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To get through the holiday season, with all its parties and gatherings and family dinners. John Fladd presents to you 54 recipes — from cookies and ice creams to potatoes au gratin and scallion pancakes. And, for the nights when you just can’t with cooking — drinks! Photo at right and on the cover by John Fladd.

Also on the cover Mya Blanchard looks at the paper ornaments at the League of NH Craftsmen gallery in Nashua. Henry Homeyer considers the garden chores of November. Michael Witthaus talks to Panorama, which will pay tribute to The Cars at a Tupelo Music Hall show also featuring Bikini Whale and its take on The B-52s.

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High -nergy band Recycled Percussion started at a Goffstown High School talent show and from there they’ve seemed to go everywhere — from Las Vegas to your TV screen (currently, with the show Chaos & Kindness). Band founder Justin Spencer discusses the journey, their mission to spread kindness and their upcoming shows in Laconia and Manchester. Photo above and on the cover is by Hutchinshotit Photography of Ryan Venzina and Justin Spencer at the Palace Theatre in Manchester in 2020.

Also on the cover Time to start making those Thanksgiving food plans — we have a rundown of places to get your pies, rolls and even the whole turkey as well as restaurants where you could just let someone else do all the cooking. The listings start on page 22. In Derry this weekend, Ovation Theatre Company tries to make fetch happen with a production of Mean Girls (page 17). The band deSoL comes to Concord and Michael Witthaus has the details (page 32).

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It’s craft fair season, with opportunities to find unique items pretty much every weekend between now and Christmas. In this week’s cover story, we talk to some of the artisans who have taken their artistic interests to all sorts of cool places. And we give you a list of upcoming fairs where you can find crafts of all sorts.

Also on the cover Concord gets a new art gallery (page 16), Manchester gets a new restaurant (page 28) and Nashua gets the Cowboy Junkies (page 38).

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Bats — they’re a great Halloween decoration. But real-world bats are already focused on winter — whether it’s migrating south or snuggling up in a cave or barn. And New Hampshire’s bats are still dealing with their own scary situation in the form of white-nose syndrome. In this week’s cover, we look at the state of local bats and what people can do to lend a hand (wing?) to these mammalian mosquito eaters.

Also on the cover The curtain rises on Kinky Boots at the Palace Theatre (page 14). Pick your own pumpkin — for decoration or pie (page 21). Goffstown celebrates the season with its annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off and Regatta (page 19).

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