So many things to do
Find classes, family events, sports, places to meet new people and more in this guide to Hippo’s listings

Looking to find a new hobby, learn a new language or meet new people? Hippo can help! Every week, we run a piece of our vast listings section. We try to offer as much information as we can on events happening now as well as ongoing classes, clubs and more. But we don’t often get the chance to give you all our listings at once.

PEOPLE: Race walking at 76
Bow man trains for Senior Olympics

Bow resident Jack Finan is preparing for the Senior Olympics in San Francisco in August. The 76-year-old competes in several running events, but his specialty is race walking. Finan graduated from Norwich University and spent his career in marketing and sales. He turned to race walking at age 70 to get into shape. He holds the state record in the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters in both the 70-to-74 and 75-to-79 age brackets. At the 2007 Senior Olympics in Louisville, Ky., he placed 10th and 11th nationally in the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters respectively.

THEATER: Serious stories
Rebecca Rule brings Berlin’s true tales to Concord
By Heidi Masek hmasek@hippopress.com

Known as the Moose of Humor, Rebecca Rule’s recordings of tales include Better than a Poke in the Eye and Perley Gets a Dumpsticker Plus Other Humor Classics. Rule tells New Hampshire stories around the state, often supported by the New Hampshire Humanities Council. She’s written books and has written a column about New Hampshire writers and books since 1992 that runs in the Concord Monitor, Nashua Telegraph and Portsmouth Herald. The Northwood writer even has a blog now, www.livefreeandeatpie.com.

LONGSHOTS: A mountain over this molehill
by Dave Long

If this were an episode of Boston Legal, I would stand up and stipulate to the court that on this particular topic I am nuts.

FOOD: Before late night eats, an evening at the pub
Red Arrow owner opens J’s Tavern under Milford dinner
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum food@hippopress.com

The Red Arrow Diner is a foodie institution in Manchester — and now also in Milford. The newest Arrow’s venture is located around the corner and underneath the Milford diner: J’s Tavern Under the Bridge. This small bar and restaurant has an atmosphere a little more upscale than the diner upstairs, and it serves killer cocktails.