Fundraiser for local marathoners
Local athletes Jeremy Woodward and JR Linden are hosting an Evening of Inspiration and Giving at the Bridges House (Governor’s Mansion), 21 Mountain Road, on Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Woodward and Linden are both running in the Boston Marathon on April 16, and are hosting this event to raise funds for their respective teams: Tedy’s Team and Credit Unions Kids at Heart Team. The evening will be emceed by Greg Kretschmar from Greg and the Morning Buzz; and includes a raffle and silent auction items to include sports memorabilia, complimentary hotel stays and experience packages. Former New England Patriots Linebacker, Tedy Bruschi is scheduled to appear.
This will be Woodward’s fifth year running The Boston Marathon with Tedy’s Team. Linden will be running his third Boston Marathon as a member of the Credit Unions Kids at Heart Team.
A limited number of tickets are still available for $75 per person and can be purchased by visiting bit.ly/JWJRBOS. For questions or more information, contact Woodward at 721-2830 or jeremy@jeremysbootcamp.com.
Jessica Livingston
Bach’s Lunch lecture Thursday
The Concord Community Music School presents its free Bach’s Lunch lecture on Thursday.
At 12:10pm, Sharad Gurung and Sagar Khatiwada present “East meets West: Connections between Nepali and Western Music.” The musicians will explore cultural sharing of musical instruments and traditional harmonies, with examples from genres including children’s, devotional and patriotic music. Instruments from their home country of Nepal will help illustrate their talk.
On April 12, Gurung and Khatiwada participate with two of their fellow members of the Himalaya Heritage Music Group in a Bach’s Lunch Concert entitled “Nepali Music in America: A New Tradition.”
Bach’s Lunch programs are free and open to the public, and take place from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. on the first and second Thursdays of each month, November through May, in the Music School’s Recital Hall, 23 Wall St.
For more information, call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
Liza Poinier
Super Stellar Friday this week
Dr. Andrew Jordan, research scientist at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at UNH, is part of the team operating NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO.
On Friday night at 7 p.m., at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center as part of Super Stellar Friday, Jordan will explain how LRO has transformed our view of the moon and how UNH’s instrument on LRO – the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation – has revealed how the moon interacts with its environment. Jordan’s talk will be followed by the planetarium show, Tonight’s Sky. Doors to the Discovery Center open at 6:30 p.m.; the exhibit galleries are open for viewing of the new special exhibition, True or False, in addition to the Discovery Center’s permanent exhibitions.
The all-inclusive price for April’s Super Stellar Friday at the Discovery Center is $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for students and seniors, $8.50 for children 12 and under, and free for members. Pending clear skies, members of the N.H. Astronomical Society will be outside the Discovery Center with telescopes pointed to the sky, ready to share their knowledge and views from their telescopes for free.
For more information, visit starhop.com.
Jayme Simoes
Public institutions talk Wednesday
What was life like in our county homes? Laconia State School? The State Hospital?
Join the Woman’s Club of Concord on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for an historical overview of New Hampshire’s public institutions in the 19th and 20th centuries presented by Nadine Miller of the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources and Andrew Cushing of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.
Please join us for light refreshments and great discussion.
Woman’s Club
Poetry celebration at NHTI Monday
On Monday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Library Living Room, NHTI will hold its 17th annual Celebration of Poetry, featuring New Hampshire poet Jenna Le. The event includes a reading by Le, followed by a reception and open mic. Members of the college and the community are invited to listen and participate. Admission is free.
Le is the author of Six Rivers, which was a Small Press Distribution Poetry Bestseller, and A History of the Cetacean American Diaspora, which won second place in the 2017 Elgin Awards. For more info, visit jennalewriting.com.
NHTI’s Celebration of Poetry is organized by the NHTI English Department with financial support from the Student Senate and The Eye, NHTI’s student literary magazine.
For more information, contact Paula DelBonis-Platt at 271-6484, ext. 4151, or pdelbonis-platt@ccsnh.edu.
Doug Schwarz
Sheet pan cooking workshop April 11
It’s time to lay it all out in the pan! A simple sheet pan makes for an easy foundation for many healthy meals that you can pop into your oven. Not only does a sheet pan supper allow the individual flavors of your ingredients to shine, it also guarantees the easiest clean-up ever!
Register for the sheet pan supper workshop on April 11 at noon, and have Michelle Smith – Nutrition Consultant and Wellness Educator at Center for Health Promotion – show you how to cook an entire meal on a single baking sheet. It’s a great alternative to classic one-pot recipes.
There’s even a special $5 workshop price for AARP members. And AARP members can bring one guest for an additional $5. Registration is required by calling 230-7300.
Jamie Bulen
Equal Pay Day at Works Café April 10
The Works Cafe proudly announces it will participate in National Equal Pay Day on April 10 by providing a 20 percent discount to women in all eight cafes, including the Concord location.
This discount is equivalent to the percentage in the wage gap between men and women. Nationally, women are paid just 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid.
Equal pay means more prosperity for families. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, providing equal pay would bring 3.1 million working women and their families out of poverty. That means 25.8 million children would benefit from closing the wage gap.
Jen Risley
VNA memorial service April 11
Concord Regional VNA’s Annual Memorial Service is April 11 at 7 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church, 211 N. Main St.
Join us to remember those we have lost through the reading of names, music, candle-lighting and reflection. Registration is not required.
For information, call 224-4093, ext. 2828, or email carmella.dow@crvna.org.
Andy Morse
Learn about buying a car Saturday
N.H. Federal Credit Union Center for Finance & Education is hosting Car Buying 101 on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Before you hit the dealership, gain beneficial insights into what happens at the dealership. You will leave better prepared to negotiate with confidence.
There is a nominal fee to reserve your seat which will be refunded when you attend the class. Non-attendance will result in the forfeiture of your seat reservation fee. Class is open to the public.
Michele Perry
