Poetry, music event at Gibson’s
Join Gibson’s Bookstore on Saturday at 2 p.m. as Rev Mary Francis Drake presents an afternoon of poetry and faith as she shares This Much I Know is True: Gleanings from the Path of Love, accompanied by her sister, singer/songwriter, Audrey Drake.
This Much I Know is True: Gleanings from the Path of Love is a compilation of poetry and essays on spiritual topics that culminate three decades of spiritual practice and ministry.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more, visit gibsonsbookstore.com/event/ know-is-true.
Elisabeth Jewell
Historical society offering workshop
The N.H. Historical Society is offering a workshop entitled, Caring for Your Paper-Based Collections, on Jan. 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Designed as an overview to the preservation and care of paper-based collections, this workshop is for family archivists and members of local historical societies who are looking to gain knowledge about how to preserve a variety of paper-based materials.
Documents discussed will include bound volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, booklets and framed objects. Participants will have the opportunity to work in small groups and discuss documents from their collections with others. This workshop is held in conjunction with the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
Space is limited, and registration is required. The cost for this workshop is $75 for members of the New Hampshire Historical Society and $115 for nonmembers.
Elizabeth Dubrulle
Free Valentine’s Day concert
The Capitol Center for the Arts will host free Valentine’s Day performances in the Spotlight Cafe, as part of the William H. Gile series.
Award-winning jazz vocalist Alexis Cole has made an impressive impact on audiences ever since she first took the stage as a teenager. With seven records so far, Cole is on her way to becoming the next great singer. She continues to perform regularly at festivals, performing arts centers and jazz clubs throughout the world as well as in her home base of New York City.
Cole will take the cafe stage at 7:30 p.m. with a limit of two tickets per patron.
For more, visit ccanh.com/events/alexis-cole.
Lynne Sabean
Global Game Jam at NHTI this week
This weekend, teams of dedicated programmers, artists and musicians will gather at NHTI to take part in a worldwide game development event.
Held simultaneously at over 500 sites in over 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. NHTI has been a host site since it began in 2009.
“Think of GGJ as a hackathon focused on exploring the process of game development,” says the GGJ website, “be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression, all condensed into a 48-hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to the global spread of game development and creativity. The GGJ stimulates collaboration and is not a competition.”
Anyone who would like to join the Game Jam at NHTI should contact 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 Global Game Jam visit globalgamejam.org.
Doug Schwarz
Jazz in January at music school
Get in a new groove with Jazz in January.
A stellar lineup of jazz artists from the faculty of the Concord Community Music School will join with special guest, Emmy-nominated composer and guitarist Randy Roos, for an evening of music starting at 7 p.m. on Friday at the music school, 23 Wall St.
At this perennially popular evening of jazz, audiences will enjoy Latin, swing and band originals, while enjoying food courtesy of Hermanos Cocina Mexicana.
Roos has composed for Scientific American Frontiers and NOVA, among other television series. Now an associate professor at Berklee College of Music, he also maintains Squam Sound, a music recording and production studio on New Hampshire’s Squam Lake.
Musical inspiration and mentorship is a theme in this year’s Jazz in January collaboration. Roos mentored music school jazz faculty member David Tonkin, who in turn was a musical inspiration and jazz ensemble leader for bassist Scott Kiefner, a music school alumnus who recently joined the jazz department faculty at the school.
“Because of the music school and the teachers here, I had the resources to explore and develop my love of music,” Kiefner said. “The guidance I received enabled me to seriously pursue music at a high level.”
The three will join forces as part of the Musicians of Wall Street Jazz Ensemble, with music school jazz department faculty members Matt Langley on saxophone, Tom Robinson on piano, and Tim Gilmore on drums.
Admission for Jazz in January is $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
Liz Faiella
Still time to get rid of your Christmas tree
Concord residents with curbside trash and recycling collection still have this week to dispose of their Christmas trees curbside.
Christmas trees must be placed curbside on your scheduled trash collection day. All lights, ornaments, tinsel, and decorations must be removed from the tree. Wreaths and artificial trees will not be collected.
Christmas trees can also be taken to the transfer station during the month of January.
Visit concordnh.gov/ solidwaste for more information.
General Gazette
Sign up to win free city trash bags
All subscribers to Concord General Services’ General Gazette newsletter, as of Feb. 10, will be entered for a chance to win a bundle of Pay-As-You-Throw trash bags. One winner will be selected at random.
To subscribe, visit concordnh.gov/generalgazette.
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