Category: Past Issues

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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(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

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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

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• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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• 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

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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

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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

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(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?

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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

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

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on the cover

Freshly picked raspberries, freshly baked bread, cheese sold to you by the person who made it, an excuse to buy a doughnut on a random afternoon — there are many reasons to go to a farmers market. And, if you haven’t been yet this season, there is probably new stuff to discover at your favorite market. In this week’s cover story, we take a look at what’s for sale and when to shop at area farmers markets.

Also on the cover This year’s Shakespeare on the Green production at Saint Anselm College is the comedy As You Like It. Michael Witthaus gives you all the details (page 12). Michael also looks at this weekend’s music line-up with his Nite Roundup and his story about Hell Beach ahead of their Friday show at the Shaskeen in Manchester on page 23. On page 24 find the Music This Week listing and on page 25 see Concerts. And check out some summer fun fairs and festivals in the Kiddie Pool on page 15.

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News & Notes 26/07/16

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Funds for Volunteer NH Volunteer NH, “New Hampshire’s designated State Service Commission … a nonprofit dedicated to engaging communities to ...

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Quality of Life 26/07/16

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Buttons As reported in a July 6 press release from the National Button Society (nationalbuttonsociety.org), “a new [television] series, Hot ...

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Sox crushing it

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The Big Story – Red Sox Rolling: Don’t look now, but having suddenly won 16 of their last 21 the ...

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This Week 26/07/16

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Friday, July 17 Need baseball? The Nashua Silver Knights play the Worcester Bravehearts tonight at 6:03 p.m. at Holman Stadium ...

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Shop Very Local

260716Cover StoriesFeatured Content

Enjoy fresh flavors and community at area farmers markets Change is a constant at farmers markets. Whether it’s the seasonal ...

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The green’s a stage

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Shakespeare al fresco returns to Saint Anselm College For the past two summers, Theatre Kapow’s Shakespeare on the Green has ...

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Plants that have stood the test of time

260716Featured ContentOutdoorsThe Gardening Guy

The Fourth of July celebrations are over — the fireworks, parades, hot dogs and strawberry shortcake. Leading up to the ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/07/16

260716Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Fairs & festivals The Second Congregational Church, 25 Gregg St. in Wilton, will hold its annual ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/07/16

260716Family FunTreasure Hunt

Hello, Donna, I have this glass-front cabinet with the attached label on the back. It belonged to my mom and ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/7/16

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• Lavender skills for Goffstown teens: The theme of Flavor Our World, for teens entering grades 5 through 12, at ...

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From milk to cheese

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A day in the life of a cheese maker Peter Kress is the owner of and head cheese maker at ...

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Album Reviews 26/07/16

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Shonen Knife, Let’s Knife Re-Cut (Summit Records) Full-scale re-rub of the Japanese trio’s 1992 Let’s Knife LP, which Rolling Stone ...

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The Calamity Club, by Kathryn Stockett

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(Spiegel & Grau, 638 pages) When your debut novel sells more than 15 million copies, spends nearly two years on ...

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Catching up with Kara

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Checking in on Supergirl and other sisterly stories Superman is compelled to protect Earth and do good. Supergirl would like ...

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The Music Roundup 26/07/16

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• Get together: North and South join musical forces as April Cushman & Shelly Fairchild perform an intimate show in ...

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Pump up the volume

260716Featured ContentNightlife

Hell Beach / American Television mini-tour hits Shaskeen When their debut album Beachworld dropped in October 2024, Hell Beach celebrated ...

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on the cover

Ice cream is delightful on its own, but what about those times when you really want to go all out? John Fladd checks out a few area sundaes, from the classic hot fudge to the ones that go bananas (sometimes, with bananas). Get some ideas for your next sweet, cold treat with this week’s cover story.

Also on the cover The Hillsboro Summer Festival — also called Summerfest — runs Thursday, July 9, through Sunday, July 12. John gets all the details about this weekend of fun (page 14). Michael Witthaus talks to Puppeteers for Fears about their upcoming production of Robopocalypse: The Musical (page 12). And John gets you ready for next weekend’s Pup Crawl, an event supporting the Humane Society for Greater Nashua (page 17).

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News & Notes 26/07/09

260709Featured ContentNews

10-year plan The National Park Service approved New Hampshire’s 10-year historic preservation plan, which is available to view at nhdhr.dncr.nh.gov, ...

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Quality of Life 26/07/09

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Missing peregrine chick has been found As reported by NH Audubon (nhaudubon.org) in a July 1 update on its website, ...

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World Cup mania continues

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The Big Story – Is USA Still Alive: We ask it that way because right after I file this on ...

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This Week 26/07/09

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Friday, July 10 The Majestic Theatre presents The Secret Garden, the musical based on the 1911 Frances Hodgson Bernett novel, ...

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Sundae Season

260709Cover StoriesFeatured Content

A look at the creations that take ice cream to another level There is, of course, no single surefire guaranteed ...

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Dad and daughter save the world

260709Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Puppeteers for Fears return with AI-themed Robopocalypse The premise of Robopocalypse: The Musical! sounds, on paper, like a high-speed collision ...

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Raising funds with flying skillets

260709Featured ContentOutdoors

Hillsboro Summerfest has it all The Hillsboro Summerfest will take place from July 9 to July 12. According to the ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/07/09

260709Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Blueberry season • Blueberries imminent, is the message at many area farms offering pick your own ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/07/09

260709Family FunTreasure Hunt

Dear Donna, I came across this paper in my grandmother’s attic. It’s interesting and very old, as you can see ...

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It’s time to pay attention to the vegetable garden

260709OutdoorsThe Gardening Guy

Go look at your tomato plants By now, most of us have planted our vegetable gardens. My peas, onions, lettuce, ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/7/09

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• Lavender date night: Lavender Fields at Pumpkin Blossom Farm (393 Pumpkin Hill Road, Warner, 456-2443, pumpkinblossomfarm.com) will host a ...

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Pubs and pups

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Humane Society holds its weekend-long Pup Crawl What would it take to be entered into a special type of raffle, ...

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Mexican focus, West Side home

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Jorge’s Mexican Grill opens in Manchester The new Mexican restaurant on Manchester’s West Side has history. “This [building] opened in ...

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Church Wedding

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It probably goes without saying that the name of this drink is a reference to a particularly awful dad joke ...

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Album Reviews 26/07/09

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Chuck Bergeron, Bass & Face: Duets With Ten Premier Vocalists (Summit Records) The ever-polite All About Jazz describes bassist Bergeron ...

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Sparta, by Andrew Bayliss

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(W.W. Norton & Co., 326 pages) Other than Rome, is there any ancient civilization that commands more attention than Sparta? ...

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Minions & monsters & sheep

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Movies for family viewing If you have kids, you will probably have contact with the newest entry in the Minionsverse, ...

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The Music Roundup 26/0709

260709Music This Week

• Summer sounds: The Levitt AMP Manchester Music Series kicks off with Dyer Davis, a rocking singer-songwriter that Downbeat called ...

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Joni’s jazz revisited

260709Featured ContentNightlife

Hejira channels the spirit of beloved Mitchell period Guitarist and composer Pete Oxley spent decades building a solo catalog, along ...

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on the cover

Whether you’re headed for a summer vacation, a summer staycation or just a few moments’ break in the sun, we’ve got recommendations from local librarians, booksellers and others for books that help you escape. Grab your favorite lounging companion and start finding your next read.

Also on the cover New Hampshire cities and towns are celebrating the country’s big 2-5-0 with fireworks, parades and more. See a roundup of Fourth of July happenings on page 16. And if Independence Day is putting you in a historical (-ish) mood, check out the comedy The Complete History of America (Abridged) at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse through next weekend (see Michael Witthaus’s story on page 15). John also takes a look at the new bakeshop slated to open on Manchester’s West Side and their plans to offer gelato (page 18).

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News & Notes 26/07/02

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Wanna build a plane? The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire is seeking a school to participate in the museum’s plane-build ...

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Sox sweep Yanks

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The Big Story – Sox Shock Everyone: OK, did the Sox finally get the spark that has been missing all ...

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Quality of Life 26/07/02

260702NewsQuality Of Life

A missing fledgling As reported by Manchester InkLink in a June 29 online article, a newly hatched peregrine falcon is ...

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This Week 26/07/02

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Thursday, July 2 Catch Back in Black: The True AC/DC Experience tonight at 8 p.m. at LaBelle Winery, 14 Route ...

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Your Next Read

260702Cover StoriesFeatured Content

Book recommendations for your lazy summer days We asked local booksellers, librarians and others to recommend some good reads for ...

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History has never been this much fun

260702Art & TheaterFeatured Content

Centuries of absurdity, just in time for the 250th There’s a moment Lawrence Lesher keeps returning to when he talks ...

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Celebrating the Fourth and the 250th

260702Featured ContentOutdoors

Pet parades, bicycle parades and parade parades over the holiday weekend Jennifer Kretovic is the Ward 3 Concord City Councilor ...

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Kiddie Pool 26/07/02

260702Family FunOutdoors

Family fun for whenever Summer of theater • Catch the first production from a Palace Youth Theatre Summer Camp, featuring ...

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Treasure Hunt 26/07/02

260702Family FunTreasure Hunt

Dear Donna, This blow dryer belonged to my mom. I can remember her using it on my sister and my ...

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The Weekly Dish 26/7/02

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• A new farmers market: According to a recent press release by Hampton’s Lane Memorial Library, there is a new ...

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Now with gelato

260702Featured ContentFood

A changing of the guard at the Bakeshop on Kelley Street After more than 15 years, Denise Nickerson, the owner ...

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Ice cream sandwiches for all

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Sweet Bel’s Ice Cream has Happy Cake too Jennifer Belmore was making a Happy Cake Bowl. “I make cake pretty ...

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Raspberry cake with raspberry ganache

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Chocolate and raspberries are a classic combination. What makes this particular cake so very raspberry-y is that it is flavored ...

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Album Reviews 26/07/02

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Ow! Live at The Penthouse, Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (Reel To Real Records) It’s summer in New England, ...

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Robins Hood

260702Film ReviewsPop

A look at some of the tales of Sherwood Forest The newest Robin Hood is a vibe. In The Death ...

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The Music Roundup 26/0702

260702Music This Week

• Swamp thing: Get a head start to the weekend with Louisiana Delta blues guitarist Tab Benoit performing in the ...

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Rockin’ the Fourth

260702Featured ContentNightlife

Eclectic music slate precedes Nashua fireworks This Fourth of July will mark 250 years of U.S. independence, but Eleanor Luna’s ...

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