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A kids’ guide to summer
Stuff to do, places to go and things to see for kids and the whole family
By Hippo Staff letters@hippopress.com

Summer vacation takes on a whole different meaning when it’s your kids, not you, singing “school’s out for summer.”

PEOPLE: Golf: survival of the fittest
TPI is high-tech help for your swing
By Jeff Mucciarone jmucciarone@hippopress.com

Brian Silfies, who owns One_2_One Brian’s Fitness in Concord, joined with Barry Arvidson of Arvidson Chiropractic Center in Tilton to offer a golf instruction program combining fitness assessments, training and medical treatment. Silfies and Arvidson teamed with Concord Country Club to offer the Titleist Performance Institute’s (TPI) training program. Visit www.golffitnessnh.com.

ART: The SOPHA community
Amateur and professional photographers join Manchester studio
By Heidi Masek hmasek@hippopress.com

The storefront of Croteau Photography in a distinctive downtown Manchester building has quietly taken on a new role in the same industry.

LONGSHOTS: Finding the right plan is as easy as A, B, C for Celtics
by Dave Long

The NBA draft is Thursday, but with it regarded as the weakest in years and the Celtics picking somewhere in the 50s it doesn’t have many on the edge of their seats. But, as generally is the case, the rumor mill is grinding away and surprisingly Rajon Rondo seems to be at the middle of most of them.

POP: Dork vs. Dork: Transformers 2
Revenge of the CGI explosions
By Glenn Given production@hippopress.com & Dan Szczesny dszczesny@hippopress.com

I’m sorry, what did you say? I couldn’t hear you over the sound of everything being exploded by ninja robots who turn into sports cars. I didn’t hear your pointless plea for subtext and plot amidst the Robo-kung-fu; the chest-swelling bass of Peter Cullen’s Optimus Prime has deafened my ears to the mewling of lesser men.

FOOD: Kitchens then and now
Museum display tracks progress from mud hut to microwave
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum food@hippopress.com

Visitors to the new “America’s Kitchens” exhibit at the Museum of New Hampshire History in Concord are greeted by the E. B. White quote, “On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet socks, it cools the hot little brain.”