We found the best way to spend Valentine’s Day – look at cute cats
The Himalayan Cat Fanciers’ Club held its annual all breed and household pet show over Valentine’s Day weekend at the Grappone Conference Center. As you may have guessed, the place was jam packed with cute and cuddly kitties to look at.
Enjoy February vacation at the Concord YMCA
Join us this February and enjoy school vacation with the Concord Family YMCA. Open to all school-aged children in grades 1-6, kids can come for the whole week or pick the days that are convenient for you. You don’t have to be a Y member to attend. There will be crafts, archery, rock wall climbing, swimming and field trips. For more info or to reserve your spot, go to concordymca.org.
Sign your child up for youth filmmaking camp
Do you have a child who loves making his or her own videos or aspires to make movies? ConcordTV’s Youth Filmmaking Camp is the perfect opportunity for your child to learn more about the filmmaking industry and have the opportunity to create his or her own short films with the help of our staff. The camp will be held Feb. 23-37 at ConcordTV’s Studio B (Heights Community Center), from 12:30 to 5 p.m. To register and for more...
Life After Loss support group begins March 5
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering Life After Loss, an eight-week adult grief support group on Thursdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. beginning March 5 at Havenwood-Heritage Heights, Tad’s Place, 149 East Side Drive in Concord. Trained grief facilitators provide an opportunity for grief support and education to participants who have suffered a recent loss. The group size is limited to 12 participants and sessions are free....
Swimming lessons being offered at the YMCA
Can’t seem to find the time to sign your kids up for swimming lessons? Why not take advantage of February vacation week to come swim with us? Swimming lessons offer the life-saving skills of being comfortable and safe in the water, and now is the perfect time to get kids ready before this summer. Join us this February vacation for our new vacation week classes, Feb. 23-26 (4 lessons/week). Open to all children ages 3 to 13, the...
“The Red House” to be shown at NHTI Friday
The NHTI Film Society is proud to present the classic, The Red House, Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. The Red House (1947), is a taut, psychological thriller from director Delmer Daves, starring Edward G. Robinson as “Pete,” a farmer who, along with his sister, played by Judith Anderson, have raised their ward Meg (Allene Roberts) – now a teenager – on a remote farm. Meg convinces her friend Nath (Lon McCallister) to help with chores and he...
HRAGC monthly meeting set for Thursday morning
The members of the Human Resources Association of Greater Concord (HRAGC) will hold their monthly meeting at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 in the Maine Room at 2 Delta Drive in Concord. The program for this meeting, entitled “Convincing the C-Suite: The Effective Business Report,” will provide participants with a framework for identifying and designing creative, factual and data-driven reporting solutions for an organization’s executive...
Monthly supper features soup, upside-down cake
The Grace Episcopal Church/Merrill Park (30 Eastman St.) will host its monthly supper on Friday, Feb. 20, from 5 to 6 p.m. Our February Friday supper features a choice of corn chowder or vegetable soup with biscuits, tossed salad and pineapple upside-down cake. So come, bring your family and friends and take the night off from cooking. There is no charge, but donations are welcomed and support our Take-A-Tote Ministry, which helps to...
Memory loss discussion at Red River Feb. 25
We often joke about memory loss but what happens when it becomes more than a senior moment? AARP New Hampshire and New Hampshire Public Television are hosting a Caring to Remember Community Conversation on memory loss and dementia at the Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St.) Feb. 25. The screening and discussion are free and open to the public, and will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. RSVPs are recommended. Caring to Remember will begin...
Wings of Knowledge continues Feb. 24
On Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. in the Library Living Room, NHTI will present the next in its series of free Wings of Knowledge lectures for the 2014-15 season: “Acadia National Park Historic Bridges Rehabilitation.” The presenters are Timothy Bryant, P.E., Director of Structural Engineering, and Robert Blunt, P.E., Project Manager at VHB, Inc., an East Coast engineering firm with offices from Maine to Florida. Bryant and Blunt will...
Concord Public Library Book of the Week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net and visit us on Tumblr (reading-rumblr.tumblr.com and concordteens.tumblr.com) and Facebook (facebook.com/ConcordPublicLibrary). Once Upon a FlockLauren Scheuer2014, 241 pagesNonfictionThis book made me laugh and cry and I wish I had read it before I had my own flock of chickens. The author is no stranger to woodworking or power tools and that is a...
Check out the Dartmouth Wind Ensemble Saturday
The groundbreaking 1927 silent film Metropolis is the visual centerpiece for an evening of exhilarating music by the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Concord City Auditorium. The evening features a new, Hop-commissioned work. The program is part of the Concord Community Concerts Series. Audiences will watch a 30-minute version of the film, while the wind ensemble – plus electronic synthesizer – performs...
Stamp collectors to hold monthly meeting Feb. 17
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors’ regular monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow. Anyone interested in stamp collecting is invited to attend. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
We dug through the Monitor archives for some classic Audi photos
Thanks to technology limitations, we can’t visit the Audi in the past. But through the eyeball time machine that is the Concord Monitor photo archive, we found these cool pics through the years.
At the Audi, cookies and brownies equal extra money in the bank
If you’ve ever been to a show at the Audi, you know full well about the tasty treats at intermission. You know, the cookies, brownies and bars that fill up a couple tables in the reception area at every show. There’s usually some combination of soda, juice and water to help wash down the sweets as well, and it can all be enjoyed for a small donation. And if you don’t have any bills or coins, don’t worry because you can still have a...
Let us lead you through the Audi doors
It sure is nice to have friends. You know, the people you call when life’s big moments happen, the ones you watch the Patriots win the Super Bowl with and the people you text when the latest Brian Williams lie comes to light. But odds are, your group of friends pales in comparison to that of the Concord City Auditorium. It’s more well known as the Audi, and its network of friends, appropriately named the Friends of the Audi, stretches...
White Park is the place to go really fast down a hill – on a sled
The sledding hill at White Park has seen plenty of use recently thanks to Mother Nature’s string of big storms.
NHTI’s annual wheelchair charity hoops game was another slam dunk
The NHTI “All Stars” took on several teams of NHTI students in the 13th annual Wheelchair Basketball Benefit at the school Tuesday afternoon, earning a come-from-behind win thanks to a late rally.
Make use of all this snow by hitting the trails
Has all this snow gotten you a little down? We understand it can be difficult to navigate through the winter months, and we’re not even talking about trying to drive the narrow side streets as a large plow truck attempts to do the same. When you live in this winter wonderland we call New Hampshire, there’s no sense in trying to avoid it, because you might as well just find a nice bear family to hibernate with if that’s the case....
Connect Four – Tue, 10 Feb 2015
The owner of this truck managed to pull off the difficult and rare jerk driver quadruple in one simple act – parking in parts of four different parking spaces at NHTI. It’s enough to earn a gesture in which four of said gesture maker’s fingers remain down. At least the owner cleaned all the snow out of the back of the truck before pulling in.
Adventure Shopping
Since Ocean State Job Lots’s slogan is ‘Adventure Shopping,’ we headed down to find the most adventurous items in the store. It’s like a safari you take right here in Concord!
For Tim, basketball is easier when sitting and wheels are involved
You should have seen it. I’m flying down the court in NHTI’s Goldie Crocker Wellness Center and the pass hits me perfectly in stride. I pull up and knock down the shot. It was my only two points of the game, but they proved to be crucial in a big rally that resulted in a huge win. Now, I don’t think I mentioned that I was playing said basketball game in a wheelchair. Don’t worry; I didn’t break my leg tripping over one of Sophie’s...
Bishop Brady is hosting a basketball extravaganza, so you should go
You can get a lot for $10 these days. It would be hard to list all the great things, so we urge you to use your imagination and fill in the blanks. But on that list you may or may not have made, is there a place where you have the opportunity to watch five, count them five, high school basketball games in one day? Well if not, we do, and it just so happens to be at Bishop Brady High School this Sunday. The second annual Frank Monahan...
Classic Concord Photo – Tue, 10 Feb 2015
We swiped this awesome photo of downtown Concord from Rich Woodfin on Facebook. Discussion in the comment thread seems to date it somewhere in the early 1950s. The celebrated Puritan Restaurant is visible in the background, in the building labeled Concord Commercial College, which is where we assume students went to learn about advertising. The Back to the Futurey vibe of the photo was overwhelming enough we spent 10 minutes searching...
The League of Craftsmen has a new favorite color – and it’s blue
To kick off 2015 with a bang, the League of N.H. Craftsmen opened a new exhibit titled Blue: The Sky’s The Limit, which you may have guessed includes lots of cool stuff made with blue as either the star or a nice accent. The show runs through March 20 at the League Headquarters, located at 49 S. Main St.
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell straps his entire stuffed animal collection into the front of his Iditarod sled and heads out for a training run, finding the going extremely snuggly and adorable, if a little slow. He spends most of his time encouraging his team with cutesy baby talk, which translates into the city memo! Get trashy for freePurple bags up for grabsConcord General Services is bringing back the opportunity for Concord...
If you love kitties as much as we do, you don’t want to miss this
The Himalayan Cat Fanciers’ show returns to the Grappone Conference Center Grand Ballroom this weekend and yes, there will be lots of cute and cuddly kitties to look at. Just don’t touch, unless you ask their cat guardian nicely.The Valentine’s Day themed show will be held Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will include four rings for judging each day. There will be up to 70 cats competing in a variety of...
Instagram photo of the Week – Tue, 10 Feb 2015
Instagram user @chellsearobbin said she loves “the contrast of brick buildings with snow,” which is a good thing, because we’d say it’s gonna be pretty contrasty for the next six or eight months or so. Us? We prefer the contrast of our pasty feet and miles of blue ocean water. Which, technically, we could still get pictures of at this time of year, as long as frostbite isn’t a thing we’re worried about (note: we’re worried about it)....
Sign up for Family Fun Friday at the YMCA
All this snow making you and the kids stir crazy? Then get over to the Concord Family YMCA on Feb. 13, from 5:15-7:30 p.m. for Family Fun Friday. For just $5 per family, you can have dinner, play games in the gym, go rock climbing and splash around in our pool (first 75 people to register for swimming). You do not need to be a Y member to take part in this event, but you do need to sign up so that we know you are coming and can order...
Double feature poetry event at Gibson’s
It’s a double feature at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., on Feb. 18. Poets Tom Ragle and Robert Crawford will read first. Then we’ll have an open mic afterwards. So bring one or two short poems to read. The reading starts at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited and newcomers are encouraged. For further information, contact Don Kimball at prisdon@comcast.net.
