Live entertainment for the week of July 14, 2022
Live Music July 14 Ariel Strasser at the Contoocook Chamber of Commerce from 6 to 8 p.m. Craig Jaster at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Marc Berger and Ride at Eagle Square at 7 p.m. July 15 Dwayne Haggins at Contoocook Cider Company from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Ryan Williamson at Shara Vineyards from 6 to 8 p.m. April Cushman at Over the Moon Farmstead from 7 to 10 p.m. July 16 Paul Gormley at the Contoocook Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon Ali T...
City news: Moths eating city foliage
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: Meetings City meetings are held in person in Council Chambers at 37 Green Street (unless otherwise specified on the City’s calendar). Upcoming meetings include: Planning Board: July 20, 7 p.m. Visit concordnh.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx...
CYPN: Professional comes home
Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to the “Young Professional of the Month,” Julia Mehrmann. Each month, the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better. Julia Mehrmann How old are you? 39. Where do you live? Concord. Where do you currently work? I own Glow Nails & Beauty in downtown Concord. What’s your favorite part of your...
Bulletin board: Bookish events
Paperback party Sarah McCraw Crow is a beloved customer at Gibson’s Bookstore, and they are thrilled to host a paperback release party for her novel The Wrong Kind of Woman on July 19 at 6:30 p.m. The pandemic stole the hardcover release party, pushing it to virtual, and they are taking back the joy by hosting an in-store celebration for the paperback. Told through alternating perspectives, The Wrong Kind of Woman is an...
Book: Love & Saffron
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love By Kim Fay (192 pages, fiction, 2022) This is a novel told in letters, starting in the 1960s. Twenty-seven-year old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter and some saffron to 59-year old Imogen Fortier. Imogen writes a column about food in the Northwest for a regional magazine. Joan lives in Los Angeles and Imogen lives on Camano Island in Washington state. Saffron is indeed...