Summer Guide 2023 — 05/25/23

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Get ready for a whole summer’s worth of fun! Our annual Summer Guide is packed with events and things to do all summer long, from foodie festivals and county fairs to arts and theater performances, live outdoor concerts, comedy shows and so much more.

Also on the cover Memorial Day is Monday, May 29 — check out our list of where you can go locally to see a parade (page 9). Michael Witthaus catches up with Concord guitarist and singer-songwriter Mother Iguana ahead of his upcoming show at Penuche’s Ale House on Saturday, May 27 (page 47). Juicy bacon and ice cold brews take center stage at the New Hampshire Bacon & Beer Festival, returning to Anheuser-Busch Brewery in Merrimack on Saturday, June 3 (page 40).

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Banned list Last week, the Russian government announced the addition of New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella to its ...
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Filmmaker takes her movie on the road New Hampshire filmmaker Laina Barakat is taking her award-winning feature film Light Attaching ...
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The Big Story – Celtics Feeling The Heat: In all likelihood by the time you read this the Celtics season ...
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Community improvement The City of Manchester recently completed a community improvement project near 359 Commercial St. that included the construction ...
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Big Events May 25, 2023 and beyond Monday, May 29 Several towns celebrate today, Memorial Day, with a parade. Concord’s ...
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Time to dive in to summer! Looking for events to fill your calendar from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Mozart and Friends: The Nashua Chamber Orchestra (nco-music.org) will wrap ...
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Some veggies like a crowd, others want space Although there are many old sayings like, “Plant your potatoes when the ...
Family fun for the weekend Showtime! •​ Manchester’s Dimensions in Dance will present Wonderland, its 28th annual production, at the ...
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Donna, I have these five salt dishes with stamps from Prussia. No chips, perfect condition. Can you give me the ...
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Power coalition CEO Brian Callnan is the newly appointed CEO of The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire, based in ...
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News from the local food scene • Eats by the slopes: McIntyre Ski Area (50 Chalet Way, Manchester) is due ...
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New Hampshire Bacon & Beer Festival returns By Maya Pumalistings@hippopress.com Unique flavors of savory bacon and smooth cold beer take ...
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Adam Donnelly of New Boston is the executive chef of the Riverside Grille (737 River Road, New Boston, 384-2149, riversidegrillenh.com), ...
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I know I’m not the first person to point this out, but the original versions of a lot of nursery ...
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The Waymores, Greener Pastures (Chicken Ranch Records) This one comes with a backstory that’s kind of encouraging for artists slogging ...
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All the Beauty in the World, by Patrick Bringley (Simon & Schuster, 226 pages) When Patrick Bringley’s older brother died ...
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Dominic Toretto family family family car vroom boom in Fast X, a scene-setting part-one situation. Which I knew going in ...
Local music news & events • Poetry slam: The weekly spoken word gathering Slam Free or Die has two familiar ...
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Mother Iguana plans release show Restlessness animates many artists; insomnia can cripple more than a few. For a Concord guitarist ...

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