HOPE Resource Center is there to lend a hand
The HOPE Resource Center at Concord Hospital Payson Center for Cancer Care not only helps treat cancer patients, it helps heal them. “It’s easy to feel lost after being diagnosed with cancer,” said social worker Adrianna Crooker Catlin. “We want this to be a space where patients can feel safe, laugh, cry, get angry, express any emotion and find guidance.” At Payson Center, patients find expert cancer care from specially trained...
Three author events in five days at Gibson’s Bookstore this week
As usual, Gibson’s Bookstore has a busy week of author events in store this week. On Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m., John C Porter presents the new edition of his classic, Preserving Old Barns: Preventing the Loss of a Valuable Resource. Preserving Old Barns is a wonderful resource for barn owners to assess, care for and celebrate their special structures. This illustrated, full-color second edition features over 200 pictures, 100 pages of...
N.H. Gay Men’s Chorus to perform concert Saturday
The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus returns to Concord on Saturday for a celebratory concert. “Celebrating 20 Years: A Generation of Music” is the name of this year’s concert series. NHGMC is performing at Wesley United Methodist Church in Concord, 79 Clinton St., at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The final concert in the series is Sunday at South Church in Portsmouth at 4 p.m. This month, they are performing in celebration of 20 years as a...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Election news, leaf collection reminder and more
On Friday, Stefanie Breton, the city’s public information officer, sent out the weekly City Manager’s Newsletter. You can read the full newsletter by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the Newsletter button on the home page. Here are some highlights from last week’s letter: Municipal, primary election notices The City Clerk’s Office wants residents to know that Thursday, Oct. 24 is the last day residents may preregister to vote prior...
On Display: Two very different exhibits up at League of NH Craftsmen
The League of N.H. Craftsmen headquarters is displaying two very different exhibits right now. Both “Then and Now” and “Journey” opened Sept. 27 during Capital Arts Fest, and each will be on display until Dec. 20. “Then and Now” is designed to celebrate the development of a craftsman’s personal style and expertise in their craft media. This exhibit features works in a wide range of mediums. “Journey” features the work of three...
Celebrate the new emergency winter shelter
By TIM GOODWIN For the last three years, the stress for Ellen Groh has been noticeable – at least when the idea of cold weather got brought up.Since the cold-weather shelters, housed at South and First Congregational Churches, closed up shop, it was a constant worry for Groh, executive director of the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness, as to how the city’s homeless would make it through those brutally cold winter nights.Luckily,...
Book of the Week: ‘The Testaments’
The TestamentsMargaret Atwood2019, 415 pagesFiction Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale does not disappoint. After 15 years, readers are again plunged into the familiar brutality of Gilead, with its hangings at “the wall” and monthly “ceremonies” between commanders and handmaids. Atwood intelligently and seamlessly weaves in tidbits of current events — alarmingly making this dystopian nightmare seem all too...
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas to speak at Gibson’s Bookstore on Saturday
Gibson’s to host author Thomas this SaturdayFamed anthropologist and animal behaviorist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas will return to Gibson’s Bookstore on Saturday at 2 p.m. for a new look into hidden lives as she explores the connections between us all in The Hidden Life of Life: A Walk Through the Reaches of Time.An iconoclast and best-selling author of both nonfiction and fiction, Thomas has spent a lifetime observing, thinking and...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 8, 1856: A show called Price’s Ethiopian Minstrels opens at Concord’s Phenix Hall. The show, according to an ad in Concord’s Patriot, is “affectionately portraying the lights & shadows of a darky’s life.” Oct. 8, 1869: Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, dies in Concord. Oct. 8, 2001: Concord area cancer patients and their families win a prolonged and sometimes agonizing battle, when a state board approves...
Entertainment: Plenty of music, plus a Shatner sighting
It’s another big week on the entertainment front in Concord, headlined by none other than cult hero William Shatner – the city has even declared an official day in honor of this event. Let’s get right to it. Music Tuesday Dan Weiner at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Dan Walker at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Paul Donahue at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Music Out of the ‘Box presents Decatur Creek and Bradford Bog People...
Lithermans Limited brings back Quadracalabasia, introduces Black in Black
The music-loving guys over at Lithermans Limited are always up to something – one could say there’s always something brewing – and it’s no different right now as we enter fall. The Hall Street brewery just released Black in Black, a chocolate stout made with black currant and cacao beans from Ecuador. A drink like this would traditionally be served with a little cup of black currant syrup that the consumer would add to his or her...
Bulletin Board: Auditions, paper shredding and open houses
Kick off Making Strides on May 24 A free evening of inspiration, fabulous fare, libations and music is scheduled to kick off the Making Strides of Concord 2018 season! Happy hours for Hope will be May 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Phenix Hall, 38 N. Main St. (above The Works Café). Come be inspired, informed and motivated to be part of the powerful force that is Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Concord. Business sponsors, team...
Concord Craft Brewing launches Apple Crisp Porter, Oktoberfest for fall
With the advent of fall usually comes a mass invasion of pumpkin and pumpkin spice – coffee, muffins, donuts, pie, ice cream, air fresheners and, yes, beer.At Concord Craft Brewing Co. on Storrs Street, they didn’t get the whole you-must-make-everything-pumpkin memo. Instead, the brewery has a pair of fall seasonals that you won’t find elsewhere (unless, of course, you go to one of the many places Concord Craft distributes to) – Apple...
Book of the Week: ‘Ready Player One’
Ready Player OneErnest Cline2011, 374 pagesAdult fiction The year is 2044 in the United States; Oklahoma City, to be exact. Virtual reality is how people live their lives now within the world of the Oasis. They can do anything and be anyone they want to be there and it allows them to escape what is the real world. But when the death of the great creator of the Oasis, James Halliday, comes around, everything changes. It is a race...
Concord is home to all kinds of craft beer stores fully stocked with fall varieties
As fun as it can be to go to a brewery or a bar to enjoy some seasonal libations with friends, a lot of times it’s just easier to stop at a store, grab a pack of something nice and enjoy it at home on the couch or in the yard. When it comes to choices for where to shop and what to buy, it’s an embarrassment of riches around here, and that’s a good thing for the discerning craft beer or cider fan. While there are certainly dozens of...
Check out this springy photo we found on Instagram
It finally feels and looks like spring out there, and you better believe Instagrammers all over Concord have taken notice. While we found several springy photos, this one here by user @lora.a.allison, of some flora on Eastman Street, really stood out to us. Any time there’s a flower budding straight out of a tree trunk, it should be photographed and posted to the interwebs immediately. Nice shootin,’ @lora.a.allison.Have you taken a...
Raise awareness, money for mental illness at 17th annual NAMIWalks NH
If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend while also contributing to a great cause, check out the 17th annual NAMIWalks NH on Sunday.NAMIWalks is the nation’s largest mental health awareness and fundraising event, and the Concord event is always well-attended. As of press time, there were already more than 800 individuals and more than 100 teams registered.One of the defining features of NAMIWalks NH is that there is no...
The Arts: Artist demo at McGowan Fine Art Saturday
Mill Brook Gallery Spring and Summer Through: Sept. 2 Location: 236 Hopkinton Road. Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. League of N.H. Craftsmen Fairy Tales and Fantasies Through: June 15 The Grodin Collection Through: Ongoing Location: 49 S. Main St., Suite 100 Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Robert Dorr Through: May 31 N.H. Weavers Guild Through: Wednesday Location: 266 N. Main St....
Help choose the best short films at Manhattan Short Film Festival at NHTI
From Friday through Sunday, NHTI, Concord’s Community College, will join venues around the globe in hosting the 22nd Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival – a worldwide competition to select the best short films of 2019. Throughout the week, theaters in more than 400 cinemas worldwide will be screening the 10 finalists in this yearlong competition. Every viewer will have the opportunity to rate the 10 films, and all votes count...
This Week in Concord History
May 15, 1726: At Sugar Ball in East Concord, Enoch Coffin, a Congregationalist minister, preaches at the first Christian service in the future Concord. His congregation is a group of men who have come from Massachusetts Bay Colony to survey the Plantation of Penny Cook. May 15, 1727: A Congregational church, Concord’s first, is ready for occupancy. It is a 40-by-25-foot log structure at North Main and Chapel streets. The logs are...
Strap on those stilettos, fellas, for the 2019 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event
There’s an old saying: “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” The sixth annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in Concord asks men to literally walk one mile in women’s high-heeled shoes.You don’t have to wear high heels, but it’s part of the fun, and it gets the community to talk about something that’s really difficult to talk about: domestic and sexual violence. Walk a...
10 local acts to square off at inaugural CCEH Talent Show at Bank of NH Stage
Ten local acts have made it through the elimination rounds and are ready to captivate the audience at the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness’s inaugural Talent Show on Saturday at Bank of NH Stage.The performances will feature voices singing higher than the dog tricks, sizzling dance moves and a chef spinning in his cyr with the precision of a cellist.Attendees can vote for their favorite performance and participate in games....
VIDEO: We square off for an epic ‘Insider’ challenge at Chuckster’s Hooksett
When it was determined that we’d be doing a regional golf-themed issue in the beginning of May, Tim and I had dreams of cruising from course to expertly groomed course, behind the wheel of a golf cart with clubs and coolers in tow. As it turns out, the company actually wanted us to get some work done and therefore wasn’t too keen on writing us a blank check to go play 18 at every course within an hour of here. But, as always,...
The Yogi: Musical theater, yoga and – naps
It was a Sunday afternoon in the city of Boston. I was sitting in the Boston Opera House, struggling to stay awake. My wife and I were in the first row of the balcony, with a phenomenal view of the stage. The touring production of Phantom of the Opera was churning through Act I, and my head was doing a bob and weave act. I tried shifting positions and changing my breathing. I tensed and relaxed my muscles, tried some good...
Habib’s film ‘Intelligent Lives’ to make N.H. debut at Capitol Center for the Arts
Dan Habib is at it again. The Concord documentarian and former Monitor photo editor works for the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability as a project director and filmmaker creating films that highlight issues surrounding all types of disabilities. His 2008 debut documentary film, Including Samuel, followed his son’s challenges of living with a disability, and it was nominated for an Emmy in 2010.Now he has a new project,...
Making Good Health Simple: It’s hard to be perfect – so don’t even try!
It’s hard to be disciplined all the time. It’s hard to be self-motivated. It’s even harder to stay the course when you are surrounded by temptation. Here’s my advice: Don’t try to be perfect all the time. Just don’t. Adopt the philosophy of “more times than not.” What does “more times than not” even mean? Basically, it means fairly frequently, or more than or at least half the time. How does this differ from “often?” Merriam-Webster...
VIDEO: Dan Zanes and Friends play for Friendly Kitchen
Dan Zanes was joined by his wife, Claudia Eliaza and longtime friends Donald Saaf and Matthew Sharff for a pair of benefit concerts for the Friendly Kitchen last weekend at the Concord Community Music School. The fundraising concerts collected $500 for Concord’s soup kitchen that will no doubt be put to good use.
Entertainment: Carole King musical to be performed Tuesday
Music Tuesday Paul Bourgelais at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Joel Cage at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Eric Lindberg at the Courtyard by Marriott at 6 p.m. Open mic at Area 23 at 7 p.m. North Sea Gas at Concord City Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Free. Thursday Eugene Durkee at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Friday Hank Osborne & Friends at Area 23 at 8 p.m. Saturday Tim & Dave at Hermanos at 7:30 p.m. 2nd annual Decades Fest at...
Garfunkel headlines a huge week of entertainment in Concord
It isn’t too often that an eight-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer comes to Concord, but this Thursday will be one of those times when legendary singer Art Garfunkel comes to play at the Concord City Auditorium. There are also quite a few films and events at Red River Theatres this week, so good luck squeezing everything into your schedule. Music Tuesday Mike Loughlin at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Open Mic Comedy at Area...
Bulletin Board: Grandparents’ workshop, free concert, etc.
Free concert at United Church On Monday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m., a piano/mezzo soprano duo will perform at the United Church of Penacook as part of the fall series of concerts presented in conjunction with Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Anne Rainwater and Melinda Becker will perform three-song sets – Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Quatro Canciones Andinas” in Spanish, selections from Barber’s “Hermit Songs” in English and Debussy’s “Trois Chanson de...
