Symphony N.H. returns to the Audi on Friday
Symphony N.H. orchestra returns to the Audi stage on Friday at 8 p.m. as Maestro Jonathan McPhee conducts a program of Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Ravel and Prokofiev.
Tickets are $18 to $49 and available at SymphonyNH.org, by calling 595-9156 or at the door.
Friends of the Audi
Artists reception at The Place Gallery Saturday
On Saturday, there will be a gallery opening reception for the work of Andre Bertolino from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Place Studio & Gallery, 9 N Main St.
There will be live music and light refreshments. Of the 60 paintings on display, only five will be priced above $200. The show will run through February.
Andre Bertolino
Concord girls’ basketball hosting pancake breakfast
Come get your pancakes! The Concord High School girls’ basketball team is hosting a pancake breakfast at Wesley United Methodist Church on Saturday, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Cost is $5 per person or $20 per family of four or more. Kids under 3 are free.
Karen McClellan
Get your tickets for the Harlem Wizards Jan. 27
Local business owner and advocate for heart health Jeremy Woodward is pleased to announce a Harlem Wizards Basketball fundraiser, presented by Concord Pediatric Dentistry, on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. at Bishop Brady High School.
Funds raised from this event will go towards Woodward’s fundraising efforts with his brother for the 2016 Boston Marathon. Jeremy and Jamie Woodward are both part of Tedy’s Team, a team formed by former New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi to raise awareness and money for stroke victims and their families.
“My brother Jamie and I couldn’t be more excited to bring this really fun event to Concord for all to enjoy, while raising money for Tedy’s Team, which is near and dear to our hearts,” said Woodward. “We will have a team made up of local teachers, students, members of our community – including me – and we will take on the legendary Harlem Wizards! This will be tons of fun for all for a really fantastic cause.”
Ticket prices range from $10 to $30 and can be purchased in advance by visiting harlemwizards.com.
For more event information, call Woodward at 721-2830, email jeremy@jeremysbootcamp.com or visit facebook.com/ironheartjeremy. For more information about Tedy’s Team, visit heart.org/tedysteam.
Jessica Fogg Livingston
Work Nest to host solo exhibition opening
Help Work Nest kick off a new year of local art with Flock’s first solo exhibition of 2016 “Vacancies” opening Thursday at 5 p.m.
N.H. artist Mike Howat has spent the past several months creating new works specifically for this exhibition. His landscapes are beautiful and chilling, portraying the quiet emptiness of abandoned structures along New England’s seacoast.
For more information, and to RSVP to this event, please visit tiny.cc/flock_howat.
This event is free and open to the public. Light food and refreshments will be served.
Karina Kelley
Join American Cancer Society for free rally
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of the Capital Region will hold a free rally for the annual event on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at NHTI.
The program will highlight how the community has benefited from funds raised and will honor cancer survivors and caregivers. Guests will have the opportunity to register a team for the Relay For Life event, which will be held on June 4-5 at NHTI.
The Relay For Life movement unites communities across the globe to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and take action to finish the fight once and for all. Relay For Life events are community gatherings where teams and individuals camp out at a school, park or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Teams participate in fundraising in the months leading up to the event.
The Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest fundraising event to fight every cancer in every community, with four million participants in 6,000 events worldwide in 2015.
Visit relayforlife.org/capitalregionnh to learn more about the event, or contact Shana Agan at 471-4150 or CapitalRegionNHRelay@cancer.org.
Joshua Crowell
Sign up for ConcordTV January workshops
On Jan. 27, ConcordTV is hosting a workshop, Making a Movie With iPhone or iPad.
Smart phones and tablets are convenient tools for creating quick videos but they often lack professional quality. Learn tips on stabilization, lighting, audio and a demo of the latest video apps such as iMovie and Premiere Clip.
The workshop will be held in Studio B at Heights Community Center, 14 Canterbury Road, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Cost is $50.
On Jan. 29, there will be a Nonprofit PSA Workshop.
Looking for a way to promote your nonprofit organization? Public Service Announcements are a fantastic way of spreading your organizational message. Join us for a workshop that will significantly enhance the quality of the PSAs you create
The workshop will be held in Studio B, from 1 to 4 p.m. at a cost of $25.
For more info, email doris@yourconcordtv.org, or call 226-8872.
Doris Ballard
‘What Makes Me Special!’ author to read at Gibson’s
Storytime special guest reader Elizabeth McKinney joins Gibson’s Bookstore on Saturday at 10 a.m. to present What Makes Me Special!, a story about individuality and how each of us are special in some small way.
What Makes Me Special! was created after McKinney’s daughter, Lillian, was given an assignment at school. It was called “Special Me” and she had a week to show her class all the things that made her special. Lillian has many wonderful attributes, and several were the same as other kindergarteners in her class. It was then that McKinney shared with Lillian that she believed what makes a person different from everyone else is, in fact, what makes them special. So what makes Lillian special? She flaps her arms up and down, like a bee, when she is excited. This expression of joy inspired McKinney to write a poem about her daughter.
The author’s profits will go to the High Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire.
Elisabeth Jewell
Council on the Arts hosting grant writing workshop
Arts educators, classroom teachers, youth development professionals and others interested in applying for arts education grants offered by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts are encouraged to attend a grant writing workshop in Concord on Feb. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Plymouth State University Graduate Center.
Led by NHSCA Grant Coordinator Catherine O’Brian, the workshop will cover: grant guidelines and criteria for the Council’s Artist Residency in Schools and Youth Arts Projects for Creative Youth Development grant programs; planning artist residency schedules; writing grant goals and outcomes, budgets, final reports and more.
The NHSCA’s Artist Residencies in Schools grants fund artist residencies that bring juried teaching artists into classrooms and public schools, supporting creative learning and skills development in the arts. Youth Arts Project Grants fund high-quality arts and cultural programs that encourage creativity, develop new arts skills and foster success for young people beyond the normal school day, in or outside of the school.
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts maintains a juried roster of qualified artists with experience or training that makes them qualified to work in classroom, school and education settings. They come from diverse arts disciplines and cultures, and live in various regions of New Hampshire.
April 8 is the deadline to apply for Artist Residency in School grants; April 15 is the deadline to apply for Youth Arts Project grants. The NHSCA uses an online grant application. Printed applications will not be accepted.
Plymouth State’s graduate center is located at 2 Pillsbury St., 5th floor in Concord. There is no charge to attend the workshop, but space is limited and advance registration is required. Visit nh.gov/nharts to register.
For more information about the grant writing workshop, the Artist Residency in School grant program and the Youth Arts Project grant program, contact O’Brian at catherine.r.obrian@dcr.nh.gov, 271-0791 or visit nh.gov/nharts.
Shelly Angers
Vegetarian cookbook to help spaying and altering
The New Hampshire Spaying and Altering Service, a nonprofit organization, is selling a gourmet vegetarian cookbook, Cooking with Compassion.
Sales from the cookbook will raise much needed funds for its low-cost spaying and altering program for dogs and cats. The cost is $20.
For more info, call 224-1361.
Insider staff
Global Game Jam takes over NHTI next weekend
On the weekend of Jan. 29-31, teams of dedicated programmers, artists and musicians will gather at NHTI to take part in a worldwide game development event.
Held simultaneously at more than 500 sites in more than 80 countries, the Global Game Jam brings together teams of creative individuals who collaborate to create games given the same basic theme and technical constraints. More than 10,000 participants are expected worldwide. NHTI is the only site in New Hampshire, and one of only four in Northern New England.
“The structure of a jam,” according to the official GGJ website, “is usually that everyone gathers on Friday late afternoon, watches a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and then a secret theme is announced. All sites worldwide are then challenged to make games based on that same theme, with games to be completed by Sunday afternoon . . . The GGJ stimulates collaboration, and is not a competition.”
Anyone who would like to join should contact NHTI professor Greg Walek at gwalek@ccsnh.edu to reserve a spot. Participation is not limited to NHTI students. There is no entrance fee, but participants should be prepared to pay for food. The public is invited to drop by Little Hall around 5 p.m. Sunday for showings of the finished games.
For further information about the Global Game Jam, visit globalgamejam.org.
Doug Schwarz
