Food Snob: Patty Melt Sliders from Chuck’s Barbershop
Back in the day when real speakeasies were all the rage in backrooms and basements all over the country, there probably weren’t too many patrons who went to one for food. In fact, we wonder if any old-time speakeasies even had food.But in 2018, with alcohol fully legal in all 50 states, there aren’t really any true speakeasies around anymore – at least not that we know about. What there is, at least in Concord, is Chuck’s Barbershop,...
Concord Heights community mural project to bring city together, celebrate culture
Public art is kind of a big deal in Concord. Just take a walk downtown and you’ll see sculptures, murals, musicians playing tunes and people taking it all in. Now, you’ll have the opportunity to not just look at, but create some public art. The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Creative Concord Committee is organizing an effort for members of the community to come together to design, plan and create a mural to be installed on the...
There are plenty of home improvement projects you can do yourself
“Little putty, little paint, make it look like what it ain’t.”It’s a saying as old as time, and they’re words to live by if you want to make some improvements to your home by yourself. While spring is a popular time to spruce up the house, lots of projects can be pretty expensive if you hire a pro. But not every job requires the skills of a professional, even if you, the homeowner, don’t have much experience with that kind of work.I,...
Making Good Health Simple: Hiking is a fun and healthy activity everyone can do – that means you
So what if I go to bed a 7:30 p.m.? So what if I like to wake up before the sun to head north to the mountains? So what if I have several different backpacks depending on the length of my hike? So what? My non-hiking friends always ask me, “What’s up with hiking?,” “It sounds boring,” “What’s so great about it?” My response is always the same. “Come, and I will show you.” The truth is, there are so many “best parts” about hiking. I...
On Display: Fairy Tales and Fantasies will catch your eye
If you happened to catch the last League of N.H. Craftsmen exhibit, it didn’t have that typical vibrant splash of color you probably expect from one of its shows. Which would make sense considering it was called Black and White Encore.But with the opening of Fairy Tales and Fantasies earlier this month, you will notice quite the drastic change.“(Black and White Encore) had a certain level of sophistication to it, while this show is...
Entertainment: All kinds of live music to be heard all over Concord this week
Music Tuesday Dan Weiner at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open mic with Mikey G at Tandy’s at 7:30 p.m. Songweavers and Songweaver Drummers Open Sing at Concord Community Music School at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday Paul Donahue at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Brad Myrick at Courtyard by Marriott at 6 p.m. Senie Hunt at Concord Craft Brewing at 5:30 p.m. Open mic at Area 23 at 6 p.m. Thursday William Schmitt at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Mallory...
Recycled Percussion to make a racket at NHTI
When your toddler (or worse, someone else’s) goes wild whacking away at pots and pans and trash cans with wooden spoons and things of the like, it’s usually not a very pleasant time. When a nationally-recognized musical troupe does the same thing in a highly coordinated, choreographed and rehearsed manner, it can be a truly awe-inspiring performance. If you go to NHTI this Friday, you’ll get the chance to be so awed when the...
City Manager’s Newsletter: File for municipal election, hazardous waste day 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: File for municipal election The city’s next municipal election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Anyone wishing to file for municipal office may do so at the City Clerk’s Office through...
Like comics? You’ll want to be free Saturday
It was a little over five years ago when Jason Brodnick first stepped foot in Everett Arena for one of the many events that’s hosted at the Concord skating palace each summer. Looking around at the space quickly gave him an idea: It would be a great spot for a comic book show.“It looked like the perfect setting,” Brodnick said. “It felt like a good match.”So he left his name and number to be on the list for when a date opened up.“Five...
Bulletin Board: Open sing sessions, marijuana talk and more
CCMS Open Sing opportunities The Songweavers Open Sing will take place Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. with a Drumming Sampler, with a chance for everyone to try African-style drumming with the Songweaver Drummers. A potluck supper follows at 6:15, and the Open Sing is 7-8:30. Bring a friend and join this joyful group! Want to see for yourself what a Songweavers rehearsal is...
Art auction for NHTI’s child care Saturday
As a parent, we greatly enjoy hanging our daughter’s artwork on the fridge. Sure, they have a long way to go until there’s a gallery show featuring their work, but every artist has to start somewhere. Who knows, maybe their finger-paintings of who knows exactly what it is could be priceless when they’re the next big thing in the art world – if that’s the career path they want to choose, of course. For now we’ll just enjoy the...
CYPN: Michael DeCristofaro is the Young Professional of the Month
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network introduces you to our “Young Professional of the Month,” Michael DeCristofaro. Each month the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better.How old are you? 29.Where do you live? Merrimack.Where do you currently work? I am a philanthropy advisor at the New Hampshire Charitable...
Rollins Park is getting two new trees Friday
It was a sad time when the city had to chop down about 200 trees at Rollins Park last year.Due to an unwelcomed visitor, known as the red pine scale, the plantation of red pine trees were dying and needed to be taken down, along with a group of uninfected mature white pines. As you can imagine, it left quite the hole in the park’s landscape.But we have good news: The city is about to embark on a replanting initiative that will – with...
On Display: ‘Like Father, Like Daughter’ exhibit at Forest Society gallery
The gallery at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is displaying “Like Father, Like Daughter,” an exhibit of paintings from the father-daughter duo of Douglas Richards and Laura Aldridge, both of whom were born and raised in the Concord area. Most of the paintings depict scenes from nature, and you can definitely see the familial similarities – and also the differences – between the painters. The exhibit will be on...
Veterans program to benefit from yard sale Saturday
It’s getting to that time of year when you see signs all over the city pointing you to front yards filled with stuff that the people who live there might not want, but you just can’t possibly live without. It’s almost like a sign that spring is finally here (even though it seems like it never will be). And if you’ve been waiting to hit the road for those great deals, no need to do so anymore This Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., the...
This Week in Concord History
Sept. 10, 1861: Fire destroys the railroad storage barns and many cars of the Concord and Northern railroads. Sept. 11, 1866: Kearsarge beats Portsmouth 32-19 in one of the first reported games of “base ball” in Concord. Judge Ira Eastman, however, remembers seeing the game (or its forerunner, rounders) played in the city 50 years before. Sept. 11, 2002: Hundreds of people stand silent under umbrellas at the State House Plaza during a...
It’s important to follow the building codes
It’s Saturday morning, you just made a run to your favorite place to get building materials and it’s time to get going on that next great home improvement project that you hope to have done by the end of the weekend. But before you do anything, we have a simple question for you: Did you check in the city’s code administration office to see if you needed a permit? For many homeowners, the idea of a building permit is for those big...
Book of the Week: ‘The Water Cure’ by Sophie Mackintosh
The Water Cure Sophie Mackintosh 2018, 266 Fiction The Water Cure is a story of familial ties, what strengthens them and what causes them to fray. The book complicates its investigation of nuclear family dynamics by placing the narrative in a time when men have been deemed “toxic” and “poisonous” and are a threat to all – as NPR’s Annalisa Quin points out, “The Water Cure makes toxic masculinity literal.” Set on a secluded island, The...
Concord native Craig Sanphy to give recital
Concord native and Concord Community Music School alumnus Craig Sanphy, an accomplished tenor, will return to the Music School for a free public recital on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Sanphy will be accompanied by Kathryn Southworth on piano. Fans of musical theatre won’t want to miss Sanphy’s performance, which will focus on show tunes, with a style described as “blow-the-house-down kind of singing!” Sanphy will perform selections from Dear...
The Insider got a chance to drive a Nascar stock car around the N.H. Motor Speedway track
How many times have you heard someone say, “Racing? That’s not a sport. All you do is drive and make left-hand turns all day.”The next time you hear that, you stop that person in their tracks, because after getting a little, tiny taste of what professional race drivers do, I can definitively and enthusiastically say that racing is absolutely a sport – it might be the toughest sport there is.I was fortunate enough to get an invite to...
Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day at Gibson’s Bookstore
Saturday marks the 4th annual Independent Bookstore Day, a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different. And you better believe Gibson’s Bookstore is taking part. It’s the 20th anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter, and Gibson’s is dreaming of Hogwarts. Stop in to take their O.W.L....
Get a glimpse of New England racing history at North East Motor Sports Museum
If you’re a racing fan, a car nut or just someone who appreciates history, the North East Motor Sports Museum has to be on your list of places you need to check out.Opened in 2017, the museum is a visually stunning and information-rich collection of items from New England racing history. From cars to racing equipment to photographs to trophies to books and magazines, you could easily spend a whole day here just poking around and...
The Arts: Lots of shows coming to an end this week
There are lots of great art shows around Concord right now. So make sure you check one out, especially before some come to a close by Monday. 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: Monday N.H. Weavers Guild Through: May 16 Location: 266 N. Main...
While you’re in Loudon for Full Throttle Fall Weekend, try something exotic at the Hungry Buffalo
September is a busy month for New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Although the Nascar Cup Series race is over, there’s still a whole lot of high-octane action coming to the track in the very near future, punctuated by the second annual Full Throttle Fall Weekend coming Sept. 20 and 21. Full Throttle Fall Weekend consists of Canada’s Nascar Pinty’s Series in the Visit New Hampshire 100, which is only the second race outside of Canada for the...
Entertainment: Music and more abounds in Concord this week
It’s another week full of live entertainment in the capital city, with lots of music and some stage work as well. A highlight is the nationally known Recycled Percussion coming to NHTI to make a racket and have some fun. Enjoy! Music Tuesday Lester Hirsh at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Mike Morris at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Zooo Crew at Penuche’s at 9 p.m. $3 cover. Paul Heckel at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m....
Entertainment: Heavy load of concerts at Bank of NH Stage
Music Wednesday Steven Chagnon at Courtyard by Marriott at 6 p.m. Bear Brook Podcast: Stories From the Stage at Bank of NH Stage at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 plus fees at ccanh.com. Open mic at Area 23 at 6 p.m. Thursday The Brian Booth Jazz Quartet at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Charlie Chronopoulos at Cheers at 5 p.m. The Ballroom Thieves with Gentle Temper at Bank of NH Stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20-$30 plus fees at ccanh.com. Eric...
Bulletin Board: Jail forum, dog licenses and Manse lectures
County jail forum at St. Paul’s Church Just Visiting: A Forum Concerning County Jail Incarceration in New Hampshire will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (21 Centre St.) on Saturday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Who goes to jail in New Hampshire? Why they are in jail? What programs are available to them in jail? What helps people not return once they leave? How to volunteer? Those are just some of the topics that will be discussed. Five...
Bulletin Board: Thrift shop sales, film fest, comedy and more
Thrift shop for St. Paul’s ChurchThe Chapter Two thrift shop of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church announces the following sales of clothing, shoes and household goods for infants, children, women and men:Everything in the shop is half price from Tuesday (Sept. 3) to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plus, a $5 fill-a-bag sale will be held from Sunday to Sept. 12 and Sept. 16-19. Fall merchandise starts on Sept. 23. Enter from 21 Centre St....
Plenty of awards given out recently
Recently, the Concord Grange and the N.H. Center for Nonprofits gave out awards at local ceremonies. Concord Grange The Concord Grange held its 42nd annual Grange Month Celebration honoring members and individuals in the community on April 16. William Marston and Mary Stuart Gile, a N.H. State Representative, were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Community Spirit Award went to Matt Finney, a third grade teacher at...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Library card sign-ups, cooking demo 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 of the highlights: File to run for municipal office The city’s next municipal election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Anyone wishing to file for municipal office may do so at the City Clerk’s...
