this kid is so driven. … I never had to tell him to practice lines. I never had to tell him to practice his song. Those are the things that, if I ever felt like we had to push him, that would have been it.”

This is a common investment from parents, whether they hit Broadway as a kid or not. Socha said she and her mother lived

Kaleigh Cronin

113143

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 16

Kaleigh Cronin, a Manchester native currently in the ensemble of A Bronx Tale on Broadway, fell in love with theater when she first saw people on the Palace stage.

“I knew instantly that I needed to do that. I auditioned for my first production of Annie at age 5 at the Palace and was cast as one of the orphans,” Cronin said via phone.

She performed in youth productions as a kid but was often cast in mainstage shows as a teen.

“Lots of times people would come in from New York City and I’d be working alongside them. You can’t ask for better training as a kid,” said Cronin, who in addition to Palace work took dance classes at the Bedford Dance Center with Missy and Max Clayton and performed with the Bedford Youth Performing Company before studying at Carnegie Mellon University. “When I got to

Carnegie Mellon, which is a Top 3 musical theater school, most of the people in my class came from performing arts high schools. …

I remember thinking how awesome it was I was able to have a phenomenal public high school education through Central High School, and having participated in all the shows at the Palace, not only being on the same level as these kids, but in some ways more advanced. I had so many more real-life experiences.”

Cronin was cast in the national tour of Jersey Boys after her first audition in New York. Two years later she scored an ensemble role in Cabaret and played understudy for Emma Stone and Michelle Williams.

She still hangs out with the Claytons all the time.

“It’s so cool the three of us stuck together.

We all did the Bedford Dance thing, and we all worked at the Palace, with the dream of someday performing in New York,” she said.

in hotels the first month she performed in Spring Awakening before finding a onebedroom 400-square-foot apartment three blocks from the theater.

Before kids turn 18, it’s often the parents who are doing the driving, the scheduling, the scouting for opportunities and then accompanying kids to everything.

“Even with her voice lessons, I never left her alone. I would drive her to every lesson, sit there and wait,” Rhonda Burns said.

When you’re a professional artist, you’re an entrepreneur. You have to learn to sell yourself, network, negotiate and find jobs, because Broadway stints don’t last forever.

Once a show ends — after a couple months or a couple years — it’s back to square one.

“In order to be successful as a performer in New York, there are so many aspects, and it’s not just about talent. Are you a good business person? That matters enormously. How good are you at networking, and how good are you with an interview at an agency?” said Joel Mercier, artistic director at the New Hampshire Theatre Factory.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re from California, Wisconsin or New Hampshire. What matters is if you have those skills or qualities.”

Some of it is who you know, and making people remember your face. This is how Ryan Dever found voiceover work for an episode in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

At an audition for Disaster!, he made an impression on Seth Rudetsky. Not long after, Rudetsky had dinner with Tina Fey, who happened to be looking for a boy who could belt for the Netflix show.

“He’s been taught his job is to make an impression. To tell a story. It’s not about walking away with the role. It’s about making them want more,” Maribeth Dever said.

“You have to go in there with the point of view that nothing’s wasted. Nothing’s lost.

You’re making connections. You’re showing people what you can do. You’re getting your name out there, and the bonus is if

you get a callback.”

And you need to stand out, said Martinez, and be able to take criticism. Sometimes it’s not you, it’s them.

“You need to prove or show someone something you do that is different, that nobody else does,” Martinez said. “Preparation, presentation, look, everything has to be done right. You never know what the people listening to you want. … Some of it’s based on talent. But most of it is, do you fit the criteria for the show?”

This “who you know” business can sometimes be disheartening for people who grew up in New Hampshire outside the business, but in Socha’s opinion, that’s the only drawback.

“I’m [auditioning] against famous people’s daughters all the time. I think their one advantage is they grow up knowing the business. They have this innate understanding of how it works because they’ve been around it,” Socha said. “But understanding the business doesn’t mean you’re better or worse at the art form.”

For Ryan Dever, the differences between performing as John in Prescott Park’s Peter Pan and performing as Bruce in the Broadway tour of Matilda were the difficulty, the expectations and the bow (the latter was on a scooter). Other than that, it was just a performance, which he puts his all into no matter the show.

For most performers interviewed, Broadway wasn’t the all-or-nothing goal; their effort was about making a career as an artist. To do what they love for work, no matter the job.

“Yes — of course — everyone would love to be on Broadway, but there’s so much out there in the professional industry. My goal is just always to be dancing and performing and making a living. ...

And that’s what I’ve done,” Missy Clayton said. “Since the day I graduated from college, I’ve worked nonstop.”

Mia Moravis Keene artist Mia Moravis is on the Van Dean/Stephanie Rosenberg production team of Anastasia – The Musical, with Broadway previews starting March 23, opening officially April 24.

It features more than a dozen new songs by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and the story is one that resounds with Moravis personally, having recently rediscovered long-lost family members.

“I love this show. It’s all about home, love, family, selfdiscovery and self-empowerment,” she said via phone, days after returning from

the Grammy Awards, of which she’s been a voting member for 25 years.

She credits this first Broadway stint to a long career of hard work and patience.

In addition, she had her off-Broadway co-producer debut last year with You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and is an Emmy-nominated producer and a filmmaker, actress, songwriter and voice-over artist, for Wonkybot Studios’ podcast The Secret Diaries of Tara Tremendous, which is now No. 1 in the Kids & Family category on iTunes.

Courtesy photo.

www.appletherapywellness.com

• Fitness Memberships • Personal Training • Group Fitness • Pickleball & Basketball • Corporate Wellness • On-site Physical Therapists & Medical Services

29 Kosciuszko Street Manchester, NH (603) 668-1106

113472

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 17

More Than Traditional Yoga!

Stress Reduction

THIS WEEK

EVENTS TO CHECK OUT MARCH 9 - 15, 2017, AND BEYOND

& 5 Kosha Experimental Yoga Group & Private Therapeutic Services

For more details, visit emerge-yoga-wellness.com

Emerge Yoga Wellness 603.783.1908 • Concord emergeyogawellness@gmail.com

111811

Thursday, March 9

112541

Join the Pembroke Town Library (313 Pembroke St.) for its next beginners yoga class at 7 p.m. featuring instructor Kara O’Connell. Participants should bring their own yoga mats to class. Admission is free, but registration is encouraged. Visit pembroke-nh.com/library or call 485-7851.

Saturday, March 11 -a spiritual discussion groupCome chat about your dreams and learn tools for unlocking the treasures they contain

20 Trafalgar Square, Nashua, NH 4th floor conference room

Community HU Song a 30 minute gathering to simply sing HU and experience the love of God

Sunday, March 12, 9:30 - 10 am

ECK Worship Service

a one hour program including reflective contemplation, a love song to God, and group discussion on the day’s theme

Airport Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown Ave, Manchester

ECKANKAR

The Spiritual Adventure of a Lifetime

We have activities going on throughout New Hampshire.

Visit us at: www.eckankar-nh.org Call 1-800-713-8944 112749

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 18

Thursday, March 9

Author Elaine Isaak, also known as E.C. Ambrose, will be at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) at 5:30 p.m. to present her new novel Elisha Mancer, the fourth installment in her Dark Apostle historical fantasy series set in an alternate 14th-century Europe. Admission is free.

Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562.

Saturday, March 11 Friday, March 10

Singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins will perform at the Tupelo Music Hall (2 Young Road, Londonderry) at 8 p.m.

Mullins is best known for his 1998 Grammy-nominated hit “Lullaby” and the platinum selling album Soul’s Core.

Tickets are $30-$45. Visit tupelohalllondonderry.com or call 437-5100.

EAT: vegan recipes Join Ohana Yoga (44 Cedar St., Contoocook) for an introductory workshop on vegan cooking, featuring vegan chef Christine Fletcher, on Friday, March 10, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Learn about the produce available during the early spring and how to prepare balanced meals from it. The cost is $45 per person. Visit ohanayoganh.com or call 7481539 for more details.

Learn to create a happy and fun life for your cat at a lecture hosted by animal behavior consultant Monique Chretien at the Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St., Milford) from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Chretien will focus on offering ways to improve the behavior and health of your cat. The lecture is free and open to all cat owners.

Visit wadleighlibrary.org or call 249-0645 for more details.

DRINK: tea Join the Cozy Tea Cart (104 Route 13, Brookline) for Irish afternoon tea on Sunday, March 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $34.95 per person and reservations are required. Visit thecozyteacart.com or call 249-9111.

Join the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications (749 E. Industrial Park Drive, Manchester) for “Telling Your Family Story,” an annual workshop that will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The workshop will cover how to uncover family or community stories, and interviewing, research and presentation skills.

Instructors will include Fritz Wetherbee of WMUR’s New Hampshire Chronicle, as well as journalists and authors John Clayton and Meg Heckman.

The cost is $50 per person and includes lunch. Visit loebschool. org or call 627-0005.

BE MERRY: at the St. Patrick’s Dinner Don’t miss the annual St. Patrick’s Dinner on Saturday, March 11, at 5:30 p.m. at St. Raphael Parish (103 Walker St., Manchester). In addition to a corned beef dinner, there will be raffle prizes, gift baskets, Irish goods, a cash bar, Irish entertainment and more. Tickets are $15 and must be purchased in advance. Visit saint-raphael-parish.com or call 623-2604.

Looking for more stuff to do this week? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and online at hipposcout.com.

113370

112911

Lash Extension

Sale!

2 week long event

thru March 24th Full Set of Silk $99 or Full Set of Mink $149 Have you always wanted to try extensions?

Envied your friends’ beautiful, fluttering gaze?

Now you can be the envy with Salon K’s sought after, cruelty-free lash extensions.

Salon K Esthetician, Amanda, expertly applied Mink Lash Extensions to Kae Mason.

Call us today to schedule your appointment and say goodbye to mascara, hello to the lashes of your dreams!

113110

113525

225-0099

18 Pleasant St., Concord SalonKConcord.com

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 19

ARTS Tiny art, big punch

NHIA hosts 15th Minumental show this weekend

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

The New Hampshire Institute of Art’s 15th Annual Minumental Exhibition and Art Sale is all about access — for both artists and buyers.

It’s on view at the school’s Emma B. French Gallery March 10 through April 8 and features more than 100 pieces, all sized less than four inches, any dimension, and priced less than $60. NHIA President Kent Devereaux said in an email the idea came from a desire to offer the public a way to purchase top-quality artwork at an affordable price.

“The tongue-in-cheek name of the show refers to the often monumental size of much contemporary work, and the rec15th Annual Minumental Exhibition & Art Sale Where: New Hampshire Institute of Art, Emma B. French Gallery, 148 Concord St., Manchester When: On view March 10 through April 8, reception Friday, March 10, from 5 to 7 p.m., gallery hours Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: Free Contact: nhia.edu, exhibitions@nhia.edu

ognition that most of us don’t have living rooms even big enough to display such work, let alone afford the New York gallery prices,” Devereaux said in the email.

Everything on display in this exhibition is by NHIA students, plus faculty, staff and members of the institute. All media are typically represented, including paintings, photography, jewelry, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and mixed media.

“They’re all mixed together. The president’s work could be right next to a freshman’s work, and right next to that is a department chair’s work. It’s exciting and cool to see everyone on the same level,” said Emily Masterson, an NHIA staff member, who, at the time of her phone interview, was still uncertain what she’d be submitting before the March 8 deadline.

She thinks the show is especially beneficial for new artists.

“Freshmen are sometimes nervous or scared to submit anything, but when you take the pressure off, and it’s only a two-by-two or four-by-four piece, it’s something they can handle,” said Masterson, whose home is filled with work from past Minumental exhibitions. “It’s an easy step into exhibiting your work.”

Sure, it’s rewarding for students when you buy their work, but it works the other way too.

20 Art

A piece by Alison Williams from a past Minumental exhibition. Courtesy image.

A piece by Cindy Rizza from a past Minumental exhibition. Courtesy image.

“I feel really flattered when a student buys something I submitted,” Masterson said.

Karen Mayeu, the design chair, was also planning on submitting Minumental artwork and shopping for new pieces at the opening. She likes that they’re small enough to fit anywhere and inexpensive enough that you can buy multiples, with some prices as low as $5 to $10. Artists are often more willing to take a chance

and create more experimental art for this kind of show.

“Some people enter the show using studies for larger pieces. Some people go out and try new things. Sometimes, it’s exactly what they’re working on,” Mayeu said via phone. “Some of the work can stand on its own, but because of their size, people tend to buy two or three and then put them together.”

22 Theater

Includes listings for gallery events, ongoing exhibits and classes. Includes listings, shows, auditions, workshops and more.

To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com.

To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com.

24 Classical

Includes symphony and orchestral performances.

To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com.

Looking for more art, theater and classical music? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Art Events • AARON MESHON Presentation by visiting artist, who designs and illustrates for magazines, advertisements, children’s products, books, etc. Fri., March 10, at 11:30 a.m. NHIA, French Hall, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Free.

Visit nhia.edu.

• WOMEN & TEXTILE EXPO Sat., March 11, 10 a.m.4:30 p.m. Day-long exposition in Onyx Room, Western Ave., 122 Western Ave., Lowell.

• FREE NEW HAMPSHIRE SATURDAY Free admission to Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, Sat., March 11, between 10 a.m. and noon, for NH residents. Visit currier.org.

• SECOND SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Sun., March 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Prices vary depending on the type of brunch menu. Email jazzbrunch@currier.org or visit currier.org.

Openings • “DEEP CUTS: CONTEMPORARY PAPER CUTTING” Showcasing work by contemporary artists who reconsider, redefine and subvert practice of paper cutting. On view Feb. 25 through May 21. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier. org. ARTalk: Updated Use of Traditional Paper presentation Sun., March 12, at 2 p.m. With Deep Cuts artists Jane South, Randal Thurston, Lisa Nilsson.

• “FLIGHTS OF FANCY” Work by 6 NH artists inspired

by Boston artist/teacher Bill Flynn’s workshop on drawing. On view March 11-April 22. Opening Fri., March 10, 5-7 p.m. Epsom Library, 1606

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 20

Dover Road, Epsom. Visit epsomlibrary.com.

• “PERFECT EXPOSURE” Photography show featuring work by Ash Street Group. 44 different prints. Opening Mon., March 13, 6:30-8 p.m. Hooksett Library, 31 Mount St. Marys Way, Hooksett. Call 485-6092.

• “50 FOR 50” Exeter Fine Crafts exhibition celebrating 50th anniversary. Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water St., Exeter. On view March 1-March 31. Featuring donated works of art on 50 6-inch by 6-inch panels, all $50.

Call 778-8282. Reception Fri., March 24, 6-8 p.m.

• “TWENTY YEARS OF A SINGULAR VISION” Celebrating 20 years with Sarah Chaffee. McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. On view March 28-April 28. Reception Fri., March 31, 5-7 p.m. Visit mcgowanfineart.com. Call 2252515.

• “AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM: HARBOR SCENES” On view at the Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen St., Lowell. April 1-May 26. Reception Sat., April 8, 2-4 p.m. Visit whistlerhouse. org, call 978-452-7641.

Open calls • OPEN CALL: OMER T. LASSONDE OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION Seeking works of art across all media that engage NH theme, “Live Free or Die.” Submissions by March 12 at 5 p.m. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit nhartassociation. org. Call 431-4230.

• OPEN CALL: STUDIO 550 Looking for artwork for upcoming shows. The next is “Upcycled Art,” with a March 6 deadline. Other upcoming shows/themes/deadlines are available at 550arts.com, where

artists will also find the application and more information. Call 232-5597.

Workshops • ARTFUL ADVENTURE: PASTEL WORKSHOP “Simple Techniques to Release Your Inner Artist.” Sat., March 11, 1-3 p.m. Johnson Meeting Room. Amherst Town Library, 14 Main St., Amherst. Hosted

by Janet Schwartz. Free. Registration required. Call 673-2288.

Visit amherstlibrary.org.

• CREATIVE STUDIO SATURDAY: ROLLED PAPER DESIGN Sat., March 11, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Visit currier.org.

In the Galleries • “BEHOLD THE SHELL OF 72,000 CORRIDORS” Exhibition, new installation by Julie Periera. On view Feb. 10-March

10. New Hampton School, 70 Main St., New Hampton. Visit newhampton.org.

• “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” Art show featuring work by pastel artist Mary Ellen Brown and oil painter William Turner. On view Feb. 10 through March 17. Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, 30 Ash St., Hollis. Visit wildsalamander.com. Call 465-WILD. • “AT LARGE” Women’s Caucus for Art exhibit; includes paintings, prints, mixed media works. On view Jan. 26-March 23. Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Drive, Durham. Visit greatbay.edu.

• “SETTING THE STANDARD” League of NH Craftsmen multi-media work by jurors. On view Jan. 13-March 24. The Craft Center, 49 S. Main St., Concord. Visit nhcrafts.org.

• “HOW DID A WHITE GIRL GET HERE: LIVING

ARTS

If you want to drink, that’s your choice.

But if you’d like to stop, we can help.

NH art world news

WITH THE NOMADS OF THE EAST” Featuring work

by Valerie Hird. On view Feb. 21-March 24. McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord.

Visit mcgowanfineart.com.

• “PARADISE LOST: A DOUBLE-SIDED MYSTERY” Currier exhibition featuring artwork by Max Pechstein. On view through March 27. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission. Visit currier.org. Call 669-6144.

• “MYSTERY AND MAGIC OF THE NATURAL WORLD” Art show featuring work by Alicia Cubbage. On view Feb. 18 through March 30.

Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., Hancock. Visit hancocktownlibrary.blogspot.com.

• REVELLE TAILLON AND STUDENTS Art show at Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water St., Exeter, through the end of March. Visit seacoast-

Alcoholics Anonymous

The Manchester Historic Association is looking to restore a historic flag to its former beauty. Courtesy photo.

show, “Macro/Micro/Eco: Students from Portsmouth Middle School,” on view March 3 through March 26, with an opening reception Friday, March 10, from 5 to 8 p.m. The show comprises work by several groups of Portsmouth Middle School visual art students, who’ve drawn inspiration from plant life and critters from both land and marine environments and responded in the form of relief block prints, paintings, illustrations and digital art. The goal of the show is to raise awareness about the importance of protecting and supporting the natural environment, according to the press release. Visit 3sarts.org or call 766-3330.

• Making the mundane pretty: Six New Hampshire artists — Kathy Hanson, Russet Jennings, Mary Nichols, Ann Saunderson, Mary Straub and Teresa Taylor — present work in the show “Flights of Fancy,” on view at the Epsom Library, 1606 Dover Road, Epsom, March 11 through April 11, with an opening reception on Friday, March 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. The pieces were inspired by Boston artist and teacher Billy Flynn’s workshop on drawing and observation. Call 736-9920 or visit epsomlibrary. com. — Kelly Sennott

artist.org.

• SIMON SARRIS Photo show with work that came from recent trip to Lisbon. On view through March 31. Rochester Public Library, 65 S. Main St., Rochester. Visit rochestermfa.org/ gallery.

• “ANDI & LANCE OLSEN: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE TIME” Show that blends visual art, the written word, blurred boundary between fact and fantasy. On view Feb. 24-April 1.

NHIA, Roger Williams Gallery, 77 Amherst St., Manchester.

Email exhibitions@nhia.edu.

Visit nhia.edu.

• “CROSS BORDER CONNECTIONS: A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBIT” Celebrating pastel medium, featuring artwork from Pastel Society of Maine and NH members. On view through April 1. NH Art Association, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit pastelsocietyofnh. com.

• “CANNOT BE DETERMINED IN ADVANCE” Sitespecific work installed by artist Debra Weisberg in McIninch Art Gallery. On view Feb. 23-April 2. Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Free. Visit snhu. edu.

• DEBRA WEISBERG Artist installation, “Cannot Be Determined in Words.” On view Feb. 23-April 2. SNHU, McIninch Art Gallery, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Visit snhu.edu, call 629-4622, email m.gallery@snhu.edu.

• “CLOSER READINGS: NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITERS RESPOND TO ART” Distinguished writers respond to significant works of art in permanent collection of museum of art. On view Feb. 2 through April 9. UNH Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Visit unh.edu/moa, call 862-3712.

Call 24/7 at 1-800-593-3330

Or to find a meeting visit NHAA.net It’s free, and it works.

246 Daniel Webster Hwy. | Merrimack, NH (Inside the Residences at Daniel Webster)

603.417.7180 | Find us on Facebook 111885

111320

Accomando Family Dentistry Natalie Accomando, DMD  Lynn Brennan DDS

We will create a dental experience that you will enjoy! Call us today

603.645.8510

104826

• Re-beautifying historic flag: The Manchester Historic Association has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help finance the restoration of a historic American flag, created in 1903 by first lady Edith Roosevelt.

The flag, which features an embroidered image of George Washington, was donated in response to a request from W. W. Brown Camp, Manchester’s chapter of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, asking the first lady to donate an item that could be used to raise money for the organization. The restoration, to be completed by Camille Breeze, director of Museum Textile Services in Andover, Mass., will cost more than $13,000 and involve disassembling, cleaning and reassembling the flag.

Visit gofundme.com/rallyroundtheflag or call 622-7531.

• Visiting artist: The New Hampshire Institute of Art hosts visiting artist Aaron Meshon, who gives a presentation Friday, March 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school’s Emma B. French Hall Auditorium, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Meshon illustrates and designs for magazines, advertisements, children’s products and books; some of his titles include Take Me Out to the Yakyu (on the New York Times Top 100 list of 2013), Tools Rule!, The Best Days Are Dog Days and Delivery. The event is free and open to the public. Visit nhia.edu for more information.

• Middle school artwork: 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, hosts a new

Sweet & Savory Specialties.

Made Fresh Daily!

1361 Elm St., Suite 330  Manchester, NH www.accomandofamilydentistry.com  603.645.8510 We accept most insurance, including Delta Dental, MetLife, Guardian & Healthy Kids

113106

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 21

ARTS

Scars

The Seacoast Rep presents Violet

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

The Seacoast Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production, Violet, is about scars, both visible and imaginary, and it hits the Portsmouth stage March 10 through April 2. Its designer run-through a week before showtime left Artistic Director Miles Burns “crying like a baby.”

“There are so many messages you can get out of Violet,” Burns said via phone. “It’s gritty, and it’s real, and it’s true to life.”

Violet is based on the 1973 short story The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts, with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics and book

by Brian Crawley. It went off-Broadway in 1997, and its 2014 Broadway run won four Tony Awards.

The musical takes place in 1964 and follows a country girl, Violet Karl, whose face was disfigured in an accident as a child.

Hoping to find a preacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who can heal her scar, she boards a Greyhound bus in North Carolina and is later joined by two soldiers along the way, Monty and Flick, the latter of whom is African-American. The men challenge her faith in the preacher and compete for her affections while the world judges their mixed-race group.

The play is not one audiences see often, but it’s the kind of theater Burns has been See Violet Where: Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth When: March 10 through April 10, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., special showing March 24 at 10 a.m.

Tickets: $20-$38 Contact: seacoastrep.org, 433-4472

• “MOMENTUM: WORKS

BY THE UNIVERSITY’S ART AND ART HISTORY DEPT. FACULTY” On view through April 9. Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Visit unh.edu/moa.

Call 862-3712.

• “FLEXTIME: CLAY SCULPTURES BY DAVID KATZ” Art exhibition. On view Feb. 2 through April 9. UNH Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Visit unh.edu/moa, call 862-3712.

• DON JALBERT Art show featuring landscapes and seascapes of Southern NH and beyond, plus wildlife. On view

Alyssa Dumas, who performs in Violet at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre this weekend. Jasmin Hunter photos.

itching to see at the Rep for a while. It features an 11-person cast and intricate sets

by Brandon James and Ben Hart, who also designed for Avenue Q and Reefer Madness in Portsmouth. Burns said the music blends country, rock ’n’ roll, bluegrass, gospel and musical theater styles.

Makeup design is less intensive than you might think; for this production, the scar on Violet’s face isn’t painted on, but imagined.

Audiences see the scar in observing what others say and how they react to Violet.

“It’s one of the beautiful things about theater; if the story is told in the right way, they’re going to feel like she has a scar on her face based on how she associates with other people,” Burns said.

Performing as Violet is Alyssa Dumas, a Plymouth State grad who made her Rep

through April 14. Harvey Mitchell Memorial Library, 151 Main St., Epping. Visit eppinglibrary. com.

• “CLEW: A RICH AND REWARDING DISORIENTATION” Art show with work

by Deborah Barlow, Todd Hearon, Jung Mi Lee, Jon Sakata. Music, poetry, visual arts. On view Jan. 20-April 15. Phillips Exeter Academy, 11 Tan Lane, Exeter. Call 777-3461. Visit exeter.edu/lamontgallery.

• “FROM TELLING TO KNOWING” Exhibit of paintings by artist Nan Hockenbury.

On view through April 28. Mandarin Asian Bistro, 24 Market St., Lowell.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 22

• “STORIED BOOKS” Currier Library and Archives exhibition showcasing volumes from rare book collection. On view Feb. 6 through June 9. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Visit currier.org.

• “SOO SUNNY PARK: BIOLATH” Site-specific work by Soo Sunny Park in Putnam Gallery. On view Feb. 25 through Aug. 6. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org.

Workshops/classes/ demonstrations • MANCHESTER ARTISTS ASSOCIATION MEETING Mon., March 6, at 7 p.m. NHIA,

debut performing in The Marvelous Wonderettes last year. She said Violet’s mannerisms have been choreographed carefully to create the illusion.

“She’s obviously very self-conscious about this scar. She makes sure to leave her hair down, leaning against one side of her face,” she said.

Dumas was surprised to be cast as Violet because, at five feet, one inch, she’s much shorter than the role’s Broadway originator, Sutton Foster. It goes against her “type” as an actress. But that’s why she likes the Rep. “They go for talent and people who are passionate, and that’s huge today when it comes to auditioning for shows. For [other companies], it’s about, do you have the look, and do you look good next to this person?

It’s just about how much you have to give at

French Hall Auditorium, 148 Concord St., Manchester.

• GOING GREEN St. Patrick’s Day-themed fused glass workshop. Wed., March 8, 6-8 p.m.; Thurs., March 9, 6-8 p.m.; Sat., March 11, 10 a.m.-noon or 1-3 p.m. StudioVerne, 81 Hanover St., Manchester. $60. Visit studioverne.com. Call 490-4321.

• COMMUNITY EDUCATION For adults, teens, and children at NH Institute of Art. Disciplines include ceramics, creative writing, drawing, metalsmithing, photography, printmaking, fibers, and more. NH Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Prices vary depending on type of class and

the Rep,” Dumas said.

A lot goes into deciding a theater season.

You want to present something new, but you also want to sell tickets. Sometimes it means creating a fine balance of new and recognizable plays, and sometimes it means building trust from audiences. Burns has seen that trust growing, with strong ticket sales to lesser-known productions like Satchmo at the Waldorf and Laughter on the 23rd Floor.

“Violet is about how, wherever there’s darkness, you can find light, and that there’s more to see of a person, and more to see of yourself than what’s on the outside,” Burns said. “It’s so relevant. … It’s a show I thought we wouldn’t be able to do for years, but people are taking a chance on new theater, and while this play isn’t new, it’s something our audiences haven’t seen before.”

materials needed. Call 6230313. Visit nhia.edu.

Theater Auditions/open calls • LOCAL AUDITIONS FOR SUMMER SEASON Seeking equity, non-equity local actors and those interested in joining the Peterborough Players’ Second Company as an intern or apprentice. Thurs., March 9.

Peterborough Players Theatre, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough.

Visit peterboroughplayers.org.

Equity members should prep 2 contrasting monologues. Nonequity actors should have at least 1 monologue prepared and be ready to read from a script.

Auditions by appointment only; call 924-9344.

• PALACE YOUTH THEATRE: SEUSSICAL JR. Sat., March 11, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. or 11 a.m.; Sun., March 12, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Stay for entire one-hour time slot. For kids ages 8 to 18.

Learn a dance, sing afterward.

Schedule audition time by calling 668-5588. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• PALACE TEEN COMPANY/APPRENTICE COMPANY AUDITIONS Mon., March 13, at 6 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. For performers ages 12 to 18 who

ARTS

Notes from the theater scene

• Mismatched friends: Opening the Leddy Center for the Performing Arts’ 43rd season is The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, with shows at the theater, 38C Ladd’s Lane, Epping, March 10 through March 19, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays and one Wednesday, March 15, at 2 p.m.. The play tells of two mismatched childhood friends who move in together — Felix Unger, a neat and tidy health nut who writes for CBS and loves classical music, and Oscar Madison, a New York Times sports journalist who’s messy and loves junk food. Tickets are $20. Call 679-2781 or visit leddycenter. org.

• Grand opening: After months of renovations, the Majestic Theatre and Ted Herbert Music School are ready to show the public their new 7,000-square-foot home at 880 Page St., Manchester, with a grand opening Sunday, March 12, from 3 to 6 p.m. Visitors can learn about theater and music opportunities at the new space and enjoy live music, raffles, refreshments and tours. The new place has nine music studios, theater rehearsal spaces, a recital hall, offices, costume/prop storage and abundant parking. The Norwin S. & Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation provided a grant to help support the renovation and relocation; Phase 2 of development includes installing central air conditioning, with

want a more intensive theater experience. Not all who audition are accepted into the companies.

Bring headshot, resume, 16 bars of song, preferably musical theater (bring sheet music). Both companies begin mid-March and run through June. Call 6685588 to sign up for auditions.

Productions • WOMEN IN JEOPARDY! Merrimack Repertory Theatre production. On view through March 12. Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell. $26-$70. Visit mrt.org, call 978-654-4678.

• NOT LAST NIGHT ... BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE! New comedy by George Hosker-Bouley. Feb. 24-March 12. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Matinee Sat., March 11, at 4 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $20. Call 978-683-7745.

• THE LEARNING MAN Dramatic tale about brain injury and recovery. Written and performed

The Leddy Center for the Performing Arts presents The Odd Couple by Neil Simon this weekend. Courtesy photo.

fundraising underway. Right now, the space is for rehearsals and lessons; dinner theater presentations will still be held at the Executive Court Banquet Facility, non-dinner musicals at the Derry Opera House. Visit majestictheatre.net or call 669-7469.

• Sharing music: The Manchester Community Music School’s “Share the Music” community celebration is Saturday, March 25, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Brady Sullivan Plaza, 1000 Elm St., Manchester. The event includes cocktails, beer samplings, hors d’oeuvres, entertainment and silent and live auctions, led by auctioneer Jeff Rapsis, Hippo associate publisher and former Music School board member. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased by visiting mcmusicschool.org or calling 644-4548. All funds go toward providing financial assistance to individuals participating in MCMS programs, including private lessons, ensembles, chamber groups and music therapy services.

— Kelly Sennott

by Alan Wilbar. March 3-March 19, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. $16.50. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• PROMISES, PROMISES Neil Simon play, produced by Manchester Community Theatre Players. Fri., March 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 7:30 p.m. North End Montessori School, 698 Beech St., Manchester. $20. Visit mctp.info, call 800-838-3006.

• HAIRSPRAY Palace Theatre mainstage production. March 3-March 26. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets $25-$45. Call 668-5588.

• THE WIZARD OF OZ Palace Youth Theatre production.

Thurs., March 9, at 7 p.m.; Wed., March 15, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets $14.

The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• VIOLET Seacoast Repertory Theatre production. On view

March 10-April 2. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. Prices vary; visit the site for details. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• THE ODD COUPLE Leddy Center for the Performing Arts production. March 10-March 29, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m,. Sundays and one Wednesday, March 15, at 2 p.m.

Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, 38 Ladd’s Lane, Epping. $20. Call 679-2781.

• JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Kids Coop Theatre production. Fri., March 10, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 1 & 6 p.m. Derry Opera House, Kids Coop Theatre, Derry. $12. Visit kids-coop-theatre.org.

• A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD Peacock Players production. March 10-March 19. Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua. $12-$17.

Visit peacockplayers.org. Call 886-7000.

113531

113469

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 23

Ask the expert

Your personal 55+ Real Estate Advisor

There are Waterfront home experts and Luxury home experts Now there is the 55+ home expert

Please contact us at (603) 883-8400 x267 or visit us at at www.my55homenh.com

113534

YEAR IN THE LIFE Arnold Lobel’s characters hop from the page to the stage this weekend and next via the Peacock Players’ next production, A Year With Frog and Toad, at the Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua, on Friday, March 10, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 11, at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 12, at 2 p.m.; Friday, March 17, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 18, at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m. The musical, which was nominated for three Tony Awards including Best Musical, features a jazzy, upbeat score by Robert and Willie Reale and follows two best friends through four seasons. Tickets are $10 to $17, available at peacockplayers.org. Call 886-7000. Pictured, Thomas Belanger and Matthew Gagnon. Courtesy photo.

New England Made or Inspired Gifts, Gourmet, Novelties, Jewelry, & More

7 N. Main St., Concord, NH • 603-227-6297 Shop anytime at www.marketplacenewengland.com

111598

55+

Unique Gifts Locally Crafted

113009

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 24

• PLAY ON! Comedy by Rick Abbott, directed by Joe Pelonzi.

Bedford Off Broadway. Fri., March 10, at 8 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 8 p.m.; Sun., March 12, at 2 p.m.; Fri., March 17, at 8 p.m.; Sat., March 18, at 8 p.m. Bedford Old Town Hall, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford. $12. Visit bedfordoffbroadway.com.

• THE DROWSEY CHAPERONE Derryfield School production. Fri., March 10, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 2 & 7 p.m. Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester. $15.

Visit etix.com.

• LOVE, SEX AND THE IRS Milford Area Players production. March 10-March 19, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon Road, Milford. Visit milfordareaplayers.weebly.com.

• THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS Jr. Service League production, celebrating 85th year. Fri., March 17, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 18, at 1 p.m.

St. Paul’s School, 325 Pleasant St., Concord. $7; $5 if you bring a canned good.

• IS HE DEAD? Mark Twain play, performed by NH Theatre Project’s Youth Repertory Company. March 17-26, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $20. Visit nhtheatreproject.org.

Call 431-6644, ext. 5.

• THE LION KING JR. Majestic Theatre Production. Fri., March 17, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 19, at 2 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. Tickets $15. Call 669-7469. Visit majestictheatre.net.

• CABIN FEVER RADIO FOLLIES Highlights from the golden age of radio, radio plays, skits, gags, songs. Sat., March 18, at 7 p.m. Walpole Town Hall, 34 Elm St., Walpole. $10.

Call 756-4545.

• THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Saint Anselm Abbey Players production. Fri., March 24, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 25, at 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 26, at 2 p.m.; Fri., March 31, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., April 1, at 7:30 p.m.; Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. $15. Visit anselm. edu, call 641-7700.

• THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Windham High School Theater Dept. production.

Fri., March 24, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 25, at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sun., March 26, at 2 p.m.

Windham High School, 64 London Bridge Road, Windham. $13.

• FAME Musical presented by Maskers Drama Club, Central Community Players. Fri., March 24, at 6:30 p.m.; Sat., March 25, at 6:30 p.m. Central High School, 207 Lowell St., Manchester. $12.

• LES MISERABLES: THE CONCERT Fundraiser to benefit Pine Street Players Youth Theatre Company. Sat., March 25, at 7 p.m. Exeter Town Hall, 10 Front St., Exeter. $40. Visit christchurchexeter.org.

• GALILEO GALILEI: THE STARRY MESSENGER Dramatic adaptation of Galileo’s short treatise, Siderius Nuncius, performed by actor Mike Francis. Tues., March 28, at 7 p.m., at the Griffin Free Public Library, 22 Hooksett Road, Auburn. Call 483-5374 or visit griffinfree.com. Second event Thurs., April 20, at 6:30 p.m.

Brookline Public Library, 16 Main St., Brookline. Visit brookline.nh.us.

• MURDER IS A GAME Majestic Theatre dinner theater presentation. Fri., March 31, at 7 p.m.; Sat., April 1, at 7 p.m.; Sun., April 2, at 1:30 p.m. $42 Friday/Saturday, $38 Sunday.

Call 669-7469. Visit majestictheatre.net.

Classical Music Events • THE FIVE IRISH TENORS Concert. Thurs., March 9, at 7:30 p.m. Dana Center for the Humanities, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. $33.75. Call 641-7710.

• TAKING FLIGHT: AMERICAN SONGS OF MIGRATION Concert featuring Hannah Schramm Murray, soprano, Calvin Herst, piano. Thurs., March 9, 12:10-12:50 p.m.

Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord.

Free. Visit ccmusicschool.org.

Call 228-1196.

• LAKES REGION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Welcome Spring! concert. Sat., March 18, at 7:30 p.m. InterLakes Auditorium, 1 Laker Lane, Meredith. $15. Visit lrso. org.

• BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra community event/concert. Sat., March 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 19, at 3 p.m. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $25.

Visit portsmouthsymphony.org.

• MATT ULERY, OURBIGBAND Concert Sun., March 26, at 4 p.m. (Seacoast Jazz Appreciation Project performance) and 6 p.m. (concert, $10). The Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth.

• NASHUA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SPRING GALA EVENT Music, silent auction, wine, hors d’oeuvres.

Sun., March 26, at 3 p.m.

LaBelle Winery, 345 NH-101, Amherst. Visit labellewinerynh. com or nco-music.org. Tickets $30. Call 582-5211.

• SHARE THE MUSIC GALA Fundraiser for Manchester Community Music School. Cocktail, beer samplings, silent and live auctions, performances by music school students. Sat., March 25, at 5:30 p.m. Brady-Sullivan Plaza, 1000 Elm St., Manchester. $75. Visit mcmusicschool.org.

That is the Question

Deciding to make the leap from Renter to Home-owner can be difficult, time consuming and scary. But it doesn’t have to be! There are benefits to both. Renting gives you the ability to “try out” a neighborhood, the schools, the commute, without the commitment of buying. However, buying your own home can open up more possibilities that renting cannot.

Predictability! Once you sign on the dotted line, you know for

the foreseeable future, what your payment will be. Often times, rent payments increase over time or a landlord could choose to sell the rental property leaving you with short notice to find new housing.

Plus, a monthly mortgage payment may be less expensive than rent.

Let us pick it up for you, wash, dry and fold it And drop it back off at your home.

Find us at TheLaundryButlers.com or Call us for more information at 603-931-0995

1208018

New Hampshire Real Estate 200 Homes Sold Last Year!

Adding your own style! Most landlords restrict you from painting, changing light fixtures, updating flooring, and other things that would allow you to put your own personal touch on the space.

Other things like swing sets, grills, or even hanging pictures could be off limits.

Peter & Rebecca Beauchemin

Build Equity! Every time you make a mortgage payment, or make upgrades to your home, you are increasing the equity (Equity = What your home is worth minus what you owe on your home). So when you do decide to move, you are essentially making some of that money you paid, back.

Is this the year to sell?

Did you buy at the height of the market? Let’s see if this is the year to make your move UP or downsize!

Contact me for the value of your home.

Email Alicia Richards Demers at AliciainNH@gmail.com or call/text me at (603) 759-4325

Adding Fur Babies! When you own your own home you can

bring pets into your family without worrying about weight/size/breed restrictions or increased security deposits. You could also add fencing or a run to make Fido safe and happy!

LAUNDRY BUTLERS

110998

Rent vs. Own?

Too Busy To Do Your Laundry?

Too Busy To Drop It Off? THE

1-888-888-SOLD

Full Service Real Estate Or à La Carte Services Available.

Tax Benefits! Property taxes, mortgage interest and possibly origination fees paid at closing may be deductible on your taxes.

Additionally, when you make certain energy efficient upgrades to your home like windows, solar panels, water heaters or furnaces, you could qualify for tax credits.

The first step in making this exciting decision is to make a budget and find a Mortgage Professional to discuss loan options to determine how much home you can afford. Other professionals like a Realtor or a tax advisor are great additions to your decision making team!

ARM= Adjustable Rate Mortgage. Assumes a borrower with a 740 FICO Score. Subject to underwriting approval. Terms and conditions stated are in effect at time of publishing 3//17 and are subject to change without notice. Rate and APR are subject to change after consummation. 5/1 ARM = Rate fixed for 60 payments after which the rate may increase every 12 months after that. 7/1 ARM = Rate fixed for 84 payments after which the rate may increase every 12 months after that. This is not a commitment to lend or an offer to extend credit. Federally Registered NMLS ID: 2561 Licensed by the New Jersey Department of Banking. Rhode Island Licensed Lender.

113514

Article supplied by: Anita Wolcott, Marketing and Design Specialist at Merrimack Mortgage Co. LLC, for informational purposes only and is not and may not be construed as legal advice. NMLS ID#2561, Equal Housing Opportunity Lender, Rhode Island LicensedLender, Licensed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. The views expressed in this article are my own and do not reflect those of my employer, colleagues, or its clients. Please consult a tax advisor for more information on tax benefits.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 25

LISTINGS 26 Clubs Hobby, service...

26 Continued

INSIDE/OUTSIDE Skate night

Granite State Independent Living hosts fundraising Skate-a-Thon

Education Classes, seminars, lectures...

26 Health & Wellness Workshops, exercises...

26 Language Groups, classes...

26 Marketing & Business Networking, classes....

27 Miscellaneous Fairs, festivals, yard sales...

29 Museums & Tours Exhibits, events...

29 Nature & Gardening Hikes, animal events...

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.

30 Car Talk Click and Clack give you car advice.

Get Listed From yoga to pilates, cooking to languages to activities for the kids, Hippo’s weekly listing offers a rundown of all area events and classes.

Get your program listed by sending information to listings@hippopress.com at least three weeks before the event.

Looking for more events for the kids, nature-lovers and more? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play or online at hipposcout.com.

By Matt Ingersoll

mingersoll@hippopress.com

The first annual Granite State Independent Living Skate-a-Thon will take place at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum in Manchester on Saturday, March 11, from 4 to 8 p.m. and will include open ice skating, demonstrations, a DJ, food and games.

“I’ve been a figure skating coach for 35 years and I’ve done Skatea-Thons in the past, so we thought, why don’t we try it as a fundraising event for GSIL?” said Teri Nordle of the Southern New Hampshire Skating Club, who proposed the idea for the event.

All proceeds will benefit home care and disability support programs at GSIL. Tickets can be purchased either at the door or in advance online.

If you pay in advance, you will receive three pledge sheets for fundraising — one for yourself and two to give away to others. Skaters who return the pledge sheets at the registration table at the Skatea-Thon are eligible for different prizes and giveaways depending on how much money is raised, like 1st annual GSIL Skate-a-Thon When: Saturday, March 11, 4 to 8 p.m.

Where: John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum, 303 Beech St., Manchester Cost: $10 per person, $15 per couple, or $25 per family of four; skates are available for rental for an additional $3 Visit: gsil.org/skate Clubs Events • NASHUA REPUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEE MEETING Guest speakers are Keith Howard, Nashua Republican City Committee Executive Director, and JP Marzullo, board member for Liberty House, who will talk about how the nonprofit Liberty House organization helps homeless veterans get back on their feet.

Thurs., March 9, 6:30 p.m. Crowne Plaza Auditorium Room, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua. Free. Visit nashuagop.org or call 864-9287.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 26

GSIL Skate a Thon. Courtesy photo.

free food, T-shirts and access to games for the duration of the event.

Activities at the Skate-a-Thon will include an open ice skating party complete with a DJ and games on the ice, like Four Corners, and “Icesketball,” a version of basketball played on ice skates.

“We’re also going to have glow skating for about a half hour or so, when all the lights will be turned off and we’ll have glow-in-the-dark sticks that are up,” GSIL Marketing and Communications Manager Jen Carrigg said.

Members of the Southern New Hampshire Skating Club will be there to offer live skating demonstrations and performances.

“Everyone will be taking their

Continuing Education Adult education • ADULT COLORING NIGHTS Stop by the library for coloring, conversation and fun. All materials will be provided, or you can bring your own. Mon., March 13, and Mon., March 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Free. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140. H & Wellness Health & Wellness Events • MAKING FRIENDS IN ADULTHOOD Join Master Life

breaks so that people at the Skate-aThon will also have the opportunity to watch some skaters who are working on the professional level,” she said. “Some of them will also be offering lessons in basic skating skills, so people who have never skated before and want to learn will be able to work in small groups with professional coaches [from the club] who will help them get up on the ice.”

Also planned are penny sale drawings to take place about every 15 minutes, with chances to win anything from small prizes like GSIL-branded hats, knapsacks and other gear to larger winnings like cash prizes and free skating sessions.

Coach Diane MacKinnon, M.D. for an interactive discussion about the benefits of friendship in adulthood and ways to make real friends that will last you a happy, healthy lifetime. Pre-registrations are requested, but walk-ins are welcome. Tues., March 14, 7 p.m. Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. Free.

Visit rmlnh.org/events or call 886-6030.

• MEDICATION SAFETY: This presentation will review safe prescription and over-the-counter medication use. Additionally, a

Pizza and hot chocolate will be available for purchase. Skate rentals are also available onsite for $3 per person.

GSIL has nine offices throughout the state and holds several other fundraising events throughout the year, including comedy nights, the annual Hoops on Wheels wheelchair basketball tournament in May, and the Chipping in FORE! Independence golf tournament in September.

“What you’ll find [at the Skate-aThon] is a great family event … and our goal is to bring families together to raise community awareness for people with disabilities and to hopefully make it an annual event for GSIL,” Nordle said.

few words about opioids will be discussed to bring awareness to the current epidemic. Thurs., March 16, 6 to 8 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. $10 fee; includes dinner. Visit stjosephhospital.com or call 595-3168.

Language Conversation groups • ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP The event is an opportunity for people learning English as well as native speakers to talk about the topics of everyday interest, share their

languages and enjoy refreshments. It’s sponsored by the Cultural Navigators of One Greater Nashua. Thursdays, March 16, April 20 and May 18, 2 to 3 p.m.

Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Free and open to the public. Visit nashualibrary.org or call 589-4600.

Marketing & Business Personal finance • STEPS TO START A BUSINESS Participants will learn to develop their business ideas and planning, consider the legal

We build

IN/OUT

brand new homes, home additions and “In Law” apartments

Family fun for the weekend

Camp out

Stop by the Derryfield Country Club (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester) for the summer camp and program expo Saturday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Representatives from more than 50 southern New Hampshire-area day, arts, sports and adventure camps will be on hand to provide information if you’re looking for a place to start to find the right camp for your kids.

A second expo is planned at the Courtyard Marriott (2200 Southwood Drive, Nashua) on Saturday, March 18. Admission is free.

Visit parentingnh.com/summer-camps for more details. If you can’t make either of those events, check out the Hippo’s summer camp guide: Visit hippopress.com, click on past issues and click on the pdf of the Feb. 16 issue; the guide starts on p. 12.

A peachy play

The Kids Coop Theatre will present James and the Giant Peach Jr. at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway) on Friday, March 10, at 7 p.m., and also on Saturday, March 11, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The play is based on one of the most iconic children’s novels by Roald Dahl, and offers a new take on the tale through a musical. Tickets are $12 general admission. Visit derryoperahouse.com or call 404-2928.

Feeling lucky

Join the Kimball Library (3 Academy Ave., Atkinson) to make your own shamrock necklaces and bracelets on Saturday, March 11, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Admission is free and materials will be provided, but registra-

structure, discuss choosing a name and entity, and learn how to obtain an employer identification number, license, permits and insurance. Leave the session with an A-to-Z overview and specific tools and tips. Wed., March 1, 6 to 8 p.m. Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St., Milford. Free. Visit wadleighlibrary.org or call 249-0645.

Miscellaneous Pop culture • QUEEN CITY KAMIKAZE This event attracts thousands of fans of Japanese anime, comics, video gaming, comic books and science fiction. Planned convention events include a variety of panels and workshops hosted by volunteers and guests, anime

tion is required. Visit kimballlibrary.com or call 362-5234.

Succulent seeds

The Studio 550 Community Art Center (550 Elm St., Manchester) hosts its next succulent terrarium workshop on Saturday, March 11, at 5 p.m. Participants will be provided with all the materials to make one basic terrarium, which include a glass piece, drainage stones, moss, soil and three plants.

The cost is $35 per person and the workshop is open to all kids, teens and adults. A later terrarium workshop is planned for April 15.

Visit 550arts.com or call 232-5597 to register.

Music to your ears

Join the Nesmith Library (8 Fellows Road, Windham) Saturday, March 11, at 10 a.m. for an introduction to guitar workshop featuring Daniel Saunders of Let’s Play Music! The event will include a morning of beginning guitar instruction in the genres of jazz, classical, rock, pop and more. Families are encouraged to participate together, and you can bring your own guitar or jam with Daniel’s. The workshop is free, but registration is preferred. Visit nesmithlibrary.org or call 432-7154.

screenings, a costume and skit competition, a hall costume contest, video game tournaments and tabletop gaming. Sat., March 18, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Manchester Memorial High School, 1 Crusader Way, Manchester. $10 at the door. Visit queencitykamikaze. com or call 505-8098.

Workshops • ROBOTS: A POPULATION EXPLOSION Ken Tentarelli will discuss the evolution of robots from science fiction into the real world. Thurs., March 9, 5:30 p.m. Colby-Sawyer College, 541 Main St., New London. Visit colby-sawyer.edu/ adventures or call 526-3690.

• THE RIGHT TO KNOW IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, IN THE-

ORY AND PRACTICE This two-part program will include a presentation by David Saad, president of Right to Know New Hampshire, a citizens’ group working to improve access to government in New Hampshire, and a panel discussing the law from varying perspectives.

Mon., March 13, 7 p.m. Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, 749 E. Industrial Park Drive, Manchester. Free and open to the public. Visit righttoknownh.wordpress.com or call 627-0005.

• FREE SMART DEVICE WORKSHOP During this workshop, U.S. Cellular associates will demonstrate smart home devices, their uses and their importance in keeping

Deep discounts for

First Responders (Law Enforcement & Firefighters) and Military & Military veterans

Specializing in High Quality Modular Construction

112 Camelot Drive, Manchester | 603-598-7537 termatinger@valuehome.com

113057

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 27

IN/OUT THE GARDENING GUY

Feel the need for a dramatic change?

Forcing flowers

Pussywillows and other spring blooms

By Henry Homeyer

listings@hippopress.com

BARBERING

C O S M E T O LO G Y

105139

w w w. H a i r p o c a l y p s e . c o m

SALE

UES!

IN CONT

Vintage Vinyl Floor Cloths

20% discount

Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm 9 Pleasant St • Concord, NH chickadeelaneinteriors.com

NEW FOR SPRING! 814 Elm Street Manchester, NH 644•2550 | BentonShoeCo.com

109143

FF

50% O

Chick Picks for March 113523

Winter can be so boring

112831

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 28

When I was in first grade we learned a song about pussywillows that still rings in my head when I walk past the fire pond in Cornish Flat. Or it did recently when I saw pussywillows starting to pop open in a marshy area.

Spring is here.

Pussywillows are actually the flowers of a wild shrub or small tree, the goat or pussy willow, also known by its scientific name, Salix caprea. This willow is a native to the United States and grows best in moist or soggy soils, or even in standing water. Full sun is best, but it can grow in part sun. It will grow up to 25 feet tall, but 15 feet is more common.

The flowers grow on the top of the plant, so I use a pole pruner to get the branches I want.

Another willow, Salix discolor, is also a pussywillow but is “susceptible to a canker and is considered inferior for landscape use, though neither species is a plant of the first order.” That according to Michael Dirr in his book Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, which I consider my bible of trees and shrubs.

He is right about pussywillows not being plants of the first order. Their time of glory is the spring, when the catkins or blossoms appear. The rest of the year it is a relatively unkempt, messy plant that spreads and is often too large to be considered a shrub, but not big enough to be considered a tree. The stems are weak, sometimes flopping over and easily breaking in ice storms. Still, if you have a wet area on your property, and like fat, fuzzy pussywillows in the spring, you should have some.

When I picked some pussywillow stems recently, I put them in a vase with water. This will encourage partially opened buds to open.

Later, when all the blossoms are fully open, I will pour out the water and allow the stems to remain in a dry vase. This will prevent them from producing yellow pollen (which will fall on the table top) and allow me to have the fuzzies forever, or as long as I want. One year, inadvertently, I kept a vase of pussywillows for a full year, and they still looked good!

Another plant that can be forced to flower now looks similar to pussywillows at a quick look. I have a tree covered with fuzzy buds that are actually unopened flower buds that look like the pussywillow flowers. The hybrid magnolia Merrill has these buds all winter, but when put in water now the buds will produce large white blossoms. Other magnolias have similar buds – like pussywillows on steroids.

The Merrill magnolia will generally bloom for me in late April. The closer to the date of outdoor blooming, the quicker buds will open in a vase indoors. I once did some pruning in December and forced magnolia buds indoors,

Merril magnolia. Courtesy photo.

but it took over a month for that to happen.

Now it should happen in half that time (though pussywillow buds will open in just a few days).

My Merrill magnolia is one of my favorite trees. Mine is about 25 years old, and is roughly 30 feet tall with a 20-foot spread. When it blooms the flowers are bountiful – a thousand, perhaps – and magnificent. Each blossom is about 3 inches across and lightly fragrant. I recommend this magnolia as specimen tree in the middle of a lawn or field in full sun.

Another classic early spring shrub is forsythia. Like the daffodil, this early bloomer is bright yellow, a color I have come to associate with spring. It can be used as a hedge, or pruned into a vase-shaped shrub that stays relatively small, say 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide.

To get forsythia to bloom indoors, pick stems that are more than one year old. New stems are generally straight, with few side branches and even fewer buds. The buds on new branches tend to be leaf buds. Older branches will be branched, and loaded with flower buds. And for best results, don’t forget to change the water in the vase every two or three days.

Forsythia is a nice enough plant, but like pussywillows, it is not my favorite. It is rambunctious, for starters. It wants to take over the world, sending out roots that then send up new plants. My neighbor planted a forsythia hedge, and now I have forsythia that has encroached onto my land. Fortunately, it is easy enough to control if you pull out new shoots early on. Or failing that, cut them back every year.

As a child, however, I loved forsythia. My gardening grandfather planted a double row of them between the house and the vegetable garden. As the plants grew and spread they became a dense thicket perhaps 40 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet tall. My sister Ruth Anne and I discovered that if we crawled into this thicket there was a hidden ”room” in the middle where we could hide from adults on hot summer days.

Apple blossoms are great for forcing, too.

When I prune in March I take branches with short fruit spurs, put them in a vase, and get flowers. At this time of year, one can’t have too many blossoms!

Read Henry’s twice-weekly blog at https:// dailyuv.com/gardeningguy. You may e-mail him at henry.homeyer@comcast.net.

IN/OUT TREASURE HUNT

Eat.

Dear Donna, I have six of these artist palettes. I might even have more that have yet to be found.

My mom taught painting back in the 1950s and had a studio-type area in her basement.

Now we are cleaning it out and have come across many artist-related items. I’m wondering if there is a market for these and other related items.

Shop. Live. Local.

Shop the Variety Downtown Nashua DowntownNashua.org

Doug from Salem 112961

one’s home safe and monitored while away on vacation. Tues., March 14, 5 to 7 p.m. U.S. Cellular Store, 946 S. Willow St., Manchester. Free and open to the public. Call 622-1033.

Museums & Tours Genealogy clubs • IT’S NOT ALL ONLINE 45-minute webinar on researching in archives, followed by a roundtable genealogy discussion where people can ask and answer questions about their genealogical research. Fri., March 10, 1:30 p.m. Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. Free. Visit rodgerslibrary.org or call 886-6030.

History & museum events • PAULINE SANDS LEE: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNAL OF WAR RELIEF IN FRANCE Joan Bartlett Warren, Warner resident and greatgranddaughter of Pauline Sands Lee, will give an illustrated talk about Pauline’s journals of her travels and work in France from November 1916 to April 1918 as a public record of her work as a volunteer for the American Fund

AMPLE PARKING AVAILABLE! get the new look

round frames

I think you will be surprised at how quickly the value adds up. For the palette you sent a photo of, I would say it’s in the $40 range.

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).

for the French Wounded. The journals are detailed first-hand observations of wartime France.

Fri., March 10, 7 p.m. Warner Town Hall, 5 E. Main St., Warner. Free. Visit warnerhistorical. org or call 456-2437.

Nature & Gardening Animals/insects • SALAMANDER CROSSING BRIGADES PROGRAM As the Earth thaws and spring rains drench New Hampshire, thousands of salamanders, frogs and toads make their way to vernal pools to breed.Learn more about this fascinating phenomenon and how you can help save amphibians in our area by joining the Salamander Crossing Brigades. Thurs., March 9, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. $5. Visit nhaudubon. org or call 668-2045.

Birding events • BIRDS OF INDIA Take a virtual bird-watching trip to India.

Krishna Mangipudi, who grew up in an area of India famous for its bird sanctuary and for a zoo boasting a huge aviary, will talk about these attractions and his

birding experiences in his native country. Wed., March 15, 7 p.m.

Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Free and open to the public. Visit nashualibrary.org or call 589-4600.

• STATE OF THE LOON: THE NATURAL HISTORY, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF LOONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE This event will be presented by Harry Vogel, senior biologist and executive director of the Loon Preservation Committee. Sat., March 18, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Hopkinton Town Library, Community Room, 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook. Free and open to the public. Visit hopkintontownlibrary.org or call 746-6121.

Nature hikes & walks • MARCH INTO SPRING HIKE Enjoy a walk through the woods and orchard fields on beautiful trails. Each participant is requested to raise a minimum of $50, and $100 for couples and families. The hike includes lunch, a thank you gift and prizes for the top three fundraisers.

Sun., March 12, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

22 Farley Road, Hollis. Visit jaymesfund.org.

are back!

603.880.6700 • www.myoptic.net 204 Main St., Downtown Nashua

SHOP you DROP til

At Nashua’s Best Gift Shop!

Women’s Clothing Accessories & Jewelry Locally Made Gifts & More!

50% Off ALL WINTER WEAR & ACCESSORIES!

2 2 1 M A I N S T. N A S H U A | 6 0 3 . 8 8 2 . 9 5 0 0 FA C E B O O K . C O M / B E C K O N I N G S /

WHERE YOU FIND WHAT YOU NEED & MORE! • Clothing • Handcrafted Jewelry • Beautiful Accessories • Personalized Gifts • Invitations & More always has the perfect piece!

206 Main Street • Nashua, NH 603 882 5535 • DesignWares.com

113347

Dear Doug, The palette pictured is, if not collectible, usable for another artist.

I have to say that I don’t think there is anything that relates to art that isn’t collectible. People seem to collect old palettes, easels, paint buckets, paint brushes, canvases, etc. — even well used and loved pieces.

The rule of thumb is, the older the better.

The more uncommon pieces and the more well used, the better. I have seen easels go for $50 to several hundreds of dollars, and palettes for $50 to over $100 each. Again, older is the key (and in some cases the manufacturer matters as well).

So my advice to you is to gather it all together and then either photograph it all or take it to someone in your area — it doesn’t even have to be an antique dealer. It could be an art school, or any school, a consignment shop, etc.

113354

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 29

IN/OUT CAR TALK

Stuck wheel adjusters can be loosened – but it takes patience Dear Car Talk: We have a 2011 Toyota RAV4 with 34,000 miles on it, and we live in an area where the roads are salted in the winter. I have never done a wheel alignment

By Ray Magliozzi on the car, and the original tires have worn beautifully. However, soon it will be time for a new set of tires, so I had the dealer perform a four-wheel alignment. The report came back indicating that the rear adjusters were corroded, frozen in place, and could not be broken loose.

To correct the problem, both rear control arms would have to be replaced, at a cost of almost $800. To be fair, the mechanic indicated that the current setting is just over the edge of the spec and that, if it were his, he would leave it alone — which I did.

My questions: Is there any way that the adjusters can be freed up — heat, extended soaking with penetrating oil, etc? Should I be going elsewhere, like to an independent shop that might be able to save or replace just the adjusters without replacing a major portion of the rear suspension? — Jim Yes, and yes.

I also live in the great frozen swath of

the country where the roads are saltier than potato chips. And our shop has one particular alignment specialist that we send our customers to. I’d say at least one out of three times, they’ll send the car back to us with a report from the technician that says “couldn’t loosen the adjusters.”

We always get them loose. And we do exactly what you suggest: We use heat, penetrating oil and, our secret ingredient, interest in fixing it.

It takes some work. We’ll gently heat it up with the acetylene torch, and as it cools down, we’ll hit it with some penetrating oil. We may have to do that three or four times. We sometimes even have to leave it overnight and work on it again in the morning.

I think the guy at your dealership was just being lazy. He probably doesn’t get paid well for the time he spends waiting for penetrating oil to soak in. So he’s disincentivized from using his time that way.

On the other hand, he knows that replacing the rear control arms nets him five hours’ labor. Fortunately, he had a pang of guilt at the last second, and advised you to leave it as is.

So, yes, you should take the car to an independent shop that is willing to spend

some time futzing with it. We maintain an online database of mechanics that our readers and listeners have recommended over the years. It’s called the Mechanics Files (www.mechanicsfiles.com). You can enter your ZIP code and read the reviews of shops that other people like in your area.

And if any of you reading today have a mechanic you absolutely love (I know, that’s a rarely used sentence fragment), please enter him or her in our database and let other people know about the shop.

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2002 Dodge Ram Wagon. The fan blower stopped working on anything other than the “high” setting. Poking around the internet, I found what is possibly the world’s easiest car repair: Open the hood, unplug the resistor, remove two screws, wiggle out the old resistor and replace it. I did that, and it works. Life is good! Now for the problem. That resistor is enormous, replete with big coils that look like heating coils. Is that how this whole thing works — the resistor slows down the fan by diverting (and wasting) some of the power to heat? I always thought I was saving power, and improving my fuel economy, by running the fan on lower settings.

But if this is how it works, the fan is always drawing maximum power no matter what setting I use. Say it ain’t so! — Dale Well, let’s start with the good news, Dale: You fixed your car. Hooray!

The bad news is that you discovered the dirty secret of how the fan switch works.

When you set the fan on high, electricity goes straight through the fan switch and continues on to the fan motor. If you turn down the fan speed, the same amount of electricity goes to the fan switch, but the switch engages one or more of its resistors and diverts some of that electricity, turning it into heat. That heat is just electricity going to waste — unless you happen to be cooking a 40-pound pheasant under your hood. But because less electricity ultimately makes it to the fan motor (because some is diverted as heat), the motor turns more slowly.

I should add that when you cause the fan to turn more slowly, the fan motor probably will last longer. So running the fan more slowly isn’t all bad or wasteful.

But if your only goal is to avoid wasting electricity and fuel, you’d have to run your fan on high speed all the time. And install a windmill between the seats to recapture some of that power.

Visit Cartalk.com

PELLE’ MEDICAL SPA SUMMER BODIES ARE MADE IN Coolsculpting & Vanquish WINTER Proud to offer both

We are now off ffer erin ering ing in g th thee very b best in ARE YOU READY? and contouring. fat reduction ductio d bo body Call for more information and find what is best for you and have your new slimmer body by summer.

The treatment is safe, quick, effective, and clients see visible results in a very short period of time.

From now until the end of March receive

25% off

any hair removal series package.

603-627-7000 159 Frontage Road, Manchester NH | PelleMedicalSpa.com 159 Frontage Rd, Manchester, NH 03103 603-627-7000 HIPPO | MARCH 9www.PelleSkinRenewal.com - 15, 2017 | PAGE 30

108720

112619

Please call Pelle Medical Spa for As seen on The Doctors, The View, and Dr. Oz. a complimentaryCall consultation.

Pelle today to buy or book! 603.627.7000

IN/OUT

Home sweet home

NH Housing Finance Authority presents homebuyer fair

NHHFA Homebuyer Fair. Courtesy photo.

By Matt Ingersoll

mingersoll@hippopress.com

New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority’s annual Homebuyer Fair, a onestop shop for anyone looking to buy a new home, will be held on Saturday, March 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester.

Andy Cadorette, manager of homeownership programs for NHHFA, said the fair is traditionally held in the early spring, when home buying season begins to pick up.

“The focus is all on what to know when you’re buying a house, so it’s not exactly a home show,” he said. “It’s just an opportunity for people to educate themselves and to talk to everyone for free in one place, with no pressure. … There definitely is a cycle to homeownership and home buying, so we always try to take advantage of this time of year.”

Nearly two dozen New Hampshire exhibitors are expected to attend the fair at the Radisson, including real estate companies, nonprofit housing agencies, lenders and more. In addition to providing information on how to establish good credit, how to apply for a mortgage and how to start your search for a new home, several exhibitors will also be bringing raffles and door prizes to be won throughout the duration of the fair. Local vendors will include Merrimack Mortgage Co., New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, The Way Home, American Eagle Realty, Residential Mortgage Services and several more.

“One of the great things about this fair that’s unique is that you can come to it as a potential homebuyer but not necessarily feel pressured,” said Jane Law, NHHFA’s director of communications. “It covers the gamut for a lot of people too, so we’ve had parents

come looking to get information for their adult children, and sometimes we have families with younger children come as well, who come for them to get the most out of it.”

Law added that visitors can stop by just to sit in on any one or all three of the seminars that are planned during the fair, instead of meeting with the exhibitors.

Beginning at 9:45 a.m., members of NHHFA will give a presentation on mortgage lending for first-time homebuyers, which will highlight the importance of building credit and the basics of applying for different kinds of programs.

The second seminar, at 11 a.m., will deal with Realtors and how to identify the risk of buying bank-owned properties. And at 12:15 p.m., a licensed home inspector will give a presentation for the last seminar on how to find the right home for you.

Registration for the seminars is available online in advance and at the door on the day of the fair.

“It’s very much a way to learn about the process and not about sales. … The environment is very informative and educational,” Law said.

There are two similar fairs planned for Saturday, March 18, at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth, and Saturday, March 25, at the Littleton Opera House.

New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority’s 15th annual Homebuyer Fair When: Saturday, March 11, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm St., Manchester Cost: Free Visit: gonewhampshirehousing.com/ learn-how/home-buyer-fair

113431

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 31

CAREERS

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

There’s a lot of on-the-job training in any kind of physical labor field like ours. … You really start at the ground up. So you’re cutting ground work and dragging brush to a chipper and working up to become a climber and a bucket operator. …

I did that for about 10 years before I started with Eversource.

Bob Allen

Manager of Vegetation Management Bob Allen of New Ipswich is the manager of Vegetation Management at Eversource Energy in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. is.

Explain what your current job

We hire contractors … to perform trimming near our wires on a four-year cycle. So we have, in New Hampshire, approximately 11,000 miles of overhead line and we trim ... about 20 percent of those miles every year. So that works out to being about 2,700 [or] 2,800 miles of line.

I have about 120 crews on any given day in New Hampshire, trimming the trees around the wires.

How long have you worked there?

I’ve been with Eversource for almost 30 years.

doesn’t own any of the trees that we’re trimming, so we’re going on other people’s property or trimming town trees. It’s somebody else’s property so you want to treat [their property] as you’d want them to treat [yours].

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

Courtesy photo.

I knew an awful lot about trees How did you find your current job? and I’ve certainly learned a lot about dealing I started with Eversource in veg manage- with people. I think … 30 years later, what ment in Western Mass Electric, which was would have helped me is if I had more of a a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities. Worked business background. I sit at the desk a lot there for five years, then I went down to and deal with a lot of desk-type stuff, which Connecticut for 17 years and worked as an was not in my curriculum in college. arborist in the field down there for what is now Eversource. Then, in 2009, after the What is your typical at-work uniform?

2008 ice storm, PSNH at the time was …

Work boots, khakis and a button-down beginning to make a significant investment shirt, whether flannel or more Oxford style. into their vegetation management program. Certainly not wearing a tie every day.

The fellow who had been running it was getting ready to retire. I was in Connecticut but What was the first job you ever had?

I wanted to work in New Hampshire, so I put It was working in the ice house making ice in for the job and I got it. cubes. — Ryan Lessard

How did you get interested in this field?

I grew up [working for] a family business and it was ice and fuel. Every summer, I was in the ice house making ice cubes when I was a kid. And I always wanted to be outside because I said I can’t imagine living and working inside an ice house all the time. So as soon as I got old enough to start looking at other careers, I got interested in climbing trees, because it was something I had done as a kid and found out there was a whole field of arboriculture. I started doing it for … four years. And then I went to Stockbridge School What’s the best piece of work-related [of Agriculture] at the University of Masadvice anyone’s ever given you? sachusetts in Amherst and got a degree in I would say, treat people as you want to arboriculture. be treated. I know it’s kind of the golden rule and it’s pretty basic, but generally Eversource

What’s something you’re really interested in right now?

I would say I read a lot. I’m usually in the 20 to 30 books a year [range]. And I also go to a lot of live music.

There’s A Better Way To Stop Snoring!

Have you or someone you love been diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and are seeking an alternative to the CPAP? You have a choice, let a designated “Qualified Dentist”, certified by the AADSM evaluate and see if a custom fitted oral appliance will help you both.

Call Dr. Larry Puccini

Now Offering BRILLIANT SAVINGS FOR YOU ON BOTOX JUVEDERM & FACIAL FILLERS

Certified in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing.

128 S. River Road Bldg. C, Unit 4 | Bedford

info@snordoc.com | PucciniDentalSleepMedicine.com 505 RIVERWAY PLACE, BEDFORD, NH • 603.624.4344 HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 32

603. 637.1857 ariyamedspa.com ariymedspa@gmail.com

113500

113094

Join a Winning Team

NOW HIRING Lumber Counter Sales 113415

For full or part-time in our Windham, NH location.

Applicant must be organized and able to multi-task in a team environment.

Competitive wages and benefits.

Seacoast Scene is looking for a

Full-Time Sales Rep Flexible Schedule Competitive Wages Ocean Views from your Mobile Office!

Contact Larry Marsolais

Send your resume to: Cyr Lumber PO Box 837 Windham, NH 03087 603.898.5000 113470

113151

NOW HIRING

larry@seacoastscene.net or 603.935.5096 113452

TEACHER JOB FAIR Nashua High School North

Experienced Sales Professionals

8 Titan Way, Nashua, NH 03063

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Bonneville & Son has JUST EXPANDED with the opening of our new Pre-Owned Showroom! Now we are in need of additional experienced Sales Associates to handle the volume of customers at our Manchester Dealerships. If you’re just looking for a job, please apply elsewhere. If you have experience selling imported or domestic vehicles, and are passionate about your career, come work for our locally owned family dealerships. The Bonneville family has been selling cars for over 60 years. Now is the time to make your move! Bonneville is hiring, so come work for a company you can Believe in.

Commission | Bonus | Medical | Dental | 401(k)

Apply in person to: Bill Dann, General Sales Manager Four Generations. One Passion. Believe in Bonneville.

625 Hooksett Road, Manchester, NH, (Exit 9S off I-93) 113535

4:00 pm – 7:30pm The Nashua School District is seeking Teachers for the 2017-2018 School Year. The District has an enduring tradition of excellence with a wide range of programs from pre-school to grade twelve. We support our new teachers with mentors, peer coaches and our outstanding professional development program. Join us in making a difference in the lives of our children and the community.

We are anticipating vacancies for the 2017-2018 school year in all certification areas and we are also seeking school nurses.

If you are a certified Teacher in NH, in another state or eligible for certification under one of the alternative programs in NH, or an interested RN, we invite you to join us at our Job Fair on Tuesday, March 14th at Nashua High North from 4:00pm – 7:30 pm. This is an excellent opportunity to meet with one of our Administrators, face to face for a brief interview.

Interviews are scheduled as you arrive and are only 15 minutes in length. Our salaries are competitive, our benefits are excellent, our parents and community support the schools. We hope to see you there!

Please apply online prior to the job fair and attach your resume, letters of recommendation, copies of official transcripts and your certification. If the position you desire is not posted, please apply for the position in the position portion of the online application.

Please bring a copy of your resume with you. Please do not bring portfolios.

APPLY ONLINE: www.nashua.edu.

The Nashua School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

113536

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 33

FOOD Green cuisine

Where to go for St. Patty’s Day eats

By Angie Sykeny

News from the local food scene

asykeny@hippopress.com

By Angie Sykeny

From traditional corned beef and cabbage dinners to green-themed pub crawls and cake classes, here are some local places where you can find St. Patty’s fare. All meals and events listed take place on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, unless otherwise specified. For more bars and restaurants offering St. Patty’s nightlife and entertainment, see p. 52 in the Nite section.

food@hippopress.com

• Tuscan Kitchen hits the Seacoast: The Tuscan Brands company celebrated the opening of its third location last week.

Tuscan Kitchen & Market Portsmouth (581 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, 952-4875, tuscanbrands.com) features the same style of artisan Italian cuisine and wine as the existing locations in Salem, N.H., and Burlington, Mass. The restaurant is currently open for dinner service and will begin lunch service on Monday, March 13, and breakfast service on a date to follow. Hours of operation are Sunday through Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Updates will be posted at facebook. com/TuscanBrandsPortsmouthNH. • Spaghetti for a cause: The New Hampshire Chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse will host its spaghetti dinner benefit at the Alpine Club (175 Putnam St., Manchester) on Saturday, March 11, from 5 to 9 p.m. The dinner includes allyou-can-eat spaghetti, sodas and adult beverages available at the bar, raffles and prizes. Tickets cost $10 in advance (by Thursday, March 9, at 5 p.m.) or $15 at the door the day of the event. For more information and to purchase advance tickets, call 986-4480 or email publicrelations@ nh-nh.bacaworld.org.

• Kids at the market: It’s Kids’ Day at Seacoast Eat Local’s Exeter winter farmers market (Exeter High School, 1 Blue Hawk Drive) on Saturday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market will feature special activities geared toward kids and families, including a scavenger hunt, butter-making, a taste test and more. For more information, call 888-600-0128, email info@seacoasteatlocal.org or visit seacoasteatlocal.org.

• Vegan cuisine 101: Local vegan chef Christine Fletcher will teach an introductory workshop on vegan cuisine at Ohana Yoga (44 Cedar St., Contoocook, 748-1539, ohanayoganh.com) on Friday, March 10, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The workshop will cover the health and environmental benefits of eating vegan, how to choose ingredients for balanced plant-based meals, tips for modifying meals to make them vegan, and ways to support local farms and utilize the fresh produce that’s available in early spring. Fletcher will give a demonstration of quick and easy vegan recipes such as vegan sushi, 42 Looking for more food and drink fun? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and hipposcout.com.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 34

Restaurant specials & meals

• Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) will have all-you-can-eat corned beef and cabbage, and other Irish specials from Friday, March 17, through Sunday, March 19.

• Auburn Pitts (167 Rockingham Road, Auburn, 622-6564, auburnpitts.com) will have specials from Friday, March 17, through Sunday, March 19, including a colossal Reuben for $8.95 and corned beef with the trimmings for $10.95.

• Cactus Jack’s (782 S. Willow St., Manchester, 627-8600; 1182 Union Ave., Laconia, 528-7800, cactusjacksnh.com) and T-Bones (77 Lowell Road, Hudson, 882-6677; 25 S. River Road, Bedford, 641-6100; 39 Crystal Ave., Derry, 434-3200; 311 S. Broadway, Salem, 893-3444; 1182 Union Ave., Laconia, 528-7800, t-bones.com) will offer a dinner special with corned beef and cabbage, sides and soda bread for $14.99 at all locations.

• Cheers (17 Depot St., Concord, 2280180, cheersnh.com) will serve specials all day including corned beef and cabbage, corned beef sandwiches, pot o’ gold fries, Guinness Irish stew, Guinness cupcakes and beer and cocktail specials.

• Copper Door (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677, copperdoorrestaurant.com) will have specials including potato leek soup, Reuben and Guinness-braised corned beef, plus the martini of the month, a Guinness martini.

• Cork N Keg Grille (4 Essex Dr., Raymond, 244-1573, corknkeggrill.com) will have Irish whiskey, beer and food specials.

• The Cozy Tea Cart (104 Route 13, Brookline, 249-9111, thecozyteacart.com) will have an Irish afternoon tea on Sunday, March 12, at 1 p.m., for $34.95. Registration is required.

• The Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille (40 Andover Road, New London, 526-6899, flyinggoose.com) will have Irish food specials including corned beef and cabbage.

• Fody’s Tavern (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 577-9015, fodystavern.com) will host a St. Patrick’s Day beer dinner on Tuesday,

St. Patrick’s Day corned beef dinner at North Side Grille in Hudson. Courtesy photo.

March 14, at 4:30 p.m., featuring four dishes paired with Millyard Brewery beers. The cost is $45, and space is limited. Call to reserve.

On St. Patrick’s Day, Fody’s will have specials all day, including Reuben and corned beef dinner.

• Gilmanton Winery (528 Meadow Pond Road, Gilmanton, 267-8251, gilmantonwinery.com) will serve a special dinner, featuring Irish potato soup, pub salad, a choice of corned beef or baked stuffed haddock, and Irish whiskey cake. Cocktail hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

The cost is $45. Reserve by March 14.

• Hooked Seafood Restaurant and Ignite Bar & Grille (110 Hanover St., Manchester, 606-1189; 100 Hanover St., 644-0064, hookedonignite.com) will have a celebration featuring corned beef and other specials.

• J. Michael’s Family Sports Pub (57 Rockingham Road, Windham, 894-0066, jmichaelspub.com) will serve corned beef and cabbage dinner all day.

• The Looney Bin (554 Endicott St. North, Laconia, 366-2300, looneybinbar.com) will have a corned beef and cabbage dinner buffet all day, and specials on Guinness, Jameson, Paddy Irish Whiskey, Baileys and other Irishinspired drinks. There will be a Paddy Irish Whiskey sampling and swag from 4 to 6 p.m.

• McGarvey’s Saloon (1097 Elm St., Manchester, 627-2721, mcgarveysnh.com) will serve Guinness and corned beef all day, starting at 8 a.m.

• Merrill’s Tavern and Stagecoach Grill (Atkinson Resort and Country Club, 85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson, 362-8700, atkinsonresort.com) will serve corned beef and cabbage from 4 to 10 p.m.

• Molly’s Tavern and Restaurant (35 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston, 487-1362, mollysnh.com) will serve corned beef and

cabbage and other Irish dishes all day.

• New England’s Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 782-5137, taphousenh.com) will have specials all day including corned beef and cabbage, Guinness cake and Guinness stew, a beer and cheese board and New Hampshire craft beer specials.

• North Side Grille (323 Derry Road, Hudson, 886-3663, hudsonnorthsidegrille. com) will offer corned beef dinner with all the sides on Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18.

• Patrick’s Pub & Eatery (18 Weirs Road, Gilford, 293-0841, patrickspub.com) will have an Irish buffet, Guinness chocolate cake, Jameson and Guinness promotions and green beer all day.

• The Peddler’s Daughter (48 Main St., Nashua, 821-7535, thepeddlersdaughter. com) will serve kegs and eggs starting at 8 a.m., Irish breakfast until 11 a.m., and corned beef dinner and other Irish dishes starting at 11 a.m.

• The River Casino & Sports Bar (53 High St., Nashua, 881-9060, therivercasino.com) will have specials all day, including green beer and corned beef and cabbage.

• The Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 625-0246, theshaskeenpub.com)will serve an Irish breakfast at 5:30 a.m., and first pints at 6 a.m. A special food menu will be served throughout the day, and a Guinness promotion will run from 5 to 6 p.m.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230, villagetrestle.com) will serve corned beef and cabbage and other specials all day.

• The Yard (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-3545, theyardrestaurant. com) will have a corned beef and cabbage luncheon buffet for $14.95 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., corned beef plated dinners for $17.95 and an Irish dinner buffet for $19.95 from 4 to 9 p.m.

More food & drink events

• The Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Derry, 339-1664, culinary-playground. com) is offering an Irish-themed cooking class on Thursday, March 23, at 10 and 11:30 a.m., for kids age 3 through 6. Kids will mix, measure and shape the dough to make their own mini Irish soda bread. The cost is $16.

Registration is required.

• Frederick’s Pastries (109 Route 101A, Amherst, 882-7725, pastry.net) will have a St. Patrick’s Day adult cake decorating class on Thursday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. Create a “Mug O’ Beer” with chocolate, vanilla or purple velvet cake and frost it with buttercream.

The cost is $65. Register online.

• Ooo La La Creative Cakes of 36

113518

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful”~Mae West Historic Millyard District at 75 Arms Street, Manchester, NH • Lunch: Monday through Friday • Dinner: Nightly at 5pm 6 0 3 . 6 2 2 . 5 4 8 8 Chef/Author/Owner Jeffrey Paige w w w . c o t t o n f o o d . c o m 081962

Buck-a-Shuck Oysters at all

3 Locations!

34 Meredith (455-2989, ooolalacreativecakes.com) will host a St. Patrick’s-themed cake class for adults at Jump N Joy (477 Province Road, No. 3, Laconia) on Thursday, March 16, at 6 p.m. Create a 6-inch “Pot of Gold” cake with green and chocolate batter, vanilla or Baileys Irish Cream buttercream, fondant shamrocks and more. The cost is $35. Registration is required.

• The St. Paddy’s Run Before You Crawl 5K & Pub Crawl will take place Saturday, March 11, in Dover. The 5K will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by a pub crawl at 11 a.m., which features downtown restaurants with food and drink specials. The cost is $40 for both the 5K and pub crawl, $25 for adults and $10 for kids for the 5K only, and $20 for the pub crawl only. Visit runb4ucrawl.com.

• A Tasting of the Green will be held at Laconia Public Library (695 Main St., Laconia, 524-4775, laconialibrary.org) at 4 p.m.

Do a taste test of green foods and drinks and try to guess what they are. Tasting is free.

• The Victoria Inn Bed & Breakfast (430 High St., Hampton, 929-1437, thevictoriainn. com) is offering a St. Patrick’s Beer Lover’s Weekend package from Friday, March 17, through Sunday, March 19, which includes

Call For Reservations Today!

MERRIMACK | MILFORD | MANCHESTER www.Giorgios.com

112188

Reggie Says...

“Our Homemade pork pies are the real thing!”

too!

Chicken Pies kes No one ma y’s! them like Ka

We have 49 flavors of hard ice cream to choose from.

We have soft serve too!

Sundaes • Novelties • Parfaits • Hot dogs

Open Daily 11am-9pm

185 Concord St. Nashua TheBig1icecream.com Find us on Facebook!

Greek & American Baked Specialties

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 36

096502

625-1132

443 Lake Avenue (corner of Hall St.)Manchester Tuesday–Friday 7am–5pm, Saturday 7am–1pm

113383

Food & Drink Author events/lectures • HOW TO KOMBUCHA A healthy tea program by Mariah Kimball. Wed., March 15, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Smyth Public Library, 55 High St. , Candia. Call 483-8245.

• BREAKFAST AT INA’S Showing of the documentary Breakfast at Ina’s, including a special gala brunch before the film and a post film discussion with Ina Pinkney. Pinkney will also be selling and signing her acclaimed cookbooks. Sun., March 26, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. South Eastern Regional Education Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford. $36, $48.50 after March 20. Search event on brownpapertickets.com.

• TEA PARTY Tea expert Lynda Simmons comes to discuss tea etiquette, history, and health benefits. Wed., March 29, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry.

Call 432-6140.

• DERRY COOKBOOK GROUP Group will choose a new cookbook for each meeting and make something from the book, then bring it in to share.

Discuss tips, tricks and troubles and eat. Cookbooks will be available to borrow at the front desk. First Fri., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Contact Jessica at jessicad@derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

• PELHAM COOKBOOK EXPLORERS Group explores a new type of cuisine or diet each month. Share your cooking successes and challenges

Mug O’ Beer cake from St. Patrick’s Day cake decorating class at Frederick’s Pastries in Amherst. Courtesy photo.

a two-night stay for two, a corned beef dinner, two full breakfasts and a Granite State Growler Tour Bus experience, starting at $450. The corned beef dinner is also open to the public for $12 and will be held at Victoria’s Kitchen (725 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 926-2076, facebook) on Friday from 3 to 8 p.m.

and leave with new recipes.

Monthly. Pelham Public Library, 24 Village Green, Pelham. Free and open to the public. Email wflint@pelhamweb.com.

Beer & wine making classes • LIGHT & SWEET WINEMAKING Make Cucumber Melon Savignon Blanc, Pomegranate Zinfandel and Green Apple Riesling. Wed., March 15, 6 p.m. Incredibrew, 112 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua. $60 for six bottles. Visit incredibrew.com.

• BRACKET BUSTING SPLIT-A-BATCH Watch the NCAA March Madness at IncrediBREW and brew a batch of Hoptimist and Big Boy Stout.

Thurs., March 23, 6 p.m. Incredibrew, 112 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua. $30 bottles not included, $40 including bottles.

Visit incredibrew.com.

• MARCH MEADNESS Mead making event. Sun., March 26, 1 p.m. Incredibrew, 112 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua. $60 for six bottles. Visit incredibrew.com.

Beer & wine tasting classes • WINE TASTING LIKE A PRO Learn some of the most important aspects of wine and the basic vocabulary that you will need to know in order to explore wine to its fullest.

Thurs., March 9, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WineNot Boutique, 170 Main St., Nashua. $30. Call 204-5569.

• LEARNING WINE LANGUAGE AND SECRETS OF

SOMMELIERS Learn how to discern different smells and flavors in wines, why to decant a wine and the importance of how to serve it at the right temperature and in the right style of glass. Thurs., March 23, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WineNot Boutique, 170 Main St., Nashua. $30. Call 204-5569.

• BIG SIX WINE GRAPES Taste examples of each of the six wine varietals from different regions of the world and learn how to identify them. Thurs., March 30, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

WineNot Boutique, 170 Main St., Nashua. $30. Call 204-5569.

Beer, wine & liquor dinners • WINES OF THE WORLD TOUR Each dinner party focuses on a different wine region of the world. Top-picked wines will be paired with five regional-influenced tasting courses.

Menu will be local farm-to-table driven. See website for “Tour Schedule.” Third Thurs., 6:15 p.m., Nov. 17 through Oct. 19.

Colby Hill Inn , 33 The Oaks St., Henniker. $115 for first class, $95 for additional classes. Registration is required. Call 4283281 or visit colbyhillinn.com/ wines-of-the-world-dinners.htm.

Beer, wine & liquor festivals & special events • SPRING WINE SPECTACULAR Wine tasting event features 80 high quality wines poured along with craft beer, appetizers, steak tips, cheese, fine chocolate and more. Fri., March 17, 6 to 9

Easter Brunch

Sunday Brunch Being Served 10am-3pm

At The Vineyard

Serving Dinner (3pm-10pm)

Adults $42 | Kids $18 (3 & under free) Seating Times - 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm

Visit our Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar

(Prices include tax & gratuity)

$5 Mimosas

Our brunch buffet includes chef madeto-order omelets, fresh salads and fruits, live carving station, children’s favorites, sweet dessert station & much more!

Inspired classic American fare in a warm, inviting atmosphere.

Reservations required. Visit our website for our menu and to confirm yours today!

We are open 7 Days Lunch Mon - Sat: 11:30am - 4pm Sun Brunch: 10am-3pm

Dinner

Mon - Thurs: 4pm - 10pm Fri & Sat: 4pm-11pm Sun: 3pm-10pm

199 Rockingham Road | Derry, NH (603) 965-4359 birchwoodvineyards.com Like us on Facebook!

113430

109928

Cheers Lucky To

Getting

The Never Boring Steakhouse

St. Patrick’s Day Specials all day!

Hot/Cold Lunch

Corned Beef and Cabbage served all day. Guiness Irish Stew , Corned Beef sandwiches, Pot o gold fries, Guinness Cupcakes...and more!

BUFFET $8.95 Super Burritos & Quesidillas are back too!

We’re Celebrating big with Beer, Cocktail and Food specials all day long.

Meatballs w/ Marinara • Vegetarian Penne Alfredo • Baked Haddock Carnitas • Rotisserie Chicken • Wraps Homemade Soups • Mashed Potatoes (Sweet & White) • Yucca • Sweet Plantains Beans • Rice • 30 Item Salad Bar

Lunch

Mon-Sat • 11:30-2pm

Dinner

Mon-Sat • 4pm-10pm Sun • 4pm-9pm

Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm

603-669-9460 62 Lowell St, Manchester, NH www.gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com

111974

Full Breakfast Menu Also Available.

17 Depot St., Concord, NH 228-0180

106218

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 37

Celebrate with Sweet Style.

Wedding Favors Available in packages of 1-4 of our finest chocolates.

SAVE $10

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

www.vanotis.com • 603.627.1611 341 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101

111680

T WIS ET IV

COM FO R

when you spend $50 or more

D WITH A CRE AT OO F T

Try one of our new vegan dishes!

Save $10 on your purchase of $50 or more with this coupon. May not be combined with other offers, excludes wine & shipping costs. Other restrictions may apply. Expires 12/15/12. To use coupon online, enter promo code at checkout: HIPSANTA

S

CE

M

19 88.

FRO CR AT CH.

A different blend

Local nutritionist shares unique smoothie recipes

Completely Customizable.

Choose your favorite chocolate flavor, ribbon and box color.

112769

FOOD

N . SI

BY HAND

672.0500 • Route 101, Amherst 112340

Open Daily Serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch

TheBlackForestCafe.com Lettuce wraps • Sliders • Rice bowls

Now Offering

Breakfast/Brunch Sundays 7am-2pm

Full breakfast menu featuring choice breakfast skillets and specialty Eggs Benedict

If you’re looking to branch out from the traditional strawberry-banana or green-blend smoothies, local nutritionist and smoothie enthusiast Rebecca Camire has some tips.

On Saturday, March 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Book Cellar in Nashua, Camire will discuss and sign copies of her new smoothie recipe book, The Smoothie Reset, and offer a smoothie-making demonstration and tasting.

“A lot of people make the same smoothie all the time and don’t know how to change it up,” she said. “The book provides a guide for how to change up your smoothies, plus 20 recipes to try if you want something different but don’t want to create your own.”

Camire was inspired to develop her own smoothie recipes after noticing that many others lacked what she considers to be the key to a healthy, energizing and satisfying smoothie: a combination of protein, fats and carbohydrates.

To achieve this combination, her recipes follow a formula that generally consists of a protein powder; nuts, seeds, coconut or other sources of healthy fat; and fruits and vegetables to fulfill the carbs requirement. But there are still some surprising ingredients in the mix.

“I have a cookies and cream smoothie which is made with a lot of coconut for the healthy fat and a couple tablespoons of chocolate chips for the carbohydrate. The chocolate does have some sugar, but it still works as the carbohydrate in place of a handful of berries or other fruit,” Camire said.

Breakfast only.

Where: Book Cellar, 34 Northwest Blvd., Nashua When: Saturday, March 11, 2 to 4 p.m.

Cost: Free Visit: refreshednutrition.com

Voted #1 fifteen years in a row!

Higher price prevails, not to be combined with other offers.

Exp. 3-31-17

428 Chestnut St., Manchester

201 Hanover St, Manchester, NH 627-2677 | www.VerandaGrille.com

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 38

111935

MANCHESTER’S HOT SPOT FOR ARTISTIC DRINKS & INSPIRED FOOD!

669-4533

“It’s definitely more of a dessert smoothie, but it’s healthier than grabbing a cookie.”

The Smoothie Reset includes many other smoothies modeled after desserts, like chunky monkey, pumpkin pie, blueberry pie, peaches and cream, carrot cake, acai bowl and chocolatecovered strawberry.

Camire said the REBECCA CAMIRE ideas for her recipes come from everyday life; the idea for her latest creation, a blueberry and cashew milk smoothie, was sparked simply by seeing blueberry yogurt and milk on a shelf next to each other at the grocery store. Other recipes were developed as an express version of a meal.

“There’s one recipe in the book that’s a maple bacon smoothie,” Camire said.

“It sounds crazy, but I wanted to make a smoothie that tastes like the standard breakfast that people may not have time to make in the morning.”

At the demo, Camire will also share tips from the book on how to create your own smoothies using the same formula.

“We all have different tastes,” she said.

“It’s easy to mix and match different ingredients and choose what you like.”

A lot of people make the same smoothie all the time and don’t know how to change it up.

Smoothie demo with Rebecca Camire

Buy one, get one 50% OFF!

Chocolate Strawberry smoothie from The Smoothie Reset by Rebecca Camire. Courtesy photo.

Chocolate Strawberries Smoothie Taken from The Smoothie Reset by Rebecca Camire 1½ cups of almond or cashew milk 1 banana ½ cup of strawberries (fresh or frozen)

1 scoop of chocolate protein powder (Camire recommends Sunwarrior brand) 2 to 3 tablespoons of flax seeds 1 cup of ice cubes Place ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.

Fish and Chips $11.99

St. Patty’s Day

Fried Haddock Dinner

treats for lucky leprechauns!

$12.99

832 Elm St. • Manchester, NH • 603-218-3885 13 Warren St. • Concord, NH • 603-225-2591

www.GraniteStateCandyShoppe.com 113372

Concord Opening Spring 20 17!

603.626.1118 61 Lowell St. Manchester 603.249.9222 63 Union Square, Milford 603.552.3091 137 Rockingham Rd, Londonderry redarrowdiner.com 113138

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 39

Lucky You.

IN THE

Kitchen

We’ve got all kinds of

Delicious Treats.

WITH DEVIN CLARK

breakfast | lunch | catering

INNE

R

Irish Soda Bread, ea Hot Cross Buns, Cookies, ders Picks Cupcakes, and more!

Serving Manchester for 20 Years.

Call ahead seating available.

Woodbury Court | 124 S River Rd Bedford, NH | 603-232-1953

Mon 7:30a-2p • Tues-Fri 7:30a - 5:30p • Sat 8a-12p

819 Union St., Manchester • 647-7150 Michellespastries.com

www.PurpleFinchCafe.com

113119

113064

Now serving breakfast all day, every day!

R

W

Voted Best Breakfast

Taste of Europe Wine Dinner

What is your must-have kitchen item?

It’d have to be our locally made wood smokers. We have several things on our menu that are fresh wood-smoked, and the amount of smoke and the mixture of maple and hickory woods gives it a great flavor. It’s become an indispensable tool.

Tuesday, March 14th

6:00pm Reservations Required Five courses with wine pairings for each course - Hosted by Jack Hecker Northeast Regional Manager - HB Wine Merchants

$85.00 (plus tax and gratuity)

Chef Owned & Operated Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm Dinner 4:00-close Tuesday - Sunday 488-5629 |170 Rt. 101 Bedford| RestaurantTeknique.com

Devin Clark is the executive chef and general manager at The Everyday Cafe & Pub (14 Maple St., Contoocook, 746-6041, theeverydaycafenh.com). Before he started working at the cafe three years ago, he was a frequent customer and supplied the cafe with fresh bagels he made as part of his home baking business. The owner was impressed with Clark’s bagels and culinary background, which included studying at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Boston and the now-closed Atlantic Culinary Academy in Dover, and his 15 years of experience working as a chef at various country clubs, resorts and inns. He offered Clark a job as a baker at the cafe. “I just kind of fell into the position by a little bit of luck and good fortune,” Clark said, “and it blossomed into a wonderful endeavor.”

113471

Hanover St. Manchester • EastSidePlazaNH.com

What is your favorite thing on your menu?

Buttermilk fried chicken. Since we’re a breakfast joint, we end up with a lot of bacon fat, so for the buttermilk fried chicken, we do the chicken thighs really slow in the oven with the leftover bacon fat covering it. It adds a tremendous extra layer of flavor and smoWhat would you choose for your last kiness. It’s not the healthiest, but it’s one of meal? those things you can have once a month as A traditional platter of Mexican tacos, with long as you’re good for the rest of the month. an assortment of pork, beef, chicken, fish, the works.

What is the biggest food trend in New Hampshire right now?

What is your favorite local restaurant?

There’s more appreciation between chefs Mediterrano, a Turkish restaurant in Hill- and the farmers and the food. Restaurants are sborough. My wife and I go there for a date sourcing as locally as possible and trying to night whenever we’re looking for something get closer to the farmer and give a name and a different from the day-to-day, and it’s always face to the farm. worth going back. Their food is done right.

It’s consistent and always fresh and delightful.

What is your favorite meal to cook at home?

What celebrity would you like to see eatI live on a farm myself, and once springing at your restaurant? time hits, we end up eating mostly vegetarian.

Since I’m a chef, I’d say Anthony Bour- That’s my favorite thing. I can’t say I have dain. I had the pleasure of doing a fundraising one favorite dish; whatever we have in seadinner with him in Montana. He’s a funny son, I just let those ingredients guide me and guy and a damn good cook. move me in the moment. — Angie Sykeny Smoked Chicken & Avocado Tacos From the kitchen of Devin Clark 1 whole chicken, brined and smoked, roasted or grilled, meat pulled 2 avocados, peeled, seeded and diced 2 cups refried black beans 1 cup molé verde (see recipe) 1 head greenleaf or other lettuce, shredded 2 cups diced tomato 1 package each soft corn and flour tortillas

DRY CLEANERS

ALOHA RESTAURANT • CRICKET WIRELESS• DEANS CARPET • DRY CLEANERS • GNC •HANNAFORD • HANOVER STREET DR. DENTAL • H&R BLOCK • NH NAILS & SPA • NH LIQUOR &WINE OUTLET • ST. MARY’S BANK BILL’S PET & AQUARIUM • PIZZA MARKET • POSTAL CENTER USA •RENT-A-CENTER • SUBWAY • 1/2 OFF CARDS 098611

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 40

Once cooked chicken has cooled enough to touch, shred meat slightly with forks or your fingers. Flash-heat tortillas on griddle, hot skillet, or quickly in preheated oven. Lay out warm tortilla, smear a tablespoon or so of mole verde in the middle, spoon in smoked chicken, avocado and beans, and top with lettuce and tomatoes. Serve with salsa, sour cream, guacamole or other toppings, if desired.

Molé Verde:

6 tomatillos, husked and washed, roasted until skin blisters ¼ cup minced red onion 2 tablespoons minced garlic ¼ cup jalapeno, minced ¼ cup cilantro, chopped 1 lime, juiced 2 tablespoons pepitas (pumpkin seeds), toasted and cooled 2 teaspoons ground coriander 2 teaspoons ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground allspice ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon kosher salt Combine all ingredients in sauce pot and bring to simmer. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often. Puree with food processor or blender until smooth.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE112965 41

Weekly Dish

Continued from page 34 nut cheese, raw dessert and winter salads, followed by a tasting of the dishes. Participants will also receive vegan recipes to take home and try on their own. Tickets cost $45 and can be purchased at ohanayoganh.com/

Enjoy oulre delectab treats!

Try Our Cronuts

Saturdays & Sundays!

www.thebakeshoponkelleystreet.com 101182

171 Kelley St., Manchester • 624.3500 113376

Mon 7:30–2 • Tue–Fri 7:30–6 • Sat 8–5 • Sun 9–1

Plan to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with us!

Beer, wine & liquor tastings • HIGHLAND WINE MERCHANTS TASTING Thurs., March 9, 5 to 8 p.m. Lucia’s Bodega, 30 Indian Rock Road, Windham. Visit facebook.com/ HighlandWineMerchants.

hookedonignite.com

100 Hanover St. Manchester | 644-0064 |

Bar & Grille

113033

Beer • Bagpipes & Corned Beef!

KRUPNIK This deep golden liqueur carries all the robust flavor of the local honey we start with. It is artfully balanced with spices of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, fresh ginger, and vanilla, plus 40% alcohol to make an incredibly intense sipping liqueur. For a final touch, we lightly age the spirit on our oak ex-whiskey barrels.

Krupnik is traditionally served neat, however it mixes well with apple cider, and brandy.

Silver Medal Winner 2016

E INNwater 2 oz boiling Garnish with a slice of lemon and/or Rea d r s P icks cinnamon estick

R

In a toddy mug, mix: 2 oz. Krupnik 1 oz Ginger Liqueur

W

BORDER COLLIE TODDY

2 Townsend West, Ste 9 | Nashua Open: Sat-Sun 12pm-5pm | djinnspirits.com | 603-262-1812 HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 42

p.m. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua. $35. Call 204-5569.

• NH BEER CLUB Monthly meetings feature a Granite State brewer, plus a limited edition or unique brew. Mon., March 20, April 17, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. New England’s Tap House Grille, 1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett. Cost is $30 per event.

See nhbeerclub.com.

110223

Chef events/special meals • CHEF’S TABLE DINNER Specialty dinner at the winery prepared by Chef James. Sat., March 25, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Flag Hill Winery & Distillery , 297 N. River Road (Route 155), Lee. $60. Call 659-2949 or visit flaghill.com.

• NIGHT AT THE QUILL Dinner at the student-run, finedining restaurant to benefit the Easter Seals programs. Wed., March 29, 5 to 8 p.m. The Quill Restaurant at SNHU, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. $65.

Visit easterseals.com.

• FARM-TO-TABLE DINNER CLUB Monthly four-course dinners prepared with local food and paired with wine or beer samplings from local wineries and breweries. Monthly, last Thursday, 6 p.m. Roots Cafe at Robie’s Country Store , 9 Riverside St., Hooksett. $40. Call 485-7761, or visit rootsatrobies.com.

Church & charity suppers/bake sales • PIE, BAKE & BOOK SALE Snack and lunch items are available, all to benefit Union Congregational Church. Sat., March 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Union Congregational Church, 80 Main St., Union. Call Betty at 473-2727.

• CHOWDER LUNCHEON Features fish chowder and corn chowder served with homemade bread, coffee or tea, and choice of homemade pie slice. Take-out is also available. Tues., March 14, and March 28, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Greenland Parish House, 44 Post Road, Greenland. $8 per person. Call 436-8336 or visit communitychurchofgreenland.org.

classes-workshops-events. To read the full story about the workshop that ran in the Hippo, visit hippopress.com and click on “past issues,” then click on the March 2 pdf and look for the story on p. 36.

• COMMUNITY SOUP NIGHT Bring a soup, a bread or dessert, and your own bowl and spoon. Fri., March 24, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Dunbarton Public Library, 1004 School St., Dunbarton Center, Dunbarton. Call 774-3546.

• FREE HOT MEALS The church’s Sonshine Soup Kitchen serves a free hot meal five days a week. Mon. through Fri., 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. First Baptist Church, 2 Crystal Ave., Derry. Visit freemealsinderry.blogspot.com.

• MONTHLY HAM AND BEAN DINNER Menu features ham, two kinds of beans, potato salad, cole slaw, bread, a drink and pie. First Sat., Oct. through May, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Main St. United Methodist, 154 Main St., Nashua. $9 for adults, $8 for seniors (60+), $4 for kids ages 6 to 12, kids under age 6 are free.

Call 882-3361.

• FREE MONTHLY DINNER Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed and inviting community setting. Second Sun., 5 to 6:30 p.m., through April. Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, 1 Hood Road , Derry. Call 432-2130.

• FREE MONTHLY DINNER Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed and inviting community setting. Third Thurs., 5 to 6 p.m., through May. West Running Brook Middle School, 1 W. Running Brook Lane, Derry. Call 432-1350.

• FREE MONTHLY DINNER Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed and inviting community setting. Third Sat., 5 to 6:30 p.m., through May. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 63 E. Broadway, Derry.

Call 434-4767.

• FREE MONTHLY DINNER Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed and inviting community setting. Third Sun., 5 to 6:15 p.m., through May. Etz Hayim Synagogue,, 1-1/2 Hood Road, Derry. Call 432-0004.

• FREE MONTHLY SPAGHETTI DINNER Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed and inviting community setting. Fourth Fri., 5 to 6:30 p.m., through May. First Parish Congregational Church, 47 East Derry Road, Derry. Call 434-0628.

• FREE MONTHLY BREAKFAST Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed and inviting community setting. Fourth Sun., 9 to 10 a.m.,

through May. Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, 1 Hood Road , Derry. Call 432-2130.

• FREE MONTHLY LUNCH Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed and inviting community setting. Last Sun., 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., through May. The Lions Club, 256 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. Call 432-3333.

Classes/workshops • HEARTH-COOKING WORKSHOPS Two-hour, hands-on workshops teach participants open-heart cooking skills as they make and enjoy a traditional menu, served on redware pottery in the house dining room Sat., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., March 11, March 25, April 8 and April 22.

Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. $65.

Advance registration required.

Visit strawberybanke.org.

• VEGETARIAN SERIES: MARCH MENU Learn the art of meatless cooking. Participants work independently under the guidance of a chef. Make two to four servings of the recipe. Menu features beet salad with arugula, goat cheese and walnuts, lentil and mushroom shepherd’s pie, and spice-poached pears. Sun., March 12 and March 26, 4 to 6 p.m. The Culinary Playground, 16 Manning Street, Suite 105, Derry. $60. Visit culinary-playground.com.

• MAPLE SYRUP IN SAVORY AND SWEET PREPARATIONS Part of the Winemaker’s Kitchen Cooking Class Series. Learn to prepare a meal with dishes paired or prepared with LaBelle wines. The menu includes maple season cocktails, maple crusted chicken tenders and bacon waffles with dipping sauce and sweet potato tots (paired with Tempest) and maple churros (paired with Dulce). Wed., March 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. LaBelle Winery, 345 Route 101, Amherst. $25.

Call 672-9898 or visit labellewineryevents.com.

• INTRODUCTION TO CHOCOLATE Learn the history and myth-perceptions of chocolate, make chocolate like the Mayans by grinding beans, and taste four different chocolates. Thurs., March 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dancing Lion Chocolate, 917 Elm St., Manchester. Cost is $45 per person. Call 625-4043 to register. Visit dancinglion.us.

Easy, Affordable Party Planning!

FROM THE

pantry

SHOWERS, ANNIVERSARIES, BIRTHDAYS, YOU NAME IT!

Ideas from off the shelf

A choice of award winning food or a menu of your choosing • No pressure event planning • At our place or yours - you choose • Need bartending? We have the best!

Visit the catering section of our website to send us your ideas

Pork chalupas Tacos and enchiladas are pretty much the extent of my capacity to cook anything resembling Mexican food. So when I came across a recipe for pork chalupas I figured it couldn’t hurt to try it. But I was running low on time and ingredients and ended up having to modify the recipe. Despite my modifications, this recipe has the makings of a great meal.

I had pork chops instead of a pork roast in my fridge, and decided that instead of slow cooking and shredding the pork, I’d sear and bake the chops using the same seasonings. While the pork chops only cooked for about 25 minutes, they still packed a lot of flavor. I served them with rice instead of in tortillas, but I was left wanting that one bite of super-condensed flavor. Plus, I was only cooking for two, and a 4-pound pork roast like the recipe called for would have made more food than we could ever eat.

Other than the pork, this recipe was very pantry-friendly. Chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic powder and salt rounded out the flavors, along with dried pinto beans and cans of diced green chili peppers. I reduced the amount of seasonings I was using by Pork Chalupas Recipe adapted from All Recipes 1 (4-pound) pork shoulder roast 1 pound dried pinto beans 3 4-ounce cans diced green chili peppers 2 tablespoons chili powder 2 tablespoons dried cumin 2 tablespoons salt 2 tablespoons dried oregano 2 tablespoons garlic powder 16 flour tortillas Place the roast inside a slow cooker coated with cooking spray. In a bowl, stir together the beans, 2 cans of the chili peppers,

Fairs/festivals/expos • CHOCOLATE, WINE & CHEESE FESTIVAL Taste more than 80 wines, gourmet chocolates, artisan cheeses, and specialty food products, including gourmet pastas, mustards, ketchups, relishes and chutneys, dressings, jellies and more. Sat., March 18, 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Radisson Hotel , 11 Tara Blvd., Nashua. $30 general admission, $10 designated drivers. Visit chocolatewinecheese.eventbrite.com.

Stella Blu 70 East Pearl St. Nashua • 578-5557

Stella Blu more than half, and since I wasn’t using the slow cooker and adding water, I used a can of pinto beans instead of the dry alternative and used one fewer can of chili peppers.

The juices from the chili peppers blended with the seasonings to create a delicious sauce that helped keep the pork moist and was great drizzled over the rice and beans.

Plus, the beans absorbed a lot of flavor from the juices they cooked in, so each bean was a mini serving of flavor.

I can only imagine how delicious this recipe would be served in a tortilla with some chopped lettuce and tomatoes. They would add the texture I felt was missing.

And while I did make some heavy modifications, the final package was still savory and flavorful and worth keeping the ingredients in my pantry for when I buy a pork roast to try making chalupas that adhere to the recipe more closely.

— Lauren Mifsud chili powder, cumin, salt, oregano and garlic powder. Pour the mixture over the roast, and add enough water so the roast is mostly covered. Cover, and cook on low for 8 to 9 hours. Check after about 5 hours to make sure the beans have not absorbed all the liquid. Add more water if necessary 1 cup at a time to prevent the beans from drying out. When the pork is tender enough to be pulled apart with a fork, remove it from the slow cooker, and place on a cutting board.

Remove any bone and excess fat before shredding with forks. Return to the slow cooker, and stir in the remaining can of green chilies. Heat through, and serve with flour tortillas and your favorite toppings.

• “THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME” - GOURMET FESTIVAL & AUCTION Event features cuisine and fine spirits from more than 20 of the area’s best chefs, bakers and beverage vendors, as well as silent and live auctions. Benefits families in the community at risk of homelessness. Sun., March 19, 4 to 8 p.m.

Nashua Country Club, 25 Fairway Road, Nashua. $85 per person.

Visit frontdooragency.org/events/ gourmet-festival or call 886-2866.

Kids cooking classes • PARENT/CHILD DINNER DATE: LASAGNA Teams will work together on their meal and dessert under the guidance of the chef instructor, then sit and dine together in the class kitchen. Open to kids ages 5 through 12. Menu features spinach lasagna roll ups and cannoli bites. Fri., March 10, 6 to 8 p.m. The Culinary Playground, 16 Manning Street, Suite 105, Derry. $40. Visit culinaryplayground.com.

StellaBlu-NH.com

107929

March 17th, 18th & 19th Also, other traditional Irish Fare

Fri., March 17th

Party with us and “Those Guys” Lots of Giveaways & Fun!

603-753-6631 N. Main St., Boscawen AlansofBoscawen.com

112322

Zack’s • Lobster served 15 Different Ways • Steaks, Pasta, Chicken, Exotic Cocktails & more!

• FREE Birthday meals!

BEEF PROVIDED BY:

Currier Hill Farm

$15 OFF Your Purchase of

$60 OR MORE!

With this coupon. Not to be combined with any other offers. Limit 1 per customer. Exp: 3/19/17

www.CurrierHillFarm.com

112629

FOOD

4 C O B B ET T S P O ND R D . , W IND H A M | 8 9 0 -5 5 5 5 • WWW. L OB ST ER T A IL . NET

St. Patrick’s Day at the THG! Corned Beef & Cabbage Guinness Cake • Guiness Stew Craft beer NH • NH Brewery Specials Beer & Cheese board, games and giveways

SUNDAY

Pipe and drums in the afternoon

1292 Hooksett Rd, Hooksett| 782-5137 | TapHouseNH.com

111905

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 43

DRINK

St. Patty’s Day sips

A COUNTRY ECO RETREAT & DINING DESTINATION

Guinness, whiskey and cider

Brunch

A Wee Bit of Irish Cheese & Wine for Your Pleasure

Every Sunday 10:30am-2:00pm

Kerrygold Dubliner Kerrygold Whiskey Cheddar Cahill's Irish Porter Irish Cashel Blue Grady's Irish Cab

By Stefanie Phillips food@hippopress.com

Dinner

Wednesday-Sunday Seatings 5:30pm-8:30pm

Complimentary Wine Tasting Friday, March 10 • 2:30pm-5:30pm

815 Chestnut St. Manchester

112062

625•9544

Mon–Fri: 9–6 • Sat: 9-4 AngelasPastaAndCheese.com

www.ColbyHillinn.com

113048

* 5 OFF Your check of $25 or more $

GO OD NNE TI I M E

Mon–Thurs 2–5pm

*Manchester locations only. Not to be combined with other offers. Limit 1 coupon per table

R LeaudenrscPihcks & Servinrg Everyday!

Dinne

3 OFF*LUNCH

$

076978

W

OD and a real

R

al Re

O AN F XIC E M

Mon–Fri, 11–2pm with this coupon

*Manchester locations only. Not to be combined with other offers. Limit 1 coupon per table. Dine in only.

KIDS EAT FREE ON TUESDAYS 2–7pm!

COMBO MEALS #1- #30

LIMIT 2 KIDS PER ADULT ENTREE. DOES NOT INCLUDE DRINK OR DESSERT. DINE IN ONLY.

BUY 1 GET 1/2 PRICE SUNDAYS

(DINE IN ONLY, NOT TO BE COMBINED W/ OTHER OFFERS OR COUPONS)

545 Hooksett Rd., Manchester 628-6899 • 1875 S Willow St., Manchester 623-7705

www.lacar r etamex.com

106616

Get a $10 gift certificate just by shopping with us! *One purchase per day, per person in March 2017. Not for every $20 spent.

Make five $20 purchases on five different days in March and get a $10 gift certificate!*

1

2

3

4

5

Stop by either store and speak to a cashier to get started!

WWW.OUTFITTERSNH.ORG

OUTFITTERSNH

394 Second St., Manchester, NH 20 South Main St., Concord, NH

Furniture, Housewares Books, and Clothing for the Whole Family!

All proceeds help support Families in Transition, a nonprofit that provides affordable housing & services to homeless families and individuals in NH. www.fitnh.org 113440 HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 44

There are typically two things that come to mind when you think of St. Patrick’s Day: Guinness and Irish whiskey.

Even though they have never been my go-to drinks of choice, they are worth recognizing on this holiday. Anyone planning to celebrate will be happy to know that it falls on a Friday this year, which means you have the rest of the weekend to recover.

While some Guinness drinkers like it straight up the old-fashioned way, others like a nice Black and Tan (half Guinness and half Bass Pale Ale). But there are some other great takes on this. I always like to share these before St. Patrick’s Day in case you are looking to switch things up or invent your own recipe.

All Irish Black & Tan: Guinness layered atop Smithwick’s Half & Half: Guinness & Harp Lager Blacksmith: Guinness & Smithwick’s Black Velvet: Guinness & Strongbow Cider (I also saw this listed as stout beer & Champagne. Let me know if you try that. It sounds interesting!)

The Patriot: half Guinness, half Sam Adams Koala Bear: half Guinness, half Foster’s Black Magic: half Guinness and half Magic Hat #9 Black Castle: half Guinness, half Newcastle Black and Blue: half Guinness, half Blue Moon Trojan Horse: half Guinness, half Coke.

Coke first, then Guinness.

Black and Brown: half Guinness, half root beer.

Smithwick’s is another Irish beer option, and they currently offer a red ale, pale ale and Atlantic Blonde ale. The red ale is their original offering, available on draft or in bottles. For something a little different, try the Blonde Ale, which is brewed with citrus fruits. The result is a crisp ale with citrus aroma and “a sunlit golden taste.”

If I were going to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I would probably go with cider. Magner’s Irish Cider has a slight kick but is still a nice alternative to beer.

Some places, like the Shaskeen Pub in Manchester, have it on draft. I really like cider on draft as it has some sweetness, but isn’t as heavy as beer. This is reportedly the only Irish cider available here in

the United States, made from 17 different varieties of apples. The apples are fermented using a unique yeast added to the oak vats of Magner’s Dowd’s Lane Cider Mill. Then, the cider is left to mature for up to two years, which helps the flavors develop.

Speaking of cider, my new favorite is Downeast cider. It may not be Irish (it comes from Boston), but it is good any time of the year. The Winter Blend was reportedly only available through January, according to their website, but the Maple Blend is available now through March. It is cider made with real Vermont maple syrup, which is a winning combination, if you ask me. I am going to have to see if I can find some around here. If it isn’t in a four-pack, it may be included in their sampler pack, which changes during the year depending on the season.

Run Before You Crawl event Here is a fun way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a little bit early: the annual Run Before You Crawl 5K and Pub Crawl is happening this Saturday, March 11, in downtown Dover. The 5K starts at 9:30 a.m., or you can go right to the pub crawl at 11 a.m. With the purchase of a bracelet, participants receive a food sample at several downtown restaurants along the route. For more information and a list of participating restaurants, visit runb4ucrawl.com.

112910 HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 45

POP CULTURE

CDs

pg46

• Thievery Corporation,

MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Thievery Corporation, The Temple of I and I (ESL Records)

To let us know about your

This Washington, D.C., collective hasn’t had a lot of hits, but over the past 20-odd years they’ve put on a DIY clinic, putting out all eight of their LPs on their own Eighteenth Street Lounge record label. In spite of their East-Coastness, their fetish is for world music, especially bossa nova during their early years, African beats on 2002’s The Richest Man in Babylon, which finally led to a more dub-oriented sound, the game afoot here but writ large. Jamaican sounds have been a huge part of their sound, but for this album’s sessions the band operated out of Port Antonio, generally cited by natives as “the real Jamaica,” an area that’s hard to get to both artistically and logistically. Opening tune “Thief Rockers” is a deep piece, light 1970s synths slowly mobilizing over a trappish beat and punctuated by lazily sung lines that walk a tightrope between progressivism and subversion.

Former Miss Jamaica contestant Racquel Jones gets assigned two songs, adding an annoyed slam-poet edge to her rhymes, a contribution that helps to keep the album’s overall vibe smoother than a pina colada in July. A — Eric W. Saeger

book or event, e-mail Kel-

Iron Reagan, Crossover Ministry (Relapse Records)

The Temple of I and I A • Iron Reagan, Crossover Ministry B BOOKS

pg48

• Difficult Women A • Book Report Includes listings for lectures, author events, book clubs, writers’ workshops and other literary events.

ly Sennott at ksennott@ hippopress.com. To get author events, library events and more listed, send information to listings@hippopress.com.

FILM

pg50

• Logan B Looking for more book, film and pop culture events? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play or hipposcout.com.

If the last metal-punk crossover thing you heard was a Cro-Mags or Suicidal Tendencies record and it caused you to give up, don’t feel alone. That whole deal was doomed from the start to have a short shelf life, as we’ve talked about here many times before (to reiterate: the punks couldn’t take those bands seriously, but even more fatally, the death metal patrol did take them seriously).

So it’s come around again, this time with a more workable aesthetic, and this Richmond, Virginia, band are at the spear’s edge, with this, their third album, showering us with 18 tracks in 30 minutes — that’s got to be enticing math for punks who don’t completely despise metal (cripes, if they’d just asked me in 1989, I would have told them short, deranged outbursts was the way to do it in the first place). This stuff is faster than its granddaddy’s technique, but there’s still a little too much DRI in there for my taste, threatening to wax anthemic at times even with black-metal drumming — don’t get me wrong, it’s cool, but I suppose I was expecting something a bit more chaotic. B — Eric W. Saeger

Stop by for Lunch!

Thur: Bratwurst with Our Own Sauerkraut

Alligator Bites • Wings • Nachos • Hand cut Fries Onion & Green Pepper Rings • Buffalo Rocky Mountain Oysters • Buffalo Chili Specialty Burgers - Wild Boar, Elk, Venison, Buffalo or Veggie

Fri - Sat: Homemade Hearty German Soups

(always a vegetarian alternative)

check out the weekly sales!

464-5079

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 46

112805

German John will be retiring after Easter if you are or know anyone who would like to take over this business now is the time to step up!

Call for orders:

• Over the last 20-count-em years, Albuquerque, New Mexico’s The Shins have always played a quirky, Beatles-ish brand of indiepop similar to Apples in Stereo, which has led to no small amount of borderline-deserved fame. To me, all that stuff sounds like George Harrison after getting hit over the head with a T-Fal saucepan, but then again I am not you and hence don’t like every single thing you like. Anyway, these famous men will release Heartworms, their fifth album, in a few days, and once again it is on the major record label, meaning not an indie label, and yet they are totally indie. I can’t stand these mewling hipsters and would prefer watching one of those Noisey episodes about trap-rapper felons any day over this dingbattery, but let’s go torture my ears on YouTube.com, with their new single “Name For You.” It’s loud metrosexual pop with no hook and the video may be the most annoying thing I’ve ever been subjected to in my life. Gang of Four kicks these guys’ ass; get this out of my face this instant, Mr. YouTube.

• Hurray for the Riff Raff are a folk-indie thingamajig from New Orleans. If you’re familiar with them at all, it’s probably because of the single “Hungry Ghost,” which sounded like Natalie Merchant singing with New Order, if that even makes sense to you. The Navigator, their new LP, is coming out on Friday, and features the single “Rican Beach,” a chill-out 1960s-Caribbean-tinged tune with some pretty cool Massive Attack sub-glitch here and there.

• Now for some weird news on some nonsense I rarely talk about in this space. For many years now I’ve had this one PR guy who sends me really bizarre swag that’s borderline B-list and/or completely random, for example a GG Allin bobblehead, a Black Sabbath documentary, DVDs of low-budget slasher flicks, etc. Actually it’s cool stuff for the most part, but I don’t request review copies because I know he’ll just send them without question and I’ll forget to talk about them. I like this guy, whose name is Cliff. But to the point at last: His latest client is Geoff Tate of Queensryche, but we’re not talking about an album here, it’s a direct-to-video movie he’s starring in, called The Burningmore Deaths. “Inspired by true events surrounding unsolved murders captured on security cameras during a production shoot of a Home Improvement TV show pilot,” the “film” features Tate as a guy who commits a heinous crime and disappears.

Years later, a home improvement TV show goes to shoot the “reno,” but it turns out the guy’s still living there, and, as they say, “bloody chaos ensues.” I mention this for the benefit of Queensryche fans and people thinking of hiding in their houses after committing crimes.

• Circa Waves are an indie group of “lads” from Liverpool. Their second album, Different Creatures, is scheduled for release on March 10, now let’s go see what this fuss is about. “Fire That Burns,” the second single, is a cross between Queens of the Stone Age and Bruno Mars, muddy at some parts, emo at others, and the singer sounds a little like Bruno Mars, which was why I said “Bruno Mars.” This tune’s kind of depressing, and it has a Coldplay part that’s lame. — Eric W. Saeger

Gift Cards Where to go for Available!

Great Food & Good Fun! Brand Spankin'

Authentic German Baeckerei- featuring soft pretzels, real German sourdough breads, hard rolls, pastries and seasonal specialities.

Thur: 11-330 • Fri/SaT 930-5 www.GermanJohnsBakery.net 5 WeST Main ST., hillSborough

PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases

THE HUNGRY BUFFALO

Lunch and Dinner | Open Daily www.HealthyBuffalo.com | 603.798.3737 Fox Pond Plaza-Rte. 106 & Rte. 129-Loudon

new vinyl in stor e eve ry Frid ay!

we special order for your music lover!

113029

Index

1711 South Willow St. Manchester | 603-644-0199

111380

Literature lovers

Writers move away from desks for readings, Writers’ Day

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

The New Hampshire Writers’ Project’s upcoming programs are all about experiencing writing aloud, from its new Hatbox Readings series to its biggest event of the year, Writers’ Day, on April 1.

Hatbox Readings

The organization’s next Hatbox Readings night is Sunday, March 12, at the Hatbox Theatre and features three pieces — Nails: A Tale of Japan by Ian Rogers, But I Already Said Goodbye by Wendy Jensen and A House Divided by Ed Jacobs.

NHWP Vice Chair Masheri Chappelle said via phone that the series idea started with NHWP member Gary Devore, who came to her last summer with the concept of performing readings by local writers at the new theater, which is home to diverse programming like comedy nights, plays, magic shows and storytelling events. Actors would read 10- to 20-minute selections of work by local novelists or short story writers, polished and entertaining but still in progress. Audience members would offer critiques, with the goal of strengthening the next draft. The first event was July 17 and featured snippets of work by Chappelle, Devore and Jeff Deck. The second was Dec. 11 and included writing by Karen Goltz, Josh Bresslin and Mary Downes.

“It’s something that allows me as a writer to see how people perceive my work — if it’s too far out there for them, or if it’s something that opens a door to something they didn’t know existed, and that they want to come through,” said Chappelle, whose The Oracle Files is being published by Black Rose Writing this May thanks to the feedback. “[Audiences] have been asking some great questions, getting authors to think about what they’ve written.”

Over the course of the readings, now occurring quarterly, organizers have fine-tuned the process of curating a balanced evening of stories. The waiting list of writers wanting to participate is full, though priority goes to those who attend readings.

“It’s really taking off now; I couldn’t even make it to intermission without authors approaching me, asking me to have their work be done,” Chappelle said.

Hatbox Readings No. 3 Where: Hatbox Theatre, Steeplegate Mall complex, 270 Loudon Road, Concord When: Sunday, March 12, from 6 to 8 p.m.; the next is Sunday, May 14, at 6 p.m.

Tickets: $5 Contact: nhwritersproject.org, 715-2315

New Hampshire Writers’ Day

The 29th New Hampshire Writers’ Day happens Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Southern New Hampshire University. It’s a day of workshops, readings and panel discussions, this year with a “spring training” theme.

Keynote speaker is Ann Hood, who has written 15 books and holds the record for publishing the most essays in the New York Times Modern Love column. Her most recent project is an anthology, Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting. Also speaking is New London writer and illustrator Tomie dePaola.

The day is divided into four workshop periods, and during each attendees can pick from a wide selection of topics, both new and old to the event, ranging from writing (beginnings, characters, short stories, poetry, memoir) to business (query letters, promotion, book proposals and book launches).

This year’s Writers’ Day is very active, said Kathy Gillett, chair of Writers’ Day, via phone — for example, the “Literature Out Loud” session features professional actors reading work by New Hampshire students, submitted by teachers (due by March 15; email submissions@nhwritersproject.org).

Lots of sessions contain read-aloud or panel elements, and two are free of charge for New Hampshire teachers, aimed at making writing more fun for students (space is limited for those; email kgillett@snhu.edu to register).

“The goal is to give teachers the tools to help their students understand that literature is meant to be read, and that stories are meant to be heard,” Gillett said.

At the end of the day is a Red Sox pep rally, with readings by Bill Littlefield (author of Take Me Out) and Glenn Stout (author of The Selling of The Babe), who will then be interviewed by NHPR’s Virginia Prescott. Gillett said the organization is readying for its 30th birthday, with the next big-name keynote speaker to be announced April 1. Planning begins April 2.

“We’re an all-volunteer board doing what used to be done by staff. We want to keep the cost down and make this as accessible as possible to every writer in New Hampshire,” Gillett said.

Writers’ Day Where: Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road, Hooksett When: Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Admission: $230 if registered by Thursday, March 30; $250 if walk-in by Saturday, April 1 Contact: nhwritersproject.org

Start Here . . .Go Anywhere!

Register today for 8 Week Session II Courses

If you haven’t tried our soft serve... you’re missing out!

Online classes begin March 13.

Day and Evening classes begin March 20.

Mathematics, English, Information Technology, Biology, Business and more!

To see complete schedule visit www.nhti.edu/spring To register contact the Academic Advising Center at (603) 230-4021.

nhti.edu

113443

hippo18_030917

POP

7 DW Hwy, So. Nashua | 11am to 9pm HAYWARDSICECREAM.com

113003

River Cruise Info Night

Crowne Plaza Nashua, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua

Tues, March 14th 6:30 PM

We’ll show you your sailing and value saving options in European River Cruising Must attend for additional savings of $200 per cabin For more information contact: You must call to attend - Space is limited

Helen Vacca • 353 Main St. Nashua • 594-9874 hvacca@earthlink.net • www.vacationboundtravel.com

113192

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 47

GENUINE, PERSONAL MATCHMAKING Let us help you find your soulmate!

Dave Nagel, MD

Sat, Mar. 11, 3pm

The NH physician and author of Needless Suffering leads a talk on the failure of professionals to help those in chronic pain.

Let Us Introduce You.

Local Authors Open House!

166 Londonderry Tpk. | Hooksett, NH |

603.624.4552 | togethernh.com

Sat, Mar 18, 3pm

Whether you are a reader, writer or both, join several local authors in a multigenre discussion and signing of their work.

See our website.

112615

Date Coaching | Matchmaking | Singles Events...Since 1982

Cracked Windshield?

One Call Does It All! Same Day Service

Locally Owned and Operated Since 1987 1225 Hanover Street, Manchester 622-6737 | manchesterautoglass.com

112259

toadbooks.com

Manchester Auto Glass 112592

Lorden Plaza, Milford, NH | 673-1734 Visit our Bookside Cafe!

Find us in Peterborough | 924-3543 And Keene | 352-8815

We replace Glass in Heavy Equipment Table Top’s & Mirror’s • Window Repairs

111652

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 48

POP CULTURE BOOKS

Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay. (Grove Press, 258 pages) If you haven’t heard of Roxane Gay, you’ve not been paying attention. Here she is, publishing two books in one year; there she is, canceling a book contract because she didn’t like another author the publisher signed, then delivering a speech about how bookstores are sacred spaces that should be sanctuaries in times such as these.

A bisexual Haitian-American, Gay is the antithesis of Trump whisperer Kellyanne Conway: dark in both countenance and outlook, harshly nonconformist, stridently left of center. Her latest book, Difficult Women, is a collection of short stories, mostly previously published. It is a thundercloud of a book: electric, threatening. It has a flaw: It is relentlessly depressing.

It begins with a story that feels unnervingFrom Manchester’s Original ly personal for Glass anyone who knows Gay’s life Auto Company story. “I Will Follow You” is about two sisters who are unusually close, so much so that even after the older one marries, she won’t visit her husband out-of-state unless her younger sister comes along. After they were married by a justice of the peace, the younger sister asked why Carolina had chosen that particular man.

“I’d be no good to a really good man and Darryl isn’t a really bad man,” she replies.

The reason for that, and for the sisters’ unusual extraordinary closeness, is revealed in horrifying flashbacks, narrated by the younger sister. “We were young once and then we weren’t,” she says.

Gay was a loved child of upwardly mobile Haitian immigrants and attended Phillips Exeter Academy, which she has said “is not nearly as bucolic” as some might think.

As a young teen, however, she suffered a brutal sexual assault; in short, she was young once, and then she wasn’t. The physical trauma is decades old but seems to hang over many of these stories. Redemption doesn’t often come from the characters, but from Gay’s fevered originality. Her voice is fluid and fresh, her insights penetrating.

But gawd, what a depressing group of people, from the husband and wife who watch documentaries about obese people so that “we can feel better about ourselves because we work hourly jobs and live in a crappy apartment surrounded by McMansions” to the buttoned-down trust-fund lech who stalks a stripper earning money for college.

“Baby Arm” has comic potential, with the narrator dating a man who designs store window displays and takes to bringing her mannequin parts. The narrator works as a publicist for a record company, where she and a friend worry that they are sacrificing their souls. “We are not motivated to change our professional circumstances. We have to look pretty and make people believe in false idols and hold our liquor. For that, we are handsomely rewarded.” Later, they pummel each

other at an all-girl fight club. The friend wonders how she could get so lucky as to find a man who would bring her plastic baby parts.

“I explain I got so lucky because of a lifelong dedication to slutty and inappropriate behavior and my ability to drink tequila straight.”

But Gay returns to cold, gray sex in “Bone Density,” a portrait of a bad marriage in nine pages. “Winter is more a state of being than a season, in this place. It takes hold for six or seven dark, cruel months.

The cold becomes familiar. There is silence when it snows.”

The couple — he a university professor, she a writer — know that their relationship is a “terrible cliché,” as he dabbles with undergrads and assistants and she sneaks off to the arms of a poet with whom she makes angry love in a cabin on a twin bed. But the marriage endures, like a long-lasting game.

“I realize I am holding less of a man than he once was. I wonder how much stamina we have left for the games we play.

And then I stand in the back doorway for a smoke thinking about Bennett, rough and merciless, necessary. I accept that I am, perhaps, less of a woman.”

“The Mark of Cain,” too, is stylistically perfect with a jaw-dropping finish, if you don’t mind the ickiness of twin brothers who switch places regularly, thinking (wrongly) their lovers don’t know.

Gay’s acclaimed 2014 novel, An Untamed State, is being made into a movie; a memoir, Hunger, is due out this spring. Fans waiting for another book, How to be Heard, are in limbo since Gay announced she was canceling a book contract with Simon & Schuster because the publisher bought a book by altright icon Milo Yiannopoulos. A difficult woman, indeed. And Gay’s a cutting and memorable writer, but don’t read her to feel better about the world. A — Jennifer Graham

POP CULTURE BOOKS

• Last true hermit: Writers in the Loft presents author and journalist Michael Finkel with The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Tuesday, March 14, at 7 p.m., at The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. The book is about the mystery that stumped Mainers for decades and shocked the civilized world in 2013, when it was discovered a man was living in the Maine forest and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for 27 years. Finkel will discuss the story with the evening’s guest moderator, Ian Aldrich, deputy editor of Yankee magazine. Tickets are $40, and in addition to a reserved seat, the package includes a copy of the book, bar beverage and book signing meet-and-greet.

Call 436-2400 or visit themusichall.org.

• Video marketing for writers: On Saturday, March 11, from 1 to 4 p.m., there’s a workshop aimed at writers, Video Marketing and Broadcasting, led by Christine Halvorson and Nanette Perrotte at Southern New Hampshire University’s Ford House, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Included in the workshop are promotion strategies via social media (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat) and otherwise, plus information on what you’ll need for equipment. Cost is $75. Register at nhwritersproject.org.

• Irish mythology: Lisa Carey signs her new novel, The Stolen Child, at the Toadstool Bookshop, Lorden Plaza, 614 Nashua St., Milford, Thursday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. Carey’s latest project is about a community living on an enchanted island off the coast of Ireland (which is also where the author lived for five years before moving to Portland, Maine, where she now resides). Call 673-1734 or visit toadbooks.com.

— Kelly Sennott Books Author Events • E.C. AMBROSE Author talks about Elisha Mancer, book 4 in Dark Apostle series. Thurs., March 9, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit thedarkapostle.com.

• LAURA FEDOLFI Author talks about Revealing Hannah.

Sat., March 11, at 2 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• DAVID NAGEL Author talks about Needless Suffering: How Society Fails Those With Chronic Pain. Sat., March 11, at 3 p.m.

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

• MEG KEARNEY Author signs and discusses When You Never Said Goodbye: An Adoptee’s Search for Her Birth Mother.

Sat., March 11, at 11 a.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough. Call 924-3543.

• P.J. O’ROURKE Author discusses and signs How The Hell Did This Happen? The Election of 2016. Sat., March 11, at 2 p.m.

Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough. Call 9243543.

• MICHAEL FINKEL Journalist talks about The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. Tues., March 14, at 7 p.m. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $40, includes reserved seat, copy of book, bar beverage, book signing meet-and-greet.

Call 436-2400, visit themusichall.org.

• LISA CAREY Author talks about The Stolen Child. Thurs., March 16, at 6:30 p.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua St., Milford. Visit toadbooks.com. Call 673-1734.

• LOCAL AUTHORS OPEN HOUSE Featuring Elizabeth

Poetry/writing events • THREE MINUTE FICTION SLAM FINAL Thurs., March 9, at 7 p.m., at NH Institute of Art French Building Auditorium, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Writers perform original pieces over 3 minutes or less in front of panel of judges. Winner gets a free ticket to Writers’ Day. Visit nhwritersproject.org.

• POETRY OUT LOUD FINALS Fri., March 10, at 6 p.m., at the State House in Concord. High school students from around the state recite poetry in competition to represent NH at the national Poetry Out Loud championships. Visit nh.gov/ nharts.

Lectures & discussions • A HISTORY OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT Lecture series. Featuring speaker Phoenix Mayet. “The Second Wave: The Personal Gets Political” Mon., March 13, at 7 p.m.; “The Third Aave: Integration and Intersection Mon., March 20, at 7 p.m.; “The Fourth Wave: beyond the Women’s March” Mon., March 27, at 7 p.m. Wrong Brain Headquarters, Washington St., Dover. Email phoenix@phoenixmayet.com.

• “HOLOCAUST TO HEALING” Presentation/book signing

by Kati Preston, Holocaust survivor, NH resident. Tues., March 14, 6-7:45 p.m. Pelham Public Library, 24 Village Green, Pelham.

WE PRINT

BOOKS

Various Sizes & Bindings

(1922)

ONE SHOWING ONL Y • LIVE MUSIC BY

SATURDAY, OCTOBE

R 26TH •

JEFF RAPSIS

8 TICKETS 10 THE LEAVIT T TH EATRE MAIN STREET, OGU NQUIT PM

•

$

hippo prints

332 Kelley St. Manchester, NH 603-856-9233

49 Hollis St., Manchester, NH 03101 603-935-5099 • printing@hippopress.com

113449

Achieve your vision.

From recommending the right brands to selecting the right styles, you can trust our furniture professionals to help you navigate through the many new and used options and provide direction on how to achieve your vision.

Hipposcout Looking for more book, film and pop culture events? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and online at hipposcout.com

Shop NH’s largest selection of new and used office furniture at unheard of prices.

668-9230

Formerly Surplus Office Equipment 186 GRANITE ST. MANCHESTER

Office-Alternatives.com

108460

Book Report

Delisi, Sue Coletta, Nikki Andrews, Patricia S. Hageman, Coleen Burpeau, Rich Marcello.

Sat., March 18, at 3 p.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua St., Milford. Visit toadbooks.com.

Call 673-1734.

• CHRISTY DAY Author talks about Walking From Here to There: Finding My Way on El Camino. Tues., March 21, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• TED REINSTEIN Author talks about Wicked Pissed: New England’s Most Famous Feuds.

Thurs., March 23, 6:30-8 p.m.

Kimball Library, 5 Academy Ave., Atkinson. Call 362-5234.

• DIANALEE VELIE Author talks about Ever After. Sat., March 25, at 2 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 49

POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

Logan (R)

In a dark future for mutants, Wolverine and Professor X are chased (as always) by anti-mutant bad guys in Logan, allegedly the final Hugh Jackman outing as the X-Men’s Wolverine.

It’s the year 2029 and while Logan (Hugh Jackman) can still mow down a group of guys trying to steal the hubcaps off his car, he isn’t the warrior he used to be. His metal claws don’t always extend as far — or extend at all without ever greater pain — and he appears to be crumbling from the inside. To make money he drives a limo for bachelorette parties and casino patrons across the southwest.

He uses that money to fund a wreck of a compound in an abandoned factory in Mexico. There, a sun-sensitive mutant named Caliban (Stephen Merchant) helps Logan care for a wrecked Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart). Frequently ranting and confused, Charles is kept in an old water tank and kept medicated. On one occasion we see what happens when he isn’t doped up: he has seizures that sort of radiate out, causing everyone around him to shake and writhe as though they are about to implode.

We don’t know why Charles is there, where all the X-Men of movies past are or why there haven’t been any mutants born in more than two decades.

At least, any mutants that people know about.

A woman named Gabriela (Elizabeth Rodriguez) comes looking for Logan — for Wolverine, really — with a young girl in tow. Gabriela wants Logan to protect her and young Laura (Dafne Keen) and get them to a spot in North Dakota where they will meet up with others and cross the border into Canada and safety. What exactly they’re trying to get away from isn’t immediately clear but it’s likely that Pierce (Boyd Holbrook), an ex-military mercenary-type with a biomechanical arm, has something to do with it. He shows up to tell Logan that Gabriela is looking for him and to insist that Logan

AT THE MULTIPLEX

* Indicates movies worth seeing. Find reviews of many of the films listed here at hippopress.com.

Coming soon Opening Friday, March 10: Kong: Skull Island (PG13) It’s a King Kong movie!

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly and Tom Hiddleston.

Logan

call him when she finds him.

Eventually, Logan reluctantly finds himself acting as Laura’s protector. Even through his mental fog, Charles urges him to accept this duty.

Perhaps because it’s stripped of the X-Men and of most other mutants, Logan feels very different than any of the X-Men movies that have come before. (Also there’s the R rating. You can’t discount the ability of characters to realistically swear and of the movie to show off some realistic gore in upping the “grittiness” factor.)

I’ve seen coverage of this movie compare it to a Western, specifically (in a headline somewhere, Slate maybe) to Unforgiven. This movie does have that downbeat, futile-stand-against-black-hats feel. All other X-Men movies, even the other Wolverine movies, have somewhere in their makeup the idea of the plucky band of X-Men protecting mutantkind and providing them with some kind of family.

Here, it’s a sort of hopeless Children of Men world for the mutants and Logan is just trying to get by and trying to protect Charles, from the world and from himself. This isn’t the familiar underdogs putting up a fight against overwhelming odds. There is a sense that we are seeing two heroes after they’ve already lost the war and been broken by the aftermath. (It

Out now *Get Out Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams.

From the mind of writerdirector Jordan Peele (of Key & Peele fame) comes this terrifying movie where the suburbs/exurbs are creepy and the monster is racism!

When a man goes to the country for a weekend to meet his girlfriend’s parents,

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 50

the fact that her white family doesn’t know he’s black is the very least of his troubles.

This is an exceptionally wellconstructed horror movie where the tension and menace come from one kind of racism until you realize that something stranger but just as dehumanizing is going on.

Smart on so many levels, Get Out is also funny (thanks in part to supporting actor Lil

should also be said that while Logan definitely has a more realistically dark and gritty feel than all previous X-Men movies, it isn’t glum, like the various DC movies of late.)

Where is all of this in the X-Men timeline?, you might ask. I’m not sure and I don’t think it matters. I think Logan is best when you think of it as a bottle episode. Generally, if you know that Wolverine can fight and has metal claws, Charles Xavier was once a teacher at a school and the two men have a complicated past, you can get along.

Because you don’t have to know every minute of Logan’s backstory or Charles’ work setting up the school and mentoring the X-Men to understand the very fatherson relationship these men have. As what Logan is doing becomes clear, it also becomes clear that he unreservedly loves Charles very much. And Charles, despite some very fatherly words about being disappointed in Logan, also clearly loves Logan, deep in the part of his mind that is still there. He loves Logan and wants to protect him with whatever abilities Charles has left as well — and protecting Laura, who could represent a nobler path for Logan, is part of that. This relationship between a fading Charles and an ailing Logan, as much as anything about Rel Howery) and legitimately scary. A

supernatural powers, is what is at the core of this movie.

That relationship is also what gives this movie its heft and its stakes. I basically enjoyed this movie when it focused on these characters in the present and their relationships to each other. Occasionally, I would try to fit these character portraits with some previous iteration of them and that, I don’t know, hurt my brain. When the movie just gives us these men, aged in the movie and aged some 17 years in real life from when they started playing these characters, acting the heck out of these roles they’ve lived with for so long, Logan is pretty fantastic.

I don’t think the franchise has given Stewart anything this interesting to do in years. This isn’t the serene, wise Professor X. He is the depressed Charles Xavier of X-Men: Days of Future Past, but with a finality and a regret that still-young character didn’t have. Here, Charles is fragile, weak, needy, battered and mentally cracking while still also the kind, desperate-to-help character we’ve seen in all these movies.

Jackman’s Logan, meanwhile, has a heft his character has seldom had. Wolverine has always been the most fun of the X-Men but here he also seems the most human.

Logan isn’t perfect. I found myself wanting more information on this bleak new world and how it came to be and yet also feeling like there was borderline too much private-army-chase stuff and not as much character study as I wanted. But overall if this truly is the end, at least for Stewart (who media reports has maybe considering this his last X-Men hurrah as well) and Jackman, Logan is a pretty solid way for these actors and these characters to say goodbye to each other. B Rated R for strong brutal violence and language throughout and for brief nudity. Directed by James Mangold (who also has a “story by” credit) with a screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, Logan is two hours and 17 minutes long and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

is so much fun ― full of nice jokes about the character’s many movie and TV iterations *The LEGO Batman Movas well as solid storytelling ie (PG-13) about both orphaned Bruce Voices of Will Arnett, Michael Wayne and the vigilante crime Cera. Also Rosario Dawson, fighter. The Lego animation Ralph Fiennes, Zach Galifiis, as in The Lego Movie, a big anakis, Billy Dee Williams part of the fun, with the visuand so many more. al humor of Legos and their The best Batman/DC universe Lego accessories melding permovie in a long time, this ani- fectly with the movie’s tone. mated take on the Dark Knight B+

Fifty Shades Darker (R) Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan.

Less sexy and less fun than Fifty Shades of Grey (now better by comparison!) the continuing adventures of Twilight-fan-fiction personified and her unhealthy relationship with a creepy stalker is done in by some draggy plotting and the ongoing lack of chemistry between the two leads. C-

POP CULTURE FILMS

WILTON TOWN HALL THEATRE O’Neil Cinema 12 Apple Tree Mall, Londonderry, 434-8633 Regal Concord 282 Loudon Road, Concord, 226-3800 Regal Hooksett 8 100 Technology Drive, Hooksett Showcase Cinemas Lowell 32 Reiss Ave., Lowell, Mass., 978-551-0055

MOVIES OUTSIDE THE CINEPLEX RED RIVER THEATRES 11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, redrivertheatres.org • I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., March 9, at 2:10 & 7:30 p.m.; Fri., March 10, at 6:15 p.m.; Sun., March 12, at 6:15 p.m.; Mon., March 13, at 7:30 p.m.; Tues., March 14, at 7:50 p.m.; Wed., March 15, at 7:50 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 7:50 p.m.

• The Eagle Huntress (G, 2016) Thurs., March 9, at 2 & 5:30 p.m.; Fri., March 10, at 1:10 & 6:10 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 1:10 & 6:10 p.m.; Sun., March 12, at 4:30 p.m.; Mon., March 13, at 2:05 & 5:25 p.m.; Tues., March 14, at 2:05 & 5:25 p.m.; Wed., March 15, at 2:05 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 2:05 & 5:25 p.m.

• Lion (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., March 9, at 2:05, 5:25 & 8 p.m.; Fri., March 10, at 3:40 & 8:10 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 3:40 & 8:10 p.m.; Sun., March 12, at 6:25 p.m.; Mon., March 13, at 7:25 p.m.; Tues., March 14, at 7:25 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 7:25 p.m.

• Moonlight (R, 2016) Thurs., March 9, at 7:30 p.m.; Fri., March 10, at 1:15, 3:45 & 8:15 p.m.; Sun., March 12, at 1:15 & 3:45 p.m.; Mon., March 13, at 2:10 p.m.; Tues., March 14, at 2:10 & 5:35 p.m.; Wed., March 15, at 2:10 & 5:35 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 2:10 & 5:35 p.m.

• A United Kingdom (PG-13, 2017) Fri., March 10, at 1, 3:30, 6 & 8:30 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 1, 3:30, 6 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., March 12, at 1, 3:30 & 6 p.m.; Mon., March 13, at 2, 5:30 & 8 p.m.; Tues., March 14, at 2, 5:30 & 8 p.m.; Wed., March 15, at 2, 5:30 & 8 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 2, 5:30 & 8 p.m.

• Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Sat., March 11, at 2, 5 & 8 p.m.

March 12, at 2 & 4:30 p.m.

• Moonlight (R, 2016) Fri., March 10, through Thurs., March 16, at 7:30 p.m. Additional screenings Sun., March 12, at 2 & 4:30 p.m.

• The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) Sat., March 11, at 4:30 p.m., free admission, donations to charity

WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • 20th Century Women (R, 2017) Thurs., March 9, at 7:30 p.m.

• Lion (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., March 9, at 7:30 p.m., through Thurs., March 16, at 7:30 p.m.

Additional screenings Sun.,

NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY NPL Theater, 2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4611, nashualibrary.org • The Little Mermaid (G, 1989) Sat., March 11, at 2 p.m.

• Hacksaw Ridge (R, 2016) Tues., March 14, at 7 p.m.

• How to Train Your Dragon (PG, 2010) Sat., March 18, 2 p.m.

CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS 44 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111, ccanh.com • La Traviata (Met in HD) Mon., March 13, at 6 p.m.

• Saint Joan (National Theatre Live) Tues., March 14, at 6 p.m.

AVIATION MUSEUM OF NH 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, 669-4820, aviationmuseumofnh.org • Silent Film Double Feature with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, The Phantom Flyer (1928) & The Sky Rider (1928) Fri., March 24, at 7 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY 405 Pine St., Manchester, 6246550, manchester.lib.nh.us; some films at the West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 6246560 • Take the Lead (PG, 2006) Wed., March 15, at 1 p.m.

• Queen of Katwe (PG, 2016) Wed., March 22, at 1 p.m.

• Star Trek Beyond (PG-13, 2016) Wed., March 29, at 1 p.m.

NEW HAMPSHIRE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE 31 College Drive, Sweeney Auditorium, 03301, 271-6484, ext. 4115, nhti.edu, nhstudentfilm.com • Lawrence of Arabia (PG, 1962) Fri., March 24, at 7 p.m.

• Doctor Strange (PG-13, 2016) Tues., March 21, at 7 p.m.

• The Goonies (PG, 1985) Wed., March 22, at 2 p.m.

• Paddington (PG, 2014) Sat., March 25, at 2 p.m.

RODGERS MEMORIAL LIBRARY 194 Derry Road, Route 102, Hudson, rodgerslibrary.org.

886-6030 • Cinema Celebration second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m.

PETERBOROUGH COMMUNITY THEATRE 6 School St., Peterborough, pctmovies.com • The Founder (PG-13, 2016) March 10-March 16, Wed., Sat. and Sun. at 2:30 & 7 p.m., Thurs. & Fri. at 7 p.m.

• Bill W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous (documentary, 2016) Mon., March 13, at 6:30 p.m.

THE MUSIC HALL 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org, Some films are screened at Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth • Lion (PG, 2016) Thurs., March 9, at 7 p.m.

• The Salesman (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., March 9, at 7 p.m.

• Manchester by the Sea (R, 2016) Fri., March 10, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 7 p.m.

• La Traviata (Verdi, Met at the Music Hall) Sat., March 11, at 1 p.m.

• All the Time in the World (2014) Sun., March 12, at 2 p.m.; Wed., March 15, at 7 p.m.

• BANFF Mountain Film Festival Tues., March 14, and Wed., March 15

(603) 654-FILM (3456)

www.wiltontownhalltheatre.com

Academy Award winning Best Picture

“MOONLIGHT” Every Evening 7:30 & Sun mats 2:00-4:30

3rd week – Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman

“LION”

Based on a true story Every Evening 7:30 Sun mats 2:00-4:30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON LIBRARY CLASSIC FILM Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (1939) “THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE” Sat 4:30pm – free admission – donations to charity

Admission Prices: All Shows • Adults $7.00

Children (under 12) and Seniors (65 and over) $5.00 | Active Military FREE

– BUYING -

Antiques, Collectibles Pottery, Jewelry, Toys, Furniture, Industrial items, Work benches, etc..

Buying locally for almost 30 years

Saturday, March 11th 2:00 PM - THE BEST AND WORST DAYS OF

GEORGE MORALES’ UNNATURALLY LONG LIFE & BROKE 5:00 PM - PONY & THE GUYS NEXT DOOR 8:00 PM - PHIL’S CAMINO & WALK WITH ME: THE TRIALS OF DAMON J. KEITH The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is a juried competition and our winning filmmakers all receive the coveted VTeddy Award in the Best Feature Narrative, Best Short Narrative, Best Feature Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Audience Award Feature and Audience Award Short categories.

For more information call Donna

From Out of the Woods Antique Center

624-8668

465 Mast Rd Goffstown NH 102061

113501

Come Have Fun With Your Dog! Good Mojo University is the place to learn, teach, have fun and gather with other dog lovers.

• Training Classes • Therapy Dog Certification • Fitness Classes • Workshops & Special Guests!

• Ring Rentals

Hipposcout Looking for more book, film and pop culture events? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and online at hipposcout.com

308 Elm St. | Milford, NH | 603.249.8977 | goodmojouniversity.com

113196

644-4629, cinemagicmovies.com Cinemagic Merrimack 12 11 Executive Park Dr., Merrimack, 423-0240, cinemagicmovies.com Flagship Cinemas Derry 10 Ashleigh Dr., Derry, 437-8800 AMC at The Loop 90 Pleasant Valley St., Methuen, Mass., 978-738-8942

112885

AMC Tyngsboro 440 Middlesex St., Tyngsborough, Mass., 978-649-4158.

Chunky’s Cinema & Pub 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua, chunkys.com Chunky’s Cinema & Pub 150 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-7499 Cinemagic Hooksett 1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett,

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 51

NITE Green Friday Local music news & events

By Michael Witthaus

mwitthaus@hippopress.com

• Nineties Beat: Best known for the 1998 hit “What It’s Like,” Everlast kicks off a tour in the Lakes Region. The rapper-guitarist, also a member of House of Pain, won a Grammy in 2000 for “Put Your Lights On,” his duet with Carlos Santana. Lately he’s collaborated with Sick Jacken and Divine Styler on the forthcoming War Porn. Go Thursday, March 9, at 9 p.m. at Whiskey Barrel, 546 N. Main St., Laconia. Tickets are $27.50 at ticketfly.com.

• Laughiversary: Comedian Josh Day celebrates four years at the helm of the Stone Church Comedy Series with an anniversary show featuring Casey Crawford, Matt Kona, Tyrone Jones, Mark Gallagher and Mike Fahey, with Athanathios The Experience hosting. Actually, Day took over in January 2013 but refuses to honor the date for a very understandable reason — ask him for specifics. Go Friday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. at Stone Church, 5 Granite St., Newmarket. Tickets are $6 at stonechurchrocks.com, $8 at the door.

• Doing good: The New England Music Award-winning Aldous Collins Band tops a bill with Matt Hawkes & the Yardbird Children and Ross Arnold. The show is a fundraiser for Brent Stranger and his daughter Ariana; both were severely injured in a car crash and are in need of financial support to continue critical care. Ten percent of sales from the cash bar and food menu will also go to the cause.

Go Friday, March 10, 7 p.m. at Village Trestle, 25 Main St., Goffstown. See bit.ly/2mJSeyc.

• Such a night: Local musicians gather to recall one of rock’s greatest shows at Songs from The Last Waltz. The event, organized

by Granite State of Mind radio host Rob Azevedo, stars Rippin’ E Brakes, Walker Smith, The Opined Few, Kate West, Jasmine Mann, Matt Poirier, Jen Whitmore, Derek Rudzinski, John & Di Zevos, Arthur James and the Reverend Todd Seely. Go Saturday, March 11, 8 p.m. at Jewel Music Venue, 31 Canal St., Manchester. Tickets $10; see bit.ly/2mJVI3y.

• Soul man: Before Steven Van Zandt joined the E Street Band, he was in early lineups of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes — ditto Bruce Springsteen. The singer and harmonica player was the go-to guy of Jersey Shore rock in the early ’70s. A grateful Van Zandt and Springsteen penned many of his early hits, like “I Don’t Want to Go Home” and “Love on the Wrong Side of Town.” Go Saturday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. at Flying Monkey, 39 Main St., Plymouth. Tickets start at $39 at flyingmonkeynh.com.

Want more ideas for a fun night out?

Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and online at hipposcout.com.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 52

St. Patrick’s Day around the region

By Michael Witthaus

mwitthaus@hippopress.com

Every St. Patrick’s Day, there are two kinds of taverns. Most offer corned beef dinner specials and stock extra Guinness and Harp Lager. The rest serve Jameson-braised short ribs and Irish nachos year-round, and go deep on Irish whiskey, with Green Dot, Tullamore Dew and others on offer. For those, March 17 is a holiday akin to July 4, with lines out the door at daybreak. In New Hampshire, they include The Shaskeen and Wild Rover in Manchester, Portsmouth’s Rí Rá Irish Pub and Kathleen’s Cottage in Bristol. Salt hill Pub has four locations (with one more later this year in the West Lebanon space formerly occupied by Seven Barrel Brewery). Here’s a rundown of all the happenings. Sláinte!

• Alan’s (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 7536631) Party all weekend long with Those Guys — a band, not a reverie. Giveaways, fun and all-you-can-eat corned beef and cabbage, along with other traditional Irish fare for three days beginning on St. Patty’s.

• American Legion Post 51 (Route 125, across from Telly’s, Epping, 679-8320) On March 11, there’s a St. Patrick’s Day dance with The Spoke and Throttle Band playing classic rock ’n’ roll music. A cash bar will be open. Tickets are $7.

• Barley House (132 N. Main St., Concord, 228-6363) Entertainment includes McGonagle School of Irish Dance at 2 p.m., with Audrey Budington and Celtic Session with fiddles following. Of course, there’s corned beef and cabbage dinner all day, along with other Irish favorites.

• Barley House Seacoast (43 Lafayette Road, North Hampton, 379-9161) Doverbased McDonough-Grimes Irish Dance School performs at 2 p.m. Following that, Celtic team Liz and Dan Faiella present lyrical Irish songs, lively fiddle tunes and mesmerizing finger-style guitar arrangements. There’s corned beef and cabbage dinner all day, along with other Irish favorites.

• Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001) Corned beef and cabbage dinner in the Tavern and Corks, a tradition for over two decades, and other Irish-themed meals.

• Buckey’s (240 Governor Wentworth Highway, Moultonborough, 476-5485) Rick Clogston, The Singing Postmaster and the Red Hat Band perform.

• Chameleon Club (11 Fourth St., Dover, 343-4390) Throughout the day at this authentic Irish pub, the Ancient Order of Hibernians Bagpipers and the Murray Academy Irish

Jordan Tirrell Wysocki Trio. Courtesy photo.

Dancers provide entertainment. At 6 p.m. the upstairs Chameleon Club opens with Irish club music, more bagpipers and dancing.

• Cheers (17 Depot St., Concord, 2280180) It’s all about the food at this Concord location, with Irish stew in a bread bowl and Guinness cupcakes topping the list of St. Patrick’s Day specials.

• Chop Shop (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, 760-7706) Bite the Bullet performs rock songs; dyed Bud Lite, anyone?

• Colonial Theatre (95 Main St., Keene, 352-2033) Twiddle performs two shows, one on St. Patrick’s Day and another on March 18. $69 for a two-day general admission pass.

• Community Oven (845 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 601-6311) Alan Goodrich plays Irish tunes.

• Copper Door (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677) Cameron MacMaster and Joe Deleault appear in a special Friday performance for St. Patrick’s Day at 4 p.m.

• Covered Bridge (Cedar Street, Contoocook, 746-5191) Open for lunch at 11:30 a.m. with New England boiled dinner special. Guinness will be flowing on tap, with green PBRs, fun giveaways and live music by Joe Leary.

• Derryfield Country Club (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880) Last Kid Picked brings its best Irish.

• Fody’s Tavern (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 577-9015) Open at noon, serving Chef Wess Therrien’s famous Reubens, as well as his acclaimed corned beef dinner. Prizes and giveaways and the Bailey’s Girls from 2 to 3 p.m., and Paddy’s Irish Whiskey Girls from 6 to 8 p.m. For music, Joe MacDonald performs from 6 to 9 p.m. At 10 p.m. it’s PoP RoKs with Kevin and Yuri.

• Fury’s Publick House (1 Washington St., Dover, 617-3633) Open at noon and there are specials all day, with Erin’s Guild playing traditional Irish music at 6 p.m. Expect the

AOH bagpipers to stop by this popular Irish spot, along with “the usual shenanigans.”

• The Goat (20 L St., Hampton, 6016928) Searching for Clarity rocks as green beer flows.

• Grill 28 (Pease Golf Course, 200 Grafton Road, Portsmouth, 433-1331) The Pease Golf Course pub is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Kevin O’Brien.

• Halligan Tavern (32 W. Broadway, Derry, 965-3490) It happens every year on March 17: Bagpipers and drummers appear, as the tavern opens at 6 a.m. with a special menu.

• Holy Grail (64 Main St., Epping, 6799559) On St. Patrick’s Day the popular pub housed in a former church opens at 6 a.m. with a traditional Irish breakfast. There is live music from Max Sullivan at 1 p.m. and Karen Grenier at 5 p.m.

• Hungry Buffalo Tavern (58 Route 129, Loudon, 798-3737) Wait for it — on Saturday, March 18, Irish balladeer Jim Barnes makes a 1 p.m. appearance. The menu is topped with bison corned brisket and Bailey’s-frosted Guinness chocolate cake.

• J’s Tavern (63 Union Square, Milford, 554-1433) Acoustic BS plays, with plenty of Guinness on tap and Irish fare.

• Jewel (61 Canal St., Manchester, 8361152) Have a shot of Jameson and enjoy rock ’n’ roll from Dark Rain, Eden’s Lie, Essential End and Cruel Miracle.

• Kathleen’s Cottage Irish Pub (90 Lake St., Bristol, 744-6336) Opens at 6 a.m., with live music in the afternoon and a real Emerald Isle feel throughout the day.

• Kelley’s Row (417 Route 108, Somersworth, 692-2200) Opens at 6:30 a.m. for breakfast, and a long tradition continues as Bradigan plays all day and through the evening, with bagpiper breaks and a pair of Irish fiddlers late in the afternoon.

• Killarney’s (9 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua, 888-1551) Kieran McNally enjoys his 37th and final year playing and singing on St. Patrick’s Day’s. Patrons call him a legend, with good reason, and the pub is the real deal.

• Lakes Region Casino (1265 Laconia Road, Belmont, 267-7778) Open at 2 p.m. with corned beef and cabbage dinner, happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. with a Jager promo and a St. Paddy’s Bounty poker tournament.

• Mama McDonough’s (5 Depot St., Hillsborough, 680-4148) Three different bands beginning at noon: Mikey G, Yung Funk, LSD. Guinness specials and breakfast until noon. Free giveaways and a raffle for a Blue Moon snow board.

• Master McGrath’s (8 Batchelder Road, Seabrook, 474-6540) Mario’s famous corned beef and cabbage and enter-

tainment starts at 2 p.m. Bagpipers are a definite at this very Irish pub.

• McGarvey’s (1097 Elm St., Manchester, 627-2721) 10 a.m open for this Irish saloon. Call for details. Expect Guinness draft running non-stop, along with music.

• Mel Flanagan’s (50 N. Main St., Rochester, 332-6357) This very Irish pub promises a “little bit of everything.” It opens at 11 a.m., with Irish dancers, bagpiper, the Black Velvet Band and boiled dinner served all day; $10 at the door after 4:30.

• Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535) Opens at 5:30 a.m., breakfast with full beer and liquor, Irish and Jameson promos, bands playing in the back room all day and evening. Brad Bosse plays at 9:30 a.m., Rebel Collective at 1 p.m., Ellis Falls at 5 p.m. and Conniption Fits at 9:30 p.m.

• O’Shea’s (449 Amherst St., Nashua, 943-7089) On the 17th it’s music from Shrunken Dog Heads with Nashua Firefighters Bagpipes & Drums, Guinness, Jameson and Murphy’s promos all day, with free tastings, raffles and giveaways.

• Patrick’s (18 Weirs Road, Gilford, 293-0841) Enjoy Irish buffet all day long, with O’Brien Clan playing at noon and 4 p.m. Dueling Pianos with Matt Langley and Jonathan Lorenz bring music and laughs from with an Irish accent at 7 p.m.

While enjoying the festivities, customers are encouraged to purchase a shamrock to support MDA. • Peddler’s Daughter (48 Main St., Nashua, 821-7535) One of the most venerable Granite State Irish pubs, opening at 8 a.m. for kegs and eggs, with Irish breakfast until 3 p.m. Music starts at 10 a.m. with Irish Whispa; New Hampshire Pipe & Drum will also appear, with Olde Salt at 2 p.m. and Pop Farmers at 7 p.m.

• Penuche’s (96 Hanover St., Manchester, 666-3667) For something completely different, JigsMusic presents a St Patty’s Day Party wit Pardon the Spins and Stop Tito Collective. Jam the green!

• Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia, 527-0043) Jodie Cunningham plays a country rock St. Patrick’s party at this club.

• Ri Ra (22 Market Square, Portsmouth, 319-1680) At the Seacoast chapter of this national chain of pubs, an 8 a.m. tapping of the keg is followed by Oran Mor at noon, Foggy Dudes from 5 to 9 p.m. and Lestah Polyestah at 10 p.m., with Irish step dancers all day long.

• Rogers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson, 866-6030) Pre-St. Patty’s fun on March 11 at 2 p.m. with Shannachie playing Irish tunes, part of the DCU Free Concert Series happening the second Saturday of each month.

• Salt hill Pub All four locations open with live music and a ceremonial first pint at 9 a.m. and offer an all-day, all-night par-

ty featuring a full Irish breakfast, traditional Irish menu, four great bands, Irish dancing, photo booth, the drive-by bagpiper, Guinness Girls and prizes including a trip for two to Ireland. Salt hill Hanover (7 Lebanon St., Hanover, 676-7855) Irish balladeer Jim Barnes is followed by Bel Clare, coming all the way from Ireland, then O’hAnleigh at 5 p.m. and Seattle’s James Marshall Irish Trio at 9 p.m. Salt hill Lebanon (2 W. Park St., Lebanon, 448-4532) Irish imports Bel Clare perform to lead things off, and at 1 p.m. it’s Jim Barnes followed by Atlantic Crossing at 4 p.m. and O’hAnleigh at 9 p.m. Salt hill Newport (58 Main St., Newport, 863-7774) Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki and his Irish trio begin a long day of music with a 9 a.m. set, followed by O’hAnleigh at 1 p.m., Bel Clare at 5 p.m. and Atlantic Crossing at 9 p.m. Salt hill Pub Shanty (1407 Route 103, Newbury, 763-2667) Start at 9 a.m. with O’hAnleigh, then at 1p.m. it’s Atlantic Crossing followed by Irish balladeer Jim Barnes at 5:30 p.m. and Bel Clare at 9 p.m.

• Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 625-0246) Irish breakfast is served starting at 5:30 a.m. with first pints at 6 a.m. and home-cooked meals all day long plus an array of drink promotions at this very Irish pub. Live music all afternoon and night with The Gobshites, JL Trio, Rick Fire & The Ricktones and Bruce Jacques.

• Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket, 659-7700) Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki ends his day in Newmarket, performing a concert with his trio. Tickets are $10 at vendini.com.

• Strange Brew Tavern (88 Market St., Manchester, 666-4292) David Rousseau early, followed by Jerry Short & Rick Watson and later it’s Olde Salt.

• Sunapee Coffeehouse (Route 11 and Lower Main Street, Sunapee, 229-1859) Enjoy an Irish Seisun hosted by Vic Reno.

• Tiebreakers (50 Emerson Road, Milford, 673-7123) Amanda Cote plays and sings at this country club.

• True Brew Barista (3 Bicentennial Square, Concord, 225-2776) Addison Chase performs at 8 p.m., and the Irish coffee should be first-rate.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230) Corned beef and cabbage dinner all day with live Irish music by The O’Gills at 3 p.m. and the Bob Pratte Band at 8 p.m.

• Wally’s Pub (144 Ashworth Ave., Hampton, 926-6954) Offering a twist on the theme, it’s Fast Times St. Paddy’s Bash with an ’80s cover band rocking the decade’s classics starting at 9 p.m.

• Wild Rover (21 Kosciuszko St., Manchester, 669-7722) It’s always crowded at this authentic pub on St. Patrick’s Day, so arrive early. It opens at 6 a.m., with Irish breakfast and first pint. For music, it’s Madra Rua from noon to 3 p.m., with Celtic Beats starting at 6 p.m. Tullamore Dew tasting at 4 p.m., Jameson tasting all day.

Daniel Rosenbaum, MD

James Fitzgerald, MD

Who says it’s hard to find a good primary care doctor?

Lydia Bennett, MD

Bedford

Doctors Rosenbaum, Fitzgerald and Bennett have joined Derry Medical Center at Bedford, and welcome you to join the practice!

• Convenient location: 160 South River Road, Bedford, NH (at the corner of Meeting House Road) • Patients can to use any local health system for both inpatient & specialty care • Accepting most insurance plans • Evening hours: Mon-Thurs 8:00 am-8:00 pm Fri 8:00 am-5:00 pm

603-537-1300 www.DerryMedicalCenter.com 112989

DMC_Bedford doc_HIPPO ad_5x5.45_020617.indd 1

2/6/17 2:51 PM

MARCH MADNESS 10% OFF

Conditioning Sale for Obesity & Out-Of-Shape Pets 10 Weeks of Conditioning, value of $450 for only $405 (save $45)

Give your dog or cat a kick start into spring exercise to lose weight & get in shape to become happier & healthier

Call us to get your older or overweight doggie or kitty started today!

288 S. Merrimack Rd. Hollis, NH | 603-465-4444 | www.HnHPT.com

113193

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 53

ROCKANDROLLCROSSWORDS.com BY TODD SANTOS

CSNY & RNRXWORDS Across 1. Progressive rock (abbr) 5. ‘The Fine Art Of Surfacing’ Boomtown __ 9. What lyrics used to be written on 14. “And __ __, and a two” (1,3) 15. Live Grateful Dead album ‘Without __ __’ (1,3)

16. We Are Defiance ‘It’s Not A Problem Unless You Make __ __’ (2,3) 17. Thin Lizzy ballad ‘__ You’ (5,2,4,4) 20. Influential 80s hardcore label 21. Pretenders ‘Loving You __ Know’ (2,3,1) 22. 80s ‘Sole Survivor’ band 23. How __ __ Supposed To Live With-

NRXWORDS 1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

15

14 17

18

20

21

28

25 31

30

33

34

36

62

26

35 38

44

45

48

39

40

41

46

49 51

50 55

13

32

37

47

12

22 24

43

11

19

29

42

10

16

23 27

7

56

52

53

57

54 58

59

63

60

61

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

HONESTY & SAFETY

Sales: 603-672-2580 Service: 603-554-8358

w __ __' (2,4)

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 54

110736

34. Andy Partridge 'Senses Working Overtime' band _ The Dutchie' 35. Phish's Anastasio wood does, perhaps Yellowcard lives on an 'Ocean' one Our Reputation 39.

Counts On It! Ladies (Put A Ring __ (abbr) 40. The Brandon B White __ Affair jam sesh 41. Beatles 'Free __ __ Bird' (2,1) 5 Stars ds: California __ 43. Prince And The Revolution '__ Life' “I__ first went "And begins to to horseless 44. 'The Second Coming' NJ band __ Concrete (hyph) carriage for transmission ry Picture __ on A Story' 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your service my 18 45. year old truck Face' Flack and wow, I must say it feels 46. 'Layla' guitarist Allman __' new. They knocked it out of the 47. Howard Jones 'What __ __' (2,4) wnpark....great 'Toxicity' song prices and very 'Ebeneezer Goode' Scots andsolid work makes48. them my go 50. Cyndi Lauper 'Time __ Time' to mechanics as long as I’m in 52. Killswitch Engage '__ __ In Sight' ier might spend a the state....really friendly staff (2,3) I can’t say enough about the 53. '13 Stone Sour hit '__ Favor' (2,2,1) _, one more time" guys there!”

56. Twisted Sister '__ Not Gonna Take It' eil 58. Might get this, in a big crowd eak' is on (1,5) 59. GnR's post-Appetite tideover m after ¡Uno! and ¡ 60. Sheryl Crow "__ break my heart again" d (abbr) 61. Default song that will say it ain't so? on't __ Me' 63. Santana '__ Como Va' ine' band 64. 'No Elm Street | Milford, NHScrubs' 03055 girl-group Of The754 Times'

out You (2,1) 24. Arc Angels ‘__ By Angels’ 26. Alex Paterson & Thomas Fehlmann ambient house band 27. ‘A Girl Like You’ Edwyn 31. Adler’s Appetite bassist Robbie 33. Billy Idol ballad for driver’s license day (5,7) 36. German band that had ‘99 Luftballoons’ 37. 80s Steve Howe band 38. ‘72 Allman Brothers album ‘__ __ Peach’ (3,1) 42. ‘Gimme Some Lovin’ The __ __ Group (7,5) 47. Chris Rea “Sun __ __, beating down” (2,3) 49. Steve Winwood ‘While __ Chance’ (3,3,1) 50. Daniel of Bauhaus 51. Dinosaur Jr ‘__ Song’ off ‘Bug’ 54. Shallow __: The Best Of Breaking

3/2 M E A L E L L E N O T E A C A N W A N N I V E G O T A G S O C O O F A M A R C U S N O C H A K H A L E

A T W A B O L D W A Y

E M C E E D R O D E O

Benjamin 55. Scratch on record 57. Like yarn used to knit star gift 59. __ Soundsystem 62. ‘80 Captain & Tennille smash ‘Do That __’ (2,2,3,4,4) 65. Zac Brown ‘__ Little Bit’ 66. Where underage rockers go after tour 67. Kings Of __ 68. Who the Left Banke told to ‘Walk Away’ 69. Biography facts 70. ‘Ohio’ icons (abbr)

Down 1. Musical Youth ‘__ The Dutchie’ 2. What acoustic’s wood does, perhaps 3. Beyonce ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring __ __)’ (2,2) 4. Come together in jam sesh 5. 80s musical TV ads: California __ 6. Counting Crows “And __ begins to HELLO IT'S PUZZLE fade away” A C H T A R T S 7. Rod Stewart ‘Every Picture __ A A R E A D O R E Story’ B A B E L H E R 8. Lifted a riff P E G M O V E 9. Warrant ‘Cherry __’ S T I L L T O N E U D O R A O 10. System Of A Down ‘Toxicity’ song S T A N C E 11. Bret Michaels band A N D N E W B A G 12. Like whole song D T O A N T W A R R I O R 13. Where hard partier might spend a L A N E Y A N D month O H N A P 18. “Take it to the __, one more time” R E M I N I S C E D R U M D E A N 19. Motley Crue’s Neil Y O G A S A T •OConfidential • No up-front fees • We know what it’s worth • Local • 35 year experience

Thinking of selling your business?

We can help

603-935-5099

jreese@tworld.com

23. What Korn’s ‘Freak’ is on (1,5) 25. Green Day album after ¡Uno! and ¡ Dos! 27. ‘Our House’ band (abbr) 28. Fogerty ‘You Don’t __ Me’ 29. ‘Steal My Sunshine’ band 30. Queensryche ‘__ Of The Times’ 32. Whitesnake ‘Slow __ __’ (2,4) 34. Andy Partridge ‘Senses Working Overtime’ band 35. Phish’s Anastasio 39. Yellowcard lives on an ‘Ocean’ one (abbr) 40. The White __ Affair 41. Beatles ‘Free __ __ Bird’ (2,1) 43. Prince And The Revolution ‘__ Life’ 44. ‘The Second Coming’ NJ band __ Concrete (hyph) 45. ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ Flack 46. ‘Layla’ guitarist Allman 47. Howard Jones ‘What __ __’ (2,4) 48. ‘Ebeneezer Goode’ Scots 50. Cyndi Lauper ‘Time __ Time’ 52. Killswitch Engage ‘__ __ In Sight’ (2,3) 53. ‘13 Stone Sour hit ‘__ Favor’ (2,2,1) 56. Twisted Sister ‘__ Not Gonna Take It’ 58. Might get this, in a big crowd 59. GnR’s post-Appetite tideover 60. Sheryl Crow “__ break my heart again” 61. Default song that will say it ain’t so?

63. Santana ‘__ Como Va’ 64. ‘No Scrubs’ girl-group

Thinking of selling your business?

We can help.

We have numerous Thinking of selling seeking yourbuyers business? businesses that are We can and helptax profitable • Confidential records to prove it.

• • • •

No up-front fees We know what it’s worth Please call or email Local Jody Reese.

35 year experience

603-935-5099 603-935-5099 jreese@tworld.c jreese@tworld.com

105483

112794

Want more music, comedy or big-name concerts?

Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store or Google Play.

River’s Pub 76 Derry St 880-8676 JD Chaser’s 2B Burnham Rd 886-0792 Nan King 222 Central St. 882-1911 SoHo 49 Lowell Rd 889-6889

Manchester A&E Cafe 1000 Elm St. 578-3338 Amoskeag Studio 250 Commercial St. 315-9320 Breezeway Pub 14 Pearl St. 621-9111 Penuche’s Ale House Amherst East Hampstead Millie’s Tavern British Beer Company 6 Pleasant St. 228-9833 Pasta Loft LaBelle Winery 17 L St. 967-4777 Laconia 1071 S. Willow St. Pit Road Lounge 345 Rte 101 672-9898 220 E. Main St. 378-0092 North Beach Bar & Anthony’s Pier 232-0677 388 Loudon Road Grille 931 Ocean Blvd.

263 Lakeside Ave. Bungalow Bar & Grille 226-0533 Auburn Epping 967-4884 366-5855 333 Valley St. Red Blazer Auburn Pitts Holy Grail Old Salt Baja Beach Club 518-8464 72 Manchester St. 167 Rockingham Road 64 Main St. 679-9559 409 Lafayette Rd. 89 Lake St. 524-0008 Cactus Jack’s 224-4101 622-6564 Telly’s 926-8322 Broken Spoke Saloon 782 South Willow St. Tandy’s Top Shelf 235 Calef Hwy 679-8225 Ron’s Landing 627-8600 1 Eagle Sq. 856-7614 Bedford Tortilla Flat 379 Ocean Blvd 929-2122 1072 Watson Rd 866-754-2526 Central Ale House True Brew Barista Bedford Village Inn 1-11 Brickyard Sq Savory Square Bistro Faro Italian Grille 72 23 Central St. 660-2241 3 Bicentennial Sq. 2 Olde Bedford Way 734-2725 32 Depot Sq 926-2202 Endicott St. 527-8073 City Sports Grille 225-2776 472-2001 Popovers Sea Ketch 127 Ocean Fratello’s 216 Maple St. 625-9656 Copper Door 11 Brickyard Sq 734-4724 Blvd. 926-0324 799 Union Ave. 528-2022 Club ManchVegas 15 Leavy Drive 488-2677 Contoocook Stacy Jane’s Covered Bridge Shorty’s Epsom 9 Ocean Blvd. 929-9005 Holy Grail of the Lakes 50 Old Granite St. 12 Veterans Square 222-1677 Cedar St. 746-5191 206 Rte 101 488-5706 Circle 9 Ranch The Goat 737-3000 Crazy Camel Hookah Farmer’s Market 39 Windymere 736-3111 20 L St. 601-6928 Margate Resort and Cigar Lounge 896 Main St. Belmont Hilltop Pizzeria Wally’s Pub 76 Lake St. 524-5210 245 Maple St. 518-5273 746-3018 Lakes Region Casino 1724 Dover Rd 736-0027 144 Ashworth Ave. Naswa Resort Derryfield Country Club 1265 Laconia Road 926-6954 1086 Weirs Blvd.

625 Mammoth Rd Claremont 267-7778 Exeter 366-4341 623-2880 Taverne on the Square Pimentos Shooters Tavern Hanover Paradise Beach Club Whiskey 20 Rt. 3 DW Hwy 528-2444 2 Pleasant St. 287-4416 69 Water St. 583-4501 Salt Hill Pub 20 Old Granite St. Shooter’s Pub 7 Lebanon St. 676-7855 322 Lakeside Ave. 366-2665 641-2583 Deerfield Boscawen 6 Columbus Ave. Canoe Club Fratello’s Nine Lions Tavern Alan’s 772-3856 27 S. Main St. 643-9660 Patio Garden Lakeside Ave. 155 Dow St. 624-2022 133 N. Main St. 753-6631 4 North Rd 463-7374 Pitman’s Freight Room Foundry Francestown Henniker 94 New Salem St. 50 Commercial St. Derry Bow Toll Booth Tavern Country Spirit 836-1925 Drae Chen Yang Li 740 2nd NH Tpke 262 Maple St. 428-7007 527-0043 Tower Hill Tavern Ignite Bar & Grille 520 South St. 228-8508 14 E Broadway #A 588-1800 Pat’s Peak Sled Pub 264 Lakeside Ave. 100 Hanover St. 494-6225 216-2713 24 Flander’s Road 366-9100 Imago Dei Halligan Tavern Bristol Gilford 888-728-7732 Weirs Beach Lobster 123 Hanove St. Back Room at the Mill 32 W. Broadway Ellacoya Barn & Grille Pound Jewel 965-3490 2 Central St. 744-0405 2667 Lakeshore Road Hillsborough 72 Endicott St. 366-2255 61 Canal St. 819-9336 Purple Pit 293-8700 Mama McDonough’s Karma Hookah & 28 Central Sq. 744-7800 Dover Patrick’s 5 Depot St. 680-4148 Lebanon Cigar Bar 7th Settlement Brewery 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Tooky Mills Rumor Mill Salt Hill Pub 1077 Elm St. 647-6653 50 S Main St, 217-0971 47 Washington St. 9 Depot St. 2 West Park St. 448-4532 KC’s Rib Shack 373-1001 Goffstown 464-6700 837 Second St. 627-RIBS Asia Concord Village Trestle Turismo Midnight Rodeo (Yard) 42 Third St. 742-9816 Barley House 25 Main St. 497-8230 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 Londonderry Coach Stop Tavern 1211 S. Mammoth Rd Cara Irish Pub 132 N. Main 228-6363 176 Mammoth Rd 623-3545 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Hampton CC Tomatoes Hooksett 437-2022 Stark Brewing Company Dover Brick House 209 Fisherville Rd Ashworth By The Sea Asian Breeze Stumble Inn 500 Commercial St. 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 295 Ocean Blvd.

753-4450 1328 Hooksett Rd 20 Rockingham Rd 625-4444 Fury’s Publick House Cheers 926-6762 621-9298 432-3210 Murphy’s Taproom 1 Washington St. 17 Depot St. 228-0180 Bernie’s Beach Bar New England’s Tap Whippersnappers 494 Elm St. 644-3535 617-3633 Granite 73 Ocean Blvd 926-5050 House Grille 44 Nashua Rd 434-2660 Penuche’s 96 Pleasant St. 227-9000 Sonny’s Tavern Boardwalk Inn & Cafe 1292 Hooksett Rd 96 Hanover St. 626-9830 83 Washington St. Hermanos 139 Ocean Blvd. 929-7400 782-5137 Loudon Portland Pie Company 742-4226 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669 Breakers at Ashworth Hungry Buffalo 786 Elm St. 622-7437 Top of the Chop Makris 295 Ocean Blvd. 926-6762 Hudson 58 Rte 129 798-3737 Salona Bar & Grill 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Breakers By the Sea 354 Sheep Davis Road AJ’s Sports Bar 128 Maple St. 225-7665 409 Ocean Blvd 926-7702 11 Tracy Lane 718-1102 624-4020 Thursday, March 9 Claremont Ashland Taverne on the Square: Tom Common Man: Jim McHugh & Pirozzoli & Kit Cregar Steve McBrian (Open) Concord Auburn Common Man: Holly Furlone Auburn Pitts: Open Jam w/ Granite: CJ Poole Duo Gordy and Diane Pettipas Hermanos: Paul Bourgeois Penuche’s Ale House: Crawl Bedford Space Copper Door: Jim Devlin True Brew: Dusty Gray Open Original Boscawen Alan’s: John Pratte Dover Fury’s: Erin’s Guild

Exeter Station 19: Thursday Night Live

Hillsborough Turismo: Line Dancing

Gilford Laconia Patrick’s: Eric Grant/ Tristan Whiskey Barrel: Everlast Ormand Lebanon Hampton Salt hill: Celtic Open Session CR’s: Steve Sibulkin Manchester Hanover 1oak On Elm: Dubloadz Canoe Club: Gillian Joy Central Ale House: Jonny Salt hill Pub: Irish Trad’ Session Friday Blues Randy Miller/Roger Kahle City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Foundry: Duncan Pelletier

Shaskeen 909 Elm St. 625-0246 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 Wild Rover 21 Kosciuszko St. 669-7722

River Casino 53 High St. 881-9060 Boston Billiard Club 55 Northeastern Blvd.

943-5630 Burton’s Grill 310 Daniel Webster Highway 888-4880 Country Tavern 452 Amherst St. 889-5871 Dolly Shakers 38 East Hollis St. 577-1718 Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St. 577-9015 Fratello’s Italian Grille Mason 194 Main St. Marty’s Driving Range 889-2022 96 Old Turnpike Rd Haluwa Lounge 878-1324 Nashua Mall 883-6662 Killarney’s Irish Pub Meredith 9 Northeastern Blvd.

Giuseppe’s Ristorante 888-1551 312 DW Hwy 279-3313 O’Shea’s 449 Amherst St. 943-7089 Merrimack Peddler’s Daughter Homestead 48 Main St. 821-7535 641 DW Hwy 429-2022 Portland Pie Company Jade Dragon 14 Railroad Sq 882-7437 515 DW Hwy 424-2280 Riverwalk Pacific Fusion 35 Railroad Sq 578-0200 356 DW Hwy 424-6320 Shorty’s Tortilla Flat 48 Gusabel Ave. 882-4070 594 Daniel Webster Stella Blu Hwy 262-1693 70 E. Pearl St. 578-5557 Thirsty Turtle Milford 8 Temple St. 402-4136 J’s Tavern 63 Union Square 554-1433 New Boston Lefty’s Lanes Molly’s Tavern 244 Elm St. 554-8300 35 Mont Vernon Rd Pasta Loft 487-2011 241 Union Square 672-2270 Newbury Shaka’s Bar & Grill Goosefeathers Pub 11 Wilton Rd 554-1224 Mt. Sunapee 763-3500 Tiebreakers at Salt Hill Pub Hampshire Hills 1407 Rt 103 763-2667 50 Emerson Rd 673-7123 Union Coffee Co. New Castle 42 South St. 554-8879 Wentworth By The Sea 588 Wentworth Rd Moultonborough 422-7322 Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road New London 478-5900 Flying Goose 40 Andover Road Nashua 526-6899 110 Grill 27 Trafalgar Sq. 943-7443 Newington 5 Dragons Paddy’s 29 Railroad Sq. 578-0702 27 International Drive 430-9450

Fratello’s: Jazz Night Manchvegas: Open Acoustic Jam w/ Jim Devlin Shaskeen: Taillite Rebellion/ Nick Frerero & The Graniteers Shorty’s: Austin Pratt Strange Brew: Jon Ross Big Night of Bluegrass Whiskey’s 20: DJs Shawn White/ Ryan Nichols/Mike Mazz Wild Rover: The Hallorans Merrimack Homestead: Bob Rutherford

Milford Union Coffee: Deja December and Vice-President Nashua Agave Azul: DJ K-Wil Ladies Night Country Tavern: Johnnie James Fratello’s Italian Grille: Steve Tolley Riverwalk Cafe: Big Ben Hillman Shorty’s: Joe Sambo

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 55

Keep Your Dogs Conditioned, Fit & Trim 26’ Indoor Heated Salt Pool & Aqua Paws Water Treadmill

Newport Salt Hill Pub 58 Main St. 863-7774

• Doggie Daycare • Boarding •Training

336 Route 101, Amherst, NH | 672 8448 | AmericanK9Country.com

Peterborough Harlow’s Pub 3 School St. 924-6365

107718

HIPPO

classifieds@hippopress.com

CLASSIFIEDS

625-1855 ext. 25

AND BUSINESS RESOURCES

LINE ADS: $10 a week or $25 for 4 weeks for 20 words. $.50 each additional word.

BOX ADS: $68 for 4 weeks. (4 week minimum) Any Color! Any Text! Any Design!

DOUBLE BOX ADS: $136 for 4 weeks. (4 week minimum) Any Color! Any Text! Any Design!

MANNY’S TRUCKING House Hold Moving~Local or Long distance

Let us do the packing!

JUNK REMOVAL

CA$H FOR CARS

Any CAR, Any Condition!

We will remove ANYTHING ~ ANYWHERE No job too big or too small!

We Pay Top DOLLAR

CALL MANNY 603-889-8900

603-286-2288

hippo prints 603-625-1855

business cards • letterheads comic books • invitations banners and much more!

AIRLINE CAREERS Get FAA approved maintenance training at campuses coast to coast. Job placement assistance.

Financial Aid for qualifying students. Military friendly.

Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance

800-481-7894

Get Cash - Same Day

PHLEBOTOMY AND SAFETY TRAINING CENTER 273 Derry Road Litchfield, NH 03052

5 WEEK PHLEBOTOMY COURSE $800

APRIL REGISTRATION!

CALL TO REGISTER! (603)883-0306

WANTED

DIABETIC TEST STRIPS

Immediate Cash Paid$$ Call or Text 603-623-3954

ZIGGY’S ELECTRIC Residential • Commercial Additions • Renovations Pools • Jacuzzis • Small Jobs & Repairs • Service Calls

40 YEARS EXPERIENCE Licensed & Insured

603-695-9080

Do You NeeD FiNaNcial Help w i t H t H e S paY i N g o r a lt e r i N g oF Your Dog o r c at ?

603-224-1361

INDEPENDENT FREE PAPERS OF AMERICA CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! All Makes/Models 2000-2016! Any Condition. Running or Not. Top $$$ Paid! Free Towing! We’re Nationwide! Call Now: 1-888-985-1806 AIRLINE MECHANIC TRAINING - Get FAA Technician certification. Approved for military benefits.

Financial Aid if qualified. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-453-6204 CALL CANADA Drug Center. Affordable International Medications! Safe, reliable & affordable!

FREE 2017 Calendar! Call 855-768-0762 Now! VIAGRA 100MG and CIALIS 20mg! 50 Pills $99.00 FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed.

CALL NOW! 1 -866-312-6061 Hablamos Espanol Got Knee Pain? Back Pain? Shoulder Pain? Get a pain-relieving brace at little or NO cost to you.

Medicare Patients Call Health Hotline Now! 1- 844-502-1809 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help!

WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-855-498-6323 to start your application today!

Spectrum Triple Play TV, Internet & Voice for $29.99 ea. 60 MB per second speed No contract or commitment.

We buy your existing contract up to $500! 1-855-652-9304 Lung Cancer? And Age 60+? You And Your Family May Be Entitled To Significant Cash Award.

Call 866-428-1639 for Information. No Risk. No Money Out Of Pocket.

Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201 CASH PAID- up to $25/Box for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. 1-DAYPAYMENT.1-800-371-1136 • ADVERTISE to 10 Million Homes across the USA! Place your ad in over 140 community newspapers, with circulation totaling over 10 million homes. Contact Independent Free Papers of America IFPA at danielleburnett-ifpa@live.com or visit our website cadnetads.com for more information • Reader Advisory: The National Trade Association we belong to has purchased the above classifieds. Determining the value of their service or product is advised by this publication. In order to avoid misunderstandings, some advertisers do not offer employment but rather supply the readers with manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients establish mail order selling and other businesses at home. Under NO circumstance should you send any money in advance or give the client your checking, license ID, or credit card numbers.

Also beware of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that if a credit repair company does business only over the phone it is illegal to request any money before delivering its service.

All funds are based in US dollars. Toll free numbers may or may not reach Canada.

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 56

Newmarket Riverworks 164 Main St. 659-6119 Stone Church 5 Granite St. 659-7700 Three Chimneys 17 Newmarket Rd. 868-7800

Pelham Shooters 116 Bridge St. 635-3577 Pittsfield Molly’s Tavern 32 Main St. 487-2011 Plaistow Crow’s Nest 181 Plaistow Road 974-1686 Racks Bar & Grill 20 Plaistow Road 974-2406 Portsmouth Blue Mermaid Island 409 The Hill 427-2583 British Beer Company 103 Hanover St. 501-0515 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 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. 332-3984 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 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

Sunapee 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 Weare Stark House Tavern 487 S Stark Hwy 529-7747 West Lebanon Salt Hill Pub 5 Airport Rd 298-5566

Somersworth Hideout Grill at the Oaks 100 Hide Away Place 692-6257 Kelley’s Row 417 Route 108 692-2200

Newmarket Boscawen Stone Church: Irish Music w/ Alan’s: On 2 Duo Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki & Jim Prendergast Claremont Taverne on the Square: Flew-Z Peterborough Harlow’s: Bluegrass Night Concord La Mia Casa: Soul Repair Area 23: Freevolt Makris: Downtown Dave Duo Plaistow Pit Road Lounge: Dirty Looks Racks: Rock Jam w/ Dave Tandy’s: DJ Iceman Streetz Thompson (105.5 JYY) True Brew: Lauren Hurley & Portsmouth Friends Dolphin Striker: Family Affair (Mica/Pete Peterson) Contoocook Fat Belly’s: DJ Flex Covered Bridge: Don Portsmouth Book & Bar: Scott Bartenstein Kiefner Band Press Room: Jared Steer Derry Coffee Factory: Dave LaCroix Seabrook Chop Shop: Spent Fuel Dover Cara: Frank Landford Weare Dover Brickhouse: Rustic OverStark House Tavern: Lisa tones with Before the Crash Guyer Solo Fury’s Publick House: Wellfleet Top of the Chop: Funkadelic Windham Fridays Common Man: Triana Wilson Epping Friday, March 10 Holy Grail: Max Sullivan Auburn Auburn Pitts: Eric Lindberg Gilford Trio Patrick’s: Dueling PIanos - Jim Tyrrell ; Matt Langley Belmont Schuster’s: Dan the Muzak Man Lakes Region Casino: DJ Mark

Old Rail Pizza Co. 6 Main St. 841-7152

Windham Common Man 88 Range Rd 898-0088 Jonathon’s Lounge Park Place Lanes, Route 28 800-892-0568 Red’s Tavern 22 Haverhill Dr. 437-7251

Goffstown Village Trestle: Aldous Collins Band (Benefit for Brent & Arianna Stranger) Hampton Savory Square: Joel Cage Wally’s Pub: Old Bastards Hanover Canoe Club: William …gmundson Jesse’s: Incognito Duo Salt hill Pub: Dave Bundza

Henniker Sled Pub: Karen Grenier Hooksett Asian Breeze: DJ Albin Laconia Pitman’s: Flute Brothers Band Featuring Doug Flutie Lebanon Salt Hill Pub: Riddim Vigil Londonderry Coach Stop: Kieran McNally Pipe Dream Brewing: Joe Sambo Manchester British Beer: Austin Pratt Bungalow: Underdog Champs/ Safeguard / Down with Me / Oh The Humanity

NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK Derryfield: Soundtrack to Monday Foundry: Charlie Chronopoulos Fratello’s: Steve Tolley Jewel: Leaving Eden/Burning Time ManchVegas: Deja Voodoo Murphy’s Taproom: Molly McGuires Shaskeen: The Opined Few Strange Brew: Daybreakers Whiskey’s 20: DJs Jason Spivak & Sammy Smoove Wild Rover: Jimmy Denny Merrimack Homestead: Brad Bosse Merrimack Merrimack Biergarten: MB Padfield Milford Pasta Loft: Take 4 Tiebreakers: Rich Kumpu Moultonborough Buckey’s: The Ossipee Mountain Boys

Plaistow Crow’s Nest: The Priest/Bleed Through the Grey Portsmouth Grill 28: Alan Roux Martingale Wharf: Michael Troy & Craig Tramack Portsmouth Book & Bar: Jason Crigler and the Silver Linings Portsmouth Gaslight: DJ Koko/Jimmy D./Malcolm Salls Press Room: Lonesome Lunch w/Dave Talmage Press Room: Pat & the Hats / Trade Red Door: Green Lion Crew Ri Ra: Lestah Lounge Rudi’s: Max Logue Thirsty Moose: Barefoot Young Rochester Radloff’s: Dancing Madly Backwards Duo Smokey’s Tavern: Dan Walker Salem Sayde’s: Chuckin’ the Reeds

Nashua Country Tavern: Jeff Mrozek Fody’s: Rob Benton Fratello’s Italian Grille: Joe Young Haluwa: Rage N Age O’Shea’s: The Jenni Lynn Duo Peddler’s Daughter: Queen City Soul Riverwalk Cafe: Quiles & Cloud Thirsty Turtle: Farenheit Friday - DJ D-Original New Boston Molly’s: Justin Cohen/Ed Chenoweth Newbury Salt hill Pub: Toby Moore Newmarket Riverworks: Seth Gooby Stone Church: Scissorfight / Watts / The Damn Garrison / Swivel Newport Salt Hill Pub: Sullivan Davis Hanscom Band Peterborough Harlow’s: Shokazoba La Mia Casa: Travel Amygdala ,Potsy,Lobotomobile,Merithius, SWOTD

Seabrook Chop Shop: Common Ground 521 Sunapee Sunapee Coffeehouse: Hampshire Troubadours

New

Suncook Olympus Pizza: Nicole Knox Murphy Saturday, March 11 Ashland Common Man Ashland: Sky King Bedford Shorty’s: Rob & Jody Belmont Lakes Region Casino: Eric Grant Band Boscawen Alan’s: Chris Lester Concord Hermanos: Kenny Weiland Penuche’s Ale House: Band Band Pit Road Lounge: Nuff Said Tandy’s: DJ Iceman Streetz (105.5 JYY) True Brew: The Revend Todd Seely

COMEDY THIS WEEK AND BEYOND Friday, March 10 Newmarket Rockingham Ballroom: Tony V/Emily Ruskowski/Arty P Stone Church: 5th anniversary w/ Casey Crawford, Matt Kona + 3 more

Saturday, March 11 Keene Colonial Theatre: Frank Santos Jr. Laconia Pitman’s: Paul Nardizzi / Matt Barry

Dover Cara: Jubilee Fury’s Publick House: Killer At Large East Hampstead Pasta Loft Brickhouse: Ralph Allen

IRS

tRoubleS? • Expert Knowledge • Unmatched Product Selection • Awesome Service & Lowest Prices • Friendly & Informative Staff

Epping Holy Grail: Jubillie Epsom Circle 9: Dan Morgan Band Hilltop Pizzeria: Stray Dog Gilford Patrick’s: Matt Langley’s Tribute to Bon Jovi Schuster’s: Dan the Muzak Man Goffstown Village Trestle: Casual Gravity Hampton Savory Square: RC Thomas Wally’s Pub: The Bars Hanover Canoe Club: Jules Evens Salt Hill Pub: Conniption Fits Henniker Sled Pub: Jah Spirit - Hawaiian Weekend Hudson River’s Pub: Angry Balls Project Laconia Whiskey Barrel: Jackyl / Red Sky Mary Lebanon Salt Hill Pub: Wanda & The Sound Junkies Londonderry Coach Stop: Ted Solovicos Manchester Bungalow: Great American Ghost / Bungler / Until We Are Ghosts / Degrader City Sports Grille: Ripple Effect Derryfield: Chad Lamarsh Foundry: Justin Cohn Fratello’s: Jeff Mrozek Jewel: Songs From The Last Waltz Karma: DJ Midas/SP1 and Reed Murphy’s: Wize Crackerz

Manchester Shaskeen: Jay Headliners: Kelly Chanoine /Ben Quick/ MacFarland/Christine Paul Lanwehr Hurley/Pat Napoli Merrimack Wed., March 15 Pacific Fusion: Manchester Comedy on Purpose Murphy’s: Laugh Free Alana Susko Or Die Open Mic

We price match!

• Tax Preparation • IRS Representation • Offers in Compromise Past due tax returns or lost records no problem

Saving Taxpayers Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

CPA-MBA Certified Tax Resolution Specialist The best compliment you can give me is a referral

95 Eddy Rd., Suite #617, Manchester 836-5001

www.RodgerWWolfCPA.biz Rodger@wolfcpa.comcastbiz.net

101490

603.402.2115

341 Amherst St. Nashua Facebook/MadVapesNashua Mon-Sat 10-9 | Sun 11-6

110746

Visit Petschoicenh.com to take our virtual store tour!

Great food, Awesome toys & Treats, Small animal supplies, Self-service dog wash, Grooming & Training

Take

$5 off

any $50 purchase

Cannot be combined with other coupons or offers.

One per customer. Exp. 3/31/17

FOODS • SUPPLIES • GROOMING • SPECIALTY ITEMS CAT & DOG TRAINING • SELF-SERVE DOG WASH

454 D.W. Highway, Merrimack, NH • 603 424-PAWS (7297) facebook.com/petschoicenh

113198

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 57

NEW Addiction Treatment for

Penuche’s: William Thompson Funk Experiment w/s/g Blanket Party Shaskeen: Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones Strange Brew: Tom Ballerini Whiskey’s 20: DJ Hizzy/Shawn White Wild Rover: Phatt James

Predators of the Sky: Live Birds of Prey

Merrimack Homestead: Lachlan Maclearn Merrimack Biergarten: Heart Strings

Adolescents (14+) • Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) • Family support services, including interventions • Individual, group, and family therapy • Drug testing

Milford Pasta Loft: Drag Queen Show SOLD OUT Shaka’s: Paul Driscoll Union Coffee: Aaron Shadwell with Andrew Cass

Payment is accepted from Medicaid and most insurance companies.

$10/Person or $25/Family Preregistration required

Space is limited!

1-844-5-CHOOSE (844-524-6673) Learn more at www.choicesnh.org

Call 626.FISH

www.AmoskeagFishways.org 4 Fletcher St. Manchester NH A program of Riverbend Community Mental Health, Inc. Addiction Treatment Services for Adolescents

Celebrate the Magic of the Merrimack!

111489

Eversource - NH Audubon - NH Fish & Game - US Fish & Wildlife

097589

Call us to discuss your situation and needs. Confidentiality is assured.

March 11th 11am & 1pm

112274

Nashua Agave Azul: DJ Roberto Tropical Saturday Boston Billiard Club: DJ Anthem Throwback Country Tavern: Boo Boo Groove Dolly Shakers: Funbox Fody’s: Plan B Fratello’s Italian Grille: Rick Watson Haluwa: Terminal Velocity O’Shea’s: The Stumps Peddler’s Daughter: Ripcord Riverwalk Cafe: Deadbeat Stella Blu: Mystical Magic Thirsty Turtle: Miketon And The Nightblinders/Matt Charrette/Nick The Barbarian/ Laid To Dust Tilted Kilt: Dance Hall Epidemic New Boston Molly’s: The Boogie Men/Dan Murphy Newbury Salt Hill Pub: Apres Ski Party, Arthur James Newmarket Stone Church: Whiskey Kill / Dressed for the Occasion & Dan Bern (late) Newport Salt Hill Pub: Seth Adam

Sunday Funday!

Plaistow Crow’s Nest: Bite The Bullet

$10 per person (includes shoes)

Portsmouth Cafe Nostimo: Enosis Grill 28: Acoustic Radio

Unlimited Bowling | 8pm-11pm

Monday Madness

Unlimited Bowling | 9pm-12am $10 per person (includes shoes)

Thursday’s All You Can Bowl

Thursday’s & Friday’s Karaoke with DJ Dave

Free Pizza Slices Included! | 9pm-12am $15 per person (includes shoes)

216 Maple St., Manchester • 625-9656 • sparetimeentertainment.com HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 58

Rochester Smokey’s Tavern: Steve Tolley Seabrook Chop Shop: Lesser Gods Sunday, March 12 Ashland Common Man: Chris White Solo Acoustic Barrington Nippo Lake Restaurant: Seth Sawyer Band Bedford Copper Door: Joe Rivet Concord Hermanos: State Street Combo Dover Cara: Irish Session w/ Carol Coronis & Ramona Connelly Dover Brickhouse: Jazz Brunch Sonny’s: Sonny’s Jazz Gilford Schuster’s: Dan the Muzak Man Goffstown Village Trestle: Wan-tu Blues Band & Jam Henniker Sled Pub: Jah Spirit - Hawaiian Weekend Hudson River’s Pub: Acoustic Jam Manchester Shaskeen: Rap night, Industry night Strange Brew: Jam Meredith Giuseppe’s: Open Stage with Lou Porrazzo Milford Union Coffee: Hope is Brewing Moultonborough Buckey’s: Sunday Matinee w/ Ben Cook

Nashua Agave Azul: DJ Rich - Smokin’ Sunday Peddler’s Daughter: Olde Salt Pig Tale: Scott Solsky Riverwalk Cafe: Macuco Quintet Newmarket Stone Church: Bureaux Cats

Bluegrass

Portsmouth Press Room: Jason Anick and Jason Yeager Ri Ra: Irish Session Rudi’s: Jazz Brunch w/Jim Dozet Rochester Lilac City Grille: Music @9:30

Brunch

Seabrook Chop Shop: Kim & Mike/ Donny plays Johnny Cash Monday, March 13 Concord Hermanos: State Street Combo Hanover Salt hill Pub: Hootenanny Manchester Central Ale House: Jonny Friday Duo Fratello’s: Rob Wolfe or Phil Jacques Merrimack Homestead: Chris Cavanaugh Nashua Dolly Shakers: Monday’s Muse w Lisa Guyer Fratello’s Italian Grille: Bob Rutherford Newmarket Stone Church: Blues Jam w/ Wild Eagles Blues Band Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Old School Earth Eagle Brewings: Dan Walker Press Room: Scott Mullett Trio Ri Ra: Oran Mor Tuesday, March 14 Concord Hermanos: Dan Weiner Dover Fury’s Publick House: Tim Theriault and Friends Sonny’s: Soggy Po’ Boys Gilford Patrick’s: Paul Luff hosts

Get the crowds at your gig

Sat. 3/11

Zero To Sixty 111992

SPARE TIME SPECIALS

Peterborough Harlow’s: Shokazoba La Mia Casa: Travel Amygdala ,Potsy,Lobotomobile,Merithius, SWOTD

Hilton Garden: Pete Peterson Martingale Wharf: The Retroactivists Portsmouth Book & Bar: Paul Rishell and Annie Raines Portsmouth Gaslight: DJ Koko/Brian Gray/Joe Sambo Press Room: Press Room Jazz Lunch + Freestones Red Door: Tom Bartlett Ri Ra: Without Paris Rudi’s: Dimitri Thirsty Moose: The Pop Disaster

Want to get your show listed in the Music This Week? Let us know all about your upcoming show, comedy show, open mike night or multi-band event by sending all the information to music@hippopress.com. Send information by 9 a.m. on Friday to have the event considered for the next Thursday’s paper.

NITE CONCERTS Capitol Center for the Performing Arts & Spotlight Cafe 44 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, ccanh.com The Colonial Theatre 95 Main St., Keene 352-2033, thecolonial.org Dana Humanities Center 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester 641-7700, anselm.edu/dana The Flying Monkey 39 S. Main St., Plymouth

536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com Franklin Opera House 316 Central St., Franklin 934-1901, franklinoperahouse.org The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org The Music Hall Loft 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org Palace Theatre 80 Hanover St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org

Rochester Opera House 31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992, rochesteroperahouse.com SNHU Arena 555 Elm St., Manchester 644-5000, snhuarena.com Stockbridge Theatre Pinkerton Academy, Route 28, Derry 437-5210, stockbridgetheatre.com Tupelo Music Hall 2 Young Road, Londonderry 437-5100, tupelohall.com

Tab Benoit Thursday, March 9, 8 p.m. Tupelo Shawn Mullins Friday, March 10, 8 p.m. Tupelo Spirit of Johnny Cash Friday, March 10, 8 p.m. Rochester Opera House Glengharry Boys Saturday, March 11, 8 p.m. Tupelo Kiss/Motley Crue Tribute Saturday, March 11, 8 p.m. Rochester Opera House Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes Saturday, March 11, 8 p.m. Flying Monkey Uli John Roth Sunday, March 12, 8 p.m. Tupelo A Couple Of Blaguards Friday, Mar 17, 8 p.m. Flying Monkey Twiddle Friday, March 17, 8 p.m.

Colonial Theatre Puddle of Mudd, Saving Abel, and Tantric Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Twiddle Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Candlebox Acoustic (aksi 3/24) Thursday, March 23, 8 p.m.

Tupelo Derry

Candlebox Acoustic (aksi 3/24) Friday, March 24, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Jive Aces Dance Party Friday, Mar 24, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre The Weight Friday, Mar 24, 8 p.m. Flying Monkey Blue Oyster Cult Saturday, March 25, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Alan Doyle & The Beautiful Gypsies Sunday, March 26, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Beach Boys Tuesday, March 28, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Lez Zeppelin Friday, Mar 31, 8 p.m. Flying Monkey Tom Rush Friday, March 31, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry One Night of Queen Saturday, Apr 1, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Simon Kirke Saturday, April 1, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Stevie Nicks/Pretenders Wednesday, April 5, 8 p.m.

SNHU Arena John 5 & the Creatures Thursday, April 6, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Def Leppard/Poison/Tesla Saturday, April 8, 8 p.m. SNHU

Peter Frampton Raw Tuesday, April 11, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Del and Dawg Friday, April 14, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Adam Ezra Group Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Country Jamboree Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. Rochester Opera House Richard Thompson Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Dave Davies (Kinks) Thursday, April 20, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Almost Queen Friday, April 21, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Melissa Etheridge Wednesday, April 26, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Kathy Griffin Thursday, April 27, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Martin Sexton Friday, April 28, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Gary Hoey Saturday, April 29, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Motor Booty Affair Saturday, April 29, 8 p.m. Rochester Opera House Y&T Sunday, April 30, 8 p.m.

Tupelo Derry

Hanover Canoe Club: Bob Lucier

Seabrook Chop Shop: Bare Bones

Manchester Fratello’s: Kim Riley Shaskeen: Brett Wilson Strange Brew: Brad Bosse Whiskey’s 20: Sammy Smoove & DJ Gera

Wednesday, March 15 Atkinson Merrill’s Tavern: RC Thomas

Manchester 1oak On Elm: Lisa Guyer All Ages Jam Fratello’s: Brad Bosse Strange Brew: Open Jam - Tom Ballerini Blues Band

Concord Hermanos: Whit Symmes

Merrimack Homestead: Mark Huzar

Merrimack Homestead: Joe Young

Dover Fury’s Publick House: Hambone

Nashua Country Tavern: Tom Rousseau Fratello’s Italian Grille: Clint Lapointe

Nashua Fratello’s Italian Amanda Cote

Grille:

Newmarket Stone Church: SpeakEazy: Church Street Jazz Band / Bluegrass Jam Late North Hampton Barley House: Traditional Irish Session Peterborough Harlow’s: Celtic Music Jam Portsmouth Press Room: Jazz Jam w/ Larry Garland & Friends

Dublin DelRossi’s Trattoria: Celtic and Old Timey Jam Session Gilford Patrick’s: Cody James - Ladies Night Hampton CR’s: Rico Barr Duo Hillsborough Turismo: Blues Jam w Jerry Paquette & the Runaway Bluesmen

s ’ t i e s r u o of c

good

mix it upk

White Pea

(Serves two)

, rd Cinnamon a H k a e P y k ) 2 oz Roc r (RumChata u e u q li m a re 2 oz rum c e.

Shake with ic . illed glasses Pour into ch eakspirits.com p y k c o r t a es More recip

ROCKY PEAK

S M A L L B AT C H

HARD CINNAMON ORED WHISKEY C I N N A M O N F L AV

A M P S H IR E M A D E IN N E W H

e in really ir h s p m a H ew N in e Mad es really small batch

Plaistow Racks: DJ Sensations Portsmouth Press Room: Nick Goumas Quartet Ri Ra: Erin’s Guild Rochester Lilac City Grille: Tim Theriault - Ladies Night Seabrook Chop Shop: Guitar-a-oke & Cocktails -WL

35% Alc/Vol (70 proof) Drink Responsibly

113460

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 59

JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

“When Words Collide” — you can do it Across 1 Fast food sandwich option 14 Kids’ game played on a higher level?

15 They’re called for in extreme cases

16 Mention 17 Bankable vacation hrs., in some workplaces 18 Black or red insect 19 It’s slightly higher than B 20 Hairy cousin of Morticia

21 Like muffled sound recordings, slangily 22 Bridge, in Brindisi 23 Labor Day Telethon org.

24 Orange tea that’s really black 25 Parts of joules 26 They get their picks in dark matter 28 Seattle-based craft beer brand 29 Bite matchups, in dental X-rays 33 Mardi ___ 37 Battery count 38 React with disgust 39 “Pride ___ before destruction” 40 Cabinet dept. since 1977 41 “Primetime Justice wtih Ashleigh Banfield” network 42 Definitely gonna

3/2

43 Elvis Presley’s record label 44 Mock-stunned “Me?” 45 Coca-Cola Company founder Asa 46 You’ll want to keep it clean 49 “Ugh, so many responsibilities!”

50 Transfers of people (or profits) to their home countries

24 Water___ (dental brand) 26 Annual Vegas trade show full of tech debuts 27 “The Italian Job” actor ___ Def 28 Country with a red, white, and blue flag: abbr.

29 Unlikely to win most golf tournaments 30 Admit defeat Down 31 Explain 1 Type of dish at brunch 32 8 1/2” x 11” size, briefly 2 Feels hurt by 33 ___ knot (difficult problem) 3 “In the event it’s for real ...”

34 Two-___ (movie shorts) 4 Buttonholes, really 35 Be present 5 A little, to Verdi 36 Sandcastle spot 6 ___ Kippur 39 Avid 7 Moved way too slowly 41 Norse god of indecision that 8 “Perfectly Good Guitar” singer helped create humans (RHINO John anag.)

9 “This ___ unfair!”

42 Quaint version of “according to 10 Actor Gulager of “The me” Virginian” 44 Abolitionist Lucretia 11 Amateur night activity, maybe 45 Debt memo 12 “Not ___ a minute ...”

47 1974 Hearst abductors 13 Cartoonish villains 48 Airport near Forest Hills, N.Y. 14 Quake 15 Heavy curtain ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords 20 Gem State resident (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) 21 “Billion Dollar Brain” novelist Deighton 23 “Reclining Nude” painter

Live Music Sat. Mar. 11th Casual Gravity (Classic Rock)

On tap next week

Every Sunday

Molly O'Shea's Brewed as a reflection of the love and Irish Redrespect Ale we have for our long-time food

Love You Always

A Benefit for Brent & Arianna Stranger Fri. Mar. 10th 7-12

Live music by the Aldous Collins Band! $15 Donation at the door 10% of sales from the event will be donated to the family Try our Chicken Tenders! Voted 3rd Best in the state,

by WMUR’s Viewers Choice. And they’re baked, not fried!

c De

st

Last Sunday of Every Month

Sunday

La

Bloody Mary Bar th January SUNDAY, MAR. 26 •29 11-2P

Brewed as a reflection of the employee/local hottie, love and respect purveyor/one-time we have for our long-time food purveyor/ Molly O'Shea Piercy! Awesome, full bodied one-time employee/local hottie, andAwesome, malty with a super low hop character.

Molly O'Shea Piercy!

Deep red! full bodied and malty withSoa smooth! So luscious! Irish malt super low hop character.

Deep dominates the palate. Brewed with a clean red! So smooth! So finishing luscious! Irish yeast, very quaffable!

Irish malt dominates the palate.

6% ABV Brewed with a clean finishing Irish yeast, very quaffable!

6% ABV Fad Saol Agat! e b r m 2 (Long life to you!)

Su

e

5t

BAR

nd

ay

o f E v ery Mo

h

Authentic Green Beer... not in color, in sustainability.

The first solar powered brewery in NH! nth

25 Main St. Goffstown Village • villagetrestle.com • 497-8230 HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 60

Serving Lunch & Dinner Daily Mon-Sat 11:30am-9pm, Sun 11:30am-8:00pm 113122

Blues Jam 3pm-7pm

FlyingGoose.com 603.526.6899

113510

NITE SUDOKU

By Dave Green

8

6

3

2 5

1 9

8 6 7

4

7

1 2 3

5

8 9

3 2 Difficulty Level

2017 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

4

7

SU DO KU 3 2 1 6 4 5 7 9 8

7 9 3 5 8 2 1 6 4

5 1 2 4 6 7 9 8 3

8 4 6 3 9 1 2 5 7

1 8 9 7 3 4 6 2 5

9 MOTHER’S DAY

8

2

1 3/09

Difficulty Level

4 Essex Dr. Raymond, NH • 603-244-1573

6 7 5 9 2 8 4 3 1

2 3 4 1 5 6 8 7 9 3/02

113380

ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK

FRIDAY THE 10TH

3/2 4 5 8 2 7 9 3 1 6

• 35 Craft & Domestic Drafts • Weekly Entertainment • Every Friday night we • Breakfast Sat & Sun 8-12 Tap a new Craft Beer!

SOUNDTRACK TO MONDAY

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Last week's puzzle answers are below

9 6 7 8 1 3 5 4 2

shake your shamrocks during march madness!

Irish Whiskey, Beer & Food Specials!

SATURDAY THE 11TH CHAD LAMARSH BAND

EVERY THURSDAY

1/2 PRICE APPETIZERS FROM 4-7 $5 CAPTAIN MORGAN DRINKS TRIVIA NIGHT STARTING AT 6:30 (PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS)

EASTER SUNDAY BUFFET - 10AM

FEATURING OMELET OR PASTA STATION, PRIME RIB, HAM, SALAD, FRUIT, & ASSORTED PASTRIES ADULTS: $24.95 SENIORS: $22.95 CHILDREN: $16.95 CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 200 SEAT BANQUET FACILITY • OFF-SITE CATERING • SPECIALIZING IN WEDDINGS & CORPORATE MEETINGS

625 Mammoth Rd., Manchester, NH • (603) 623-2880 • DerryfieldRestaurant.com

113216

nately, due to my intense preoccupation with not drawing attention to myself while eating a Domino’s personal pepperoni pan pizza in public at a music festival while fat, I misjudged the flimsy plastic picnic table’s center of gravity. … All that anxiety about trying not to be a gross, gluttonous fat lady eating a “bad” food in public, and I wound up being the fat lady who was so excited about pizza that she threw herself to the ground and rolled around in it like a dog with a raccoon carcass. Nailed it. Disregard other people’s attention.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) What if I was wrong all along — what if this was all a magic trick, and I could just decide that I was valuable and it would be true? Why, instead, had I left that decision in the hands of strangers who hated me? Great question.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) How are you supposed to choose what represents you as a human being when you have no idea who you are yet? You aren’t. Don’t worry about it.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Just because you haven’t personally experienced something doesn’t make it not true. What a concept. Listen to other people’s stories.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Why make art if you don’t have a point of view? You probably have one, even if you aren’t aware of it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) I am a human and I would like to be with the human I like the best. It’s a good time to hang out with friends.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) “Whale” is the weakest insult ever, by the way. Oh, I have a giant brain and rule the sea with my majesty? What have you accomplished lately, Steve? Yeah, Steve.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) It’s hard to be cold or cruel when you remember it’s hard to be a person. Cut a little slack.

2017 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

All quotes are from Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, by Lindy West, born March 9, 1982.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Don’t trust anyone who promises you a new life. Pickup artists, lifestyle gurus, pyramid-scheme face cream evangelists, Weight Watchers coaches: These people make their living off of your failures. If their products lived up to their promise, they’d be out of a job. …

Real change is slow, hard, and imperceptible. It resists deconstruction. Do a single push-up today.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) When I look at photographs of my twenty-two-year-old self, so convinced of her own defectiveness, I see a perfectly normal girl and I think about aliens. If an alien came to earth — a gaseous orb or a polyamorous cat person or whatever — it wouldn’t even be able to tell the difference between me and Angelina Jolie, let alone rank us by hotness. … In the omnidirectional orgy gardens of Vlaxnoid 7, no one cares about your arm flab. They don’t really care about it here either.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Likewise, lives don’t actually have coherent, linear story arcs, but if I had to retroactively tease one essential narrative out of mine, it’d be my transformation from a terrorstricken mouse person to an unflappable human vuvuzela. Don’t expect your old high school acquaintance to be exactly the same as they were then.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Everyone is different, and advice is a game of chance.

Why would what changed me change you?

How do I know how I changed anyway?

And how do you know when you’re finished, when you’re finally you? How do you clock that moment? Is a pupa a caterpillar or a butterfly? Change is afoot.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Unfortu-

111961

SIGNS OF LIFE

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 61

FREE JUNK CAR REMOVAL! We will pay up to $500 for some cars and trucks.

Please mention this Hippo ad

425-2562

099626

55 Hall Rd. Londonderry

W E S E L L PA R T S ! n!

Jewelry

Bought & Sold

Diamonds, Gold, Electronics Money to Loan

361 Elm Street, Manchester 622-7296 102695

hippo hippo prints prints

49 Hollis Street Manchester, NH 03101 603-935-5099 printing@hippopress.com HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 62

Suspicions confirmed

Despite California’s 2015 law aimed at improving the fairness of its redlight cameras, the city of Fremont (pop.

214,000, just north of San Jose) reported earning an additional $190,000 more each month last year by shortening the yellow light by two-thirds of a second at just two intersections. Tickets went up 445 percent at one and 883 percent at the other. (In November 2016, for “undisclosed reasons,” the city raised the speed limit on the street slightly, “allowing” it to reinstate the old 0.7-second-longer yellow light.)

Updates

o ati oc L w

Ne

NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPHERD

• Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville, Florida, convicted and given a 20-year sentence in 2012 for firing a warning shot into a wall to fend off her abusive estranged husband, finally had the charges dropped in February. The persnickety trial judge had earlier determined that Florida’s notorious “Stand Your Ground” law did not apply, even though the husband admitted that he was threatening to rough up Alexander and that she never aimed the gun at him. (With that defense not allowed, Alexander was doomed under Florida’s similarly notorious 20-year mandatory sentence for aggravated assault using a gun.)

• In 2008, Vince Li, a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada, stabbed another passenger, then beheaded him and started to eat him, and in 2009 was “convicted” but “not criminally responsible” because of schizophrenia. He has been institutionalized and under treatment since then, and in February, doctors signed off on an “absolute” release back into society for Li (now known as Will Baker) declining a “conditional” release, which would have required continued monitoring. Manitoba province law requires absolute discharge if doctors conclude, on the “weight of the evidence,” that the patient is no longer a “significant” safety threat.

• Doris Payne, 86, was arrested once again for shoplifting this time at an upscale mall in an Atlanta suburb in December but according to a 2013 documentary, “careerwise,” she has stolen more than $2 million in jewelry from high-end shops around the world. No regrets, she said on the film, except “I regret getting caught.” Said her California-based lawyer, “Aside from her ‘activities,’ she is a wonderful person with a lot of fun stories.”

• When disaster strikes, well-meaning people are beseeched to help, but relief workers seem always bogged down with wholly inappropriate donations (which

take additional time and money to sort and store and discard; instead, all such charities recommend “cash”). A January report by Australia’s principal relief organization praised Aussies’ generosity in spite of recent contributions of high heels, handbags, chain saws, sports gear, wool clothing and canned goods much of which will eventually go to landfills.

(Workers in Rwanda reported receiving prom gowns, wigs, tiger costumes, pumpkins and frostbite cream.)

• Least Competent Criminals: (1) Alvin Neal, 56, is merely the most recent bank robber to begin the robbery sequence (at a Wells Fargo branch in San Diego) after identifying himself to a teller (by swiping his ATM card through a machine at the counter). He was sentenced in January. (2) Also failing to think through their crime was the group of men who decided to snatch about $1,200 from the Eastside Grillz tooth-jewelry shop in St. Paul, Minnesota, in February. They fled despite two of them having already provided ID and one having left a mold of his teeth.

• No Longer Weird: (1) Matthew Mobley, 41, was arrested in Alexandria, Louisiana, in February (No. 77 on his rap sheet) after getting stuck in the chimney of a business he was breaking into. (2) Former postal worker Gary Collins, 53, of Forest City, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in February to having hoarded deliverable U.S. mail as far back as 2000. (He is far from the worst mail hoarder, by volume, that News of the Weird has mentioned.)

• Luckiest (Bewildered) Animals: (1) In December, a 400-pound black bear at the Palm Beach, Florida, zoo (“Clark”) got a root canal from dentist Jan Bellows, to fix a painful fractured tooth. (2) In January, a pet ferret (“Zelda”) in Olathe, Kansas, received a pacemaker from Kansas State University doctors, who said Zelda should thus be able to live the ferret’s normal life span. (3) In January, an overly prolific male African tortoise (“Bert”), of Norwich, England, who had developed arthritis from excessive “mounting,” was fitted with wheels on the back of his shell to ease stress on his legs.

• More People Who Might Consider Relocating: (1) In January, another vehicle flew off a Parkway West exit ramp in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, plowing into (the eighth crash in nine years) the Snyder Brothers Automotive parking lot. (2) Leonard Miller, 88, once again (the fifth time) picked up the pieces in January from his Lanham, Maryland, home after a speeding car smashed into it.

• “I grew up fishing with my dad,” Alabaman Bart Lindsey told a reporter, which might explain why Lindsey likes to sit in a boat in a lake on a lazy afternoon. More challenging is why (and how) he became so good at the phenomenon that turned up in News of the Weird first in 2006: “fantasy fishing,” handing in a perfect card picking the top eight competitors in the Fishing League Worldwide Tour event in February on Lake Guntersville. “It can be tricky,” he said. “I’ve done a lot of research.”

Visit weirduniverse.net.

It’s All About the Music

MUSIC HALL

GLENGARRY BHOYS

Sat., March 11

NIGHT OF COMEDY Featuring Mike Hanley & Abhishek Shah

Fri., April 7

8:00 p.m. $25 GA

PUDDLE OF MUD, SAVING ABEL & TANTRIC Come Clean Tour 2017

8:00 p.m. $18 RS-Tables

DEL & DAWG

Del McCoury & David Grisman

Fri., April 14

Sat., March 18

8:00 p.m. $59-$69 RS-Theatre

8:00 p.m. $60-$75 RS-Theatre

CANDLEBOX ACOUSTIC

ADAM EZRA GROUP Sat., April 15

Two Shows! Two Nights!

Thurs. & Fri., March 23 & 24

8:00 p.m. $25 RS-Tables

8:00 p.m. $35-$45 RS-Theatre

ALAN DOYLE

And The Beautiful Gypsies

DAVE DAVIES OF THE KINKS Thurs., April 20

Sun., March 26

8:00 p.m. $50-$70 RS-Theatre

7:00 p.m. $40-$45 RS-Theatre

TOM RUSH

®

MELISSA ETHERIDGE

Fri., March 31

Wed., April 26

8:00 p.m. $35-$45 RS-Theatre

8:00 p.m. $100-$125 RS-Theatre

JOHN 5 & THE CREATURES

MARTIN SEXTON

Thurs., April 6

Fri., April 28

8:00 p.m. $30 RS-Tables

8:00 p.m. $35-$45 RS-Tables

Full Schedules and Tickets:

TupeloHall.com 113318

113268

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 63

HIPPO | MARCH 9 - 15, 2017 | PAGE 64

111277