Walker Lecture continues with The Jolly Rogues
The Walker Lecture series continues Oct. 21 at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., with The Jolly Rogues – America’s Historic Music at 7:30 p.m.
This talented band of musicians will entertain you with a rollicking repertoire of 18th & 19th century music. Ballads, shanties and songs of revolt heard through our nation’s history will have the audience clapping and foot-stomping.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis and intermission refreshments are served. For more information, call 225-6497 or visit walkerlecture.org.
Dale Harrington
Infant loss service at Blossom Hill Cemetery
There will be a National Infant Loss Service at Blossom Hill/Concord Calvary Cemetery on Saturday at 10 a.m. Come gather with others who have experienced any type of infant loss, recent or not so recent.
For more info, call 225-3911.
Jill McDaniel
Gregg Pauley to perform Beethoven at music school
Pianist Gregg Pauley presents the seventh of nine concerts in his Beethoven Project at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Concord Community Music School Recital Hall. The program will be followed by a reception featuring the exquisite art in chocolate by Richard Tango-Lowy of Dancing Lion Chocolate.
Many think of Beethoven as a curmudgeon, a misanthrope; a man who shunned the company of others. But in reality, Beethoven enjoyed his friends and had a lively sense of humor. This concert, titled “Beethoven’s Humor,” will feature four pieces demonstrating the composer’s wit and sense of fun, including his Rondo a capriccio, Op. 129: “Rage over a lost penny.”
Pauley’s Beethoven Project began in 2013, when Pauley set out to perform what he calls “the Everest of piano literature” – the complete cycle of the Beethoven’s piano sonatas – in three years.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit greggpauley.com or call 228-1196.
Liz Faiella
N.H. Grange seeking gift cards for teenagers
The New Hampshire State Grange Community Service Director Dick Patten announced the “Santa Remembers Teens at Christmas” project is underway for a second year. Last year’s project was a huge success as Grange members donated close to $1,000 in gift cards. The gift cards were earmarked for teenagers in all areas of the state who many times are forgotten. The idea was created by Patten, who noticed for many years when gift tags were posted in churches or grocery/department stores found infants and youth up to ages 7 years old taken first. The teenagers, ages 12 to 18, were always last. In many cases, they never got taken and became the responsibility of the church or business.
The State Grange partnered with Operation Santa Claus and Friends of Forgotten Children to present the gift cards. This year, Grange members are asked to help with this project by donating gift cards from Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Sears, J.C. Penny’s, Super Cuts and restaurants.
For more info, call Patten at 496-2917.
Dick Patten
Check out the Audubon’s Enchanted Forest
Are you looking for an exciting family outing this fall? Look no further than the New Hampshire Audubon. The Audubon will be holding their annual Enchanted Forest event at the McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, on the evenings of Oct. 24-25.
This family-friendly event is open to anyone ages 4 and older, and welcomes scout and youth groups as well. At Enchanted Forest, you will participate in a variety of fun and engaging activities. Features include a nighttime stroll through the forest on the glowing jack-o-lantern trail, an encounter with larger-than-life creatures, who will present skits about mysterious events in nature, engaging stories told around a campfire, indoor seasonal games and activities, and delicious refreshments.
“I look forward to The Enchanted Forest every year.” said Ruth Smith, the event’s organizer. “It is a fantastic opportunity for families to participate in fun fall-themed activities while learning about nature. It is a wonderful alternative to scary haunted houses. The event has become an annual tradition, and is one of our most popular events.”
Preregistration is required, and spots are limited, so be sure to reserve yours as soon as possible. The cost is $6.50 for N.H. Audubon members, $9.50 for nonmembers, with group rates available. Please call 224-9909 to reserve a spot and time. Enchanted forest will go on, rain or shine because outdoor skit sites are covered.
The Audubon is also looking for volunteers to help make the event as exciting as possible. Whether you are interested in planning, set up and clean up, baking treats, acting in skits, leading groups through trails, or sharing games and activities, there is a spot for you.
For more information about volunteering, or for more information about the Enchanted Forest event, please visit nhaudubon.org, call 224-990 or email rsmith@nhaudubon.org.
Dia Kalakonas
Grace Episcopal supper to feature roast pork
Grace Episcopal Church/Merrill Park, 30 Eastman St., is hosting its monthly supper Friday, from 5 to 6 p.m.
The October Friday supper features roast pork, mashed potatoes, gravy, spinach, rosemary rolls and bread pudding for dessert. So come, bring your family and friends and take the night off from cooking. There is no charge, but donations are welcomed and support our Take-A-Tote Ministry, which helps to feed Concord’s hungry school children.
For more information, call 224-2252 or visit graceeastconcord.org.
Tina Preston
Gibson’s to host young author Erin Bowman
On Friday, Gibson’s Bookstore, welcomes young author Erin Bowman to present her book, Vengeance Road, at 5:30 p.m.
When Kate Thompson’s father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, the 18-year-old disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers and justice. What she finds are devious strangers, dust storms and a pair of brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Thompson gets closer to the secrets about her family, she gets closer to the truth about herself and must decide if there’s room for love in a heart so full of hate. In the spirit of “True Grit,” the cutthroat days of the Wild West come to life for a new generation.
The event is free and open to the public.
Elisabeth Jewell
Sign up for chamber’s Peak Performance
The Concord Chamber of Commerce presents, Peak Performance Series Part 1, Getting Your Employees to Perform at Peak, on Thursday, from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. Cost for chamber members is $29 per session/$75 for three-part series; non-members is $39 per session/$100 for three part series. The final two parts will be held Oct. 29 and Nov. 20. RSVP at concordnhchamber.com.
Rebecca Kinhan
Stamp collectors to meet Oct. 20 at Bow church
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors will hold its monthly meeting at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Oct. 20 at 1 p.m.
All who are interested in stamp collecting are welcome to attend. Meet other collectors and learn more about their hobby and varied interests in Philatelic resources and issues. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
Dan Day
Turn your hobby into a business workshop
An AARP survey of Granite Staters 50 years and older shows that work plans at traditional retirement age are changing and only 10 percent say they are going to retire and never return to work when they hit traditional retirement age. That is why AARP New Hampshire, Small Business Administration, SCORE and Center for Women’s Business Advancement have teamed up to offer a workshop on the necessary steps in taking the leap from a fun pastime into a series endeavor.
Making Your Hobby a Business workshop will be held Oct. 21, at Red River Theatres, at 6 p.m.
People are living longer, healthier lives so working during retirement is a good option. Eighty seven percent are worried about having enough money to live comfortably. So, a variety of options are on the table when it comes to working past traditional retirement age and one of those is earning money from a hobby.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required at aarp.cvent.com/HobbyConcord. Space is limited so early registration is suggested. Participants do not need to be an AARP member.
Jamie Bulen
Children’s Theatre Project to perform ‘Shrek Jr.’
The Children’s Theatre Project, the youth arm of The Community Players of Concord, is proud to celebrate its 20th anniversary with two very special shows on the same weekend.
First up is Shrek, The Musical, Jr., the irreverently funny story of everyone’s favorite green ogre from the Oscar-winning Dreamworks Animation film. In this crowd-pleasing tale, the grouchy ogre Shrek, with an unwelcome, wise-cracking donkey side-kick, begrudgingly undertakes to rescue the feisty Princess Fiona from a dragon-guarded tower, and to deliver her to the tiny and terrible Lord Farquaad, in the hope that Farquaad will help Shrek’s clear his swampy home of the fairytale misfits who have taken refuge there.
This heart warming show, with a central theme of embracing one’s true self, features lively music, elaborate costumes, colorful sets and a talented cast of 40 local actor/singers ages 8–17. Performances will be staged at the Concord City Auditorium on Friday at 7 pm, and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets are general admission and are available at communityplayersofconcord.org, or at the Audi Box Office. Tickets are $15.
That same weekend at the Audi, The Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio takes the stage in a benefit concert to raise funds for the Jakob Murray Lange Memorial Scholarship Fund, which provides tuition assistance for children wishing to attend CTP winter vacation or summer theatre camps, on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Benefit concert tickets may be purchased at JordanTWmusic.com, or at the Audi Box Office. Tickets are $12.
For more information about CTP and its 20-year history, visit communityplayersofconcord.org/childrens-theater.
Ellen Burger
Film society to screen ‘Inherent Vice’ Friday
The NHTI Film Society will screen Inherent Vice on Friday at 7 p.m. in Sweeney Auditorium.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson meets Thomas Pynchon as they muse about counter-culture California in particular and America in general in the halcyon and turbulent years of the late 60s, early 70s. With Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and, in a stunning performance, Katherine Waterston.
Admission is by donation (suggested $5), NHTI students free with valid NHTI ID.
For more information, visit nhti.edu or call 271-6484, ext. 4101.
Steve Ambra
Toastmasters speech contest Saturday
Speech contests are a Toastmasters tradition. Each year thousands of Toastmasters compete in the Humorous and Evaluation speech contests. Competition begins with club contests and winners continue competing through the area, division and district levels.
Toastmasters International is hosting their annual Division A Humorous Speech and Evaluation contest at the Department of Environmental Services in Concord on Saturday at 10 a.m.
For more info, email kristen.berger@lfg.com.
Kristen Berger
Dance and music exhibit at N.H. State Library
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, in partnership with the Monadnock Folklore Society and the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, is sponsoring an exhibit about the Granite State’s tradition of social dancing at the New Hampshire State Library from Oct. 14 through Nov. 25.
“Traditional Dance and Music in New Hampshire: 1750-today” traces the long history of contra and social dance music throughout the region, especially in the southwestern part of the state.
Irish, Scottish, English and French Canadian traditions all contribute to New Hampshire’s dance traditions. Dances are similar to square dancing but are generally performed in lines to live music played by fiddles and piano. Banjos, mandolins and guitars may also be heard at contra dances. Community social dances have been happening in New Hampshire continuously since before the Revolutionary War.
The exhibit features artifacts, documents, instruments, photographs and audio recordings.
There is no charge to view the exhibit. The New Hampshire State Library is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A public reception will be held Wednesday, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
For more information, visit nh.gov/nharts.
Shelly Angers
Register for N.H. Poetry Out Loud competition
Registration is open for New Hampshire high schools wishing to participate in the 2016 New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud competition. This will be the program’s 11th year, both in New Hampshire and nationally.
A program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage.
Poetry Out Loud competitors memorize and recite poems from hundreds identified by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation that, together, represent the breadth of great poetry. Participants are judged on the quality of their presentation, accuracy in reciting the poem and its difficulty.
About 10,000 students from 37 New Hampshire high schools participated in the 2015 New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud program.
Each year, New Hampshire’s classroom champions compete to represent their high school at four regional, semifinal competitions; semifinal winners then participate in March’s state championship. The state champion travels to Washington, D.C. for the national finals, where more than $50,000 in college scholarships and prizes are awarded to the top finishers.
Registration is open to up to 40 New Hampshire high schools. Home-schooled students are also welcome to join through their local school or by creating a regional group.
The deadline to register for 2016 New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud Program is Nov. 1. To learn more or to register, visit nh.gov/nharts and click on the “Poetry Out Loud” button.
New Hampshire educators interested in having their school participate in 2016 New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud and who would like more information should contact Catherine O’Brian at 271-2789 or catherine.r.obrian@dcr.nh.gov.
Shelly Angers
Annual meeting for conservation districts
New Hampshire Association of Conservation Districts will host their 2015 Annual Meeting Nov. 2-3 at the Grappone Center.
Learn about how to support soil health and ecosystem diversity in New Hampshire with NRCS’s Ray Archuleta, gain insights on supporting ecological diversity concerning bees, bats and rabbits with a round table of field experts, and enjoy presentations on county conservation district highlights.
The event will begin with a social hour Monday evening at 5 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner and awards ceremony. It will continue Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with presentations and round table discussions of interest to all in the state’s conservation and agricultural community.
Please note that the New Hampshire Pollinator Summit (co-sponsored by NHACD), takes place in the same location Nov. 2, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event, featuring regional pollinator experts, will cover the latest research and strategies for promoting bee pollinators on-the-ground.
For more information, please email admin@nhacd.net.
Rebecca Yohe
Opening for new exhibit at McGowan Fine Art
McGowan Fine Art announces the opening of “Spirituality & Obsession” featuring the art of John LaPrade, Youdhi Maharajan and James Palmigiano. The show will run from through Nov. 13, with an artist’s reception on Oct. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. This is free and open to the public.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment.
For more information, call 225-2515 or visit mcgowanfineart.com.
Marissa Rattee
Honor a loved one with VNA’s Lights of Life
The 20th annual Concord Regional VNA Hospice Lights of Life that honors our loved ones and raises awareness about Concord Regional VNA Hospice has begun.
Are you looking for a special way to remember a family member or friend this holiday season? Simply make a donation in your loved ones’ name to Concord Regional VNA Hospice Lights of Life and they will be added to the Lights of Life Honor Roll. The honor roll is available for viewing at crvna.org beginning Oct. 16 and in the Concord Monitor on Dec. 15.
Join us for Hospice Lights of Life community remembrance ceremonies in Concord on Friday, Dec. 4 at Horseshoe Pond Place, 26 Commercial St. at 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Pleasant View Retirement, 227 Pleasant St. at 11 a.m.
Andrew Morse
