Author Hannah Papp to present book Friday
Author Hannah Papp presents The Mystical Backpacker: How To Discover Your Destiny in the Modern World, Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St.
Part memoir, part guidebook, The Mystical Backpacker invites you to explore your inner terrain and learn how to create your own unique version of a modern day vision quest or walk-about.
Tired of living a life based on other’s expectations, Papp quit her job, bought a EuroRail ticket and a map, notified her landlady, and left town. Embarking on a journey across Europe with no plan and no direction, Papp stumbled into becoming a modern-day mystical backpacker. Along the way her discoveries and the teachers she encountered allowed her to go on a deeper journey into the self and the spirit – revealing the real self she had long been missing.
The Mystical Backpacker shows you how to identify the signs along the road that will lead to teachers and experiences that will reorient your own life map. Ultimately, The Mystical Backpacker offers a solution, a way to break free and find your inner self’s rhythms and needs, fulfilling your true destiny. It’s time you hit the road and become a mystical backpacker.
Elisabeth Jewell
Bach’s Lunch series continues at music school
On Thursday, Concord Community Music School jazz department faculty member Matt Langley will give a lecture titled “Funk ’n’ Boogaloo? Who Knew?”
On Jan. 14, the jazz trio Bangkok Disco, featuring music school jazz department faculty member Tom Robinson on piano, music school alumnus Scott Kiefner on bass and guest artist Jared Steer on drums, will give a concert titled “Get in the Groove: Funk, Boogaloo, & Jazz.”
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 in the music school’s Recital Hall, 23 Wall St.
In anticipation of Bangkok Disco’s performance, Langley will explore what funk and boogaloo is all about in his lecture.
Bangkok Disco’s concert will feature music from classic soul-funk artists such as Grant Green, Rusty Bryant and Charles Earland to modern day artists Medeski-Martin-Wood and David Tronzo, as well as original music.
For more information, call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
Liz Faiella
VNA is offering ‘Mindful Grieving’ sessions
Concord Regional VNA is offering a bereavement program “Mindful Grieving” on Wednesdays, Jan. 20, 27 and Feb. 3 at South Congregational Church, UCC, 27 Pleasant St. All sessions are from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
These sessions teach mindfulness as a path that honors, transforms and helps to heal grief. They are open to anyone who is living with grief following the loss of a loved one.
Pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, please call 224-4093, ext. 2828 or email carmella.dow@crvna.org.
Andrew Morse
NHTI to offer Express Admissions Day Jan. 12
On Jan. 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., NHTI will offer its annual midwinter Express Admissions Day in Sweeney Hall. On this day, prospective students will have the opportunity to complete their entire admissions process in a single day. The college’s normal $20 application fee will also be waived.
Students will start by filling out an application, and then meet with an admissions counselor and/or academic advisor to develop a program of study that will help them achieve their academic goals. Most students will then need to take placement tests. (NHTI encourages placement testing for all incoming students, and testing is required for all students entering a degree or certificate program.) Finally, students will establish a payment plan and register for fall classes – all in one day!
Students who come to Express Admissions Day should bring their high school diploma or GED, and official transcripts from any other college they may have attended previously. There is no need to pre-register – just show up. (Note: Express Admissions Day does not apply to the Nursing, Dental and other Allied Health programs.)
For more information, contact the Admissions Office at 230-4011 or nhtiadm@ccsnh.edu.
Doug Schwarz
Poetry open mic night at Gibson’s next Wednesday
The Poetry Society of New Hampshire meets at Gibson’s Bookstore every month.
The January meeting, scheduled for Jan. 13 at 7 p.m., is traditionally strictly an open mic, so bring a poem (39 lines or less). Your poem, someone else’s poem, it doesn’t matter. All are welcome and newcomers are encouraged!
Elisabeth Jewell
Catch a show and eat some dessert at CHS
The Concord High School Drama Club will present a “Dessert Theatre” on Jan. 14, 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. at CHS.
Tickets are $15 and includes dessert and the show. Highlights from the past four years of shows, including Little Shop of Horrors, Rent, Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll & Hyde, The Drowsy Chaperone and Miss Saigon, and will feature many original cast members.
Tickets are available at the door or reserved by calling 717-7670.
Clint Klose
Men’s Grief Discussion groups on Thursdays
Concord Regional VNA is offering Men’s Grief Discussion Groups on Thursday, Jan. 14 and Thursday, Jan. 28, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 79 Clinton St.
The ongoing drop-in grief discussion groups are designed to help men who are adjusting after the loss of a spouse or significant other.
There is no registration or fee to attend. For more information, please call 224-4093, ext. 2828 or email carmella.dow@crvna.org.
Andrew Morse
NHTI’s Winter Fling fundraiser is Jan. 30
Want to see some of Concord’s business and community leaders compete in a dance competition for Best Overall and The People’s Choice Award?
Come to NHTI’s Winter Fling 2016 fundraising event for the President’s Fund for Excellence on Saturday, Jan. 30. There will be live music, food and, of course, dancing. The night begins at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $85 per person or $595 for a table of 8. For more info or to purchase ticekst, call Lee Ann Lewis at 271-6484 ext. 4239.
Lee Ann Lewis
Audubon president has announced retirement
New Hampshire Audubon’s president, Mike Bartlett, has announced his retirement from the statewide conservation organization. He has served in this role since late 2008, when he agreed to come out of retirement and give up the helm of his fishing boat to help steer the organization. Next spring he will try retiring again as he turns the wheel over to a new president.
Bartlett has provided nearly eight years of successful leadership, which included guiding the organization out of a period of severe financial challenge, through its successful centennial year celebration and to the point of receiving the highest rating of four stars from Charity Navigator (a national nonprofit evaluator).
Bartlett’s determination helped to reestablish New Hampshire Audubon as a strong voice for conservation, a respected partner at the table and a leader in educating the public about the importance of protecting wildlife and its habitat.
“During my many years working with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, I held the work of New Hampshire Audubon in high regard. To be able to help strengthen the organization and bring it into its second century has been a real honor,” said Bartlett.
Today New Hampshire Audubon has much to celebrate. Under Bartlett’s unwavering and thoughtful leadership, biologists have helped restore nesting Bald Eagles to record numbers. Educators have provided children, families and adults with live animal encounters and outdoor experiences that are often transformative.
Land stewardship has continued on over 8,000 acres of wildlife habitat through New Hampshire Audubon wildlife sanctuaries. Donors can contribute with confidence that their gifts will be put to good work fulfilling the organization’s mission.
New Hampshire Audubon trustees have formed a transition task force and contracted with a search firm to provide a smooth succession to the next president.
New Hampshire Audubon will be celebrating the accomplishments of Mike Bartlett throughout next spring. Visit nhaudubon.org for updates and details.
Dia Kalakonas
Quilters guild to meet Friday at Havenwood
The Capital Quilters Guild will meet at Havenwood, 33 Christian Ave. on Friday, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. All quilters and friends are welcome to attend.
Guild & DAR member Barbara Corson will present “Patriots in Petticoats,” an informative presentation on female patriots of the Revolutionary War and how they relate to the blocks in her Patriots in Petticoats quilt.
For guild information, call Evelyn at 224-6247.
Jean Donahue
New Hampshire residents seeking to learn about shared use commercial kitchens are encouraged to attend “Got a Great Recipe?,” a free workshop to be presented Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. during the 2016 New Hampshire Farm & Forest Expo, held at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester.
During the workshop, presented by the N.H. Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture and the Boscawen Agriculture Commission, attendees will learn how to access local commercial kitchens to expand their operations. In addition, information on food business planning, zoning, licensing and recipe formulation will be shared.
The nonprofit New Hampshire Farm & Forest Exposition has been a winter standard since 1984. Now in its 33rd year, the expo provides information and education on all aspects of agriculture and forestry by bringing the state’s farming and forestry communities together to share ideas and views on industry needs, while providing a fun and interesting venue for the public to learn about these industries and their impact on life in New Hampshire.
The exposition includes workshops and speaker programs, a large trade show featuring products, equipment and food, most of which is produced in New Hampshire and New England, exhibitor demonstrations and student competitions, a children’s area with hands-on activities, farm animals, and a winter farmers market.
The New Hampshire Farm & Forest Exposition founding sponsors are the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, the N.H. Division of Forests & Lands and the N.H. Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food.
For further information, visit the expo website at nhfarmandforestexpo.org or call 231-1396.
Tori Berube
