We’ve got lots of more great things for you to check out this week
Now if you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you did the same last week. And for that we thank you. We sure do hope you found our list of things to do around these parts useful and worthwhile. It’s kinda gonna be one of our weekly things moving forward so get used to being inundated with all kinds of stuff to do that will either motivate you to get off the couch and do something or feel an incredible sense of laziness. Either...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 13, 2000: Concord developer Steve Duprey announces the new conference center at Horseshoe Pond will be named for the Grappone family, who “stood out among all our wonderful donors.” The Grappones donated more than $700,000 to the project. Oct. 13, 1987: The temperature in Concord falls to 22 degrees, a record low. Oct. 15, 2002: Concord High juniors get the news that their statewide test scores rose significantly in all four...
Bulletin Board
Walker Lecture continues with The Jolly Rogues The Walker Lecture series continues Oct. 21 at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., with The Jolly Rogues – America’s Historic Music at 7:30 p.m. This talented band of musicians will entertain you with a rollicking repertoire of 18th & 19th century music. Ballads, shanties and songs of revolt heard through our nation’s history will have the audience clapping and foot-stomping....
Instagram photo of the week
Check out this Instagram photo of the week. It’s very Halloweeny.
City Briefly
Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell put on his pink headband, pink wristbands and pink T-shirt and strolled over to Memorial Field for the annual Making Strides walk. Unfortunately, Aspell was a little early so he used the time on his way back to the office to record his weekly city memo, which has been transcribed below. Clean look Nice new paint job The Parks and Recreation Department would like to give the General Services...
Book of the Week: ‘American Vampire, Vol. 1’
American Vampire, Vol. 1 Scott Snyder and Stephen King 2010, 200 pages Fiction Violent and fascinating, this series introduces a new breed of monster to the world. The titular American Vampire is the next step in evolution for bloodsuckers – invulnerable to sun, amazingly strong, incredibly resilient. This satisfyingly brutal story follows two of this new race throughout American history, interweaving their exploits with the events of...
Saying goodbye is hard, so why not have an art show instead?
The Hargate Arts Center has been home to the St. Paul’s School’s art department since 1967. But some sizable gifts have paved the way for a soon-to-be renovated location across campus. So help celebrate 48 great years of pictures, paintings and exhibits by checking out Farewell to Hargate from now until Nov. 21.
Dan Zanes and his friends rock out to help the Friendly Kitchen
Grammy Award-winning musician Dan Zanes returns to Concord every year to perform a pair of benefit concerts for the Friendly Kitchen, an organization his mom, Hope Zanes Butterworth, has been involved with for many years. So last Saturday, Zanes got the audiences in the Concord High School auditorium dancing and singing along to his original brand of kids music. The concerts have raised lots of much-needed money for the Friendly...
Music school to host sing-along concert Saturday
A sing-along concert will be held at the Concord Community Music School on Saturday, at 7 p.m. The concert is being held to celebrate the release of a long-awaited companion book to the widely known and loved songbook, Rise Up Singing. The concert will feature Annie Patterson and Peter Blood, the creators of Rise Up Singing, teaching and leading songs out of their new book, Rise Again. They will be joined by Bill Harley, Charley King...
If you’re looking for stuff to do this week, let us be your guide
You may have noticed, but we’re kind of a good place to start when you’re looking for something to do in these parts. We like to consider ourselves as the guiding light to your social life. So with that being the case, we have to constantly keep our fingers on the pulse of the city and pass along the important info pertaining to cool things that are coming up. Or even the odd and weird. Between the calendar, bulletin board, preview...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 6, 2003: In the first action of its kind by any state, New Hampshire is suing 22 oil companies for using a gasoline additive that the attorney general says has polluted much of the state’s water supply. The additive, MTBE, has caused “an unprecedented and significant groundwater contamination problem,” Attorney General Peter Heed says at a press conference. Oct. 6, 2001: Concord High School senior Matt Delois wins the Class L...
Book of the Week: “The Inn at Lake Devine”
The Inn at Lake Devine Elinor Lipman 1998, 253 pages Fiction Elinor Lipman is whip smart and funny; many people know her for her essays and her hilarious tweets about electoral politics, but her novels are also a treat. The Inn at Lake Devine is about a young woman, Natalie Marx, only 12 when the book opens, and her fascination with a Vermont inn whose proprietress responds to her mother’s request for information by writing that...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell wanders around the city’s trails in search of Concord’s version of the Bow emu. When his efforts are unsuccessful, he uses crushed up leaves to create his weekly city memo. Getting rid of waste The hazardous kind Concord General Services would like to thank everyone who came out to its annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at the Everett Arena on Sept. 27. It was a tremendous success this...
Bulletin Board
Friday Family Fun Night at Immaculate Heart Please join us for a wonderful night of drumming, dancing and ice cream. New American Africans will host Friday Family Fun Night on Friday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary (180 Loudon Road). Bring your family and friends and get to know Concord’s newest neighbors. The fun starts at 6 p.m. For more info, email molly@newamericanafricans.org. Molly McEachern Red Sox PA announcer Dick Flavin at...
Classic Concord photo
Just imagine living in a time without a paved Main Street, like parts of this summer.
Put on those pretty high heels and Walk A Mile in Her Shoes
There is an old saying: “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” Walk a Mile in Her Shoes asks men to literally walk 1-mile in women’s high-heeled shoes. It’s not easy walking in these shoes, but it’s fun and it gets the community to talk about something that’s really difficult to talk about: domestic and sexual violence. This event is not just for men and boys. Everyone is...
NHTI is turning 50, so help celebrate
In 1965, the New Hampshire Technical Institute was founded with just a handful of buildings and around 250 students, all concentrating in one of the three majors offered at that time. When the surviving founders return on Oct. 3 to help celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary, they will scarcely recognize the place they left behind. Now the sixth-largest college in New Hampshire, NHTI boasts a beautiful, 240-acre campus, and over 100...
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Dan Zanes to play benefit concert Oct. 3 Dan Zanes, the Grammy-winning musician whose songs are favorites of children and adults alike, will play two benefit concerts for The Friendly Kitchen on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Concord High School. The morning concert will be at 11 a.m., and the afternoon concert at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and available online at brownpapertickets.com/event/1978560. Proceeds will benefit The Friendly Kitchen,...
More resources for your beloved pets
We know there are tons of places around Concord to bring your pet – whether for day care, grooming, food, checkups or any other reason. Sadly, space constraints meant we couldn’t write full stories about every joint in town and what they have to offer, so the least we could do was compile a pretty decent list of places we found on the interwebs. This might not feature every single shop in Concord or Bow that caters to the furry,...
City Briefly
Every week, City Manager Tom Aspell stares through the windows of the SPCA looking for just the right pet to fit into his corner office. Unfortunately, pets aren’t allowed at City Hall, so he uses the application to spell out his city memo. Upgrades Who wants to swim? The Public Properties Division of the General Services Department has begun scheduled renovations at Rolfe Park. The renovations will improve safety and accessibility of...
This Week in Concord History
Sept. 29, 1954: Vice President Richard Nixon warns a crowd of 900 state Republicans at Concord’s city auditorium that Sen. Styles Bridges “is one of those targets chosen by left-wing groups” in the coming election. Opinions may differ over a move in Congress to censure Sen. Joseph McCarthy, he says, but there is “no difference of opinion” in the Eisenhower administration’s objective to destroy communism. Sept. 29, 1965: New Hampshire...
Fall’s the time of year for pickin’ winners at Carter Hill Orchard
It’s that time of year again. Nothing says fall like going to a local orchard to pick some fresh apples – and pumpkins, if you’re into that kind of thing.
The Insider’s guide to fall in N.H.
September Sept. 26 Ride the Wilds Jamboree: Fall Foliage Spectacular 2015 Explore all the majesty of the North Country with a full day of events. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore Ride the Wilds – a 1,000 mile network of interconnected trails in Coos County – on ATV or UTV. Guests are invited to bring their own ATVs or rent-one for a day of adventure on the trails and in the mud. There will be something for everyone...
It’s a Keith farewell scavenger hunt
It’s never easy saying goodbye. So when former Insider editor Keith Testa was creating his final masterpiece, he decided it was only right that his farewell include sending his faithful followers scouring the city to find what he loves most in Concord. And now Joy Potter gets a $20 gift certificate to a Concord business for being the first to get them all correct. Yeah for Joy!
We got an exclusive interview with the Bow emu – and it’s good
Bow has been the center of the bird universe recently, and for good reason. In case you didn’t know, there was an emu on the loose. That’s why everyone was leaving their garage doors open at night with jingly-jangly things hanging inside. But in the end it was a father-son duo who put an end to this bird’s free run of the town’s natural habitat by using a large net. Go figure. The emu is the second tallest bird in the world, but it...
Check out this art that’s now showing at Mill Brook Gallery
Mill Brook Gallery is currently showing an exhibit of paintings and sculptures in the upstairs gallery, which will be on display through Oct. 11.
The Cap Center’s turning 20, so you should all help celebrate
Everyone seems to be celebrating a big milestone this year around these parts. The city of Concord is 250 years old, Concord’s favorite son, Matt Bonner, is halfway to 70 and the Insider turned eight. And now the Capitol Center for the Arts is getting in on the fun with a two-week festival marking the 20th anniversary of the nonprofit’s reopening in 1995. Well technically, the anniversary date is in November, but you never know when...
