Go here and be entertained
This weekend, the Concord City Auditorium opens for its 105th year with a season opening gala, and you're invited to join the festivities. The event takes place on Sept. 13 starting at 6 p.m. and features the following fun activities: – Audi party and arts fair: Look for the tent outside for displays of area arts organizations. – Arnie's ice cream social: Tom Arnold, owner of Arnie's Place on Loudon Road,...
An event for car enthusiasts
If you like old cars, we have good news for you: The Concord Kiwanis Club is holding its 24th annual antique and classic car show on Sept. 12 (rain date Sept. 13). We caught up with Chris Pappas, committee chairman for the show, and got some details on what attendees can expect. What kinds of cars will people see? The street rods and the mighty muscle cars of the '60s and '70s are popular. With 24 classes of cars, we get...
Ask the Elders: Fashion crisis
Dear Elders, One of my friends isn’t the best dresser. I want her to look great, but how do I approach this without hurting her feelings? Signed, Good intentions Steve Leavenworth Dear Good Intentions: It’s really her business and it’s not much of a “guy” subject. I think a young woman in her 20s should have observed enough fashion ads and seen enough on the subject to have learned. I note as I walk in the mall that many have not...
Traffic school
With the arrival of September comes the joy of traveling with buses on the road. Anyone who has gotten stuck behind a bus making upward of 10 stops, knows the pain associated with this. But the kids have to get to school somehow, so car and buses must learn to live peaceably. Thankfully, there are rules about these things, not to mention subsequent fines for the rule breakers. On that note, welcome to our new monthly feature...
Attend this meeting!
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors' regular monthly meeting will be held at Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. All people interested in stamp collecting are invited to attend. For further information, contact Dan Day at 228-1154.
Help those affected by Alzheimer's
Join the 17th annual Alzheimer's Association Central New Hampshire Memory Walk on Sept. 27 beginning at the Fisher Cats Stadium in Manchester. Form a team or walk as an inpidual. Money raised by Memory Walk helps provide care and support for inpiduals and families touched by Alzheimer's. For more information, call Laurie Mantz at 647-9300, e-mail lmantz@arborsofbedford.com or visit...
Do it for the furry friend in your life
The Concord-Merrimack County SPCA's 14th annual walk for the animals will be held on Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delta Dental fields in Concord. There will be kids' activities, rescue groups, a microchip clinic and demonstrations. Sorry, no cats. Proceeds help all of the homeless animals at the shelter. For more information, visit concordspca.org.
Your old devices
Bring your outdated electronic devices and accessories into The Children's Place and Parent Education Center, 27 Burns Ave., to support fundraising efforts. Call 224-9920 for more information.
It's a bird, it's a plane . . . it's a dog!
Steve Lebaron sent us this picture of his pup Shiloh – an 8½-year-old yellow lab – jumping into Perry’s Quarry to retrieve a stick in a game we’d like to call “extreme fetch.” “He seems to never tire out and will play fetch until your arm is so tired you can’t throw any more,” Steve wrote. “He has no fear and I think is the best dog ever!”
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' conference up north
Registration is open for “Maps and Journeys: Perspectives on the Future of Arts Education in New Hampshire,” the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' statewide Arts in Education Partnership Conference, taking place Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 at the AMC Highland Center at Crawford Notch. Keynote speakers are James and Maureen Tusty, co-directors and producers of “The Singing Revolution.” James's talk,...
When to visit this fall
The Concord Public Library begins its fall schedule on Sept. 13. Main library hours are: Sunday: 1 to 5:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday: 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Penacook Branch hours are: Monday: 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday: 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 9 am. to noon. For more information, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.
You say tomato . . . we also say tomato
Thank Shea Banh for this garden photo of a tomato plant in a tree stump. We have high hopes for these tomatoes and dream that they will someday make a delicious sauce to be spooned over pasta with a little bit of cheese sprinkled on top. Oh, and don't forget the garlic bread. Mmm, food. Wait, what were we talking about?
Book of the week
Summer is coming to an end, but luckily books from the Concord Public Library are great any time of year! For more information about the library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. Very Valentine Very Valentine Adriana Trigiani 367 pages Setting: Present day Valentine Roncalli works with her grandmother to make one-of-a-kind wedding shoes for brides in their family shop, Angelini Shoes. The Angelini Shoe Company has been in business...
Model train layouts galore
I went to Everett Arena a few weeks ago to check out the annual model train show organized by the Concord Model Railroad Club and was immediately faced with a dilemma I had not expected: parking. An hour after the event opened, the massive parking lot around the arena was chock-full of of cars. Clearly this was a popular event. Upon entering the arena, I paid my $4 entry fee and was beckoned through the doors into one of the most...
The New Hampshire Writers' Project presents all new workshops!
Economic news got you down? The New Hampshire Writers' Project has the solution. Instead of fretting about things beyond your control, take one of NHWP's workshops offered this September and October at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. Studies have shown writing can improve your mood. On Oct. 25, Ann Hood, bestselling author of The “Knitting Circle,” will teach “The Truth, the Whole Truth and...
When life hands you lemons, give away lemonade
We Insiders are summer-loving people. We find cold weather depressing, and because we don't ski or snowboard, we have little to look forward to when the mercury drops. You can imagine, then, our sadness as fall approaches. Yes, it's a pretty season and the temperature isn't so bad to start, but it's also a short season. It only takes one windstorm to displace the last of the turning leaves, making way for the...
The facts about sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” sold in March 1987 for $39 million, but I can enjoy sunflowers in all their natural beauty for the mere price of a package of sunflower seeds and a little work in my backyard garden. Sunflowers are native to the Americas, where they were cultivated as long ago as 2000 BC and used as a source of food, medicine, dye and fiber. Their seeds were ground into flour to make cakes and to thicken soups...
