Celebrated style guru stops by
Womenade of Concord would like to thank Matthew Mead, his wife, Jenny, and their trusted assistant, Lisa Bisson, along with Deb Curtis, Mary Ladd and Jane Cipriano of the Pleasant View Retirement Community for a wonderful evening of Holiday design ideas Nov. 21.Pleasant View provided an amazing venue and plentiful appetizers for the second annual Matthew Mead Holiday Primer. Mead, a well-known style guru, entertained the crowd with...
Making Christmas dreams come true, one artificial tree at a time
The 13th annual Fez-tival of Trees was held at the Bektash Shriners last week.
Making Christmas dreams come true, one artificial tree at a time
The 13th annual Fez-tival of Trees was held at the Bektash Shriners last week.
That park is smoking hot – Tue, 03 Dec 2013
It appears as if Bill Jewell took a wrong turn doing our last scavenger hunt and wound up in Hawaii. Sorry, Bill, we’ll try to be more clear with the clues! But we hope you had fun anyway! We can’t stop using exclamation points! I pulled the lever on the machine but the Clark bar didn’t come out!
Annual ski and skate sale has something for every winter athlete
It’s just about that time of year to dust off those old skis and boots and hit the slopes. The Winter Olympics are a mere few months away and you never know when the call will come in for you to fill that empty roster spot on the U.S. Ski Team. Wait, what’s that you say? You are bored with what you have and are in serious need of an upgrade for the 2014 season? We hear you. There is nothing worse than showing up at the old mountain...
Shop downtown Concord ’til you drop – or at least until midnight
For your holiday entertainment, you could track down the latest viral video of a shopping brawl at the big box store, or you could make plans to visit downtown Concord on Dec. 6 for the annual Midnight Merriment celebration. Be advised, one of those two options features decidedly more black eyes. We recommend selecting Intown Concord’s Midnight Merriment, the night when downtown Concord is aglow with shopping and dining and general...
Kimball-Jenkins Estate fulfilling family vision to support local artists
Carolyn Jenkins had a vision for her family’s downtown Concord estate. Having spent much of her life engulfed in one area of the art world or another, Jenkins wanted her family’s legacy to provide an avenue for others to pursue the arts. It’s why she left the estate to a nonprofit trust with specific instructions to be used for cultural and educational purposes, including the enrichment of the arts. And would she ever be pleased to...
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 03 Dec 2013
Welp, it looks like it’s the time of year when it snows and then there is snow on the ground for the next 10 months or so. But it’s not the time of year where we are grumpy about it yet! So thanks to Instagram user @megnutty for taking this picture o snow at its prettiest, dusting a scenic walkway.
Capital Region Food Program turns 40 – Tue, 03 Dec 2013
We were going to throw the Capital Region Food Program a surprise party for its 40th birthday this month, but it turns out it’s not really a tangible entity. It is, however, entering its busiest stretch of the year with its annual Holiday Food Basket program, which has donated more than 2,800 tons of food. A small percentage of those tons is being packed above by diligent volunteers. For more information, visit...
This Week In Concord History
Dec. 3, 2002: The Chico Enterprise-Record, a California newspaper, reports that Andrew Mickel’s parents turned him in to the police after he called them and bragged about shooting a Red Bluff, Calif., police officer Nov. 19. Mickel was arrested a week later when he surrendered to the Concord police and FBI agents after a 2½-hour standoff at the Holiday Inn on North Main Street.Dec. 3, 1847: For $1,000, Edward H. Rollins buys R.C....
CMS students donate an awful lot of food
Students at the Christa McAuliffe School had to do some heavy lifting Tuesday afternoon, and it was all their fault. After all, they were the ones who filled the dozens of cardboard boxes with food to be donated to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. A food drive run by the CMS student council was a tremendous success, as several thousand items were collected in less than a month. The hallway just inside the door of the school was...
Classic Concord Photo – Tue, 03 Dec 2013
Reader Earl Burroughs sent us this classic Concord photo of buildings between Pleasant and Warren Street, circa a bunch of years ago (note: era approximate). And my how times have changed – you just can’t find good places to get varnishes, phosphate and tinware downtown these days.
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell grabs a paint-by-numbers workbook in hopes of creating a masterpiece. Just before he finishes, though, he realizes the numbers are actually in ancient Greek, and he hasn’t created a masterpiece at all. What he has created is an indecipherable mess – and a craving for some tzatziki dip. Oh, and a city memo.Let there be tree lightTime to plug in the pineThe Penacook Village Association is hosting the...
Wings of Knowledge series at NHTI tonight
Tonight at 7 in the Library Living Room, NHTI’s Wings of Knowledge lecture series presents award-winning author Brunonia Barry. This event is free and open to the public. There will be time for book signing and questions after the presentation.Barry is the author of the best-selling novels, The Lace Reader and The Map of True Places. Both books are set in Salem, Mass., the town famous for the Salem witch trials. The Lace Reader...
Evo Rock and Fitness to host birthday bash
Evolution Rock and Fitness is turning one this year, and the preparations for Evo’s Birthday Bash are under way. On Dec. 8, Evolution will offer free admission to the gym all day to go along with free activities and lots of food and fun. There will also be a chili cook off beginning at 6 p.m.
Quilters Guild members’ potluck set for Dec. 13
The Capital Quilters Guild Membership Holiday Potluck will be held at Havenwood, 33 Christian Ave., on Dec. 13 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Please note the early time. Bring your completed stuffed stockings for our Christmas Stocking Project. There will be no December class or board of directors meeting. For Guild information, contact Jean Donahue at 223-9766.
Larsen’s ‘Still on the Way’ at McGowan Fine Art through Dec. 20
Concord’s own Bob Larsen’s latest watercolor exhibit, ‘Still on the Way,’ is showing at McGowan Fine Art through Dec. 20. Larsen’s collection includes some of the best Concord sights as well as landscape scenes from around the state and beyond.
Stamp collector’s meeting to be held Dec. 17 in Bow
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors’ regular monthly meeting will be held Dec. 17 at 1:30 pm at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow. Anyone interested in stamp collecting is invited to attend. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
Larsen’s ‘Still on the Way’ at McGowan Fine Art through Dec. 20
Concord’s own Bob Larsen’s latest watercolor exhibit, ‘Still on the Way,’ is showing at McGowan Fine Art through Dec. 20. Larsen’s collection includes some of the best Concord sights as well as landscape scenes from around the state and beyond.
Another great start to the season for the Audi
The Friends of the Audi are grateful for the time and talent given every day by our wonderful community to preserve and maintain our City Auditorium and to assure its affordable and accessible use for the benefit of all our neighbors. For their help in the first five months of the 2013-14 season, we thank this theatre’s amazing volunteers: the 34th Annual Meeting participants who set the scene for the year, led by Dale Harrington and...
Business booms for Blake’s, but family remains first and foremost
The sign as you pull in the driveway reads Blake’s Turkey Farm. It is older, and the green paint around the edge has faded, most notably in the lower right corner where the show of wood is encroaching on the M in farm. The colorful bird in the middle is weathered, but still looks good for a sign that has been hanging for decades. Yet the sign is a bit misleading. The name of the business has changed to Blake’s All Natural Foods, and...
Holiday gifts for everyone at Mill Brook Gallery
Looking for that unique gift for that special person in your life? Tired of the malls? The Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden can help you. The gallery offers a unique selection of paintings, sculpture, jewelry, mobiles, and pottery by regional and national artists. New Hampshire has the privilege of numerous high-quality fine artists and craftsmen. When someone purchases a piece of fine art or crafts; it gives validation to the...
Concord Public Library Book of the week
Moving Miss PeggyRobert Benson2013, 163 pagesNon-fictionMiss Peggy is suffering from dementia. Is it solely dementia, or will it lead to Alzheimer’s? Can it be slowed or turned around? No one knows for sure, not even the professionals. Miss Peggy’s family is moving her to an assisted living facility where she can be looked after as her mental capacity decreases. This book is written by Miss Peggy’s children, who use their strengths...
