http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment Entertainment news in Greater Nashua NH en-us onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1008171-249/mogiz-hair-salon-art-gallery-hosts-exhibit.html Artwork is shown on the walls of Mogi’z Hair Salon and Art Gallery during its Art Exhibit & Cocktail in Nashua on Thursday. The exhibit, featuring the original work of Moroccan painters Hazim, Elhallaoui, Zitouni and Chafai, will be on display through Sept. 7 at 383 East Dunstable Road. The opening receptionfeatured complimentary wine and Moroccan appetizers. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:02:29 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007791-249/local-art-news.html Pastoral exhibit at Whistler Museum Lowell, Mass. – The Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen St., presents a solo exhibit of recent works by Sharon Yates. These works, executed en plein air, demonstrate her keen understanding of color and form. Yates, a longtime painter of scenic coastal motifs, has in recent years become entranced by pastoral scenes. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:20 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007792-249/celebrate-wilton-features-local-musicians-and-vendors.html Wilton’s Main Street will be shut down Saturday, June 15, for the Wilton Main Street Association’s annual event, Celebrate Wilton. The day will commence with a pancake breakfast at the Wilton Main Street Park at 7 a.m., hosted by the Masons’ Clinton Lodge 52. Activities throughout the day include live music, performances and games accompanied by a variety of local food and craft vendors. “It’s nice that a lot of the town’s organizations come in and they get to meet everybody,” said Pat Condon, program manager at the Wilton Main Street Association. “It’s a day (when) the Main Street is totally shut down and it’s just for people to come out and about.” Condon, who is organizing the event for her fifth year in a row, said that typically 35-40 vendors set up camp for the day to offer refreshments and homemade crafts for Wilton residents and attendees. Most tend to have activities for kids to participate in, which Condon said is always a highlight of the event. One of the main attractions of the event, according to Condon, is the Wilton Lions Club’s Duck Race, taking place at 3 p.m. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:36 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007793-249/drowning-pool-to-rock-evolution-nightclub.html The platinum-selling Texas quartet Drowning Pool tours its fifth album, Resilience, with a stop at Evolution Nightclub, 522 Amherst St., Nashua, on Monday, June 17. With the three original members – C.J. Pierce (guitar), Stevie Benton (bass), and Mike Luce (drums) – the band has new singer Jasen Moreno and say they are “at their most focused, fiery and fierce.” “This business is a marathon, not a sprint,” said Benton. “You’re going to have a lot of ups and downs. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:45 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007794-249/double-midnight-comics-hosts-all-women-comic-book.html Tonight, the League of Extraordinary Gentlewomen, a women’s comic book discussion club, will host its monthly meeting at Double Midnight Comics in Manchester. The group meets once a month at the store to discuss the group’s book of choice – Bedlam #1 from Image Comics in this case – as well as anything else on readers’ minds from the past month, from happenings in pop culture to geek culture, according to Brenda Nouiseux. “We’re unique for this area in particular,” Nouiseux said. “Unlike a lot in geek culture right now ... it’s hard for women who like comics because a lot of women don’t identify with the way women are drawn (in comics). Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:57 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007797-249/nashua-arts-commission-announces-community-grant-recipients.html NASHUA – The Nashua Arts Commission has announced the recipients of the 2013 Nashua Arts Grants. The grants will support projects that will promote, encourage and showcase the arts in Nashua. The total amount disbursed was $33,690. This year’s recipients are: n City Arts Nashua, for ArtWalk 2013 in September. n Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, for their Downtown Music  Festival. n Gallery at the Wall, to help pay for permanent picture frames for the wall gallery at Rotary Park. n Nashua Chamber Orchestra, for their free Family Concert at the Nashua Public Library. n Nashua Community Music School, for their financial aid program for students. n Nashua International Sculpture Symposium, for their current public art project, Celebrate/Celebrar, which will place public art in the neighborhood near Ledge Street School. n Northern Ballet Theater, for their free Discover Dance! Program for elementary school students and their Free Community Performance programs. n Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps, to help support their fourth annual free Summer Music Festival at Stellos Stadium. n Symphony NH, to help support the in-school Symphony NH music programs, a free community concert at Holman Stadium in August, and a pilot program for a small group of elementary school student to receive free string instruction. “The Arts Commission was very happy to support so many projects this year,” said Liz Racioppi, chair of the Nashua Arts Commission. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:01:25 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007798-249/graduates-perform-peacock-players-cabaret.html 7 p.m. June 21 at the Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua, join Peacock Players and their graduating high school seniors for the ultimate performance on Mainstage, with their annual Senior Cabaret and Fundraiser. The evening will include refreshments, silent auction items, special concert performances by the 2013 graduating class, a brief commencement ceremony, the announcement of the Jared Nathan Scholarship for the Arts recipient,– and a traditional spotlight video presentation featuring many of the graduating seniors’’ favorite Mainstage memories. A portion of all proceeds will go to sustain the Jared Nathan Scholarship for the Arts, supporting education for local theatre arts students. The evening is sponsored in part by The Telegraph, Costumes of Nashua and Tide Mill Studio. Information and tickets, 886-7000 or www.peacockplayers.org. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:01:33 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007799-249/auditions-for-keene-idol-next-weekend.html KEENE – “Keene IDOL” will hold auditions for adults and youth 6-8 p.m. June 19 and June 27. “Keene IDOL” celebrates 10 years of offering a showcase for local performers at its popular fundraiser based upon the “American Idol” format. The event will be held at McCue’s, 12 Emerald St., Saturday, July 20 and 27, and Aug. 3, 10 and 17. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:01:39 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007803-249/thirteen-questions-with-local-artist-alene-sirott-cope.html YOUR NAME: Alene Sirott-Cope. YOUR WEBSITE: www.you clayme.com. WHERE ARE YOU FROM?: Originally from Philadelphia; I now live in Hollis. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?: My style combines my graphic design experience with technology and a dash of mixed-media thrown in. I am an experimenter and I like to find new techniques that inspire me. My most recent work has developed into mostly pet-related ventures, where I use my photography to create very colorful pet portraits and greeting cards. WHAT IS YOUR TECHNIQUE?: For most of my pet portraits, I use digital illustration from my original photographs, combined with a variety of mediums to add detail, color and texture to my work. Watercolor, colored pencils, pastel, acrylic and a variety of unique collage elements can be found on my canvases. WHY ART?: After I graduated from art school, I worked in the professional field for 30 years, and then started teaching all aspects of graphic design and computer arts. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:00:17 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007804-249/the-gray-hole-theory-aka-the-borrowers.html In my house, as I’m sure in the houses of most families with small children, stuff disappears all the time. Socks, Matchbox cars, Barbie shoes, sippy cups, television remotes. Sometimes they’re gone forever, but fairly often, they reappear out of the blue days, weeks, or even months later, despite fruitless floor-to-ceiling searches in the interim. There are several theories that attempt to explain this phenomenon. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:02:43 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007808-249/rockn-with-ribs-wine--sushi-and.html I have a new favorite way to eat eggs: Chef Lytle’s double-cooked egg at Speaker’s Corner Bistro at the Crowne Plaza, Nashua. You’ve never had anything like it, I guarantee! It was part of their Samuel Adams beer dinner last weekend. The event was the bomb; my Sam-loving mom and I had a great time, enjoying perfect deck weather for the five-course tapas meal Lytle and his team whipped up. Guitarist Jimmy D. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:49:24 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007091-249/abbie-griffin-park-concerts.html Pack your dinner and picnic blanket and enjoy the Merrimack Concert Series throughout the summer. Performances are at Abbie Griffin Park, 6 Baboosic Lake Road, Merrimack, next to Town Hall. Most concerts will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays except for 7 p.m. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:28 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007092-249/paragons-of-1970s-pop-rock-the-eagles.html If, in your younger years, you fell under the intoxicating spell of the harmony-rich sound of the Eagles’ timeless country-rock style, you’re definitely not alone. This is the band that virtually owned the pop charts throughout the 1970s. And if you’re like me, they had you singing along with nearly every catchy melody they ever crooned with those angelic harmonies, such as “Hotel California,” “Take it Easy” and “Take it to the Limit.” Perhaps today you’re one of those people who races down the highway after work with the windows down and the radio up really loud, belting out “Already Gone” at the top of your lungs. You’re in luck this summer, as the band’s 2013 “History of the Eagles” tour flies into New England on July 19 at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Mass. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:35 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007093-249/palace-theatre-presents-original-musical-british-invasion.html MANCHESTER – The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester, closes its 2012- 13 season with an original musical production, “British Invasion,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 7, through Saturday, June 22. “British Invasion,” written, conceived and choreographed by Palace Theatre Artistic Director, Carl Rajotte, pays tribute to the innovative and timeless music influenced by the singers and musicians from across the pond. A live band, tribute singers and dancers will engage the audience as the show progresses and transports patrons on an artistic, theatrical and visual journey through the accomplishments of some of the most influential and entertaining acts -- beginning with reinterpretations of the “fab four” classic hits and reaching beyond the sounds of the ’ 60s to modern day artists. “In writing this show, I wanted to appeal to many different age groups and musical tastes,” Rajotte said. “The production showcases the music of The Beatles, Adele, Sting, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Queen and more – all influential entertaining acts that span a huge time period from the 1960s all the way through today. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:41 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007094-249/nh-drum-festival-gives-back-with-kit.html NASHUA – In an attempt to continue bringing together the drumming community, NH Drum Festival’s founder Tom Mungovan and Board Member Kent McKenzie have created a way to give back to drummers after the highly successful Drum Fun event in May. “It became clear to the organizers that some drummers’ gear was not up to par and needed to be upgraded,” Mungovan said. “Without getting too personal with asking financial burden questions about what they could or couldn’t afford, Kent stepped up and offered to donate one of his old kits, in a pay-it-forward kind of way.” Mungovan found a recipient in Heath Sousa, Jr. “This blows my mind and I’m shocked, thank you!” Sousa said. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:00:25 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007095-249/poster-mania-leisure-romance-and-adventure-in.html Posters were once among the most popular collectables in America and Manchester’s Currier Museum will celebrate this phenomenon with an exhibit that runs through Sept. 2. Titled “Poster Mania! Leisure, Romance and Adventure in 1890s America,” the exhibit contains 110 of the most popular, and sought after, turn-of-the-century examples of this art form and opened May 24. “What’s interesting to me is to see just how receptive people are to poster art and whether that’s more historical material or more contemporary poster work,” said Andrew Spahr, Director of Collections and exhibit curator. “So there seems to be a great deal of interest on the part of the public in the topic.” Spahr said that while researching the project, he was surprised by the short shelf-life of the period of the 19th century poster craze, which was from 1893 to about 1899. By 1900, the frenetic interest and activity in posters began to wane. “So there is this period in the late 1890s when what was called the ‘art poster’ – defining it as different from the general run-of-the-mill advertising poster period – was very popular and very fashionable in this country,” Spahr said. Although art posters were originally created to sell magazines, they quickly became popular as collectables. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:51 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007096-249/art-in-bloom-at-nashua-exhibit.html NASHUA – Alison Bankowski of Downtown Art Movement & Positive Street Art presented “Art In Bloom: A Fresh Cut Art Showcase” May 22 at Old Amsterdam Bar and Lounge, 8 Temple St. in Nashua. Featuring all things Spring, the theme included flowers, garden, nature, blue skies, birds and bees. More than a dozen local artists and photographers from the greater Nashua area participated. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:57 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007100-249/great-american-songbook-showcase-saturday.html MILFORD – Souhegan Valley Chorus will present its end of the season gala at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 8 in the Parish Hall of the First Congregational Church, 10 Union St. in Milford. The chorus will present the “SVC Showcase,” 90 minutes of nonstop music in an intimate 1940s cabaret style setting. Attendees will be seated at small tables where exquisite desserts and beverages will be served by chorus members in formal attire while performers present favorites from the repertoire of The Great American Songbook. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:01:25 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007101-249/art-of-fashion-fundraising-event-for-whistler.html LOWELL, Mass. – Saturday, June 8, The Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen St., presents “The Art of Fashion,” a collection of vintage women and men’s outfits, featuring designs from the 1900s to 2013. The fundraising event, highlighting the interchange between art and fashion, will start with a 6 p.m. cocktail party and fashion viewing, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:01:31 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007103-249/heredity-careful-or-your-face-will-freeze.html Heredity is a funny thing. Some inherited traits are immediately evident – “She has her father’s eyes,” “He has his mother’s smile” – but others are more subtle, revealing themselves over time. Photographic evidence is often required to get people to acknowledge these subtle heredities, not because they’re upset about them and denying them, but because they can’t quite believe it until you show them. Younger Sister, for example, has a very specific facial expression that we have dubbed “the angry duck face.” When she’s particularly irritated about something, she furrows her brow, narrows her eyes and purses her lips so they stick out like a duck’s bill. I had believed the angry duck face was entirely Younger Sister’s invention. Until the other day, that is, when Mom was showing me a photo album from her freshman year of college. There, on a page of pictures that showed Mom being dropped off at her dorm by Grandma and Grandpa, was a shot of Younger Sister in a vintage sweater vest, making the angry duck face. At first, I thought a newer photo had gotten mixed in with the older ones, but then I realized Younger Sister doesn’t own a sweater vest. It was Mom in the picture, and she was the spitting image of Younger Sister, right down to the facial expression. I excitedly pointed this out to Mom, who peered at the picture for a moment before reluctantly acknowledging that she was, indeed, making the angry duck face, and that she was most likely making it at Grandma because she was frustrated that Grandma was taking so many pictures. This was rather ironic, given that the leading cause of Younger Sister’s angry duck face is Mom’s tendency to take pictures at her lacrosse games, school field trips, etc. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:10:23 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007104-249/come-on-down-the-price-is-right.html LOWELL, Mass. – The Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 East Merrimack St., will host “THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE!” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6. “The Price Is Right Live!” is the hit interactive stage show that gives contestants pulled right from the audience the chance to “Come On Down” to win appliances, vacations and even new cars by playing classic games from television’s longest-running and most popular game show. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:01:59 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007106-249/its-only-rock-n-roll-and-campers.html Young, aspiring rock stars need not attend a typical arts and crafts camp this summer, as Nashua’s North Main Music School has developed a program specifically for future rock-and-rollers. The school will offer summer camp programs for the first time this year, including Rock Camp, a weeklong course in which participants will form a band, learn and record songs and finish with a live performance. “We definitely studied some other music schools to see what they’re doing, but we wanted to simplify the program and offer what students requested,” said Mike McAdam, director and owner of North Main Music School. The Rock Camp runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily, July 15-19 and August 12-16, at its 28 Charron Ave. location. Campers aged 8-14 need no previous band experience. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:00:38 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007108-249/hot-weather-hot-music-hot-restaurants-happy.html My congratulations to all who organized, volunteered and participated in The Telegraph’s Adventure 5k Run last Saturday at Liquid Planet in Candia. The weather was insanely hot and oppressive; I was only on parking-attendant duty, and can only imagine running an obstacle course in that heat. I was just glad my lily-white skin didn’t burst into flames. As the school year winds down, parents are getting to crunch-time for finding ways to occupy their offspring during summer vacation. One way is music lessons. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:00:56 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1007193-249/happenings-in-the-local-art-scene.html New ‘Breaking Out’ exhibit at the Brush LOWELL, Mass. – The Brush Art Gallery & Studios, 256 Market St., Lowell, presents a new exhibit by their artists, from June 8-Aug. 3. An artists’ reception will be held 5-7 p.m. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:05:06 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006735-249/iconic-noguchi-light-sculptures-remain-in-demand.html T he round, white, paper light shades sold at Ikea for $5 are a familiar item in contemporary interior design. But these inexpensive lanterns are knockoffs of light sculptures created by the renowned artist Isamu Noguchi in the early 1950s. The Noguchi lamps – called “akari,” the Japanese word for light – were inspired by traditional Japanese lanterns used in ancestor worship. Over the decades, the akari became classics of mid-20th century modern home decor. Noguchi’s original designs are still handmade in Japan; they come in a variety of colors and dozens of geometric designs – including the widely imitated white sphere – and range in price from $100 to $1,000. And they pop up in some pretty cool places, from painter Georgia O’Keeffe’s home in New Mexico to Tony Stark’s bedroom in “Iron Man 3.” The story of how the late Noguchi came to create akari is rooted in the recovery of Japan’s post-World War II economy and the cross-cultural currents that influenced his spare, bold, modernist aesthetics. Noguchi’s mother was American, his father Japanese. Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:01:35 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006736-249/sheryl-crow-undergoes-a-country-conversion.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For a couple of months now, Sheryl Crow has been loading her two young boys aboard a bus and taking off on a tour of country music radio stations around the country. She’s visiting with DJs and programming directors, playing a few songs live, then hopping back on the bus to do it again a few hours down the road. It reminds her, fittingly, of a scene from “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” the life story of Loretta Lynn. “It really is like the scene where Doo zips up Loretta’s dress and she runs in with her new acetate, her 45, and says, ‘Here’s my new record,’ and she plays something on air, shakes a few hands and leaves,” Crow said. “It really is a throwback to that, and it’s the most organic thing I’ve done in years.” The image is fitting. Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:01:42 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006423-249/nashua-chamber-orchestra-ends-season-this-weekend.html The Nashua Chamber Orchestra, under the musical direction of David Feltner, invites audiences to its final program of the current season, “Past and Present,” with two performances: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1 in the Judd Gregg Hall at Nashua Community College, 505 Amherst St., and 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2 in the Milford Town Hall, One Union Square, Milford. Pianist Kevin Chen is the featured soloist in the Grieg Piano Concerto. The program also includes the world premiere of award-winning composer Robert E. Thu, 30 May 2013 14:00:46 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006422-249/milford-keyes-art-festival-at-the-oval.html The Milford Keyes Art Festival takes place this Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2 on the Milford Oval. Fine art show, crafts, two performance stages, kids’ activities, face painting, food booths and artist demonstrations. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thu, 30 May 2013 14:00:30 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006265-249/bedford-mother-pens-book-on-sons-autism.html For Carrie Cariello’s son Jack, all days are colors. Jack, 9, has autism and in her new book, “What Color Is Monday?” (Riddle Brook Publishing, 219 pages), Cariello gathers her collected thoughts about the disease and puts pen to paper with a revealing look how autism affects a family, and the young son who lives with it every day. In the book, Cariello recalls an incident in a hotel that triggered the notion to write the book. “We went to check into the hotel where a stranger had a dog with him, and Jack started to go haywire,” she said. “In the middle of this chaos, the stranger sat down with his dog, Gracie, and said, ‘We’re waiting here for you.’” The stranger’s voice was calm. “So calm, that Jack began to orbit closer and closer and he reached out to touch the man’s hair and then he touched the dog. Wed, 29 May 2013 17:00:48 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006268-249/little-shop-of-horrors-blossoms-this-weekend.html The Majestic Theatre Company will present “Little Shop of Horrors” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Manchester Community Music School’s Holy Cross Hall, 2291 Elm St. A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination! One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, this affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies has become a household name. Wed, 29 May 2013 17:01:43 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006269-249/monadnock-music-festival-holding-auditions.html The Monadnock Music Festival is looking for excellent singers to participate in their first ever Festival chorus. MMF will hold an open rehearsal/audition from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at ConVal High School in Peterborough for all interested singers. If asked to participate, your commitment would include four or five preparatory rehearsals in the month of June and early July and the following dates the week of the performance: Thursday, July 25 – Rehearsal (Evening) ConVal High School, Peterborough. Wed, 29 May 2013 17:01:58 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006270-249/symphony-nh-donation-provides-free-tickets-to.html NASHUA – It all started in the kitchen. “I was talking with a couple of subscribers at a reception,” said Symphony NH’s Executive Director Eric Valliere, “when they lamented the fact that more students didn’t attend our concerts. One thing led to another and we started exploring ways we might work together to change that.” The subscribers were Bob Levine and his wife Rebecca Kadish, who live in Hollis and who have been enthusiastic supporters of the symphony for years. That enthusiasm eventually took shape as a major contribution to Symphony NH, structured so as to ensure the provision, in perpetuity, of four free tickets for high school music students at each subscription concert. “Bob and Rebecca wanted these tickets to go to students who have shown an interest and aptitude for music, either through band or chorus, by the time they reach high school,” continued Valliere. Wed, 29 May 2013 17:02:04 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006271-249/simple-gifts-coffee-house-will-donate-funds.html NASHUA – The nonprofit group Simple Gifts Coffee House will host a performer showcase June 1 to supplement the coffers of the Nashua Soup Kitchen by presenting eight New England musical acts at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Nashua. The UU has hosted the Simple Gifts Coffee House’s events for a quarter-century, but the performer’s showcase has existed for only the past six years. The showcase will feature eight local acts headlined by Timothy Jackson Scott of Milford. Scott, 18, is a student at Milford High School and has performed previously at the UU Church, performing solo with an acoustic guitar and harmonica, while presenting his own songs. The Simple Gifts Coffee House describes Jackson as a “prolific songwriter” with songs that are “both thought-provoking and hypnotic.” Event coordinator Anya Zakiewicz said Scott is a big draw for the evening. “Just him alone is reason enough to come. Wed, 29 May 2013 17:02:11 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006273-249/items-dont-just-disappear---except-maybe.html The adage that you always find a missing item in the last place you look for it can’t help but ring true. After all, once you find something, you generally stop looking for it. Word play aside, the adage refers to the puzzling fact that missing items seldom turn up where you’d expect – more often than not, you find them in the last place you’d ever think of looking. That was certainly the case when Younger Sister recently located the eyeglasses Mom lost at the beginning of the winter. Mom lost track of her glasses soon after she picked them up from the optometrist. In our household, we’re accustomed to temporarily mislaying everything from homework assignments to the cat – her latest hideout, I discovered, is in the corner behind a desk – so Mom initially didn’t think anything of it. Wed, 29 May 2013 17:02:24 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006276-249/the-cause-that-refreshes.html Just shy of one hundred years old, the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. in Manchester, has stood the test of time. Inspired by its namesake in New York City and built by Greek immigrant Victor Charas in 1913, the Palace has seen many iterations, renovations, fires and floods. But it remains a beautifully-boned building and setting for quality entertainment over a variety of arts disciplines. Tonight beginning at 5:30 p.m., the Palace Theatre will host its sixth annual wine tasting and auction fundraising event, presented by Centrix Bank in partnership with the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:01:02 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1006278-249/this-week-philanthropy-is-phun-taste-your.html I hope you all had a fun, restful Memorial Day weekend, doing the typical things: barbequeing, hanging out with friends, building snowmen ... Seriously, when does the crazy weather around here end? There’s no rest for the wicked who work with publishing deadlines, however, so I hope you had an extra hot dog for me. I did get to spend a couple terrific hours last Saturday having dinner at the Bedford Village Inn. I’ve been wanting to go there for years, and I finally made it happen. Thu, 30 May 2013 08:20:00 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005964-249/nashua-girl-enters-duck-dynasty-contest-to.html While most kids hurry home after school to watch “SpongeBob SquarePants” or “Fairly Odd Parents” on Nickelodeon, Avery Gallagher can’t wait to sit on her couch and watch her favorite reality show: “Duck Dynasty.” Avery, 7, of Nashua, entered into the Duck Dynasty Camo Cameo Contest on May 18 and has since then earned more than 450 likes on Facebook. Unfortunately, she will need a lot more likes if she wants to make it to the second round of the contest and win the grand prize of being in a commercial with her favorite reality stars from A&E’s hit show. According to lostremote.com, the contest works with fans who are invited to visit the Facebook.com/DuckDynasty web page. From there, they are able to visit the Camo Cameo tab and upload a single photo that represents their love for Duck Dynasty. Sat, 25 May 2013 23:01:03 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005968-249/story.html Military personnel, families get free  admission Monday MANCHESTER – The Currier Museum of Art will be open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Memorial Day, May 27. Military personnel and their families will be admitted free as part of the fourth annual Blue Star Museums Program this summer. At the Currier, active military personnel, veterans and their immediate families get free general admission year-round. Admission is always free for children age 17 and younger, visiting the Currier. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2013. Sat, 25 May 2013 23:01:24 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005972-249/documentary-ode-to-playground-basketball.html NEW YORK – Half-moon hoops, double rims, chain-linked fences for out-of-bounds lines and no net that anyone can recall. Such is the imperfect urban landscape of playground basketball, what many consider the truest expression of the sport. It’s basketball without referees, coaches or sneaker deals. Anyone can play, so long as they call “Next.” A new documentary, “Doin’ it in the Park,” is a loving ode to the blacktop world of New York City pickup. With more than 700 courts, it’s the mecca of pick-up basketball, featuring places like Rucker Park in Harlem and the West 4th St. Sat, 25 May 2013 23:01:44 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005973-249/messy-workplaces-highlight-of-show.html NEW YORK – This time “you’re fired” is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment. The network on Thursday began airing “Does Someone Have to Go?” a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees are compelled to rat out underperforming colleagues. At the end, they choose one co-worker to recommend for firing. “This is the thing they promise to do in retreats but nobody really does it,” said Mike Darnell, executive in charge of alternative programming for Fox. Darnell and Fox have pushed the boundaries of reality TV since it was first recognized as a genre, from the highs of “American Idol” to the lows of “Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?” He said he sees “Does Someone Have to Go?” as a new direction for a programming form dominated by singing and dancing competitions. It’s a revamped version of a show, then called “Someone’s Gotta Go,” that Fox had been working on with the Endemol production company four years ago. In its initial incarnation, employees were given the power to determine who should be laid off within companies that needed to shrink for economic reasons. Sat, 25 May 2013 23:01:49 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005984-249/sculpting-hobbyist-shares-creations-with-neighborhood.html Rolling up Pratt Street in Nashua, there is a green man staring out from the bushes. His name is Spike, and he looks like he’s trying to hide, but being over 6 feet tall makes it difficult. He’s not an alien, or one of God’s creations. He’s David Richardson’s creation, and he’s one of many that dot the yards around 7 Pratt St. Sat, 25 May 2013 23:02:46 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005821-249/latino-council-dance-troupe-from-nashua-south.html Thursday, May 23, Ledge Street Elementary School kicked off their Latino Arts Celebration by welcoming the Latino Council from Nashua High School South to perform dances of Latin origin. The club, consisting of 22 students, performed a salsa, a meringue and a bachata. The salsa is a Caribbean rhythm combining the music and instruments of southern Spain and Africa. This genre of dancing was created in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Fri, 24 May 2013 10:01:46 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005484-249/mellencamp-king-collaborate-to-create-new-musical.html BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – A musical by John Mellencamp, writer Stephen King and T Bone Burnett will debut in Bloomington this fall before embarking on a tour of 20 U.S. cities. “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County” will debut Oct. 10 at the Indiana University Auditorium. The Herald-Times reported Sunday the musical has been 13 years in the making. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:16 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005485-249/fourth-annual-concert-in-londonderry-to-honor.html LONDONDERRY – Bob Dylan, known as the “voice of a generation,” will turn 72 on May 24, and Whippersnappers, at 44 Nashua Road, will be throwing him a birthday party. Dylan won’t be attending, but the night will have live music with one stipulation: only songs written by Dylan can be played. The event will feature local musicians, and all funds raised during the event will go to benefit the Lisa Guyer Music Empowerment Program and the Brad Delp Foundation. Both charities aim to empower and inspire new musicians. According to the Brad Delp Foundation’s mission statement, the group aims to “honor the singer’s legacy of generosity, kindness and compassion, (and) will provide the means to opportunity for a new generation of musicians by offering grants to in-need school systems, children’s music programs and individuals who provide music education.” The Lisa Guyer Music Empowerment Program has similar goals. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:34 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005486-249/howie-carr-book-signing-for-new-true-crime.html Author and radio host Howie Carr will visit The Paper Store at the Royal Ridge Shopping Center, 213 Daniel Webster Hwy. No. 1008, Nashua, from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 25. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:58 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005487-249/dylan-at-72-ah-but-i-was.html For as difficult as it is for many baby boomers to believe, Bob Dylan, “Napoleon in rags,” poet laureate of his time, and the voice for and conscience of a generation, is now 72 years old. Dylan, who was born Robert Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, grew up in the flinty iron ore- rich town of Hibbing,  Minnesota, and for half a century his creative spark, and genius talent for crafting insightful lyrics has inspired and influenced some of the most celebrated artists of our times, including the Beatles. John Lennon credited Dylan for changing his approach to songwriting. To this writer, who, as a young kid, would listen to Dylan’s records for hours on end (much to the dismay of my mother), dissecting and analyzing every lyric, he still matters. He is still so relevant to me, and now as an adult, I’m still in awe every time I’m in the car and “Like a Rolling Stone” comes on the radio. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:09 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005489-249/foam-dance-party-for-under-21-set-at.html Club promoter Darren Roy is a busy entrepreneur. After spending close to a grand on a foam machine, a confetti cannon, black lights and lasers, he’s getting his equipment ready for an event Sunday at Drynk nightclub in Manchester. His marketing education and experience are ready to be applied. “I know what people like, and what should be changed,” Roy said in a recent interview. “(Working at Drynk) is a great opportunity to work with a high-quality club that gives (patrons) a great experience.” Roy’s planned a full night of entertainment: two DJs, free giveaways and indoor and outdoor facets to the event. Not bad for a 19-year-old. Roy, a Southern New Hampshire University marketing student and Merrimack resident, is the under-21 coordinator for the popular Queen City club. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:26 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005491-249/darts-getting-to-the-point-without-wrecking.html For me, the game of darts helps eradicate the fact that I’ve never been very good at any sport that required its own equipment. Free of the gauche stigma of bowling or the tedium of golf, darts is a pub sport which makes it all that more appealing because you can hoist a beer while wildly throwing a rogue dart at the same time. History suggests that the dartboard had its origin of tree and the game was originally called “butt.” For teenaged-thinking adult men, a name like “butt” opens the floor for quips and wisecracks (no pun intended) that would make a strip club look like catechism. “Butt,” actually stems from the French word, “but,” meaning target. We know that darts originated in Yorkshire and Manchester, England and beyond that, the sport has changed little over several hundred years. I’m sure there is a relative ratio of nailing a cork (hitting the bulls eye), to the uncorking of many a bottle of good Irish whiskey.  I’ve been playing darts for 30 years or so, and it hasn’t always been the refined, gentlemanly game we know it to be. There was “The Great America’s Cup Incident of 1986,” which stemmed from a harmless game of “Cleveland.” In this game, a dollar bill is placed over the bulls eye on the dart board and each player must shoot one dart from the regulation line (7 feet 9 ¼ inches away from the board), shoot a second dart by taking one step forward, and shoot a last dart from somewhere near Cleveland, which is one giant step behind the regulation line. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:31 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005492-249/english-teachers-nashua-north-high-school-write.html Walter Freeman and Bill Ivers stared blankly at the computer screen as they entered into a whole new world of ghostly adventures and murder mysteries. These adventures and mysteries may not be real, but students at Nashua High School North are bringing them to life. For the last four months, students at North have been working hard to develop their characters that will be played in “The Final Reel,” a play written by Freeman and Ivers, both English teachers at the school. Both men have written plays before, but “The Final Reel” has been a new experience. While Ivers has had experience writing plays for graduate courses, they were mostly all realism plays. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:48 EST http://www.encorebuzz.com/entertainment/1005496-249/the-departed-comes-to-life-at-red.html CONCORD – On May 23 at Red River Theatres, Shaheen & Gordon attorneys Steve Gordon and Bill Christie will recount their experiences as trial lawyers in the Whitey Bulger case, the FBI informant accused of murdering 19 people, who is set to go back on trial in June. They will be joined by Boston Globe reporters and authors Shelley Murphy and Kevin Cullen who recently published a new book based on Bulger’s life and crimes. A reception and panel discussion will be held prior to a showing of Martin Scorsese’s award-winning film “The Departed,” based on corruption and organized crime in Boston. As part of the RRT’s Thinking for the Future Series, Gordon, Christie, Murphy and Cullen will discuss the past, present and future of the film’s subject matter, based on the crimes committed by James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen Flemmi. Jack Nicholson’s character in “The Departed” is based on Bulger, who was arrested in 2011 and has been charged with 19 murders that occurred in Boston beginning in the early 70s. Gordon and Christie, both shareholders and trial lawyers at Shaheen & Gordon, spent over a decade seeking justice and compensation for families whose loved ones were brutally murdered by Bulger and Flemmi, with support from the FBI. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:03:15 EST