The art of Azalea Park
Last fall, fifth and sixth grade students at the Henniker Community School studied the art of illustration. They learned about the works of Helen Oxenbury, Dr. Seuss, and Shel Silverstein to gather knowledge about ink style, use of color, and background. At the beginning of the project, the students took a walking field trip down through Azalea Park to gather inspiration for their next art project. Susan Adams of the Azalea Park...
scholarship opportunities
New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs The New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs will award two college scholarships this year – a $2,000 New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Scholarship and the Jean L. Thompson Scholarship, established in her honor by her daughters, Lindsay Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson, for the amount of $1,000. They will be awarded to undergraduate (sophomores, juniors, or seniors) or graduate...
Art & Bloom awardees
The Concord Garden Club is pleased to announce the winners of its People’s Choice Awards from the annual Art & Bloom exhibition, held at the Kimball Jenkins Estate at the end of January. Each year, club members and local florists create displays to complement artwork created by members of the community. Garden Club member Robyn Cotton won the most votes for her interpretation of Heaven North by Nicki French. Using mostly foraged...
Upcoming ‘Our Town’ auditions
The Community Players of Concord end their 97th season with a national literary treasure: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Set in a small New Hampshire town, Wilder captures the everyday lives, dreams, and struggles of ordinary people as they navigate love, family, and mortality. Auditions for this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, directed by Cindy Dickinson, will be held on Monday, Feb. 17, and Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m....
Civil War monument presentation
Throughout New Hampshire, towns, individuals, and veterans’ organizations have erected an assortment of memorials to the Civil War. Beginning with obelisks of the 1860s and continuing onto re-mastered works of the 21st century, historian George Morrison of Bow will present a diverse selection of New Hampshire’s commemorations and their stories at a presentation at the Pembroke Town Library on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. Hosted by the...
Festival receives Academy Award qualifying status
The New Hampshire Film Festival recently achieved status as an Academy Award-qualifying festival for the Short Film Awards in a new category: documentary shorts. The festival previously received this distinction in the categories of live-action shorts and animation shorts. This third milestone solidifies the festival’s status as a platform for short filmmakers worldwide, providing a direct pathway to Oscar eligibility. “For more than...
