A slew of bookish events coming up
Special storytime Gibson’s Bookstore is hosting a special children’s storytime with author guest reader Jacqueline Davies as she presents Panda Pants. Stop by Gibson’s on Saturday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. for a panda story and a panda craft. With spot-on humor, a spare text and adorable panda bear characters, this is a fun and familiar exchange between a parent and child that fans of I Don’t Want to Be a Frog will easily relate to. I...
Lots happening on the arts scene
McGowan McGowan Fine Art is hosting an artist reception on Friday for its latest exhibit, ‘Hikes and Travels,’ featuring the art of Catherine Tuttle. The show will run through Nov. 11, and Friday’s opening will be from 5 to 7 p.m. ‘Hikes and Travels’ encompasses Tuttle’s travels of the last three years, and includes landscapes from Italy, Glacier National Park, Maine, and a return to her favorite subject matter, the White...
Cole Gardens wants you to make a wreath
Cole Gardens is hosting a pair of wreath building workshops this month. On Oct. 20 at 1 p.m., you can put together an autumn hues wreath. It’s designed to help replace the fallen foliage and help brighten up your front porch or entry way. Sounds fancy. On Oct. 27 at 1 p.m., you will build and design a harvest wonder wreath that has either your front door or inside your kitchen in mind. The cost for each workshop is $25. To register,...
Happy 10th Birthday CYPN
Can you believe that the Concord Young Professionals Network is 10 years old?It seemed like just yesterday when the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce initiative was just getting off the ground.But now, it’s the go to group for up and coming professionals in the Concord area.“Ten years ago, they wanted to find a way to incentivize young professionals to stay in the area,” said outgoing chair Elyssa Alfieri.And what better way to...
Arnie’s Almost Free Day to benefit local teenager
While the temperature is trending away from the fall-like weather we associate with grabbing an ice cream cone from one of the many local seasonal establishments, there’s no rule against eating one in the middle of fall. Especially when it’s for a good cause. Every year, for the last 20-plus, Tom Arnold, owner of Arnie’s Place, has hosted Almost Free Ice Cream Day. It always happens the Saturday after Arnie’s closes for the...
Check out these cool photos we found on Instagram
You don’t often see ballerinas doing their ballerina thing by Phenix Hall in downtown Concord, so when one pops up on Instagram, you have to take advantage. Thanks to Instagram user @Corey_Garland_Photography for putting this up and letting us run it. We love ballet!
Meet Concord’s Most Fascinating Individuals
Mary Stuart GileNominated by Chris Trider – (Featured between 11 AM and Noon)Mary Stuart Gile, a teacher, and state legislator since 1997 legislator, andvolunteer for several organizations such as, United Way and Child and Family Services,is also co-founder of the Children’s Place and Parent Education Center. She wasnominated by her son, Chris Trider, who says, “If you know Mary, no explanation isneeded. She is an amazing example of...
Here’s the Concord On Air lineup
ConcordTV’s 5th annual Concord On Air will be held Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. You can watch the telecast, which is dedicated to Van McLeod, on Concord cable channels 6, 17 and 22, and yourconcordtv.org. Here’s the schedule. 9 to 10 a.m. Hosts: Mayor Jim Bouley; ConcordTV Board Chair Michael O’Meara; Police Chief Bradley Osgood; City Councilor Rob Werner. Featuring: Concord 250; Concord Coalition to End Homelessness; Van...
And now, another riveting installment of Adventure Shopping
It was another brilliant day of Adventure Shopping at Ocean State Job Lot last week. As usual, we set out to find the most interesting and spectacularly weird stuff possible. Needless to say, it was an overwhelming success.
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 11, 1854: In a closed-door meeting at Concord’s Eagle Hotel, former New Hampshire congressman Edmund Burke leads a group of disenchanted Democrats who vote to repudiate President Franklin Pierce. Oct, 11, 1894: James M. Langley is born in Hyde Park, Mass. He will be the editor and publisher of the Monitor for four decades, beginning in 1923. He will be instrumental in the campaign to elect Dwight D. Eisenhower president in...
Bulletin Board
Stamp collectors to meet in Bow The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors will hold its monthly meeting at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Oct. 18 beginning at 1 p.m. All who are interested in stamp collecting are welcome to attend. Meet other collectors and learn more about the hobby, and varied interests in Philatelic resources and issues. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154. Dan Day Check...
Book of the Week: ‘The Fireman’
The FiremanJoe Hill2016, 768 pagesSetting: Post-apocalpytic New HampshireFiction No one knows how you contract the Dragonscale. One day, you’re fine, and the next the whorls of black and gold adorn your skin and you are at risk of setting yourself aflame. Nurse Harper Grayson is hoping to hold out against the spore long enough to have her baby, but the odds aren’t in her favor. When her husband tries to kill her, she flees to the...
We found some local spots for pumpkins
Now that the calendar has officially turned to October, it’s time to start thinking Halloween.You’ve got time to sort out your costume, but if you want to get in on the fall decorating, you better grab a few pumpkins. And lucky for all of you, we found a number of places in Concord and Bow to get one.Rossview FarmRossview Farm (85 District 5 Road #5), which got back into the pumpkin game this year after a few years off, has lots of...
Find your perfect pumpkin
When I go to a pumpkin patch, I have a certain set of criteria that my choice has to meet.Let’s face it, picking the right pumpkin is a big decision. Everyone has their idea of the perfect pumpkin, and I’m no different.For me, it starts with the color. Its got to be a certain shade of bright orange and there can’t be any green on it. I enjoy a nice shade of green, but not on my pumpkin – unless you’re talking about the handle.Because...
Each type of pumpkin has its own purpose
You may have noticed at some point in your life that not all pumpkins are exactly alike – and you probably have never given much thought to it, either.That’s okay, because as usual, we asked the questions you never even knew you needed the answers to. Specifically, we wanted to find out what the difference was between all the different types of pumpkins, because it’s not as simple as, “Those ones are big and those ones are small,”...
Food Snob: We indulged in a pumpkin whoopie pie
You know us, there is no way we could do a pumpkins issue without diving head first into the world of desserts.And when we think pumpkin treats, whoopie pies shoot to the top of the list. While there are plenty of places that makes them, word on the street was that Crust & Crumb had put a new twist on the classic fall delectable. Safe to say, we didn’t need more reason to stop in and investigate ourselves.Turns out, our sources...
Last chance to get involved with WAM 2016
Let this serve as your final reminder: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes 2016 goes down Wednesday (Oct. 5) starting at 5:30 in front of the State House on Main Street. In case you missed last week’s issue (which of course you didn’t), here’s the basic idea: A bunch of guys put on high heels and walk a mile through the city to help raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual abuse. It’s open to all sexes and ages, but the real photo...
Concerts, performances and an art opening – Oh my!
There’s lots of great stuff going on in the arts and entertainment world this week, so get out there and enjoy some of these events. Audubon Birds and Beans Coffee House with Susie Burke and David Surette will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. Burke and Surette are one of the finest acts on the New England folk scene. Together since 1988, they blend contemporary, traditional and original folk and acoustic music. Tickets are $15 for Audubon...
At Everett Arena, the floor is now covered with ice
As though you needed any more signs of summer being truly over, here’s another one: Everett Arena has transitioned from its summer schedule to its winter one, which means the ice is back. Gone till next summer are the antique shows, train shows and roller derby competitions, replaced by loads of hockey games and public skating. We went over there last week to see what was happening, and people were already lacing up the skates – the...
Tasty Brews: Jack-O Traveler Pumpkin Shandy
It’s not officially fall until you’ve had your first pumpkin beer.Well, it’s officially fall.Last week we went over to Buffalo Wild Wings on Loudon Road to see what was on tap, with something pumpkiney in mind for the Pumpkins Issue.There were two pumpkin options: Shipyard Pumpkinhead and Jack-O Traveler Pumpkin Shandy. We were already quite well-versed in Pumpkinhead, so we tried the other.The shandy was dark and cloudy, with a nice...
Living Yoga has been completely made over
Yoga is all about making the mind, body and spirit work in harmony with one another. It’s as much a mental and emotional workout as it is a physical one. That’s why the physical space one practices yoga in is important. This is not lost on Marla Matthews, co-owner of Living Yoga on North Main Street. She and her partner, Lori Fisher, bought the place July 1, and the first item on their agenda was sprucing the yoga studio up a bit.“We...
Look who’s trying to find love on Craigslist
We took to Craigslist last week to see who had been posting on the missed connections pages in our neck of the woods during September. And lo and behold, we found all these great entries to share. So here’s a sampling of what we found and could print, unedited, of course. Kaylee – m4w (Concord Mall) – Sept. 27 Hello! We work in the same mall and we chat sometimes on your break. I’m sure you’re not interested in “messing...
We sure take fun vacations
Liz Dane and Janice Orff recently took a whirlwind trip out west and were kind enough to bring us along. They went to Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, where they took a picture with the Back to School Issue in front of the Sacajawea monument in Livingston, Mont. During the 10-day, 2,400-mile trip they visited places like the EBR-I Atomic Museum, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, the National Bison Range, Yellowstone...
Bulletin Board
Children’s Place fundraiser at Apple Hill The Children’s Place and Parent Education Center is holding a fall family festival at Apple Hill Farm on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be face painting, crafts, games and food. Admission is $10 per family. Apple Hill farm is located at 580 Mountain Road. For more info, visit thechildrensplacenh.org or call 224-9920. Insider staff Learn all about the Hubble...
Byron Carr’s work will make you think fall
With the calendar now reading October, it’s only natural to start thinking about bright fall colors taking over our scenic landscape. While it’s still a little early for the peak foliage to be around us, you can capture plenty of it in the work of Byron Carr. Carr’s show, appropriately entitled Autumnal, is currently hanging in the Kimball-Jenkins Estate mansion through the end of October, with an artist reception on Thursday from 5...
Need a friend? Sit down on a colorful bench
It was last spring and soon-to-be Bow High senior Jack Rich was looking for an idea for his senior project.Rich was going to focus on anti-bullying, but then his mom sent him a link to the website for Tiny Girl, Big Dream, and immediately Rich loved the idea. It wasn’t so much about telling people not to bully each other, but more about promoting friendship.“Basically it’s ‘Need a friend? Sit here,’ ” he said.The mission of the...
Lilise Designer Resale has new owner, look
Elyssa Alfieri, who you may remember as the store manager at Zoe & Co. Professional Bra Fitters for the past several years, has taken her fashion and retail expertise from Main Street to Storrs Street to run Lilise, which sells vintage and designer clothes on consignment. She bought the store on June 1, and it was an opportunity she just didn’t want to miss. “I’ve always wanted to do this,” Alfieri said. “I actually wrote a...
Get ready for a full weekend of youth soccer
If you’re a soccer fan, swing by NHTI this weekend. You can also go to Memorial Field, CenterPoint Church and the fields across from Memorial at the State Hospital.There’s other spots outside of the city limits too (shhh, you didn’t hear it from us) because with over 160 teams in one tournament, things need to be spread out a bit.The 11th annual Seacoast Express United Capitol Cup will take over Concord and surrounding towns as teams...
