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Did you Hear the One About…

Looking for a good laugh? We asked comedians who live or perform locally for some of their favorite jokes, and they delivered! Get a taste of the humor they love, then find out where you can see them live.

Also on the cover, if you don’t have peonies in your garden, you’re missing out, p. 14. What could be better than a new place for coffee? A new place for ice cream, too! (p. 20 & 21). And there’s live music all week long throughout southern New Hampshire, p. 34.

The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many industries and altered many futures forever. The industry casualties include office space, ...
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Covid-19 updateAs of June 7As of June 14Total cases statewide98,94199,143Total current infections statewide353280Total deaths statewide1,3571,363New cases215 (May 31 to June ...
VNA merger expands home health, hospice services Visiting nurse associations Concord Regional VNA and Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice ...
A few days before every college basketball season started our coach would bring the new game balls to practice to ...
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Thank you, Laura Laura Knoy wrapped up more than 25 years of hosting NHPR’s call-in show The Exchange last Thursday, ...
Jokes from local comedians — and where to see them perform What’s a good joke? There are puns like “when ...
Historic Laconia theater reopens after 60 years After six decades of boarded up windows and vacant seats, the historic Moore’s ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities Ceramics piece by Barbra Sorce, featured in “Fired Up!” exhibit. Courtesy ...
You can never have enough If you don’t have a peony, I’m surprised. If you don’t have three, you should ...
Family fun for the weekend BubbleMania! at the SEE Science Center. Courtesy photo. Sky-high fun The Aviation Museum of New ...
Brad Greenland Genealogist Brad Greenland is a Manchester-based genealogist and founder of Greenland Genealogy, providing family history research and record ...
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News from the local food scene Explain your job and what it entails. I work with clients who want to ...
Flight Coffee Co. introduces new flagship location in Bedford When Claudia Barrett of Bedford started Flight Coffee Co. 12 years ...
Sunday’s Scoops & Treats now open in Concord A new ice cream shop now open in downtown Concord is inviting ...
Tara Collins of Derry is the owner of Collins Cupcakes (collinscupcakes.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @collinscupcakes603), a homestead business ...
Help ease the lawn mowing frustration Last year, I bought a riding lawn mower. My wife said I could, so ...
Overloaded, by Ginny Smith (Bloomsbury, 325 pages) Science writer Ginny Smith’s Overloaded, while not the most sparkling prose you’ll read ...
In The Heights (PG-13) A group of longtime friends and neighbors chase their various dreams In The Heights, the film ...
Spiral (R) Chris Rock, Max Minghella. And also just a bit of Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Rock’s character’s father ...
Local music news & events • Throwback time: A tribute band before they were cool, The Youngsters formed back in ...

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Kids Guide to Summer

Kids Guide to Summer

If you’re not looking forward to hearing the words “I’m bored” every day for the entire summer, start planning your kids’ summer fun now! There are all kinds of live events and activities happening at museums, theaters, art centers, libraries and more. Check out this guide and find fun for your kids all summer long.

Also on the cover, Hatbox Theatre promises a show that will delight Sherlock Holmes fans, p. 16. Get a Taste of the Region (in person!), p. 24. And a new restaurant in Manchester is serving up poké bowls, p. 25.

We all know the old koan: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear ...
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Covid-19 updateAs of May 30As of June 7Total cases statewide98,72698,941Total current infections statewide476353Total deaths statewide1,3531,357New cases377 (May 25 to May ...
Health director commended for pandemic leadership Manchester Public Health Director Anna Thomas is the recipient of the Greater Manchester Chamber’s ...
It’s been a week since the demise of the Celtics brass. It came a day after their playoff wipeout to ...
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Wanted: lifeguards There may be fewer lifeguards at your local swimming spot this year. Across the state, towns and cities ...
Fairs, theater events, hands-on art and more ideas for a season of family fun As the (very strange) school year ...
Full-scale productions return to the Hatbox Theatre The stories of Sherlock Holmes come to life in Phylloxera Productions’ Holmes and ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities “Cat of Nine Tales” by Gail Smuda, featured in “Fur & ...
Nothing wrong with a lazy gardener I saw a friend recently who was bubbly and excited about her garden. “It’s ...
Family fun for the weekend Monster summer fun Start working on your best monster cartoon! Studio 550 Art Center in ...
Tom Betteridge Mechanical engineer Tom Betteridge is vice president of mechanical engineering at Turner Building Science and Design, a Concord-based ...
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News from the local food scene • Pre-order your Greek favorites: Get your orders in now for the annual Lamb ...
Taste of the Region returns (in person!) to Derry From pizza, tacos and macaroni and cheese to locally produced brews, ...
Poké Spot now open in Manchester A new fast casual concept now open in Manchester specializes in customizable Hawaiian poké ...
Shawna Deeley was a cook at The Village Cafe in Bradford when the pandemic forced its shutdown last year. After ...
With the approach of Midsummer’s Eve, my teenager has some thoughts about what we should be drinking. Harvest: I’d like ...
How location is key for this summertime favorite Pinot grigio, long the favorite of art gallery openings and summer garden ...
Kleiman, Toltech EP (AlpaKa MuziK) It’s been a really long time since I felt like an international techno scene influencer ...
Great Circle, by Maggie Shipstead (Alfred A. Knopf, 589 pages) Sometimes, even if you are looking forward to it, a ...
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (R) Lorraine and Ed Warren once again battle the demonic in The ...
Local music news & events • Beach music: Part of a tour working its way up the East Coast, Ballyhoo! ...
Revamped, Jason Spooner Band hits Concord The Music in the Park concert series sponsored by Concord’s Capitol Center for the ...

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Get Your Goat

Get Your Goat

Cats and dogs are the most popular pets, but if you’ve dreamed of owning bigger animals (donkeys!), smaller creatures (snails!), or kids that will actually help with yard work (goats!), we’ve got the lowdown on what it takes to keep all kinds of non-traditional animals.

Also on the cover, NH Herbal Network’s Herb & Garden Day returns, p. 23. Cool down with light brews, p. 27. And laugh all night with Jay Chanoine, who has upcoming shows in Concord and Manchester, p. 31

The stores are full of patriotic paraphernalia right now. I can skip past the metallic flag pinwheels; the red, white ...
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Covid-19 updateAs of May 24As of May 30Total cases statewide98,34998,726Total current infections statewide411476Total deaths statewide1,3441,353New cases575 (May 18 to May ...
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Educational project recognizes NH’s Abenaki heritage The Abenaki Trails Project, launched last August, is highlighting New Hampshire’s Abenaki history and ...
Time to clear out the attic of my cluttered sports mind. I don’t know much about European soccer, but I ...
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A good time to give Nonprofit organizations are banding together for NH Gives, a statewide effort to raise funds for ...
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Why you might want to add a companionable kid, some laid-back alpacas and other animals to your family Maybe you’ve ...
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Two new sculptures to be installed in downtown Concord Downtown Concord becomes an open-air art gallery through Art on Main, ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities “Along the Marginal Way,” a watercolor by Frederick Dobrowolski, on display ...
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What to do when you have a Code Red When you face a flower bed and can’t immediately tell what’s ...
Family fun for the weekend Goffstown Main Street’s Old Home Weekend. Courtesy photo. Town celebration Goffstown Main Street is hosting ...
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Missy Gaffney Esthetician and business owner Missy Gaffney is an esthetician and owner of three health and beauty businesses — ...
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News from the local food scene • Season of strawberries: Join The Friends of the Library of Windham for a ...
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Fresh Start Farms to open centralized “food hub” and market A new store set to open in the heart of ...
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NH Herbal Network’s Herb & Garden Day returns Bringing its signature event to a new venue this year, the New ...
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Marie Sacco of Salem is the owner of The Sandwich Monstahh (thesandwichmonstahh@gmail.com, and on Facebook and Instagram), a food trailer ...
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My blender died last summer. I’m not sure what I asked it to do — scramble a couple of eggs, ...
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All of a sudden it’s summer Well, that happened fast. One day it was 41 degrees and straight up cold ...
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Jonny Kosmo, Pastry (Feeding Tube Records) I don’t know if you know a lot of people who’ve studied psychology, but ...
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Love Like That, by Emma Duffy-Comparone (Henry Holt and Co., 211 pages) Novels can be bruising in their own way, ...
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A Quiet Place Part II (PG-13) The soft-steps-and-muffled-screams family from the first movie must seek a new safe haven in ...
Local music news & events • Backyard fun: Enjoy acoustic folk rock from The Clavis Brudon Band at an outdoor ...
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Jay Chanoine returns with pair of headlining shows When Jay Chanoine steps on stage these days, the Manchester comic’s audiences ...

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Summer Guide 2021

Summer Guide 2021
There’s plenty of live, in-person stuff happening this year! Packed with concerts, arts events, foodie fun, festivals and more, our annual guide will help you plan your summer, from now through Labor Day.

Also on the cover, find out how to get the kids in your life to love gardening, p. 20. A local chef presents a monthly Haitian dinner series, p. 28. And find live music for your weekend and beyond in Music This Week, starting on p. 39.

The stores are full of patriotic paraphernalia right now. I can skip past the metallic flag pinwheels; the red, white ...
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Covid-19 updateAs of May 17As of May 24Total cases statewide97,77498,349Total current infections statewide1,169411Total deaths statewide1,3331,344New cases973 (May 11 to May ...
With six no-hitters already, the Mets’ Jacob DeGrom off to a historic start before going on the DL, Shohei Ohtani ...
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Coming to you live The NH Live Venues and Theaters coalition held a press conference via Zoom on May 18 ...
With the return of many live and in-person events, Summer 2021 is already looking more action-packed than last year, as ...
New children’s book helps kids cope with pandemic life Most people who are stuck at the mechanic’s for three and ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities “The Haze of July Flowers” by Jess Barnett. Courtesy photo. • ...
Aim for more fun, less weeding OK, all you parents and grandparents, it’s time to garden with your beloved little ...
Family fun for the weekend Photo courtesy of the New Hampshire Farm Museum. A day at the farm The New ...
Victoria Bombino Dental assistant Victoria Bombino is a dental assistant at Simply Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics in Pelham, where she ...
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News from the local food scene • More markets return: For the first time in two years, the Derry Homegrown ...
Chef Chris Viaud is on the far right. From the left is Chris’s brother Phil, Phil’s wife Sarah, their father ...
Becky Costello of Londonderry is the owner of Owl Hill Preserves (owlhillpreserves@gmail.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @owlhillpreserves), a business ...
Finding food wines at Angela’s Pasta & Cheese If you haven’t visited Angela’s Pasta & Cheese, on the corner of ...
La Battue, Get Set, Go! (Parapente Records) Second EP from this off-kilter but quite accessible group, which consists of a ...
The Audacity of Sara Grayson, by Joani Elliott (Post Hill Press, 400 pages) Imagine if Stephenie Myers had died right ...
Army of the Dead (R) Dave Bautista and team attempt to capture millions of dollars from beneath an abandoned Las ...
Local music news & events • Mellow time: Sip a bit of local wine while watching Sam Hyman & JT ...
Texan guitar ace Chris Duarte returns Born in San Antonio and a fixture in Austin’s music scene, Chris Duarte is ...

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Back at the Market!

Back at the market

Summer farmers market season is officially underway, with several markets already open and many more starting in the coming weeks. Find out which vendors you can expect to see at your local markets, plus plans for live entertainment and more.

Also on the cover, sculpting at the Nashua International Sculpture Symposium will get underway Monday, May 24, p. 12. Gardening Guy Henry Homeyer talks about the spring blooms that make him happy, p. 14. And speaking of happy, get some good laughs when comedian Shane Torres takes the stage at the Shaskeen in Manchester on Wednesday, May 26, p. 34.

New Hampshire towns and cities will get a little over $558 million from President Joe Biden’s stimulus legislation passed in ...
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Covid-19 updateAs of May 10As of May 17Total cases statewide96,80197,774Total current infections statewide1,4921,169Total deaths statewide1,3151,333New cases1,295 (May 4 to May ...
New state office to focus on outdoor recreation In April, the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs opened ...
After a year of being a team no one wanted to own, the surprising 2021 Red Sox are back to ...
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A look back at 1995 Girl Scouts who grew up in Goffstown in the ’90s inadvertently brought some nostalgia to ...
Thursday, May 20 Get some music and some art during “Art After Work: Free Thursday Nights” at the Currier Museum ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities Howling Wolf by Francine Poitras Jone featured in “Alnôbak Moskijik Maahlakwsikok: ...
Nashua to host its second pandemic-era Sculpture Symposium After a successful rescheduled and pandemic-adapted event last summer, the 2021 Nashua ...
Blooms that make me happy Spring puts a spring in my step, quite literally. I bounce out of the house ...
Family fun for the weekend Mr. Aaron. Courtesy photo. Jam with Mr. Aaron Sing and dance your way through fun ...
Jillian Kalosky Criminal defense investigator , Jillian Kalosky Investigations Jillian Kalosky is a criminal defense investigator based in Concord, investigating ...
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News from the local food scene • ’Cue it up: The Grazing Room at The Colby Hill Inn (33 The ...
Farmers markets open with plans for a more lively summer Ledge Top Farm in Wilton is a vendor at this ...
Lorna Aouad of Auburn is the owner of Loulou’s Bakery (loulousbakery.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @loulousbakery.nh), a wholesale and ...
Random beers to help with outdoor chores My wife and I decided this would be the year we would beautify ...
Alchemy Sound Project, Afrika Love (Artists Recording Collective) I assume you know by now that I try to steer readers ...
Freedom, by Sebastian Junger (Simon & Schuster, 147 pages) In 2012 Cheryl Strayed hit publishing paydirt with a memoir of ...
The Woman in the Window (R) Poor Amy Adams plays a severely agoraphobic woman who believes she’s witnessed a murder ...
Oxygen (TV-14) Mélanie Laurent, Malik Zidi. And Mathieu Amalric gives his voice to MILO, the computer system running the pod ...
Local music news & events • Irish vibe: A Celtic-themed pub offers folk, rock and pop from Somerville singer-songwriter Karen ...
Shaskeen comedy returns with Shane Torres Comedian Shane Torres avoids politics in his act, even though the native Texan has ...

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Garden escapes

Garden escapes

Whether you love getting your hands dirty or you’ve never lifted a gardening tool in your life, there’s something to be said for enjoying the elegance of a garden that other people grow. Find out what it takes to create these public gardens where you can reap the beautiful benefits without any of the work.

Also on the cover, local chef Keith Sarasin talks about his new book, Meat: The Ultimate Cookbook, p. 24. Give your wine experience some French flair, p. 29. And James Montgomery teams up with Bob McCarthy and Billy Martin for a live blues show, p. 34.

Imagine a world where parents go off to work and then know their kids are well cared for and safe ...
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Covid-19 updateAs of May 3As of May 10Total cases statewide95,50696,801Total current infections statewide1,9791,492Total deaths statewide1,3051,315New cases1,571 (April 27 to May ...
UNH students send a biology experiment to space A student team from University of New Hampshire Manchester is one of ...
It’s weird that in the worst Patriots season in two decades, this football season/off-season has seemed to last longer than ...
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Coming soon: a theater near you! Regal Hooksett 8, the movie theater off Interstate 93 Exit 10 in Hooksett, will ...
Get all of the flower-filled beauty with none of the work at public gardens Plenty of people like working in ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities The Nashua International Sculpture Symposium returns May 20. Courtesy photo. • ...
Youth artwork celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month New Hampshire youth speak out about mental health through art at the Magnify ...
Family fun for the weekend The tipi set up at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum. Courtesy photo. Virtual field trips Watch ...
Most species aren’t as bad as you think It’s spring, and insects are hatching, flying and munching. Contrary to what ...
Mary Sargent Family mediator, Mary Sargent Mediation Mary Sargent is a certified family mediator based in Bedford. Explain your job ...
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News from the local food scene • More Greek eats to go: Join St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (650 Hanover ...
Local chef to release new meat-focused cookbook Milford chef Keith Sarasin of The Farmers Dinner has written three books since ...
Gusto Italiano Market coming to Bedford Pizza pies cooked in an imported Italian oven — and prepared by a fifth-generation ...
Beth Vine of Derry, also known as The Mad Baker (themadbaker.net and on Facebook and Instagram @themadbakernh), offers fresh items ...
I have a theory that the greater the classic rock anthem, the less objective sense it makes. Remember in seventh ...
A look at American takes on French-style blends While blending of grape varietals is not new to California winemaking, Thomas ...
Rain Rabbit, Rain Rabbit (self-released) So some guy from Chicago named Kyle Brauch sent me a random email to try ...
The Five Wounds, by Kirstin Valdez Quade (W.W. Norton, 416 pages) You may think that you have no interest in ...
Jason Statham is a man bent on revenge in a Los Angeles full of dubious accents, face-obscuring beards and excessive ...
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (PG) I know Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Gordon, ...
Local music news & events • Join together: One sign that things are, as the song goes, closer to fine, ...
Blues trio goes way back When James Montgomery arrived at Boston University in 1967 his mind was on more than ...

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