Entertainment: A slew of stage shows in an otherwise fairly light week
We’re very close to the end of the month, which means some of the music venues around here have only posted their shows through Thursday, the last day of the month. But, we more than make up for that with an absolute trove of theatrical performances on all of the city’s main stages. Have a look: Music Tuesday Scott Solsky at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Poor Howard at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Joel Cage at Hermanos at 6:30...
Concord Coalition to End Homelessness in search of contestants for first-ever talent show
Concord-area performers: If you’ve dreamt of showcasing your special talent, the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness wants to shine a spotlight on you. CCEH is recruiting performers of all types to participate in its first-ever talent show in October. The fundraising event will showcase a variety of talents through a round of live auditions and the final show Oct. 5 on the Capitol Center for the Arts’ newly renovated Bank of New...
Toastmasters to host public speaking forum, free raffle at NEC Concord on Thursday
Toastmasters is where distinguished leaders are made. The Concord area Toastmasters welcome you to a Public Speaking Forum and free raffle on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at New England College’s 62 N. Main St. location in Concord. These events will showcase great public speakers and impromptu speaking, along with tips about how to organize a speech, effectively move an audience and to think on your feet. The program will be informal but...
Blast From the Past: Paying respects to Eddie Quinn, the boy soldier
The Third Regiment New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Concord and mustered in on Aug. 23, 1861, serving their country bravely until they were mustered out on July 25, 1865. When the time came to sign up at Concord, there was a young teenaged boy who wanted to serve. He was persistent until the recruiter finally acknowledged him and assigned him to Company C as a “waiter,” to serve the company food and take care of the tasks at...
Book of the Week: ‘Becoming’
BecomingMichelle Obama2018, 426 pagesNonfiction/Autobiography In Michelle Obama’s superbly written autobiography, she invites readers into her world, from growing up in the South Side of Chicago with a working-class family to the romantic relationship that blossomed between her and Barack. Michelle doesn’t hold back on the tumultuous ride on which life has taken her. She is open and honest about her feelings on politics and her...
This Week in Concord History
Feb. 26, 1942: The H.J. Heinz Co. runs a large ad in the Monitor telling readers: “Blame Hitler, Hirohito, and Benito! . . . Don’t Blame Your Grocer.” The problem? Because of the shortage of sugar and other commodities, many of Heinz’s 57 varieties may be missing from the shelves. Feb. 26, 1973: The Concord city manager proposes increasing downtown parking fines from $1 to $2. Feb. 27, 1733: The Massachusetts General Court creates a...
Concord Crush youth travel lacrosse league celebrates 10 years
Sports are a valuable and important resource for kids. Being part of a team teaches cooperation, determination, working for those around you, and how to deal with both victory and defeat. Plus, sports provide a healthy way to release some energy and get some exercise, not to mention make some friends.For Concord Crush, the youth travel lacrosse league, this tradition has been running for 10 years now. “That sort of snuck up on us,”...
New master plan for Terrill Park calls for artificial turf field
Have you ever hung out at Terrill Park? That’s that “park” off Manchester Street, right across from Carlson’s Motor Sales. Yes, that big, unkempt, vacant dirt lot is actually part of a park, though you’d probably never know it from looking at it. If you’ve ever been to this park at all, it’s probably been with your dog – Terrill Park is home to the city’s only official dog park. Apart from that, though, there’s not much in the way of...
Making Good Health Simple: Running – it’s not quite as straightforward as you might think
I remember the feeling of running effortlessly and carefree with my sisters and neighborhood kids – playing tag, relay races and even the dreaded mile test in PE class. Most of us have been running our entire childhood. The bizarre part is no one ever taught us how to run. Learning to run? Seems second nature to most. A random combination of crawling, some stumbling, a little walking, and eventually running. As adults we would never...
Artists invited to submit entries for outdoor sculpture installation in downtown Concord
The city of Concord and the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce invite professional sculptors to submit entries for Art on Main, a public art exhibit in the city’s historic downtown.Concord’s Second Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition is open to professional sculptors 18 years or older, preferably from New England. Artists may submit up to two works for consideration; each must be the property of the artist. Art on Main is a...
All-Beethoven concert coming to Concord City Auditorium on Sunday
A major contributor to the arts and cultural tiara we put on our heads is the performance on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra – All Beethoven, directed by Filippo Ciabatti, an Italian maestro and the most approachable orchestral conductor you’ll ever meet. The 60-member orchestra includes Dartmouth’s top music students and members of the area’s professional musician community. The...
Bulletin Board: ‘Monitor’ to host domestic violence seminar
‘Monitor,’ Woman’s Club to host talk The Concord Monitor and Woman’s Club of Concord will host a community discussion Tuesday (Feb. 19) about domestic violence in New Hampshire, its impact on families, and possible solutions. One aspect of the discussion will examine the newspaper’s role in publishing the stories; another will feature a moderated conversation with a panel of experts. Panelists will include: Scott Hampton, clinical...
Hearts for Kindness group honors local Kindness Heroes
Hearts for Kindness was brought to life in 2014 by local Realtor Brenda Perkins. The nonprofit organization’s mission is to promote community and hope through community-driven acts of kindness and financial assistance to local community members in need. For several holiday seasons, Perkins has opened her home to 10-plus volunteers to make scarves and assemble care packages for the homeless. When there is a need in the community for a...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Concord PD taking applications for next Citizen’s Academy
Last Friday, the city’s public information officer, Stefanie Breton, sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter. The letter was too long to print in its entirety here, but you can access the full version at concordnh.gov by clicking the “Newsletter” button on the homepage. Police accepting applications for Citizen’s Academy The Concord Police Department is now accepeting applications for the next Citizen’s Academy, which will begin...
Blast From the Past: Recalling the city’s first Arbor Day celebration
As citizens of Concord, we have always loved our serene habitat and the many trees that surround us, especially as they begin to flourish each spring. With the upcoming Arbor Day celebration arriving in this spring, I was inspired to share a little piece of “tree history” with each of you, the true meaning behind the many beautiful trees in Concord. The term “memorial tree” was quite common at the start of the 1900s and gained...
Entertainment: Get ready to laugh all over Concord all week long
It’s a pretty good week ahead on the entertainment front around here, with the strange exception of Friday night, which apparently has just two shows. Something tells me venues and/or performers have slacked off in their postings this past week. At least there’s all kinds of comedy coming to the city, plus jam band superheroes moe. are coming to the Cap Center on Thursday, so who needs Friday anyway? Music Tuesday Kid Pinky at...
Tasty Brews: Elysian Space Dust IPA from Area 23
For this installment of Tasty Brews, I took a ride over to the Smokestack Center to check out what was on tap at Area 23. The bar is always changing things up and I hadn’t been there in a while, so I was curious to check out the selection. Most of the options were beers I’d already had, but there was one that caught my eye – Elysian Space Dust IPA. I’d seen this beer in stores many times and always wanted to try it – the label is...
Food Snob: Ginger chicken with string beans from Chen Yang Li
There was news in the Monitor last week that keno revenue has come in below projections. That got me to thinking about the time I played the game at Chen Yang Li in Bow. Nothing was eaten during that trip, so I figured it was time to go there for the food.I dropped in about 1 p.m. last Tuesday and was in the mood for something spicy, so I ordered Ginger Chicken with String Beans off the lunch specials menu. This came with a bowl of...
Gibson’s Bookstore to host trio of events this week
On Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., the Poetry Society of New Hampshire will meet at Gibson’s Bookstore for a poetry performance and an open mic. The headliners this month are the husband and wife team of Maggie Dietz and Todd Hearon, with guitar accompaniment. An open mic follows their performance.The Poetry Society meetings are free and open to the public. All are welcome, and newcomers are encouraged. Come to listen, or come to...
This Week in Concord History
Feb. 19, 2000: Concord wins the Class L wrestling title – but has to share the crown with Timberlane and Salem. A pin in the final match of the day should have given the Crimson Tide the title outright, but the team is penalized one point for premature celebration, and that leaves all three teams with the same score. Feb. 19, 2002: The Diocese of Manchester holds a lunch meeting in Concord for all the Catholic priests in the state....
Book of the Week: ‘Dear Committee Members: A Novel’
Dear Committee Members: A NovelJulie Schumacher2014, 180 pagesAdult Fiction (Comedy) Jason R. Fitger, professor of creative writing and English at Payne University, somewhere in the Midwest, claims to have written over 1,300 LORs, or letters of recommendation. He has written them for good students, bad students, teaching assistants, graduates, fellow faculty members, ex-wives, girlfriends and – on one occasion – an extremely...
The Hotel Concord offers upscale stays with upscale views of downtown Concord
There’s no shortage of hotels in the capital city. Between Holiday Inn, all the various iterations of Marriott, Best Western and Comfort Inn, it should never be too hard to find a place to crash for a weekend.But let’s be honest – if you’ve been to one chain hotel, you’ve been to them all. It tends to be a pretty predictable, cookie-cutter experience. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.A new place in town aims to provide a...
End of Days: Old motel comes down in Concord, sparking second new hotel development in a year
After days of demolition, all that remained of the old Days Inn was a lonely brick wall and a foundation. The Concord motel – whose riddles greeted Interstate 93 motorists for years – was torn down last week to make way for a new hotel by developer Steve Duprey. It’s the second new hotel project to come online in almost a year after The Hotel Concord opened its first dozen or so rooms last summer. The two projects break what has...
‘The Farnsworth Invention’ to be performed at Concord City Auditorium this weekend
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Community Players of Concord will proudly present The Farnsworth Invention, a witty and fast-paced play by Aaron Sorkin, the Academy Award-winning creator of The West Wing, A Few Good Men, The Social Network and more. This exciting, funny and dramatic play portrays the Depression-era story of David Sarnoff and Philo T. Farnsworth as they lead two teams, 2,000 miles apart, in the race to invent...
CYPN’s Young Professional of the Month is Jim Seavey
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network introduces you to our “Young Professional of the Month,” Jim Seavey. 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 am the owner/CEO of The Bit Lounge, a web design and digital marketing...
Alcohol could be headed to Everett Arena
Next time you go to Everett Arena for an event, you might be able to crack a cold one when walking around. The city council was to decide Monday (after Insider press time) whether to authorize the city manager to enter into a licensing agreement with the state’s Liquor Commission, allowing it to sell beer and wine at the arena, according to city documents. For this to work, there needs to be a demand for beer and wine during some of...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Absentee ballot notice, spring prep at Beaver Meadow and more
The city manager’s office released the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The letter contained too much information to fit into this space, but the full letter can be accessed by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button on the home page. Absentee ballots, voter registration On Tuesday, March 5, residents will have the opportunity to cast their vote at the special municipal election. Polling locations within the...
Bulletin Board: Comedy Club opens at Tandy’s on Valentine’s Day
John Broderick to speak at NHTI NHTI invites the public to a special presentation by John Broderick, senior director of public affairs at Dartmouth Hitchcock and former N.H. chief justice, on Tuesday, (Feb. 12) from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Sweeney Auditorium. Broderick appears as part of Dartmouth Hitchcock’s REACT mental health awareness campaign, which provides individuals with tips on how to recognize signs of emotional suffering and...
Blast From the Past: The origin of Old Home Week
New Hampshire Gov. Frank Rollins was concerned because many people across New Hampshire were abandoning their farms and homes to travel west in search of a better life. There were government homesteading programs as well as other incentives to travel west. Rollins addressed the issue with thoughts of methods he could use to retain the citizens of New Hampshire and not lose them to the west. The governor encouraged people to stay and...
Entertainment: Oscar-nominated shorts are all the rage at Red River Theatres
We’re getting toward the middle of February now, which means the Academy Awards are on their way. That, of course, means it’s time for some Oscar nominees at Red River. The theater is showing Oscar-nominated shorts this week, as well as its standard lineup of high-quality films. There’s plenty of music to check out and a few plays, too, so get out there and be entertained! Music Tuesday Sergey Marchenko at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at...
