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The Weekly Dish 24/09/05

News from the local food scene

• Sue’s is open: Sue’s Kimbap House (Bank of NH Stage, 16 S. Main St., Concord, 731-9085, Sueskimbaphouse.com) is officially open. Owner and chef Susan Chung will be Capitol Center for the Arts’ Culinary Artist in Residence for the next year. The new Korean street food-inspired restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. The Kimbap House website will be up soon.

• Chocolate factory tour: Van Otis Chocolates (341 Elm St., Manchester, 627-1611, vanotis.com) will host a tour of its chocolate factory Thursday, Sept. 5, from 11 a.m. to noon. Tours are approximately 45 minutes long and are recommended for ages 6+. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are $15 through eventbrite.com.

• Herbal tea class: Herbalist Maria Noël Groves will lead a class called “Make Your Own Herbal Teas for Flavor, Immunity and Digestion” at Bedrock Gardens (19 High Road, Lee, 659-2993, bedrockgardens.org) on Friday, Sept. 6, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for members, $35 for non-members. The cass includes a day pass to Bedrock Gardens that day. Visit eventbrite.com.

• Dinner in a barn: Sanborn Mills Farm (7097 Sanborn Road, Loudon, 435-7314, sanbornmills.org) will host a Farm to Table Dinner on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. The evening will include a cocktail hour on the terrace followed by dinner and dessert in Sanborn Barn. Email info@sanbornmills.org.

Treasure Hunt 24/09/05

Hello, Donna.

We acquired this little gem contained in a box lot at a local auction. It’s quite small and the glass is very thin. It’s a miracle that it has survived since the 1770s-1780s as the auction tag indicates. It also states that it is quite rare. Do you have any clue as to its value?Paul

Dear Paul,

Your bottle does look like a legitimate 18c medicine bottle.

This type of bottle is usually from Europe and then used here in the U.S. The bottle does look oxidized. That is the white fogging color you can see in the photo. It could have been dug up from the ground at one point. Bottle collectors consider this a sick bottle.

The value on it would be in the $100 range to a collector. I’m just not sure being an oxidized bottle it would bring that. There are things out on the market that you can get to help clean some of that. It’s rare to get it all out but depends on what you want for a look from the bottle.

Kiddie Pool 24/09/05

Family fun for whenever

Indoor and outdoor fun

• NH KidsFest 2024 is hosted by the Daniel Webster Council at Bass Pro Shops ( 2 Commerce Drive, Hooksett) on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s a day of free family fun that includes touch-a-truck, live magic shows, puppet performances, wild animals, hands-on activities and giveaways, according to the event website. Visit their Facebook page or call 541-5200.

• Check out Beaver Brook Association’s (117 Ridge Road, Hollis) School’s Out: Forest Fun Days, the first of which is on Tuesday, Sept. 10. These one-day “camps” are child-led, inquiry-driven, and full of outdoor fun. Kids will explore streams, search off-trail for animal tracks, and play in the nature play area. This is a drop-off program for students in grades K-4, so kids will need to bring a backpack with an extra change of clothes, a snack, and a full water bottle, according to the website. No School Days will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a lunch provided of either pizza or hot dogs and Early Release Days will run from 1 to 4 p.m. and a snack will be provided on these days, according to the website. The program is $30 and participants will need to register in advance. Visit beaverbrook.org.

Storytimes

• Bookery Manchester (844 Elm St., bookerymht.com) welcomes special guests Chantelle Moynihan-Rector and Max the Retired Police Dog for storytime on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Wonderland Books and Toys (245 Maple St., No. 12, Manchester) will host Saturday storytime on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 2 to 2:30 p.m for kids from toddlers up to grades 1 or 2. Up to three different stories will be read unless one of them is considerably longer. Visit wonderlandbooksandtoys.com or call 628-2866.

• It’s time for Little Learners at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive, Concord, 271-7827, starhop.com). This program for kids 5 years old and younger with an accompanying adult (older siblings are also welcome) is held on the second Wednesday of each month from 12:30 to 1 p.m., September through December, with a reading and discussion of a science-themed book. Participation is included with general admission.

Theater

• Camp Rock The Musical is presented by the Palace Youth Theatre, with performers in grades 2 to 12, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, and Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, palacetheatre.org). Tickets cost $12 to $15.

Horses, goats and a clown

Find country fun at the Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair

By Zachary Lewis
zlewis@hippopress.com

The 66th Annual Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair starts on Friday, Sept. 6, and goes on until Sunday, Sept. 8, in New Boston (17 Hilldale Lane). Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children, military members and veterans with ID as well as seniors (65 and older).

“We’re an agriculture-based fair, so most of our activities are based on learning about agriculture,” said Michelle Rowe, the President of the Hillsborough County Fair Board of Directors.

Gates open at noon on Friday and activities commence right away. A stock farm tractor pull will be revving up in the pulling ring, a farm horse and mule competition will take place in the Langdell Arena, and Crickey the Clown will be at the children’s tent and venue area, and that goes until 5 p.m. “It’s definitely very family-oriented,” Rowe said.

At 3 p.m, amusement rides by Fanelli whir to life in the midway section of the fairground, and ride bracelets will be available from 4 to 9 p.m. Occurring for the first time this year, there will be pedal tractor pulling that is open to the public for children 15 and under at the pulling track from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

A 4-H team-building activity titled The Toxic Waste Challenge at the Hinton 4-H Exhibitor Building gets going at 4 and runs till 6 p.m. Meanwhile there’s a flag ceremony as a Battle of the Bands competition gets underway that will rock on until 9 p.m.

Another new event for this year is the new Zero Turn Obstacle Course, which will be open to the public for those 18 and older to test their physical prowess from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

At 6 p.m. is the Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off in the Langdell Arena, presented by the New Hampshire Giant Pumpkin Growers Association.

The pumpkins “can get quite big,” Rowe said. “We don’t get the biggest ones at our fair because they usually take those down to Topsfield in Massachusetts, but last year our first-place winner was 250 pounds … probably about 4 feet tall and probably 4 feet wide. They have to be so careful getting them to the fair.”

New Hampshire grows big pumpkins.

On Saturday,events begin at 9 a.m. and there will be similar activities to the previous day although participants getting inside early will be able to sign in to see the 4-H Dog Show and Farm Tractor Pull.

Beginning at 10 a.m. will be a ham radio demonstration from the Granite State Amateur Radio Association, as well as 4-H rabbit and dairy goat shows in the Langdell Arena. That’s also when the horseshoe tournament begins. The Battle of the Bands winner will perform at noon and the amusement rides begin then as well. The Hi-Jack Band will perform afterward until 4:30 p.m. and then Tina J and the Nuff Said Band will take the main stage until the end of the night, which will wrap up with a fantastic fireworks display.

“The fireworks are always fun,” Rowe said. She was not able to pick a single favorite aspect of the fair. “There’s just so many things to see. … I was in 4-H growing up so I enjoy the animal shows and seeing the kids show their animals. The sheepherding demonstration is actually really cool too.”

There is also a homemade pie auction, a maple syrup tasting contest, and if there is a farmyard animal there will be some sort of demonstration for it through 4-H as well as an Animal Olympics, which is an obstacle course for the fuzzier participants of the fair.

“I enjoy the more agricultural side of it but we also have tractor pulls and truck pulls that really bring in a lot of people and of course the rides are always fun,” Rowe said.

The festivities will continue on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 9 a.m. with the same amount of fun as the days before, but the fair will close at 6 p.m. until next fall when Granite Staters get to do it all over again. “In my opinion it’s the best fair in New Hampshire and I just want to keep it going,” Rowe said.

66th Annual Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair
New Boston
Friday, Sept. 6, through Sunday, Sept. 8
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, military members/veterans (with ID) as well as seniors (65+). Admission is cash only. Entrance gates can not take credit or debit cards.
Visit hcafair.org.

Featured image: Courtesy photo.

Emerging art

Pop-up exhibition at Manchester space

An upcoming pop-up art event at Factory on Willow in Manchester will feature the work of two distinctive artists. At “Art in Motion: A Photo & Sculpture Showcase,” attendees can experience their creations and ask them questions. The exhibit will be held in the Factory’s 5,000-square-foot event space on the south end of the restored mill building.

Adeyemi Adebayo is a photographer who chronicles the lives of people in the city, often bringing them out of the shadows to be seen, for what may be the first time. Ray Chang makes kinetic art, motorized sculptures and animated designs that employ shadow and light that cause observers to see them anew multiple times.

Therein lies the divergence. Adebayo’s photography is a moment of a life captured and cataloged. The image is static, unlike the impression it leaves, which may evolve with reflection. Chang’s creations, though, are ever changing. Each second spent with them can be different. One term he uses in his biography to describe his work is “proto-cinematic.”

Adebayo and Chang are part of their Artists in Residence (AIR) program. Liz Hitchcock, who owns The Factory, along with Bookery Manchester and Manchester Distillery, explained the program’s origins in a recent phone interview. “Three times a year for three months, we have two artists on site that are charged with working on their art form, whatever it is,” she said.

They’ve hosted podcasters, light sculptors, painters, and artists who work with recycled materials. “It’s kind of all across the board. The only real requirement for the program is that you’re an emerging artist. You’re not trying to go into the MacDowell Colony for a couple of weeks and really hone your current craft. You’re actually figuring out what your craft will be in the future,” Hitchcock said.

David Hady, a Factory artist who works with Hitchcock on AIR, sent a press release explaining that the upcoming show “offers a rare opportunity for the community to engage with the traveling artists and explore the full body of work and areas of study they have developed during their residency in Manchester. Adeyemi’s evocative photography and Ray’s dynamic kinetic sculptures come together to create an immersive experience that celebrates both art forms.”

Engagement is vital, Hitchcock stressed. “Ray and Adeyemi will be having some conversations about their artwork, which I think is really important for everybody to hear,” she said. “Adeyemi has a very special perspective on what he’s seen in Manchester because everyone’s been so open to him coming into their community. I hope he speaks a little bit about his experiences.”

The event will be Adebayo’s first public showing of his work. Some insight into how he goes about getting his photos can be gleaned from his online work log at paakanni.com. In what sounds like a credo, a photo of two people on a motorcycle turning from Pine Street onto Hanover includes this question:

“What is it that really makes a city?

Is it what or who you find in its corners?

He’s disarming and fearless in engaging his subjects, like a 55-year-old GED instructor who cautions him to “be careful” after he takes her picture. “She tells me this just the way my mother would,” he writes.

Chang has done multiple shows. The work he’ll display at this event will explore an industrial past through renderings of factories that use movement, light and shadow to evoke how they used to work, Hitchcock said. “He is in his own right a magical creator of things.”

Asked if there was anything to ponder before coming to the show, Hitchcock responded that some might feel challenged. “It might rub people the wrong way, some of it. It might say that Manchester can be a little gritty sometimes, but you know what? I love it when people talk about art, even if they don’t like it, even if they disagree with it, because they’re talking about art. I hope that people come and talk about the art.”

Art in Motion: A Photo & Sculpture Showcase
When: Thursday, Sept. 5, 5 p.m.
Where: The Factory, 252 Willow St., Manchester
Tickets: Free; reserve at eventbrite.com

Featured image: Sculpture by artist Ray Chang. Courtesy photo.

The Art Roundup 24/09/05

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• Art of autumn: Celebrate the “Harvest of Arts” exhibit with a reception at the Massabesic Center on Saturday, Sept. 7, from noon to 3 p.m. Guests can meet the artists, enjoy the art and explore the center, according to the event website. Presented by the Manchester Artists Association and the Massabesic Audubon Center, this is an exhibit to celebrate art and nature’s beauty with 15 artists who have gathered original paintings and photographs that capture iconic images and colors of autumn in New England, according to the website. The exhibit runs until Friday, Nov. 1, and all artwork at “Harvest of Arts” is available for sale. Visit nhaudubon.org or call 668-2045.

• Call for art: PILLAR Gallery + Projects is excited to announce two open calls for artist submissions. The first, for “Sound & Color,” is an open call for sculpture with a Sunday, Sept. 15, deadline and the exhibition dates will be from Friday, Oct. 18, until Saturday, Jan. 25. In collaboration with the City of Concord and numerous art organizations in Concord, the Sound and Color Festival is seeking sculptural works, both mid-sized work and larger-scale public art. All media is accepted, but works submitted as public art must be able to withstand weather conditions and interested artists should see further details in submission requirements, according to the release. After the festival the works will be leased for an exhibition period of three months in public indoor and outdoor spaces, and the outdoor exhibition and installation will be juried by panelists including curators from Outer Space Gallery, PILLAR Gallery + Projects, and members of the community, according to the press release. The next open call is for “NANO” with a submission deadline of Tuesday, Oct. 15, and the show running from Sunday, Nov. 10, until Wednesday, Dec. 18. “NANO” is a juried exhibition focused on smaller works. The press release describes the exhibit thusly: “In a fast-paced culture perpetually interested in bigger, NANO showcases the impact of works that are intimately-scaled.” The exhibition will be installed salon-style to highlight the range of processes and thematic exploration and they are accepting 2D and 3D works in all media. 2D works must be no larger than 6 x 6 inches (8 x 8 in. framed) and 3D works no larger than 4 x 4 x 4 inches. Visit pillargalleryprojects.com

• Show opening: An opening reception for “Bill Childs at 90: A Retrospective,” a show of more than 40 paintings by Exeter artist Bill Childs, will be held on Friday, Sept. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m at the Town Hall in Exeter to celebrate his 90th birthday and many years of creating and teaching art, according to a press release. Most of the paintings will be for sale and there will be music provided by jazz musicians Cinnamon Blomquist on flute and guitarist Gary Smith. The event is presented by the Seacoast Artist Association with a portion of art sales going to their scholarship fund. The show will run for two weekends: Saturday, Sept. 7; Sunday, Sept. 8; Saturday, Sept. 14, and Sunday, Sept. 15, from noon to 5 p.m. each day. The exhibit will also run on Friday, Sept. 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. The Seacoast Artist Association’s gallery on Water Street will be hosting its regular Second Friday reception on Sept. 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. with refreshments and music by Carol Coronis on cittern and vocals. More of Childs’ work can be seen at the Seacoast Artist Association and at A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words, both on Water Street in downtown Exeter; the SAA is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m as well as on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m., according to the press release. Visit seacoastartist.org.

—Zachary Lewis

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