Bow Mills offering summer camp
Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, is offering a Summer Spirit Camp/Vacation Bible School from July 25-29 in the form of a funny musical called Go, Go Jonah! All kids, grades 1-12, are invited to sing with us all week from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (lunch will be provided). Warm-up rehearsals and tryouts for solos will be held in advance, and the full experience will conclude with performances on July 30-31.
Plan for your family to join us on June 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Bow Mills for a kickoff event/open house for Go, Go Jonah! We’ll have a whale of a time! Details/registration will be available for the musical at the kickoff event and it’s free.
For more, call 224-0884.
Joan Day
VNA offering six-week workshop
Concord Regional VNA is offering Better Choices, Better Health in Concord, a six-week self-management program to help adults living with ongoing health conditions feel better, regain control of their health, and start doing the things they want to do. The program is on Tuesdays beginning July 5 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 N. State St.
There is no fee to attend this program and space is limited. To register, call Concord Regional VNA at 224-4093 or 1-800-924-8620, ext. 5815 or visit crvna.org.
Andrew Morse
‘The Jungle Book’ at Concord City Auditorium
Join the students of Eastern Ballet Institute as they present an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s, The Jungle Book on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium. Act II will feature a variety of classical variations and contemporary dance works. Tickets are $12, children 5 and under are free. For tickets call 731-3417 or email easternballetnh@aol.com.
Tickets may also be purchased the day of the show at the door.
Brandi Nylen Reed
Documentary encore June 21
There will be an encore screening of the ConcordTV documentary Voices of Generations on June 21 at 2 p.m., featuring the stories of 24 Concord residents taking a look back at life in the New Hampshire capital city of years past. The screening will be held at Tad’s Place, Havenwood Heritage Heights, 149 East Side Drive, and is free and open to the public.
Jim Webber
Zonta Club book sale at Market Days
The Zonta Club of Concord will be selling gently used books during Market Days near Viking House, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., each day. Proceeds from the sale of these books will benefit scholarships for women.
Janice Severance
Music school recital June 21
The Concord Community Music School is proud to announce that two music school voice students, GraceAnn Kontak and Tyler Shore, have earned top honors in a musical theater competition sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Shore and Kontak’s stellar musical theater performances in the National Student Auditions have earned them a place in the live national semifinal rounds, which will take place in Chicago this summer.
Before heading to Chicago, the two will perform a public recital featuring a variety of musical theater selections, including the three pieces that each will be auditioning with in Chicago in July. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21 at the Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. This event is open to the public.
There is no charge for tickets, but donations will be accepted, and will go toward helping offest the students’ travel expenses.
Liz Faiella
Open house at The Children’s Place
The Children’s Place and Parent Education Center, 27 Burns Ave., is turning 38! Come celebrate with us on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon. We will have cake, make your own sundaes, bubbles and face painting ! Everyone is welcome. Call 224-9920 for more information.
Jodi Roos
Sports summer reading program
Summertime is a great time to get out and get active. This summer, librarians around New Hampshire are encouraging people of all ages to make sure their reading skills stay in shape as well.
As part of this year’s national Collaborative Summer Library Program theme “On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!” young readers throughout New Hampshire will be visiting their public libraries to check out and read books about sports, fitness and health in their many forms.
Children’s librarians across New Hampshire have embraced the fitness theme and have run with it, creating special summertime programs that focus on a wide range of activities, from the Olympics to nutrition to yoga. Performers from the state library’s “Kids, Books and the Arts” roster will hold special events at libraries throughout the state.
The importance of summer reading has been known for more than a century. Students who read at least six books during the summer have been found to maintain or improve their reading skills, while those who do not read during the summer can lose a full grade level.
To participate in “On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!” families should visit their local public library. Most libraries ask children to register and then to keep track of how many books they read during the summer months or how much time they spend reading. Participants may also choose to read whichever books they want, even if they’re not related to this year’s theme.
In keeping with the fitness theme, some libraries are offering a summer reading program for teens, “Get in the Game”; the theme for adult readers is “Exercise Your Mind.”
For more information, visit nh.gov/nhsl.
Shelly Angers
