Kids’ summer guide 2023 — 06/15/23

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Need some fun for the kids? In this guide to kid- and family-friendly happenings, find events to amaze, amuse and secretly slip a bit of learning into your summer.

Also on the cover St. Nicholas Church in Manchester celebrates 75 years of Greek eats with the return of its annual lamb barbecue and food festival (page 30). Fabrizia Spirits in Salem is marking National Limoncello Day (Thursday, June 22) with a festival featuring a lemon-squeezing competition (page 31). Michael Witthaus looks at the Northlands Music & Arts Festival (page 38). And, find more live music this weekend in the Music This Week (page 39).

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Protest at coal plant A group of 75 climate activists and advocates of the No Coal No Gas campaign gathered ...
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On leaving high school with an associate degree Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies, a chartered public high school located at ...
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The Big Story: The Red Sox free fall? Nope. Denver maybe winning the NBA Finals? Nope. Las Vegas about to ...
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More local birds on your screen The Loon Preservation Committee in Moultonborough is currently livestreaming a 24/7 Loon Cam on ...
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Big Events June 15, 2023 and beyond Saturday, June 17 The Flashy Flock Community Art Project is starting today at ...
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Festivals, theater, Nature adventures and More during this season of fun School’s out forever — OK, maybe not forever but ...
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Conservation group accepting submissions for amateur photo contest Photography hobbyists have until early September to get shoots ready for a ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • One production, two plays: “A Night of One Act Plays” ...
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SEE holds third annual Kick Off to Summer It’s all about summer fun at SEE Science Center, and reminding kids ...
Family fun for the weekend Play ball • Saturday, June 17, is Cats-Con Night as the theme for the Fisher ...
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Gather ideas from great green spaces One of the best ways to learn how to create a lovely garden is ...
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Good morning. I have had these six luncheon plates in storage for years. I’m wondering if you can tell me ...
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Hair stylist Jennifer Lynch is a hair stylist and owner of Style and Grace Salon in Bedford. Explain your job ...
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News from the local food scene • Berry delicious: Join J&F Farms (124 Chester, Road, Derry) for its annual strawberry ...
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St. Nicholas Church celebrates 75 years of Greek eats Hand-cut marinated lamb is the main draw of one of the ...
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Fabrizia Spirits to celebrate National Limoncello Day June 22 is National Limoncello Day, and Salem’s Fabrizia Spirits purveyor of limoncello ...
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Cora Viglione of Derry is the kitchen manager of Hare of the Dawg (3 E. Broadway, Derry, 552-3883, hareofthedawgnh.com), a ...
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Okra isn’t an item you find all that often on menus in New Hampshire. That is why I’m advocating for ...
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Troller, Drain (Relapse Records) So this one is basically a cross between the ambient doom-drone of Sunn(((O))), Swans-style apocalypse-noise-punk and ...
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The Collected Regrets of Clover, by Mikki Brammer (St. Martin’s Press, 314 pages) Clover Brooks is 36, single and surrounded ...
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The animal-y Transformers Maximals make their appearance in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts — collect them all, on sale now ...
Local music news & events • L.A. rocks: During its late-’80s heyday, glam metal-punk hybrid band Faster Pussycat was an ...
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Northlands Fest includes Twiddle farewell This year the Northlands Music & Arts Festival’s two main stages offer established acts like ...

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