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The City of Portsmouth did a bold thing recently.

It pushed back the daily start of its high school and middle schools to 8:20 a.m. from 7:30 a.m.

The purpose of this change was to give middle and high schoolers more sleep. Kids in those age ranges have internal clocks that make it hard to go to bed early and hard to wake up early.

Doctors say asking a teenager to wake up at 7 is like asking an adult to wake up at 4 a.m.

Asking many of those kids to start learning at 7:30 a.m. was likely counterproductive, though almost all school systems in New Hampshire still insist on that as a start time.

Portsmouth is one the first school districts in New Hampshire to try this, and it will probably take a few years to see the impacts.

It shows good faith on Portsmouth’s part to take action on something doctors have been pointing out for years. The school day starts too early for most kids.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests no school should start before 8:30 a.m. One of the country’s toprated schools, School for the Talented and Gifted in Dallas, Texas, starts at 9:15 a.m. and claims that part of its success is due to that later start time.

Moving the starting day in Portsmouth back has gotten some push back. There can be costs associated with busing, and it can impact after-school activities, like sports, and kids’ working. But this seems like the tail wagging the dog. Kids don’t go to school to play sports, join the robotics team or get a job after school. Our schools are there to, first and foremost, teach academics and prepare kids for college or to enter a trade. The days when someone could walk out of high school and get a good job are long gone. We now live in a world where skills are needed to get good jobs.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has been getting some press and some criticism for suggesting that the school year should start after Labor Day. He says starting the week before is disruptive. My take is that the entire summer break is disruptive and unnecessary. More practical would be a school year that is more reflective of our current economy, not an agricultural one from more than 100 years ago. Studies show that the summer vacation causes kids to lose ground academically and it reflects few real-life working schedules.

One solution could be to offer kids threeweek breaks four times a year. That works out to be about the same time off. Yes, it would disrupt everything from summer camps to industries that rely on high-school kids for labor. But again, what it our goal with school?

Is it to set these kids up to be the best prepared in the world or something else?

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NEWS & NOTES Voting data

According to a report recently released by the New Hampshire Department of State and Department of Safety, there were 6,540 individuals who registered to vote in the state on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016, who had out-of-state driver’s licenses. Of those, about 15 percent had since been issued New Hampshire driver’s licenses and about 3 percent had registered a vehicle in the state.

That leaves 5,313 (about 81 percent) who still haven’t registered a car or received a New Hampshire license.

Since this report came out, as a response to a request from New Hampshire Republican House Speaker Shawn Jasper, certain Republican leaders have renewed accusations of widespread voter fraud being perpetrated in the state.

The most prominent example came from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the vice chair of President Trump’s election integrity commission, who wrote a Breitbart column on Sept. 7 alleging voter fraud in New Hampshire likely swayed the election in favor of Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Sen. Maggie Hassan, both of whom won the state by narrow margins.

State law, even with the new voting registration requirements signed into law this year, does not require registrants to obtain in-state driver’s licenses or register vehicles here.

Four individuals on the list contacted by the Washington Post were college students. In fact, an analysis of voter data by NHPR in February showed that the highest concentrations of out-of-state driver’s licenses shown at registration were in college towns or communities neighboring college towns like Durham, Dover, Portsmouth, Hanover, Lebanon, Keene, Rindge, Plymouth, Henniker, Goffstown and Hooksett.

In response to the Breitbart column, Hassan and fellow Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen called for New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner to resign from Trump’s voting integrity commission in a joint statement. Democratic Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Annie Kuster released subsequent statements echoing the call for Gardner to step down from the commission.

Northern Pass

The Epsom School Board voted 3-2 to keep the Confederate flag depicted in a mural outside the gymnasium at Epsom Central School, the Concord Monitor reported. The flag is painted over the southeastern section of a map of the United States. Concerns were raised over the flag’s associations with white supremacy.

recently voted to keep the measure off the ballot this year. Meanwhile, neighboring Rochester voted overwhelmingly to include it. NHPR reported Rochester city councilors voted 12-1 to put keno on the ballot this fall, while Portsmouth city councilors voted 7-2 to keep it off CONCORD the ballot. However, Portsmouth Seven lawmakers representresidents still have a chance to vote ing Bedford are calling on Police in Merrimack are on for the measure. When the state plastics company St. Gobain the hunt for a rabid fox that legislature enabled keno in statute to connect more than 100 attacked three people, WMUR local properties to Manchesearlier this year, lawmakers wrote reported. Two of the victims ter Water Works, according Hooksett another way to include the meaneeded medical attention. The Panhandling to a press release from the fox is extremely aggressive sure: by petition.

If 5 percent of the A New Hampshire District House Speaker’s office. The and police warned people not city’s registered voters sign a petiCourt has struck down a Manproperties have well water to approach it.

Goffstown contaminated with high chester ordinance aimed at curbing tion, keno will end up on the ballot. levels of PFOA, believed to panhandling. NHPR reported the have been emitted from a St. court ruled the ordinance violat- Hospital infections Gobain factory in Merrimack.

MANCHESTER A new report shows the rate of ed the First Amendment. People were not allowed to give money hospital infections hasn’t changed to panhandlers, under the rule, and compared to the previous year, Bedford panhandlers were not allowed to the AP reported. According to the step into roadways. Proponents report from the state Department of Derry Merrimack The City ofAmherst Nashua is in like Manchester Police Chief Nick Health and Human Services, there talks with the Currier MuseWillard said the ordinance was for were 202 infections in 2016, comLondonderry Milford um of Art in Manchester to public safety, but New Hampshire pared to 200 infections in 2015. create a gallery space, the Legal Assistance Attorney Elliot DHHS tracks urinary tract infecAP reported. The exhibits Berry maintained that defendants in tions associated with catheters, would be located in the buildNASHUA ing proposed to house a new the suit were charged even though surgical site infections and blood performing arts center that they stayed on public property. infections from IVs. In 2016, there would seat 700.

According to NHLA, there were were 124 surgical site infections, 59 catheter infections and 19 blood 19 summonses by police between infections from central lines. State March 2015 and March 2016. officials say the number of infec- contribute to society but stopped weighed in. NHPR reported the School after Labor Day? tions fell below expectations based short of criticizing Trump. In his presidents of Dartmouth College statement, Sununu said he hopes and Keene State College expressed Gov. Chris Sununu said he’s on national trends.

Congress will reach a legislative disappointment in the decision. considering proposing a requiresolution, noting that many of these UNH, Southern New Hampshire Reaction to DACA ment for school districts in the state After President Donald Trump young people have known no oth- University and the New Hampshire to start classes after Labor Day. In interviews with the Union Lead- announced he would end Deferred er home but the United States. College and University Couner and WMUR, Sununu said it Action for Childhood Arrivals in “Our country should not hold chil- cil released statements expressing makes no sense to him that a stu- six months, New Hampshire Gov. dren legally accountable for the support for the continuation of the dent start school for a few days to Chris Sununu released a statement actions of their parents,” Sununu DACA program and for Congress be followed by a four-day weekend. in support of helping the so-called said. Meanwhile, several colleg- to pass a law that would make such NHPR reported there was some “dreamers” so they can continue to es and universities in the state have a program permanent. pushback from the state teachers union. Megan Tuttle, the president of NEA-NH, said the proposal ROBOTS IN NH sounds like an attempt to run the PUMPKINS IN KEENE On Sept. 5, Gov. Chris Sununu and invenAlthough organizers of the Keene Pumpkin Fesstate’s public education system like tor Dean Kamen announced the launch of the tival had already received approval from the city a business, which, she said, “nevNew Hampshire Robotics Education Fund. council this summer, the city has put its permit er works out well for students.”

“This transformative initiative will allow stuon hold, NHPR reported. City Councilor Terry But his proposal is popular among dents from all backgrounds across the Granite Clark said they received three letters, from the many families, according to the State to create, join, and participate in a robotKeene State College president, the fire chief and Concord Monitor. Districts have the ics team, encouraging student engagement in police chief respectively, each warning of “imthe fields of science, technology, engineering pending trouble.” According to the story, police freedom to set their own calendars. and math,” Sununu said. The fund has a total and other city officials discovered social media They’re often the result of collecof $350,000 to distribute in the form of grants posts promising large parties. The festival was tive bargaining agreements between over the biennium. Schools can apply for the canceled in recent years because of riots in 2014 teachers and school boards. grants at education.nh.gov. The fund was cre-

received tentative approval to pass through parts of White Mountain National Forest, the AP reported. The U.S. Forest Service granted approval to the plan, which involves burying lines between Sugar Hill and Woodstock and about two miles of powerlines along an existing transmission right-of-way in Northumberland.

State regulators recently postponed their final written decision on the project to March 31, 2018.

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NEWS

Young guns

Next generation getting more involved in politics action into their own hands if they wanted their ideals reflected in public policy.

Sweeney said most young Republicans are also energized by having the country’s youngest governor who prioritizes things like full-day kindergarten and having a 21st-century economy.

“For me, it’s really been the opioid crisis — having kids I went to high school with, seeing them in the papers, overdosing in Salem and just hearing stories about kids that I know who are now addicted to drugs,” Sweeney said.

Generally, he said more young people find their ideals align with the libertarian wing of the party.

“I believe that our message of limited government and allowing people to do more and be more, which allows all of us to achieve more, is a message that really resonates with the younger generation,” Sweeney said.

By Ryan Lessard

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More young people are getting involved in politics in the state, according to the New Hampshire Young Democrats and New Hampshire Young Republicans, with a marked increase in people age 40 and under running for elected office and expressing interest in running.

Seeking office and providing candidate support

Lucas Meyer, the president of NHYD, said the ballot for this year’s municipal elections in Manchester has a record number of young Democratic candidates.

“It hasn’t been tough to recruit kids to run for office,” Meyer said. “They’re sick and tired of sitting on the sidelines. So young Dems across the state are looking to get involved and to run for office.”

There are 21 young Democrats filed to run in Manchester, three of whom are running for alderman. The youngest is Hassan Essa, 19, who is running for Ward 12. Another 19-year-old, Ethan Moorehouse, is running for school board in Ward 7. The primary in Manchester is on Sept. 19 and the general election is on Nov. 7.

There are more young Republicans getting involved in politics as well, according to 23-year-old NHYR Chairman Joe Sweeney.

“I definitely think there’s more young people involved in the process. It’s a very interesting time to be involved in politics in our state and our country,” Sweeney said. “People are definitely seeing an opening as millennials and the younger

New Hampshire Young Democrats. Courtesy photo.

generation are becoming a bigger percentage of the voting population.”

He pointed to several examples of fresh-faced young Republicans in the House, such as Yvonne Dean-Bailey, Nick Zaricki and others.

Sweeney said there’s a strong contingent of young people helping other people get elected behind the scenes with neighborhood canvassing, phone-banking and sign-waving. And they’re willing to mobilize across the state for special elections like the recent one in Grafton County District 9, which was won by Republican Vincent Paul Migliore.

“We just had the Grafton 9 election yesterday, and the Republican candidate wasn’t a young Republican, but every weekend we had young Republicans driving up from the Seacoast, from Nashua,

from Manchester, driving up to Grafton Forward thinking 9 to go door-to-door for him,” Sweeney Earlier in June, NHYD hosted a trainsaid. ing event for young people who are either running for municipal office right now or The Trump factor have expressed interest in running for the Young Republicans, just like their Statehouse in 2018. There were about older counterparts, are divided on their 50 people in attendance, Meyer said. It support of the Trump administration, but was the first time they ever did such a Sweeney said they tend to focus on local training. NHYD also has a program for developing a new bench of young canissues.

Conversely, Meyer said Donald didates and helping them win elections Trump’s election and subsequent actions called 603 Forward. But Meyer said even have spurred many young Democrats to without recruitment efforts, people have action. been reaching out organically by phone “It’s no secret that President Trump is a or through social media. huge motivating factor for young people Sweeney said having more young peorunning for office,” Meyer said. ple on both sides of the aisle is good for He said many young liberals felt like everyone as he thinks that new energy they were caught sleeping after the elec- will lead to a real substantive debate on tion and realized they needed to take the issues.

Medical monitoring

What the fight over PFC science is really about

By Ryan Lessard

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Is there a connection between a dozen rare pediatric cancer cases in the Seacoast and a nearby landfill leaching unregulated chemicals into the groundwater? Will the kids who drank from a contaminated well at the Pease Tradeport develop high cholesterol, fatty liver or worse as they get older? The answers to these questions are elusive, as the available science only scratches the surface. That’s why some families and lawmakers want to make it HIPPO | SEPTEMBER 14 - 20, 2017 | PAGE 6

easier to request medical monitoring for those who are exposed — but it’s also why state officials say they can’t make that leap.

Tensions rising

Recently, a lawmaker called for the resignation of the state epidemiologist over their apparent disagreement on the authoritativeness of a scientific study conducted largely in Ohio and parts of West Virginia.

But behind what might seem like an academic dispute are two major drinking water contamination cases in the

Seacoast, unusually high cancer rates in the region and the mounting distress of parents whose children who have either consumed high levels of the contaminants or been diagnosed with rare cancers.

State officials are taking a measured approach given a relative dearth of science on the links between human health effects and exposure to perfluorinated chemicals like PFOA and PFOS. Democratic state Rep. Mindi Messmer of Rye and New Castle took issue with comments made by state epidemiologist Benjamin Chan regarding a scientific study known as the C8 study and his resis-

tance to recommending certain guidelines for the medical community.

To Messmer, who worked as an environmental scientist for 28 years, this is an active environmental catastrophe and regulators need to act now to prevent further problems. And if we don’t monitor people who have been exposed, she says, we may allow medical problems to crop up or worsen, and we may miss an opportunity to learn more about possible disease links.

“I’m not saying that I know that there’s a causation link between drinking PFC-contaminated water and these

State guidelines

Tom Sherman is the chairman of a task force investigating environmental causes of a cluster of rare pediatric cancer cases in the Seacoast region. Messmer is a member of the task force.

“The elephant in the room is this is significant exposure, the parents are terrified and the feeling is they just aren’t being taken seriously,” Sherman said.

Sherman, a gastroenterologist and a former Democratic state representative, also wants to push for some way to make it easier for folks to request medical monitoring.

Right now, Sherman said if someone asks their doctor for it, the doctor consults the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines, which state there is no role for monitoring. A doctor may offer to comply with the wishes of the patient, but many are finding the doctors deferring to the state guidelines.

Sherman said he hopes to work out the language with Chan and others in the task force and hopefully arrive at something that makes the guidelines more “permissive” so parents have more say in the interaction with providers.

What he’s talking about isn’t anything invasive or painful; medical monitoring would include things like cholesterol tests and thyroid tests and wouldn’t require frequent visits to the doctor’s office.

Chan said he shares the public’s concerns and DHHS supports any patient wanting to take additional steps to investigate their health in collaboration with their doctors. He said they’ve even disseminated what they know about the possible links to the local medical community. But the department’s hands are tied when it comes to creating a clear guideline for doctors, he said, because the science is still insufficient.

For Messmer, the frustration with state officials goes back to how they handled a questionnaire for families in the cancer cluster. She said it was burdensome, with 15 pages of questions, and only a small set of respondents participated.

“That whole process was frustrating, it took quite a while and it really did not give us any information whatsoever that was reliable or useful,” Messmer said.

While the state has been reserved given a limited knowledge base upon which to act, this has seemed to Messmer and others to be part of the problem.

“Along the way, one of the concerns that were voiced by the families were that state officials were always saying, ‘Well, it’s going to be hard to find the problem, what triggers these cancers is so rare, we’re never going to be able to find it.’ So, it kind of became a self-fulfilling prophecy when we have someone saying … they don’t expect to find anything, you’re not going to find something,” Messmer said.

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At the center of this debate is a disagreement on how useful the existing science is. Right now, one of the largest and most valuable studies available is the C8 study, named after the PFOA that was involved in a major lawsuit against DuPont for contaminating the water supply in the mid-Ohio Valley.

It was funded by the lawsuit and organized by three independent epidemiologists agreed to by both parties. About 69,000 people were involved in the study.

Sherman said it’s the best science available on the links between PFC contamination and human health, with issues like testicular cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, high cholesterol and pregnancy-induced hypertension identified as probable links in the report.

“The science is incomplete but the studies are very strong that these chemicals are dangerous,” Sherman said.

Messmer and Sherman both think Chan downplays the risks of exposure and casts undue doubt on the C8 study. But Chan said he also believes the C8 study is good science and highly valuable.

“A lot of high-quality, valuable science looking at the health effects between PFOA and human health have come from those studies,” he said.

The problem, he said, is that there are other studies out there that muddy the waters, and more research is still needed before government can issue health directives.

“When we look at the literature as a whole, it’s very confusing for us to assess health risks and it’s also very confusing for the community because a lot of these studies contradict each other,” Chan said.

When it comes to the science, they agree more than they disagree. But Sherman said he would rather see state regulators adopt a more precautionary philosophy.

“It’s likely to get a lot worse unless we do something and we need to do it now,” Sherman said.

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rare cancers. I don’t know that,” Messmer said. “But what I do know is we have these environmental issues that need to be addressed, and if we can address those issues, we may reduce the numbers of cancer cases.”

To Chan, there isn’t enough evidence to direct physicians on how to deal with the issue.

“There’s a limit to what we can recommend health care providers do for their patients,” Chan said.

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NEWS & NOTES Q&A

Candidate karaoke The cure for political polarization

Dave Martinez of Manchester is a longtime DJ who hosts regular karaoke nights at the City Sports Grille at the Spare Time bowling alley in Manchester. He teamed up with Ward 8 alderman candidate Ed Sapienza in 2015 to create Candidate Karaoke night, where local politicians from both sides of the aisle put aside their differences for one night of fun. The event is returning on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 8 p.m. to midnight and is expected to be even bigger.

How did you become a DJ? Well, I was working in Nashua, at a company called Sanmina, doing a second shift production job back in ’95ish. … So, we used to hang out after work. We’d get out around midnight and we used to hang out at a local bar that did karaoke called Milano’s … in Nashua.

The DJ there … his name was Wensy Rivera, and he just approached me one night and said “Hey, ever thought about being a DJ? I think you’d be pretty good at it. You have personality, you like people, you can sing.” ...

And my original reaction was, “You’re crazy,” basically. I couldn’t picture myself doing that. But I’d say over a period of three to six months he just kept working at it, saying, ‘I need a part-timer. I think you’d be perfect for it. You should really think about it.’ … He’s essentially the guy who launched my career.

He finally convinced me that I could do it.

I understand you and Ed Sapienza came up with the idea for candidate karaoke.

The idea was absolutely Ed’s. He called me one day, a couple years ago, and just … came up with the idea of just bringing the candidates, whoever wanted to go — obviously, you don’t have to be a candidate to go — just [to] have this night out to celebrate music, blow off some steam and be everything and anything but political. And it was a really big hit, the original one we did. … It was before the primary in 2015 and we did it on a Friday.

WHAT ARE YOU REALLY INTERESTED IN RIGHT NOW? I listen to 92.5 The River quite a bit. …

That station has got more original, never-heard-it-anywhere-else music than any station I’ve ever listened to.

So we figured a Saturday, this time around ... we figured a Saturday night might be a little bit easier for folks.

power. So why not do it in a social setting as well, where you can just kind of enjoy each other’s company? I’ve found, over the years, the more you listen to other people with difDave Martinez. Courtesy photo. ferent opinions, the more common ground you find.

Can you tell me about that first event?

I can tell you we had a full house. Candidate-wise, I would say maybe 12 to 15, I believe. … Obviously, it was all about just having fun. We’re not there to have any kind of fundraiser or anything like that. I guess you could call it “civility night.” Everybody was there just to have fun. … We have at least that many committed to this one, so we’re expecting a bigger night. … Jimmy Lehoux will be there performing. We’ve got to get him in Do you have a few examples of songs that there for at least two songs this time. … He’s people will likely sing at the event? a school board candidate in Ward 8.

I don’t have any pre-show coordinating. …

Do you think part of the inspiration was It’s pretty much all organic that night, whatevhow vitriolic and tense and polarized the er people feel like singing. You can go through political landscape has become across the the gamut and pick the regular stuff that everybody kind of knows, like “Sweet Caroline.” country lately?

I think so. It’s obviously become ridiculous- I’m guessing someone’s going to want to sing ly vitriolic and Manchester is no exception. “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey.

But, for myself personally … I have my own Are there songs that pretty much anyone political opinions … but at the end of the day, I genuinely respect anybody who takes can sing regardless of their talent?

I don’t know what’s going to happen, the opportunity to put their name on the ballot. That takes genuine courage. So whether I exactly, on our scheduled night. But on any agree with them or not, there’s always a level given week, I’m always pretty amazed at the of respect that I have for folks who are will- kind of talent [I see]. Some genuinely talenting to put their name out there and take all the ed folks. Folks that could go put up a good other stuff that goes along with it. … I don’t fight on the talent shows like The Voice or know that I have the courage for that. I’d rath- American Idol. We got some pretty genuinely talented regulars that come in. I’d say on er just be a karaoke DJ. any given night I’d have at least a dozen. And Does it give you hope that events like this they’re not just good, they’re really good. can promise to bring people from the right Did anything stand out to you last time and the left together?

From where I stand, it can’t help but be a when some of the non-singer politicians good thing. I mean, ultimately, they have to performed?

I’m not going to name any names, but we come together when they sit at the seats of

had a few non-singer candidates — but it’s really not … a talent show. It’s more about having a good time. … People always surprise you. … Sometimes, I’m amazed by the folks who come out. You don’t necessarily expect much, but they put on quite a show.

And it’s not always about talent. Sometimes, it’s just about energy and singing with that passion, just having a blast up there. … Some of the best darn karaoke performances that I’ve ever seen are by people that have very little singing talent but they’re singing so much passion and having such a good time up there.

What tips or advice do you have for candidates who plan on singing?

I just say ‘Look, pick a song you love … and you don’t necessarily have to read the words you sing. Just sing it from the heart, have a great time and give it your all.’ And you know what? Sometimes, people surprise themselves by how easy it is. … Bring somebody with you. It’s a lot easier with a friend or family member. But if you’re getting up there and you’re just picking a song you really love, it’s kind of hard to suck at it.

Do you have any more details about this year’s event?

It really is just about having a good time. … There are karaoke competitions out there, where you compete for cash prizes and this is not that. This is just a night out to have fun and chat with folks and meet people and just celebrate. It’s a celebration of two things. It’s a celebration of who we are as a country and the people that put their name on that ballot, who have the courage to do that, and it’s a celebration of just people and just music.

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Gas prices in northern New England have gone up and may have peaked as refineries return to production following Hurricane Harvey, the AP reported. According to the latest survey from GasBuddy, New Hampshire prices increased by 1.2 cents in the past week to $2.69.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: The national average increased by 1.8 cents in the last week to $2.65 per gallon, which is 30.4 cents up from a month ago and 48.1 cents higher than it was one year ago.

Equifax hack affects 620,000 in NH

According to New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald, 622,558 Granite Staters were impacted by one of the largest hacks of personal information ever. Nationwide, 143 million Americans had their most sensitive personal information exposed, such as Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses and driver’s license numbers. The compromise took place between mid-May and July 2017. Equifax is one of the three credit reporting agencies, making it a clearinghouse of information. The state Department of Justice has a consumer information line at 888-468-4454 and Equifax has set up a website at equifaxsecurity2017.com where you can check whether you’ve been impacted.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: Equifax is also offering free credit monitoring but enrollees waive the right to sue the company. Members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation have called on Equifax to do away with that requirement, the AP reported.

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Pretty much everyone was stunned Thursday night by the KC Chiefs’ handing it to the Patriots on their own home field. I’m not sure exactly how much that says about the arrogance of local football fans, but I would say, based on recent behavior, few have earned a more deserving shot than us.

Even though no one likes a loss like that, it served two usual purposes. Hopefully it woke up a team who played with an uncharacteristic air of entitlement and the brass to do something about the gigantic hole on the edge I talked about last week. Second, it let those around here who act like Bob Kraft and company invented football see that there are some other good teams in the NFL that could cause the Pats problems (and already have) in a season where many in the local media have already anointed them as SB champs.

To that end, let’s take a look around the rest of the league at the big stories and big players likely to make the most noise as 2017 unfolds: Who doesn’t think the Chiefs are for real now?

The J-E-T-S, Jets-Jets-Jets’ quest to tank the season to get USC quarterback Sam Darnold got off on schedule with a 21-12 loss to the equally tanking Buffalo Bills.

Speaking of NYC football, there is no denying his talent, but I’m sick of Odell Beckham Jr.’s act. Sometimes people need a humbling like Patriots Nation got on Thursday, and I think OBJ and by extension G-Men bloviators need one here.

Football 101: While this well-known QB had success as a starter, he also backed up four Hall of Fame QBs and was traded for another Famer QB. Name him.

Coaches on the Hot Seat: (1) Tie – Indianapolis’ Chuck Pagano and New York Jets’ Todd Bowles. (2) Chicago’s John Foxx. (3) Baltimore’s John Harbaugh. (4) Washington’s Politically Incorrectskins’ Jay Gruden

Honesty.

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spot to let the receiver catch and get out of bounds leading to the winning score in OT. One of the best passes I’ve ever seen.

Now that Cleveland has set its immediate future to rookie Deshone Kizer I think the leaders in the clubhouse for the Jimmy G off-season sweepstakes are Jacksonville, Washington and maybe New Orleans with Drew Brees’ contract up at the end of the year.

Football 101 Answer: You can make a case Earl Morrall is the greatest backup in history based on his being 1968 MVP filling in for the out-for-the-season Johnny Unitas when the Colts went 13-1; starting 10 games for undefeated Miami after Bob Griese fractured his ankle in Game 5 in 1972; and backing up YA Tittle in San Francisco before YA left for New York and Fran Tarkenton after Fran got to NYC. Somewhere in between, he was traded to Detroit for swashbuckling Famer Bobby Layne.

Nice resume for new Atlanta OC Steve Sarkisian. It comes after he lasted just a month as OC at Alabama after apparently not getting along with Nick Saban as the replacement for thoroughly loathsome Lane Kiffin.

That followed getting fired in midseason as the HC at USC following several embarrassing drinking-related incidents.

NFC Predictions: East – Cowboys. North – Lions. South – Carolina. West – Seattle.

Wild card – Packers and Eagles.

AFC Predictions: East – Patriots. North – Steelers. South – Jacksonville. West – Chiefs.

Wild card – Texans and Raiders.

Not since the Clinton campaign counted their chickens before they should have last November has anyone looked dumber than all those locals arrogantly predicting 19-0 for the Patriots after it all went up in smoke in just Game 1 as the D gave up a most-ever 42 points by a Bill Belichick-coached team.

Now, recalibrate. Be a little more humble and forget the “Brady will beat Father Time by playing to 45” nonsense. Then enjoy the rest of the year.

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didn’t do anything wrong, but if you coach for Dan the Fan you’re always one whim, or new celebrity coach on the market, away from getting fired. Long shot: Houston’s Bill O’Brien – yanking his “starting” QB 30 minutes into the season says he’s already panicking.

Given recent behavior of allegedly yanking a women’s top down at the St. Patrick Day parade, I have no doubt Ezekiel Elliott did something worthy of getting suspended.

But after the Ray Rice and Tom Brady cases, does anyone trust Roger Goodell to tell the whole truth if it doesn’t suit the interests of the NFL? Like trying to carve out a tough guy image on domestic assault now that people are paying attention. He showed just how much the league really cared about it when serial abuser/Giants punter Josh Brown got just one game as a favor to the Mara family.

Where’s Jim Mora When You Need Him Award: Those who remember ’90s Indy head man Jim Mora’s “playoffs? playoffs?” tirade in response to a question about making the postseason can imagine what he’d have said about the Colts’ Scott Tolzien throwing a pair of pick sixes in a 46-9 loss to the lowly Rams.

He was so bad Chuck Pagano yanked him in favor of Jacoby Brissett, who after being there less than a week can’t even know the plays.

Am I the only one who doesn’t think Andrew Luck will ever live up to the exalted predictions made in the days leading up to him being taken first overall in the draft?

He didn’t have any catches on opening day, but it was nice to see Ryan Griffin of the Litchfield Griffins get a three-year deal from Houston worth $9 million last spring.

I may not believe Aaron Rodgers is or has been a better QB than Tom Brady as some say. But he is the best at throwing on the run I’ve ever seen. Better than Roger Staubach.

Better than John Elway. Better than even Tim Tebow. Those guys would run, stop and fire. Rodgers does it on a full gallop. Like running to his left in the playoffs vs. Dallas last year, then throwing across his body 35 yards downfield on a dead spiral to a perfect

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On This Day – Sept. 14: 1913 – Cubs playing a significant role as his team was among the five competing for the AL pen- hurler Larry Cheney surrenders 14 hits nant. Name that rookie. over 9 innings and still manages to shut And Another Thing from Last Week: out the Giants in a 7-0 win. 1968 – DenDue to an early Labor Day-induced dead- nis McLain becomes the first to win 30 games in one a season Dizzy Dean in line we Earning neglected to mention Johnna our trusted reputation for customer service customersince at a time.

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3 – touchdowns on huge plays from downtown by Joe Eichman in leading Merrimack to a 42-19 thumping of BG on Friday,

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12 – astonishing goals scored by the Central girls in a 12-0 soccer win over Keene when the Green’s Nadege Masubuko’s fourgoal day led the assault.

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75 – percentage of Derryfield goals scored in D-field’s 4-0 win over Stevens in NHIAA action by Jeff Pratt, where in addition to his hat trick Nate Kelsey got the other goal.

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Jim Mora’s Famed “Playoffs? Playoffs?” Response: It came in 2001 during an epidemic of young Peyton Manning pick sixes that helped turn a 13-3 playoff team the previous year into an underachieving 6-10 loser that got Mora fired.

Sam Darnold: The rumor mill’s West Coast QB flavor of the month who is slated to be the top QB choice in the coming NFL draft — the same position once occupied by recent fellow USC alums (off the) Mark Sanchez and Matt Barkley, who never came close to living up to their highly touted, but ultimately, ah, off the mark billing.

Ray Rice Case: Initial meager two-game suspension given to the Ravens running back for a domestic assault issue until a storm of public opinion outrage was unleashed after a video surfaced showing he had actually knocked his fiancée out cold with a punch to the jaw in an Atlantic City Hotel elevator. Only after that did it go to six games. It was followed up with equally tone-deaf responses in the similar Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy cases.

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How to build a mouth-watering grilled cheese

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A traditional grilled cheese made with melted cheddar or American on toasty white bread is a slice of heaven in its own right, a childhood comfort food that’s as basic as it is delicious.

“There’s something about a grilled cheese that makes you go back to simpler times when you were a kid and brings you to a warm safe spot,” Sandy Rozek of the Copper Door Restaurant in Bedford said.

“The warm toasty bread and ooey gooey melted cheese just screams goodness.”

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ty more you can do to build an even tastier grilled cheese. Change up the bread, the cheese and the toppings and you can take your grilled cheese to a whole new, mouthwatering level.

The cheese

Picking a good cheese that will not only be flavorful but will melt well is important in maximizing the quality of your sandwich, according to chef and cooking instructor Liz Barbour of The Creative Feast in Hollis.

“An extra-sharp white or orange or horseradish cheddar is going to give you flavor right off the bat,” she said. “Another cheese that melts really well is mozzarel-

la. … You can use fresh mozzarella if you want, but you don’t get as much saltier taste and flavor as you would from sliced mozzarella at the deli.”

Even combining two or more cheeses together will often enhance the flavor.

Rozek said pairing two cheeses with different tastes and textures — like cheddar with smoked gouda, or cheddar with provolone — can make your sandwich even cheesier.

“Gouda melts quick because it’s so soft,” she said. “Provolone and cheddar collectively marry and melt really well together because you have one that is creamier and the other that adds weight to it.”

While you want a good cheese that will

melt easily and quickly, Barbour warns not to use a super-soft cheese like brie, unless you’re combining it with a harder cheese.

“You’ve got to cook [the grilled cheese] just right so that the cheese will melt but not become almost liquid-like,” she said.

“Using brie on its own will almost become too melted where it’s not going to hold up in the sandwich, so you have to watch how long you cook it.”

Just as important is the kind of pan you use, as well as how long it will take for the cheese to melt.

“You want to use moderate heat to both allow the cheese to melt and the bread to toast,” Barbour said, “but not to go too high because the melted cheese can burn

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Barbour said the best breads to use for grilled cheese sandwiches are the breads that result in a crisp texture when you are finished toasting them, like white or sourdough bread.

Most restaurants in the Granite State that feature grilled cheese sandwiches on their regular menu allow you to choose from a variety of breads, like sourdough, white, wheat or even raisin bread. But Rozek said sourdough seems to be the most popular option.

“Sourdough crusts up really well,” she said. “It takes in some of the butter that is used to toast it, but at the same time it doesn’t saturate the bread or make it really oily, and there’s nothing worse than an oily grilled cheese.”

According to Tyler Isabelle of the Red Arrow Diner, which has locations in Concord, Londonderry, Manchester and Milford, “about 90 percent” of all of the grilled cheeses sold in a given day are made on sourdough bread.

“We can get pretty unique with our grilled cheeses, doing it on Texas toast or rye bread, but sourdough seems to always Recipe: Dijon Grilled Cheese Sandwich Courtesy of Liz Barbour of The Creative Feast (serves 4) 8 slices hearty peasant bread 4 tablespoons butter Dijon mustard 16 slices extra-sharp cheddar cheese 4-8 slices mozzarella cheese 1 garlic clove Spread butter onto one side of each slice of bread. Turn slices over so the butter is facing down. Spread each slice with Dijon

be people’s go-to,” he said.

The Bakeshop on Kelley Street in Manchester, which serves two types of grilled cheeses using a cast iron grill press, makes the sandwiches on its own homemade garlic and herb bread. Owner Denise Nickerson said a good sandwich press — what the Bakeshop uses for all of its sandwiches — is useful to have to give any bread that crisp texture.

The add-ons

If you want to add a little more adventure to your grilled cheese, there is a wide variety of sauces, dressings and even meats and vegetables you can add to further enhance the flavor of your sandwich.

The most conventional add-on options are bacon, ham or tomatoes. But some other creative ones include a balsamic reduction at the Bakeshop on Kelley Street, and various meats like steak or red pastrami at the Red Arrow Diner.

For some of the more unique add-ons, manager Rachael Jones of the Firefly American Bistro & Bar in Manchester said it can be fun to pair them with specific cheeses.

“We offer fresh avocado slices you can put on the sandwich, kind of like how you would with a slice of tomato,” she said.

“Avocado and pepper jack cheese 14 mustard. On four slices of the bread, layer with two slices of cheddar, then one to two slices of mozzarella, then two more slices of cheddar. Top with the remaining four slices of bread with the Dijon mustard facing down. Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat. When hot, place the sandwiches onto the pan and cook until the bread is golden brown. Turn the sandwich over and cook until the cheese has melted and the bread has browned. It is better to cook over a moderate flame to allow the cheese to melt and not burn the bread.

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Barbour said as an alternative way to flavor the bread than simply buttering it, you can use Dijon mustard.

“I started playing around with different things and I thought, why don’t I flavor the bread somehow,” she said. “So I buttered the outside of the bread, and on the inside I spread Dijon mustard.”

No matter what additional ingredients you use, the order in which you add everything plays an important role, according to Barbour.

“If you’re putting something wet like

ham or tomato on it, it has to go in the middle of the cheese, or else the bread will get soggy,” she said. “So it just depends on what it is that you’re using.”

At the Copper Door Restaurant, the limited applewood smoked bacon grilled cheese featured now on the fall menu is elevating its sandwich with cheddar and smoked gouda, baby spinach, Granny Smith apple slices and a house-made bacon apple jam, all grilled together and served with steak fries and maple Sriracha aioli.

“The gooeyness of the cheese just complements the smoky sweetness of the apple bacon jam so well,” Rozek said of the sandwich.

Where to get a great grilled cheese Pretty much anywhere that will serve a sandwich will serve a grilled cheese (it’s often on the kids menu if you don’t see it elsewhere). Here are some of the local sources for cheesy goodness that offer specialty grilled cheese sandwiches (or the classic with lots of ways to amp it up) on their menus year-round.

Who is your favorite grilled cheese purveyor and what do they do to make their sandwiches special? Let us know at food@ hippopress.com and we’ll run your recommendation in a future Weekly Dish column..

ham or tomato as an add-on for $6.95, as well as The Bakeshop Grilled Cheese, which is made with mozzarella cheese, tomato and basil, also for $6.95. Both are served on homemade garlic and herb bread with a side of either potato salad, broccoli salad or potato chips.

Bayona Cafe (670 N. Commercial St., Manchester, 782-3450, bayonacafe.com) offers a cheesy grilled cheese on Texas toast for $6, prepared with gruyere, provolone and cheddar cheeses. It is usually served with french fries or beer-battered Airport Diner (2280 Brown Ave., Man- onion rings. chester, 623-5040); Tilt’n Diner (61 Laconia Road, Tilton, 286-2204); and Route 104 Bonhoeffer’s Cafe & Espresso (8 FrankDiner (752 NH Route 104, New Hamp- lin St., Nashua, 883-6879, bonhoefferscafe. ton, thecman.com) serves a regular grilled com) makes a grilled caprese sandwich for cheese with chips and a pickle for $3.99. For $6.99 with mozzarella cheese, extra virgin $4.49, you can get it with tomatoes added. olive oil, basil marinade, lettuce and tomaFor $4.99, you can get it with your add- to, served on your choice of a ciabatta roll ed choice of ham, bacon or even bologna. or panini bread and with chips and a pickle.

French fries can be subsituted as a side for $1.59, or sweet potato fries for $1.99.

The Bridge Cafe on Elm (1117 Elm St., Manchester, 647-9991, thebridgecafe.net) The Bakeshop on Kelley Street (171 offers a three-cheese grilled cheese, made Kelley St., Manchester, 624-3500, thebake- with cheddar, Swiss and American, for shoponkelleystreet.com) offers a traditional $5.95. Tomatoes can be added for an extra grilled cheese with your choice of bacon, 50 cents.

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The Common Man (25 Water St., Concord, 228-3463; 304 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-3463; 88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088, thecman.com) offers a Big Cheese sandwich for $7.99, which is made with cheddar cheese, peppered bacon and tomato between parmesan farmhouse bread. It is served with tomato soup for dipping. For a dollar less, you can hold the bacon and tomato.

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Extra Touch Gourmet Cafe (4 Hawthorne Drive, No. 2, Bedford, 488-6620, extratouchgourmet.com) offers a classic grilled cheese with tomato for $5.95, or a grilled cheese with ham or bacon added for $6.95. Both are made with Swiss and sharp cheddar cheeses on your choice of bread. Options include 7-grain, sourCopper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Drive, dough, wheat, white, marbled rye, ciabatta and Bedford, 488-2677, copperdoorrestaurant. gluten-free grain or white. com) offers a grilled cheese made on sourdough bread with a combination of sharp Firefly American Bistro & Bar (22 Concheddar and provolone, paired with a rustic cord St., Manchester, 935-9740, fireflynh. tomato soup, for $11.50. A limited item cur- com) offers a grilled cheese sandwich on its $5 rently available on the fall menu as of Sept. 5 lunch menu, which is made with your choice is the apple bacon grilled cheese, made with of cheese (American, cheddar, Swiss or pepcheddar and smoked gouda, baby spinach, per jack) and bread (wheat, honey wheat and Granny Smith apple and a house-made bacon rye). You can add tomato to it for $1 or bacon apple jam all grilled together. It is served with or fresh avocado slices for $2 each. sweet potato fries and maple Sriracha aioli.

Hammersmith Sandwich Co. (23 Fresh Country Tavern Restaurant & Pub (452 River Road, Epping, 734-4325, hammersmithAmherst St., Nashua, 889-5871, countrytav- sandwichco.webs.com) offers a classic grilled ern.org) offers the Tavern Grilled Cheese for cheese for $6.89, which is made on your choice $10.50; the sandwich is made with muenster of sourdough or multigrain bread, with Americheese, dill pickles, caramelized onions and can cheese, bacon and tomatoes. dijon mustard on Tuscan bread.

In a Pinch Cafe & Bakery (146 Pleasant The Derryfield Restaurant (625 Mammoth St., Concord, 226-2272, inapinchcafeandbakRoad, Manchester, 623-2880, derryfieldrestau- ery.com) has a grilled cheese and soup combo rant.com) offers a grilled cheese for $5.99, for $8.95. Sandwiches can be made with your with options to add ham, tomato or bacon for choice of bread (French, sourdough or multi75 cents each. grain), cheese (Swiss, American, provolone, smoked gouda, cheddar, dill havarti, houseThe D.W. Diner (416 Daniel Webster High- made Boursin, or imported brie) and add-ons way, Merrimack, 424-1116, dwdiner.com) like mayonnaise, tomatoes, horseradish sauce, makes a grilled cheese with either American, spinach and more.

Swiss or provolone cheese on your choice of bread for $5.99, and served with chips, steak Kimball’s CAV’ern Family Sports Restaucut fries or onion rings. rant (351 Pembroke St., Pembroke, 485-7777, kimballscavern.com) offers a grilled cheese for The Everyday Cafe & Pub (14 Maple St., $4.75, or a grilled ham and cheese for $5.75, Contoocook, 746-6041, theeverydaycafenh. with your choice of bread (white, wheat, rye com) offers the Wicked Grilled Cheese for or bulkie roll), fries, spicy fries or onion rings. $6.99, which is made with melted ghost pepper, provolone, Swiss and American cheese, The Local Moose Cafe (124 Queen City Ave., jalapenos and roasted tomatoes pressed on Manchester, 232-2669, thelocalmoosecafe. thick white bread. There’s also Jim’s Jammin com) offers a grilled cheese on either whole grilled cheese, made with three slices of white wheat bread or a brioche bun and Vermont or wheat bread, topped with American, ched- cheddar cheese.

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New England’s Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 782-5137, taphousenh.com) offers the Not Your Mama’s Grilled Cheese for $11, which is served with Cabot cheddar American cheese pressed between two slices of house-made bread and your choice of chipotle barbecue brisket, barbecue pulled pork or Montreal smoked meat and add-on options.

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Suddenly Susan’s Gourmet Deli (87 Hanover St., Manchester, 625-1850, suddenlysusans.com) offers The Fishercat for $4.85, a sandwich made with pepper jack, cheddar and Swiss cheeses, hot pepper relish, roasted red peppers and onion, grilled on sourdough bread.

Suddenly Soupy’s (28 Hanover St., Manchester, 657-7279, suddenlysoupys.com) offers a grilled cheese for $5.65 on your choice of bread (sourdough, marble rye or wheat) and with your choice of cheese (Swiss, cheddar, havarti, pepper jack, provolone or American) Add-ons like extra cheese, bacon, tomatoes, hummus, avocado and more are available at additional costs.

The Pint Publik House (1111 Elm St., Manchester, 206-5463, pintpublikhouse.com) has an adult grilled cheese for $10 that is served on your choice of bread (white or wheat berry) and with your choice of cheese (provolone, American, cheddar or Swiss). Add-on options Tandy’s Top Shelf Pub (1 Eagle Square, include roti tomatoes for $1 extra or bacon for Concord, 856-7614, tandyspub.com) offers a $2 extra. grilled cheese for $7.49, which is served on Texas toast with a “secret variety” of cheeses.

Popovers on the Square (11 Brick- You can add avocado slices, bacon and tomayard Square, No. 23, Epping, 734-4724; 8 to for $1.50.

Congress St., Portsmouth, 431-1119, popoversonthesquare.com) has a grilled cheese for Unity Cafe (3 Sundial Ave., Manchester, $9.79 that is made with provolone, mozzarella, 782-7325, unitycafe.com) has the Red Dragasiago and torn basil on sliced sourdough, with on Grilled Cheese for $7, which is served on Texas toast with mustard ale flavored cheddar a side of marinara sauce. cheese, baby arugula, bacon and tomatoes. It is Pressed Cafe (108 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, usually served with chips, french fries or onion 718-1250, pressedcafe.com) offers a three- rings. cheese grilled cheese with cheddar, Swiss and American on multigrain bread for $5.95, with Waterworks Cafe (250 Commercial St., options to add tomatoes for 50 cents or ham or Manchester, 782-5088, waterworkscafe.com) offers a “grown up” grilled cheese for $7 that applewood smoked bacon for $1.25. is made with Gruyere, provolone and cheddar Red Arrow Diner (112 Loudon Road, Con- cheese, as well as bacon and tomatoes, on Texcord, 415-0444; 137 Rockingham Road, as toast.

Londonderry, 552-3091; 61 Lowell St., Manchester, 626-1118; 63 Union Square, Milford, Wild Rover Pub (21 Kosciuszko St., Man249-9222, redarrowdiner.com) offers a grilled chester, 669-7722, wildroverpub.com) offers cheese for $3.99 served on your choice of a four-cheese grilled cheese, made with Amerbread (white, wheat, rye, sourdough, Tex- ican, cheddar, Swiss and gouda, and served as toast, sub, wrap or gluten-free bread for 99 on ciabatta bread for $5.99. It is served with cents extra) and with your choice of cheese chips and a pickle, but you can substitute a side (American, Swiss, cheddar, provolone, mozza- option for an additional charge.

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See the Parade of the Pumpkins at Tarbin Gardens (321 Salisbury Road, Franklin) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The self-guided tour comes with a labeled map to help guests find their way to the next garden of gourds. From 1 to 5 p.m., authentic English cream tea will be served at the Rose Garden patio for $8.50 The tour is $9 for adults and $7.50 for children and students. Go to tarbingardens.com or call 934-3518.

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Watch the Southern New Hampshire BubbleBall Tournament from noon to 4 p.m. at the Presentation of Mary Academy (182, Lowell Road, Hudson).

Players will wear large rubber bubbles while trying to score points and defend their goals.

There will be a bounce house, food and music for spectators.

Donations will support Family Promise of Greater Nashua at Anne Marie House. Email development@annemariehouse. org or call 566-0915.

EAT: food paired with craft beer The Passport Craft Beer and Food Pairing Tour features over 20 craft beers from local breweries paired with foods created by area chefs. The tour goes from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Strawbery Banke Museum (14 Hancock St., Portsmouth). Last year’s festival featured combinations like Blue Mermaid Island Grill Jambalaya paired with Bad Lab’s IPA and Earth’s Harvest Harvest Vegetable Ratatouille paired with Smuttlab’s Granite State Destroyer. Tickets are $80. Visit nhptv.org/passport or email passport@nhptv.org.

Saturday, Sept. 16

See Grammy award winning guitarist Ed Gerhard at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord). Doors open at 8 p.m. for Gerhard’s performance of six-string, 12-string, slide guitar and acoustic Hawaiian lap slide. Tickets are $25 at ccanh.com or by calling 225-1111. The event will also feature the unveiling of Sunnyale, a local beer crafted with Gerhard’s music in mind. See the story on p. 38.

DRINK: wine while painting Visit LaBelle Winery with the Canvas Roadshow for a night of wine tasting and painting as part of their Taste and Create Workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. All the materials needed for your educational painting session will be provided and wines from the winery will be available. An artist from Canvas Roadshow will share painting techniques and ideas for inspiration. The class is $45. Visit labellewineryevents.com or call 627-9898.

Join the Walk for the Animals at 10 a.m. at Northeast Delta Dental Field (1 Delta Dental Drive, Concord). Take a one- or three-mile walk and raise funds to care for homeless and abandoned pets at Pope Memorial SPCA of Concord Merrimack County. Prizes will be given to those who raise over $50.

Individuals who raise $1,000 or more get a Fitbit Charge 2.

After the walk, there will be food, beverages and vendors.

Dogs are welcome but must be on a leash. Visit popememorialspca.org/walk or call 856-8756.

BE MERRY: at an inflatable 5K Climb, slide, duck and dodge through 3.1 miles of inflatable obstacles. The Insane Inflatable 5K is an inflatable race event that is touring the country and making a stop at the New England Dragway (280 Exeter Road, Epping) on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 8 to 11 a.m. After the races, there will be food and entertainment on the midway including more inflatable obstacles and games for all ages. Tickets are $75. Go to insaneinflatable5k.com

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ARTS Ready, set, create

Arts-based obstacle course race comes to Nashua

By Angie Sykeny

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No running or physical agility is required at the first-ever Beauty Beyond Borders Art Olympics, happening Saturday, Sept 16, in downtown Nashua. Instead, the obstacle course-style race invites participants to create and perform their way through a series of art challenges.

“The arts community in Nashua is growing so much right now,” Beauty Beyond Borders founder and president Alicia Chouinard said. “So we thought having something like a Spartan Race for artistic people would be the perfect way for people to come see what the arts community is all about, have fun and learn about our organization.”

Beauty Beyond Borders is a New Hampshire-based nonprofit organization that brings arts-related educational and social events to struggling communities, local and abroad, and encourages people to capture and share moments of beauty, especially nontraditional beauty, through artistic expression.

“We want people to use that concept as inspiration for the art they create at each obstacle,” Chouinard said.

The race is open to individuals and teams of up to six people. There will be six main obstacles, all located within a two-mile radius, which include painting and drawing, karaoke singing, sculpture making, lip Beauty Beyond Borders Art Olympics Where: Starting line located at 42 Walnut St., Nashua When: Saturday, Sept. 16, 1 p.m.

Cost: $25 per person. Register online or at the event until 2 p.m.

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synching acting performance, interpretive dance and playing musical instruments.

Additionally, teams must complete two projects by the end of the race: an original poem and an original photograph based on the theme “I see beauty in ….”

“The idea is, we’re often so distracted with negative things or other things that we miss all of the beauty and positive things and little things that can make you smile,” Chouinard said. “Beauty is everywhere; you just need to look.”

Teams will be timed at each obstacle and judged by experts from Nashua arts and community organizations such as The Actorsingers, Positive Street Art and Great American Downtown. Judges will look at the quality, execution and artistic style of

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the artwork and performances.

Teams will have the option to complete a family feud challenge and a charades challenge in which they may earn extra points toward their final score. If they fail, however, they may lose points, so it’s up to the teams to decide whether they want to take that risk.

Just for fun, participants are also invited to come dressed in artistic attire or costumes.

“Unique outfits are encouraged,” Chouinard said. “Have fun with it and go a little crazy, as long as it’s something you’re comfortable moving around in and don’t mind getting a little dirty.”

The three teams with the highest scores, determined by a combination of the teams’

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judges’ scores and times taken to complete the obstacles, will be awarded bronze, silver and gold medals and will each receive a bucket filled with swag and gift cards donated by local organizations and businesses. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony after the race, which will take place at The Flight Center on Main Street. All participants age 21 and older can also get a free beer or hard cider courtesy of Able Ebenezer Brewing Co. Though the event concludes at a beer cafe, it’s open to people of all ages, and families are encouraged to participate.

“It would be a great thing for a family to do,” Chouinard said. “Even toddlers can have fun making playdough sculptures and finger painting and dancing around.”

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Art Events • DERRY HOMEGROWN FARM & ARTISAN MARKET Locally-made food, art and crafts through Sept. 20.

Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. 1 W. Broadway, Derry. Visit derryhomegrown.org.

• CONCORD ARTS MARKET Handmade arts, crafts and goods by local craftspeople and artists. Occurs almost every Sat-

urday until Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bicentennial Square, Concord. Visit concordartsmarket.net.

• HAMPTON ARTS NETWORK ART WALK Enjoy local art and arts and crafts activities hosted at downtown shops throughout the week. Fri., Sept. 15, through Sat., Sept. 23.

Hampton, NH Hampton., Visit hamptonartsnetwork.wordpress. com.

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• CANTERBURY ARTISAN FESTIVAL The fair celebrates traditional arts with a juried, artisan craft fair, artisan food, demonstrations, family craft activities, farm animals and agricultural demonstrations.

Sat., Sept. 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury. $12 for adults, $6 for children. Call 783-9511 or visit shakers.org.

• “QUEER KIDS” GALLERY

TALK Exhibit features photography by M. Sharkey of gay youth in the United States. Sat., Sept. 16, 10 a.m. Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, 20 Main St., Exeter. Visit exeter. edu/lamontgallery.

• THE ART OF THE HOUSE PARTY Dinner party showcasing Dressed to Draw exhibit

by High Season Artists. Thurs., Sept. 21, 6 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Estate, 266 N. Main St.,

Concord. Tickets cost $75, and reservations are required. Call 225-3932 or visit kimballjenkins.com.

• ART JAM BRIDGE FEST A new event which focuses on out-of-the-box art and will include a community graffiti art mural, sidewalk chalk art, live music, food trucks and more.

Sat., Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bridge Street , Manchester. Visit artjambridgefest.com.

• SUMMER FINALE Artists and other vendors will offer artwork, fine crafts, food and information. Musicians will perform live acoustic music all day. Sat., Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Town Common, corner of Mammoth and Pillsbury Roads, Londonderry. Free. Visit LondonderryArtsCouncil.org.

• ART JAM BRIDGE FEST Experience and be a part of art in the park with paint, chalk, graf-

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• Sculptures at work: The Andres Institute of Art (98 Route 13, Brookline) hosts its Annual International Sculpture Symposium Sept. 16 through Oct. 7. For three weeks, international artists will stay in Brookline to create art for the sculpture trails at the Institute, and the public is invited to watch the artists at work. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Big Bear Lodge (adjacent to the park).

The public can see the finished sculptures at the closing ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m. Visit andresinstitute.org.

• New gallery location: Creative Ventures Gallery in Milford is moving to a new location at 411 Nashua St., Milford, and will have an opening reception on Friday, Sept.

15, from 6 to 8 p.m. One of the gallery’s new artists, Tom Loraditch, will give a talk on “Rembrandt: His Life, His Studio and His Art” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com for more information.

• LGBTQ photography: “Queer Kids” is on view in the Lamont Gallery in the Frederick R. Mayer Art Center at Phillips Exeter Academy (20 Main St., Exeter) now through Oct. 21. The exhibit features photography by M. Sharkey documenting gay youth in the U.S. and abroad and the struggles and successes of the LGBTQ community over the past decade. There will be an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and a gallery talk on fiti, horns, drums and all forms of music and dance. Sat., Sept.

23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bridge St. , Manchester. Visit artjambridgefest.com.

• FAIRY HOUSE TOUR Held on the grounds of the Governor John Langdon House, Strawbery Banke Museum, Prescott Park and Peirce Island. More than 200 handcrafted fairy houses made by local artists, florists, garden clubs club members, businesses, families and local school children will be on display. Sat., Sept. 23, and Sun., Sept. 24, 11 a.m. Portsmouth, NH, 03801 Portsmouth., Visit prescottpark.org/event/13thannual-fairy-house-tour.

• FOCUS TOUR: “MONET: PATHWAYS TO IMPRESSIONISM” A look at four of Monet’s works from pivotal times in his career. Sat., Sept.

23, 11:30 a.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Visit currier.org.

• FOCUS TOUR: “THE PARIS OF TOULOUSE-LAU-

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Saturday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visit exeter.edu/lamontgallery.

• Hampton arts: The Hampton Arts Network’s annual Art Walk takes place Friday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 23, when local art and arts-and-crafts activities will be hosted at Lane Memorial Library (2 Academy Ave.), the Hampton Town Hall (136 Winnacunnet Road) and various downtown Hampton shops and banks. It kicks off with a wine tasting on Friday, Sept. 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Baron Forrester wine and cheese shop (446 Lafayette Road). Other activities throughout the week will include coffee sampling, paint-and-sip classes, a watercolor painting demonstration and a kids’ craft night. Additionally, the HAN members’ group art show “Our Favorite Things” will be on view in the library gallery until Sept.

29. Find Hampton Arts Network on Facebook for more information.

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TREC: PRINTS AND POSTERS FROM THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART” Tour of new exhibit. Sat., Sept. 30, 11:30 a.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org.

In the Galleries • WOODFIRING THE FUSHIGIGAMA KILN Exhibit features work from the most recent large-scale community firing of the center’s Fushigigama wood kiln, an ancient yet modern artisitc process. On view Aug. 18 through Sept. 17. Sharon Arts Center Gallery, 30 Grove St., Peterborough. Visit nhia.edu.

• “SEACOAST SCULPTURE FROM MATERIAL TO MASTERWORK” On view July 7-Oct. 1. Discover Portsmouth, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth. Visit discoverportsmouth.wufoo.com.

• BOOK ART EXHIBIT Featuring work by Linda Greenwood of Green Lion Photography. On view through September. Peterborough Town Library, 2 Con-

cord St. , Peterborough. Visit PeterboroughTownLibrary.org.

• “ISLES OF SHOALS” Featuring photography by Alexandra de Steiguer, David Hiley, Bruce Parsons, Peter Randall.

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• 20TH ANNUAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT On view now through Oct. 15. Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, 236 Hopkinton Road, Concord. Visit themillbrookgallery. com or call 226-2045.

• “MADE MASCULINE” Exhibit features the work of 13 contemporary artists and explores the framework in which masculinity is made, fashioned and modified from generation to generation, through themes such as strength, desire and intimacy.

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A new Twist

Palace Theatre goes edgy with Oliver!

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

Charles Dickens’ classic novel Oliver Twist comes to life with a new steampunk look in the Palace Theatre’s latest production of Oliver!, opening at the Manchester theater on Friday, Sept. 15.

The Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, is set in 19th-century England and follows an orphaned boy’s journey from a neglectful workhouse to an apprenticeship with an undertaker and, finally, to London, where he’s taken in by a gang of child pickpockets and wrongly accused of a theft he didn’t commit.

The production stars a core cast of around 20 professional actors and 80 kids acting as extras.

Oliver! actor Bill Hartery, who has performed in five productions of Oliver!, says this year’s production is a fresh and original take on the tale and possesses a “Tim Burton-esque quality.”

“This is nothing like any of the other productions I’ve done. It’s a darker, edgier show. Everything’s a little off and has just a bit of weirdness to it,” he said. “The challenge is doing a classic that has been done to death in a way that is fresh and relevant and interesting, and I think we’re answering that challenge. It’s different, but none of that classic Broadway energy and feeling is lost.”

Part of its unique interpretation is the production’s steampunk costumes and set pieces, which combine Victorian style with futuristic and science fiction elements.

“You aren’t used to seeing gears and Oliver!

Where: Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester When: Sept. 15 through Oct. 1 Tickets: $25 for children ages 6 through 12, $39 to $45 for adults More info: 668-5588, palacetheatre.org

Openings • “QUEER KIDS” RECEPTION Features photography by M. Sharkey of gay youth in the United States. Fri., Sept. 15, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, 20 Main St., Exeter. Visit exeter.edu/ lamontgallery.

• INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES AND CONNECTIONS SYMPOSIUM Opening ceremony. Wed., Sept.

16, 2 p.m. Andres Institute of Art at Big Bear Lodge, 106 Route 13, Brookline. Visit andresinstitute.org.

• NEW ARTISTS’ PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE EXHIBIT

The Palace Theatre presents Oliver! Courtesy photo.

corsets in Oliver!,” said Palace Theatre Company Manager and Youth Theatre Administrator Megan Quinn. “It’s a cool, new concept that I think adds another level of interest to the show.”

The set follows a whimsical storybook theme with platforms designed as vintage scrolls of paper inscribed with original text from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, and windows displaying original illustrations from the novel, which correspond with the scenes taking place.

“It’s like the show and the whole thing is taking place within the pages of the book,” Hartery said. “The world folds around [Oliver] and suddenly he becomes a living part of the story. It’s very Disney-like.”

The production also features an unconventional musical concept in which some of the actors play the instrumentals for the musical numbers with real instruments on stage while continuing to act as the characters in the scene. Musical Director Nathaniel Beliveau said that blending the visual aspect with the music adds a new layer to the story.

RECEPTION Thurs., Sept. 21, 5 to 7 p.m. Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, 236 Hopkinton Road, Concord. Visit themillbrookgallery.com or call 226-2045.

Theater Auditions/open calls • NHTP YOUTH REPERTORY COMPANY NHTP Youth Repertory Company is designed for passionate, gifted students who want to experience a professional theatrical community that is focused on technique and individual personal growth. For auditions, memorize two contrasting 1 to 2 min-

“By integrating the musicians and actors, they become storytellers,” he said. “Instead of using the verbal word to perpetuate the story along, they’re using instruments to create this world for Oliver and tell more of the story and develop the characters further.”

Beliveau assigned the instrument work for the most climactic musical moments to key characters to make the greatest impact.

“That way, the important lines and melodic climbs have a new power,” he said.

“They have more power than they do [in] the original recording, and the original content isn’t lost.”

Putting on a production with an experimental interpretation and a large number of performers of various ages has been a challenge at points, Quinn said, but it’s been exciting for the cast and crew to watch it all come together.

“A lot of it is being created as we go.

It has to be, because we’ve brought in all these different people,” she said. “You’ll see the final product around the same time we do.”

ute monologues, and bring a headshot and resume, or list of theatre experiences and related skills. Tues., Sept.

19, 4 to 7 p.m.; and Wed., Sept. 20, 4 to 7 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. Visit nhtheatreproject.org or call 431-6644 ext. 3.

Productions • JANE EYRE Sept. 14 through Oct. 8. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. $15 to $38. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Thurs., Sept. 14, through Sat., Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., Sept. 17, 2:30 p.m.

Amato Center, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. $12. Visit svbgc.org.

• PATIENCE BOSTON A Players’ Ring Theatre production. Sept. 15 through Oct. 1, Fri. and Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 3 p.m. Prescott Park, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $18 for general admission and $14 for students and seniors. Visit playersring.org.

• THE FINAL REEL A New World Theatre production. Sept. 8 through Sept. 24, Fri. and Sat., 7:30 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students.

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Notes from the theater scene

• As told by Muslim women: Rohina Malik stars in the one-woman play Unveiled at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord) on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 1:30 p.m. The play explores racism, hate crimes, love, Islam, culture, language and life through the eyes of five Muslim women in modernday America. Tickets cost $10. Visit ccanh. com or call 225-1111 for more information.

• Refugee and immigrant stories: The International Institute of New England honors the contributions of refugees and immigrants through live storytelling with Suitcase Stories Live, featured at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) Thursday, Sept.

21, at 7 p.m. Local foreign- and U.S.-born residents will explore themes of refugee resettlement and immigrant integration through first-person storytelling. Tickets cost $19 to $49 general admission, $9 for students. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• A ghostly production: The New World Theatre’s dark comedy thriller The Final Reel is running now through Sept. 24 at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord).

The play follows a phony paranormal investigative reality show as it shoots its season finale at the haunted Leman Mansion on the coast of Maine, where Jacqueline Leman, a washed up former child actress, had a nervous breakdown and leapt to her death 50 years earlier. Things take a grisly and comic turn when the show is faced with something it has never experienced before: a real haunting.

Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students.

• MAKIN’ WHOOPIE! An ACT ONE production. Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Sept. 9, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 16, 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. General admission $20, seniors/students $18.

Visit actonenh.org.

• THE TAMING OF THE SHREW New England College production. Adapted by Don Melander. Fri., Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m.

New England College Mainstage Theatre, 58 Depot Road, Henniker. $15. Visit nec.edu. Email opendoortheatre@nec.edu.

• OLIVER Presented by Palace Theatre. Various showtimes Sept.

16 through Oct. 1. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. , Manchester. Children (age 6-12) $25, adults $39 to $45. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• KING ARTHUR’S SOCKS A Nashua Theatre Guild production.

Rohina Malik stars in the one-woman play Unveiled at the Capitol Center for the Arts. Courtesy photo.

Visit hatboxnh.com.

• Modern Shakespeare: The Open Door Theatre presents a modern take on William Shakespeare’s classic play The Taming of the Shrew, adapted by Don Melander, on Friday, Sept. 15, and Saturday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 17, at 3 p.m., with live music performed by the company a half hour before each show, at the New England College’s Mainstage Theatre (58 Depot Hill Road, Henniker). Tickets cost $15 for general admission and $10 for students. Visit nec.edu or call 428-2382.

• Colonial crime: NewYORK Theater Company presents Patience Boston at the Players’ Ring Theatre in Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) Sept. 15 through Oct. 1. The colonial crime drama set in York, Maine, follows the story of Patience Boston, a young Native American servant sentenced to hang for drowning her master’s grandson, and Joseph Moody, a young Puritan preacher who ministered to Boston for seven months in the small York jail. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for general admission and $14 for students and seniors. Visit playersring.org for more information.

— Angie Sykeny

Sat., Sept. 16. Bedford Town Hall, 24 N. Amherst Road, Bedford.

Visit nashuatheatreguild.org.

• FOREVER EMMA A Palace Youth Theatre production. Sun., Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $25. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• UNVEILED One-woman play starring Rohina Malik. Sun., Sept.

17, 1:30 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. $10. Visit ccanh.com.

• THE LAST FIVE YEARS Presented by Great American Downtown. Thurs., Sept. 21, through Sat., Sept. 23, 8 p.m.; and Sun., Sept. 24, 2 p.m. Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St. , Nashua. $15. Visit downtownnashua.org.

• SUITCASE STORIES LIVE Local foreign- and U.S.- born residents will perform first-person stories on themes of refugee resettlement and immigrant inte-

gration. Thurs., Sept. 21, 7 p.m.

Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. , Manchester. VIP (includes post show reception) is $125, preferred seating is $49, reserved seating is $19, student seating is $9. Visit palacetheatre.org.

Classical Music Events • ED GERHARD Solo guitarist performs. Sat., Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. Tickets cost $25. Visit ccanh.com.

• NEW HAMPSHIRE OPERA IDOL COMPETITION Singers from across the country and beyond are invited to compete for cash awards and performance contracts in front of a live audience. Sat., Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE Passport to Scotland

Heavyweight competitions, Scottish food and more at NH Highland Games & Festival

By Ethan Hogan

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Sixty-five Scottish clans meet at Loon Mountain each year for the NH Highland Games & Festival, gathering on the grassy mountainside to compete in traditional Scottish heavyweight games alongside dancing and musical competitions.

This year’s event is happening Friday, Sept. 15, through Sunday, Sept.17.

“Our mission is to preserve and promote Scottish traditions for future generations,” said Terri Wiltse, the executive director of NHScot, which hosts the games.

Wiltse said the tradition started as a clan meeting between members of the Murray clan and included a performance by a pipe band. The meeting gained momentum through the years as more clans joined and grew the spectacle to 30,000 Scots and nonScots from around the world. The festival’s foundation is built on the traditional Scottish physical and musical competitions.

The opening ceremony on Friday, Sept. 15, at 8 a.m will feature a parade with all 65 clans, athletes, musicians and dancers.

For the physical competitions, a group of pre-selected athletes will compete in heavyweight events like caber throwing, hammer throwing,

stone carries and weight over bar.

Wiltse said the Scottish people of the Highland region have competed at these events for hundreds of years.

“We have some of the best Highland heavy athletes in the world,” Wiltse said.

Returning this year to defend his stone carry record is Hafþór Júlíus “Thor” Björnsson, also known as The Mountain from the HBO series Game of Thrones. Björnsson is Europe’s Strongest Man and this year placed second in the World’s Strongest Man Competition.

The stone carry on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. is a distance event where competitors lift large stones and carry them as far as they can. Competitors carry the Loon stones, weighing 234 and 274 pounds, respectively, across an open field.

Björnsson’s record is 140 feet and 10 inches. He will also be doing a car lift on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. at the athletic field, according to Wiltse.

The Loon stones carried during the competition represent a tradition in Scottish culture where vilTERRI WILTSE lages would use the large rocks as a rite of passage for young men. The stones were named after the villages and young men would lift them to solidify their manhood.

“When they lifted the stone of their village, they became a man,” said Wiltse.

The musical competitions held throughout the weekend also celebrate Scottish traditions with categories for Scottish harp and fiddle, solo piping and drumming, and several Highland dancing subcategories.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pipe Band and Dancers will perform at the parade square on Friday at 11 a.m.

Throughout the weekend, free classes and seminars teaching guests about Scottish traditions will

We have some of the best Highland heavy athletes in the world.

NH Highland Games When: Friday, Sept. 15, through Sunday, Sept.17. Access to the fairgrounds opens at 8 a.m. each day.

Where: Loon Mountain Resort, 60 Loon Mountain Road, Lincoln Cost: $65 for a weekend pass, $20 for Friday pass, $35 for Saturday pass, $25 for Sunday pass. Admission for children under 14 is free if accompanied by a paying adult.

Visit: nhsscot.org

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The Mountain. Photo by Ken Watson.

be held at the mountain’s lodges and tents. Wiltse said the classes are part of NHScot’s mission to keep Scottish traditions alive. Classes in athletic activities and traditional Scottish musical instruments give spectators an opportunity to try the traditions they see during the weekend.

“You can come and take a 45-minute class about playing the bagpipes or stone lifting,” said Wiltse.

Other classes and demos will include fly fishing, dancing and cooking.

The vendor village will host traditional Scottish products like bagpipes, kilts and thistles as well as food that celebrates the Scot’s Celtic roots, including Eccles cakes, which are round puff confections with caramelized honey and burnt sugar crusts.

Craft beer and whiskey tasting will also be featured at festival.

Laphroaig will serve its whiskey, which Wiltse said comes in a variety of styles.

“They draw the whiskey through peat and use different barrels to age it like oak and cherry,” said Wiltse.

New this year is the NH Highland Brews & Bites: A Beer Pairing Dinner. It will be held at the Mountain Club on Loon Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and includes Innis and Gunn beers (both aged in oak) from three local breweries: Moat Mountain Brewing Co. (North Conway), Great North Aleworks (Manchester) and Smuttynose Brewing Co. (Hampton). This event is a separate ticketed event and is not included in festival general admission.

Wiltse said the extensive list of festival events and activities span the length of Loon mountain’s summit center.

“We pretty much take over every square foot of the place,” said Wiltse.

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Join the Raptor Festival and Release Day at Carter Hill Orchard (73 Carter Hill Road, Concord) on Sunday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. New Hampshire Audubon will be releasing rehabilitated migratory birds of prey back into the wild. The event coincides with peak migration of broadwinged hawks in the area, so there will be plenty of birds to see. The fee to enter Miller Park is $4 for adults and $2 for children.

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Join the Nashua Airport at Boire Field on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a chance to interact with specialty public works vehicles, tractors, firetrucks and planes. Children can climb into the vehicles and talk to knowledgeable personnel about the equipment and how the machines help in the community. The event is part of Nashua’s Summer Fun calendar and is free to the public. Contact wheelsandwings.nashua@gmail.com.

Children & Teens Art classes & programs • CHILDREN’S ART CLUB Activities and crafts teach the basics of drawing, painting, and other creative fun. For grades K through 5. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m. at the Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester. Registration is recommended.

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Watch an educational film about space at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive, Concord) on Sunday, Sept. 17, from 1 to 2 p.m. The film Dawn of the Space Age will be shown in the planetarium; it tells the story of the early days of space exploration, from the launch of the first satellite to landing on the moon and private space flights. The film is narrated by the men and women who risked their lives to feed their passion for exploring. General admission to the center is $10 for adults and $7 for children ages 3 to 12 and shows are an additional $5 per person.

Children under 2 are free. Visit starhop.com or call 271-7827.

Storytime

Listen to stories at the Manchester Barnes & Noble (1741 S. Willow St.) on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. The story Princesses Wear Pants will be read to babies and preschoolers during this free reading event. The book tells the story of the unflappable Princess Penelope Pineapple, who celebrates fashion and girl power while getting the job done. Contact the Manchester Barnes & Noble at 668-5557 or visit stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2052.

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Amoskeag Fishways, 4 Fletcher St., Manchester. Free; no registration required. Visit amoskeagfishways.org or call 626-3474.

Ongoing activities • IDEA TO INVENTION: HOW TO BECOME A MAKER Join Jason Clark to explore 3-D printing, microcontroller programming, basic mechanical design, robotics and more. Depending on interest, potential projects include creating an automatic plant water-

ing unit, a mini robot arm, a line following robot, a ghost detector, or a metal detector. For ages 10 and up. Thurs., Sept. 14, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St., Milford. Free.

Visit wadleighlibrary.org or call 249-0645.

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It’s not time to give up on gardening and move on to watching football and waiting in a recliner for the maple leaves to turn red. Your gardens still need you. Let’s look at the vegetable garden.

My Brussels sprouts are the size of peas, very small for the time of year. But I know how to fix that. I just cut off the top cluster of leaves. That will prevent the plant from using its energy to get taller. Instead it will pump up the “sprouts” we love to eat into big, healthy veggies.

Pumpkins and winter squash need the knife, too. They will continue to elongate their stems, growing out of the garden and across the lawn. But a blossom starting now will have little chance of maturing into a potential jack-O’-lantern. So nip off that vine and let the energy from the sun and the minerals from the roots go to the fruits that have some chance of success.

Most tomatoes are what we call “indeterminate.” That means they will continue to grow taller until they are killed by frost. Most Roma-type tomatoes (plum) are determinate, as are a few others used mainly for canning or growing in pots. They reach full size and then concentrate on producing one load of fruit that can be picked and canned. But Big Boys and most heirlooms will continue getting taller, which can be a problem.

I’ve seen tomato plants 30 feet tall in commercial greenhouses. They grow up ropes that can be lowered down for picking. But you probably are not equipped to deal with tomato plants that are even 8 feet tall. So nip off the tips of tall branches.

If you haven’t been paying attention to your tomatoes for a few weeks, you might well have some fruit-laden branches lying on the ground. These are much more susceptible to rot than fruit that is tied to a stake or cage.

Lift the branches and tie them to the outside of the tomato cage. I recently was given some old pantyhose that I cut into strips and used to tie up mine. It’s soft and stretchy, and does a great job. String is not perfect for the job as it can cut into the stems. Old bed sheets can be cut into strips for the job instead.

Potatoes are reaching full size for many gardeners. I plant mine later than most (midJune) and they still have nice green leaves that are turning sunshine, carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates that will keep me plump all winter. But if yours have brown leaves, you can dig them now. Or you can steal a few by reaching under a plant or two and grabbing a spud for dinner, but leaving the plant itself undisturbed.

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As with any plant that is susceptible to fungal diseases, I do not toss potato plants onto the compost pile. Squash, tomatoes and potatoes all fall into this category. I carefully dig all the plants (including leaves and roots) and put them on a brush pile I will burn this winter after snow falls. If you don’t have a burn pile, you can put them in household trash or create a separate pile in a far corner of your property. I do that to minimize fungal diseases next year.

Leeks are ready to harvest, but can stay in the ground a few more weeks. I use leeks not only for leek and potato soup, but also as a substitute for onions. And you don’t have to just use the white part of leeks. Commercial growers hill soil over the leeks as they grow, keeping a longer portion white than I do. But most of the green part of the stem is good to use, too. I pick every other one now, thinning them out, and leaving some to get even bigger.

My peppers are pathetic this year. I only planted a few, some Hungarian wax and a few sweet peppers. I got a few of the hot wax peppers early on, but the cool, rainy summer has not encouraged most plants to blossom and produce fruit.

By now my peppers must be scared that winter is coming and they have not produced enough seeds to keep their line of DNA alive.

We had one night where the temperature went down to 33 degrees!

I am trying an experiment with my peppers this year. On Labor Day I dug up two Hungarian hot wax peppers and transplanted them into 8-inch pots. I used potting soil, not garden soil in the pots as it will stay fluffier than garden soil, which tends to compact in a pot. I am keeping them in the garden, but will carry them inside any time the temperature is predicted to go much below 50 degrees. Then I’ll carry them outside again in the morning, sort of like walking the dog. They are wind-pollinated, so being indoors will not be a problem.

I’ll let you know if I get some peppers this way.

As a rabid, mad-dog gardener I never stop thinking about my garden. There is always something to try, which keeps me young.

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Dear Bertrand and Cecile, Thanks for sharing this wonderful family piece with us.

What your wife’s dad has done is called a whimsy or puzzle. Whimsies have been done (carved) for many years so it’s tough to tell the age unless you can narrow it in for us. Yours looks to have a great natural patina (natural age discoloration to the wood).

If you research whimsies you will find many with extremely intricate detail and even function to them. All are carved from a single piece of wood. Imagine the art in that. Tough to do but lots have been done and done well.

The one you have is considered a ball in a cage and one of the most common forms and it is said that they are easier to do. The value is in age and intricacy and function, so the more to it the higher the value. On average I found ones similar to yours in the value range of $60.

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Museums & Tours Events • FAITHBRIDGE CHURCH CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION The FaithBridge Church (formerly the South Main Street Church) building turns 100 years old this month. It is the oldest church on the west side, having had a presence on the corner of Milford and South Main Street since the 1880s.

The original structure was burned in 1916 and rebuilt in 1917. This centennial celebration will include family games and activities, and a talk by John Clayton, executive director of the Manchester Historic Association. Fri., Sept. 15, 5:30 p.m. FaithBridge Church, 301 S. Main St., Manchester. Call 627-5292.

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Sportwagen recall presents opportunity to upgrade Dear Car Talk: I bought a used 2014 VW Jetta Sportwagen, which is subject to the recall on diesels (buyback or emissions system repair).

It’s a car modBy Ray Magliozzi el that I really enjoy driving, with excellent handling and acceleration. It’s also a size I like and is bike-friendly to transport my road bike. My question is whether to keep the car and go for the repair and warrantied emissions system, or take the money and buy something else? I had a hard time finding a model I like this much and that is very comfortable on long drives. I also have a used Subaru Outback 2006, which is nowhere near as comfortable. I find that VW models seem to fit me better, ergonomically, than do Japanese models. My instinct is to turn in the car unless they are warrantying the whole vehicle for the 100,000 miles.

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But you seem to like this car for other reasons. You like its size, its versatility and the way it fits you. So I’d recommend that you take the incentives VW is offering, and buy a new VW Golf Sportwagen (or VW Alltrack, which is an all-wheel-drive Golf Sportwagen with plastic cladding on the wheel wells).

Last we heard, VW was giving you the pre-scandal trade-in value of your car, plus thousands of dollars in “mea culpa” money. And then there are further incentives to turn around and drop all that cash on a new VW. Take advantage of it.

We like the Sportwagen. It’s pleasant to drive, it’s got particularly simple controls and notably good visibility -especially out the back. That’s rare these days.

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You’ll find that the size of the car is the same, the versatility is the same and the seats are the same. The primary differences are safety features, a better infotainment interface and a gasoline engine that isn’t spewing noxious diesel emissions.

Sound good? Just be sure to “accidentally” flash those brochures you picked up at the Subaru dealer so they give you a good price on the new VW, Kris. Good luck.

Dear Car Talk: I own a 2000 Jeep Cherokee. It needs fresh transmission fluid. What would your honest answer be about the benefits of “flushing” the transmission versus a transmission fluid “change”? Thanks!

— Francois Well, I wouldn’t flush the whole transmission yet, Francois. But you should flush the transmission fluid.

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And because it pushes out the old fluid with the new fluid, you get a complete change of fluid. If your transmission holds, for example, 14 quarts of transmission fluid, 14 new quarts go in and 14 old, dirty quarts come out.

It costs about twice as much as just opening the drain plug, but it’s at least twice as good. Plus, someone has to pay for that expensive machine we bought!

But if you’re going to go through the trouble of changing your transmission fluid, you might as well actually change all of it, right?

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IN/OUT

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Derryfest is back for its 28th year of showcasing the town’s art and culture.

Every voice, theater and arts school in the area is represented at the event with performances happening throughout the day, according to Michael Gendron, who’s helped organize the event for the past 12 years.

Derryfest is produced by the Greater Derry

Arts Council and promotes the arts with support from community organizations and local craft vendors, according to Gendron.

“It’s a celebration of our town’s kinship and cooperation,” he said.

The Red Star Twirlers will perform at the main stage at MacGregor Park at 11 a.m.

Gendron said the young baton twirlers performances have made them world-renowned.

“They actually performed on the Great Wall of China one time so they are definitely lauded around the world,” said Gendron.

Wildlife Encounters will have an interactive presentation on the main stage at 2 p.m. with live animals from around the world.

“Sometimes they’ll let the kids touch them and they will usually bring one of their famous roaming tortoises,” said Gendron. “It will just roam around the park.”

Grendron’s fondest memory of Derryfest was when he was 12 years old and the Boston area television personality Rex Trailer visited the festival for a live cowboy performance.

“He was a hero when I was a kid, so to see him in person was pretty amazing,” Gendron said.

The headlining performance this year is the Blues Brothers tribute show at 4 p.m. Gendron said the band’s renditions of the classic

Derryfest When: Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: MacGregor Park (64 E Broadway) Cost: Free admission Visit: derryfest.org Schedule 10 a.m. Opening Ceremonies 10:15 a.m. Vocalist Carol Harrington 10:30 a.m. Karate International of Windham Demonstration 11 a.m. Red Star Twirlers Performance 11:30 a.m. Kindermusik by Let’s Play Music 11:55 a.m. God Bless America

songs gets all ages singing and dancing.

New this year is a rock climbing wall that guests can climb for $3.

Prior to Derryfest, a pasta supper to support the Derry Village Rotary will be held the eve of Derryfest, on Friday, Sept. 15, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with spaghetti, sauce and salad.

The supper will be held at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School. Donations will be accepted.

Greater Derry’s Got Talent Finals are Friday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Derry Opera House. The talent show features performers of all ages and talents from Derry and neigh-

Noon MIA/POW Ceremony 12:15 p.m. Kids Coop Theater Presentation 12:40 p.m. Derry’s Got Talent 1 p.m. Silly Solutions Balloon Show 1:45 p.m. NH Academie of Dance 2 p.m. Wildlife Encounters Presentation 2:45 p.m. Vocalist Morgane Grace Vigroux 3 p.m. The Voice Studio Performances 3:15 p.m. Dance Progressions Performance 3:30 p.m. Let’s Play Music, Stagecraft 4 p.m. Announcements, Raffle Drawings 4:10 p.m. Blues Brothers Next Generation 6 p.m. Derry After Dark, Manning Street

boring towns. A panel of judges will select the winners to perform at Derryfest on Saturday.

A breakfast with pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage, muffins, coffee and juice will be held from 7 to 10:30 a.m. at the St. Luke’s United Methodist Church (63 East Broadway, Derry). Donations will be accepted.

After Derryfest, the inaugural Derry After Dark will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Manning Street. The evening festival has brought together local breweries for Derry’s first brewfest. The Opera House will raffle off two tickets for Derry After Dark at 4 p.m.

Other upcoming town celebrations Hollis Old Home Day The town’s biggest annual shindig, according to the event’s website, will be held Friday, Sept.

15, and Sunday, Sept. 16, at Nicholas Field (40 Depot Road). It will feature an artisan market, an apple pie contest and a parade. The market will have local artists selling fine arts and crafts. With a $5 ticket, guests can enter into the cow patty bingo, where the winner will be selected by what square of pasture the cow makes a deposit in.

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is on Saturday, Sept. 16, with the theme “Celebrating Pelham’s Excellent Educators.” At 8:30 a.m. there will be a 5K road race and walk to benefit the Special Olympics followed by a day of vendors, crafters and family-friendly activities like the perfect pie bake-off and kids’ games. The Victor Spaulding Memorial Auction starting at 9:30 a.m. will have bargains on garage sale items throughout the day. The Grand Parade at 2:30 p.m. will have floats, bands, classic cars and horses. Sausage, burgers, hot dogs, fries and beverages will be served throughout the day at the food tent. Visit pelhamoldhomeday.org

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I’d say, are the key skill sets that are outside of Casual. … I believe in being comfortable in what you’re working in and we’re actual engineering that you need. fortunate enough to be in a manufacturing How did you find your current job? environment where we can dress casually. …

This particular job in Stonyfield was a And then when it’s go-time out on the floor, transfer from another site in Portland, Ore- we throw on our lab coats because it’s a food gon. And before that, I was in Fort Worth, manufacturing environment.

Texas. In manufacturing, it’s not uncommon that they want to quote-unquote cross polliWhat was the first job you ever had? nate and to share best practices by moving In high school I was a skate guard at an ice managers from plant to plant. That’s how I skating rink, which was pretty fun because I particularly got to Stonyfield. … [I found the got to hang out with my friends at work.

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Lamb shanks so big they look like dinosaur bones, thousands of Greek meatballs and dozens of kinds of Greek pastries covering at least five tables are all on the menu at Glendi, one of the Granite State’s largest and longest-running Greek food festivals.

The festival attracts thousands and is returning for the 38th year to Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester from Friday, Sept. 15, through Sunday, Sept. 17. Glendi, which means “good times” in Greek, has become a major fundraiser for the church and features dozens of traditionally made dishes by church members and volunteers.

“It’s become so established and wellknown over the years that it’s become very intertwined with the people who are part of our community,” said Frank Comerford, president of the church’s board of directors and festival chairman. “We’ve got everyone from private citizens and business sponsors to all the TV stations, U.S. senators and other politicians. Everybody wants to be associated with Glendi.”

This year’s event includes several returning favorites, like the lamb shanks, which are cooked in a tomato sauce with onions, and the marinated chicken, baked with Grecian herbs.

“The lamb shanks are a tremendous size — they look like a dinosaur’s leg bone,” Comerford said. “You get a whole big drumstick of lamb shank either a la carte or as a dinner, and that’s very popular.”

Comerford said between 1,500 and 2,000 Greek meatballs will also be prepared, as well as stuffed peppers with rice and meat, dolmathes (stuffed grape leaves rolled with rice and meat), a Greek lasagna dish

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• Bridges cupcake: Frederick’s Pastries recently donated $576 to support Bridges Domestic and Sexual Violence Support through the sales of its specialty “Bridges Cupcake,” the shop announced in a press release. The jumbo cupcake, which is made with purple buttercream frosting, has been sold at all three Frederick’s Pastries locations (109 Route 101A, Amherst; 25 S. River Road, Bedford; and 119 Main St., North Andover, Mass.) and will continue to be available through the remainder of 2017. Proceeds from the sales of the cupcake will directly benefit Bridges. Susan Lozier Robert of Frederick’s, who is also a Bridges board member, presented the donation to Bridges executive director Dawn Reams. “We are deeply grateful to our customers who supported our efforts by purchasing [the] ‘Bridges Cupcake,’” Lozier Robert said in a statement.

• A locally sourced dinner: The next event in the Forks & Corks Dinner Series is happening at Copper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford) on Wednesday, Sept. 20, with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by the first course of the meal at 6:30 p.m. The dinner will feature food from local farms like Donabedian Brothers Farms in Salem and Templeton Family Organics at Kennedy Hill Farm in Goffstown. Smoked oysters and deviled eggs will be served during the reception, followed by a crispy skate wing tostada for the first course, a braised monkfish for the second 42 Looking for more food and drink fun? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and hipposcout.com.

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Glendi When: Friday, Sept. 15, and Saturday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., with food services ending at 9 p.m., and Sunday, Sept.

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Where: St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 650 Hanover St., Manchester Cost: Free admission; food is priced per item Visit: stgeorgeglendi.com Free parking will be available at Derryfield Park (Bridge Street) and at the McDonough Elementary School (550 Lowell St.). Shuttle services will be available throughout the day on Friday and Saturday from the parking lot at Bridge and Highland streets to the church.

Lamb and meatballs at Glendi. Courtesy photos.

called pastichio that is made with a creamy cheese sauce, spanakopita (phyllo dough with spinach and cheese) and a Greek salad made with a vinegar and oil herb dressing.

All of the main food items can be bought as dinners — which come with a Greek salad, a side of rice pilaf and a dinner roll — or a la carte.

“People can kind of make their own meal,” Comerford said. “For example, you can buy a lamb shank separately and then get a piece of pastichio or a stuffed pepper on the side if you don’t want what comes with the dinners.”

Recently added menu items, Comerford said, include the chicken souvlaki, wrapped in pita brand and prepared with lettuce, red onion and tzatziki sauce, which is made with a mix of yogurt and cucumbers. There are also lamb and beef gyros, made with pita bread and tzatziki sauce as well, and Greek sausages called loukanikos.

When you’re ready for dessert, there is an abundance of options as well, with usually at least five to six tables of options spanning 50 feet long, Comerford said. There’s the traditional baklava, made with butter and honey, and for the first time this year, you can try baklava chocolate almond blossoms, which will be available for $2.50 apiece.

“It’s essentially phyllo dough filled with almonds and chocolate morsels,” Comerford said. “It’s a more American-friendly take on baklava, if you will.”

There will also be fried dough balls called loukoumades, which are soaked in syrup and sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Those will be available for in quantities of six, 12 or 20.

“It’s a very light, hot kind of dough that you often see at state fairs,” Comerford

said. “People like to put honey on them or eat them with coffee.”

Several kinds of Greek cookies are on the menu, too. There is koulourakia, a butter-based cookie made with a hint of vanilla that can be bought in packages of six; finikia, a honey-dipped cookie with walnuts; and kourambiethes, which are buttered cookies with powdered sugar.

Menu items for non-Greek eaters include hot dogs, hamburgers, cotton candy, ice cream, frappes, popcorn and more.

According to Comerford, almost all of the food is prepared within a few weeks of the festival, though a lot is cooked on site as well. So much food is made that a refrigerated tractor-trailer truck donated by Market Basket is brought in to store it all.

Inside the church, specialty drinks like Greek coffee, and a taverna with Greek beer and wine, are prepared. The Aegean Market, a staple of Glendi that features T-shirts, jewelry, wine, imported Greek olive oil and more for purchase, is also returning.

There will be raffles for chances to win cash prizes and other items like gift certificates to local Greek restaurants.

Comerford said a DJ will perform all day Friday and Saturday, and the Kostas Taslis Orchestra will perform on Saturday around 5 p.m.

A costumed dance troupe called Boston Lykeion Ellinidon will be performing throughout the weekend.

“They’re actually going to try to give entertainment to people while they’re waiting,” Comerford said. “They’ll do like a 20-minute show several times over the course of the late afternoon and early evening … to kind of help the time you’re standing in line pass by quicker.”

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What does music taste like? If you’re listening to local Grammy Award-winning fingerstyle guitarist Ed Gerhard, it tastes crisp, approachable and smooth — at least, that’s what it’s translated to in the form of a craft beer, says Michael Hauptly-Pierce of Lithermans Limited Brewery in Concord.

He and brewery partner Stephen “Doc Jones” Bradbury spent months working with Gerhard to craft a new beer inspired by his music. The result is a dry-hopped blonde pale ale called Sunnyland — named after Gerhard’s 2006 studio album — and it’s the first in the new Lithermans Limited Brewery Presents series that pairs beer with musicians.

Sunnyland will be unveiled during Gerhard’s performance at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m.

The new ale, which is going to be available both for tasting and for purchase at the Capitol Center’s ballroom during the show, as well as at the brewery following Gerhard’s performance, is about 5 percent alcohol made with orange peels and citrusy hops. Hauptly-Pierce described its taste as “crisp, approachable, smooth and not very bitter” — qualities he said are meant to mirror the soft sounds of Gerhard’s guitar playing.

“It had to be something that was smooth and would sort of seductively pull you in a little bit,” he said. “I just felt like it was going to be sort of a good tie-in. … People who have never heard Ed’s music are going to hear one song and be like ‘Wow, this is a whole different thing than what I was thinking’ … and I’m hoping that people who are not necessarily craft beer people are going to taste this beer and have [a similar reaction].”

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Gerhard agreed to the collaboration.

“My quid pro quo was to just let me put the beer that we’re brewing with him on tap, and then hopefully this will open up to a long-term possibility … of doing another event like this quarterly or twice a year, where we take an artist that maybe hasn’t played in Concord in a while or ever, we brew a beer with them, and we launch the beer at the show,” Hauptly-Pierce said.

He and Bradbury will be pouring samples of the ale for audience members of the show to try. It will also be available for $7 for a 12-ounce draft and $9 for 16 ounces, according to Cheryl Lampron of the Capitol Center for the Arts.

The Sunnyland ale will be on tap at the brewery, and Hauptly-Pierce said it’s likely a few local restaurants that normally carry Lithermans Limited brews will get it for a short time as well.

Hauptly-Pierce said he already has a few other local musicians in mind to create future music-inspired beers with, like Nashua-based country artist Tom Dixon, and Dover-based underground hip-hop artist Eyenine.

Gerhard said he’s honored to be part of the first partnership of the new series, and that it was a great way to create local products.

“Craft brewing … has become such a thing now, and the way that it pairs with music to me is more of a lifestyle,” he said.

“The goal with this was that we could help each other grow our collective audiences,” Hauptly-Pierce, an amateur hip-hop artist, said. “For both people who like music but may not have heard of our beers, and for people who dig our beers but may not have heard the music, it just seemed like a natural fit.”

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For more than 15 years, the Hoynacki family has been cooking fresh peanut-free and gluten-free kettle corn using 100 percent vegetable oil.

“We use a premium popping corn called a mushroom corn that pops up and makes a big kernel as opposed to some of the traditional popcorn that people might buy in a grocery store,” Hoynacki said. “People enjoy it because it’s a fuller, bigger kernel. … The other ingredients are the vegetable oil and the sugar, and then once it’s popped, we dump it into another kettle, add some salt to it and let it cool.”

Hoynacki said the salt is added while the kettle corn is still warm to allow it to mix in before the kernels are sealed by the sugar.

Jim’s son, Ryan Hoynacki, will also be setting up shop at Lull Farm in Hollis beginning the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24.

“I’ll usually start cooking at like 10 [in the morning] and I’m there until after the sun goes down,” Ryan Hoynacki said. “[Kettle corn] is like getting peanuts at a bar. It’s a good salty snack to have and it’s good to drink with beer...”

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If you’ve got a lot of tomatoes but no time to make sauce, simply bag them and freeze them. If you freeze whole tomatoes in zip-close bags, the skin will peel off easily when you slowly defrost them. You can skip the blanching that way and just pull out what you need from the freezer. Just don’t be like me and lose them in your freezer! This is a great option if you want to make smaller batches of sauce during the next few months.

Do you absolutely have to have an Instant Pot? No, of course not. But if you love a slow cooker (the Instant Pot does a lot of the same stuff, just faster), have a busy life and want to make a few things in the kitchen easier (and faster), I’d recommend it. — Allison Willson Dudas

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If you are a Game of Thrones fan like I am, your Sunday nights already feel incomplete. Just when this season seemed to get started up again, it was over before we knew it.

On the Sunday of the season finale, I was in my local New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet perusing the shelves when I heard a woman say, “They have a Game of Thrones wine!” as she was walking down one of the aisles. I was curious so I went to the aisle and checked it out and sure enough there was a red wine on the shelf labeled Game of Thrones in the same writing as the show. Since I would be watching it later that night, it only seemed fitting to take a bottle home.

If you are saying, “Darn it, I wish I’d had that the night of the finale too,” you didn’t miss much. The best thing about this red blend is the bottle with its gold and black label. The wine itself was not my favorite. I am not even sure I would buy it again.

This red blend from Paso Robles contains six red varietals, mainly petite sirah and zinfandel, “considered among the finest in the Seven Kingdoms by those who prefer dry, robust reds.” The description also says it is “youthful and fruit forward with a lasting finish,” but we found it very hot and alcoholic and not because it was bad or anything. Maybe it just needs some time to age and mellow out since it is the 2016 vintage and contains almost 14 percent alcohol. The heat of it was very apparent on the finish and I just did not find it pleasant to drink. I went back for another glass a day or two later and it was hard to get down. I hate to waste wine, but considered pouring the rest down the drain.

Now, if you were actually a character in Game of Thrones and winter were here, this would be a perfect wine to drink because it would warm you up better than any fur pelt.

GoT characters may also be a little bit less picky than I am when it comes to wine. I suppose you would just drink what is available if you lived in a castle.

If this is a style of wine you like, or you want to try it just because, several New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlets have it for $19.99. There is also a Game of Thrones Chardonnay ($19.99) from the Central Coast and a Cabernet Sauvignon ($45.99), which is a 2015 vintage from Napa Valley. Check liquorandwineoutlets.com to see which stores carry which wines. I was entertained by their wine descriptions, which can be read at gameofthroneswines.

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com. Side note: I also learned the word “quaff,” which means “drink heartily” or “an alcoholic drink.” Who knew?!

I know I kind of got suckered into buying this wine from the label, but I don’t regret my purchase because it wasn’t the worst wine I have ever tried. It happened to be on sale when I bought it (maybe because the show was still airing) and was something fun to try. Their marketing was clearly on point as it was eye-catching on the shelf.

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By adding Latin rhythms to their grungy psychedelica, this relatively unsung New Hope, Pennsylvania-based band has hit upon something pretty special with their seventh full-length album. They were already pretty cool, an emergency hit of Warlocks earbleed-indie if you had to have one, wringing everything they could out of stubbornly cool bliss grooves that had obviously undergone deep scrutiny, but this one’s different and much better. The trump card in this deck is a newly added second drummer (bands take note: that’s one way of resolving minor but irritating conflicts if your drummer’s ego has inflated beyond workability), a move that did add some percussive oomph to their vibe, but, again, you could have 50 drummers and not be able to save weak songs. The lyrical theme spotlights the seedy side of the record industry as experienced by musicians, an idea that goes back to Black Sabbath’s Sabotage album and beyond, but these guys at least have fun with it, cranking out a bunch of heavy Manchester Orchestra-meets-Warlock things that are immediately earfriendly and pretty freaking clever. A+ — Eric W. Saeger Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols (Ropeadope Records)

A New Yorker by way of Montreal for the past three years, this innovative saxophonist/synth man writes his music in his head while browsing art galleries in his new home city (that may not be a new approach, but at least he admits it). Doxas steers his quartet in a fusion direction that’s almost — actually, often is — Return to Forever throwbackism, a recipe for disaster in the wrong hands, but these guys do seriously cook, adding fine spots of subtlety among the jam-outs. Despite sax being his main instrument, Doxas’s keyboards are the most important component of the album, conjuring an environment that stays away from being too spacey or Yes-like; they’re an undercurrent that doesn’t make you think of guys in mullets being groovy or anything. His sax as well has many great moments here, as does guitarist Matthew Stevens, who does a fine nick of Al Di Meola if that’s your thing, meaning the guitar is most often set to stun (and sometimes wail) rather than soothe. The compositions are very clear as well; it’s not a mush of conceited showboating. Deep stuff. A — Eric W. Saeger

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• We begin our slate of new album releases for Sept. 15 with Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold. This attempt at throwbackgrunge revivalist dogma came about when bandleader Dave Grohl fell off a stage in Sweden and broke his leg, which led to weird things like his finishing off that year’s tour with a special “throne” that could accommodate this debatably talented man, sometimes known as “Cobain’s Drummer.” So he ended up drinking wine and writing his grunge for a week, and voila, this album, which has a single, called “Sunday Rain,” a room-temperature mid-tempo tune with basically nothing going for it other than the fact it sounds like Eagles vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Rolling Stone will love it, and no one else will.

• For laughs, let’s take a look at what intellectually inadequate amateur drummer Ringo Starr is doing these days, for music and fun, with his new album, Give More Love! The last time Ringo was taken seriously as an artiste, it was because he married the girl from The Dukes of Hazzard, who may have married him because she thought she’d caught a talentless alien life form and didn’t understand what the minister was actually asking. The first single is the title track, which is such a chill-down ripoff of “Please Please Me” that Paul McCartney would probably sue him to death if there was anything left of Ringo’s fortune. I recommend that you avoid this and just listen to something more interesting, like cheese being grated.

• I grew up thinking “Cars” was a stupid song and that Gary Numan, whose one hit that was, was a shmuck. Cut to the Aughts, and his goth-techno stuff was so cool it made me faint, go figure, right, like all this swirly vampire-fog tuneage that was just plain awesome, totally crankable if you wanted to give a drive-by scare to the ladies who shop on Elm Street. His new album, due imminently, is Savage (Songs from a Broken World), and I’m already pining for it, so let’s hop on our YouTube scooter and dig this latest awesomeness. OK, here’s the single, “Splinter,” and it’s like “Closer to God” by Nine Inch Nails, maybe too much like it, but it gets cooler as it goes along. It’s awesome, that’s my final answer.

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Comics, games and pop culture are at the heart of Granite State Comic Con, featuring guest celebrities and comic artists, educational panels, costume contests, vendors and more.

Now in its 15th year, the convention is happening Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Manchester.

“There’s so much to see and do. It’s very interactive,” said Chris Proulx, owner of Double Midnight Comics in Manchester, which produces the event. “You can come for the whole thing and still not get around to see everything.”

The weekend kicks off with a pre-party on Friday, Sept. 15, featuring karaoke and party games like Cards Against Humanity, Superfight and more.

On both days of the convention, special guests including film, television and video game actors, comic artists, cosplayers and fan communities will be there for meet-and-greets, photo ops and autograph sessions. This year’s lineup has actors from Frozen, Overwatch, Hook and more, as well as comic artists for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and others.

“People love getting to meet the person behind the character and get an autograph or a photo with them,” Proulx said. “It’s really exciting, especially if it’s one of their favorite characters.”

One of the guest comic artists this year is local favorite Sara Richard, who is bestknown for her work on the My Little Pony comics. An independent artist, Richard has also done work on Rick and Morty and Bob’s Burgers and produced the artwork for a tarot card set released by DC comics.

She’ll have a table at the comic con where she’ll display her artwork, give sketch demonstrations, meet fans and sign comics. She’ll also be doing custom art for attendees.

Comic artist Sara Richard at Granite State Comic Con. Courtesy photo.

“It’s a personalized piece of art that I do right there at the show, and the person can watch it being created,” Richard said.

“People ask for random things like Batman in an astronaut costume, or they’ll ask me to do a portrait of their pet or a My Little Pony character with their persona. It’s fun because it’s always a new challenge.”

In addition to the special guests, there will be an array of pop culture exhibitors and vendors selling popular comics, original artwork, vintage action figures, games, anime and other collectibles.

All day on both days, there will be a Kids Zone presented by Kids Con New England with lessons on creating comics, coloring contests, crafts and more.

“There will be all kinds of things for kids to do,” Proulx said. “It’s like a mini convention within the convention where kids can do stuff on their own level.”

A variety of panels featuring some of the special guests will be offered on topics such as drawing and writing comics, the business of comics and cosplay techniques.

There will be numerous opportunities to

take part in games and activities like video game tournaments, Dungeons & Dragons, stage combat lessons, Geek Jeopardy! and more.

One of the biggest draws of the comic con is the costume contest, where attendees can compete for cash prizes with their best cosplays of video game, television, film and comic book characters. The adult contest takes place on Saturday, and the contest for kids under age 13 will take place Sunday.

“It’s something we’ve seen grow over the years. The cosplay movement has really blown up,” Proulx said. “A lot of people come just to see the costumes. It’s a big spectacle.”

Part of what makes Granite State Comic Con unique, Proulx said, is its small size, relative to the other comic conventions held across the country.

“Some of the bigger conventions are really overwhelming,” he said, “but ours is more accessible to everyone.”

Richard appears at comic cons all over the U.S. and abroad —- she’s done more than 15 this year alone — and says she prefers the smaller ones like Granite State Comic Con over larger conventions like those held in San Diego and New York City. She said the high-profile special guests at the larger shows tend to overshadow the comic artists.

“Those shows are all about the celebrities, and the artist section is just an afterthought. We’re set up in the back of the place or hidden away in a corner,” she said.

“But Granite State Comic Con really features the artists, and the people who come are really into the comics. It’s nice, as an artist, to have an audience that still comes for the art.”

Granite State Comic Con When: Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm St., Manchester Cost: Saturday admission $25, Sunday admission $20, weekend pass $35, VIP pass (includes early entry at 9:30 a.m., both days) $80.

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Panels Saturday Bringing Disney Dreams to Life - 11 a.m.

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Writing for Comics, Novels, Games and TV Friday Karaoke Against Humanity: A Kickoff Par- - 2 p.m. ty for Convention People - 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jack of All Trades: How to Make a Living in Comics - 4 p.m. ($5 cover) Kickstarter Q&A - 5 p.m.

Saturday Sunday Kid Zone - 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Comic guests Michael Cho and Sam de la Rosa DC Comics, Marvel and Image; Sara Richard, My Little Pony and The Ghost, The Owl; Elias Chatzoudis, Zenescope Entertainment; Ben Bishop, TMNT and The Aggregate; Blake Northcott, Fathom; Carlo Barberi, Green Lantern; Tim Lim, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe; Matt Frank, Godzilla and Transformers; Mark McKenna, Combat Jacks; Paul Pelletier and Christopher Uminga, DC Comics and Marvel; Joe St. Pierre,

New Zodiax; Jeff Kline and Darby Pop Publishing; Jeremy Holt, Skinned; Bill Walko, The Hero Business; Chrissie Zullo, DC Comics; Ed Smith, The Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute; Rich Woodall, Sgt. Werewolf; Craig Rousseau, Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl; Scott Hamilton, Hiro: Risen Son; Bill Anderson, Silver Surfer and Action Comics; Dan Nakrosis, Archie, Marvel and Image; Chris Campana, First World and Tellos; Blair Shedd, Doctor Who; Alterna Comics and Peter Simeti

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Mrs. Fletcher, by Tom Perrotta (Scribner, 307 pages) Whether by genius or coincidence, Tom Perrotta’s new novel arrived in bookstores as a fresh crop of 18-year-olds was packing for college. Many would leave their parents bereft of laundry and purpose, like Eve Fletcher, the doting mom at the center of Perrotta’s ninth book, Mrs. Fletcher.

You know Eve, or someone just like her. She chirps “Off to college! So happy for my amazing son, Brendan!!!” to her 221 friends on Facebook before getting in the car to deliver a mediocre student to a university from which he seeks nothing but beer, girls and good times.

When pressed by an adviser to say what he wants out of college, the amazing Brendan can only say he wants a degree so he can get any kind of job that pays six figures, “maybe not right away, but pretty soon.” Good luck with that, kid.

Eve’s singular devotion to Brendan and his well-being prevents her from seeing him as the clueless, selfish lunkhead that he is. So when Brendan is gone, Eve, who is divorced and works at a senior center, battles the impulse to succumb to despair at her empty house, and instead fills her newfound time in constructive ways: taking a class, making new friends and getting addicted to internet porn.

The addiction to porn wasn’t intentional.

The night after she dropped Brendan off at college, Eve got an anonymous text that said “U r my MILF! Send me a naked pic” and something else that can’t be printed here.

MILF is an acronym for — how to put it? — mothers who are still sexy, which the 46-year-old Eve is. She’s mildly annoyed at the text, which she assumes has come from one of Brendan’s drunken friends, but in her boredom she starts searching the term online. Most of what she encounters is gross, but every now and then she comes across a video that she finds strangely compelling.

“The couple on the screen would seem inspired, or even blessed — you could see how alive and happy and unselfconscious they were — and maybe you envied them a little, but you also wanted to thank them for sharing this moment with you….”

This might be the time to mention that Mrs. Fletcher is not for prudes, or the easily offended. The unflinching depictions of

Eve’s foray into porn, and Brendan’s crude sexual adventures, pass only HBO’s standards: pretty much anything goes if it advances the story. Moreover, Mrs. Fletcher is a comingof-age story on two levels: that of the mother and that of her son.

The two are expanding their horizons in ways that involve taking off their clothes, oftentimes in circumstances in which they shouldn’t.

That said, the sex is not gratuitous, but important to the story, which is rollicking good fun, and wickedly smart. Perrotta, known best for two novels made into acclaimed movies (Little Children and Election) and one that became an HBO series (The Leftovers), has the sort of effortless style that readers love and writers hate.

Each character springs to life and cavorts around the room as you read: from the mom and her son, to her coworkers at the senior center (including a female subordinate on whom Eve develops a crush), to Brendan’s randy college roommate (whom we suspect of sending the MILF text), to the transgender professor teaching Eve’s night-school class, “Gender and Society: A Critical Perspective.”

An especially hilarious scene is one in which Brendan goes to an eye-opening college party — dubbed “EVERY BODY IS BEAUTIFUL!” — in which everyone strips down to their underwear and dons a nametag on which they reveal the body part that causes them the most angst. True to form, Brendan can only admit “calves could be bigger,” while others write things like “huge nose,” “right one way bigger,” “furry arm hair” and “man boobs.”

Like Perrotta’s previous work, Mrs. Fletcher is not mindless entertainment, but a biting commentary on modern existence and the endless struggle to adapt to changing mores. Eve’s mind-expanding adventures and temptations, and Brendan’s refusal to mature, are wrapped into a cultural burrito of gender confusion and rapidly changing expectations of aging and sexuality.

It is, as Eve’s professor tells her class on their first night together, “an ideological minefield that we walk through every minute of every day.” And like the class, ultimately the book gently teaches “how to walk through the minefield without hurting anyone’s feelings or blowing yourself up.” But Mrs. Fletcher is way more fun than the class. A — Jennifer Graham

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• The power of books: Ann Gibson, best-selling author of The Book That Matters Most, The Knitting Circle and other works, will discuss her memoir, Morningstar: Growing up with Books, at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) on Thursday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. The transformative power of literature is a theme found throughout Gibson’s fiction works. In Morningstar, she explores the personal inspiration behind her writing and how books have transformed her own life.

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• Typewriter adventure: Local author and selfdescribed “typewriter apprentice” Murray Segal will visit Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter) on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m., to present his book The Million Dollar Typewriter. When a mysterious old Underwood typewriter makes its way to Segal’s typewriter shop, he and his wife Janice find themselves on the run in northern Maine from dangerous men and must unlock the secret of the typewriter before it’s too late.

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• Pembroke book sale: The annual yard sale at Pembroke Town Library (313 Pembroke St.) happening Saturday, Sept. 16, will include a book sale. Paperback books will be available for purchase from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit pembroke-nh.com/library or call 485-4747 for more information. — Angie Sykeny

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• HEIDI MCLAIGHLIN Author discusses Forever My Girl. Sat., Sept. 23, 1 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 125 S. Broadway, Salem. Visit barnesandnoble.com.

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POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

It (R)

A Maine town is tormented by a demonic clown in It, a new adaptation of the Stephen King novel.

For the record, I have no background with It, either the previous adaptation or the novel. I recognize that your feelings about the movie might be different if you have that background but I also think it’s fair to judge a movie as a standalone work.

As we open, young Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) goes missing while floating a paper boat down the street during a rainstorm. Before he vanishes, we see him talk to a creepy, rodent-toothed clown called Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard) who is hanging out in the sewer. He bites Georgie’s arm off and pulls him in.

Months later, Georgie’s older brother Bill (Jaeden Lieberher) is still traumatized by Georgie’s disappearance. Bill has roped his friends (high school freshman age?) into searching the sewer system for Georgie. Richie (Finn Wolfhard), Eddie (Jack Dylan Grazer) and Stan (Wyatt Oleff) are, like Bill, nerdy kids frequently tormented by Henry (Nicholas Hamilton), the bullyingest bully to ever bully. Eventually, Mike (Chose Jacobs), one of the few African-American kids in town; Ben (Jeremy Ray Taylor), who is new to town; and Beverly (Sophia Lillis), a girl with both a horrible home life and horrible outside-her-home life, join the gang. Not only do they fight off Henry, they all endure spooky encounters, usually while alone and usually involving a terrifying clown. As they piece together what is happening, they come to believe that the clown is behind not only Georgie’s disappearance but other missing kids.

I never understood the rules of “It,” as the kids call the evil personified by the clown, and the movie also seems iffy on what it

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wants “It” to be other than just generally a stand in for all your fears, both of the fantastical childhood kind and the growing-up real-world kind. But even as a metaphor, the monster would have been more interesting with clearer, more precise rules. For example, fear (or the lack thereof) seems to play a factor in how “It” picks his victims — but only sometimes, and then it’s suggested how fearful or brave the kids are doesn’t matter. Also, there are times when it seems like “It” is only visible to kids or uses the kids to cause other mayhem, but then that idea just hangs out there without the movie really using it to help explain what “It” wants.

While the movie was vague with its central evil, it seems to underline and shout everything else. Every emotion or bit of character back story. There’s no shading, just a very black and white drawing and that drawing is of a scary clown, sure, but Pennywise is at least half as campy as he is scary.

In addition to “evil clown,” It features a spooky house with an, I don’t know, pit of evil and also a scary sewer system in a town with a spooky history. There are demon-y children (the kidnapped children, who occasionally reappear in scary but not always sense-mak-

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17. Friday will feature live music by John Mayer Five at 5:45 p.m., and the first film, Downsizing, at 7 p.m. Saturday will include a spotlight on screenwriter Paul Schrader and his film Taxi Driver (1976) at 9:30 a.m. (held at The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth), and screenings of The Other Side of Hope at 1 p.m., Hostiles at 4 p.m., and The Shape of Water at 8 p.m., followed by a festival party with food provided by The Portsmouth Brewery. On Sunday, there will be a spotlight on Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985) at 10:30 a.m. and Affliction (1997) at 4 p.m., (in the Loft), and screenings of First Reformed at 1:30 p.m., and Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool at 6:45 p.m. Patron passes, which include primary seating for all films and other exclusive features, cost $215. Weekend passes, which include admission and preferred seating for all films, cost $95, and individual film tickets cost $15 (not available for films at the Loft). Visit themusichall.org or call 436-2400.

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ing circumstances). And there’s terribleness of the non-magical variety. There are two flavors of Very Bad Dad. And one Awful Mom. The story line about the bullies is very unsatisfactorily resolved. There is some racism and some girl-shaming and a lot of this is AfterSchool-Special-y in its presentation but not really explained with much artfulness. There are way more dark and scary things than a movie needs or can easily stay focused on.

I could never get a bead on exactly how funny this movie was supposed to be. Some of the clearly purposeful kid humor worked; some of it did not. Some of the horror stuff was rather hilarious, I suspect intentionally, but some of the menace also veered into ridiculous territory in a way that undercut the horror. I feel like some of this may work for people with deep knowledge of the source material but for me the result of the mix of kid-adventure, kid suffering, horror and dark humor was campy absurdity (but not in a fun way) more than it was genre-blending magic. CRated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language. Directed by Andy Muschietti with a screenplay by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman (from the novel by Stephen King), It is two hours and 15 minutes long and distributed by Warner Bros.

Home Again (PG-13)

Reese Witherspoon finds postdivorce romance in Home Again, a feature-length adaptation of a fancy home design magazine.

I mean, I’m pretty sure that’s what this is.

Alice (Witherspoon) is a newly single mom of two young daughters, Isabel (Lola Flanery) and Rosie (Eden Grace Redfield).

Her ex-husband lives in New York but Alice has returned to her native Los Angeles. Her father, a famous director, has died and Alice now lives in his villa (which even for a real estate porn-y genre like romantic comedies reaches new heights of causal extravagance).

On her 40th birthday Alice sends the kids to her mother (Candice Bergen) so Alice can have a birthday dinner with her lady friends.

Meanwhile, a trio of 20something filmmakers — Teddy (Nat Wolff), Harry (Pico Alexander) and George (Jon Judnitsky) — is trying to turn their short film into a feature.

They are also broke and have been kicked out of their motel. They celebrate a promising meeting with drinks at the bar where Alice and her friends are. After the feeblest meetcute between Harry and Alice, the guys and girls hang out and Harry and Alice wind up in Alice’s bed.

When everybody wakes up in the morning, Alice explains she is actually a grown-up mom-lady (and George learns that she’s the daughter of his film hero). She leaves for work while the guys pepper her formeractress mom with questions, with Alice fully expecting to never see them again.

When Alice comes home, she finds that the dudes are still around. Her mother suggests they stay in the garden house while finishing their script. Inviting three strangers to stay with you and your children is more believable as the start of a horror movie than a romance but Alice and Harry inevitably embark on romance. Though Alice worries about their age disparity (and the fellow dudes worry about losing their accommodations), she decides to enjoy this affair for whatever it is.

Meanwhile, her daughters enjoy having these brotherly bros around.

Not to get too high-brow and academic in my criticism but my overall response to this movie was an exasperated “gaaak.” Gag-noise to these fakey people and their hacky motivations and to the dumb invented conflict that inevitably separates Harry and Alice. And a big eye-roll to the supposed daring of the movie’s central relationship even though Home Again doesn’t really address any issues related to the age gap, either within the relationship itself or from the Hollywood culture Harry is entering.

Other flaws: the acting is astoundingly bad. There is no chemistry between Alice and Harry. Frequently, the line delivery had this odd quality, as if the actors were reading their lines for the first time from cue cards just out of frame. No conversation felt natural or genuine.

And I felt as though I could see the stage direction in many scenes: Alice smiles and nods her head, feeling content with her unconventional family. That such moments are in this self-satisfied movie is bad; that they are so poorly executed makes them worse.

Hallie Meyers-Shyer is this movie’s writer/ director and the daughter of Nancy Meyers, writer/director of It’s Complicated and The Holiday. (Possibly why Alice’s parents have a Hollywood connection, though she does nothing interesting with that part of the story.) This movie feels like the fake version of one of those movies that you’d see in another movie.

It follows, beat for beat, the formula without ever filling in the details that could potentially make a movie of this ilk tolerable. D Rated PG-13 for some thematic and sexual material. Written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Home Again is an hour and 37 minutes long and distributed by Open Road Films.

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NITE All for Coach Local music news & events

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• Big jangle: Seminal power-pop hero Matthew Sweet recently released his first new album in six years, pushing past writer’s block to pen 38 new songs, 17 of which appear on Tomorrow Forever. Sweet’s 1992 CD Girlfriend is considered a classic, and the three volumes of Beatles covers he made with Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles are ear candy of the first order. Go Thursday, Sept.

14, 8 p.m., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry. Tickets $35 & $42 at tupelohall.com.

• Cowboy up: A country-themed night spot celebrates its grand opening with Frankie Ballard, whose latest LP El Rio was named one of Rolling Stone’s 25 best of the year. Three songs from his 2013 disc Sunshine & Whiskey made the country charts. The new downtown restaurant and bar features barstools made from John Deere tractors, tire swings and repurposed chair lifts. Go Friday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m., Bonfire Restaurant & Country Bar, 950 Elm St., Manchester. See facebook.com/bonfirenh.

• Sweet & local: The second annual Union Fest is an all-day event with local acts Earth Mamas, Jake McKelvie & the Countertops, Hoo:Lumes, Opined Few and Ian Fitzgerald. The effort is focused on highlighting the local culture, commerce and community — and motorcycles. It’s also a fundraiser for mental health care provider Milford Regional Counseling Services. Go Saturday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m., Sammy’s Sugar Shack, 131 N. River Road, Milford. See bit.ly/2vZ5SSS. • Double fun: Seminal Seacoast jam band Percy Hill returns to the Granite State for the first time in a while. In the go-go ’90s, the quartet was at the cutting edge of a scene covered lovingly in Marc Dole’s 2012 documentary In Danger of Being Discovered. Go Saturday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m., 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St, Portsmouth. Tickets $20 & $23 at 3sarts.org.

• Zoot allures: Swing kings Big Bad Voodoo Daddy channel Louis Armstrong on their latest album, Louie Louie Louie. Over a 23-year career, the big band has ridden hits like “You and Me & the Bottle Makes Three” and “Go Daddy-O” to the Hollywood Bowl, Dancing with the Stars and even a Super Bowl appearance, while leading a jazz swing revival. Go Tuesday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets are $40.50 and up at palacetheatre.org.

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Monahan Foundation benefit stars Sister Hazel

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Asking Sister Hazel to headline the upcoming Frank Monahan Foundation benefit show at Concord’s Capitol Center is an apt choice — charity is its namesake. Hazel Williams was a minister and community leader who ran a homeless shelter in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida. They decided to make her known to the world while carrying on in her spirit with efforts like Lyrics for Life, a nonprofit organization fighting pediatric cancer.

Monahan Foundation President Marshall Crane is a Concord native who lived in the South for several years. During that time he met Ryan Newell, Sister Hazel’s guitarist, through mutual friends.

“We’ve stayed in touch over the years, so when I thought to do a concert for the foundation, my first thought was Sister Hazel,” he said recently. “I love their music, and they are one of the most fun bands to see live.”

The group had a handful of hits in the late 1990s, including “Change Your Mind” and the anthemic “All for You,” before the music business shifted. Chatting during a tour break in early August, Sister Hazel front man Ken Block recalled becoming aware of it at South by Southwest in the early 2000s.

“I was having dinner at 4 a.m with one of the Napster guys and he told me, ‘You guys are the exact kind of band this is going to impact, and not necessarily in a good way. For all these bands that nobody knows, it’s a platform for them to get heard. Metallica and Madonna, everyone will buy them anyway. But there’s 10 percent ... they know the name, but they’re on the fence about whether to spend the Sister Hazel w/ Morgan Myles When: Friday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m.

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money. That’s where you guys might start to feel it.’ We did, a little bit, but we’ve never railed against progress.”

Instead the band upped its live game and kept making records. The latest is Lighter in the Dark, a solid effort with elements of country, classic rock and, on the de facto title cut, an homage to a fellow Gainesvillian band. Block and his mates came of age on the music of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and later recorded with TPHB’s original drummer Stan Lynch.

For Block, they’re more than an influence.

“I don’t know that there is anyone in the world that can see or listen to their music and feel it the way we do because we literally cut our teeth in the same county, playing the same parties out in the woods, then the same clubs,” he said.

“The legacy that those guys have is just tremendous ... whether we were from Gainesville or not, [he’s the] one artist whose entire body of work resonates with me and our band.”

One thing their two groups share is longevity. Sister Hazel formed 24 years ago, carrying on without a break since. What’s the secret?

“We really pick our battles,” Block said. “If something isn’t going to matter in six months — or six minutes — we let

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The journey from a van and trailer to national touring act wasn’t a smooth, easy ride.

“That overnight success story took an awfully long time,” Block said with a laugh. “We were just a bunch of college kids, hacking our way and then having our first big platinum record ... but we made it through all that, where most bands either implode or explode. I think we all realized that Sister Hazel’s the mothership.”

One legacy of those heady times is their biggest hit, “All for You,” which they play at every show. Sister Hazel doesn’t mind.

“Musically, are we getting off on it?

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

“See?” — gotta keep on the ball Across 1 Beefeater and Bombay, e.g.

5 Twilight, poetically 10 Skiers’ lift 14 Garbage boat 15 Colorado or Missouri

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23 Estonia’s second-largest city and home to their largest university 24 Small market increases 27 Physicist Mach 31 Like boats yet to be found, in Battleship 32 Comment on the weather to a Supreme Court Justice?

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

Cultural diversity

• The Japanese funeral industry demonstrated its forward thinking on Aug. 23 when practitioners gathered for the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo.

Among the displays was a humanoid robot named Pepper who can conduct a Buddhist funeral, complete with chanting and tapping a drum. Pepper is a collaboration between SoftBank and Nissei Eco Co., which wrote the chanting software. Michio Inamura, Nissei’s executive adviser, said the robot could step in when priests are not available.

• Also at the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo, four undertakers competed on stage as funeral music played to see who could best display the ancient skills of ritually dressing the dead. The Shinto religion in Japan believes that the dead are impure just after death and that dressing the body purifies the spirit. The contestants dressed live human volunteers and were observed by three judges.

Rino Terai, who won the contest, said, “I practiced every day to prepare for this competition.”

• In Iran, the education department has banned people who are considered “ugly” from being teachers. The list of conditions and features that prevent one from being a teacher includes facial moles, acne, eczema, scars and crossed eyes.

Also on the list of unsavory conditions are cancer, bladder stones or color-blindness, none of which can be observed by others.

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Jeffrey Riegel, 56, of Port Republic, New Jersey, left ‘em laughing with his obituary’s parting shot at the Philadelphia Eagles. In it, Riegel asked that eight Eagles players act as pallbearers, “so the Eagles can let me down one last time.”

Riegel owned season tickets for 30 years, during which the Eagles never won a Super Bowl.

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Inexplicable

An Arkansas Highway Patrol officer spotted “an unusual sight” on Aug. 23 on I-30: a black Hummer with a casket strapped to the top of it. When the officer pulled over Kevin M. Cholousky, 39, of Van Buren, Arkansas, he took off and led police on a chase along I-530, where his vehicle was eventually stopped by road spikes. Although the casket was empty, Cholousky was charged in Pulaski County with fictitious tags, reckless driving and fleeing.

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Sonogram photos are notoriously dif-

ficult to decipher, but one couple in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, are sure theirs shows a man watching over their unborn daughter. “When they gave it to us ... Umm, to me, it’s Jesus. And it looks like Jesus,” said mom Alicia Zeek. She and father Zac Smith have two older children, both born with birth defects, and the image is putting them at ease about their third child. “Once ... we looked at the picture, I was like look, babe, we have nothing to worry about,” Smith said.

Bright ideas

Tuffy Tuffington, 45, of San Francisco was walking his dogs, Bob and Chuck, when he came up with a way to respond non-violently to a right-wing rally at Crissy Field on Aug. 26. So he launched a Facebook page asking San Franciscans to bring dog poop to spread in the park in advance of the event. “It seemed like a little bit of civil disobedience where we didn’t have to engage with them face to face,” Tuffington said. Contributors to the project also planned to show up on Aug. 27 to “clean up the mess and hug Least competent criminals • Jocsan Feliciano Rosado, 22, was each other.” allegedly driving a stolen car on Monday, Aug. 21, when he stopped off at a Har- Your cold, cold heart bor Freight store in Kissimmee, Florida, A police officer on maternity leave to pick up a welder’s helmet for viewing was ticketed and fined 110 pounds after the solar eclipse. As he dawdled next to she pulled her car into a bus stop in west the vehicle, looking up at the sun with London to help her newborn baby, who his helmet on, members of the Orange was choking in the back seat. Rebecca County Sheriff’s Office Auto Theft Unit Moore, 31, of Aylesbury, said her son, interrupted his reverie and arrested him. Riley, was “going a deep shade of red in the face, his eyes were bulging and watering, and he was trying to cough but was The entrepreneurial spirit Police in Osnabruck, Germany, stopped struggling.” Moore appealed the fine, but a vehicle on Aug. 19 and allegedly found the Harrow Council rejected her appeal, an unusual trove of drugs inside: Plas- as did the London Tribunals. “The law tic bags filled with about 5,000 ecstasy about stopping in bus stops is exactly the pills, with a street value of about $46,000 same everywhere in London,” a council all in the shape of Donald Trump’s head. spokeswoman said. “You can’t do it.”

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