Applause in order for student, volunteers
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: Upcoming meetings Planning Board: August 19, 7 p.m. via Zoom and live stream on the City’s YouTube channel Agendas & Zoom information will be available prior to these meetings at concordnh. legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Mosquito-borne...
Party in garden to fund gallery updates
Eastern Ballet Institute will be moving to the Kimball Jenkins School of Art campus. A socially-distanced Summer Garden Masquerade will be held Aug. 15 at 6 p.m. (rain date Aug. 16) to help fundraise for some changes to the gallery. Tickets will be $15. The evening will begin with an outdoor print exhibit of artworks inspired by dance such as Degas, Rodin, Blake and Fini. Then, after exploring the garden gallery, make your way to the...
Andrew of the North releases new album
Songwriter and pianist Andrew North has a new solo album out, Allamagoosalum. It’s his most psychedelic work to date. The strange tale of the narrator’s encounters with a mysterious creature (the Allamagoosalum) is woven between piano-heavy rock and pop tunes. It’s unique and it draws you in. “I wanted to do something different for this one,” Andrew said. “I love concept albums and I was heavily influenced by Phish’s Rift and classic...
Book: Girls unlock magic
Great and Terrible Beauty By Libba Bray (403 pages/available on Libby, young adult fantasy, 2003) A genre blend of historical fantasy, the boarding school story, gothic, and coming of age, this book creates indeed a great and terrible beauty. Protagonist Gemma is shipped off to boarding school in England after the sudden and suspicious death of her mother. Gemma must learn to navigate her new social environment as she grapples...
Book of the Week: Renown writer celebrates art
Art Matters By Neil Gaiman (100 pages, nonfiction, 2018) Psst. Guys, Neil Gaiman loves libraries. Let him tell you about his love affair with books. Let him tell you about the journey he has taken to get where he is. The advice he wished he had listened to. Why is he telling you this? Because “Art matters.” But don’t worry, he may have a lot of experience and stories, but this book is 100 tiny pages with lots of pictures. If...
1892: Drinking fountain donated to cemetery
It was in the year 1892 that former Mayor H. W. Clapp desired to contribute a memorial gift to the city that had treated him and his family so well. After discussion and thought the former Mayor of Concord felt his gift should be a donation that could be enjoyed by all members of our society. Mayor H. W. Clapp decided that the gift of a drinking fountain in a public location would be a very sincere gesture. He sought a special...
Book: Taste of immortality
Tuck Everlasting By Natalie Babbitt (180 pages, junior fiction, 1975) If you were given the chance to live forever, never aging, would you take it? That’s a decision the Tuck family never got to make. They unknowingly drank from the magical spring and now they can’t age or die. Realizing the power of the spring, they protect it, keeping it a secret to prevent others from the same fate. When Winnie Foster encounters the Tuck...
