CYPN: Ross Mingarelli is Concord’s candleman
Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to the “Young Professional of the Month,” Ross Mingarelli. Each month, the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better. Ross Mingarelli What’s your name? Ross Mingarelli, but people call me candleman! How old are you? 38. Where do you live? Warner. Where do you currently work? I own Candletree Soy...
‘Lungs’ opening at Hatbox Theatre
“Lungs,” written by English playwright Duncan Macmillan and produced by fledgling NH theatre company Bolt Cutter Productions, will be performed at the Hatbox Theatre from Nov. 10 through the 19. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults; $22 for members, seniors, and students; and $19 for senior members. Tickets may be reserved by calling 603-715-2315 or purchased online at...
Phaneron exhibit
Phaneron is the entire way in which we experience; through any sense or feeling. In the upcoming exhibition, Kimball Jenkins has been approached by the legal community to illuminate through art the lived human experiences that call for civil justice. The exhibition is produced by Kimball Jenkins, and the generous leadership in supporting arts and cultural experiences with sponsorship from Rath, Young and Pignatelli. The exhibition...
This week in Concord history
Nov. 9, 1904: J. Duane Squires is born in Grand Forks, N.D. Beginning in 1933, he will run the social studies department at Colby Junior College in New London for many years, becoming a prominent New Hampshire historian. Nov. 9, 1869: Josiah L. Pike, slayer of an old couple in Hampton Falls, is hanged – the first person executed in New Hampshire since colonial times. In the days leading up to his death, ministers’ wives...
Book: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
‘The Weirdstone of Brisingamen’ by Alan Garner “The Weirdstone of Brisingamen,” by Alan Garner, is the perfect introduction to fantasy for a young reader. It’s chock-full of magic, dastardly villains, and nods to Celtic and Nordic folklore that’s bound to captivate any reader. Garner, who wrote the novel in his late twenties, used his childhood home of Cheshire and its surrounding folktales as inspiration for his literary debut. With...
Bulletin board
“Bernie’s Mitten Maker: A Memoir,” with Vermont author Jen Ellis The mitten that launched a hundred memes! Vermont author and fiber artist Jen Ellis visits Gibson’s Bookstore at 45 South Main Street in Concord on Thursday, November 9, from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. to talk about the mittens (yes, THOSE mittens that Bernie wore) that she made, and what lead her there, with Bernie’s Mitten Maker: A Memoir. Bernie’s...
