This week in Concord history
Nov. 16, 2001: The Verizon Wireless Arena opens with a sold-out Monarchs hockey game. Nov. 17, 2001: The plan to build a senior center in Concord, one of two state capitals in the country without such a facility, receives a positive response from the planning board, the Monitor reports. Nov. 17, 1965: Opening Day at Concord’s Everett Arena draws thousands of skaters. “They came streaming across the river bridge and down the hill from...
Community Players of Concord stage ‘Sound of Music’
The Community Players of Concord will present the classic musical The Sound of Music at Concord City Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 17 and Saturday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. The show features a score by Rodgers and Hammerstein including “Do Re Mi,” “My Favorite Things” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.” Based on the memoir, “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp, the musical tells the story of an ebullient...
Bulletin board for the week of Nov. 16, 2023
Local science fiction author Author R.W.W. Greene is back at Gibson’s Bookstore on Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. with his newest science fiction novel, “Earth Retrograde.” The United Nations is working to get everyone off Earth by the deadline – set by the planet’s true owners, the aliens known as the First. It’s a task made somewhat easier by a mysterious virus that rendered at least fifty percent of humanity unable to have children....
Community Players audition announcement
The Community Players of Concord, NH announce auditions for Agatha Christie’s “Witness for the Prosecution.” Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering a rich widow. The stakes are high with shocking witness testimony, impassioned outbursts from the dock and a young man’s fight to escape the hangman’s noose. Regarded as one of Christie’s most accomplished plays, this suspenseful thriller keeps audiences guessing until the very end....
Hatbox hosts “Man On The Hill”
If you missed “Man On The Hill” when they toured New Hampshire in the spring of 2022, the show is back for a three-day run at the Hatbox Theater in Concord, N.H. from Nov. 24 to 26. The intimate setting of the Hatbox Theater is absolutely perfect for this heartwarming production. New Hampshire composer and playwright, John Stanley Shelley, has a style that captivates your curiosity from the very start and keeps you intrigued...
Book: “The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series”
“The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series” by Charles Finch This is a prequel to the Charles Lenox mystery series. Charles, the younger son of a baronet, loves solving puzzles and wants to become a detective. But in his world being a detective is like being a policeman, and is frowned on by his social class. People are starting to avoid him – unless they need his services as a detective! The story takes place in...
