This week in Concord history
June 16, 1864: Still short of the state’s recruiting quota for the Union Army, Gov. Joseph Gilmore announces a state bonus of $400 for any man who will sign up for the First New Hampshire Cavalry Regiment. June 17, 1840: On Concord’s Rumford Square, a five-acre field of trees between School and Center streets below Rumford Street, a speech by the Whig Sen. Daniel Webster draws a rousing crowd. The speech follows a “Log Cabin...
City still needs summer lifeguards
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: Lifeguards The Parks and Recreation Department is actively looking to hire more certified lifeguards to work this summer. Full-time and part-time positions are open. Please apply online as soon as possible. City meetings City meetings...
Live entertainment the week of June 16, 2022
Live music June 16 Chris Fahey at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. NHMC Artist Showcase at Area 23 from 7 to 10 p.m. June 17 Charlies Chronopoulos at Shara Vineyards from 6 to 8 p.m. Eric Lindberg at Over the Moon Farmstead from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tumble Toads at Penuche’s Dean Harlem and Rev. Todd Seely at Area 23 at 8 p.m. June 18 Tim Hazelton at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. The Brooks Young Band at the Bank of N.H. Stage at 8 p.m. The Guess Who at...
Bulletin board
Jazz sanctuary On Sunday, June 19, at 1 p.m., Jazz Sanctuary will explore the theme “Journey” in the First Congregational Church sanctuary at 177 N. Main St. This will be the last Jazz Sanctuary in the N. Main St. building which has been the church’s home since 1937, since First Church and Jazz Sanctuary will be moving to lease shared space with Wesley United Methodist Church on Clinton St. at the end of June. The theme of this Jazz...
Art exhibit features New Hampshire scenes
New Hampshire Art Association artist Lesley Morgan will have her latest artwork on display in an exhibit titled, “Live Free and Re-Create,” at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center beginning June 22. A digital artist, Morgan uses several techniques to recreate experiences that are richer than memories evoked by conventional photographs alone. Her subjects are iconic New Hampshire attractions reimagined and enhanced...
Book: Rogue’s Company
Rogue’s Company By Allison Montclair (337 pages, mystery, 2021) Two women friends living in London in 1946 have become business partners. Iris Sparks (called Sparks) and Gwendolyn Bainbridge started “The Right Sort Marriage Bureau,” and it is expanding. The book begins with Sparks taking Gwen to get some self-defense training. Gwen isn’t sure about this, but is willing to try. Then Gwen’s overbearing father-in-law returns from Africa...
