Rania the cat came all the way from Spain to her loving forever home
The cute little thing is a true survivor
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Wondering what this colorful exhibition hanging on the walls at McGowan Fine Art is? Well, we can help with that: It’s “Crowd Source,” a collection of recent paintings by John Bonner. The show will be up until March 27 at McGowan, which you can find at 10 Hills Ave.
We went to engineer week, so we’re basically engineers now
Christa McAuliffe School held an engineering expo and we were there to soak up all the knowledge
Come fly with us as we look at N.H. aviation – in picture form
If you haven’t seen the exhibit, A Focus on New Hampshire Aviation, at the N.H. State Library, we have some good news. The pictures on these two pages are from it, but the bad news is that it will only be on display through Wednesday, which means you only have mere hours to check it out. Oh, well you might as well enjoy these in the mean time.
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.
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.
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.
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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!
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Tim makes his wheelchair basketball debut.
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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.
Here’s what winter storm Juno looked like through an Instagram lens
Winter storm Juno may not have been the crippling blizzard the weathermen wanted us to think it was, at least not in Concord (sorry, Nashua!), but it sure did make for some pretty pictures! We checked the old Instagram machine and found some of our favorites from the storm and its aftermath. F
How Concord Monitor staffers do Valentine’s Day
Take notes, people – we asked around the office to discover the perfect V-Day gifts and activities.
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Looking for something different to do on date night? Why not check out all the cool art we couldn’t fit in this Love, Lust & Desire photo spread. It will be at McGowan through Feb. 13 and FYI, there’s a lot more to see then what’s just hanging on the walls. Everything is priced at $300 or less and who knows, maybe you’ll find that perfect V-Day present.
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Dancing with the Concord Stars is always one of the biggest attractions at NHTI’s annual Winter Fling, and as you can tell by these photos, it didn’t disappoint this year. Winners were: Best Overall, Laura Quayle and Eric Goodwin; The People’s Choice Award, Heather Brown and Jim Rosenberg; Most Graceful, Kathy Bacon and Kirk Leoni; Best Choreographer, Aaron Baker; Best Costume, Jennifer Boulanger and Greg Legier; Most Creative, Melody...
We asked around to find out what’s going to happen in the Super Bowl
Based on the answers we got from a handful of local “experts,” it could be anything really
Check out these super set-ups
There are a bunch of places in town to watch the big game Sunday night – here are 3 that we visited
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We hit up Ocean State Job Lots to find all the essentials to make your Super Bowl party the best on the block. All we’re waiting for now is our invitation.
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The Concord Garden Club took over McGowan Fine Art for three days last week to hold its 13th annual Art and Bloom show. The exhibit consisted of a hand selected collection of work by none other than Sarah Chaffee. From there, garden club members created floral masterpieces to represent the art. Unfortunately, since cut flowers don’t last that long, the show is over, but please enjoy these photographs.
St. Paul’s Hargate Gallery is home to Tom Devaney’s latest creations
You may know Tom Devaney from that giant eyeball that keeps a close watch over the intersection of Pleasant and Main streets, but what you may not know is that he’s quite the accomplished artist besides his recorded organ of vision. Want proof? A lot of his stuff is on these pages and even more of it is on display under the title, Simultaneous Perspectives, at St. Paul’s School’s Hargate Gallery through Feb. 28. And FYI, that lifelike...
Our cameras and stomachs hit up the macaroni and cheese bake off
Granite State Dairy Promotion held the New Hampshire’s Own Macaroni and Cheese Bake Off on Saturday, and it was a delicious thing to behold.
R.P. Hale sure knows how to make wood look like a picture
If you just glance at the photos on this page, you might think these are some pretty great drawings. But if you look real close – and we mean real close – you might be able to notice that these aren’t drawings at all. In fact, these are prints of wood engravings done by non other than Concord’s own R.P. Hale. We know, it’s quite amazing and there are plenty more to see in the Concord City Auditorium reception lobby between the time...
Did someone say mac and cheese bake off?
The fine people at Granite State Dairy Promotion did, and it’s happening this weekend. We stopped by to find out what kind of other awesome stuff they have cooking over there.
We kiss 2014 goodbye with these photos
We spent weeks days some amount of time digging through our archives for our best pictures of 2014. Enjoy!
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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!
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Before officially kicking off Concord’s 250th year, a New Year’s Eve pop up history gallery was like a walk down memory lane with some of the city’s old stuff on display at the Grappone Center. Unfortunately it was just a one-day thing, but luckily we went and took pictures. You’re welcome.
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Tim has never met a craft he didn’t want to make, so when the Concord Library wanted him to create a Christmas trees out of old books it wasn’t a hard sell.
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The Concord Public Library knows books, obvi. So it’s no surprise the good people there know how to give a book new life with a craft project, like turning one into a Christmas tree. That’s precisely what happened last Tuesday, and we were there to spy some of the coolest creations.
