This week in Concord history
Jan. 29, 2003: State Commissioner of Education Nick Donohue encourages Franklin to continue pursuing a charter school, but he says it must benefit all students, not just the at-risk kids it’s intended for. “I don’t think you are on the road toward ruining your public system,” Donohue tells charter advocates of their preliminary plan for an alternative to the high school. “But I urge you to keep a close eye on that.” Jan. 29,...
Bulletin Board: Parking, BBQ chicken and 2 pool openings
BBQ chicken dinner at East Church Join us for a delicious chicken BBQ dinner at East Church, 51 Mountain Road, on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Enjoy grilled chicken, homemade baked beans, coleslaw, rolls, potato salad, corn muffins and a dessert buffet. Coffee and cold drinks included. Adults are $10, ages 6 to 12 are $5, and 5 and under are free. Takeout is available. Tickets will be on sale for a beautiful handcrafted quilt, to be...
The yogi: Floor mats, a broken flashlight and Job Lots
I met Doris on an ordinary day at Ocean State Job Lot. Moments after our meeting, an ordinary day turned extraordinary. I was running a few errands up on the Heights after morning classes at the yoga studio. One of those errands was to buy new floor mats for our entryway, so I rolled into Ocean State Job Lot on what seemed like an ordinary Tuesday afternoon. I found a pile of heavy floor mats in gray, blue and black. The pile was as...
Book of the Week: ‘The Invisible Library’
The Invisible LibraryGenevieve Cogman2016, 330 pagesAdult Fiction/Fantasy Irene is a skilled operative for the Invisible Library, gathering important books from alternate worlds, and returning them to the library for preservation. We meet her at the end of one daredevil assignment, and she soon finds that she is being sent directly off again, to an alternate London, with a new, mysterious and unwanted assistant in tow. She arrives to...
Entertainment listings
Live Music Wednesday Nihco Gallo at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Chad Verbeck at Concord Craft Brewing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. David Levine, Roger Duhaime and friends play Irish music at Area 23 at 5:30 p.m. Thursday Richard Gardzina at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. April Cushman at Cheers from 5 to 8 p.m. Fruition with opener Caleb Elliot at the Bank of N.H. Stage at 8 p.m. Bar opens at 6 p.m. Tickets $20 general, $30 balcony, plus $2 at the door...
This Week in Concord History
June 26, 2003: Matt Bonner, who led the Concord High basketball team to three straight state championships before evolving into a star at the University of Florida, realizes a lifelong dream when he’s selected in the NBA Draft. Initially drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the second round, he’s soon traded to the Toronto Raptors. June 26, 1855: The Legislature incorporates St. Paul’s School. The first student body: three boys from...
Tattoo Q&A: Eternal Alchemy’s Heather Smith
What is your background experience as a tattoo artist? I have a masters degree in sculpture and drawing from the University of Iowa and have been both internationally published for my work in sculpture as well as yattoo art. I apprenticed under Jerry Schwartz at Acupuncture Tattoo in Newport, RI, for a year. Then, I went on to open my own studio in Massachusetts where I worked for 15 years before deciding to strike out as a solo...
Welcome, all, to Intown Concord’s 2018 Market Days Festival
The weekend the Capital Region has been looking forward to all year is finally upon us – Market Days.Intown Concord’s annual three-day outdoor celebration of all things Concord and beyond starts this Thursday and will run through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. This is a free festival that’s fun for the whole family, featuring hundreds of vendors, activities for kids and families, live music, loads of great food and general...
City newsletter: Primary nears, plus some trainings
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: Ward Two helpers needed Ward Two residents, the city clerk’s office is looking for residents that live within Ward Two in the city of Concord to work at the polls on Election Day on Tuesday, Feb. 110. If you’re interested, please contact...
Market Days 2018 has more musical acts than you’ll know what to do with
Without question, one of the signature elements of Market Days is all the live music. With three stages times three days, you won’t be able to go anywhere downtown over the course of the weekend without hearing some live tunes cranking from somewhere or another. Since Market Days draws a huge crowd from all over, with all kinds of interests and tastes, the music stages will feature a wide range of acts that are sure to appeal to...
Tattoo Q&A: Buzz Ink’s John Easter
What is your background experience as a tattoo artist? I started my apprenticeship at Buzz Ink in 2015. I received my tattoo license in 2017, and have been here since. How did you decide to pursue this profession? I have always loved most forms of art, and I was obsessed with tattoos from the first time I saw one as a kid. What is the process for the customer? Can they walk in off the street or do they have to meet with you...
Check out some of these fun activities at Market Days 2018
There’s never a lack of things to do during Market Days. Between all the music, food, vendors, games and demonstrations, it’s virtually impossible to hang out at the festival and feel bored.And this year, there are even more activities to keep everyone entertained and involved all weekend long. There have always been lots of opportunities for fun activities, but never quite like this before.One of the main attractions this year is the...
Tattoo Q&A: Capital City’s Scott Flanders
What is your background experience as a tattoo artist? I’ve been a licensed tattoo artist here in N.H. for over 6 years. My company Capital City Tattoo has been a growing successful company in the downtown area on Main St. How did you decide to pursue this profession? I have been a artist since I was a child. I was told by a friend one day I should try tattooing. I disagreed with him. A few years later, I started out to chase the...
Take a closer look at some of the new vendors at Market Days 2018
While the sound of live music drifting through the summer air is one of the telltale signs of Market Days, perhaps no sign is more telltale than the plethora of tents strewn about the entire downtown core. While outdoor music downtown isn’t shockingly rare, hundreds of tents blocking the whole street is.Anyone who’s been to Market Days before knows the drill – you bounce around from one tent to the next, occasionally buying something...
Capital region tattoo shops
Here are some of the places in the greater Concord area that can help you get that tattoo you’ve been dreaming of. On the next pages, you can learn more about a few of them. Arrows and Embers Manchester St., Concord 988-6067 arrowsandemberstattoo.com arrowsandembers@gmail.com Artists: Sean Ambrose, Jason Dasaro, Amy Borch, Will Self Blood Oath Tattoo 15 Pleasant St., Concord 227-6912 steve.cummings344@yahoo.com Artists: Steve...
The Children’s Place is turning 40 years old
When The Children’s Place & Parent Education Center opened on June 26, 1978, Mary Gile wasn’t so sure it was sustainable.She was one of a group of 20 parents who felt like Concord needed a place for families and children to gather – since there wasn’t anything like it in the area – but it also came with some reservations. “When we opened, we weren’t sure we were going to be there for a week or a month,” Gile said. “But there...
Seven Horses latest shop to open in region
Seven Horses Tattoo is new to the capital city, but not new to tattooing. The shop opened October after the owners, Angel and Randy Burham, moved from Epping. “I’ve been tattooing for 20 years,” Angel Burham said. “I opened my first studio in Manchester in 2008; that was called Bittersweet Tattoo.” She started solo, and her husband joined the business seven years ago. They moved to Epping at a shop more upscale vibe but were only...
YMCA to hold ribbon-cutting ceremony for made-over Child Development Center
The Concord Family YMCA is more than just a place to work out. It’s really a place for the whole family to improve and help with many aspects of life, child care chief among them. Right next to the main YMCA facility is the Child Development Center, a high-quality preschool and after-school program for kids. At any given time, there are about 150 to 200 kids in the building, plus 25 to 30 staff members, said Jim Doremus, director and...
Bulletin board: Taking a look ahead in Legislature
Immunization clinic Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association offers a monthly Walk-In Immunization Clinic for children and adults who are uninsured, underserved, and who have no access to these needed services in order to lead a healthy lifestyle. The next will be Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. Immunization Clinics are at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Outreach Center, 21 Centre St. in Concord. A fee of $10 is requested per person. Children...
Food Snob: Lunch buffet at Asian Taste
If there’s one thing that gets a Food Snob excited, it’s a buffet. The mere idea of a long line of various foods all lumped together for you to create your own meal is the stuff of Food Snob dreams.That’s why we decided to hit up the lunch buffet at Asian Taste in Penacook (or is that still Concord, right at Thirty Pines?). The place is just a 9-iron shot from our office, but weirdly enough we had never Food Snobbed them before. That...
Echo from the Past
The hoofs over the cobblestone, such rhythm in time, a thought from yesteryear, sadly, just not mine. The trolley on Main street, with our ancestors about town, must have been a joyous sight, a memory when we were not around. Tranquil evenings under the moon, before the electric light, not known today, but it must have been a sight. A simple life, with people very content, not a life known today, but we know what they meant. Thoughts...
Tasty Brews: Lithermans Limited Savor Da Flavor from True Brew Barista
We were sitting around last week trying to think of things to put on this page when we realized we hadn’t been to True Brew Barista in a really long time. That called for a visit.We stopped by last Wednesday afternoon looking for something to drink. The choices were many, including quite a few beers we had never heard of, but soon enough one particular libation spoke to us: Lithermans Limited Savor Da Flavor.The beer is a New England...
Tattoo Q&A: Derma Designs’ Butch Evans
What is your background experience as a tattoo artist? More than 60 years as an artist and more than 20 years as a tattoo artist. How did you decide to pursue this profession? It looked interesting and fun. What is the process for the customer? Can they walk in off the street or do they have to meet with you before? We do take walk-ins, but if it’s a larger piece, an appointment is better. Do you institute a waiting period if...
NH Master Chorale to perform ‘Time in Our Voices’ in Concord, Boston, Plymouth
The New Hampshire Master Chorale, one of the region’s leading chamber choirs, will make its Boston debut on Friday in a concert of wide-ranging contemporary music. It includes the premiere of a new work by Boston composer Oliver Caplan called “We Exist” – a plea for a universal humanity composed in response to the 2017 racial violence in Charlottesville, Va. The concert, featuring the 30-voice Master Chorale and chamber...
Breaking free through books
The Giver of Stars By Jojo Moyes 2019/390 pages/ fiction Englishwoman Alice Wright meets and marries American Bennet Van Cleve in a whirlwind romance. They travel by ocean liner back to America, and Bennet and his father take her to their home in Kentucky. It is far from what Alice had imagined. Her father-in-law is demanding and domineering, her husband Bennet is suddenly cold, and the townspeople mock Alice’s ways and accent....
Penelope got a keepsake bib thanks to Janet Ulbrich
Since we first debuted sweet little Penelope a couple weeks ago, I’ve gotten lots of emails and phone calls with congratulatory wishes.It’s been nice to have that kind of response since returning to work on much less sleep than before adding our newest member of the Goodwin family. But Janet Ulbrich took things to another level. When I spoke to her about the latest bib creation she made for the Royal family, it came up that my wife...
1908
A look back over a century to South Main Street. This photograph depicts the Huntwood Terrace located at 28 South Main Street in Concord. Mr. Woodbury Hunt constructed this building to house his successful picture publishing business. He employed many of our local ancestors and captured the essence of the era with a very skillful eye as he photographed many local scenes. James W. Spain
On Display: See John Bonner’s ‘Streetwise’ at McGowan
In the last year John Bonner, known for his urban and suburban paintings, began experimenting to spark his creative spirit.Doing what he called “some wild stuff,” he reduced colors and forms into abstract compositions that didn’t quite satisfy him. An avid reader, Bonner then sought inspiration from a bit in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – where a student discovers it’s much more helpful to the artistic project to write...
City manager’s newsletter: What you need to know for primary voting
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: Absentee ballots Absentee ballots for the Feb. 11, 2020, Presidential Primary Election are available from the city Cclerk’s office. Residents who are unable to vote at the polls on Election Day, due to absence from town, religious...
The Arts: Opening for Kimball Jenkins student show
Mill Brook Gallery Spring and Summer Through: Sept. 2 Outdoor Exhibit Through: Oct. 14 Location: 236 Hopkinton Road Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. League of N.H. Craftsmen Celebrating 85 – The Stevens Collection Opens: June 29 Reception: June 29 Location: 49 S. Main St., Suite 100 Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Student Show Through: June 30 Reception: Thursday,...
