Family events for this weekend On stage The Seacoast Civic Dance Company (SCDC) will perform on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at Prescott Park in Portsmouth, N.H. The SCDC includes auditioned dancers from the New Hampshire Academy of Performing Arts and perform classical ballet, lyrical, tap, jazz, contemporary dance and hip-hop. An $8 to $10 donation is suggested. Call 603-436-2848 or visit www. prescottpark.org or www. nhapa.org/scdc. Shakespeare in the Park presents its final per- formance of A Midsummer Nights Dream this summer in Prescott Park on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m. Cost is a suggested donation of $8 to $10. Call 603-436-2848 or visit www.prescottpark.org. The Newburyport Cham- www.kitterymuseum.com Moffatt-Ladd House & Gardens 154 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-8821, moffattladd.org Museum of Lighthouse History 2190 Post Road, Wells, Maine, 207-646-0245 Museums of Old York York, Maine, 207-363-4974, www.oldyork.org Nott House 8 Main St., Kennebunkport, Maine. Ogunquit Heritage Museum 86 Obeds Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-0296, www.ogunquitheritagemus Ogunquit Museum of Modern Art 183 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-4909 Perkins Cove Lobster Tours Bourne Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-7413 Prescott Park Marcy St., Porstmouth, N.H., www.prescottpark.org Portsmouth Athenaeum 9 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-431-2538, www.portsmouthathenaeum Portsmouth Harbour Trail www.pbhtrail.org, 603-431-2768 Portsmouth Historical Society www.portsmouthhistory.o Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-427-1540, cityofportsmouth.com/li Rundlet-May House 364 Middle St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-430-7531 Saco Museum & the Dyer Library 371 Main St., Saco, Maine, 207-283-3861, www.dyerlibrarysacomuse Sayward-Wheeler House 79 Barrell Lane, York, Maine, 603-436-3205 Seacoast African American Cultural Center 135 Daniel St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-430-6027, saacc-nh.org Seacoast Trolley Museum ber Music Festival presents a young persons program (for ages 5 and up) on Tuesday, Aug. 16, with Chuck Speich- er from 11 a.m. to noon in Opera: Devious Villains and Damsels in Distress, which includes audience interaction, at Theater in the Open, 1 Spring Lane, New- buryport, Mass., free of charge. Then from 6 to 7 p.m. its Telling Stories with Music: Ancient Chinese Legends to Star Wars, using costumes, multimedia and audience participation, at the Merrimac Public Library, 86 West Main St., Merrimac, Mass., also free. Visit www. newburyportchambermusic org. Free stuff Whenever the Red Sox have a win, the kids eat free at the 99 Restaurant the next day. With each adult meal pur- chased, receive a kids meal too. Visit www.99restaraunts. com to find a restaurant near you. Every Wednesday at Café Nostimo in (Madison Village, 72 Mirona Road) in Ports- mouth from 4 to 9 p.m., kids 10 and younger eat free with every entree ordered. Meals are served with a drink and a free cookie. Visit www. cafenostimo.com or call 603-436-3100. Also free are Tuesday and Wednesday morning movies at 10 a.m. at the Newington Cinemas (45 Gosling Road, 603-431-6116). On Tuesday, Aug. 17, watch Mr. Beans Holiday, and on Wednesday, Aug. 18, also at 10 a.m., see Open Season. The free family movie series runs through the end of August. Indiana Jones If the recent Cowboys & Aliens got you thinking about the earlier years of Harrison Fords career, bring the fami- ly to Prescott Park (105 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, N.H.) to see Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, the 1981 movie that started the adventure series. The movie will screen outdoors at dusk (about 7:45 p.m.) at the park on Monday, Aug. 15. See more about the parks film series at www.prescottpark. org. 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport, Maine, 207-967- 2800, www.trolleymuseum.org Star Island Corp. 30 Middle St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-430-6372, www.starisland.org Strawbery Banke Museum 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-433-1100, strawberybanke.org USS Albacore 600 Market St. Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-3680, ussalbacore.org Warner House 43 Middle Road, Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-5909, warnerhouse.org Wells Auto Museum Route 1, Wells, Maine, 207-646-9064 Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion State Historic Site 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, 603-436-6607, nhstateparks.org Wentworth-Gardner/Tobia Lear Houses 50 Mechanic St., Portsmouth, 603-436-4406, www.wentworthgardnerand Woodman Institute Museum 182 Central St., Dover, 603-742-1038, woodmaninstitutemuseum. Exhibits CITY OF THE OPEN DOOR: HARRY S. HARLOW The Discov- er Portsmouth Center will be hosting an exhibit of 52 panels featuring the doorways to significant Portsmouth properties. The exhibit is ongoing. Call 603-436-8420. COUNTING HOUSE MUSEUM in South Berwick, Maine, offers a per- spective on life along the seacoast. It is open July through September, Satur- days and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. Admis- sion is free. Call 207-384-0000. FIRE ON THE WATER: Ports- mouths Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly Confederate Raider Alabama, is on display at the Portsmouth Athenaeum in Portsmouth through Sat., Sept. 17. Call 603-431-2538 or go to www. portsmouthathenaeum.org GOVERNOR JOHN LANGDON HOUSE in Portsmouth, NH, is a national historic landmark featuring a Georgian mansion where John Lang- don resided. Open Friday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $6. Call 603-436-3205. HAMILTON HOUSE in South Berwick, Maine, is a national historic landmark overlooking the Salmon Falls River. Open Wednesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $8. Call 207-384-2454. JACKSON HOUSE in Ports- mouth, NH, is the oldest surviving wood frame house in NH and Maine. Open June through October on the first Saturday of the month. Tours 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. Admission $5. Call 603-436-3205. Limousine, LLC $ 125 each way plus gratuity Sedan Service To/From Logan Airport $ 349 plus gratuity 6-Hour, 6-Passenger Stretch Limousine Night Out Package $ 50 off Any 3-Hour Wedding Package Offers valid until February 1, 2012 *Restrictions apply. Please mention ad when calling. Valid on new reservations only. www.GraceLimo.com ( 603 ) 666-0203 071470 Page 10 August 11 - 17, 2011 Seacoast Hippo
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DRINK Red, white and green A lot of wine, a little cash This week, we took a trip to France in the summer if only in our wine glasses and compared two white 2009 Bordeauxs. The 2009 Chateau Castelneau Entre Deux Mers ($14.99) was a light gold color with a light flo- ral nose. White Bordeaux are ma
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