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On the cover

Options have improved for those who love bread and baked treats but don’t want the gluten that usually comes as part of these foods. In this week’s cover story, John Fladd talks to the bakers helping apple pie-lovers and bread addicts still enjoy their favorites, but gluten-free. Above photo: Gluten-free loaves at Dishon Bakery. Photo by John Fladd.

Also on the cover, Chocolate baklava is just one of many treats you can find at this year’s Greekfest at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Manchester this weekend (see page 17). Shop plein air at this weekend’s Greeley Park Art Show (page 13). Search for monsters in downtown Manchester on Saturday during the annual Monster Hunt (page 14).

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News & Notes 26/08/27

260827Featured ContentNews

Movie theater closing O’Neil Cinemas will be “closing our Londonderry location,” according to an Aug. 23 post on the theater’s ...

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Quality of Life 26/08/27

260827NewsQuality Of Life

More fun than Connecticut, anyway According to a recent study released by online economics website Wallethub.com, New Hampshire is the ...

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Daffy Raffy back at Fenway

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The Big Story – Devers Back in Town: Well, it couldn’t have gone much better when the recalcitrant one returned ...

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This Week 26/08/27

260827NewsThis Week

Thursday, Aug. 27 The New Hampshire Fisher Cats continue their stretch of games against the Hartford Yard Goats with a ...

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Bread*

260827Cover StoriesFeatured Content

A look at the bakeries turning out gluten-free breads and treats Lisa Withrow had pretty much run out of patience ...

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Beautiful bombs

260827Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Songs from Broadway duds take center stage Every theater fan remembers a musical that closed early or got mauled by ...

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Two days of art in Greeley Park

260827Art & Theater

Music, contests and demonstrations under the tents By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com The annual Greeley Park Art Show will be held Saturday, ...

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Monsters in Manchester

260827Art & Theater

Find downtown treasures with Studio 550 Monster Hunt By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com Now in its 14th year, the Monster Hunt, which ...

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Celebrating the bees

260827Outdoors

The Canterbury Shaker Village opens its Bee House One of our newest looks at the daily life of the Canterbury ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/08/27

260827Family FunTreasure Hunt

Hello, Donna! In September of 1988, I attended a convention that was hosted by The Titanic Historical Society at the ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/08/27

260827Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Music and fun • Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. in Concord, will hold a ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/08/27

260827Food

• Pours for Paws: According to an Aug. 13 press release, LaBelle Winery has announced that in partnership with Tito’s ...

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Chocolate baklava

260827Featured ContentFood

Assumption Greekfest offers the favorites plus some variations The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Manchester will hold its annual Greekfest ...

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Pizza plus Asian fusion in dinosaur park

260827Food

Mesozoic Tiki Bar brings tropical-ish vibe “So this is my inner monologue about this bar,” Josh Migliore said. “Imagine what ...

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Peach Ranch Water

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Ingredients 1 small peach 3 ounces jalapeño-infused tequila – I like Tanteo 1 lime Ice Plain seltzer or club soda ...

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Album Reviews 26/08/27

260827AlbumsPop

Stryper, Throne Of Thorns (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) Oh, sure, I remember these guys from their hair-metal heyday in the ’80s ...

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Under the Falls, by Richard Russo

260827BooksPop

(Alfred A. Knopf, 234 pages) Richard Russo labors in the shadow of another Maine novelist who shall go unnamed. He’s ...

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Reacher vibes

260827Featured ContentFilm ReviewsPop

Capturing the fun of a big man and his fists By the time you read this the TV show Reacher, ...

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The Music Roundup 26/08/27

260827Music This Week

• Hip-harp: The penultimate Levitt AMP Manchester Music Series event has Küf Knotz & Christine Elise melding hip-hop and classical ...

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Hope follows action

260827Featured ContentNightlife

Singer-songwriter John Gorka performs in Manchester Even if he’s performed since the late 1970s, winning the prestigious Kerrville New Folk ...

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On the cover

Back to school! But also back to soccer, piano lessons, art class and so much more. In this week’s Hippo, we offer our annual guide to extracurricular activities — sports, music, gymnastics, dance, martial arts, theater and other classes, clubs, teams and lessons to get kids excited about the new year.

Also on the cover Enjoy the Lebanese food at the Mahrajan Festival of Middle Eastern food and culture in Manchester this weekend (see page 22). In Milford, the Wildflower Festival brings the music (see page 30). And Nashua’s Gate City Brewfest offers fun for beer lovers and families (page 22).

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News & Notes 26/08/20

260820Featured ContentNews

Next season New Hampshire Fisher Cats fans can start planning for the 2027 season. “The Fisher Cats kick off 2027 ...

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Quality of Life 26/08/20

260820NewsQuality Of Life

Not here, fanwort - not today! According to an Aug. 17 press release by NH LAKES, “a vigilant Lake Host ...

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Up and down week for Sox

260820NewsSports

The Big Story – Red Sox Struggles: After winning 24 of 27 they came back to Earth last week as ...

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This Week 26/08/20

260820NewsThis Week

Friday, Aug. 21 Live Free and Take Five, a documentary about community theater featuring two New Hampshire companies, will screen ...

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Adventure After School

260820Cover StoriesFeatured Content

Your guide to sports, arts, music and other extracurricular happenings A new school year means a new chance for after-school ...

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Starting over

260820Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Ernest Thompson talks new novel at BNH Stage Though he’s a multi-hyphenate — Oscar-winning screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, actor, author and ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/08/20

260820Family FunTreasure Hunt

Hi, Donna, I enjoy reading you in Hippo and thought I should reach out. I have inherited family heirlooms of ...

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Follow those butterflies!

260820Featured ContentOutdoors

Monarch Festival studies migration to Mexico This year’s New Hampshire Monarch Festival will be a treat for butterfly enthusiasts. “We’ll ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/08/20

260820Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Beach week • The Annual Hampton Beach Children’s Festival continues at the Hampton Beach Seashell stage ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/08/20

260820Food

• A new buffet: As reported in an Aug. 11 online article by the Concord Monitor, a new buffet restaurant ...

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Brews and more

260820Food

Gate City Brewfest offers beer of course, but also family fun Each August the Gate City Brewfest draws brewers and ...

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Make time for Mahrajan

260820Featured ContentFood

Middle Eastern food made for all As it says on the website for this weekend’s Mahrajan Festival in Manchester, Mahrajan ...

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Peach Blintzes

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We have a peach tree and are thus up to our noses in peaches right now. If your husband brought ...

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Album Reviews 26/08/20

260820AlbumsPop

Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte del Bolero Vol. 3 (Miel Music) Relevance check: The Hispanic and Latino community ...

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Unseen, by David Lewis and Keelan Leyser

260820BooksPop

(Bloomsbury Sigma, 273 pages) At first glance, Unseen looks like a typical make-your-life-better book, a compilation of research distilled for ...

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In praise of the under-two-hour movie

260820Film ReviewsPop

The End of Oak Street and more shorties Here’s to the under-two-hour movie. I hung in there with The Odyssey’s ...

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The Music Roundup 26/08/20

260820Music This Week

• Big aughts: Though best known for their early 2000s hits, The Fray, currently on tour with Dashboard Confessional, are ...

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What’s the buzz?

260820Featured ContentNightlife

Wildflower Festival returns with a louder sound and a bigger garden When Griff Comtois and two friends threw the first ...

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on the cover

Need some laughs? The Hampton Beach Comedy Festival runs next Tuesday, Aug. 18, through Sunday, Aug. 23, and is packed with comedians who will be familiar to fans of New Hampshire comedy shows. Michael Witthaus talks to Jimmy Dunn about this annual event and to comedian Jody Sloane, who will do hosting duties one evening. And he looks at more upcoming comedy shows. On the cover and above, comedian Jody Sloane in a photo image (photo by Chuck Shaw) given to us by her.

Also on the cover John Fladd brings you a trio of fests: The Boot Scootin’ Boogie 5K & Brewfest (page 17) this Saturday in Londonderry; the We Are One Festival this Saturday in Manchester (page 16) and the Franco Fest next weekend in Concord (page 17). Michael Witthaus gets the details on the new exhibit “Art & Poetry: Dwelling Places” at Kimball Jenkins in Concord — catch the artist reception this Thursday and the Poetry & Pie event next Saturday (page 12). Michael also talks to Mountain Grass Unit ahead of the bluegrass/newgrass band’s Saturday show at The Range in Mason (page 23).

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News & Notes 26/08/13

260813Featured ContentNews

Primary ballot Absentee ballots for the Sept. 8 state primary “have been mailed out to every city and town clerk’s ...

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Quality of Life 26/08/13

260813NewsQuality Of Life

Jalapeños alert According to an Aug. 8 press release, “Hannaford Supermarkets is recalling a limited number of deli and produce ...

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New days in Red Sox Nation

260813NewsSports

The Big Story – Red Sox Actually Do Have a Plan: After two years of public doubts and much caterwauling ...

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This Week 26/08/13

260813NewsThis Week

Thursday, Aug. 13 Londonderry Old Home Day’s week of events continues today with a Color Run in the Town Common ...

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Smoking Hot Comedy

260813Cover StoriesFeatured Content

A talk with comedians Jody Sloane and Jimmy Dunn plus a look at upcoming shows Last summer, the official story ...

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Painting poems

260813Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Words inspire art at Kimball Jenkins An upcoming exhibition at the Kimball Jenkins Estate will pair works of art with ...

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Enjoying the fruits of your labor in the vegetable garden

260813OutdoorsThe Gardening Guy

Pull them, freeze them, dry them, eat them Pull them, freeze them, dry them, eat them My vegetable garden is ...

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The Civil War and the Roman Empire

260813Featured ContentOutdoors

Battles and more reenacted at History Alive 2026 in Hillsborough “We give people a chance to experience history, first hand,” ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/08/13

260813Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Farm party • Charmingfare Farm, 774 High St. in Candia, will hold a Kids Farm Party ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/08/13

260813Family FunTreasure Hunt

Donna, I purchased this at a local thrift store for $5. It was on a Saturday morning when they were ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/08/13

260813Food

• New tacos in Concord: Boston-based Mexican chain Anna’s Taqueria (annas.com) has opened its first location in New Hampshire, at ...

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Celebrating the French-speaking world

260813Featured ContentFood

The new Franco Fest has big plans One of the first hurdles the Franco-American Centre and organizers of next week’s ...

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Music, food and community

260813Food

We Are One Festival brings together African, Caribbean and Latino communities Sarah Georges is one of many Manchester residents who ...

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Making a beer run

260813Food

First a race, then concerts and brewfest Londonderry’s Old Home Days will be capped off by a 5K road race ...

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The Salamander

260813Food

2 frozen strawberries 2 ounces jalapeño-infused tequila 1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice 3/4 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice dash cardamom ...

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Album Reviews 26/08/13

260813AlbumsPop

Litvar, Being Here (self-released) As anyone who’s ever tried to achieve it knows, going internet-viral in a positive way through ...

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Horror or something!

260813Film ReviewsPop

The Last House joins a vaguely defined but fun genre I think I like this genre that seems to be ...

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The Music Roundup 26/08/13

260813Music This Week

• Free green: Enjoy traditional Celtic music in a bucolic setting as On The Lash performs a show courtesy of ...

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Band on the rise

260813Featured ContentNightlife

Mountain Grass Unit brings acoustic brilliance to The Range On Aug. 26, Mountain Grass Unit will make its Grand Ole ...

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on the cover

In this week’s cover story, John Fladd takes a look at lobster, that iconic New England food. He talks to experts about enjoying one of the region’s favorite crustaceans steamed with melted butter or served cold in a lobster roll (or hot in a lobster roll, depending on your lobster roll preferences).

Also on the cover Sunfox Farm in Concord celebrates its sunflowers (page 16). NH Antiques Week culminates in the big Manchester show (page 15). Michael Witthaus talks with music scene regular Senie Hunt (page 23).

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News & Notes 26/08/06

260806Featured ContentNews

Movie Night Movies in the Park returns to Manchester starting this Friday, Aug. 7, at 8:15 p.m. in Veterans Memorial ...

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Quality of Life 26/08/06

260806NewsQuality Of Life

New Hampshire schools A recent survey by financial website WalletHub.com rated New Hampshire’s school system as the fourth-best in the ...

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Sox sweep MLB-best Dodgers

260806NewsSports

The Big Story – Surging Red Sox: All through the 2013 season I kept saying, “I don’t know how they ...

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This Week 26/08/06

260806NewsThis Week

Thursday, Aug. 6 The League of NH Craftsmen’s Annual Craftsmen’s Fair continues today through Sunday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m ...

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Lobstah!

260806Cover StoriesFeatured Content

On enjoying one of New England’s seafood treats Fred Fullerton is the owner of Freddie’s Fish in Manchester. According to ...

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With the machine

260806Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Making peace, and art, with AI When Elsie Kagan talks about painting, it sounds like a jazz player’s memory of ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/08/06

260806Family FunTreasure Hunt

Good morning, Donna, I bought this lamp at a church summer festival in Maine. I absolutely love the shade! I ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/08/06

260806Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Museum fun • The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St. in Dover, will hold ...

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Built to last

260806Featured ContentOutdoors

The annual New Hampshire Antiques Show returns This weekend’s Antiques Show is the highlight of the year for the New ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/08/06

260806Food

• Telling fine whiskeys apart: Tuscan Market (Tuscan Village, 9 Via Toscana, Salem, 912-5467, tuscanbrands.com) will host a Whiskey Appreciation ...

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Blooms and tunes, with food

260806Featured ContentFood

Sunfox Farm holds its annual Sunflower Bloom Festival So, that thing about sunflowers turning to face the sun? It turns ...

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Meet The Grey Dog

260806Food

Craft cocktails are their specialty Michael Demicco is the owner of The Grey Dog in Manchester, a new addition to ...

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Blueberry cookies with lemon and lavender glaze

260806Food

1 cup (198 g) sugar 1/3 cup (2/3 cube) butter 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ cup (114 g) milk ...

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Album Reviews 26/08/06

260806AlbumsPop

Ian Sweet, Shiverstruck (Polyvinyl Records) I get it, the Chappell Roan copycatting will continue until morale improves, or something to ...

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In Wonderland, by Joyce Maynard

260806BooksPop

(Little A, 413 pages) New Hampshire native Joyce Maynard has said that she likes to write about things people don’t ...

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The friendly neighborhood MCU

260806Film ReviewsPop

Spider-Man helps keep the Marvel universe grounded Neighborhood Spider-Man is the best kind of Spider-Man. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns ...

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The Music Roundup 26/08/06

260806Music This Week

• Tribute era: The backstory of tribute act Kanin Wren’s Taylor Swift Experience sounds a lot like that of the ...

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One more run

260806Featured ContentNightlife

Senie Hunt plays through pain before surgery Well-known for getting a lot from his guitar, by picking and strumming while ...

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on the cover

It’s likely that we’ll see some hot sticky days as we head into August. Looking to make a little adventure of cooling off? Michael Witthaus (who took the photo above and on the cover at Lake Sunapee) suggests some outdoor swimming spots as well as some tips to stay safe. And, if swimsuits aren’t your jam, he also suggests some cool caves to explore.

Also on the cover Michael also talks to author Chris Bohjalian, who will be at the BNH Stage in Concord discussing his new book The Amateur (see page 11). Goffstown holds its annual Uncommon Art on the Common celebration of local artists (page 12). Go to the Southern New Hampshire Food Truck Festival with an empty stomach (page 16).

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News & Notes 26/07/30

260730Featured ContentNews

Blood need There is an immediate need for blood donors, according to a July 27 press release from the American ...

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Quality of Life 26/07/30

260730NewsQuality Of Life

Trailblazing in a tiara As reported by the Nashua Telegraph in a July 24 online article, New Hampshire organizer, athlete ...

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Trade deadline arrives

260730NewsSports

The Big Story – Red Sox Shift Trade Deadline Plans: The idea of their being sellers went out the window ...

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This Week 26/07/30

260730NewsThis Week

Thursday, July 30 The Nashua Silver Knights have a packed schedule of games at Holman Stadium in Nashua for the ...

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Stay Cool

260730Cover StoriesFeatured Content

Spend some summer at NH’s lakes, beaches and caves New Hampshire’s summers are getting hotter, stickier and, this year especially, ...

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Life altering

260730Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Class and consequences shape new Chris Bohjalian novel The Amateur When Vermont author Chris Bohjalian began writing his new novel, ...

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Community art

260730Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Buy some works, meet the artists in Goffstown By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com Uncommon Arts on the Common, the 16th annual arts ...

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Introducing art, whimsy and laughter into your garden

260730Featured ContentOutdoorsThe Gardening Guy

For some, gardening is serious business. Not me. Well, I do consider myself a serious gardener, having been growing things ...

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Lots of hot air

260730Outdoors

Suncook Balloon Rally “If you’ve never been to a balloon rally before, it’s quite an experience,” Fallon Reed said. Reed ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/07/30

260730Family FunTreasure Hunt

Dear Donna, I’m trying to figure out what this brush was for. It’s 5 inches long and looks like it ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/07/30

260730Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Kids racing for kids Friends of Aine will hold its annual Kids Try-athlon on Sunday, Aug ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/7/30

260730Food

• Crafts, beer, and sharks: To Share Brewing (720 Union St., Manchester, 836-6947, tosharebrewing.com) will celebrate Shark Week through Saturday, ...

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Cocktail forward

260730Featured ContentFood

Lovejoy in Milford offers something for everyone Matt Berry has been part of many restaurants over the years. “My background ...

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Cannoli, bubble tea and beef jerky

260730Food

Southern NH Food Truck Festival offers culinary variety The first weekend of August has become the traditional date for the ...

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Upper Cut

260730Food

I don’t think it’s possible to buy a bottle of grapefruit juice with bad intentions. You walk up the juice ...

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Album Reviews 26/07/30

260730AlbumsPop

The Durutti Column, Renascent (London Records) Here’s a band name you’ll want to keep handy in your brain if you ...

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People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much, by Sofi Stambo

260730BooksPop

(Restless Books, 292 pages) Sofi Stambo was born in Bulgaria and now lives in New York, which is about all ...

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Sofaplex viewing

260730Film ReviewsPop

New comedies and other home movie watching fun I often wonder if a movie I watch at home has to ...

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The Music Roundup 26/07/30

260730Music This Week

• Threefer: A monthly gathering of original performances preceded by food and wine, the next Songwriter’s Roundup has Nashville-based Mary ...

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Kill or be killed

260730Featured ContentNightlife

Aaron Berg brings his take-no-prisoners act to Moka Pot Watching Aaron Berg walk on stage at a comedy club, two ...

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on the cover

Time to take your solo running on the road — specifically, to a road race. The next few months are filled with 5Ks (as well as some 10Ks and a few marathons) to keep you motivated. Many of them support good causes, so you can feel like you’re doing good for the community while you’re trying to make good time. Did we miss your favorite road race? Let us know at adiaz@hippopress.com. Photo above and on the cover courtesy Millennium Running, millenniumrunning.com.

Also on the cover Coppal House Farm in Lee celebrates its blooming crop with a Sunflower Festival (page 16). The Canterbury Fair keeps it local (page 15). Dwight & Nicole celebrate their musical influences with a show called Kings & Queens paying tribute to legends of blues, rock, country and more (page 23).

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News & Notes 26/07/23

260723Featured ContentNews

Let us abstain Don’t eat the recalled iceberg lettuce products from Taylor Fresh Foods, the New Hampshire Department of Health ...

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Quality of Life 26/07/23

260723NewsQuality Of Life

Smoky summer Last week saw hazy, smoky skies from Canadian wildfires. Even as conditions improved toward the weekend, the New ...

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Sox win streak hits 13

260723NewsSports

The Big Story – Sox Stay Hot: The scalding hot Red Sox pushed World Cup soccer out of the top ...

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This Week 26/07/23

260723NewsThis Week

Thursday, July 23 Organized by the Merrimack Valley Military Vehicle Collectors Club, the Weare Rally will run today through Saturday, ...

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Race Day

260723Cover StoriesFeatured Content

Runs, walks and other races to keep you moving Time to take your run on the road. From now through ...

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Artists in conversation

260723Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Two distinct styles join at Outer Space exhibition In mid-July, a small second-floor gallery in Concord opened a show called ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/07/23

260723Family FunTreasure Hunt

Hello, Donna, My husband and I purchased a property over a decade ago and this “stove” was in an outbuilding ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/07/23

260723Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Family tunes • On Saturday, July 25, Manchester Parks and Recreation will hold the second of ...

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Canterbury puts on a small but mighty fair

260723Outdoors

Fun food, friendly farm animals and more By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com The town of Canterbury celebrates its 300th anniversary this year ...

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Roller skating, food trucks, music

260723Featured ContentOutdoors

Nashua’s Summer Stroll offers a day of community fun Nashua’s Summer Stroll, put on by the Downtown Nashua Association, will ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/7/23

260723Food

• Opening: The July 15 MEDO Minute, the newsletter for the Manchester Economic Development Office, reported that Grey Dog at ...

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Sunflower fields

260723Featured ContentFood

Sunflower fest celebrates tasty oil while flowers bloom By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com With their tall stems and big yellow blooms, sunflowers ...

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Cherry-Sunflower Shortbread

260723Food

Shortbread is about as simple as it’s possible for a cookie to be: butter, flour, sugar, and salt. There aren’t ...

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Album Reviews 26/07/23

260723AlbumsPop

New England Jazz Collaborative, Tributaries (Amherst College Press) Well, that’s a scary little jumble of words, isn’t it, the “New ...

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Cleanup on Aisle Five, by Ann Larson

260723BooksPop

(Atria, 230 pages) In 2021, Ann Larson published a first-person article in The New Republic, describing what it was like ...

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Never going home?

260723Film ReviewsPop

The Odyssey takes you on a journey with its nearly three-hour run time Step 1 with watching Christopher Nolan’s The ...

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The Music Roundup 26/07/23

260723Music This Week

• Sunset trip: An original music-centric summer concert series continues with Cold Engines, who recently dropped two new albums, Madman ...

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Carrying the torch

260723Featured ContentNightlife

Dwight & Nicole salute their Kings & Queens at Tupelo When talking with Dwight & Nicole, there’s a fine line ...

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