Cats, cats and even more cats at Everett Arena
If you’re a cat lover, then you’ll want to clear your schedule for the weekend because the Seacoast Cat Club is returning to Everett Arena, for both, count them both, days this weekend. It might be the first cat show of the new Cat Fanciers’ Association show season, but this is Seacoast’s 40th show and the goal every year is to make it bigger and better. One of the spectators’ favorite events is the “Pet Me Cats” area. These cats are...
VCA Charities presented Pope Memorial SPCA with check for $6,400
VCA Charities and VCA Hospitals collected donations from VCA hospitals around the state for three months in an effort known as Pennies for Pets. The fundraising effort culminated with a check presentation to Concord’s Pope Memorial SPCA at an event at Russell Animal Hospital at the end of August. Pope Memorial SPCA was the lucky recipient of the jumbo check for $6,374.38, handed off during an ice cream social. The entire Pope Memorial...
Missed Connections: Sandwiches, locked car and workout pants
We can only imagine how glad you were last month when you realized this Missed Connections monthly report would continue. Samesies here. So sit back, relax and take in all the printable postings we found on Craigslist for the month of April. Believe us, there were a couple we would have liked to include here, but we just couldn’t print for a variety of reasons. Once again we’ll add the standard shameless plug that we’re looking for a...
Making Good Health Simple: The persuasive power of pets
I’ve never been a pet person. Ever. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t wish harm on them. I am not mean to them, nor do I mistreat them, it’s just never been my jam. I tried inventing a dog share business (instead of a time share) where you could have a dog just for a week, several times a year. Hold up. Take a deep breath. Before you judge me, let me explain. In second grade I was diagnosed with severe allergies to just about everything....
On Display: It’s a special year for the N.H. Weavers Guild
All the way back in 1938, a lady by the name of Bessie Swain gathered together a small group of weaving enthusiasts and formed the New Hampshire Weavers.Do a little quick math, and you’ll see that the group – better known these days as the N.H. Weavers Guild – is celebrating 80 years, which is quite the milestone.And what better way for an organization that’s all about the creation of hand crafted textiles to toot their own horns than...
Meet A&E star Rachel Osterbach, raise awareness at NHDSA Buddy Walk
The New Hampshire Down Syndrome Association and Rachel Osterbach, star of A&E’s Emmy award-winning show, Born This Way, will join forces with the Down syndrome community of New Hampshire at the 2019 Buddy Walk on Saturday. The Buddy Walk is an annual event for people across the state to gather, celebrate, and advocate for and with the Down syndrome community. Participant registration for the annual event is now open...
There’s a day dedicated to homebrewing
If you couldn’t tell by the name, the Concord Area Homebrewers are big into making beer. They don’t do it to sell or make money off of – it’s purely about the art of making a fermented concoction of hops, barley, yeast and water. And they’ll do it in driveways, kitchens or backyards. This Saturday, a group from the local homebrewers club will be outside Lithermans Limited (in the parking lot at 126 Hall St. Unit B/C) creating a pair...
Entertainment: It’s getting chilly out, but the outdoor music scene is still hot
Music Tuesday Kid Pinky at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open mic with Mikey G at Tandy’s at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Dave Gerard at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Gov’t Mule at the Capitol Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 to $65 plus fees at ccanh.com. Justin Cohn at Concord Craft Brewing at 5:30 p.m. Ryan Williamson at Courtyard by Marriott at 6 p.m. Open mic at Area 23 at 6 p.m. Thursday Richard Gardzina at Hermanos at...
Free Comic Book Day to take over Concord on Saturday
Everyone loves free stuff. And if you’ve been known to enjoy thumbing through a comic book or two, then you’re going to really love what we’re about to tell you. Saturday is Free Comic Book Day and Double Midnight Comics (67 S. Main St.) is once again embracing the industry created day to say thanks to lovers of comics from all over the city and beyond. From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Double Midnight will giving away free comics – and lots of...
Bulletin Board: Free concert, fundraiser at Uno’s and more
Capital Area Memory Cafe The Capital Area Memory Café for memory-impaired individuals and their family members is Wednesday, Sept. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Granite Ledges of Concord, 151 Langley Parkway. The Memory Café is held on the third Wednesday of each month at the same time. This month is our “Café Chat.” Enjoy an opportunity to socialize and build relationships with others who have memory impairment. Family members can speak...
Author events, book clubs and workshops this week
Lupica to speak No. 1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica will be at Gibson’s Bookstore on Friday at 6 p.m. as he begins an exciting new chapterbook series, perfect for fans of Cam Jansen, filled with his trademark sports action and heart, featuring a lovable twin brother-sister duo who solve sports-related mysteries. There’s nothing 8-year- old twins Zach and Zoe Walker love more than playing sports and solving mysteries. And when...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Ice skating returns, upcoming events and more
On Friday, Stefanie Breton, the city’s public information officer, sent out the weekly City Manager’s Newsletter. You can read the full newsletter by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the Newsletter button on the home page. Here are some highlights: Filing deadline for municipal office The city’s next municipal election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Anyone wishing to file for municipal office may file by petition through Friday,...
Two benefits on tap for Friendly Kitchen
The Friendly Kitchen provides something that some folks don’t always have and others that for granted – their next meal.And it’s a huge undertaking to provide two meals a day, every day. That’s why Concord’s soup kitchen is in constant need of donations, either food or monetary. The Monitor/Insider hosted the Pizza Pie Showdown in March that resulted in a more than $800 donation to the Friendly Kitchen, but that money will only go so...
Get over to Holy Trinity church on Saturday for the 20th annual Taste of Greece
Baklava. Moussaka. Lamb kebabs. Dancing in circles.What do all of these things have in common? They will all be part of the 20th annual Taste of Greece Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church this Saturday.If you’ve never been to any of the previous 19 Taste of Greece festivals, you’ve really been missing out on some good stuff. The event is an all-day celebration of Greek culture held on the property of the Greek Orthodox...
Love space? Then Aerospacefest is for you
Have you ever dreamed of what it’s like to travel to space? Us too, but unfortunately you can’t just hop on a space shuttle and go on vacation to the moon. Or can you?But we have the next best thing: You can meet a real-live human who has been to space at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center’s annual Aerospacefest on Saturday.New Hampshire’s own Dr. Jay Buckey will be the keynote speaker at the annual event that celebrates space and...
NH Food Bank to hold Stuff-a-Cruiser food drives in Concord
The New Hampshire Food Bank and the Concord Police Department are teaming up to host a series of “Stuff-A-Cruiser” food drives in Concord as part of Hunger Action Month in New Hampshire. During these food drives, supporters are encouraged to fill a police cruiser with non-glass, non-perishable food donations. A food collection box will also be located at Concord Police Department headquarters at 35 Green St. in Concord. Donations will...
Ladies, Concord Mom Prom is this Friday
It’s prom season, and before all you ladies out there groan about being too old to dance the night away, you might want to turn your attention to what you’re going to wear on Friday night.Because the Concord Mom Prom is this week at the Grappone Conference Center at 7 p.m., and if you haven’t already, you’re going to want to start making some plans for a big night out on the town.The idea for a mom prom started in Michigan in 2006 as...
The Yogi: Yoga and the Great Hummingbird Migration
Imagine you are taking a trip this month. It will be a long trip. You’ll be heading south in September. Your likely destination is Florida, Mexico and, perhaps, Costa Rica. You might even make it all the way to Panama, or the West Indies. You’ll cross the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. You’ll see the beaches of Miami, the Mississippi Delta, the Panama Canal. You’ll see brilliant sunrises and fiery sunsets, cross mountains and...
This Week in Concord History
May 1, 1891: By custom, Concord’s May Horn ushers in a day of celebrating the final escape from winter. The horn is peculiar to Concord. “The ‘oldest inhabitant’ cannot recall a first day of May in his boyhood when the din of the horn did not reverberate in some wee hour,” the Monitor reports. May 1, 1903: After 48 years of Prohibition, New Hampshire begins issuing licenses for liquor sales. May 1, 1925: The Granite...
On Display: Two exhibits up for your viewing pleasure at NHTI library
The library at NHTI is home to all kinds of art, and right now there are multiple exhibits up for your viewing pleasure. One is the staff photo contest, which we featured a couple weeks ago. Go vote for your favorites.Then there’s an exhibit of portrait drawings by Michael Lemire, who has exhibited at NHTI before. His work will be on display until Sept. 27, so get there soon if you want to see these incredibly lifelike drawings.In the...
Book of the Week: ‘An American Marriage’
An American Marriage Tayari Jones 2018, 320 pages Fiction Celestial has a bad feeling as she and her new husband, Roy Othaniel Hamilton, drive closer and closer to Roy’s hometown of Eloe, La., to visit his parents. She asks Roy to turn around, to drive them back to Atlanta, where they’ve settled as an up and coming couple, one an executive and one an artist, both on the brink of success and recognition. If only Roy had listened.Flash...
NH Audubon receives $24K quality of life grant
New Hampshire Audubon is proud to announce that it has been awarded $24,479 as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) High Impact Priority Quality of Life Grants and Direct Effect grants cycles. Seven High Impact Grants totaling $232,266 and 73 Direct Effect Quality of Life Grants totaling $1,244,263 were awarded. The Quality of Life Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations...
The Arts: New exhibits at Chamber, Forest Society
League of N.H. Craftsmen Fairy Tales and Fantasies Through: June 15 The Grodin Collection Through: Ongoing Location: 49 S. Main St., Suite 100 Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Robert Dorr Through: May 31 (extended) N.H. Weavers Guild Through: May 16 Location: 266 N. Main St. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. McGowan Fine Art Impressed Through:...
On the Road: The ‘Insider’ visits Loch Ness – no monster sighted
Nick and Mary Jane Wallner of Concord recently spent two weeks in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland where they enjoyed a memorable performance of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. A boat ride on Loch Ness in Inverness (pictured) unfortunately did not result in a Nessie sighting. Mary Jane serves as a state representative in the N.H. Legislature and Nick recently retired after 45 years with AAA as the Concord Branch...
It’s time to start getting that yard back into midseason form
It still doesn’t feel like it, even here in late April, but it is officially spring, the season of rebirth. This is the time of year we all look forward to – in theory, it’s when all the snow vanishes and the buds sprout and the air warms up.It’s finally starting to happen around here, and in no time we’ll enjoy that true feeling of spring every day. And when it does, most of us will want to head outside.After a long winter and an...
Book of the Week: ‘Women Talking’ by Miriam Toews
Women TalkingMiriam Toews2019, 216 pagesFiction Between 2005 and 2009, women and girls in Manitoba Colony, a remote Mennonite colony in Bolivia, would wake in the morning feeling drowsy and in pain, bruised and bleeding, having been attacked in the night. These attacks were attributed to ghosts and demons. Some members of the colony thought the suffering was brought on as punishment for the women’s sins; many accused the women of...
Not sure what to do next around the house?
At this time of year, people can’t wait to get going on that long list of spring projects that has been growing since last fall. As homeowners, the need for home improvements is never done and always evolving. But how do you decide what to do first and come up with a priority pecking order? Because whether you plan on selling your house in a year, five years down the road or it’s your dream home and you’re never selling, there is...
This Week in Concord History
Sept. 17, 1847: With 85 recruits for the 9th Regiment, Lieutenant Charles F. Low, son of Concord’s renowned General Joseph Low, sails for Vera Cruz, Mexico, and the seat of war. Sept. 18, 1679: King Charles II ordains that as of Jan. 1, 1680, New Hampshire will have its own government. He names John Cutt, a wealthy Portsmouth merchant, the first governor. Sept. 18, 1987: In Concord, Elizabeth Dole defends her decision to quit her job...
How prepared are you for that next project?
Not everyone is handy in the sense they spend every weekend tackling another project around the house. Some people just don’t have the first clue when it comes to fixing, building or improving their home. But just because you’re not out there tearing down walls or putting up a new addition, that doesn’t mean you don’t need to be prepared for the inevitable – something going drastically wrong at 10 p.m. on a Saturday night.It can be...
Fall Guide 2019: Everything you need to plan your autumn in the Granite State
Well, here we are again. While it’s still technically summer for another week and a half or so, it’s September, and many of us are already surrendering summer and moving on to fall. Such is life in New England. Although summer is pretty much in the rear-view mirror by now, that doesn’t mean it’s time to go into hibernation – not yet, anyway. One of the best parts about being in New England at this time of year is taking in all the...
