Be a super fan! — 10/06/22

You don’t have to go far to catch a live sporting event. In this week’s issue, we take a look at all kinds of opportunities across the Granite State to cheer on your favorite teams at local high schools and colleges, as well as provide details on amateur sports for adults, from roller derby to boxing. Game on!

Also on the cover Food writer Matt Ingersoll chats with MasterChef Junior Season 8 champion Liya Chu ahead of the “MasterChef Junior Live” event at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord next week (page 26). Fred Matuszewski explores the growing popularity of rosé wines that are perfect to enjoy on a fall evening (page 30). It’s another weekend filled with festival fun — we’ve got the details on the Warner Fall Foliage Festival (page 15) and the Milford Pumpkin Festival (page 18), both of which make their return this week.

We were thrilled to learn last year that our daughter and her family living in Florida were relocating to New ...
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Grants for new charter schools The New Hampshire Department of Education recently released data revealing that $10.2 million has been ...
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The dramatically disappointing 2022 local baseball season mercifully ended with John Henry’s team in last place for the fifth time ...
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Making real estate fun Local real estate agent Tommy Bolduc and his clients looking to sell their home on Guys ...
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Big Events October 6, 2022 and beyond Thursday, Oct. 6 The 20th annual New Hampshire Film Festival kicks off today ...
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Find the local roller derby or kickball team to root for, local boxing matches with crowd appeal and the high ...
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Food, parade and more bring crowds to small town By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com Since it began in 1947, the Warner ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Irish tenor concert: St. Joseph Cathedral (145 Lowell St., Manchester) ...
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The Milford Pumpkin Festival is back for the 33rd year By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com The Milford Pumpkin Festival is back ...
Family fun for the weekend Arts and crafts • The Bookery (844 Elm St. in Manchester) will hold a storytime ...
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It’s not too late to plant your orchard this year I love the saying that something is “As American as ...
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Quilt shop owner Christine Arlit is the owner of The Sewing Diva Quilt Shop, a full-service quilt shop in North ...
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News from the local food scene • Market updates: Farmers markets in Milford and New Boston are each expected to ...
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MasterChef Junior Live tour comes to Concord Former contestants of the hit Fox cooking competition series MasterChef Junior hit the ...
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Emilee Viaud of Milford is the owner of Sweet Treats by Emilee (sweettreatsbyemilee@gmail.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @sweettreatsbyemilee_), specializing ...
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Fall in New Hampshire quite often includes a visit to an orchard. While most people may think about apples, there ...
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The pink drink with seasonal flexibility The autumnal equinox, denoting the first day of autumn, fell on Thursday, Sept. 22, ...
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Alexis Castrogiovanni, Someday My Thoughts Will Be Like a Range of Mountains (self-released) Debut EP from this Canadian singer-songwriter/cellist, steeped ...
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Babysitter, by Joyce Carol Oates (Knopf, 448 pages) My desire to read books about abduction and murder of children was ...
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Bros (R) Billy Eichner plays a man who is perfectly happy by himself, absolutely doesn’t want a relationship but uncertainly ...
Local music news & events • Lotta laughs: A solid evening of standup comedy led by Jimmy Dunn promises a ...
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Jewel hosts Evanoff’s return to Manchester With the February release of Singularity, Denver-based power trio Evanoff gave its signature “dream ...

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Celebrating the Diner — 09/29/22

The Red Arrow Diner is turning 100! Food writer Matt Ingersoll recently sat down with the Red Arrow’s three owners, who reflected on the diner’s rich history and lasting legacy as a staple of Manchester’s culinary scene. Learn about how the Red Arrow began as a tiny lunch cart on Lowell Street in October 1922 and its evolution into a hotspot today for political candidates and local celebrities alike. We’ve also got the details on a special free 100th anniversary celebration event at the diner on Saturday, Oct. 15. Want more diner eats? We take a look at other area diners serving up the classics.

Also on the cover The Deerfield Fair, a four-day event packed with midway amusement rides, food and animal demonstrations and competitions, is back for the 145th year (page 18). Hippo cocktail columnist John Fladd makes the case for why you should embrace pumpkin spice flavors this fall (page 29). Find live music for your weekend and beyond in our Music This Week section (starting on page 34).

Over lunch a few years ago, a friend asked me a simple, but very direct question: “Steve: when you think ...
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Absentee voting misinformation The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office issued a cease-and-desist order against the New Hampshire Democratic Party on ...
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Helping get muscles back in condition Nate Lavallee is the owner and operator of the new FlexABLE Assisted Stretching & ...
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The Celtics opened training camp on Tuesday for what almost everyone expected to be a season full of promise. At ...
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Help for NH’s homeless The Executive Council and the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee have approved $5 million from the American ...
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Big Events September 29, 2022 and beyond Friday, Sept. 30 Public speaker, author, center of the Netflix docuseries Pretend It’s ...
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Manchester’s Red Arrow Diner serves up 100 years of history PLUS A peek at other area diners A full century ...
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Mezzo-soprano Zaray Rodriguez Rossi presents an immigrant experience By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com An upcoming concert at the Palace Theatre’s Spotlight ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Nature’s beauty: The Manchester Artists Association presents “Nature’s Beauty,” an ...
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The Deerfield Fair celebrates New Hampshire agriculture traditions By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com For more than a century the Deerfield Fair ...
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Dear Donna, I have a kitty that belonged to my mom and was passed to me. It’s been very loved ...
Family fun for the weekend Festivals galore • Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia) is holding a multi-day pumpkin festival ...
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Floral decor designer Kara Webster of Pelham designs and sells handcrafted seasonal wreaths and floral decor from her online shop, ...
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News from the local food scene • Farm fresh pizzas: Join Brookford Farm (250 West Road, Canterbury) for a family-friendly ...
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Cucina Aurora owner releases new recipe book By Mya Blanchard listings@hippopress.com Everybody needs food to survive — this commonality connects ...
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George “Rocky” Burpee of Loudon is the owner of Shaker Road Provisions (89 Fort Eddy Road, Suite 2, Concord, shakerroadprovisions.com), ...
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Happy fall! Not only is it the return of cooler weather, it is also the return of me wanting to ...
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Long, long ago, when I was a child in the Late Cretaceous, late September was one of the low-key best ...
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Maraton, Unseen Color (Indie Recordings) Well, here’s a nice attempt at prog rock by a bunch of Norwegians, whose first ...
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The Milky Way: An Autobiography of our Galaxy, by Moiya McTier (Grand Central Publishing, 244 pages) In college, I once ...
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Don’t Worry Darling (R) A sunny mid-20th-century suburb has a dark side, obviously, in Don’t Worry Darling. Alice (Florence Pugh) ...
Local music news & events • Rocket mannish: American Elton stars piano player Bill Connors, a tribute performer who looks ...
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See movies and join the festival jury at Manhattan Short See 10 movies and then vote for your favorite film ...
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Tupelo Music Hall welcomes Glenn Tilbrook On the strength of songs like “Tempted,” “Black Coffee In Bed” and “Up The ...

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Pickleball is everywhere — 09/22/22

It’s been named the “fastest growing sport in America” the last two consecutive years by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association — find out what has so many people hooked on pickleball, the racquet sport combining elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong that originated in Washington State, and where you can go in southern New Hampshire to try your hand at the game.

Also on the cover Learn about Native American history and culture at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum’s annual Harvest Celebration (page 18). Ansanm, a monthly Haitian dinner series brought to you by Top Chef alum Chris Viaud and his family, gears up to open its new brick-and-mortar restaurant in Milford (page 25). Local winemakers and vineyard owners discuss the status of this year’s grape harvest and how the recent drought conditions have played a part (page 24).

The first time I worked on redoing the Minimum Standards for Public School Approval was 1992. I was a brand ...
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New Hampshire 2022 primary election results The results of the New Hampshire 2022 primary election on Sept. 13 are as ...
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New director of homeland security, emergency management Meet Robert Buxton, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu to be the ...
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A few thoughts on interesting sports stories in recent weeks. Count me as enthusiastically on board with the new 12-team ...
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Celebrating recovery Hope for New Hampshire Recovery, a Manchester-based nonprofit that connects people in recovery with people struggling with addiction, ...
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Big Events September 22, 2022 and beyond Friday, Sept. 23 Join 603 Forward and the Forward Foundation for the Forward ...
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A look at the popular sport where community is key By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com After getting a quick set of ...
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How the Palace’s The Little Mermaid created its own underwater fairy tale By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com The Little Mermaid is ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Concord celebrates the arts: The Capital Arts Fest, a free ...
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Try asters, Joe Pye or turtlehead for autumn color Many gardeners go to the plant nurseries in June, and buy ...
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Good afternoon, Donna. I’m wondering if you could help me in determining the worth of a Noritake tea service for ...
Family fun for the weekend Festival fun • Presentation of Mary Academy (182 Lowell Road, Hudson) is hosting its annual ...
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Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum festival returns By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com For close to 30 years, the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum ...
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Senior caregiver Samantha Borbone is a senior caregiver and owner of Bee Helpful, which provides non-medical in-home services to seniors ...
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News from the local food scene • Greek night out: Join St. Philip Greek Orthodox Church (500 W. Hollis St., ...
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A look at this season’s grape harvest at New Hampshire wineries Extreme heat and unusually dry weather this summer have ...
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Ansanm to open new restaurant space in Milford After a year and a half of hosting successful monthly pop-up dinners, ...
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Jenn Spelas and her husband, Troy Waterman, regularly appear across the Granite State with two food trailers — Monster’s Tacos ...
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I am all for making healthier versions of snacks, if they are still delicious. A great example is these cauliflower ...
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This ubiquitous grape can be a product of its upbringing Chardonnay may have reached its peak in the 1980s as ...
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Franklin Gothic, Into The Light (Very Jazzed & Pleasure Tapes) Nothing I hate more than committing to writing up a ...
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The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean (Tor, 298 pages) Does the world really need another story about mythical un-human creatures ...
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The Woman King (R) Viola Davis makes a serious play for a second Oscar win in the action-drama The Woman ...
Beast (R) Idris Elba, Sharlto Copely. Idris Elba fights a lion in this most “exactly as advertised” thriller. Sure, everybody ...
Local music news & events • Bon voyage: A side project of a musician known for his percussive guitar exploits, ...
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Checking in with Paula Poundstone Paula Poundstone can find something to talk about with just about any audience, anywhere; her ...

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Apple season — 09/15/22

September is prime apple picking season in southern New Hampshire, kicking off a harvest season for most local orchards that runs right through the month and into October. Find out where you can go to pick your own apples at local orchards and farms, and discover other quintessential fall activities, like corn mazes, hay rides, pumpkin picking and more.

Also on the cover Katelyn Sahagian brings you all of the details of the annual Granite State Comic Con, returning for a 20th year this weekend (page 17). Discover authentic cuisine and more at the annual Egyptian Food Festival in Nashua (page 26). Glendi, a more than 40-year tradition at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester, returns with three days of homemade Greek entrees, pastries and more (page 25).

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Omicron boosters Covid booster vaccinations updated to protect against the omicron variant are now available in New Hampshire. According to ...
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Rudy 3: Change Can Be Good due out in mid-October Portsmouth-based author Diane Robbins Jones discussed the upcoming third and ...
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With Week 1 gone and 16 games still left to play, here are a few people worth keeping an eye ...
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Health care labor shortages Health care workforce shortages in New Hampshire have resulted in an increased reliance on contract labor, ...
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Big Events September 15, 2022 and beyond Friday, Sept. 16 The New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival start today at ...
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Your guide to finding fruit and fun at the orchard By Matt Ingersoll mingersoll@hippopress.com Most of southern New Hampshire continues ...
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Multicultural festivals celebrate the cultures of Nashua and Concord By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com This weekend, the region will host two ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Part of your world: The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., ...
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Granite State Comic Con celebrates comic books, sci-fi, games and more By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com What started as a small ...
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Water deep if you can, and mulch properly Many of my readers are suffering from a serious drought, enough so ...
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Dear Donna, My mom passed along a newspaper article from the Hippo with your contact information. She is looking to ...
Family fun for the weekend Fairs and festivals • The Humane Society for Greater Nashua is holding its annual fundraiser ...
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Environmental remediation specialist Pamela Whitney is the owner of New England Decon, an environmental remediation and restoration company based in ...
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News from the local food scene • Pancakes in Pelham: Pelham’s Old Home Day, returning to the grounds of the ...
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Glendi offers three days of Greek eats By Jack Walsh listings@hippopress.com Glendi, the three-day food festival celebrating Greek culture with ...
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Egyptian food festival returns to Nashua By Matt Ingersoll mingersoll@hippopress.com Following its cancellation in 2020 and a successful comeback year ...
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Greg Sturgis of Concord launched The Pizza Project (thepizzaprojectnh.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @thepizzaprojectnh), a series of pizza pop-ups ...
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When you’re setting out snacks for an afternoon of football-watching or an evening of movies, you want a nice mix ...
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I called an Über a couple of months ago. My driver got right back to me and said she would ...
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Joseph Shipp, Free For A While (self-released) This 40-year-old Tennessee-born singer-songwriter tried San Francisco life for a while, landed himself ...
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Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom, 480 pages) When I first opened Gideon the Ninth, the first of Tamsyn ...
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (PG) Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp bring the shoe-wearing shell of their early 2010s ...
Local music news & events • Laugh night: Enjoy Third Thursday comedy with Matt Barry, joined by James Hamilton, Gilman ...
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Marshall Crenshaw rocks The Rex By Michael Witthaus mwitthaus@hippopress.com Calling his latest tour “40 Years In Showbiz,” Marshall Crenshaw is ...

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Fall Guide 2022 — 09/08/22

From agricultural fairs to harvest festivals and everything in between, the fall season is chock full of fun in southern New Hampshire. Check out our annual guide for events and things to do across the region going on from now right up until the start of the Thanksgiving weekend.

Also on the cover, Three days of eats fresh from local waters are waiting for you during the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival (page 34). Michael Witthaus catches up with ’80s rock tribute group Aquanett ahead of their show this Friday at the Lakeport Opera House in Laconia (page 41). Get the details of the week-long Manchester Citywide Arts Festival in the pullout that starts on page 25.

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NH state primary The New Hampshire state primary election is Tuesday, Sept. 13. Offices on the ballot include Governor, U.S ...
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A doctor discusses new surgical help for feet Dr. Drew Taft, a foot and ankle specialist in Derry, has adopted ...
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Your New England Patriots kick off 2022 on Sunday in Miami. It’s traditionally a house of horrors when they do ...
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Elevated West Nile risk The local risk level for West Nile virus has been raised to “moderate” in Manchester after ...
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Big Events September 8, 2022 and beyond Saturday, Sept. 10 Petals in the Pines (126 Baptist Road in Canterbury; petalsinthepines.com, ...
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Your guide for a season of fun It’s a season packed full of fun this fall with the return of ...
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Artists bring new works to Cat Alley By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com Located in the heart of downtown Manchester, Cat Alley ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Art by the sea: As a part of this year’s ...
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Is that a squash under the bed? Now is the time when gardeners often have too much fresh produce. People ...
Family fun for the weekend Free Saturday • Take a free trip to the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash ...
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Dear Donna, I just got this sweet lot of old seed sleeves. I thought I might be able to do ...
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The Queen City celebrates art, dance, theater, music and more with a week of events Calendar of Events Event descriptions ...
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A street fair caps the weeklong Manchester Citywide Arts Festival By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com For one week, Manchester will be ...
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Japanese domestic import auto dealer Derek Griffith is the owner of Northeast Auto Imports in Hudson, a full-service auto dealer ...
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News from the local food scene • Chili chowdown: Join The Goat Bar and Grill (50 Old Granite St., Manchester) ...
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A look at the 33rd Hampton Beach Seafood Festival By Katelyn Sahagian, Curt Mackail & Betty Gagne food@hippopress.com Seafood is ...
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Abby Reed of Bradford is the owner of Abby’s Cafe (17 Bridge St., Henniker, 428-4455, find them on Facebook @abbyscafe), ...
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Air fryers have been all the rage for several years, but maybe, like me, you have resisted buying one. The ...
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Zinfandel can accompany your meal from the grill Barbecue, the quintessential way to entertain, to dine, to enjoy family and ...
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Darryl Harper, Chamber Made (Stricker Street Records) Here we have something of a culturally relevant item, a highly successful attempt ...
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf, 416 pages) If a great writer is someone who can take ...
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Three Thousand Years of Longing (R) Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba tell each other stories in Three Thousand Years of ...
Local music news & events • Hometown girl: Twice NEMA-nominated singer-songwriter Maddi Ryan is an unabashed Granite State booster, but ...
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An ’80s revival with Aquanett Lakeport Opera House opened in June 2021 after a $1 million renovation, the first of ...

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Doughnut Road Trip — 09/01/22

Doughnut Road Trip! Whether you’re craving a cider doughnut at your local farm stand this fall, or you’re on a mission to find the wackiest doughnut flavor around, we set out to find all of the spots in southern New Hampshire where you can get handcrafted doughnuts at their most fresh.

Also on the cover Hannah Turtle gives you all of the details on “Gee’s Bend Quilts,” the newest exhibit on display now at Manchester’s Currier Museum of Art (page 14). Hippo cocktail columnist John Fladd discovers how several different gin brands produce variations on the classic gin and tonic (page 30). After a two-year pandemic pause, the Exeter UFO Festival is back to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the “Exeter Incident” (page 17).

Fall Harvests!

Check out the annual Great New Hampshire Harvest Tour map, featured on pages 22 and 23 of this week’s paper.

I had breakfast this morning with a fascinating person. She is an architectural historian who has studied Notre Dame cathedral ...
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More defense attorneys To address the state’s shortage of public defenders, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has issued an order ...
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Going to college and getting involved Plymouth State University student Joshua Chandler of Laconia has been named Stay Work Play ...
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It’s been a crappy sports summer, hasn’t it? Even with the Celtics season lasting until June. That’s because with Boston ...
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“Not today, milfoil!” Many of New Hampshire’s most popular lakes have been kept safe from invasive species this summer thanks ...
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Big Events September 1, 2022 and beyond Thursday, Sept. 1 Spend the holiday weekend cheering on the Fisher Cats at ...
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Where to get glazed, sugared and freshly made deliciousness By Matt Ingersoll, Katelyn Sahagian and Hannah Turtle listings@hippopress.com Mmm, doughnuts ...
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Gee’s Bend exhibit brings visionary art By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com The newest exhibition on display at Manchester’s Currier Museum of ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • New season of performances and speakers: The Walker Lecture Series, ...
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The Exeter UFO Festival is back to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the Exeter incident By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com Whether ...
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Sensitive fern, interrupted fern, ostrich fern — take your pick Many gardeners who focus on flowers and flowering shrubs are ...
Family fun for the weekend Movie night • The final Movies in the Park from Merrimack’s Parks & Recreation takes ...
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Dear Donna, Can you give me any information on the necklace/pin? It’s marked Jerusalem 900 on the back. Thanks. Betty ...
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Dancer, choreographer and dance instructor Kristen Walden is a dancer, choreographer and dance instructor at Ankara Rose World Dance studio ...
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News from the local food scene • Get your Greek feast: Join Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (68 N. State ...
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Bread Makery now open in Salem Andrey Bredstein found success in New Hampshire with his Russian baking business, Hidden Berry ...
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Woods Grille opens in Northwood When The Stand Cafe closed its doors in Northwood earlier this year so its owners ...
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Leah Borla of Weare is the owner of Sweet Love Bakery (20 Main St., Goffstown, 497-2997, sweetlovebakerynh.com), which opened in ...
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Summer is winding down, which means many things. First, school will begin soon or already has. Second, football season (a.k.a ...
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I remember the first time I drank a gin and tonic. It was my first week at college. There was ...
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Mary Onettes, What I Feel In Some Places EP (Labrador Records) Glad I decided to clean out my pathetically overstuffed ...
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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Deluxe Edition 1, by Hitoshi Ashinano (Seven Seas Press, 450 pages) Originally published in Japan starting in ...
Local music news & events • Joyful sound: A free after-work concert series in Manchester has Joel Cage performing, a ...
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Billy Wylder rises to the moment “Just hang on to the band,” Pete Townshend sang back when. “You can dance ...

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Finding a bit of green — 08/25/22

From mini parks in the heart of our cities to some lesser-known land trusts, war monuments and memorials, we took a deep dive into what some of southern New Hampshire’s most unexpected outdoor spaces have to offer.

Also on the cover Hannah Turtle brings you all of the details on Studio 550 Art Center’s 10th annual monster hunt (page 15). Wine columnist Fred Matuszewski offers ideas to extend your summer mindset with some “light and bright” spritzers (page 30). Brazil Fest, a one-day celebration of Brazilian culture through authentic food, music, dancing and more, makes its return this weekend to Greeley Park in Nashua (page 26).

At a family picnic this summer we gobbled salads, pulled pork and pies. Lounging in the shade of a giant ...
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Election prep The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office will host training sessions for local election officials in preparation for ...
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Nashua musician wins songwriting competition Bill Fee of Nashua, also known by his artist name Fee the Evolutionist, won first ...
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News Item: LIV Making Waves In Golf World I was around in the early days of the AFL and for ...
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Excellence in hospice care The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Manchester and Southern New Hampshire has been recognized as a ...
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Big Events August 25, 2022 and beyond Saturday, Aug. 27 Today is the in-person Millennium Running AutoFair New Hampshire 10-miler ...
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Mini parks, lesser-known monuments, land trusts and other unexpected outdoor spaces Rocks that rock On the hunt for rocks with ...
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Studio 550’s monster hunt returns By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com For its 10th year, Manchester’s Studio 550 Art Center is hiding ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Wooden Nickels benefit concert: Wooden Nickels will perform on Saturday, ...
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Quiet the first year, spectacular the second Biennials are some of the least planted flowers we can grow. Why? The ...
Family fun for the weekend To the Moon • The Manchester library is hosting an out-of-this-world talk via Zoom called ...
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Dear Donna, After cleaning out my gram’s home recently, I have a pile of old silverware. Some is marked silver, ...
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Special education consultant Dena Cillo is a special education consultant and the founder and owner of Mosaic Learning in Concord ...
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News from the local food scene • Birthday brews: Join Great North Aleworks (1050 Holt Ave., No. 14, Manchester) for ...
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Brazil Fest returns to Greeley Park A large one-day celebration of Brazilian culture with authentic food options, live music, samba ...
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Sunny Cafe now open in Manchester Dumpling and pierogi bowls are the stars of the menu at Sunny Cafe, a ...
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Rachel Manelas is the owner of Riverwalk Cafe & Music Bar (35 Railroad Square, Nashua, 578-0200, riverwalknashua.com), which she purchased ...
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Summer is full of all sorts of treats. Whether it’s a freshly made peach crisp, s’mores at the bonfire, or ...
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Lighten up your wines with a little fizz The kids will soon be returning to school, but that doesn’t mean ...
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Hiss Golden Messenger, Wise Eyes: Live at The Neptune, Seattle, WA, 2/25/22 (Merge Records) This Durham, North Carolina, quintet has ...
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Return of the Artisan, by Grant McCracken (Simon Element, 207 pages) Behold the Pop-Tart, the humble toaster pastry introduced in ...
Local music news & events • Joke quest: Fresh from his annual Hampton Beach Comedy Festival, Jimmy Dunn spends the ...
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RoC The Range offers full palette of jam acts It’s been a long, strange trip for The Range, a Mason ...

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The after school issue — 08/18/22

It’s almost time to go back to school! Whether your kids are looking for a creative outlet through art, music or theater, or they want to stay active with baseball or soccer, check out this guide featuring all kinds of extracurricular activities they can enjoy after the school day is over.

Also on the cover Hannah Turtle gives you all the details on the return of Nashua’s Greeley Park Art Show (page 17). Katelyn Sahagian discovers how the town of Hillsborough is celebrating its 250th anniversary with its annual History Alive event (page 22). And it’s a weekend of food festivals in Manchester with the return of both the Mahrajan Middle Eastern Food Festival (page 28) and the We Are One Festival (page 29).

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Absentee voting Absentee ballots for the 2022 New Hampshire state primary election are now available to voters. According to a ...
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New program facilitates healthy connections Through a new contracted partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Education, One Trusted Adult, ...
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Another week with too much going on for a once a week column. With Chaim Bloom’s baseball visions sending fan ...
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Gas going down The average price of gasoline in New Hampshire went down by 11.6 cents per gallon last week, ...
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Big Events August 18, 2022 and beyond Thursday, Aug. 18 Londonderry’s Old Home Days, set for Wednesday, Aug. 17, through ...
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Your guide to the soccer leagues, martial arts classes, dance lessons and more to get your kid excited for fall ...
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Greeley Park Art Show returns By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com In its 69th year, the Greeley Park Art Show returns to ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • A week of art in Boscawen: Twiggs Gallery (254 King ...
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Think ahead and don’t buy on impulse First, August is not the best time for planting trees. Most experts suggest ...
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Dear Donna, Can you share some information on this child’s tin plate? Thanks for any help, Ann in Salem Dear ...
Family fun for the weekend Family fun • Get kids interested in Manchester’s mural-creating event Community Canvas, which runs through ...
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Hillsborough’s History Alive celebrates town’s 250th By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com This year’s History Alive event in downtown Hillsborough is going ...
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Jamaican musician returns home to the Granite State By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com Music is the heartbeat of the world — ...
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Tree stump removal specialist Timothy Willey is the owner and operator of Ground Zero Stumps, a tree stump grinding service ...
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News from the local food scene • Celebrate with spuds: Join The Potato Concept for its one-year anniversary celebration at ...
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Mahrajan Middle Eastern Food Festival returns to Manchester By Jack Walsh listings@hippopress.com For the past 50 years the Mahrajan Middle ...
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We Are One Festival returns A celebration of the region’s Latin American, African and Caribbean cultures, the We Are One ...
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Lauren D’Agostino of Manchester is a plant-based chef, cooking coach and the owner of Chef Lauren’s Table (cheflaurenstable.com), which specializes ...
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Bread pudding is a fairly simple dessert that has a comforting quality to it, or at least to me it ...
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A man walks into a bar with a pineapple on his head. The bartender asks, “Hey, what’s with the pineapple?” ...
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Sampa The Great, As Above So Below (Loma Vista Recordings) Commercial African music isn’t strictly relegated to Afrobeat, a fact ...
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Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald (Bloomsbury, 242 pages) When people outside of New England think about Massachusetts, they think about ...
Local music news & events • Piano man: Mixing music, commentary and an overhead piano camera, Frederick Moyer offers an ...
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Bluegrass with Bella White in Portsmouth It’s understandable to mistake Bella White’s debut album, Just Like Leaving, for a mid-20th-century ...

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Fun after dark — 08/11/22

New Hampshire’s nightlife scene has plenty to offer, with games and events happening at local bars, restaurants and pubs nearly every night of the week. In this week’s issue, Matt Ingersoll provides all of the details about music bingo (page 10), Katelyn Sahagian finds where you can sing karaoke (page 11), and Hannah Turtle takes a look at local trivia nights (page 13).

Also on the cover A new craft fair is coming to Manchester this Saturday, Aug. 13 (page 14). Find local laughs this weekend and beyond in our Comedy This Week section (page 32). It’s two weekends of local barbecue and brews with festivals in Milford (page 24) and Nashua (page 25).

Having grown up in America’s heartland, one of my fondest childhood memories is of the garden that our family planted ...
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High energy New Hampshire Eversource customers saw an “unprecedented increase” in the supply portion of their bill on Aug. 1, ...
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General counsel returns from public leadership program Mary Ann Dempsey, general counsel for New Hampshire’s Judicial Branch, was named the ...
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The Patriots are back at work getting ready for the 2022 opener. They do so with a host of big ...
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Pedal to the metal New Hampshire Teacher of the Year Sara Casassa received the trophy and bragging rights as the ...
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Big Events August 11, 2022 and beyond Thursday, Aug. 11 The 65th annual New Hampshire Antiques Show begins today at ...
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Test your knowledge at trivia night, live out your rock star dreams and win prizes by listening to your favorite ...
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How a newcomer to the Queen City started the Manchester Craft Fair, all to get to know her new neighborhood ...
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Arts Build Community to host mural project in Manchester By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com Manchester is gaining three huge murals, all ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Last call for Footloose: It’s the final weekend to catch ...
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Don’t sunburn your fig leaves, and other advice Just like kids on school vacation, your houseplants may want to go ...
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Dear Donna, We just purchased a new old home. In the shed was this bicycle. I can remember having one ...
Family fun for the weekend Curtain up A tale as old as time is coming to the Palace Theatre (80 ...
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Twirling studio owner and coach Jennifer Eby-McDonough is the owner of Elevation Twirling, a baton twirling studio in Nashua. Explain ...
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News from the local food scene • Greek eats return: Join Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (68 N. State St., ...
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Great New England BBQ & Food Truck Festival returns Smoked meats and cold brews take center stage at the Great ...
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Gate City Brewfest returns after three-year hiatus Unlike most local beer festivals, Gate City Brewfest is unique for welcoming visitors ...
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Rick Carvalho is the owner of OakCraft Pizza (2 Cellu Drive, Suite 111, Nashua, 521-8452, oakcraftpizza.com), a fast-casual eatery specializing ...
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The heat of summer may have you thinking about meals you can make without turning on the stove or the ...
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Another reason to buy prosecco Legend has it that the bellini was invented by Giuseppi Cipriani, owner of Harry’s Bar ...
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Jackboy, Majorly Independent (1804 Records) I do make a constant attempt to cover all musical genres in this space, and ...
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The Summer Friend, by Charles McGrath (Knopf, 227 pages) For people of a certain socioeconomic class, “summer” has long been ...
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Brad Pitt helms a pretty good collection of supporting players and fun cameos in the bafflingly flat Bullet Train. I ...
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The Manchester International Film Festival brings shorts, documentaries, feature films, cult faves and a search for Adam Sandler to the ...
Local music news & events • Dad jokes: One of the reasons comedian Robbie Printz welcomed the birth of his ...
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Greg Fitzsimmons brings his comedy to Manchester It was inevitable that Greg Fitzsimmons would find his way into comedy. His ...

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Manchester celebrates movies — 08/04/22

The inaugural Manchester International Film Festival rolls into the Queen City’s Rex Theatre next weekend (Friday, Aug. 12, through Sunday, Aug. 14), a three-day event packed with screenings of everything from cult classics to New Hampshire-directed short films. Find out what it takes to put together a film festival in the Granite State, and meet some of the directors behind several of the event’s featured flicks.

Also on the cover Katelyn Sahagian gets all the details on the return of this year’s League of NH Craftsmen’s Fair (page 19). Gourmet deli sandwiches are the stars of the menu at City Hall Pub, a new lunch option for downtown Manchester (page 28). Find local laughs this weekend and beyond in our Comedy This Week section (page 37).

Ice Cream!

Check out the annual Great New Hampshire Ice Cream Tour map, featured on pages 24 and 25 of this week’s paper.

Even though I am a transplant who has lived in this state for more than 20 years, there are occasions ...
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Cash for Nashua Fire The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant will award $569,036 to the ...
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Derry woman brings her Ukrainian family to NH Nataliya Androsovych, a Ukrainian-American living in Derry, shared her story of bringing ...
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News Item: PGA-LIV Battle Heats Up The controversial start-up LIV world golf tour currently giving the PGA tour indigestion had ...
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A kid helping kids Local Boy Scout John Larochelle partnered with the Hillsborough County chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, ...
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Big Events August 4, 2022 and beyond Thursday, Aug. 4 Catch the final home games of the regular season for ...
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The Manchester International Film Fest is ready for the big screen How to make a film festival The Manchester International ...
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Iona Darling takes on dual-role lead in Swan Lake By Hannah Turtle hturtle@hippopress.com At only 19 years old, Iona Darling, ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • LGBT history exhibit: The Seacoast LGBT History Project holds its ...
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Homemade gifts and goods available at 89th annual Craftsmen’s Fair By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com There will be everything from pottery ...
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Thin out some crops, grab some garlic Heat descended on us recently like opening the door to a roaring wood ...
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Hello, Donna, Not sure if you recall, but you wrote about my mother’s hutch/china cabinet back in late 2020. Mom ...
Family fun for the weekend Out in nature • Creepy and crawly bugs are the big focus at the Squam ...
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Mushroom forager and educator Christine Gagnon is a mushroom forager and educator and owner of Uncanoonuc Foraging Company, based in ...
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News from the local food scene • Live free, eat local: August is observed as NH Eats Local Month by ...
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City Hall Pub now open in Manchester Gourmet deli-style sandwiches and craft cocktails are the stars of the menu at ...
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Pelham pastry chef takes over Nashua’s Riverwalk cafe Life sometimes has a funny way of coming back full circle — ...
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Ira Street of Manchester is the chef and owner of Squaloo’s BBQ (75 Webster St., Manchester, 232-7288, squaloosbbq.com), a mostly ...
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Hello, August! Today I have a slightly messy, lightly chilled treat for you. In full disclosure, the messiness is part ...
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“Hey, Susan.” “Evenin’, Alice. The usual?” “Please. Busy night?” “Well, you know how it goes; everyone’s busy — kinda part ...
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JoVia Armstrong, Antidote Suite (Wild Kingdom Records) The term Afrofuturism — referring to a “cultural aesthetic and philosophy of science ...
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An Immense World, by Ed Yong (Random House, 359 pages) In the 17th century, the French philosopher and priest Nicolas ...
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DC League of Super-Pets (PG) A horse training family encounters Something at their desert ranch in Nope, the latest film ...
Honor Society (TV-MA) Angourie Rice, Gaten Matarazzo. Also Christopher Mitz-Plasse, Armani Jackson and Kerry Butler. Rice has the energy of ...
Local music news & events • Sweet and local: A showcase for the original music of singer-guitarist Mary Fagan, The ...
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Off With Their Heads unplugged, and comedy Music and standup comedy have intersected since Midge Maisel opened for Shy Baldwin ...

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