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At our family dinners, we often replace prayers with moments of gratitude.

The children, who are often the ones leading the effort, remind us to hold on to the experiences and moments that make us happiest even in the hardest of times. I reached out to my fellow “Granite Views” columnists to ask if they’d be willing to share their moment of gratitude with all of you in this year-end edition. Our responses are below for your reading pleasure.

Fred Bramante: “Most importantly, I’m grateful for being born healthy with two loving Italian-American parents and for my entire family. Anyone starting life with comparable blessings is already among the world’s luckiest people. I’m blessed to be an American where I’m encouraged to pursue my hopes and dreams: to live in a state that was willing to trust a rock ’n’ roll guy to lead its education redesign effort, which carries with it the great gift of doing for others. Lastly, I’m so blessed by my friends and for the amazing life that I’ve lived, and it ain’t over yet!”

Jody Reese: “I’m grateful to the people in my life who continue to support me and my plans. From my family who put up with a lot of hours away from them to the folks I work with who continue to believe in me to my friends who continue to encourage me, I’m so very grateful to be a part of their lives and to lean on them and am honored to have them lean on me.”

Steve Reno: “In the strong winds of conflict that seems to blow with increasing strength across our world these days, I am grateful for the tight web of relationships that centers me, starting with the love and solicitude of my wife and children, our extended family, dear and long-standing friends, colleagues, and the circles of my friends and colleagues.

Together, we sustain and help one another and the larger community in which we live.”

There were several times over this past year when I became overwhelmed by the negativity and divisive antics that can fill our newsfeeds. In those moments, I did not need to look far to find the love, generosity and hope of my community. In these final days of 2017, that support is what I am most grateful for and what gives me the strength to keep addressing some of the more pressing matters in our state. Finally, as the relative newbie to this column, I am grateful to the readers of the Hippo who take the time to write and provide feedback. I hope that each of you have countless moments of gratitude in the year ahead.

Allyson Ryder serves as the associate director at Leadership NH. Her email address is almryder@outlook.com.

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DEC. 28, 2017 - JAN. 3, 2018 VOL 16 NO 52

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ON THE COVER 2017 gets a recap.

Read about the brighter side of the year’s news in New Hampshire on p. 6. We also look back — and ahead to 2018 — at the arts (p. 14), the food scene (p. 26), books (p. 34) and live music (p. 42).

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INSIDE THIS WEEK

NEWS & NOTES 4 A look back at New Hampshire’s news; PLUS News in Brief.

8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 12 THE ARTS: 14 ART The art scene of 2017.

16 THEATER Granite State Theatre Sports.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 19 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

20 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

21 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

22 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

CAREERS: 24 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a...

FOOD: 26 FOOD IN 2017 In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Wine; From the Pantry.

POP CULTURE: 47 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz plays favorites with the movies of 2017 and reviews Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman.

NITE: 42 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE A look back at the year; New Year’s Eve events; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

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

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

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NEWS & NOTES Serenity Place

Manchester’s regional access point addiction treatment provider, Serenity Place, has been taken over temporarily by Families In Transition, due to out-of-control finances. According to a press release from the attorney general’s office, Serenity Place had a deficit of $600,000. It had accounts payable of over $161,700, more than half of which was aging. It also has payroll tax liabilities of over $182,600. The Charitable Trust Unit of the Justice Department, which oversees charitable organizations in the state, conducted the review with the state Department of Health and Human Services.

The executive director of Serenity Place, Stephanie Bergeron, resigned along with other officers and the board of directors to facilitate the receivership deal under Families in Transition, according to court documents. Bergeron said in the court affidavit that the organization experienced significant growth in the past few years.

It has received 1,877 individuals referred through the Safe Station program. Its fiscal year 2018 revenue budget was over $3.4 million, which represents a growth of 125 percent over three years. It now sees about 3,000 patients annually and has a staff of 69. Bergeron also cited cash flow shortages that arose in the past few months, some of which were caused by billing errors for Medicaid-eligible services. In a statement, Gov. Chris Sununu said he was “shocked and saddened by the circumstances” at the treatment center and supported the receivership plan. Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter said the financial problems highlight the

The largest solar array in the state is nearing completion in Moultonborough, NHPR reported. The New Hampshire Electric Co-op will own the electricity source, which is 8,000 panels in all.

the public-private Job Training Fund, according to a press release from the state Division of Economic Development. Demand for training was roughly twice that of last year. Grants were awarded to Northeast Delta Dental of ConThe town of Seabrook will cord, D.L. King and Associates of charge $500 to each individuCONCORD al rescued from a vehicle with Nashua, WH Bagshaw of Nashthe aid of the hydraulic tool ua, Benchmark Senior Living (five known as the Jaws of Life. The locations statewide), Vapotherm Portsmouth Herald reported Inc. of Exeter, D.D. Bean and Sons the Town Select Board voted On Thursday, Dec. 21, about of Jaffrey and Lindt & Sprungli of unanimously to approve the FirstNet 50 people attended a vigil at Hooksett new fee, which will help to Gov. Chris Sununu is defending Stratham. the Statehouse in Concord maintain the tool. memorializing the homeless his decision to opt out of the Firstpeople who died in 2017, the Net first responder network contract Millennial report Goffstown Concord Monitor reported.

The Millennial Advisory Counamid bipartisan criticism, the AP People stood out in the cold reported. So far, executive council- cil, set up by Gov. Chris Sununu on the longest night of the year to feel a portion of the ors, who must vote on the deal, are earlier this fall, released its initial MANCHESTER pain felt by the state’s unshelskeptical at best, with Republicans 22-page report with recommentered homeless.

There were like Joe Kenney and Democrats like dations for policymakers, NHPR 51 homeless deaths this year.

Andru Volinsky expressing concern reported. Recommendations in the Bedford that Rivada Networks, the startup report include a review of the state’s company Sununu would rather use housing policies, a consideration jobs from technological innovations ations on the plan Derry on Jan. 30. The Merrimack Amherst to build an in-state network, might of tax credits to incentivize hiring and investments in the renewable project would run 192 miles of not be up to the task. According to recent graduates, and the creation of energy sector.

Londonderry transmission lines from hydropowMilford the story, Sununu said he listened to a “school resource counselor” who er plants in Canada to Deerfield. the advice of a lot of outside experts would reach out to high schools More than 120 witnesses testiNorthern Pass before arriving at his decision, about higher ed options and student NASHUA fied in the hearings, which began The final adjudicative hearings which would make New Hamp- loans. The council also recomin April, according to the story. An on the $1.6 billion Northern Pass shire the first state to opt out. All mended a progressive and proactive project concluded on Thursday, oral decision will be announced on states must make a decision by Dec. stance on climate change policy, Dec. 21, the AP reported.

State Feb. 23 and a final written decision 28. At issue is that if FirstNet, built saying in the report that ignoring

by AT&T, doesn’t follow through climate change means ignoring new regulators will begin their deliber- will come out on March 31. on its side, the state won’t be financially liable. But if Rivada doesn’t follow through, the state could owe ACCOUNTING STUDENTS up $600 million. According to a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE The University of New Hampshire Manchester New Hampshire’s Ivy League school will be hit press release, the right-leaning think announced in a press release that it has launched by a new tax in the GOP tax overhaul legislatank The Josiah Bartlett Center for a new accounting concentration in its Bachelor tion. NHPR reported the provision targets priPublic Policy came out against of Arts in Business program. The move is in revate universities with large endowments. CFO Sununu’s decision, saying it’s too sponse to increased market demand for accounMike Wagner estimated that if such a plan were risky to opt out. tants. Employment growth for accountants is in place for the last five years, it would have cost need for emergency funding from the Trump administration, which, she noted, staged a photo op at the treatment center with Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway earlier this year. Serenity Place operates an outpatient treatment center and an Intensive Outpatient Program for men. Families In Transition runs an Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program for women in Manchester.

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NEWS

A turning point?

Early signs suggest N.H. may be turning the tide in the addiction epidemic

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Though there is still work to be done, the state’s addiction treatment infrastructure is stronger now than it has been in decades, and projections show that overdose deaths for 2017 may be down from last year.

Projections New drug courts, which divert addicts from prison sentences to intensive treatment and case management, got up and running, and the state has been helping to fund them.

Nashua and Manchester have successful Safe Station programs, where people seek treatment by presenting at local fire stations. And similar Regional Access Points have been set up in other parts of the state.

“All of that kind of capacity to solve that up-front problem is new this year,” said Tym Rourke, chairman of the governor’s commission on substance misuse.

There have been growing pains, to be sure.

Hope for N.H. Recovery faced allegations of dysfunction and verbal abuse at some its facilities this summer. And just last week, Serenity Place, Manchester’s tip-of-the-spear outpatient treatment center (connected to Safe Station and Hillsborough County North Drug Court), was placed under receivership due to a $600,000 deficit.

But people are getting treatment. And there may be a sign that it’s making a difference in the death toll.

Numbers from the state Medical Examiner’s office, up to Dec. 7, count 350 overdose

deaths so far this year and a projected total of 466 deaths. If that projection is accurate, it will mean the first time in six years the number didn’t increase. The death toll from drug overdoses in 2016 was 485. In 2015, it was 439 — so it’s still a high number.

“Taking the long view, it’s not a lot to celebrate, because one death is too many,” Rourke said. “But … this is a public health crisis, and with any disease outbreak, what you want to look for is that sort of other side of the mountaintop and when that begins.”

It’s also possible that even if the numbers are down for 2017, they could climb again in 2018. We won’t know until the end of next year if this is the beginning of a positive trend.

But Rourke said it’s encouraging that this year saw a potential decline in mortality even while the state was being inundated with unprecedented quantities of fentanyl and other highly potent drugs.

“One of the reasons why I think it’s so important to see that as a point of cautious optimism, is that … 2017 brought carfentanil to the state, and much more fentanyl,” Rourke said.

Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than fentanyl, which is itself 50 times more powerful than heroin. Carfentanil was originally formulated as an elephant tranquilizer. It was first documented in the state earlier this spring and there have been at least 12 deaths from the uber powerful drug, according to Kim Fallon at the ME’s office.

was up and running at Hillsborough County Superior Court North. After several attempts to get one started in Manchester had failed, a 2016 bill establishing a statewide drug court system and funding mechanism made the difference.

Participants agree to random drug testing, case management and regular check-ins at Serenity Place. If they miss any of their required tests or meetings, or if they use drugs, the drug court applies sanctions to shorten the leash with things like GPS devices or curfews or maybe brief jail stays for certain offenses.

The Queen City is the epicenter of the drug crisis by population count, so having a working drug court there is likely to make a big difference. Another drug court opened in Concord, for Merrimack County, in October.

Alex Casale, the statewide drug offender program coordinator, said there are now treatment providers set up in Coos and Carroll counties and he hopes they will begin drug courts there by February. After that, Sullivan County will be the only county without a drug court.

As of this month, New Hampshire has 290 individuals participating in drug courts statewide, Casale said.

Rourke said some important progress is being made in northernmost Coos County, with ongoing work to renovate and build new facilities at Friendship House in Bethlehem, the only residential treatment program in the North Country.

“The North Country is woefully underresourced when it comes to addiction Infrastructure As of January, Manchester’s drug court treatment services,” Rourke said. “The regions of the state that have the highest density of

overdoses is the Manchester region and the North Country.”

Earlier this month, Hope on Haven Hill, a nonprofit treatment center for mothers of young children and pregnant women opened in Rochester.

Meanwhile, the state budget increased funding to the alcohol fund from 1.7 percent of gross liquor profits to 3.4 percent. While this effectively doubles the formula, it also keeps it fairly level to the previous fiscal year amount, which was buoyed by an injection of $2.5 million in emergency funding.

Still, the change in the formula is a significant step, Rourke said.

“That’s really the first time that there’s been that significant an increase in that fund formula, and it marks only the second time in the last 20 years I think that the legislature made those appropriations by following the formula,” Rourke said.

Recently, the state awarded a $500,000 grant to Harbor Homes to set up a subsidized housing program for people leaving treatment programs. The idea is to cover a person’s rent for a while so they can get on their feet.

“Treatment and recovery only work if you have a roof over your head and a job,” Rourke said.

Efforts to make sure community members have access to the anti-overdose drug naloxone have also ramped up. To date, the Department of Health and Human Services has distributed or shipped more than 13,140 naloxone kits throughout the state, according to a presentation DHHS made to the Executive Council earlier this month. It currently has about 2,000 in the warehouse.

The State in Review

Areas that saw improvements in the past year

By Ryan Lessard

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Despite all the negative headlines of 2017, New Hampshire saw its fair share of positive strides in several key areas.

Veterans Recent months have been eye-opening as investigatory reports by the Boston Globe and whistleblowers revealed systemic problems at the Manchester VA Medical Center, which included alleged neglect of treatable conditions, unsterile surgical tools and an operating room chronically infested with flies.

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department intervened, removed top leadership, installed an interim director and began the work of

figuring out what went wrong. Then, just a few days after the interim director started working in Manchester this past July, a catastrophic water line burst in an upper floor, causing severe flood damage in several floors of the building.

The good news starts before this, in fact.

Whistleblowers were empowered to report the problems without fear of retaliation thanks to a new act passed by Congress over the summer. Many of the alleged problems had been going on for years. But improvements are now ongoing.

“Veterans in the Granite State are being heard, and have much to look forward to in 2018,” said Kristin Pressly, spokesperson for the VA Medical Center.

Some changes have already been made, including unprecedented partnerships with private hospitals in the state, such as Catholic

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been asking for a more easily accessible and larger space that isn’t on the sixth floor, and steps are already being taken to fulfil those requests.

Veteran homelessness has also seen some improvements in the state. In fact, in March the city of Nashua was certified by federal agencies to have effectively ended veteran homelessness.

Education Medical Center in Manchester and Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester.

The facility also received a $360,000 grant for its Whole Health Program, to expand its complementary practices such as yoga, biofeedback, mindfulness meditation, art therapy, reiki, tai chi and more. It’s expected to be fully operational by March.

Women veterans who use the facility have

Despite some recent drops in test scores in the state, New Hampshire is leading the nation in public education. This year, U.S. News and World Report ranked the state’s pre-K to 12th-grade public schools No. 1 in the country.

“For good reason,” said Evelyn Aissa, executive director of Reaching Higher N.H. “[The state] is leading the nation in public

Mental Health While there remain serious disparities between access to mental health services and access to regular medical services, the Granite State is making significant strides to bridge that gap.

Ken Norton of NAMI New Hampshire said the governor and legislature significantly increased funding for mental health services this year and passed legislation to rebuild the state’s mental health infrastructure.

That included funding for 20 additional community residence beds in Fiscal Year 2018 and 20 more in Fiscal Year 2019.

A new mobile crisis team began operating in Nashua in July.

Looking forward, Norton said a forthcoming gap analysis and strategic planning initiative will be helpful in guiding future transformation efforts.

The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing the construction of a new children’s wing at New Hampshire Hospital. It requested $3 million to draw up plans for the new wing back in May. And Norton said the state is making significant progress at developing a comprehensive system of care for children of parents with a condition called Serious Emotional Disturbance. That work began with legislation that passed in 2016.

Economy Despite a housing crunch and a workforce shortage, New Hampshire has enjoyed several positive economic indicators over the past year.

Greg Bird, an economist at the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, said unemployment figures show there are about 20,000 residents unemployed right now. The unemployment rate has hovered below 3 percent (between 2.7 and 2.9 percent) since January.

“I would say calendar year 2017 is the first since the recovery began where we have seen a measurable decline in the ranks of the

according to U.S. News and World Report sate rankings. N.H. was 1st in the economic opportunity category. unemployed, because we are probably at ‘bottom,’ meaning as low it can likely be,” Bird said.

Earlier this year, New Hampshire was named the state with the highest median household income in the country (based on 2016 Census data) with a median income of $76,260. And a local consumer confidence survey by UNH found that incomes had risen. The number of households who reported their finances had improved over the year prior was 45 percent, the highest since April 2004. Meanwhile, the percentage who say they are worse off (14 percent) is at an alltime low.

Bird said that while there was a lot of economic activity in the form of Gross Domestic Product, job growth, wages, household spending and population changes, most of the activity is concentrated in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties in the southeastern part of the state.

And economic growth is expected to slow soon. Signs of hiring slowing down have already begun to show. Bird expects economic growth will grind to a halt around 2019 as employers run out of available workers.

On the tourism front, there have been signs of positive growth, according to Kris Nielsen at the Division of Travel and Tourism Development. Rooms and meals tax revenue grew in Fiscal Year 2017 to an estimated $325 million, which was a 5 percent increase over the year prior and 2.3 better than expected.

Toll counts reached 119,718,495, which was an increase of 1.9 percent over the previous year.

According to the division’s independent researcher SMARTInsights, seasonal campaigns from Fiscal Year 2016 influenced more than 750,000 trips to the state, resulting in $831 million in visitor spending.

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education innovation.”

Demonstrative of this innovation is a massive shift toward more competency-based learning. The statewide program is called Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) and it got U.S. Department of Education approval in 2015. The goal is to replace standardized tests with personalized assessments by local teachers.

Aissa said in 2016 there were 18 schools with over 19,000 students implementing PACE. In 2017, she said, that number increased to 32 schools with about 30,000 students.

In alignment with those goals, the Manchester School District announced in October that West High School will be converted to the state’s first competency-based high school, with the help of a $300,000 grant from the Barr Foundation.

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NEWS & NOTES Q&A

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I like to refer to myself as a woman who is transgender, not a transgender woman. … I like to say that I am the voice for a lot of people who may not have the voice or knowledge, and I always tell people that I am woman first, transgender is just a label that comes after that. … Therefore, I have lived my life as a woman, and as a little girl since I was 6 years old. So even though that movement is happening now among a lot of young youth, I was fortunate to have a mother that didn’t really have — the term transgender did not exist when I was 6 — but she accepted that whatever I felt I was, then that’s who I was. So I have always been treated [with] respect by my mother, until she passed away when I was 12. Then, that’s when I had to live with unsupportive relatives. But it was OK because I already had my mother’s support and a foundation.

So, I have always, since I can remember, thought and perceived myself as a girl and not as a boy.

When did you decide to take up the cause, if you will, of LGBTQ rights and advocacy?

Well, when I became older. So, I would say, in my early 20s, because I never really was around other LGBTQ people until my early 20s. Because before that, my friends were just cisgender men and women and I didn’t even know there was such a thing as an LGBTQ community. But when I was exposed to, first, a club — a friend of mine, who is actually a cisgender woman, one of my best friends, took me to a gay club, and I first saw drag queens, which I thought was weird. And then, I met some ladies who were more than drag queens, they were trans women. And that’s when I guess you could say I figured this is a category I guess that I’m in, per se. Then that progressed with me getting involved in activities, performances and stuff in the LGBT community. Then [I got involved in] justice issues, and then I got to see how really many people were mistreated when it comes to equality in our community.

WHAT ARE YOU REALLY INTERESTED IN RIGHT NOW? My passion is music, so I’m a vocalist. …

So if I find a karaoke bar somewhere, I’ll sit and listen, sometimes get up and sing.

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Are you encouraged by the some of the changes recently, when it comes to providing greater access to things like medical services for transgender people and the growing youth

movement around that?

Yeah, it’s something that I already ... had access to living in California. So when I ventured off into the South and here as well and saw that there [were] people, still today even, fighting to get certain things passed … for the trans community, that is exciting.

So, let’s talk about the Hub. When did you get the idea for it?

When I came here. Actually, the name came to me — Out of the Box — when I was in Arkansas, and I had already formulated the idea because the idea can expand. … When I ended up here and realized that the state of New Hampshire lacks a resource hub or a center altogether, in the whole state … then I knew that this vision was given to me for here. … [It] has been registered now, in the state of New Hampshire, as a nonprofit corporation.

So, you’re looking for an actual physical space for this?

Yes, and this space is not just for trans [people]. … This is an LGBTQ and allies community resource connective center and hub. And I chose the word hub because hub to me is more family oriented. I have done a lot of work in centers, and I don’t like the politics involved and the stigma that develops from the politics involved. …

Concord is more family oriented and Concord is the capital on top of that, so I felt like the capital should be the example and the place where this hub should be located.

Any other city, like Manchester and Nashua, can follow and have a sub-center, of course. But at first, I think the central location needs to be at the capital. … It will be a place, ultimately, where [you can go] if you’re looking for services, if you’re looking for support, if you need referrals to LGBTQ-friendly businesses, and activities could be held there.

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NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Newborn addiction on the rise

Between 2005 and 2015 the number of babies born with opioid dependency (a condition known as neonatal abstinence syndrome) in the state rose fivefold, from 52 to 269. That’s according to a new report by the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy. Healthy babies stay in the hospital for three days on average, whereas babies with NAS stay in the hospital for an average of 12 days. Hospital bills for the longer stays average $33,700, compared to the normal $7,800. In 2015, 2.4 percent of all births in the state were diagnosed with NAS and that number is projected to increase, according to researchers. The study was funded by New Futures Kids Count.

QOL Score: -2 Comment: Democratic state Sen. Dan Feltes and Republican state Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley announced at a press conference that they will be sponsoring bills designed to help mothers suffering from addiction.

Toll increase halted ahead of vote After recent public hearings, the Executive Council was due to vote on proposed toll increases in January. But Gov. Chris Sununu, who has expressed opposition to the plan, removed the item from the agenda, saying that “dragging this process out is not productive” and he would have negated the council vote. He said he was opposed to the plan and hearing public testimony did not change his position. According to the DOT, passenger vehicles would’ve seen a rate increase of 35 cents for E-ZPass, 50 cents for cash at the Hooksett, Hampton and Bedford tolls and an increase of 18 cents for E-ZPass, 25 cents for cash at the Dover, Rochester, Hampton side tolls and Hooksett ramp tolls.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The change would have resulted in an additional $36 million per year in toll revenue, but the increase would have been significant for commuters.

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Overdose death rate goes up According to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based on data from 2016, New Hampshire is the state with the third highest overdose death rate, coming in at 39 per 100,000. That’s a significant increase from 2015, which saw a rate of 34.3. New Hampshire follows Ohio, which has a rate of 39.1, and West Virginia, which has a rate of 52.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: The nationwide overdose death rate is 19.8, a 21-percent increase from the year prior.

QOL score at the end of 2016: 83 QOL score at the end of 2017: 83 Change in QOL from 2016 to 2017: 0 Next week, QOL will reset to 50 and we’ll see if 2018 is better or worse for our Quality of Life. What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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It’s been a year packed with odd, crazy, interesting and big stories. The kind that make you happy, even gleeful to be a sports fan.

And those that bring out our inner Vince Lombardi and Howard Beale to shout, “What the hell is going on out there?” or “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.”

Here are my 10 biggest of the year, emphasis on “my,” which for better or worse reeled in major attention around the region.

10. David Price-Eck Confrontation: Journalistically speaking this was the latest molehill the Boston media turned into Mt. Everest. Not that Price wasn’t clueless or a creep, but in a town where the sainted Ted Williams feuded with the knights of the keyboards his entire career, a player-vs.media dust-up is hardly a new thing or big issue. Unless it’s made into one with relentless coverage. The 2018 edition will be the Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Alex Guerrero thing turned into a much bigger issue than it actually is.

9. Aaron Judge: I try to shy away from “greatest ever” talk. But, that said, not many, if any, had a rookie season as good as Aaron Judge’s. Mark McGwire hit 49 homers in 1988, but the 52 Judge hit seemed bigger.

That’s partly because it was so surprising after striking out 42 times in 84 at-bats the year before. Plus, he did it for the Yanks, which hits all the local insecurity buttons while stoking the rivalry higher. The story grew bigger with Giancarlo Stanton now adding his 59 homers to the Yankees’ already power-laden line-up.

8. Mullen-Kelly Get Big-Time Jobs: What would the Vegas odds have been in 1975 for a payoff in 2017 if two former New Hampshire high school football players got the two most prized jobs up for grabs after that college football season? A gazillion to one? Well, that far-fetched scenario became reality when

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Central and Trinity alums Chip Kelly and Dan Mullen said yes to UCLA and Florida a day apart.

7. UConn Women’s Basketball Wins Record 111: I can’t say I follow UConn women’s basketball all that closely. Generally, it’s an occasional peek in the tent and when another major record comes up. Of course, with them that’s quite often. The big number was 111 to let them break their own record for consecutive wins. Winning gets my attention and admiration. Winning that many in a row is remarkable. Doing it twice? Incredible.

6. Isaiah Thomas: The little guy made big news putting up arguably a Top Five individual season in Celtics history. Given the history, that’s saying something. Plus, even with Kyrie Irving’s fabulous start here, he hasn’t done anything (yet) Isaiah didn’t do last year in a dominant regular season and fabulous playoff run where he pushed past the pain of his sister’s shocking death until his body gave out. That, and that the winning here started the day he arrived, should not be lost to history.

5. Clemson Upsets Bama for National Title: You may have heard that I shy away from “greatest ever” talk. Prior to this game the best college football game I ever saw was Texas-USC at the Rose Bowl for the national title. But this one may have been better than the Vince Young game as DeShaun Watson matched VY’s final pulsating drive. Though — how did they not call back Hunter Renfrow’s game-winning TD catch for the illegal rolling block disguised as a pick that got Renfrow so open for the catch that ended the 35-31 barnburner?

4. The Pitino and College Basketball Scandal: Forget D.C.; one place where they aren’t draining the swamp for sure is big-time college sports, which sunk even deeper again with news of 10 college basketball-related indictments involving sneaker company executives, assistant coaches and agents over a variety of issues centered around — what else? — gigantic dirty money. Rick Pitino

went down after strike 3 at Louisville, likely bringing an end to his coaching career. And who doesn’t think someone somewhere will top this fiasco sooner than later?

3. Colin Kaepernick: He hasn’t played a down this year, but he hovered over the game when the actions that have gotten him exiled from the NFL inspired others to pick up the lance in his absence. Widespread, unorganized player protests persisted and that got the ire of the president. He further inflamed things for political gains with his base — turning the stand-or-kneel anthem issue into a gigantic early-season story.

2. Celtics Wild Ride: First, Danny Ainge flips the first overall pick for Jayson Tatum at 3 and a likely Top 5 pick in either 2018 or 2019. The second box in Danny’s summer plan is checked when free agent Gordon Hayward joins college coach Brad Stevens in Boston. Box 3, get a superstar, is checked with the Irving-Thomas blockbuster trade, amid a flurry of moves that brings 11 new players to a 53-win team. Then, five minutes into the season Hayward suffers a horrific leg injury, instantly deflating expectations all over Celtic Nation, except their own.

1. The Super Bowl Comeback: Raise your hand if you flipped off the TV (or went to bed like my friend the real estate mogul Bill Weidacher) when the score hit 28-3. If you did, you missed the magic starting with James White’s first TD late in the third quarter. Then came a fourth-quarter field goal at 9:44, Danny Amendola’s TD at 5:56 and another from White with 56 seconds left. When Amendola’s PAT sent it to overtime, everyone knew it was over, leaving this question: Was the Pats’ 34-28 heart stopper the greatest SB ever?

I think you know my policy on “greatest ever” talk. But I do know this: It’s the best SB I’ve ever seen, and the fun fact of the day is I’ve seen every Super Bowl ever played.

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

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Baker off to a good start The Big Story: In case you’ve missed it, Derry’s Geo Baker is off to a nice start in his freshman season at Rutgers, after prepping at Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H. (wherever that is). With their early season filled with Coppin State, Bryant, CCNY and others, the schedule has not been a juggernaut yet, but the Big 10 schedule lies just ahead. He’ll go into that after hitting double figures in nine of his first 13 games, a high of 29 points vs. Bryant and averaging 12.5 points and 31.5 minutes of PT (baby!) per game.

Sports 101: Name the three NBA players to play with both Larry Bird and Michael Jordan.

Nick of Tyme Award: Tie — to Matt Fabrizio for his blocked shot as time ran out to preserve Pinkerton’s 49-48 win in the season-opening clash between Pinkerton and Merrimack, and to West’s Gob Gob (Gob squared henceforth) for draining a three-pointer with 8 seconds left to make the Blue Knights 71-68 winners over Pembroke Academy.

It Must Have Been Destiny Award: To the numerically sequential Central trio of Keltina Francis, Destiny Jordan and Hannah Autenrieth that scored 8, 9 and 10 points in leading the Green to a 45-34 win over Alvirne.

The Numbers 5 – UNH players named to All-New England Football first team. The group included Nashua South alum and QB Trevor Knight, defensive tackle Rick Holt, wideout Neil O’Connor and center Jake Kennedy.

10 – free throws made in 10 free throw tries by Emmanuel Alisandro

Honors: Central alum Jaylen LeRoy just took home Little East Conference Player of the Week honors after scoring 60 points in a 1-1 week for Plymouth State, which included a career-best 35-point night vs. Johnson State.

Sports 101 Answer: The three with a destiny to play with Jordan and Bird are Hall of Fame centers Artis Gilmore and Robert Parish, along with Celtics 1984 first-round pick Sam Vincent out of Michigan State.

Gilmore caught Jordan in MJ’s first year with the Bulls and Bird in the final few months of his career in 1987-88.

On This Day – Dec. 28: 1958 – The socalled “Greatest NFL Game Ever Played” happens at Yankee Stadium involving an astonishing 17 Hall of Fame players, coaches and owners. Baltimore fullback Alan Ameche decides it by powering into the end zone to make the Colts 23-17 winners over NFL glamour team the New York Giants. It’s a big deal because the NFL’s first ever sudden-death overtime game for its championship happened in the media capital of the word at the dawn of the TV age, blasting the NFL into the orbit over a late-to-the-party nationwide sports audience for first time. The rest is history and it all started here.

while scoring 18 points as Memorial was a 65-62 winner over Salem, when Michael Roumraj chipped in 12 more for the Crusaders.

20 & 12 – Just-in-a-normal-day’s-work points and rebounds form St. Anselm’s Tim Guers in leading the Hawks to their eighth win against three losses in Tuesday’s 67-61 win over

Bridgeport at Stoutenburgh Gym. 1,000 – career wins for UConn women’s Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma after a 88-64 win over Oklahoma in the Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase. He’s the youngest to do and it’s against miniscule 135 losses for a winning percentage of 88.1.

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Sports Glossary Knights of the Keyboard: Less than affectionate name given to the ravenous reporters covering the Red Sox during Ted Williams’ 21-year jihad with them. At the top of the hate list was harsh Boston Record critic Colonel Dave Egan, a guy who Williams kept it going with by hurling a few expletives his way on the day he was inducted into the Hall of Fame and years after Egan had kicked.

Howard Beale: Crazed TV anchor in the Oscar-decorated 1976 major motion picture Network, a film lampooning TV news’ lust for ratings with the signature moment being Beale thrusting open a studio window to shout, “I’m mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.” That sparks ratings for his downtrodden news program, sending producers into a tizzy to capitalize on their unexpected success. The role earned Peter Finch the Best Actor Oscar — though with him dying before the ceremony it didn’t do him much good.

Vince Lombardi: Winner of five NFL titles, the first two Super Bowls and one other trip to the title game in nine years as head coach in Green Bay, after turning the 1-10-1 team he took over into a 7-5 club in Year 1 of the Lombardi administration.

Mark McGwire: Defrocked baseball slugger on the Mt. Rushmore of the PED morass with Bonds, Clemens, Sosa and him, where he and Sosa will be the absolute last of deserving-on-the-numbers players to get in the Hall even if/when feelings for ’roid users start to soften.

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Find more New Year’s Eve dinners at hippopress.com; click on past issues, then click on the Dec. 21 paper. The dinner listings start on p. 34.

Sunday, Dec. 31 Fody’s Great American Tavern (9 Clinton St., Nashua) is hosting a New Year’s Eve Prohibition Party from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. with live music, throwback cocktails and food specials. There will be a complimentary Champagne toast at the stroke of midnight complete with giveaways and noise-makers to help ring in the new year. Visit fodystavern.com or call 577-9015.

DRINK: Italian wine samples Immerse yourself in the world of fine Italian wines at the Bedford Village Inn. (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford) on Wednesday, Jan. 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. during Ciro Perone’s Italy in 5 Grapes event. Enjoy five wine samples paired with a selected specialty cheese. Cost $20. Visit facebook.com/bedfordvillageinn or call 472-2001.

Monday, Jan. 1 Get active on the first day of the new year with ZClub Fitness for their New Year’s Day Zumba Party (100 Factory St., 4th floor, Nashua) from 9 to 10:30 a.m. The 90-minute class will have students doing a shake, rattle and roll workout.

Cost $10. Visit zclubnh.com or call 868-3335.

BE MERRY: with country music Nicole Knox Murphy will be performing on New Year’s Eve at the Backyard Brewery & Kitchen (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester) on Sunday, Dec. 31, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Murphy won 2013 Female Vocalist of the Year Traditional at the Northeast Invitational Country Showdown. She sings country cover music, southern rock and originals. Visit facebook.com/backyardbrewerynh or call 623-3545.

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ARTS Creative recap

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From special exhibits and new galleries to theater with modern messages, 2017 was a year of growth for the local arts community.

“We have seen an exciting expansion of opportunities for people to experience the arts in New Hampshire,” said Jeffrey Rose, commissioner of the state Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, which includes the State Council on the Arts, “from international exhibits like Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters and drawings at the Currier in Manchester, to the growth of artists’ presence at farmers markets across the state, to the appreciation of how the arts have positive impacts on those struggling Beauty Beyond Borders Art Olympics. Courtesy photo. with health issues, including addiction.”

Here’s a look back at some of the high- er digital media. lights from the New Hampshire art scene “We found that, in New Hampshire, in 2017, plus a peek at what’s in store for there was a lack of a dedicated venue for next year. people to experience arts and culture and innovation,” founder Daniel Berube said in November. “Jupiter Hall is the answer to What’s new in art Two new art galleries focused on con- that problem.”

After McGowan Fine Art announced in temporary art opened this year: Granite Town Gallery, located in the space above late April that it would permanently close Union Coffee Co. in Milford, and Kelley its doors after 37 years in July, the gallery Stelling Contemporary on Hanover Street found an alternative: it moved to a new, in Manchester. Granite Town Gallery has smaller space located at 2 Phenix Ave., just featured mostly abstract art as well as a off North Main Street in Concord.

This year also saw some new arts fesLomoWall Project exhibition, which was tivals.

The inaugural Art Jam Bridge Fest one of hundreds of exhibitions worldwide commissioned by the Lomographic Society took place on Bridge Street in Manchester International to celebrate the 25th anni- in September and highlighted out-of-theversary of lomography, an analog camera box art with a community graffiti art mural, art movement that focuses on spontane- sidewalk chalk art and a Guinness World ity and uninhibited creativity rather than Record attempt to create the largest number photographic aesthetics. Kelley Stelling of paper-crafted butterflies.

Also in September in downtown Nashua, Contemporary features thought-provoking pieces by emerging 2-D and 3-D artists that Beauty Beyond Borders hosted its firstpushes the boundaries and redefines the ever Art Olympics, an obstacle course-style race that invited participants to create and way people think about art.

“A lot of galleries in this area cater to perform their way through a series of art more traditional tastes, with landscape challenges.

“The arts community in Nashua is growpaintings and that kind of thing, but we’re ing so much right now,” Beauty Beyond showing art that’s a little edgier,” gallery Borders founder and president Alicia co-founder Karina Kelley said in October. “Some of it might make people a Chouinard said in September. “So we little uncomfortable and make them won- thought [Art Olympics] would be the perfect way for people to come see what the der what the artist is trying to express.”

Another Hanover Street addition is arts community is all about.”

Jupiter Hall, a 1,900-square-foot multipurpose arts venue that features visual art What’s new in theater New Hampshire theater continued to exhibitions by local artists; hosts community events including film screenings, live push the boundaries this year with things music, spoken word and other performanc- like the Nashua Actorsingers’ teen produces; and provides resources and space for tion of Jesus Christ Superstar, the Palace creating films, podcasts, digital art and oth- Theatre’s steampunk twist on Oliver and HIPPO | DECEMBER 28, 2017 - JANUARY 3, 2018 | PAGE 14

Palace Theatre’s production of Oliver. Courtesy photo.

Andy’s Summer Playhouse’s “Adversity” mainstage series, which included original plays dealing with autism, bullying and transgender issues.

A new theater company called One Light Theatre launched in Tilton in June with the mission of bringing new, cutting-edge and thought-provoking productions to the New Hampshire stage. So far, it has produced shows like Big Fish the Musical, Moon Over Buffalo and Heathers the Musical.

Theatre KAPOW opened its 10th anniversary season, themed “Faith and Story,” with the New Hampshire premier of the four-person play Living in Exile, a contemporary retelling of Homer’s Iliad.

A New Hampshire playwright, William Ivers of Hooksett, won the Nor’eastern Play Writing Competition for his play An Unexamined Life, a dark comedy that follows a retiring philosophy professor faced with his own existential crisis.

The theater scene also says goodbye to the Leddy Center in Epping, which, after 43 years of producing community theater shows, held its 150th and final mainstage production, A Christmas Carol, earlier this month.

“We’ve been so blessed to be so successful and have such great people on stage and great audiences year after year for half a century,” founder Elaine Gatchell said.

“Even though we’re sad, it’s bittersweet, because we hope someone else will start their own journey there [at the theater].

It’s time for someone else to start a new legacy.”

A new theater may be on the way in Nashua; in November, Nashua residents voted in a non-binding referendum for the city to move forward with a propos-

al to install a performing arts center in the space formerly occupied by Alec’s Shoes on Main Street.

Looking ahead

One of the things to look forward to in 2018 is a growing arts community in Nashua. At the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards, the city of Nashua received the Creative Communities award for its demonstrated advancements of the arts, including a new arts and culture city plan and the formation of a Nashua Arts Commission to oversee it.

“The city has really made it a strong priority to consider art in its planning and development and to continue to enhance its legacy and reputation with the arts,” Lisa Bissonnette, City Arts Nashua chair, said.

A trend to watch for in the coming year is the convergence of art and science and greater integration of the ‘A’ in STEAM (the education acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math).

“We’ve been seeing a lot of projects proposed in response to the idea that science, technology and engineering are art forms and that art has a place in those fields,” Bissonnette said. “There’s a stronger relationship between them than most people think.”

Rose said people will continue to see the arts community play a more important role not just for artists and arts organizations, but also for New Hampshire’s economy.

“There are wider impacts as well, including how the arts are catalysts for vibrant downtowns, bringing benefits to restaurants, lodging establishments and shops,” he said. “In the coming year, we are eager to see new ways the arts will engage our visitors and our residents.”

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• Stories from Uganda: The Chesley Memorial Library (8 Mountain Ave., Northwood) is featuring a ChildVoice exhibition now through January.

ChildVoice works to provide support for children affected by war in Uganda. The personal journeys of these children have been captured in verse, photo and video by visitors to the ChildVoice Lukome Center in northern Uganda. The exhibition at the library will feature the photography of Dr. Larry Lindell, Dr. Neil Mandsager and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Mary Chind-Willie. Visit chesleylib. com or call 942-5472.

• Freedom to create: Don’t miss the December art exhibition “enso” at Cabonnay Urban Wine House Art Gallery (55 Bridge St., Manchester), on view now through Sunday, Dec. 31. It features the work of Seacoast painter Brian Cartier and is inspired by the Zen symbol that represents a moment when the mind is free to let the body create. “I find myself drawn to the symbol,” Cartier said in a press release. “I feel a connection and relevance given the diversity of the work in the show. The various pieces are collectively representative of my own freedom to create, with an open and free mind.”

Visit cabonnay.com or call 946-3473.

• Zentangle candle: GoodLife Programs & Activities (254 N. State St., Concord) will host a two-session art workshop for seniors on Thursdays, Jan. 4 and Jan. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. Participants will paint and zentangle an LED battery-operated flameless candle. The cost is $30, and all materials will be provided. Registration is required. Visit goodlifenh.org or call 228-6630.

• Art for sale: Trumpet Gallery (8 Grove St., Peterborough) will host a

Maud Bryt ‘83, I Can See You, plaster and burlap, featured in “Possible Subject Positions” exhibition.

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one-day holiday art fair on Friday, Dec. 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featured art will include mixed media, kinetic sculpture, charcoal, oil painting, watercolor, etchings, photography, ceramics, woodworking and collage for $50 or less. Visit trumpetgallery.com.

• Exploring positions: Lamont Gallery (Frederick R. Mayer Art Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, 11 Tan Lane, Exeter) has an exhibition, “Possible Subject Positions,” on view now through Feb. 3. It addresses how people occupy space and take a stand, and how their positions may change in the act of an encounter.

Featured artwork includes plaster sculptures by Maud Bryt, poetry and sound art by Tracie Morris, fiber art by Merill Comeau, paintings by Anna Schuleit Haber, list-based art by Adriane Herman, video by Elena Kovylina and prints by Alison Saar. Visit exeter.edu/lamontgallery or call 772-4311.

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At most theater shows, hurling a pair of rolled up socks at an actor will most likely get you kicked out. But at a Granite State Theatre Sports show, sock-hurling is accepted and encouraged.

The competitive improv series starts on Saturday, Dec. 30, at the Hatbox Theatre in Concord, and continues in February, April and August.

Here’s how it works: Two teams of three to six actors will improvise sketches in a sportslike format based on input from the audience.

After each round, the audience will vote for the team they believe gave the best performance, but if they’re really unimpressed, they get to throw rolled up socks, provided at the show, at the team or team member, putting a stop to their sketch and awarding the point to the opposing team.

“One time, there was a guy who kept bringing the same joke back over and over, and it got to the point where the audience was so sick of it, they started throwing socks,” said Kim Cassetta, who created the show with her husband, Larry Pizza. “The actors know, if their jokes are bad or corny, too over the top or too low, they’re going to get bombarded with socks.”

Cassetta and Pizza will emcee the show, greeting people as they arrive, explaining the rules, moderating the improv rounds and improvising a few jokes of their own to help

loosen up the audience and get them comfortable enough to participate in the action.

“Our comedy, our husband-and-wife banter, we don’t plan any of it. It’s different at every show,” Pizza said. “It’s all about the rapport we have with each other. We love to team up, and we have a great rapport on stage.”

One of the improv challenges commonly featured in the show is “Movers and Shakers.” Volunteer audience members are invited on stage and asked to move the actors in different positions. The actors then improvise scenes based on the positions they’re put in.

Another challenge is “Day in the Life,” in which volunteer audience members share what they did yesterday, and the actors act out the scenes.

Cassetta and Pizza will often add additional challenges to each round, such as limiting the number of team members who can participate and setting various time limits. The challenges they come up with are also entirely improvised.

“If the audience seems to be reacting more to the shorter scenes, we’ll keep the shorter scenes going,” Pizza said. “We’re really adamant about making sure we just go with the flow of the show and improvise based on how the audience is reacting,” The troupe consists of professional, paid actors who have backgrounds in improv theater and were selected by audition. They rehearse together before the show to keep their improv skills sharp.

“We wanted to bring a higher level of quality to improv in New Hampshire,” Cassetta said. “These aren’t just some people getting together doing improv for fun. These are very talented and vetted actors who have done this before, and it shows in their performances.

I’m in awe of what they can do on stage.”

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• Making noise: New Hampshire’s own “junk rock” band Recycled Percussion returns to the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) Friday, Dec. 29, through Monday, Jan. 1. Inspired by New York City street performers, the band uses everyday objects as instruments and blends percussion, humor and athleticism in its shows.

Showtimes are Friday and Monday at 4 and 7:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 12:30, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $34.50.

Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• Acting opportunities: The Amherst Parent-Teacher Association will hold auditions for its April production of The Little Mermaid on Tuesday, Jan. 2, and Wednesday, Jan. 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Clark-Wilkins Elementary School (80 Boston Post Road, Amherst). Callbacks, if needed, will take place on Thursday, Jan. 4, at the same time and place. The production features nearly 30 roles open to all adults and kids in grade 3 and up. Second-graders will be considered if they have an auditioning parent. Anyone auditioning for a lead or supporting lead part should be prepared to sing a song from the production that is performed by that character. Those auditioning for the ensemble should prepare a song of their choice.

Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, Jan. 7.

Volunteers are also needed for set and costume design, puppeteering, organizing and other behind-the-scenes tasks. For more

16 discovered theater sports at a Canadian improv festival and were impressed with how effectively the format got the audience engaged.

Pizza said he hopes the show will encourage people to look at improv in a new light.

“It’s a form that has sort of been under-

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The Actorsingers (219 Lake St., Nashua) will have an information night for their May production of Sister Act on Wednesday, Jan. 3, from 7 to 8 p.m. Find out everything you need to know about the production and audition process. Auditions will be held on Sunday, Jan. 7, from 6 to 10 p.m., and Monday, Jan. 8, from 7 to 10 p.m. Actors must be at least 16 years old by opening night, May 11. Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, Jan. 28. Visit actorsingers.org or call 889-9691.

• A retro holiday: The Winter Wonderettes will be at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) Thursday, Dec. 28, through Sunday, Dec. 31. The four-woman troupe performs iconic ’60s versions of classic holiday tunes such as “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Winter Wonderland” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.” Showtimes are Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.

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You won’t have to stay up till midnight to enjoy the holiday at the Currier Museum of Arts’ Noon Year’s Eve on Sunday, Dec. 31. The event happens during the day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“It’s a nice safe family-friendly event where parents and children alike can celebrate the new year without staying up all night,” said Tiffany Eddy, a marketing specialist at the museum.

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Eddy said the event can also be an opportunity to get the kids’ celebration done early so parents can go out later.

For the first time, the Currier will be hosting outdoor events in addition to its indoor festivities. Kids can paint snowflakes outside and families can enjoy the Empanada Dada food truck serving a variety of empanadas, Cuban sandwiches and layer bowls.

The museum’s art galleries will be open throughout the day and visitors will get the chance to try face painting, coloring and the dance party.

Laura Boyce from Greg & The Morning Buzz will act as DJ while kids are busy at the photo booth or the hat-making crafts station. Juggler Bryson Lang will be doing a live performance to accompany the museum’s current exhibit, The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec, a 100-year-old lithograph that reveals the enduring beauty of Paris.

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will host the grand finale, with hundreds of balloons dropped to celebrate the new year. Kids can jump around on the bubble wrap as the balloons fall and the confetti flies.

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in a giant net in the Winter Garden.

They let them go and kids jump up and down and it’s very special.

They have bubble wrap all over the floor and the kids can jump on it and it’s like fireworks going off,” said Eddy.

More family- and kid-friendly New Year’s Eve events • Join the Manchester City Library Main Branch (405 Pine St., Manchester) on Friday, Dec. 29, beginning at 11 a.m. for its Children’s New Year’s Party in the Winchell Room. Ring in the New Year at the stroke of noon with noisemakers, balloons and confetti provided for visitors. Children ages 1 to 7. Registration required.

Visit manchester.lib.nh.us or call 624-6550 ext. 3328.

• Join the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway, Derry) for its Noon Year’s Eve Party on Saturday, Dec. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30

p.m. Instead of staying up all night, ring in the new year at the library at noon with a dance party and balloon drop. No registration required.

Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

• The Hampstead Public Library (9 Mary E. Clark Drive, Hampstead) is having its New Year’s at Noon celebration on Saturday, Dec. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visit hampsteadlibrary.org or call 329-6411.

• Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Noon with the Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown) on Saturday, Dec. 30, from 11:15 a.m. to noon. Families with kids up through

grade 3 are invited to the fifth annual event. Admission is free, but registration is required. Visit goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102.

• The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) will be hosting its Family New Year’s Eve Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The annual event features several “countdowns to midnight” at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m., when museum staff will lower their glittery disco ball and confetti will fly.

Wish blimps made by visitors will gently fall to the ground in the fes-

tive environment that is reminiscent of Times Square. Visitors can make sparkly recycled paper hats throughout the event and enjoy a photo booth. Museum admission is $10 for adults and children over 1, and $9 for seniors age 65 and older. Visit childrens-museum.org or call 742-2002.

• Hampton Beach (169 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton) will host a special fireworks display on Sunday, Dec. 31, starting at 8 p.m. Bring a blanket and the whole family to experience the night sky lit up by a curated display of fireworks. Visit hamptonbeach.org or call 926-8717.

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Take them to the cinema Join Envy Sports Club & Cafe (298 Queen City Avenue, Manchester) for a Poolside Cinema on Friday, Dec. 29, from noon to 2 p.m. Kids can visit the tropical oasis and relax in the 85-degree pool while watching The Grinch Who Stole Christmas on the club’s 10 screens. Cost $8 per person.Visit envysportsclubs.com or call 703-5303.

The Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua) is showing Despicable Me 3 during its Family Films on Saturday, Dec. 30, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The obsessed villain Balthazar Bratt proves to be Gru’s most formidable nemesis. Free. Visit nashualibrary. org or call 589-4600.

Discover something new The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive, Concord) will be extending its hours for Christmas vacation from Tuesday, Dec. 26, to Sunday, Dec. 31. The discovery center will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day with spe-

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New Year’s Eve at Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia) will be Sunday, Dec. 31, from 4 to 8 p.m. for families who want to take sleigh rides through the lighted woods and enjoy a meal afterward. Horse-drawn sleighs will take guests through the lighted trails to a bonfire where the farm’s staff will serve marinated steak tips, grilled chicken breast, steamed vegetables and more. Cost $42 per passenger on logging sled and $220 for up to four passengers or private sleigh. Visit visitthefarm. com or call 483-5623.

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The winter months can be a bit depressing for me. As a gardener I have very little to do, and my supply of colorful flowers indoors is limited. I combat this by buying cut flowers, and better yet, getting flowers to bloom in pots or dishes for me. Two of my favorites are paperwhites and amaryllis. I have both blooming right now, and will continue to start more.

Paperwhites are in the daffodil family in the genus Narcissus. There are many named cultivars, but most purveyors of the bulbs do not tell you their names. Commonly sold in grocery stores and garden centers, paperwhites are easy to cultivate and quick to bloom. Some varieties will bloom in a couple of weeks; others take up to a month.

To get your paperwhites to bloom, all you need is a sunny windowsill, a dish or bowl that will hold water, and some small stones. Garden centers sell bags of attractive pebbles or chips of white marble that is suitable, or you can go out to your driveway and pick up stones.

Start by rinsing off the pebbles and placing them in a wide, low bowl. Then arrange your paperwhites so that the fat end of each bulb is nestled into the stones and surrounded by them. Add enough water so that it just “kisses” the bottom of the bulbs. You don’t want the bulb sitting in water; the bulbs can rot if they do.

I like to select paperwhites from the bin that have green sprouts already emerging at the time of purchase. They will bloom sooner than those that are entirely dormant at the time of purchase. If you buy them in a mesh bag, look at the bulbs carefully to make sure they are not dried out or are mushy when you squeeze them.

Paperwhites have a distinctive fragrance, which can be quite strong. I love the sweet scent, but not everyone does. At this time of year any flower scent is a blessing, as far as I am concerned. The odor can often be smelled from quite a distance. One variety that does not have an odor is a bright yellow one called “Grand Soleil d’Or.” Unlike the ordinary daffodils that I pot up in soil each fall and force to bloom indoors in the spring, paperwhites cannot be successfully planted outdoors, even if you kept them watered and green until the ground thaws.

They are a Mediterranean species and will not survive our winters. I don’t believe they will bloom again next year indoors, either.

But that means there is one less chore to do.

Amaryllis is another easy, bright and wonderful flower that you can plant at this time of year for indoor blooms. The bulbs are available

Start paperwhites in a bowl with gravel and water.

in grocery stores, big box stores and garden centers. Some come already planted in pots, but most come with a bag of planting soil, a pot and a bulb — so some assembly is required.

The flowers of amaryllis bloom on a 16-inch stem and are shaped like Oriental or Asiatic lilies. They come in red, white, pink and striped varieties. None are particularly fragrant. As with most things, you get what you pay for. If you get the least expensive, smallest bulbs you will get one stem with four blossoms on a single stem. If you buy a bigger bulb, you will probably get two flower stems, one growing after the first has finished blooming. I’ve even heard of bulbs that gave three flower stems, but never had one.

If you are planting your amaryllis yourself, be sure that this big bulb is not buried up to its neck as that can encourage rot. Plant so that between a third and a half of the bulb is in the soil mix, not more.

If the soil mix comes in a plastic bag and is very dry, as it often is, moisten it well before you plant, but don’t get it soggy. Then keep an eye on it. Don’t let the soil mix get overly dry, especially as the flower buds are developing.

After blooming (and sometimes before), amaryllis will grow nice green, glossy leaves.

And they can be made to re-bloom. If you keep them watered and in a sunny window until summer, you can put them outside and let them re-charge their batteries. Then, in the fall, put the amaryllis, pot and all, into a paper bag and place in a cool, dark place for a month to six weeks. Then bring it up in midNovember and begin watering. It should soon produce a flower stem.

In her book Making Things Grow: A Practical Guide for the Indoor Gardener the late garden writer Thalassa Cruso wrote that amaryllis hate to have their roots disturbed. I trust her advice and recommend any of her books. The one mentioned above really will help turn “Houseplant Killers” into “Green Thumb Mavens.” It is readily available at used book stores.

So get some paperwhites or amaryllis or both, and pot them up. Give them to friends and relatives for the holidays. You really can’t go wrong.

Henry is the author of four gardening books.

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Dear Donna, What can you tell me about this creamer that belonged to my mom? It’s dated on the bottom: December 25, 1913.

It looks to be all hand painted. I own it now and would like to find it a good home if there is anyone who collects Santas.

Claire from Salem Dear Claire, Wow! I have to say that is the first one I have seen like it.

Knowing that it is a creamer, I would bet it started off as part of a set that was painted for someone back at the time it was dated.

It’s interesting, though, just by itself. You don’t see many older black Santa items.The history of Santa is a very interesting and long. The black Santa is an interesting part of it from the early 1900s into the 1930s.

Your hand-painted creamer was most likely done by a New England artist on a blank creamer. Lots of this kind of painting on china was done here.

I would say if there are no cracks or damage, your black Santa creamer could be worth over $100 to a Santa collector. May-

be even more? It’s really sweet and I hope you find a good home for it and someone can love it.

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All signs point to a transmission issue Magic 8 Ball points to the “transmission.”

On some cars, you really can’t convert them from all-wheel drive to two-wheel drive. But this CR-V is really a front-wheeldrive car at heart. They added a viscous coupling in the rear that activates only when the front wheels are going faster than the rear wheels (like when the front wheels are slipping on ice). So if you remove the rear drive shaft, it’ll simply never activate. So that shouldn’t affect your transmission. But 189,000 miles followed by a young, leadfooted grandson can affect a transmission.

My advice would be to go online and look at mechanicsfiles.com. That’s a database where readers and listeners of ours recommend mechanics they really like and trust.

You can search it by ZIP code. And you can and should look for someone who specializes in Hondas.

It could be a bad transmission control module, a bad range sensor or a stuck valve or obstruction somewhere. Someone who works on a lot of CR-Vs may have seen this problem before, and may have a sense of whether it’s more likely to be something mechanical or something electronic. He may want to try a transmission-fluid flush first, just in case it’s a stuck valve, since a flush can free it up. That certainly would be the

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best-case scenario, Jess.

But once you get a better handle on what’s causing the problem and what it’ll cost to fix, you can decide whether you want to repair it ... or let Junior hoodwink you into kissing that gently used RAV4 goodbye. Just don’t give him a transmission warranty this time, Jess. Good luck.

Dear Car Talk: I’ve got three worn-out old cars and likely will have to replace one or another soon. My neighbor has a 1992 Buick Regal. He wants to sell it -- the first $2,200 gets it. Having always purchased pre-owned automobiles in the past, I know what kind of challenges a 25-year-old car can bring (there aren’t any more in the junkyards, for one thing). But this car is perfect: Showroom condition, inside and out. My neighbor is proactive about maintenance. He replaced the alternator just because he thought it might wear out someday. The paint is double-coat, waxed twice a year. There are no cracks or splits in the upholstery. No leaks. No dents. No scratches, even. What do you think? Can I depend on a 1992 Buick to be a daily driver? — Bob Well, Bob, you say you’ve got three wornout old cars. So what’s one more?

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Twenty-one cities and towns in the Granite State are in the midst of participating in a global effort to count and record bird sightings, passing the data along to the National Audubon Society so it can catalog the types of birds that live in each region and track how those populations change over time.

“It’s a kind of endurance birding. It’s an all-day event. We are outdoors from before dawn to after sunset, driving around and hiking around, counting birds. We have a warped sense of fun, like a marathon runner,” said Jim Kegley, an organizer of the event.

Kegley has seen more than 25 bird counts during his time in New Hampshire, and he’s been organizing the Nashua count since the early 1990s. While most of the 21 participating towns have already done their counts, the ones in Nashua and Hollis are happening Saturday, Dec. 30, from dawn to dusk.

Each city and town is given a 15-mile radius where teams are sent out to count birds. For participants whose homes are located in their assigned area, they can simply count the birds in their backyard.

Kegley, however, has been counting birds since he was young and said he likes the adventure of getting out there.

“Every location has its potential to have certain kinds of birds because birds find and adapt to different habits to thrive,” said Kegley.

The majority of people who make it out to these counts are dedicated and passionate birders, according to Kegley. But every year he says they see a few new faces.

“People who do the count are very friendly and welcoming so if someone wanted to tag along for the day, that’s how I started. I just joined someone that was already doing it,” said Kegley.

The number of birds and their species are recorded by the counters in their designated areas. Kegley usually spends time near Nashua’s downtown, where he has seen a surprising increase in the population of a particular predatory bird. The peregrine falcon has made its way into downtown Nashua since Kegley started doing the count. He said peregrines followed the pigeons into downtown and have made their homes there ever since.

“Peregrine falcons have followed [the pigeons] into cities and established their reach in urban areas,” said Kegley.

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The Nashua-Hollis area is home to 60 species of birds, some more rare than others. He said it’s not uncommon to spot perching birds like blue jays, cardinals and chickadees along the Merrimack River.

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“People get together and reflect on the experience of the day and tell stories about what happened. … There’s a certain competitiveness that we have. For the people who have been doing it for a long time, there is a certain amount of pride and ownership to doing your counts,” said Kegley.

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Master of social work Sara Lutat of Manchester is an MSW and the executive director of Dismas Home, a charitable organization that provides housing and social services to formerly incarcerated women.

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What kind of education or learning mode every day. … I training did you need for this? wish I knew that I had the conI just got my master’s of fidence within me. … I allow social work at the University of things to play out without reactNew Hampshire Manchester. I ing to them, and I think that’s was in the executive program, probably the hardest thing for so I went to school Friday nights me. At first, when I first took and Saturday mornings for three this position, I wanted to do it years and worked full time. [A perfectly. I wanted everything to master’s] was not required when work out the way it’s supposed I first took this position. It was to work out. And life doesn’t the position of program manag- Courtesy photo. necessarily work that way. er, which is essentially someone who monitored the comings and goings What is your typical at-work uniform? of the house. But under my supervisions I I’m dressed professionally. I have what developed programming to assist women you would call business casual some days, with reentry. but … I never know who is going to be coming through my door, and usually, How did you find your current job? it’s a donor that needs a tour. So I always Based on everything [Dismas House] have to … look the part of my executive had done over the past year, they created directorship. [this] new position for me [from program director].

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FOOD Food for thought

Highlights of the Granite State’s food scene in 2017 News from the local food scene

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• Tastes of Italy: Join the Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford) for Italy in 5 Grapes, a special wine tasting happening on Wednesday, Jan. 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. with local Italian wine expert Ciro Pirone. Tickets are $20 per person and include five sample pours and a specialty cheese board for pairing.

Featured wines include Nebbiolo, Glera, Sangiovese, Montepulciano and Nero D’Avola. Pirone is the director of Italian wines for the Horizon Beverage Group and a graduate of Istituto Alberghiero, a hotel and restaurant management school in Salerno, Italy. Visit bedfordvillageinn. com or call 472-2001.

• Weekly farm share begins: The Winter 2018 Leafy Green weekly share program at Oasis Springs Farm, an urban hydroponic farm in Nashua, is now open for registration. The 11-week session starts Jan. 2 and features options of locally grown hydroponic lettuce, greens like kale and chard, herbs and microgreens for $15 per week. Local eggs can also be added on. Pick-up locations are in Nashua and Amherst. Visit oasisspringsfarm.com or call 930-1294.

• Talking nutrition: Join the Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown) for a special nutrition presentation on Friday, Jan. 5, at 10 a.m. called Fat: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Learn how foods that are high in fat sneak into our diet, and effective ways to reduce these foods without sacrificing and flavor. Snacks, interactive activities and recipes will be provided. Admission is free but registration is requested. Visit goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102.

• Tuscan Brands gives back: New Hampshire-based entrepreneur Joe Faro of Tuscan Brands, which owns Tuscan Kitchen and Market in Salem and Portsmouth, recently donated more than 500 gifts for the holidays to the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence, Mass., according to the Eagle-Tribune. In addition, Tuscan Brands donated $2,500 in gifts to the Crossroads House homeless shelter in Portsmouth, including gifts specifically for a family from their wish list.

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Crafty collaborations It’s no secret that craft beer has become more and more popular in New Hampshire over the last few years, but local restaurants and breweries have still managed to find new ways to showcase their product, even in 2017.

One of the most ambitious projects this year was the Litherman’s Limited Brewery Presents series, which pairs a beer with a local musician, creating a unique taste inspired by their music.

Michael Hauptly-Pierce, co-owner of Litherman’s Limited Brewery in Concord and a musician himself, collaborated with Grammy Award-winning fingerstyle guitarist Ed Gerhard to present the limited edition “Sunnyland” ale at Gerhard’s Sept. 16 performance at the Capitol Center for the Arts. The ale was blended with orange peels and various citrusy hops – ingredients Hauptly-Pierce said gave its taste a “crisp, approachable and smooth” feel meant to represent the sounds of Gerhard’s guitar-playing.

The collaboration was so well-received, Hauptly-Pierce said, that there are already talks of at least two future installments in the series for 2018, including with rock trio Dead

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Harrison in the spring, and country artist Tom Dixon in the summer.

“For us, [the series] is an authentic way to differentiate ourselves in an increasingly cloudier market,” he said. “We definitely want to do more of it, even if it’s something as simple as putting up chairs outside in the summer during a smaller performance.”

Litherman’s Limited Brewery also expanded its tasting room in 2017, which now includes low lounge seating and a longer bar with more seats.

In Nashua, The Flight Center Beer Cafe finished 2017 as its first full calendar year in business, introducing several events to showcase its dozens of local brews on tap. Its first annual Oktoberfest, for example, had more than 20 lines of seasonal beer, along with specialty food items, costume contests and more.

“We’re hoping to offer something different … since there really isn’t any other establishment that is dedicated to this many lines for a single event,” owner Seth Simonian told the Hippo in October.

Food truck frenzy Food trucks and food truck festivals first broke onto the scene in New Hampshire a few years ago, and the trend took off in a big way in 2017, with several new and bigger events, and even some local trucks added to the scene.

New festivals that were introduced in 2017 included Food Trucks for CASA at McIntyre Ski Area in Manchester in June, the Amherst Food Truck Festival, also in June, and a three-day fall-themed festival in October called the New Hampshire Octoberfest that was also at McIntyre. Both Food Trucks for CASA and the New Hampshire Octoberfest are already confirmed to be returning in 2018, according to event cocoordinator Loren Foxx.

“These are relatively inexpensive events, and at the same time, it helps the trucks build their following,” he said.

Foxx added that he has been in touch with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, who reached out to him about the possibility of doing a

A Year in the Kitchen The Hippo’s In the Kitchen series continued in 2017, with a different voice of the Granite State’s food scene featured each week. This year’s editions featured several chefs, bakers, brewers, restaurant managers, baristas and more — some of whom have called New Hampshire their home for years, while others were brand new to the area in 2017.

Some of the most popular answers we received to the common question “What’s the biggest food trend in New Hampshire right now?” were farm-to-table dining practices and the desire for restaurants to source locally as much as possible.

“Being able to remember that farm-to-table is all about community and recognizing the presence of farmers and how they make a living [is important],” said Rob Jean, owner and executive chef of Pig Tale Restaurant in Nashua, in September.

Others pointed to serving more gluten-

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free-friendly menus, as well as a variety of shareable small plates (or tapas) as growing trends.

“It seems to be that the shorter the menu, the most volume and variety there is,” Greg Makris of the Makris Lobster & Steak House in Concord told the Hippo in November. “I think people being able to assemble a menu on their own is the trend of the future.”

Another question that was asked was about favorite menu items that they would recommend, and some of the answers were pretty specific — and unique.

Kimmy Lavoie, executive chef of Bar One in Milford, told the Hippo in May she recommends the Black Burger.

“It’s a half-pound homemade burger patty on a toasted brioche bun with black garlic aioli, caramelized onions and bourbon candied bacon,” she said. “I had never heard of [black garlic aioli] so I bought it to check it out, and

the second I tasted it, I thought, ‘This has to be on a burger.’”

Barry Goldman of Coffee Coffee in Salem, who has been roasting his own coffee beans since the late 1960s, said in August that newcomers should try the house-made waffle, which is topped with its own double shot espresso and maple syrup.

Some other memorable answers we received included the Cow-Cow-Pig-Pig sandwich from the Riverside Barbeque Co. in Nashua, made with smoked beef brisket, pulled pork and bacon, stacked with cheese on double thick Texas toast — a “double-decker mashup of awesomeness,” as coined by owner and chief master Dave Manganello in September — and the stuffed chicken roulade from Cabonnay in Manchester, recommended by restaurant manager Derrick Brooks in October, which is made with guanciale (pork cheek) and house-made ricotta cheese.

Restaurant rundown There were several new restaurant additions to New Hampshire that opened for business in 2017, either by seasoned New Hampshire chefs or restaurant owners, or completely newcomers to the scene.

The owners of Hanover Street Chophouse in Manchester, for example, opened The Crown Tavern (99 Hanover St., Manchester, 218-3132, thecrownonhanover.com) just a block away in August, a direct counterpart in food and atmosphere to its high-end style, according to general manager Tony Chapman.

In Concord, former head chef Corey Fletcher of popular spots like the Granite Restaurant & Bar and the Colby Hill Inn in Henniker, opened Revival Kitchen & Bar (11 Depot St., Concord, 715-5723, revivalkitchennh.com) in January. The Capital City also welcomed a popular lunch option; Richard Weisberg, owner of the former Vanderbilt’s Delicatessen on Main Street, opened Noodles & Pearls (26 Pleasant St., Concord, 224-1000, find them on Facebook) less than a mile away on Pleasant Street with partner Dongmei Wang in October.

But there were other restaurants that opened in 2017 by first-time owners hoping to bring fresh new offerings and ideas to their communities. Heritage Restaurant (91 W. Broadway, Derry, 260-6756, find them on Facebook) had its soft opening in June and grand opening in October. Featuring the creations of chef Mike Jacovino, a Belfast, Maine, native, the restaurant features a variety of gourmet seafood, meat and vegetarian options, as well as several specials, craft cocktails and desserts always being switched out. New Hampshire also welcomed Nibblesworth Wood Fire Grill (409 The Hill, Portsmouth, 427-8022, nibbles-

worth.com) in September and Jamison’s (Route 111, 472 State St., Hampstead, 4891565, find them on Facebook) in November, both of which were launched by different owners and chefs coming from out of state to offer something new.

Even some new specialty cuisines were introduced to the Granite State in 2017, like the Cajun tapa styles of Madear’s (175 Hanover St., Manchester, 206-5827, madears603) in July, and the authentic Caribbean entrees of Fuego Bar & Grill (138 Main St., Nashua, 589-9228, find them on Facebook) in October.

Already established eateries in New Hampshire that launched new additions included Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House (393 Route 101, Bedford, 488-5975, murphystaproom.com) in July, a fourth Thirsty Moose Taphouse (72 Portsmouth Ave., Exeter, 418-7632, thirstymoosetaphouse.com) in September, a fourth Red Arrow Diner (112 Loudon Road, Concord, 415-0444, redarrowdiner.com), also in July, a third Pizza 911 restaurant (401 S. Willow St., Manchester, 782-5443, pizza911nh.com) in November, a second Copper Door Restaurant (41 S. Braodway, Salem, 458-2033, copperdoorrestaurant.com), also in November, and a second California Burritos Mexican Grill (35 Lowell Road, Hudson, 718-8745, californiaburritosnh.com) in October.

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The Southern New Hampshire Food Truck Festival in Nashua, which held its second annual event in September, is also returning with plans to include even more trucks than the more than 10 that participated in 2017.

“I think you’re definitely going to see this get much bigger in different parts of the state,” organizer Michael Aquino said. “One thing we have going for us is that a handful of the truck vendors have said [the festival] has been the best [event] they’ve ever participated in.”

In Concord, the Lunch Lady Food Truck became the city’s first full-scale mobile food truck in 2017, officially launching in November. Owner and founder JJ Hall said she will start her 2018 season in early March, adding that she hopes to participate in her first food truck festivals in the near future.

What’s ahead for 2018 Southern New Hampshire will get its first board game cafe and its third speakeasy, among several other new restaurants, cafes, breweries and more planned for the upcoming year.

Boards & Brews (941 Elm St., Manchester, boardsandbrewsnh.com) is on track to open by mid-January and will feature a craft cocktail bar and a variety of coffees, sandwiches and more on its menu that you can enjoy while choosing to play from more than 600 board games for a $5 fee per day, according to co-owner Keating Tufts.

In Concord, a new speakeasy called Chuck’s BARbershop to be open in 2018 in the city’s Eagle Square will be accessed through an actual barbershop. It will join 815 Provisions & Spirits in Manchester and CodeX Books. Antiques. Rarities (B.A.R.) as the third Prohibition-era-themed bar in the Granite State.

Some of the other top spots to watch out for are Rambling House in Nashua, the Blasty Bough Brewing Co. in Epsom, Ancient Fire Mead & Cider in Manchester, and the Rise & Shine Bakery Cafe and the Northwoods Brewing Co., both of which will adjoin Johnson’s Seafood & Steak in Northwood. A third 900 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria is also in the works to be open in March in Portsmouth, as well as a sixth La Caretta Mexican Restaurant, also in Portsmouth.

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What is your favorite local restaurant?

A place in Peterborough called Pearl [Restaurant & Oyster Bar]. It’s an exciting place to eat and reminds me of being in New York City. I’ve probably worked my way about halfway through the menu.

What is the biggest food trend in New Hampshire right now?

Tacos are off the wall right now … not so much like as in formal Mexican places, but more like quick pick-up places with fresh ingredients that are exciting to go in.

What is your favorite thing to cook at What celebrity would you like to see eathome? ing in your restaurant?

Any kind of pasta. I like to do braised I’m a big punk rock fan so I’m going to meats and stuff like that too, and breakfast say Glenn Danzig. stuff as well, like frotadas and burritos.

— Matt Ingersoll What is your favorite thing on your Roasted red pepper and black bean soup From the kitchen of Adam Mosher of Taco Beyondo in Hillsborough

1 tablespoon garlic salt 30 ounces black beans (not drained) 16 ounces roasted red peppers (not drained) Sweat onion and garlic for 10 minutes at medium to low heat in a small amount of canola oil. Add dry ingredients, then incorporate remaining ingredients. Puree using a blender. Garnish with sour cream and cilantro.

½ yellow onion, medium dice 2 cloves garlic, rough dice ½ tablespoon ground cumin ½ tablespoon ground coriander 2 tablespoons cilantro

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Italian zucchini casserole After a long day of holiday travel, there is nothing I enjoy more than a home-cooked meal. When I walked into my parents’ house to the savory smells of this side dish last month, I was rendered ravenous.

Since my parents officially became “empty nesters” their cooking and eating habits have changed dramatically. They’ve gone from preparing meals for six or more to just the two of them, and most nights they stick to salads and quick-fix suppers. This dish is one my mom had flagged in a cookbook for when all the kids and significant others came home for the holidays.

This hearty dish is perfect for a holiday party side or a simple weeknight staple. Filled with zucchini, tomatoes, onions and herbs, this casserole is vegetarian-friendly and can easily be made vegan if you’re suddenly cooking for an eclectic group of herbivores and carnivores. The handful of ingredients needed are easy on the wallet and on the pantry, plus it really is a good recipe for any time of year. It’s light but filling and leaves you

with a warmth long after the last bite.

My dad made this recipe first, and I recreated it only a week later, and despite variations in our preparation, the recipe proved delicious both times. My dad, never one to follow recipes, put his own spin on the dish, shortening the sauté time and keeping the oil in the frying pan instead of dividing and draining for the different veggies.

The veggies, tomatoes, herbs and spices, and cheeses were combined with stuffing mix that added volume and some crunch to the finished dish. The basil, oregano, garlic salt and pepper blend well, and the Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses add some much-needed saltiness.

This casserole would pair well with chicken Parmesan or pasta, but it stands well on its own. It comes together in under an hour and is perfect for lazy nights or last-minute dinner parties around the holidays.

Seasoned to perfection and topped with bubbling cheese, this casserole is the perfect pantry-friendly addition to your dinner rotation. As a side or a main dish, this Italian zucchini casserole will be a hit with family year-round.

— Lauren Mifsud

Italian Zucchini Casserole Recipe adapted from Taste of Home Casseroles, Slow Cooker and Soups

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese ¾ cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

3 medium zucchini, sliced (about 6½ cups) 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, sliced 1 garlic clove, minced 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes ½ teaspoon dried basil ½ teaspoon dried oregano ½ teaspoon garlic salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 1½ cups stuffing mix

In a large skillet, cook zucchini in oil 5 or 6 minutes or until tender. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for another minute. Add the tomatoes, basil, oregano, garlic salt and pepper. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Transfer to a greased 13x9x2 baking dish. Top with the stuffing mix; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake, covered, for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove cover and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

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It was another good year for wine locally here in New Hampshire, with some new wineries opening and existing wineries adding new offerings to their lists. Plus, LaBelle Winery opened a second location in downtown Portsmouth. There are now 24 members of the New Hampshire Winery Association in Pats Peak The Roast by Henniker Brewing Company is New Hampshire. For a full list of members, bursting with great coffee flavor. Courtesy photo. visit nhwineryassociation.org.

Over the course of a year, I taste a lot of dif- Big year for beer 2017 has been a big year for beer in New ferent wines. It was tough to narrow it down to just five but here are my top picks for 2017. Hampshire and beyond, and at times, I’ve struggled to keep up. My efforts rewarded my • Frog’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon: Ahead taste buds repeatedly over the course of the of NH Wine Week 2017, I had the chance year. The craft beer movement has fostered to speak with John Williams of Frog’s Leap innovation, big flavors and tremendous variin Napa Valley, California. Then, during the ety in New Hampshire and beyond.

New Hampshire’s brew scene is on the rise Winter Wine Spectacular event, I had the opportunity to meet him in person. So when and breweries are producing exciting, flavorI tried his cabernet sauvignon, I had quite an ful beers that stand up to the best of the best in appreciation for it, having heard about his the craft beer industry.

Here are my five favorites for 2017. background and passion for winemaking.

“I get to plant these vineyards, grow these grapes, live in this beautiful place and meet • Pompadour by Resilience Brewing of people who drink my wine. It’s a pretty cool Schilling Beer Co.: Hoppy, hazy, well-balanced, packed with thing,” he said. “I am constantly hearing stories from people who drink and enjoy my flavor and fruity aromas, and coupled with minimal bitterness — this American pale ale wine. That’s pretty cool to hear.”

• Chateau Prieure-Lichine: In May, I had is perfect. A wonderful brew at any time, any the chance to attend a 2014 Bordeaux release place. If I had to choose a beer of the year, this tasting offered by the New Hampshire Liquor would be it. and Wine Outlets. Guillaume Touton from • RVP by Great North Aleworks: The RVP (Robust Vanilla Porter) has been Touton Selections gave us some background on the Bordeaux region and then we had the a signature beer of Great North Aleworks for opportunity to taste some wines from the some time. The brew is smooth and flavorful, 2014 vintage. This was my favorite wine of featuring pleasingly rich notes of coffee, dark the night, made of 65 percent cabernet sau- chocolate and vanilla — in a package that’s vignon, 30 percent merlot and 5 percent petit not too heavy. Enjoy this by the fire.

• The Roast, Henniker Brewing Co.: verdot.

The upfront coffee blast is tremendous; • Domaine Le Pivé Rosé Gris: In June, while attending an Italian Wine & Rosé event, I coffee lovers rejoice. Rich and malty, this stopped at the Perfecta Wine Company table brew is extremely well-balanced and smooth. with only rosés at it and tried a few sips of A perfect wintertime stout. I wouldn’t comseveral for comparison. Just when I thought plain if Henniker Brewing Co. made this a I had found my favorite, I tried another that year-round offering.

I liked. This one ended up being my favor- • Full Clip, Stoneface Brewing Co.: The quintessential New England-style IPA: ite at the table.

• Angeline Reserve Pinot Noir: I kind of bold, hazy, juicy and delicious. This style of stumbled upon this wine after selecting off IPA is becoming more and more prevalent, the wine list at the Barley House in Concord. but this is an example of all that is good in I typically like pinot noir anyway, but ended this style. up liking this one better than the other, more • Burn the Ships, Able Ebenezer Brewing Co.: Complex, hoppy and remarkably easy to expensive pinot noir on the list. drink.

This is a smoked IPA, which sounds • Z. Alexander Brown Uncaged Red Blend: Zac Brown proves that musicians can offer intimidating but is definitely not. You can good wines with this red wine blend. I have yet to pick up some subtle smoky notes that only find the grapes in it, but find it bold and smooth. add to the complexity of this interesting brew.

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Fine, then, let’s get weird. Forewarned that this band was from New York and included a Blue Man Group drummer and Swans guitarist Bill Bronson, I knew this thing was going to be trippy, but I honestly didn’t expect it to be better than anything I’ve heard from Jarboe, not that I’m a completist of her work, and no, she’s not on here. The primal rhythms from the Blue Man guy are what draws in the listener; the honking, abstract, Mingus-informed sax of Yo La Tengo’s Daniel Carter keep your brain at arm’s length; Bronson’s grungy-muddy lines add eeriness, and then there’s singer Jane LeCroy, who, when she’s not mumbling gestalt about “are you getting madder?” offers a sourballmouthed soprano that could pass for Leslie Feist. As with anything of this sort, I’m not huge on the skronky beatnik stream-of-consciousness presented, but the slapdash post-fusion of the overall sound can be irresistible.

A- — Eric W. Saeger Miguel, War & Leisure (RCA Records)

It may look a bit staid to note that this R&B crooner’s an RCA product, but that’s only because Jive Records went the way of the Prince cassette a few years ago; that’s where Miguel was before, shimmying and electrofritzing his way toward the figure he cuts now, a tacit successor to Prince, or, more to the point, Babyface. The latest Hot Guy With the Right Dreads, this mononymed L.A. star’s bubblegum appeal has been sharpened for this release, or maybe that’d be fuzzed up, with mountainous reverb making his sweet voice and his guitarist’s glow even more than it had previously. Rick Ross and sloppy, big-ass Death Grips-style drums help opening track “Criminal” announce that this kid isn’t just a boy-toy, but then we’re on to the real business with initial single “Sky Walker,” a faultless, harmless 1980s-tinged confection about partying at mansions. Pandering, yes, but he also pays tribute to his artistic path-beater Prince in the effect’s riddled “Pineapple Skies.” A — Eric W. Saeger

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• Dec. 29 is the next date for new releases, meaning there basically aren’t any. It’s the toughest day of the year for CD reviewers, like being a lifeguard at an ice-skating rink: Nothing’s really happening except for some crazy people putting out albums just so I can wonder about them, which usually makes readers switch over to the next section. But that’s OK for me; even obscure metal bands deserve a little time in the sun, and that’s what I do around here, shed bright, glaring, stark light on those who deserve it most!

• Let’s start with Nortt, the Danish one-man extreme-doommetal band, with his first effort in nine years, titled Endeligt! This word translates to “finally” on Google translate, but one blogger assumes it actually translates to “final,” and that works for me. The first single is called “Hedengangen,” which probably translates to something like “Beelzebub’s Twitter account” or whatever, but I’m feeling too fat to run off to Google and see what it really means in Swedish Chef language. And besides, the song starts off with cheesy keyboards that sound like they came from the first Friday the 13th movie in the late 1700s, and then a stupid cheesy guitar comes in, sounding like it was miked through a toaster placed in a toilet, literally, and then the guy starts growling really slowly, like one of those mud-slime demons that aren’t really scary, seeing as how you could just run away from them.

Like, honestly, who would be stupid enough to get killed by The Blob or The Kurt Russell Thing, you know? Who in their right mind would ever ... oh, let’s just move on and get away from this album as fast as we can.

• Uh oh, it’s Daniel Munoz, everyone! That’s right, a new Daniel Munoz album is almost here! Who’s Daniel Munoz? I don’t know — I thought you knew. The new album is called Until Next Time, and it is due out Dec. 29. Actually, come to find out, right, there are two Daniel Munozes. One is a Chilean actor who sings, and the other guy won a TV talent show in Germany. There’s some snippets I just found, and we’ll unravel this tantalizing, mind-blowing mystery in a second. Wait, there’s pub cheese on my mouse … there, it’s gone. OK, spoiler alert, it’s probably neither of them. It appears to be some 14-year-old boy who sings like Justin Bieber. There are girls, a ghetto and new clothes from the mall. And plus, there’s autotune on the voice. I’d probably like it a lot if I could just learn to appreciate horrifically contrived music with no hooks.

• Finally we have Juicy J, with the new album Rubba Band Business: The Album. There have been like three of these “Trapa-holic” mixtapes already, but this one starts off with a bunch of Tech-9 smack-talk about doing things that would get these guys taken to reform school. Lots of underground-ish OG-leaning trap, meaning it has a shelf-life of maybe three years before all the comments on this YouTube consist of 24-year-olds saying “Man, where did the time go?” — Eric W. Saeger

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On a snowy New Year’s Day in 2008, Hudson author Diana Rubino sat on her couch pondering what to write next. She already had 15 historical romance novels to her name, but she wanted to take her love of history to the next level in her writing. A biographical novel was just the thing. She thought about historical figures that interested her and landed on U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton.

“I’m such a history buff and have always been interested in American history,” Rubino said, “and I just decided that I wanted to start writing about the real people of that time instead of making stuff up.”

Over the next 10 years, Rubino wrote Sharing Hamilton and three other biographical novels: Eliza Jumel Burr, Vice Queen of the United States, about the last wife of the third vice president of the U.S., Aaron Burr; Oney - My Escape from Slavery, about Oney Judge, the first U.S. first lady and Martha Washington’s slave; and one about 19th-century U.S. author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Sharing Hamilton was released first, in October. It centers on the story of Hamilton and his young mistress Maria Reynolds in what became known as “The Reynolds Affair.” Maria’s con artist husband James was fully aware of the affair and used that knowledge to extort hush money from Hamilton under the threat of ruining his reputation.

“It was the country’s first sex scandal,” Rubino said. “Hamilton was like the Bill Clinton of his time, which I found fascinating.”

While researching Hamilton for the book, she became even more intrigued by Aaron Burr, Hamilton’s opponent in the famous Burr-Hamilton duel. That led her to research

Burr’s last wife, Eliza Jumel Burr, who became the subject of Rubino’s second biographical novel, Eliza Jumel Burr, Vice Queen of the United States, released in November. It tells Eliza’s rags-to-riches story, in which she went from begging in the streets to marrying a wealthy wine merchant, Stephen Jumel. It also follows her long-term on-and-off love affair with Burr, culminating with her marriage to him at age 56.

For her third biographical novel, Rubino wanted to write about Martha Washington, but once again she was pulled in a different direction.

“I wanted the narrator to be someone other than Martha, like a niece or a granddaughter,” she said. “Then, one day, it hit me like lightning: Oney Judge, Martha’s favorite slave. So it turned into a book that was not about Martha, but about Oney’s character.”

Not only was Oney’s story captivating, but it also had a New Hampshire tie. Despite the Washingtons’ treating her well, Oney always dreamed of being free. With the help of free blacks in the Philadelphia area, she escaped and relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, then to Greenland, New Hampshire, where she started her new life as a free woman.

Rubino’s fourth biographical novel, For the Love of Hawthorne, follows Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family’s connection to the Salem witch trials. It comes out next year.

While the books are largely based on historical fact, there are a few 36 Diana Rubino Rubino’s books are available online through Amazon and Barnes & Noble and may be in stock at some local bookstores. For more information, visit dianarubino.com.

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A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline You won’t find a typical happy ending in this carefully researched and well-documented book. Instead you’ll see the unfolding of the human condition in its rawest form. Although some people may find this to be an unbearably sad story, A Piece of the World is ultimately

about perseverance, strength, and grace in the face of debilitation. This book will make you pause. It might even make you think differently about those who are confined because of disease or handicap. In the end, Baker Kline seamlessly blends fact with fiction resulting in a story that will forever be remembered every time you come across Christina’s World again.

but in the end it retains the Crichton stamp of authenticity. There is no doubt who wrote this book. It is pure Crichton.

It’s Not Yet Dark by Simon Fitzmaurice The inspirational grace and power that radiate from this small book are astounding.

It’s a story that you will think about many times in your life when you are presented with a difficulty. What will you do? Where Lincoln in the Bardo by is your breaking point? When is enough George Saunders enough? And are you grateful for what you Saunders is not new to cre- already have? Simply put: Everyone, absoative methods of writing (just lutely everyone should read this book. check out his extensive library The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs of short stories), nor is he new Eventually Riggs turns from the importo the subject of the supernatural or paranormal. He tance of treatment of her cancer to the definitely took a bold step (and, importance of her family. Even though her let’s face it, a big chance) with spine and body are riddled with cancer, she this book. It won’t be the book for every- goes on vacation with her husband. She snugone, but if you’re willing to take a step into gles with her sons. She worries when she gets the unknown, if you’re willing to put critical a call about one of them acting out. She wonthinking aside in order to allow a fictional sto- ders if they will remember her after she dies. ry to wash over you during its telling, then I And Riggs writes down how she feels. Thank assure you, you won’t be disappointed with god she writes, because the gift that she leaves behind to the world is a guidebook for those Lincoln in the Bardo. going forward who might want to also navigate their way toward the edge of death in a Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton This book is not heavy literature. It’s a meaningful and satisfying way. great tale by a first-rate storyteller, a guy who What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton understood pacing, plot, dialog and action, an What Happened is a fascinating first-hand author who contributed much to our imagination and who helps to keep our imagination account of what went on behind the scenes of alive long after he is not. It does seem a little the last presidential election. It’s important to strange to have a book published by an author remember that while it is a piece of the puzzle who has been dead for nine years, but it turns in trying to figure out what happened during out that Dragon Teeth was a work in prog- the campaign, it is, after all, only one womress — a passion mixed with action that had an’s, one candidate’s, view. Having said that, stalled and was later discovered by Crichton’s though, it’s an immensely important piece of wife. As a result, there were probably a few our history that needs to be heard so that whathands involved in this novel’s production, ever it was that happened won’t happen again.

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— Jennifer Graham • Call Me Zebra by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi (Feb. 6) Book lovers, take note: This novel follows a book-loving young woman as she searches for answers on a quixotic journey.

— Wendy E.N. Thomas • The Friend by Sigrid Nunez (Feb. 6) A woman inherits a Great Dane after her best friend dies unexpectedly. Together they will help each other deal with the loss of friend and master.

— Wendy E.N. Thomas • The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (Feb. 6) A family in crisis moves to Alaska in 1974 to live off the grid. Hannah’s last book, The Nightingale, was so engrossing and beautifully written that I’ve been eagerly awaiting this

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next book. Now that I’ve read the plot summary, I’m even more intrigued. — Meghan Siegler • I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell (Feb. 6) A recounting of the author’s true near-brushes with death, written for her daughter, who lives with an autoimmune disease. — Wendy E.N. Thomas • Unbelievable by John Shelby Spong (Feb. 13) Billed as the last book from the ever controversial Bishop of Newark, Spong promises to deliver a vision of Christianity that can endure.

— Jennifer Graham • White Houses by Amy Bloom (Feb. 13) The new novel from the author of Away and Lucky Us, about a young woman who falls in love with Eleanor Roosevelt while reporting on FDR’s presidential campaign. — Wendy E.N. Thomas • Sunburn by Laura Lippman (Feb. 20) Lippman’s latest is racking up starred reviews

left and right. It’s about two strangers who meet at a bar and become dangerously ensnared in each others lives. But who is the cat and who is the mouse? — Wendy E.N. Thomas • I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, by Michelle McNamara (Feb. 27) In an interview on Fresh Air, comedian Patton Oswalt recently described McNamara, his wife who died suddenly in 2016, as something of a superhero, caring for the family by day and investigating a serial killer and rapist active in California in the 1970s and 1980s from her desk at night. While true crime isn’t normally my go-to genre, I’m interested in learning more about McNarmara’s search. — Amy Diaz • Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Thames (March 6) Blogger moves to Vermont woods and retires at 32. — Jennifer Graham

Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Erica Armstrong Dunbar was doing research on 19th-century black women in Philadelphia when she noticed an ad in period newspaper offering a $10 reward for the return of a 20-year-old “absconded from the household of the President of the United States.” She later discovered the identity of the runaway slave, Ona Judge, who found an uneasy safety in New Hampshire. Dunbar then wrote this gripping tale that challenges the popular concept of George and Martha Washington as benevolent masters.

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel For 27 years, a man known as the “North Pond hermit” lived alone in a makeshift camp in the Maine woods, stealing from local cabins when he needed supplies. When Christopher Knight was captured, his story caught the attention of Michael Finkel, a Montana writer who reached out and pieced together the story through written correspondence and in-person interviews. It’s a fascinating story, made even more interesting by the ethical questions raised: Was Knight a loner or just a commonplace thief?

Vote First or Die by Scott Conroy Political reporter Scott Conroy covered the 2016 election and then basically wrote a Yelp review of the entire Granite State. He explains why it’s right that New Hampshire votes first, while weighing in on everything from the Mountain View Grand Resort to the Errol Motel to Popovers on the Square. This belongs on every bookshelf in the state.

Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami If you’d been intimidated by Haruki Murakami, a Japanese writer so popular that fans camp out overnight for his new releases, this collection of short stories is a good place to dive in. “Samsa in Love” is the best of these seven stories; it’s a clever imagining of the morning that Gregor Samsa, of Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” turns from a cockroach to a human.

Good Naked by Joni B. Cole If you’ve ever had a Great Idea that, after years of neglect, has started to glower at you like a feral pig, Vermont writing coach Joni B. Cole can get you going, and you don’t have to be a writer to benefit from her advice.

She’ll help you get unstuck with any sort of creative work or project, with memorable advice like “just touch the plane.”

Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta The Massachusetts-based author of Little Children and Election is back with another biting commentary on modern existence in the suburbs and the endless struggle to adapt to changing mores. A MILF’s mind-expanding adventures and temptations, and her college-

age son’s refusal to mature, are wrapped into a cultural burrito of gender confusion and rapidly changing expectations of aging and sexuality. Loads of fun, but not for prudes.

The Best of Us by Joyce Maynard New Hampshire native Joyce Maynard has been writing about her life since was a teen. She found fresh fodder when her new husband, Jim Barringer, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a year after their wedding and died in their bed 19 months later. The book is a compelling account about what it’s like to love someone through a terminal illness — or any crushing hardship, really — and come out whole at the end. They lived in California for most of the tale, but there’s plenty of New Hampshire in here.

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Electricity and the modern rhythms of life have robbed us of our ancestors’ healthful habit of going to bed soon after dark and staying asleep until dawn, and we’re sicker because of it. A neuroscience professor at the University of California, Berkeley, the author wants this book to be a catalyst for societal change in how we view sleep: from a comatose state desired only by the lazy, to a powerful treatment for everything that ails of it. You’ll go to bed earlier after reading this, guaranteed.

Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean The author died of melanoma in 2017, but left an enduring legacy in the 12 funniest Christmas stories you’ll ever read. You will recognize everyone in the neighborhood, from the woman who poaches scallops in saffron so they’ll match her Christmas tree to the hapless father who realized at 3 a.m. on Christmas that he neglected to buy the turkey.

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• Get reading: Concord Public Library (45 Green St., Concord) launches its Winter Reading program on Wednesday, Jan. 3. Participants will receive a bingo card with challenges designed to broaden and diversify their reading. Complete as many challenges as you can throughout the eight-week program for a chance to win one of the many prizes. It’s open to adults and teens ages 12 and up. Visit onconcord.com or call 225-8670. The Hollis Social Library (2 Monument Square, Hollis) begins its inaugural Adult Winter Reading Challenge on Monday, Jan. 1, to encourage people to explore reading outside of the authors and genres they typically read. For each challenge you complete, earn a raffle ticket. Raffles will be held each week, with prizes like a lottery ticket grab bag, an adult coloring kit, a Starbucks gift card and more. Receive a “Beat the Winter Blues” Goody Bag just for signing up. Visit hollislibrary.org or call 465-7721.

• War story: Alex Myers will be at the Exeter Historical Society (47 Front St., Exeter) on Tuesday, Jan. 2, from 7 to 8 p.m., presenting his novel Revolutionary. Myers will discuss how he researched the story of his ancestor Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man and fought for over a year in the American Revolutionary War, and how he wove history and fiction together in the book. Refreshments will be serviced.

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33 embellishments, such as a subplot about a serial killer in Sharing Hamilton.

“That’s where the fiction part comes in,” Rubino said. “Every once in a while, you have to stray from the historical record and stretch the truth a bit to add some oomph to the book, but they’re still about real people and based on facts.”

To research the subjects for her books, Rubino starts by checking out related materials at local libraries and finding information online. Then, she looks at the bibliographies of those resources to expand her search. In some cases, she reaches out to historians who can give her a more complete picture of the person or event she’s researching.

Books Author Events • FRANCISCO CANTU Author reads from his forthcoming book, The Line Becomes a River. Sun., Jan. 7, 7 to 9 p.m. NHIA, 148 Concord St. , Manchester. Visit nhia.edu.

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• TY GAGNE Author presents Where You’ll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova. Thurs., Jan. 11, 7 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Visit nashualibrary.org.

• JOE HILL Author presents Strange Weather: Four Short Novels. Fri., Jan. 12, 7 p.m. The Music Hall Loft , 131 Congress St. , Portsmouth . Visit themusichall.org.

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The Oney Judge book was a bit tricky; while there is plenty of information about Oney’s time as a slave, records of her time in New Hampshire are scarce. Rubino reached out to the Greenland library, which directed her to a woman’s master’s thesis that included research done about Oney’s life after slavery.

“It was the only resource I could find, but it worked out great,” she said. “I’m very grateful to [the author] for writing that thesis. Otherwise, I would have had to make that part up and write it as fiction.”

Rubino has plans to write another biographical novel, which she said will most likely be about Susan B. Anthony.

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It wasn’t a perfect movie but it was a very enjoyable movie I was delighted to watch.

In 2017, I said something like that about several big-budget movies. Sure, there were also some not so great superhero films (count me as “eh” on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), some unnecessary sequels (just stop, Pirates of the Caribbean movies) and some total stinker attempts at those expanded cinematic universes everybody wants (poor The Mummy and its thus far unloveable Dark Universe). But in the popcorn movie world, there were some truly enjoyable entries.

With the usual caveats about all the things I haven’t seen (including, among the much-lauded year-end releases, Darkest Hour; Call Me By Your Name; The Shape of Water; I, Tonya; Downsizing; The Post; Molly’s Game; The Phantom Thread, and All The Money in the World) here are the movies I’ve enjoyed the most in 2017, and a few I’ll be happy to forget about entirely.

• Good movies I probably can’t bring myself to watch again: If you haven’t seen The Florida Project, Thank You For Your Service and Wind River, I definitely urge you to do it. The Florida Project is both stark and joyous in its look at the precarious existence of a young girl and her mom living in an Orlando motel. Wind River follows the investigation of a crime Lady Bird. on an Indian Reservation and the deep sorrow of parents who lose children. I found myself thinking about Thank You For Your Service for days after I saw this movie about soldiers returning home and attempting, despite the traumas they suffered and with little help from their government, to fit back in to their civilian lives. Honorable mentions go to Mudbound, a look at post-World-War II Mississippi and especially the deep injustice suffered by returning African-American soldiers, and Detroit, an imperfect but relevant movie about the 1967 riots in Detroit featuring some strong performances. Solid movies all — and all good enough at putting you in the characters’ harrowing situations that I’m not sure I can bring myself to revisit these stories. But they’re definitely worth seeing once!

• Worth their buzz: I did not think Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk was the biggest bestest war movie but it does a lot of interesting things with how it puts you the viewer in the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk. And I’m always up for a Mark Rylance performance. Battle of the Sexes, about the Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs tennis match in 1973, also has some

fine performances, most notably Steve Carell me. It felt silly and Split felt like it wanted credas huckster Riggs, Emma Stone’s King, who it for cinematic fanciness when it was really publicly struggles with sexism and privately just another excuse to torture female characters comes to terms with her attraction to women, without giving them agency or depth.

• But I did like some horror: In addition and New Hampshire’s own Sarah Silverman, who is a jolt of awesome energy every time to the aforementioned Annabelle movie and she’s on screen. The Big Sick, based on the Get Out (more on that later), I had a delightreal-life romance of comedian Kumail Nanji- ful time watching Happy Death Day, which did give its stereotypical horror ani and his wife Emily V. Gordon, movie victim (a blonde sorority is also chock full of good acting girl) lots of depth, personality and work (Nanjiani, Holly Hunter, Ray agency.

Romano) and smart insights about • The kids (movies) are romance, marriage and family.

• And when you have the time: alright: I did not love Pixar’s Check out Wasted: The Story of Coco, but there were plenty of Food Waste, a documentary feakids’ movies that were, to my turing Anthony Bourdain that will mind, good even if they weren’t give you fun, at times nerdy (but Get Out. great. I gave Bs (some with pluses not scoldy) insight. Professor Maror minuses) to Smurfs: The Lost ston and the Wonder Women is best at the parts Village (the least annoying Smurfs movie in that don’t directly involve the titular profes- recent memory!), the The LEGO Ninjago sor and creator of the Wonder Woman comic, Movie, the even better The LEGO Batman namely a sweet romance between the two Movie and the joyful Captain Underpants: women in his life and a look at the difficulties The First Epic Movie. The Boss Baby sticks talented women faced being taken seriously out as a movie that was fun entertainment in the early and mid 20th century. American and had a little more going on (the way oldMade, a bubbly look at the CIA’s arming of er siblings deal, and don’t, with the arrival of the Contras in the 1970s and 1980s, an attention-stealing baby). is a great reminder of why Tom • Not mad, just disappointed: Based on Cruise is a movie star (and anoth- source material or talent or trailers, severer example of Domhnall Gleeson’s al movies this year had potential for, if not talent for playing villains). Baby greatness, pretty-goodness but fell short for Driver may suffer from its Kev- a variety of reasons, including doing nothing in Spacey association but writer/ interesting or innovative with well-known director Edgar Wright has creat- property (Murder on the Orient Express and ed a delightful blend of music, car Beauty and the Beast), assembling a strong chases and romance, starring Ansel cast and a decent premise but then failing to Elgort and Lily James. create laughs (Baywatch, The House), being • Don’t waste your time: Based on nom- a pretty-looking mess (Atomic Blonde) and inations for the Golden Globes and SAG lacking focus (Marshall). And then there’s Awards, Oscar completists may find them- Justice League, which I didn’t hate, I guess, selves moved to watch Three Billboards but which didn’t live up to any of the promOutside Ebbing, Missouri, a movie that isn’t ise shown in Wonder Woman. nearly smart or careful enough with its tale • But if you want to be mad: Just Getof a grieving mother and her battle with the ting Started and Home Again both appeared local police department, and Roman J. Isra- to be pandering to their audiences (seniors el, Esq., a movie that is really just a and ladies, respectively) without decent Denzel Washington perforactually telling a relatable story mance surrounded by a bunch of or even offering decent escapconfused plot bits. Not an awards ism. Of all this year’s sequels, junkie? You can skip these.

Jigsaw, a stab at reviving the Saw • Moments of kooky fun: franchise, felt the most unnecesAnnabelle: Creation is a sursary. Geostorm should have been prisingly, if unevenly, fun a magnificent swirl of junk food continuation of the spin-off series disaster movie nonsense but it based on that creepy doll from Wonder Woman. wasn’t nearly as fun or funny as The Conjuring. Gothic weirdness it could have been. As mentioned, makes My Cousin Rachel and Sofia Coppo- The Mummy was, to quote my review, “a la’s The Beguiled worth a watch for those dumb movie that makes me pre-exhausted looking for a little hoop-skirt-wearing mad- for all the dumb sequels it could potentially ness on some lazy day on the sofa. spawn.” And then there’s bewilderingly ter• I did not like these movies: Horror movies rible frozen-north crime story The Snowman.

It and Split received much praise, but not from • The “What the Heck Is This”-iest

movie of 2017: Mother! (or technically, I believe, mother!) is a lost-and-found box of total insanity from Darren Aronofsky featuring Bible stuff and environmental stuff and maybe something about marriage and God knows (or is it Satan?) what else. Having said that, I agree with the critic on some podcast (the Slate Spoiler Special, I believe) who pointed out that all this artsy nonsense spawned some fun think pieces and podcast discussions about what the movie means.

One thing I don’t think I heard or read anybody comment on: is “mother!” even a noun or a verb? Discuss!

• My favorite movies of 2017: Near the end of Logan Lucky, someone describes this West-Virginia-set low-key comedy heist as “Ocean’s 7-Eleven,” which perfectly sums up this entertaining movie starring Channing Tatum and Adam Driver.

I can’t remember the last time I laughed at a movie as hard as I laughed at The Disaster Artist, starring Francos James and Dave, and I’ve never even seen The Room, the cult classic movie it’s about.

If you want serious movies about war, civil society, life regrets and sacrifice look no further than War for the Planet of the Apes and Logan, which, yes, is about Wolverine from X-Men. For reals! These movies prove that movies slapped with the “sci-fi” and “comic book” labels can tell smart stories with great performances (from Andy Serkis, of course, in Apes and from Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart in Logan).

Spider-Man: Homecoming proved that sometimes the best thing you can do 38 Coming in 2018 I gave a giddy little “weee!” when I first saw the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, scheduled for release May 4, 2018. Here are a few other things I’m looking forward to in the first half of next year: • Black Panther (Feb. 16) First introduced in Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) gets his own movie.

• Early Man (Feb. 16) Another animated adventure from Aardman Animations (of Wallace & Gromit fame).

• A Wrinkle in Time (March 9) The trailers for this Ava DuVernay-directed adaption of the popular kid’s book have set the bar very high.

• Ready Player One (March 30) This movie from Steven Speilberg looks futuristic and nostalgic at the same time.

• Overboard (April 20) I am intrigued by this remake of the 1987 movie featuring Ana Faris in the Kurt Russell role, Eugenio Derbez in the Goldie Hawn role and Eva Longoria playing Faris’ friend.

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Of course, you can also keep a franchise going by ignoring expectations entirely as some parts of the internet apparently believe Star Wars: The Last Jedi does. I personally think the “anything can happen” realignment of the story is exactly what this saga needs to stay fresh and exciting and the movie had lots of boisterous fun along with surprisingly strong character and relationship development.

• Very favorite, honorable mention: I’ll let Get Out, Jordan Peele’s excellent, hilarious, thoughtful horror movie from early in

the year, and Thor: Ragnarok, the (finally) super fun Thor/Marvel Cinematic Universe movie from late in the year, share the thirdplace position on my list of favorites. Both movies were a great time.

• Second favorite but most perfect: Greta Gerwig, writer and director of Lady Bird, has crafted a perfect movie. Everything about this tale of a girl in her final year of Catholic school — performances, writing, camera work, music, pacing, emotion, mother-daughter relationship — is exactly right for the moment and flawless.

• My most favorite movie: Wonder Woman was not the most perfect movie of 2017; it has flaws. But I was delighted to watch it, delighted by what it did with the story and delighted by the character director Patty Jenkins and actress Gal Gadot created.

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For the record: I have never seen the 1995 Robin Williams-starring Jumanji. As it came in the middle of Williams’ Mrs. Doubtfire/ Patch Adams years, I have never been able to bring myself to watch it but that didn’t get in my way of enjoying this movie.

Geeky Spencer (Alex Wolff) gets detention for writing school papers for childhood friend Fridge (Ser’Darius Blain), who needed the help to stay on the football team. In addition to his detention, Fridge also finds himself kicked off the team. Popular Bethany (Madison Iseman) gets detention for video chatting about her boyfriend drama during a class quiz. Loner Martha (Morgan Turner) gets detention for mouthing off to her gym teacher.

As part of detention, the four must clean out a storage room where they happen upon a ye olden (the 1990s) video game. The kids decide to play to pass the time and pick their avatars only to find themselves sucked into the equally ancient non-flatscreen TV. Inside the game, they are in a jungle. Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) is now a muscle-y badass who looks like The Rock. The suddenly shorter Fridge (Kevin Hart) learns that his character’s main job is to carry Spencer’s character’s weapons. Martha (Karen Gillan) is a martial arts expert who is inconveniently scantily dressed for a mosquito-filled jungle.

Bethany (Jack Black) didn’t consider that her character’s name, “Shelly,” might be short for “Sheldon” but learns that she can read maps pretty well.

As an in-game guide explains, the char-

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The foursome must pass through a series of challenges to return the jewel but, as in any good video game, they have a limited number of lives with which they can succumb to the game’s various dangers: gunmen on motorcycle, man-eating hippos, venomous snakes, cake.

I try to be open-minded when I go to movies, even the ones that look not so hot, but I’ll admit I feared this one would be painful.

Maybe low expectations helped! Or maybe the very solid cast doing good comic work and a story that leaned in to its follow-thepuzzle format is just a very decent movie.

In last week’s Ferdinand review, I mentioned how John Cena, who voiced the gentle bull, was doing The Rock duty. Johnson is essentially playing a variation on the Ferdinand-type here — a guy with enormous arm muscles and an ability to smolder and yet who has to remind himself “don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry” during a scary moment.

Johnson’s comic skills have always been pretty sharp and they are well-matched to this character. Likewise, Jack Black’s silliness, channeled into the idea of a diva-ish (but not total airhead) popular girl, works really well. Hart does a good job connecting his physical comedy to what’s happening to Fridge (being benched) back in the real world. Gillan is equally convincing as a girl not sure what to make of her avatar’s sexedup appearance (while also allowing the movie to slip in a few bits of commentary about the silliness of such characters’ dress and presentation).

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P.T. Barnum tries to earn his fortune by presenting fantastical sights and astounding feats in The Greatest Showman, the “Feejee mermaid” of musicals.

The Feejee mermaid, which, yes, I first heard about on The X-Files, was, according to Wikipedia, the upper body of a (dead) monkey sewn to the tail of a fish and exhibited at 19th-century sideshows. This doesn’t sound particularly convincing but then neither is this movie, which sewed the goodwill I have toward Hugh Jackman onto the body of a lackluster musical.

After enduring a childhood of poverty and musical narration, adult P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) marries the rich girl he’s always loved, Charity (Michelle Williams).

To give her the high life he promised her but that she doesn’t care about, Barnum cons a bank into loaning him money for a museum, which he fills with wax figures and other entertaining bric-a-brac.

When that fails to bring in the crowds, he finds people with atypical appearances — a bearded lady (Keala Settle), a man of short stature he bills as General Tom Thumb (Sam Humphrey) — and acts such as the brother-and-sister acrobat team of WD Wheeler (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and Anne Wheeler (Zendaya). This brings in the crowds as well as the world’s most ridiculously stagey protesters.

Seeking even more fame and some respectability, Barnum takes on a junior partner in upper-class playwright Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron), whose whole character seems to be based on the idea that it would be good to have Zac Efron in this movie.

Because why have Efron if you can’t have him sing a love song, Carlyle falls for Anne.

Barnum also bankrolls a nationwide tour of Jenny Lind (Rebecca Ferguson), a singer famous in Europe. Her uninspired pop ballads will bring in the one-percenters, I guess Barnum thinks, and he decides to tour with her, even though it means he has to leave his young daughters at home to listen to their mom sadly sing about his absence.

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Baz Luhrmann and how much more interesting this movie could have been if somebody with his go-big, be-nuts aesthetic had made it. If ever a movie begged for some craziness — visually, with the storytelling, with the musical choices — it would seem to be a movie about the circus and a man who made his name presenting spectacle. But The Greatest Showman is everything it says its subject wasn’t: safe, unoriginal and boring.

Two fun moments of choreography stick out, both involving Zac Efron. In the scene where Barnum tries to get Carlyle to join him, the men do a little conversational singing and choreographed drinking and dancing in a bar. Also, a duet between Efron and Zendaya has some nicely romantic elements, with a significant amount of their dancing taking place in air.

The rest of the musical moments feel like they involve someone standing and singing, walking determinedly and singing or Michelle Williams spinning around like she just saw La La Land. It is the kind of movie that repeats how dazzling everything we’re watching is supposed to be without ever dazzling us.

I also feel like it’s a movie that Hugh Jackman really enjoyed doing. At least, he’s into the singing and dancing; with the acting it feels like he was fulfilling the stage direction — Look awed! Look crestfallen! — without really putting the moment in the context of his character. Everybody else gave off the vague sense of having built their character primarily on costume and wig, with the occasional exception of Efron, who also seems to have moments of fun.

For a movie that calls itself The Greatest Showman this very middling musical isn’t great and doesn’t put on that much of a show. C Rated PG for thematic elements including a brawl. Directed by Michael Gracey with a screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, The Greatest Showman is an hour and 45 minutes long and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox.

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RED RIVER THEATRES 11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, redrivertheatres.org • Lady Bird (R, 2017) Thurs., Dec. 28, 2:10, 5:35 and 7:35 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 29, through Mon., Jan. 1, 2, 4, 6:15 and 8:15 p.m.; and Tues., Jan. 2, through Thurs., Jan. 4, 2:10, 5:35 and 7:35 p.m.

• Darkest Hour (PG-13, 2017) Thurs., Dec. 28, 2, 5:25 and 8 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 29, through Mon., Jan. 1, 12:45, 3:25, 6:05 and 8:40 p.m.; Tues., Jan. 2, 2, 5:25 and 8 p.m.; Wed., Jan. 3, 2:05 and 5:25 p.m.; and Thurs., Jan. 4, 2:05, 5:25 and 8 p.m.

• The Shape of Water (R, 2017) Thurs., Dec. 28, 2:05, 5:30 and 8:05 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 29, through Mon., Jan. 1, 12:30, 3:10, 5:50 and 8:30 p.m.; Tues., Jan. 2, and Thurs., Jan. 4, 2:05, 5:30 and 8:05 p.m.; and Wed., Jan. 3, 2:05 and 8:05 p.m.

• Voices in the Dark (NR, 2017) Wed., Jan. 3, 6 p.m. ​ WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • Lady Bird (R, 2017) Thurs., Dec. 21, through Thurs., Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 31, 2 and 4:30 p.m.

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (R, 2017) Thurs., Dec. 28, through Thurs., Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 31, 2 and 4:30 p.m.

• Now, Voyager (1942) Sat., Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.

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MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550; West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 6246560, manchester.lib.nh.us • Dunkirk (PG-13, 2017) Thurs., Dec. 28, 6:15 p.m.

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• Mountain Between Us (PG13, 2017) Tues., Jan. 2, 6:30 p.m.

THE MUSIC HALL Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org • Battle of the Sexes (PG-13, 2017) Thurs., Dec. 28, 7 p.m.

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NITE Look back smiling Local music news & events

2017 a good year for music and comedy

By Michael Witthaus

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• Dynamic duo: Kicking off four straight nights of music, Green Heron performs rootsy acoustic folk with Will Hatch sharing the stage. Though the name sounds like a bird, it’s actually a play on the last names of Scott Heron and Betsy Green, both members of Opined Few. They play guitar, fiddle and banjo and harmonize wonderfully on old-timey songs like “Rye Whiskey.” Go Thursday, Dec. 28, 9 p.m., Penuche’s Ale House, Bicentennial Square, Concord. See greenheronmusic.com.

• Last Laugh: Beloved funny man Juston McKinney says goodbye to 2017 with two Year in Review shows. A mix of McKinney’s characteristic slice-of-life comedy, wry takes on our weird world and a look back at the year, the event has become a tradition for the comic. Go Friday, Dec. 29, and Saturday, Dec. 30, 8 p.m., The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Tickets are $26 at themusichall.com.

• Up and down: Rock music reigns with People Like You and Towns, the latter band offering a unique hybrid of rock and soul, on the first floor of a Nashua restaurant-bar, while hip-hop happens in the basement, as Mike Wing, Phive6, ETS and De Von share the mike. Both are free shows and a great way to pregame your New Year’s Eve party or just avoid the crowds and call it a year a day early.

Go Saturday, Dec. 30, 10 p.m., Fody’s Great American Tavern, 9 Clinton St., Nashua. See fodystavern.com.

• Junk lang syne: With 10 Manchester shows in four days, Recycled Percussion is back in a big way. Banging trash cans, playing power tools and shredding in kinetic chaos, they always make their act fun. Formed in the mid-’90s at Goffstown High School, the group always returns to its roots for the holiday season. Friday, Dec. 29, through Monday, Jan. 1, with three New Year’s Eve performances at noon, 4 and 7:30 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets $34.50. See palacetheatre.org for more showtimes.

• Laugh it in: Enjoy a funny start to 2018 with Jay Chanoine topping a triple bill that includes Jere Pilapil, an alt comic who’s been featured on NPR’s Stories to Scenes, Nerdist Podcast Network and the Thunderfest Comedy Festival. Also appearing is Laura Merli, a New York standup known for her How to Be Less Awkward podcast. As with most nights, admission is free. Go Wednesday, Jan. 3, 9 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. See facebook.com/shaskeencomedy.

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Forget all about the craziness roiling in the world — live music had a terrific 2017.

Regionally, the year began and ended with venue news. Tupelo Music Hall opened ahead of schedule in March, at its new location in Derry. It bade farewell to the venerable Londonderry abode with some great shows, including sold-out nights from hardcore troubadour Steve Earle, Geoff Tate and local light Anna Madsen.

New Tupelo premiered with Puddle of Mudd, Saving Abel and Tantric, then continued to welcome big names throughout the year. The list included Ann Wilson of Heart, Peter Frampton, Melissa Etheridge, Shawn Colvin, Don McLean and Toto. Even Dionne Warwick performed, proving that more seats means bigger acts.

Bank of NH Pavilion had a stellar 22nd year, with double dates from Eric Church, Pretty Lights, Florida Georgia Line, Eric Church and Miranda Lambert, while Luke Bryan played three straight nights and perennial favorite Zac Brown Band sold out a record four shows. But the big news came long after the final notes, when the Gilford shed announced its sale to concert giant Live Nation.

Marketing Director Marci DeCarli said founder RJ Harding views it as a validation, and stated in a Dec. 19 phone interview that the deal won’t alter fan experience.

“Their desire is not to change it ... to kind of let us do our thing,” DeCarli said. “This is a great opportunity with a global company.”

Some of the best shows in New Hampshire were more humble affairs, like the New England Roots Festival, held in late September

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in Nashua. Three sets in breathtaking succession underscored the musical prodigiousness of the region — Julie Rhodes channeled Janis Joplin, turning a cold day’s temperature up a few degrees. Then Say Darling rocked through tracks from their debut EP, giving way to Twisted Pine announcing themselves as acoustic geniuses, this decade’s Nickel Creek.

Both Rhodes and Say Darling, featuring Grammy-nominated vocalist Celia Woodsmith, will play year-end shows at Riverwalk Cafe. The Gate City listening room continues to welcome unique talent that deserves to be seen. The room’s acoustics are first rate, with terrific sightlines, cocktails and tasty finger food.

Perhaps no event summed up the vitality of the local music scene more than All Night Thing, a concert held to remember Chris Cornell at Wally’s Pub in Hampton Beach. The backstage area was a reunion and a celebration, and the chemistry onstage was exhilarating. There was a lot of love for

the late Soundgarden and Audioslave singer that night, and even more shared between the performers.

Another memorable show happened in March with the return of Kurt Baker from Spain for a short tour that stopped at Dover Brick House. Baker shared the stage with his pals, Portsmouth band The Connection. Held on a midweek night, it was sweaty, raw and raucous party, even if the decibel level led to many cases of ringing ears.

Some beloved places said goodbye, like Amoskeag Studio in Manchester and Portsmouth’s Red Door. The fate of the Press Room is still unclear; the Portsmouth club, a vital space for live music, closed in April and there’s no official word on its reopening. On the other hand, The Goat in Hampton expanded to Portsmouth, and Bonfire opened in Manchester, offering country music and a Nashville vibe. Penuche’s in Manchester moved from Hanover Street to the corner of Elm and Lowell Streets and became Penuche’s Music Hall.

Comedy continued to grow in the state, pacing the nation. Wednesday nights at Manchester’s Shaskeen Pub shone with stars like Doug Stanhope, Jenny Zigrino and JT Habersaat. Rob Steen’s Headliners added another Chunky’s Cinema to its stable. Strange Brew Tavern launched comedy open mike on Thursdays to standing room crowds. Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth debuted with some big shows, and Merrimack Biergarten introduced Ha-ha’s and Hops, a weekly event hosted by Alana Foden.

The year ahead looks equally good on that account, with Seth Meyers and Sebastian Maniscalco both due to perform in early 2018. That’s a welcome thing — we all could use a good laugh.

Ring it in

New Year’s Eve music and comedy events

By Michael Witthaus

mwitthaus@hippopress.com

There’s plenty to do this New Year’s Eve, from the low-key to the high life. Here’s a list of options across the party spectrum. Enjoy laughs, loud music, smooth jazz or just chill.

Make it a happy 2018.

• Alan’s (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631) 8:30 p.m. A welcome return from local favorite Natalie Turgeon Band, playing country, rock and pop. $10 per ticket, with a gala buffet $22.99.

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• American Legion Post No. 47 (551 Foundry St., Rollinsford, 742-5833) 7:30 p.m.Acoustic Radio plays its third annual bash, with Old Rail Pizza providing the food and a prime rib dinner special available for $20. Tickets are $12.

• American Legion Post No. 70 (169 Walton Road, Seabrook, 474-2430) 8 p.m. Ghost Riderz play classic rock and oldies, with food and party favors provided. $20 per person.

• Area 23 (State Street, Concord, 8819060) 8 p.m. At the New Year’s Eve Jam, celebrate 2018 and community in a unique way. Bring an instrument or just your voice and embrace the chaos of the season.

• Ashworth by the Sea (295 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, 926-6762) 7 p.m. Live band at 9 p.m. after dinner in the newly renovated Grand Ballroom. The event features hors d’oeuvres and cash bar reception until 8 p.m. When the ball drops, there’s a fireworks display; Champagne breakfast buffet on New Year’s Day. • Auburn Pitts (167 Rockingham Road, Auburn, 622-6564) 8 p.m. Ring in 2018 American style with the Red, White and Blues Band. Free buffet and Champagne toast at midnight; no cover.

• Backyard Brewery (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-3545) 8 p.m. Nicole

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• Flight Center (97 Main St., Nashua, 417-6184) 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball with a $100 prize to the top entry.

The “flight” in the name refers to beer, with a few barrel-aged offerings promised to properly usher in 2018.

• Flying Monkey Movie House (39 Main St., Plymouth, 536-2551) 8 p.m. Grateful Dub Night with two sets from headliners Roots of Creation with special guest Zach Nugent of Melvin Seals & JGB. $20 per ticket.

• Fody’s (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 577-9015) 6:30 p.m. Prohibition Party with throwback cocktails, food specials and live music by Joe MacDonald early followed by The Humans Being from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

• Fratello’s (155 Dow St., Manchester, 624-2022) 8 p.m. Dueling Pianos bash with dinner served. See newyearsevents.com for details.

• Fratello’s Italian Grille (194 Main St., Nashua, 889-2022) 6 p.m. Mark Huzar plays an early New Year’s Eve set.

• Fury’s Publick House (1 Washington St., Dover, 617-3633) 8 p.m. Jammy band Superfrog performs; they’ve been happily filling the air in the Northeast since 2006.

• Gary’s (38 Milton Road, Rochester, 335-4279) 8 p.m. Dance in the new year with Aunt Peg. $15 per person; two for $25. Party favors and Champagne toast at midnight, with free ride home in Rochester. Dinner specials include prime rib and chicken cordon bleu.

• Giuseppe’s (312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, 279-3313) 7 p.m. Andre Balazs featured on guitar and vocals early, DJ Ryan provides dancing music later, with party favors and midnight toast (advance tickets $10).

• Goosefeathers Pub (Mt. Sunapee Resort, Newbury, 763-3500) 5 p.m. Ring in the new year Sunapee-style, with The Pub open until 8 p.m. and fireworks beginning at 9 p.m. on Eggbeater. There will be a DJ playing music to add to the party.

• Governor’s Inn (78 Wakefield St., Rochester, 332-0107) 8 p.m. Comedy Ball with Boston comedian Carl Yard. Prime rib buffet, comedy and dancing into the new year.

Tickets are $70 including tax and gratuity.

• Gunstock Mountain Resort (719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, 293-4341) 8 p.m.

Amanda McCarthy performs, with all you can ski after 3 p.m. $60 adults, $48 for youth and seniors. Buffet dinner in the Pistol Pub at 6 p.m. followed by s’mores at the Fire Ring and midnight mountainside fireworks.

• Haluwa Lounge (100 Coliseum Ave., Nashua, 883-6662) Fatha Groove plays with a dinner buffet from 4 to 10 p.m. No cover, Champagne toast.

• Headliners (700 Elm St., Manchester, 988-3673) 7 p.m. One of the year’s 44

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• Common Man Ashland (60 Main St., Ashland, 968-7030) 6 p.m. Get the night started with Chris White solo acoustic.

• Copper Door (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677) 6 p.m. Haley & Connor Gowland play in this popular restaurant-bar.

• Copper Door (41 S Broadway, Salem, 458-2033) 6 p.m. Rick Watson is the first New Year’s Eve performer at this newly opened location.

• Country Tavern (452 Amherst St., Nashua, 889-5871) 7 p.m. Kim Riley and Tom Davis play music until 11 p.m.

• CR’s (287 Exeter Road, Hampton, 9297972) 7 p.m. Steve Sibulkin performs an early set.

• Crow’s Nest (181 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 974-1686) 8 p.m. Casual Gravity, playing covers ranging from Metallica and Iron Maiden to ’80s hair bands like Motley Crue and Poison and pop acts like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Ke$ha.

• Daniels Hall (186 Old Turnpike Road, Nottingham, 942-8525) 8 p.m. At a DJ dance party it’s a fun inexpensive night ($15) — bring your own liquor and party favors.

Includes a free buffet.

• Davignon Snowshoe Club (218 Wilson St., Manchester, 623-8239) 8 p.m. Higher Ground Band plays at this members only club.

• Curlie’s Comedy Club (12 Union St., Rochester, 507-1354) 8 p.m. Jay Grove tells jokes at his newly opened comedy-only club.

• Derryfield Country Club (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880) 7 p.m.

Mugsy rocks the party. $10 a ticket includes admission to see the band, Champagne toast at midnight and party favors.

• Dolly Shakers (38 E. Hollis St., Nashua, 577-1718) 8 p.m. Celebrate 2018 with Hiram, DJ Klow and Jay Samurai spinning hip-hop, trap, dubstep and house at the downtown Nashua restaurant-bar.

• Dolphin Striker (15 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-5222) 6 p.m. Michael Troy entertains, with a $50 three-course dinner available and a toast at midnight.

• Dover Brickhouse (2 Orchard St., Dover, 749-3838) 9 p.m. Big Time VIPs plays favorites from the last six decades at this no-cover New Year’s Eve bash.

• Ellacoya Barn (2667 Lakeshore Road, Gilford, 293-8700) 5 p.m. Paul Warnick returns; there’s a $35 four-course dinner, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. seatings.

• Falls Grill & Tavern (421 Central Ave., Dover, 749-0995) 8 p.m. Gabby Martin plays. She’s an acoustic folk-rock singer and songwriter, heavily influenced by All Sons and Daughters, Brooke Fraser and Sarah McLachlan.

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• Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001) 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve Bags & Bubbles event at $40 a person offers chocolate bags adorned with sparklers and cheers to the new year with two glasses of Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve Champagne and elegant dessert choices.

• Blue Mermaid Island Grill (10 Shapleigh Road, Kittery, Maine, 207-703-2754) 8 p.m. Now located across the water from its old Portsmouth location. Boom Lava returns for a Funky Reggae Party with funk, hip-hop and rhymes. $5 cover.

• Blue Ocean Music Hall (4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury, Mass., 462-5888) A funtastic New Year’s Eve celebration with The Fools and Psychedelic Relics, with optional dinner buffet, Champagne toast, party favors and midnight balloon drop. Dinner and show $90; show only $26.

• Bonfire (950 Elm St., Manchester, 6637678) 9 p.m. At their first First Night party, southern Maine band Country Roads play modern country covers from Kenny, Jason, Blake and Dierks.

• Bridgewater Inn (367 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater, 744-3518) 9 p.m.

Midnight Crisis plays downstairs with a DJ in the upstairs lounge; party hats and tiaras, noisemakers, beads, glow bracelets and Champagne toast. Tickets are $15; event and all you can eat prime rib buffet, $30.

• Buckey’s (240 Governor Wentworth Highway, Moultonborough, 476-5485) Red Hat Band returns for a New Year’s Eve event that’s become a tradition.

• Bungalow (333 Valley St., Manchester, 792-1110) 8 p.m. Hip-hop into 2018 with Kdaver, American Lowlives, Kazkit Tha Monsta, Skero, Half-Lit Syndicate, Livid and Lone. $10 for the all-ages show; $18 includes a copy of Kdaver’s Rotten Robbie CD. • Chop Shop (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, 760-7706) 8 p.m. Doubleshot Boston and Bite The Bullet ring it in with rock; dinner and breakfast buffet, party hats, horns and all the bosses’ trinkets and shenanigans are included in the $40 cover.

• City Sports Grille (216 Maple St., Manchester, 625-9656) Vital Signs play live music. $5 each for just the band. Family New Year’s Eve party from 4 to 6 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m. at $64.95 per lane. Large pizza, soft drinks, rentals, music laser light show and noisemakers included.

• Coach Stop (176 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, 437-2022) 6 p.m. Steve Tolley performs an early set.

• Common Man (88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088) 6 p.m. Karen Grenier mixes originals with an extensive catalog of cover tunes.

• Concord Holiday Inn (172 Main St., Concord, 224-9534) Comedians Steve Guilmette and Nick Lavallee bring the laughs,

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• Hermanos (11 Hills Ave., Concord, 224-5669) 6 p.m. Paul Lovely plays a jazzinfused mix of covers and originals.

• Homestead (641 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-2022) 6 p.m. Brad Bosse plays an early set.

• Inn at Newfound Lake (100 Mayhew Turnpike, Bristol, 744-9111) 7 p.m. Kevin T Norris plays jazz with Lincoln Hubley, singer Nicole Caramanica, Mark Rasmussen and Kevin Belz.

• Jade Dragon (515 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 424-2280) 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve party with DJ Mike Kelly.

• Latchkey (41 Vaughan Mall, Portsmouth, 766-3333) 8 p.m. Celebrating the first year of this Portsmouth speakeasy-themed bar with a Great Gatsby party featuring music from Nate Bash Band.

• Manchvegas (50 Old Granite St., Manchester, 222-1677) 6 p.m. A free New Year’s Eve party with Fighting Friday on the stage playing rock, and DJ Thomas Dimitri spinning between breaks. There’s a special dinner menu available (including regular event menu) along with dinner-for-two packages.

• Martingale Wharf (99 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-0901) 8 p.m. Rhythm Method performs.

• Mountain View Grand Resort (10 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, 827-2100) 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve Gala in the Crystal Ballroom includes cocktail reception and dinner, followed by music and dancing by Greg Goodwin and his band, with Champagne toast and fireworks display. $120 per person (gala 16 and up only).

• Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535) 8 p.m. Take 4 promises a raucous First Night party.

• Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House (393 Route 101, Bedford, 488-5875) 7 p.m. Chad LaMarsh Band plays at this restaurant’s first ever New Year’s party. $75 per ticket includes sumptuous food selection.

• Newburyport Brewing Co. (4 New Pasture Road, Newburyport, Mass., 668-1088) 8 p.m. Freevolt plays, with all guests receiving a Champagne flute full of Green Head IPA for a toast at the midnight hour, snacks and a pint glass specially created for the event. $25 per ticket.

• Nibblesworth (409 The Hill, Portsmouth, 427-8022) 7 p.m. Pork Low Mainers perform at the restaurant-bar opened in the former Blue Mermaid location.

• O’Shea’s (449 Amherst St., Nashua, 943-7089) 7 p.m. It’s a potluck new year with drinks, cigars and open-mike music; bring a dish to share.

• Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588) Recycled Percussion is

Casual Gravity.

again home for the holidays; ring in 2018 with junk rock. Two shows, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

• Paradise North (583 DW Highway, Merrimack, 262-5886) Appetizers 6-7 p.m., dinner 7-8 p.m., live entertainment and dancing until 1 a.m. with Champagne toast at midnight. $35 per person. Cash bar.

• Pasta Loft (241 Union Square, Milford, 672-2270) 8 p.m. Beloved cover band The Slakas plays a New Year’s party.

• Pat’s Peak Ski Area (686 Flanders Road, Henniker, 728-7732) 6 p.m. A reprise of Party & POP (skiing) family celebration with dancing to The McMurphys, a comedy show, fireworks and lots of food. Party and POP $50 to $90, party only $35 to $70, POP only $41.

• Patrick’s (18 Weirs Road, Gilford, 2930841) 8 p.m. DJ Music at the infamous No Hassle No Frills Party. Party favors, Champagne toast at midnight and photo booth.

• Penuche’s Ale House (6 Pleasant St., Concord, 228-9833) 8 p.m. BandBand parties in the basement bar.

• Penuche’s Music Hall (1087 Elm St., Manchester, 206-5599) 8 p.m. Outta Bounds performs with a Champagne toast when the ball drops, along with games and prizes all night long.

• Pipe Dream Brewing (40 Harvey Road, Londonderry, 404-0751) Joe Sambo & the Goons rock the first New Year’s Eve party at this brew pub.

• Pit Road Lounge (388 Loudon Road, Concord, 226-0533) 8 p.m. DJ Meeks performs at a party with a $20 cover that includes midnight Champagne toast and party favors.

• Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia, 527-0043) 7 p.m. Racky Thomas Blues Band plays at this popular BYOB Lakes Region haven for original music. $45 tickets include live music, dancing and delightful hors d’oeuvres.

• Polish American Citizen’s Club (138-142 Main St., Claremont, 542-9832) Roadhouse, NightCap and Resonance rock a New Year’s Eve party at this members-only club; it’s a public event, $10 per ticket.

• Portsmouth Book & Bar (40 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, 427-9197) 9 p.m. People Like You perform. $5 tickets.

• Portsmouth Gas Light (64 Market St., Portsmouth, 430-9122) A triple treat, with

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the elegant and swanky Gatsby Party ($60 each) upstairs. Tickets include plenty of party favors, passed hors d’oeuvres, a Champagne toast and a late night buffet. Brian Walker plays in the Grille and Ty Openshaw in the Pizza Pub. • Radisson Inn (11 Tara Boulevard, Nashua, 888-9970) Comedy from Tom Hayes and Dennis Fogg, with dinner, show and dancing packages available starting at $50.

• Ri Ra (22 Market Square, Portsmouth, 319-1680) 8 p.m. A hodgepodge at the Irish bar, with high-energy rock band Red Sky Mary playing a Great Gatsby party.

• Racks (20 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 9742406) 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve Bash with Stumpy Joe Band.

• River Casino (53 High St., Nashua, 8819060) 8 p.m. Casino offers a view of the Times Square ball drop on 41 big screens and three giant projection TVs. Toast the new year with free Champagne.

• Riverwalk Cafe (35 Railroad Square, Nashua, 578-0200) 8 p.m. $25 per ticket for a fantastic evening of original roots music featuring Say Darling, led by Grammy nominated singer Celia Woodsmith and ace guitarist Chris Hersch, along with the multitalented Dan Blakeslee. Top pick.

• Rudi’s (20 High St., Portsmouth, 4307834) 7 p.m. PJ Donahue plays.

• Saddle Up Saloon (92 Route 125, Kingston, 369-6962) 8 p.m. Walkin’ the Line twangs up First Night at this country-themed bar.

• Salt hill Pub Lebanon (2 W. Park St., Lebanon, 448-4532) 8 p.m. Party Crashers return for another NYE bash.

• Salt hill Pub Newport (58 Main St., Newport, 863-7774) 8 p.m. Flew-Z are perennial First Night favorites here.

• Salt hill Pub West Lebanon (5 Airport Road, West Lebanon, 298-5566) 8 p.m. The Tricksters play the first ever NYE party at the Irish pub chain’s new location.

• Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 625-0246) 9 p.m. Lock The Doors Bash is reprised with limited $65 tickets covering a food buffet, midnight Champagne toast, giveaways, DJ Myth spinning and open bar.

The club will be closed to anyone without tickets (21+ only).

• Sheraton Hotel (250 Market St., Portsmouth, 431-2300) It’s comedy — early 7

p.m. show $25, late 9 p.m. show $35 with Dave Russo, host Steve Scarfo and Dan Crohn. Tickets at livefreeordielaughing.com.

• Skinny Pancake (3 Lebanon St., Hanover, 540-0131) 8 p.m. Toast plays.

• Spare Time (216 Maple St., Manchester, 625-9656) 10 p.m. Bowling, pizza, music and more. $99.95 per lane.

• SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000) Monarchs game at 6 p.m.

• Stella Blu (70 E. Pearl St., Nashua, 5785557) 8 p.m. ’80s dance party.

• Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket, 659-7700) 9 p.m. DeadBeat New Year’s Eve with cover band.

• Strange Brew (88 Market St., Manchester, 666-4292) 8 p.m. Howard Randall & Friends perform.

• Strand Ballroom (20 Third St., Dover, 343-1899) 7 p.m. New Year’s Tease with Boston Beau Tease Burlesque • Stumble Inn (20 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, 432-3210) 8 p.m. Exp Band.

• Tandy’s (1 Eagle Square, Concord, 8567614) 7th annual Black & White Party with DJ Iceman in the main bar from 10 p.m. into the new year, with Grand Buffet 6 to 9 p.m. $75 per couple. VIP admission includes three cocktails, $25, and standard admission is $10. Countdown party starts at 9 p.m.

• Thirsty Moose (21 Congress St, Portsmouth, 427-8645) 8 p.m. Beneath the Sheets gets down and dirty in the basement music space, while great beer flows on both floors.

• Tilted Kilt (345 Amherst St., Nashua, 204-5531) 8 p.m. Ice lounge, Jägermeister shot girls, ice luge and giveaways and prizes.

• Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 437-5100) 8 p.m. Overdrive Horns play with a four-course dinner beforehand for $59; show only is $35, and all tickets include a Champagne toast.

• Union Coffee (42 South St., Milford, 554-8879) 8 p.m. NYE with Burr.

• Victory Club (111 N. Main St., Rochester, 332-9753) 8 p.m. Texas Pete is a country/ southern rock band from southern Maine and New Hampshire playing at this private club.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230) 8 p.m. Manchuka breaks out the funky horns for a New Year’s bash.

• Wally’s Pub (144 Ashworth Ave., Hampton, 926-6954) 8 p.m. Rustic Overtones should pack the place.

• Wentworth by the Sea (588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 422-7322) A Night in Havana features Latin dancing, Cubanthemed drinks and more. Four-course dinner and open bar until midnight, $180 per person.

• Whiskey’s 20 (20 Old Granite St., Manchester, 641-2583) 8 p.m. DJs Jason Spivak vs. Shawn White, Chris Drake and DJ EP. $10 with VIP packages starting at $200.

• Wild Rover (21 Kosciuszko St., Manchester, 669-7722) 9 p.m. DJ Ron spins, Champagne toast at midnight, and sampling of Captain Morgan and Crown Royal as 2018 approaches; there’s no cover charge.

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Amherst LaBelle Winery 345 Route 101 672-9898

Bridgewater Bridgewater Inn 367 Mayhew Turnpike 744-3518

Contoocook Covered Bridge Cedar St. 746-5191 Farmer’s Market Town Center 369-1790

Ashland Common Man 60 Main St. 968-7030

Bristol Back Room at the Mill 2 Central St. 744-0405 Kathleen’s Cottage 91 Lake Street 744-6336 Purple Pit 28 Central Square 744-7800

Epsom Circle 9 Ranch 39 Windymere Drive 736-9656 Hilltop Pizzeria 1724 Dover Rd. 736-0027

Atkinson Merrill’s Tavern 85 Country Club Drive 382-8700 Auburn Auburn Pitts 167 Rockingham Rd 622-6564 Auburn Tavern 346 Hooksett Rd 587-2057 Barrington Dante’s 567 Route 125 664-4000 Bedford Bedford Village Inn 2 Olde Bedford Way 472-2001 Copper Door 15 Leavy Drive 488-2677 Shorty’s 206 Route 101 488-5706 T-Bones 169 South River Road 623-7699 Belmont Lakes Region Casino 1265 Laconia Road 267-7778 Shooters Tavern Rt. 3, 528-2444 Boscawen Alan’s 133 N. Main St. 753-6631

Deerfield Nine Lions Tavern 4 North Road 463-7374

Derry Coffee Factory 55 Crystal Ave 432-6006 Francestown Drae Toll Booth Tavern 14 E Broadway 216-2713 740 2nd NH Tpke N 588-1800 Dover Claremont Cara Irish Pub Common Man Gilford 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Patrick’s 21 Water Street Dover Brick House 542-6171 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Taverne on the Square 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 Schuster’s Tavern Falls Grill & Tavern 2 Pleasant St. 680 Cherry Valley Road 421 Central Ave. 287-4416 293-2600 749-0995 Fury’s Publick House Goffstown Concord 1 Washington St. Area 23 Village Trestle 617-3633 State Street 881-9060 25 Main St. 497-8230 Sonny’s Tavern Barley House 132 N. Main 228-6363 83 Washington St. Greenfield 742-4226 Cheers Riverhouse Cafe 17 Depot St. 228-0180 Top of the Chop 4 Slip Road 547-8710 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Common Man 1 Gulf Street 228-3463 Hampton Dublin Granite Ashworth By The Sea 96 Pleasant St. 227-9000 DelRossi’s Trattoria 295 Ocean Blvd.

73 Brush Brook Rd Hermanos 926-6762 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669 563-7195 Bernie’s Beach Bar Makris 73 Ocean Blvd 926-5050 East Hampstead 354 Sheep Davis Rd Boardwalk Inn & Cafe Pasta Loft 225-7665 139 Ocean Blvd.

220 E. Main St. Penuche’s Ale House 929-7400 378-0092 6 Pleasant St. Breakers at Ashworth 228-9833 295 Ocean Blvd. 926-6762 Epping Pit Road Lounge Cloud 9 Holy Grail 388 Loudon Rd 225 Ocean Blvd.

64 Main St. 679-9559 226-0533 601-6102 Popovers Red Blazer Community Oven 11 Brickyard Square 72 Manchester St. 845 Lafayette Road 734-4724 224-4101 601-6311 Telly’s Tandy’s Top Shelf CR’s Restaurant 235 Calef Hwy 1 Eagle Square 287 Exeter Road 679-8225 856-7614 929-7972

Thursday, Dec. 28 Claremont Taverne on the Square: Andrew Ashland Common Man: Jim McHugh & Merzi Steve McBrian (Open) Concord Auburn Granite: CJ Poole Duo Auburn Pitts: Open Jam w/ Hermanos: Craig Fahey Gordy and Diane Pettipas Concord Bedford Penuche’s Ale House: Will Copper Door: Chad Verbeck Hatch & Co. Boscawen Alan’s: John Pratte

Exeter Station 19 37 Water St. 778-3923

Dover 603 Bar & Lounge: DJ Pez Falls Grill: George Brown

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Epping Telly’s: Amanda Dane

Logan’s Run 816 Lafayette Road 926-4343 Millie’s Tavern 17 L St. 967-4777 Purple Urchin 167 Ocean Blvd.

929-0800 Ron Jillian’s 44 Lafayette Road 929-9966 Ron’s Landing 379 Ocean Blvd 929-2122 Savory Square Bistro 32 Depot Square 926-2202 Sea Ketch 127 Ocean Blvd.

926-0324 The Goat 20 L St. 601-6928 Wally’s Pub 144 Ashworth Ave. 926-6954

The Bar 2B Burnham Rd 943-5250

Derryfield Country Club 625 Mammoth Road 623-2880 Laconia Foundry 405 Pub 50 Commercial St. 405 Union Ave 524-8405 836-1925 Broken Spoke Saloon Fratello’s 1072 Watson Rd 155 Dow St. 624-2022 866-754-2526 Jewel Margate Resort 61 Canal St. 836-1152 76 Lake St. 524-5210 Karma Hookah & Naswa Resort Cigar Bar 1086 Weirs Blvd.

Elm St. 647-6653 366-4341 KC’s Rib Shack Paradise Beach Club 837 Second St. 627-RIBS 322 Lakeside Ave. Murphy’s Taproom 366-2665 494 Elm St. 644-3535 Patio Garden Penuche’s Music Hall Lakeside Ave. 1087 Elm St. 206-5599 Pitman’s Freight Room Salona Bar & Grill 94 New Salem St. 128 Maple St. 624-4020 527-0043 Shaskeen Tower Hill Tavern 909 Elm St. 625-0246 264 Lakeside Ave. Shorty’s 366-9100 1050 Bicentennial Drive Hanover Whiskey Barrel 625-1730 Canoe Club 546 Main St. 884-9536 Stark Brewing Co. 27 S. Main St. 643-9660 500 Commercial St. Jesse’s Tavern Lebanon 625-4444 224 Lebanon St 643-4111 Salt Hill Pub Strange Brew Tavern Salt Hill Pub 2 West Park St. 448-4532 88 Market St. 666-4292 7 Lebanon St. 676-7855 TGI Fridays Skinny Pancake Londonderry 1516 Willow St. 644-8995 3 Lebanon St. 540-0131 Coach Stop Tavern Whiskey’s 20 176 Mammoth Rd 20 Old Granite St. Henniker 437-2022 641-2583 Country Spirit Pipe Dream Brewing Wild Rover 262 Maple St. 428-7007 40 Harvey Road 21 Kosciuszko St. Pat’s Peak Sled Pub 404-0751 669-7722 24 Flander’s Road Stumble Inn 428-3245 20 Rockingham Road Meredith 432-3210 Giuseppe’s Hillsboro 312 Daniel Webster Hwy Tooky Mills Loudon 279-3313 9 Depot St. 464-6700 Hungry Buffalo 58 New Hampshire 129 Merrimack Hillsborough 798-3737 Homestead Mama McDonough’s 641 Daniel Webster Hwy 5 Depot St. 680-4148 Manchester 429-2022 Turismo British Beer Company Jade Dragon 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 1071 S. Willow St. 515 DW Hwy 424-2280 232-0677 Merrimack Biergarten Hooksett Bungalow Bar & Grille 221 DW Hwy 595-1282 Asian Breeze 333 Valley St. 792-1110 Tortilla Flat 1328 Hooksett Rd Cafe la Reine 594 Daniel Webster Hwy 621-9298 915 Elm St 232-0332 262-1693 DC’s Tavern Central Ale House 1100 Hooksett Road 23 Central St. 660-2241 Milford 782-7819 City Sports Grille J’s Tavern 216 Maple St. 625-9656 63 Union Sq. 554-1433 Hudson Club ManchVegas Pasta Loft AJ’s Sports Bar 50 Old Granite St. 241 Union Sq. 11 Tracy Lane 718-1102 222-1677 672-2270

Stumble Inn: Tom Boisse Hanover Salt hill Pub: Irish Trad’ Session Manchester Randy Miller/Roger Kahle Central Ale House: Jonny FriExeter day Blues Station 19: Thursday Night Live Hillsborough City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Turismo: Line Dancing Foundry: Marco Valentin Gilford Fratello’s: Jazz Night Patrick’s: Eric Grant Acoustic Laconia Manchvegas: Open Acoustic Whiskey Barrel: Djdirectdrive Jam w/ Jim Devlin Hampton Penuche’s Music Hall: College CR’s: Steve Swartz “The Joy of Lebanon Night - DJ Stef Sax!” Salt hill: Celtic Open Session Strange Brew: Soup du Jour Wally’s Pub: Mechanical Shark Whiskey’s 20: DJs Shawn White/ & Country Music DJ Londonderry Ryan Nichols/Mike Mazz Coach Stop: Triana Wilson

Shaka’s Bar & Grill 11 Wilton Road 554-1224 Tiebreakers at Hampshire Hills 50 Emerson Road 673-7123 Union Coffee Co. 42 South St. 554-8879 Moultonborough Buckey’s 240 Governor Wentworth Hwy 476-5485 Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road 478-5900 Nashua 110 Grill 27 Trafalgar Sq 943-7443 5 Dragons 28 Railroad Sq 578-0702 Agave Azul 94-96 Main St. 943-7240 Boston Billiard Club 55 Northeastern Blvd.

943-5630 Burton’s Grill 310 Daniel Webster Hwy 688-4880 Country Tavern 452 Amherst St. 889-5871 Dolly Shakers 38 E. Hollis St. 577-1718 Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St. 577-9015 Fratello’s Italian Grille 194 Main St. 889-2022 Haluwa Lounge Nashua Mall 883-6662 Killarney’s Irish Pub 9 Northeastern Blvd.

888-1551 O’Shea’s 449 Amherst St. 943-7089 Peddler’s Daughter 48 Main St. 821-7535 Pig Tale 449 Amherst St. 864-8740 Portland Pie Company 14 Railroad Sq 882-7437 Shorty’s 48 Gusabel Ave 882-4070 Stella Blu 70 E. Pearl St. 578-5557 Thirsty Turtle 8 Temple St. 402-4136 New Boston Molly’s Tavern 35 Mont Vernon Rd 487-2011

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Paul Hubert Merrimack Homestead: Triana Wilson

Milford Union Coffee: Hansen Barlow/ Phileep

Nashua Agave Azul: DJ K-Wil Ladies Night Country Tavern: Johnnie James Fody’s: DJ Rich Padula

Newbury Goosefeathers Pub Mt. Sunapee Resort 763-3500 Salt Hill Pub 1407 Rt 103 763-2667

Newmarket Riverworks 164 Main St. 659-6119 Stone Church 5 Granite St. 659-7700

Newport Salt Hill Pub 58 Main St. 863-7774

North Hampton Barley House Seacoast 43 Lafayette Rd 379-9161

Northwood Tough Tymes 221 Rochester Rd 942-5555

Peterborough Harlow’s Pub 3 School St. 924-6365 La Mia Casa (Wreck Room) 1 Jaffrey Road 924-6262

Pittsfield Main Street Grill & Bar 32 Main St. 436-0005

Plaistow Crow’s Nest 181 Plaistow Rd 974-1686

Racks Bar & Grill 20 Plaistow Road 974-2406

Thirsty Moose 21 Congress St 427-8645

Chop Shop 920 Lafayette Rd. 760-7706

Portsmouth British Beer Co. 103 Hanover St. 501-0515 Cafe Nostimo 72 Mirona Road 436-3100 Demeters Steakhouse 3612 Lafayette Rd. 766-0001 Dolphin Striker 15 Bow St. 432-5222 Fat Belly’s 2 Bow St. 610-4227 Grill 28 200 Grafton Road (Pease Golf Course) 433-1331 Hilton Garden Inn 100 High St. 431-1499 Latchkey 41 Vaughan Mall 766-3333 Martingale Wharf 99 Bow St. 431-0901 Oar House 55 Ceres St. 436-4025 Portsmouth Book & Bar 40 Pleasant St. 427-9197 Portsmouth Gas Light 64 Market St. 430-9122 Press Room 77 Daniel St. 431-5186 Redhook Brewery 1 Redhook Way 430-8600 Ri Ra Irish Pub 22 Market Square 319-1680 Rudi’s 20 High St. 430-7834

Raymond Cork n’ Keg 4 Essex Drive 244-1573

Sunapee Anchorage 77 Main St. 763-3334 Sunapee Coffee House Rte. 11 & Lower Main St. 229-1859

Rochester China Palace 101 S. Main St. 332-3665 Gary’s 38 Milton Rd. 335-4279 Governor’s Inn 78 Wakefield St. 332-0107 Lilac City Grille 103 N. Main St 332-3984 Mel Flanagan’s Irish Pub & Café 50 N. Main St. 332-6357 Radloff’s 38 North Main St. 948-1073 Revolution Tap Room 61 N Main St. 244-3022 Smokey’s Tavern 11 Farmington Rd 330-3100

Wolfeboro Wolfeboro Inn 90 N Main St. 569-3016

Boscawen Alan’s: Stephen Decuire

Salem Copper Door: Brian Walker Seabrook Chop Shop: Spent Fuel Weare Stark House Tavern: Double Take

Weare Stark House Tavern 487 S. Stark Highway 529-0901

Seabrook Castaways 209 Ocean Blvd 760-7500

Newmarket Stone Church: Irish Music w/ Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki & Jim Prendergast

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17 Headwear seen at a rodeo 19 Western capital that’s its state’s largest city 20 DuVernay who directed “Selma” 21 About 30.48 centimeters 22 Tenth grader, for short 23 Half of the Brady kids

25 “Home Again” star Witherspoon 27 Margarine containers 30 Laptop connection option 32 “Monsters, ___” (Pixar film) 34 Former UB40 lead singer Campbell 35 1969 Roberta Flack song with the lyric “The President, he’s got his war / Folks don’t know just what it’s for” 40 Cancel out 41 Sparks of “Queer As Folk” 42 Art store purchase 43 Corporate getaway of sorts 46 Suffix for social or graph 47 “___ and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” 48 Solo on screen 49 Office fixture 51 2016 Key and Peele movie

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54 Quick drive 58 Play it ___ 60 Rounded roof 62 Nest egg letters 63 Hang in folds 65 Political upheaval 67 Fashion magazine since 1892 68 Java vessel 69 Persona non ___ 70 Food regimens 71 Wanna-___ 72 Art store purchase Down 1 Word knowledge, briefly 2 From the beginning, in Latin 3 “I don’t buy it” 4 Lincoln’s st.

5 Beginning from 6 Lake between two states 7 Quartz variety 8 Iguana, for some 9 ___ San Lucas 10 Take in or take on 11 Little barker 12 How-___ (instructional publications) 13 Swelling reducer 18 ___ Linda, Calif. (Nixon Library site) 22 E-mailed 24 Recap

26 Move like a crab 28 Fun time 29 “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the ___” 31 Egg-breaking sound 33 Mongoose’s foe 35 $100 bill, slangily 36 Sticking to the party line, like political speeches 37 Take the rap?

38 Corn unit 39 Some birdhouse dwellers 40 Electroplating stuff 44 Apparel giant with a World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. 45 Kick drum sound 50 Demolished 52 Love so much 53 Grammatical things 55 Pockets in the bread aisle 56 Steamed 57 Birth-related 59 Bill listings 61 Just beat out 63 Streaming video predecessor 64 King, in Cannes 65 Little leopard 66 Time period split into periods ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) I talk a lot. …

The problem is that everything that gets said reminds me of something else that I feel compelled to say, which means I say one more thing, which reminds me of another. Live with that in a two-man tent. I dare you. A journal might help you.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Getting organized might be a far-off, crazy dream, but after all, someone carved Mount Rushmore and somewhere around George Washington’s nose it must have started to seem like a ludicrous idea. On many days he must have said to himself, “I’ll just do their eyebrows this year.” Progress is made a little at a time.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) I meant to measure myself before starting my taekwondo classes to get fit. I realize it is basic science to have a baseline before you change the variable, but I just didn’t get around to it before.

Now that I am exercising, I’ve got more energy for that kind of thing. It’s hard to start from nowhere but you’re getting somewhere.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) I was carrying two big trash bags full of kitty litter down the alley to the trash today, and I noticed that I felt great. It gave me pause. It was an odd time to feel great. It has to be the physical fitness. I’ve carried twenty or thirty pounds of kitty litter down the alley to the trash thousands of times.

It is generally not a mood enhancer. One situp is better than no sit-ups. But do more.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) … he showed me how to grab someone’s oncoming fist and flip them. I’m not very good at it. I did it once, though. I threw him right onto his back, and from his prostrate position, he said, “Not like that.” I said, “What are you talking about, Mister Four-Time Taekwondo World Champion? You’re on the floor. How much better could I do it?” What works works.

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All quotes are from The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness, by Paula Poundstone, born Dec. 29, 1959.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Dancing is really fun. Not being able to dance while others can is not nearly as much fun. Practice is key.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) I hate autocorrect. I don’t need a machine correcting me.

I have two teenage daughters. You may need to rely on your own expertise.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Undoubtedly, deleting and cutting and pasting have a certain lure of convenience, and jokes and funny videos used sparingly are lovely diversions.

Still, I am certain I will never carry an email close to my heart. Send a real letter.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) It’s the “stay organized” that’s the kicker. Just don’t add to the problem.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Parenting is often like a jigsaw puzzle to me. Sometimes the pieces go together with ease and other times I’m trying to bang together a piece of sky with what is clearly the top part of the olive picker’s feet. You can’t expect a puzzle to put itself together for you.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) The first thing I bought at REI was long underwear made of a material that claimed to wick the sweat away from your body.... I beat a path to REI many times, and eventually just being in there made all of its contents seem so necessary. I bought a book of poems to read to squirrels.

At the time it made all sorts of sense. You’ll never know if it made sense to the squirrels.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) I felt like a champion when I got a whole corner of my garage clean and organized, but even as I worked on the file cabinet, the scrap wood, broken electronics, and tools that had to be hidden from my son to keep him from disman-

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New York, responsibly arrived at the Northport Police Department and Village Justice Court on Dec. 4 to answer a summons issued in May for possession of marijuana. But before she could even park her car, Bonnici, who was on her phone, attracted the attention of officers by cutting off an unmarked police vehicle and wheeling into the spot reserved for the chief of police. The Long-Islander News reported that when officers approached the car and Bonnici rolled down her window, a cloud of marijuana smoke poured out, and she was promptly arrested for possession again, along with getting a ticket for using her cellphone while driving.

• Meanwhile, in Newberry, South Carolina, 31-year-old Franklin Dell Hayes of Midlands appeared on Dec. 6 at his trial for his third charge of possession of methamphetamines. As the first day of the trial came to a close, The State reports, Hayes was ordered into custody, but when Newberry County sheriff’s deputies searched him before locking him up, they found A Tesla showroom in South Salt Lake, Utah, was the nexus of four different arrests on Nov. 24, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, in which at least two of the suspects claimed to be part of the Tesla “family.” (The car company is named after inventor Nikola Tesla, not a family owner.) In the first arrest, a Tesla pulled up behind a Utah Highway Patrol car at a stoplight, and the officer noticed that Driver No. 1 was acting “suspicious.”

When the officer pulled him over, the 24-year-old driver said a man he hardly knew gave him the car and keys to three other Teslas. When the officer and driver returned to the showroom, it had been burglarized, but Driver No. 1 explained that the burglary had occurred before he got to the dealership, so he felt he was allowed to take the vehicle and keys.

Area officers were alerted, and 31-yearold Driver No. 2 led troopers on a short chase, until his Tesla’s battery died. Later, Driver No. 3, 19, was pulled over in West Valley, and finally Driver No. 4, a 27-year-old woman, was stopped at a liquor store and told police a man named Tesla had given her the car. “We are still trying to sort this out,” said South Salt Lake Police spokesman Gary Keller. “We actually have two people claiming their name is Tesla and a family member died and left them these cars. It’s one of those cases where you just have to scratch your head and say, ‘Really?’”

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