Concord Making Strides event is a celebration of survivorship
Survivor. One is a survivor the day of diagnosis. It is one word with so much meaning. When one thinks of this word others come to mind: Strong. Resilient. Fighter. Honest. Unwilling to give up. Positive. Mental toughness. Hope. The American Cancer Society Making Strides against Breast Cancer event is all about awareness and fundraising to provide support services as well as fund important research to find the cure to put an end to...
Volunteer Tina Smith recognized with Sandra C. Labaree Award
The American Cancer Society brings together volunteers and staff to fulfill one dream and one purpose — healthier communities with less cancer. In fact, the only way the American Cancer Society can achieve their mission of creating a world without cancer is one community at a time.As the largest voluntary health organization in the world, volunteers are the engine of the American Cancer Society. Volunteers drive patients to treatment,...
Insight on navigating your cancer journey
Many times this journey starts before you receive your cancer diagnosis. You are scheduled for some type of diagnostic procedure, a mammogram, breast ultrasound, MRI, a biopsy – fine needle aspiration, core needle, stereotactic core needle biopsy. You are starting to learn the language of cancer. Just like high school French class, you will have to do your homework. Knowledge is power – it can help quiet some of your fear. The...
The American Cancer Society is in the business of saving, improving lives
The American Cancer Society’s mission is to save lives, celebrate lives and lead the fight for a world without cancer. Here are some examples of the work we are doing to help save lives from breast cancer: Finding breast cancer’s causes and cures More than $62 million currently invested in breast cancer grants. Additionally, 235 grants relating to all cancers are currently being funded. Helping patients and survivors Cancer.org had...
Author Bernie Lambek to present his book ‘Uncivil Liberties’ at Gibson’s Bookstore
Author Bernie Lambek will roll in to Gibson’s Bookstore on Wednesday to share his legal whodunnit, Uncivil Liberties. After a high school student is found dead at the bottom of a rock ledge on the outskirts of Montpelier, Vt., the community confronts its conflicting beliefs and values. The book explores hate speech and free speech, cyberbullying and privacy, religious and sexual freedom, and a community’s many faces of love and...
Entertainment: Hatbox Theatre, Concord City Auditorium busy with shows this weekend
Space is tight, so no movie listings this week. Music Tuesday Dan Weiner at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Lester Hirsh at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Open mic at Area 23 at 7 p.m. Thursday Will Hatch at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Mike Gallant at The Common Man at 7 p.m. The Hoot at Penuche’s at 9 p.m. $3 cover. Friday Stuck in Time Band at Makris Lobster & Steak House at 8 p.m. Dirty Looks at Pit Road Lounge at 8 p.m. The...
CYPN: Jared Reynolds loves downtown, Hermanos
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to our “Young Professional of the Month,” Jared Reynolds. Each month the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better.How old are you? 32.Where do you live? Concord.Where do you currently work? I work on the Community and Economic Development team at the...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 9, 1992: In the first Gile concert of the season, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra play to a full house at the Concord City Auditorium. Oct. 10, 1774: Reacting to the Intolerable Acts and Britain’s closing of Boston Harbor, a special town meeting in Portsmouth votes to send 200 pounds to Boston for poor relief. The amount is four times Portsmouth’s annual province tax. Other New Hampshire towns, including...
On the Job: I got out of the office and tried a few random jobs around Concord
I love my job here at the Insider. After all, what’s not to love? I get to spend my days talking to interesting people in the community, writing about concerts and other fun family events, and I even get to eat good food and drink nice beers every once in a while. But, like anything else you’ve done for weeks and months and years on end, it loses some of the excitement factor after a little while. That’s why I decided to get out of...
Author and musician Robert Hunter to play, discuss book at Gibson’s Bookstore
Gibson’s Bookstore is no stranger to hosting author events – the independent bookseller usually never even goes a week without having an author in to talk about his or her work.But it’s rare to have a 2-in-1 show there, and that’s exactly what’s going to happen next Tuesday (Oct. 9) when Robert Hunter comes to town.Hunter is a musician from Nashville who has also written a novel. He’s in the middle of a 50-state tour (he’s already...
NHTI to host Manhattan Short Film Festival this weekend
This weekend – Friday through Sunday – NHTI, Concord’s Community College, will join venues around the globe in hosting the 21st Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, a worldwide competition to select the best short films of 2018. Throughout the week, theaters in more than 350 cinemas across six continents will be screening the nine finalists in this yearlong competition. Every viewer will have the opportunity to rate the nine films,...
Centerpoint Church to celebrate 200 years in Concord with block party
Ever since Concord celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2015, it seems like there’s always some group or institution that has a big milestone celebration every time you turn around. This weekend, it’s Centerpoint Church’s turn – the downtown staple will turn 200 this weekend, and everyone’s invited to the party. Centerpoint Church is the one right across from the YMCA on North State Street. It’s been around since 1818, and it doesn’t...
Entertainment: All the live music, theater and movies we could find
In the week ahead, there are some concerts here and there as well as a selection of films at Red River Theatres. Also, a play recounting Orson Welles’s famous stunt in 1938, called Invasion From Mars!, will make its Hatbox Theatre debut this weekend. Here’s what we found: Music Tuesday Scott Solsky at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open Mic Comedy at Area 23 at 9 p.m., sign-ups start at 8:30. Wednesday Joel Cage at...
Bulletin Board: Concord Community Concert Association to kick off 88th year
Retirement: The Next Chapter Contemplating retirement or looking to re-energize your retirement plans? Check out the four-week Retirement: The Next Chapter program at Center for Health Promotion in Concord. Sessions are held Oct. 2, 16, 30 and Nov. 30 – from 6 to 7:30 p.m. – at 43 S. Main St. The price for the four-part series is $75 for AARP members and $90 for non-members. Registration is required by calling 230-7300. All workshops...
Art work of Brenda Wilbert to be displayed at Red River Theatres
Artist Brenda Wilbert, who was featured in the Insider recently when she had an exhibit at NHTI, is back in the news again, and for all the same reasons – she has another exhibit up in Concord, with an opening reception, to boot.Her exhibit of mixed media collages will be on display at Red River Theatres until Oct. 30. There will be an opening reception on Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the theater. It will be a free event that...
Instagram: A sensational shot of fog over the South End
While creeping around Instagram last week, we came across an account with the handle @jeand1825 and decided to poke around the account for a minute. It turns out this might be the most “lit” Concord-centric Instagram account there is – just take a look at this shot, for example. This was taken in the South End of Concord near the field by South Concord Meadows off Birch Street on Sept. 22 at sunrise via drone, called the DJI Mavic...
Stick it to the man by checking out some banned books at Concord Public Library
Catcher in the Rye. American Psycho. 1984. Lolita. Harry Potter (yes, that Harry Potter). What do they all have in common? These books, among many, many others, have all been either banned or “challenged” in various communities – mostly schools and libraries – at some point in time. Censorship has gone on pretty much since the beginning of time, and at one point or another, the aforementioned books were the targets of parents,...
Tasty Brews: Stoneface Porter at the Red Blazer
I have to confess – ever since my trusty old colleague Tim turned me on to IPAs a couple years ago, they’ve basically been the only kinds of beers I’ve tried since then. What can I say, I like hops I guess.But I realize not everybody does. In fact, I know a lot of people who actually hate IPAs – I used to be one of them. Since we are an equal opportunity publication, I decided to get off the IPA train for once and get back to my roots...
On the Road: Concord’s Always an Adventure group took us to the Isle of Wight
In June, 21 members of Concord’s Always an Adventure group took a trip to the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. The group was kind enough to bring a copy of the Insider with them for their seven-day guided walking tour. Thanks for bringing us along, gang – we needed the exercise anyway.Are you going somewhere exotic or even just pretty cool? If so, bring a copy of your favorite Insider edition (as hard as it is to...
Missed Connections: Looking for love in Concord through Craigslist
August was kind of a hectic month at the Insider, and in all the hubbub surrounding Tim’s departure, we somehow let the ever-popular Missed Connections feature fall through the cracks. Luckily, there were still plenty of entries on there dating back to mid-August, including what could be a first – someone replying to a post with a post of their own, and in very short order. We’ve printed them here – completely unedited, of course –...
Book of the Week: ‘Lost for Words’
The Lost for Words Bookshop Stephanie Butland 2017, 352 pages Fiction Loveday Cardew is not afraid to say what she thinks to people, and she often does just that. She likes books more than people and has the first lines of some of her favorite books as tattoos. She doesn’t let anyone too close, usually. Loveday’s childhood was a happy one at first, but her dad lost his job, and things began to change for the worse. Now Loveday is a...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 2, 1856: Near the end of his term, President Franklin Pierce visits Concord to stump for James Buchanan, the Democrat nominated to succeed him. Pierce is greeted with a great parade and reception downtown. A fine horseman, he himself rides in the procession down Main Street. Oct. 2, 1918: Two Concord troops – Marine Lt. Paul Corriveau and Pvt. Herbert C. Drew – die in France on the same day. Corriveau is killed in action; Drew...
It’s that time of year: Get out there and pick some apples in Concord
If you grew up in New England, you know what this time of year is all about – apple picking. As the air develops a crisp chill and the leaves start to change from green to red and gold, the apples trees are ready for people to come and pick their fruits right off the branches. We’re fortunate enough to live in a city where there are two places to do such a thing – Carter Hill Orchard and Apple Hill Farm.The two farms are similar in...
Ocean State Job Lot Adventure Shopping: Apples edition
Since this is the Apples Issue, we decided to hit up Ocean State Job Lot for a little Adventure Shopping to see if we could find any apples-related items. Sure enough, there was plenty of oddly interesting stuff that fit right into the theme. Who knew you could get a rubber lid for a cooking pot in the shape of an apple?
Food Snob: Fresh apple turnovers – straight out of the oven – from Apple Hill Farm
For this Apples Issue, I obviously couldn’t just sit around all week and not try something made with apple. After much consternation and hand-wringing, the hard decision was made to go to Apple Hill Farm, right around the corner from Insider headquarters, and try the tastiest treat I could find. As luck would have it, right as I arrived – unannounced, by the way – owner Diane Souther saw me and asked whether I’d like to try some fresh...
Raise awareness for mental illness at NAMIWalks NH on Sunday
Mental illness is a pretty serious issue that touches millions of lives all over the world every year. Last year, in New Hampshire alone, the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s New Hampshire chapter provided education, support and advocacy for more than 21,000 individuals affected by mental illness – that’s a lot for a state with a population just a little over a million.That’s why NAMIWalks NH, taking place this Sunday, is such an...
Strap on those stilettos, fellas, for the 5th annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event
If you’re out in downtown Concord next Wednesday (Oct. 3), you might look around and think Halloween came early this year, as you’re likely to see hundreds of grown men strutting around in lavish high heels, many also donning skirts and dresses. It won’t be an early Halloween, and it won’t be a run-of-the-mill drag show, either. Instead, what you’ll be looking at is the 2018 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. Back for a fifth year in...
Check out some fine craftsmanship at the Capital Arts Festival on South Main Street
The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen will “take it to the streets” with the Capital Arts Festival this Friday through Sunday. The weekend-long event will showcase dozens of artisans, musicians and food vendors in front of League headquarters and the Capitol Center for the Arts on South Main Street in Concord.Partnering with the City of Concord, the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s “Creative Concord Committee,” the Capitol Center...
Get a relaxing workout while sipping some suds at Blooming Tree Yoga’s beer yoga event
You know how the old saying goes: Beer and yoga – you can’t have one without the other.Okay, so maybe nobody has ever said that before, but they should, because what could possibly go wrong when combining physical fitness with alcohol consumption?You can find out the answer if you go to Blooming Tree Yoga’s beer yoga event Friday night. The event will be exactly what it sounds like – doing yoga while drinking a beer (or two).“I’ve...
Entertainment: Lots of laughs on the agenda this week
After a couple of relatively light weeks on the entertainment front, everything is back in full swing this week. There are three separate comedy events on the agenda, plus the usual plethora of live music, so it should be a pretty good one. Check it out: Music Tuesday Mike Walsh at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open Mic Comedy at Area 23 at 9 p.m. Sign-ups start at 8:30. Wednesday Andrew Merzi at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m....
