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This Week 25/06/05

Thursday, June 5

Dogma,the 1999 movie from director Kevin Smith that features Jay and Silent Bob, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as angels, Alan Rickman as an angel, religious controversy, excellent George Carlin and Alanis Morrisette cameos and so much more is getting a theatrical rerelease. Catch it today and Sunday, June 8, at the Cinemark Rockingham Park in Salem at 6:50 and 10:20 p.m. and on those days at the Regal Fox Run in Newington. See dogmamovie.com.

Friday, June 6

The theme of downtown Concord’s First Friday for June is “Beach Party,” starting at 4 p.m.. Many downtown businesses will be open until 8 p.m. tonight. There will be food trucks, free yoga, storytelling, live music from The Wandering Souls Band, and DJ Nazzy. Visit firstfridayconcord.com/june.

Friday, June 6

Evergreen, a one-acre woodland garden featuring more than 400 mature rhododendrons, will be open to the public today through Sunday, June 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, according to a press release. The garden’s 220 Catawba rhododendrons are at peak bloom in early June, the release said. Because the plans along paths are easily damaged, no pets or children younger than 12 will be admitted, the release said. See evergreenfoundation.org.

Saturday, June 7

The Goffstown Rotary Club’s Car Show is returning for its 11th year today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Parsons Drive in Goffstown. Check out the classic vehicles along with the food trucks and vendors. See goffstownrotary.org.

Saturday, June 7

The Griffin Free Library (22 Hooksett Road in Auburn; griffinfree.org) will host a World War II Encampment Reenactment today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to commemorate D-Day (June 6, 1944). See historically accurate clothes and equipment, talk to volunteers in period clothing and listen to music of the era. The event is free.

Saturday, June 7

The NH Audubon’s McLane Center (84 Silk Farm Road, Concord) will hold its annual Native Plant Sale & Spring Craft Fair today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. NH Audubon staff and volunteers will be available to answer questions.

Saturday, June 7

This is a big day for treasure hunters. Many local towns are staging town-wide yard sales today, including Allenstown, Candia, Epsom, Goffstown, Lee, New Boston and Weare. Visit individual towns’ websites for details.

Saturday, June 7

Singer Aimee Mann takes the stage at the Nashua Center for the Arts (201 Main St., Nashua, 800-657-8774, nashuacenterforthearts.com) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $66.

Sunday, June 8

The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus wraps up its concert series “Celebrations!” today at Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com) at 3 p.m. Tickets are $30.75.

Save the Date: Thursday, June 12
Legendary jazz band Spyro Gyra will perform at the Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com) Thursday, June 12, at 8 p.m. as part of its 50th Anniversary Tour. Tickets cost $57.

Featured photo: Courtesy photo.

Quality of Life 25/06/05

Animal news, part 1

The state’s moose population is under siege by winter ticks, according to a New Hampshire Bulletin article from May 29. The story by William Skipworth reported that a warming climate has nurtured an increased population of winter ticks, which have been having “a huge impact on the area’s moose,” the story read. The article quoted Eric Orff, a New Hampshire-based wildlife biologist: “They [the moose] basically become zombies and die.” Unlike other varieties of ticks, the story explained, winter ticks find a moose, deer or other animals around November and extract their blood for the entirety of winter, with hundreds or thousands of ticks often latching onto a host.

QOL score: -1

Comment: The New Hampshire Bulletin article said New Hampshire Fish and Game estimates indicate that the state’s moose population peaked in the late 1990s around 7,000 to 8,000 moose and has declined to “roughly 3,000 to 4,000.”

Animal news, part 2

The Loon Preservation Committee’s (183 Lees Mill Road, Moultonborough, 476-5666, loon.org) Loon Cams are up and running for the season. In a May 26 statement, the Committee announced that two cameras are broadcasting from loon nesting sites somewhere in the Lakes Region. There is no nest visible on Loon Cam 1 yet, but a mated pair has been spotted visiting the nesting raft regularly and been seen mating several times over the past two weeks. Another pair has laid two eggs on Loon Cam 2 and is brooding them. Visit loon.org/looncam.

QOL score: +1

Comment: According to the Loon Preservation Committee, “The male and female loons take turns incubating, and nest exchanges happen several times each day and can last minutes or much longer.”

Feeling shaky

As reported by WMUR in a May 25 online article, Greenland was not exactly slammed, but gently nudged, by a 1.6 magnitude earthquake. “The earthquake epicenter was 1.9 miles south-southeast of Greenland and happened around 1:45 p.m. The earthquake was about 4 miles deep, according to the USGS,” WMUR reported.

QOL score: -1 (-1.6)

Comment: “Earthquakes in the Granite State are typically minor, though there have been other memorable ones,” the WMUR article reported. “

Communicating better at the airport

According to a May 29 Nashua InkLink story, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) has announced an “expanded partnership with Aira, a video remote interpreting app, to now offer free access to Aira ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. The airport already offers Aira Explorer for the blind and low-vision community.” Deaf and hard-of-hearing passengers can download a free smartphone app that will connect with a professional sign language interpreter, using the phone’s camera and speaker, the story said.

QOL score: +1

Comment: According to the InkLink story, MHT is the fourth airport in the country to make the Aira ASL service available to passengers.

QOL score last week: 65

Net change: 0

QOL this week: 65

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News & Notes 25/06/05

Help for students

Granite Edvance, a nonprofit that supports New Hampshire students and their families through free career and higher education counseling and resources as well as scholarships and private student loans, has donated $100,000 to a fund at the Foundation for New Hampshire Community College students to help with short-term non-academic expenses such as food, housing, child care and transportation, according to a press release. The new donation comes in addition to an initial $80,000 donation to the Foundation’s Student Emergency Aid Fund, which has helped more than 100 students at the state’s seven community colleges, the release said. See givenhcc.org.

Get kids outside

New Hampshire Environmental Educators is offering grants of $200 to $2,000 to help with outdoor learning experiences for New Hampshire students in grades K through 12, according to nhee.org/about-us/we-nheed-to-get-outside-grant. Grants can be used for transportation costs, student fees or equipment for outdoor exploration for experiences where “students observe, explore and interact in outdoor settings,” the website said. Grants for the 2026 cycle will be accepted Sept. 15 through Nov. 20, with funds slated to be distributed in January 2026, the website said.

National Trails Day

Celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday, June 7, with a guided sculpture hike at the Andres Institute of Art (106 Route 13 in Brookline; andresinstitute.org) at 10 a.m. The hike will be approximately 2 miles, meet at the welcome center, no registration necessary, according to an Andres newsletter. Find more on National Trails Day at americanhiking.org/national-trails-day.

Stars for CMC

HCA New England Healthcare’s Catholic Medical Center in Manchester and Portsmouth Regional Hospital “have earned the top rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for patient care and outcomes in bypass surgery and in a new multi-procedure category,” according to a press release from HCA New England Healthcare. Both locations were awarded a three-star rating, the release said.

Help pets

During June, the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management will be recognizing National Pet Preparedness month with information on ways to keep pets safe posted on the division’s socials, according to a press release. Steps to keep pets safe include stocking at least three days worth of food, water and medicine for pets, finding pet-friendly places to stay in an emergency and having a friend or neighbor who can care for a pet if needed, the press release said. See ReadyNH.gov.

NAV Arts will host George Wallace, Writer in Residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, followed by an open mic at Bookery Manchester (844 Elm St.; bookerymht.com) on Wednesday, June 11, 5 to 7 p.m.

Tailgait Transport and Rescue will hold a plant sale on Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Burger King, 737 DW Highway in Manchester, with all proceeds going to Tailgait. See tailgaitrescue.org.

The Derry Parks & Recreation summer concert series kicks off Tuesday, June 10, at 7 p.m. at MacGregor Park (12 Boyd St. in Derry) with Pizzastock presents The Hand Me Downs. See derrynh.gov.

Spend some time with Couch, the band playing the Concerts on the Common at the Londonderry Town Common (265 Mammoth Road in Londonderry) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11. See concertsonthecommon.org.

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On the cover

10 Eventually, it will be sunny long enough to enjoy a drink in the warmth of the new season. What to drink this summer? John Fladd talks to experts to get some answers. Cover image courtesy Local Street Eats in Nashua.

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Family fun for whenever

Game day

• The Nashua Silver Knights, members of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, returned to Holman Stadium (67 Amherst St., Nashua) on May 28 for their home opener. Catch them Friday, May 30, at 6 p.m. against the Vermont Lake Monsters with after-game fireworks. See nashuasilverknights.com.

• The next home bout for NH Roller Derby at JFK Memorial Coliseum (303 Beech St. in Manchester) is Saturday, May 31, at 4 p.m. when the NH Roller Derby All-Stars take on Maine Roller Derby’s Old Port Brigade; at 6 p.m., the NH Roller Derby Cherry Bombs take on Mass Attack Roller Derby’s Bloody Bordens. Doors open at 3:30 p.m.; tickets are sold at the door: $15 for adults, $5 for veterans and NHRD vets, kids 12 and under get in for free. See nhrollerderby.com.

Outdoors

• Author Susie Spikol will come to Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St. in Concord; gibsonsbookstore.com) on Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m. with her new book Forest Magic for Kids: How to Find Fairies, Make a Secret Fort and Cook Up and Elfin Picnic. The event will include a reading from the book, activities for kids and more, according to the website.

• Sunday, June 1, is World Ocean Day and the Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye is celebrating from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with touch tanks, tide pool tours, activity stations, an inflatable whale, a beach clean-up and more, according to seacoastsciencecenter.org, where you can purchase tickets for the event.

More book fun

• Lori Lobenstine will be at Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St. in Exeter; waterstreetbooks.com) on Sunday, June 1, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. for a book signing for The Barking Puppy, a book on which her granddaughter Sophie Canon collaborated, according to the bookstore’s website.

Sensory screening

• O’Neil Cinemas Brickyard Square (24 Calef Highway in Epping; oneilcinemas.com) will host a sensory-friendly screening of the new live-action Lilo & Stitch (PG, 2025) on Saturday, May 31, at 10 a.m.

This Week 25/05/29

Thursday, May 29

Author Marina Kirsch reads from her family memoir Flight of Remembrance and signs copies at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, 669-4820, aviationmuseumofnh.org) tonight at 7 p.m. Admission costs $10; copies of the book will be available for $20 each during the event.

Thursday, May 29

Thursday is Poetry Night at Stark Brewing Co. (500 N. Commercial St, Manchester, 625-4444, starkbrewingcompany.com) from 7 to 10 p.m. Bring your own poems to share, or come for a good drink and listen. There is a $5 entry fee.

Friday, May 30

The Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com) hosts a double dose of Southern rock tonight beginning at 7 p.m. Supergroup Once an Outlaw and Allman Brothers tribute band The Peacheaters will bring authentic Southern rock to Derry for one evening. Tickets are $40.

Saturday, May 31

Celebrate Hillsborough, an event by History Alive, will take place today 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Hillsborough Center. The day will feature tours, music, activities, demonstrations, student art, workshops and more focused on Hillsborough history, according to historyalivenh.org.

Saturday, May 31

There’s a live simulcast of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” from the Metropolitan Opera in New York at 1 p.m. today at the BNH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com). Tickets are $32.20 for adults, $26 for Met members and Capitol Center members, and $19 for students.

Saturday, May 31

Experience intense mixed martial arts action at Combat Zone 88 tonight, beginning at 6 p.m. at the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000, snhuarena.com). Tickets start at $60.

Sunday, June 1

The Northern New England Book Fair and the NHADA (NH Antiques Dealers Association) Members Antiques Show is being held today at the Everett Arena (15 Loudon Road, Concord) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dozens of vendors will exhibit their wares. Admission is $5. Visit nhada.org.

Tuesday, June 3

American roots legends Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ will take the stage at Chubb Theatre (Chubb Theatre at CCA, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com) tonight at 7 p.m. as part of their Room on the Porch tour. Tickets start at $69.

Wednesday, June 4

Suzanne Vega performs a career-spanning show tonight at the Nashua Center for the Arts (201 Main St., Nashua, 800-657-8774, nashuacenterforthearts.com) at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $55.

Saturday, May 17

It’s plant sale Saturday! The Goffstown Community Garden Club sale starts at 8 a.m. and runs until noon (or when they sell out, whatever is first) at the Goffstown Town Commons. Find the Milford Garden Club from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Community House Lawn, at the corner of Union and Elm streets. The Nashua Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon at the Nashua Historical Society, 5 Abbot St. The Bedford Garden Club will hold its sale at Joppa Hill Farm (174 Joppa Hill Road in Bedford) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Featured photo: Courtesy photo.

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