Play Ball – 04/04/2024

Front Cover of Hippo edition for 4/4

10 Take yourself out to the ball game — the New Hampshire Fisher Cats will play their first home game of the season on Tuesday, April 9. The team is celebrating 20 years of baseball in Manchester and we take a look at the plans for this season. Cover photo and above photo courtesy of the Fisher Cats.

Also on the cover The Potato Concept gets a permanent home (page 22). The Made in NH Expo shows off a variety of treats (page 23). And find music this weekend in the Music This Week listing, which starts on page 34.

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Manchester budget According to a March 28 press release, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais outlined the city’s budget when he delivered ...
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A discussion with Jennifer Militello Jennifer Militello, award-winning Goffstown poet and MFA Director at New England College, on being named ...
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The Big Story – The Final Four: To paraphrase legendary New York TV sportscaster Warner Wolf: If you had Purdue, ...
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Egg-cellent news The peregrine falcon couple that lives in the nest box atop the Brady Sullivan Building in Manchester has ...
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Monday, April 8 Time to view the eclipse — with eclipse glasses to protect your eyes and weather permitting, New ...
Front Cover of Hippo edition for 4/4
The NH Fisher Cats celebrate a new season and 20 years of baseball By Zachary Lewiszlewis@hippopress.com On Tuesday, April 9, ...
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‘Unfixed Concrete Ideal’ exhibit at 3S Artspace By Michael Witthausmwitthaus@hippopress.com In an April 2020 episode of her 99% Invisible podcast, ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • The League at the Currier: The Currier Museum of Art ...
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‘A voice worth having,’ says Emmy-winning actor By Zachary Lewis zlewis@hippopress.com Gordon Clapp, a New Hampshire native, is no stranger ...
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Hello, Donna, I have had these two candlesticks for about 45 years and have always wondered what their value may ...
Family fun for whenever See a show • Southern NH Youth Ballet will perform “Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly” along with ...
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Owner and tattoo artist at Neon Lady Tattoo Explain your job and what it entails. I am a tattoo artist ...
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News from the local food scene By John Fladdjfladd@hippopress.com • Chili cook-off: On Saturday, April 6, the Rockingham Brewery (1 ...
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Potato Concept opens a restaurant in Manchester By John Fladdjfladd@hippopress.com Branden Rainer and Lauren Lefebvre run a restaurant entirely dedicated ...
A Photo of a past Made in NH Expo
Made in NH Expo offers foodie fun and more By John Fladdjfladd@hippopress.com When it comes to naming items produced in ...
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Light, fruity varieties suit the season By John Fladdjfladd@hippopress.com March and April are when the highest-quality teas — the “first ...
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Jillian Bernat, Bar Manager at Greenleaf restaurant in Milford, began her career in the industry busing tables at the age ...
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A note about mangoes: Fresh, ripe mangoes are a gift, tender, juicy, sweet and perfumy. Even in New Hampshire, pretty ...
Album covers featured for 4/4
Altin Sencalar, Discover The Present (Posi-Tone Records) This jazz leader and his long-time co-trombonist Chris Glassman have been hailed by ...
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Transient and Strange, by Nell Greenfieldboyce (W.W. Norton & Co., 211 pages) The science writer Nell Greenfieldboyce has worked for ...
Local music news & events • Blues Italiano: Beginning with the formation of his group Morblus in 1991, guitarist Roberto ...
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Jade Trio EP release show By Michael Witthausmwitthaus@hippopress.com Andrew North & the Rangers are a busy band. Along with frequent ...

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