Annual ‘Pitch In Days’
Monitor file photo The Friends of the Concord City Auditorium will host the 34th annual “Pitch In” on Aug. 19, 20 and 21 at Concord City Auditorium from 9 a.m. to noon and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is a barn-raising, community-building way to get the Audi shining for the 2024-2025 season. Join us for one hour, one shift or as long as you can to help spruce up the Concord City Auditorium. Monday morning we’ll prepare the bulk mailing of...
Humanities Monday
Who gets to vote in the United States? Over A merica’s 250-year history, various groups have been excluded from voting. Using randomized choices, each attendee will create an “avatar ” for the evening, which will eventually be granted suffrage as attendees move through the decades of changing voting rights and restrictions. Liz Tentarelli, president of the non-partisan League of Women Voters NH, will lead attendees, then address the...
Print exhibition comes to Portsmouth
3S Artspace is pleased to announce its inaugural Print Expo and Exhibition centered around the theme of “In This Moment.” This exhibition will run through August 25. It will feature over fifty printmaking artists from across the Northeast. Many pieces in the exhibition will be on sale. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet artist vendors, discuss their craft, and purchase prints. During a member’s only hour on Saturday, August 10...
‘Beethoven, Dvorak, Ginastera’ in Peterborough
Electric Earth Concerts presents ”Beethoven, Dvorak, Ginastera” on Thursday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Peterborough Town House in Peterborough. Musicians from the Sebago-Long Lake festival return for a second collaboration. Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin, Todd Phillips, violin, Matthew Sinno, viola; Mihai Marica, cello; Mihae Lee, piano; and EEC Artistic Director Laura Gilbert, flute. The program: Alberto Ginastera: Impresiones de la...
Jodi Picoult comes to Main Street
Gibson’s Bookstore, in conjunction with New Hampshire Public Radio and the Capitol Center for the Arts, is pleased to welcome best-selling author Jodi Picoult (Mad Honey) to the Chubb Theater for an evening of literary discussion of her new novel, By Any Other Name, as part of our author series, Authors on Main. Picoult will be in conversation with NHPR’s Casey McDermott on Thursday, Aug. 15. Doors open at 6 p.m. From the New York...
CRAFTING COMMUNITY
Courtesy-Featured panelists Wren Morrocco, Barbara Sorce and Al Jaeger. Twiggs Gallery, in partnership with Concord Makerspace, will be hosting a discussion with members of the New Hampshire Potters’ Guild (NHPG) for their “Third Thursday Discussion Series: Building Creative Communities” on Thursday, August 15, from 5:30-7 p.m. at Twiggs Gallery, located at 254 King Street in Boscawen. The event is free and open to the public....
Juried show at Civic Center
The Jaffrey Civic Center is thrilled to announce the opening of its newest art show, “The JCC Juried Show: Contrasts in Time, Tradition and Transformation,” showcasing the work of Jill Fischman, Seth Holtzman, Mary Bradley, Edith Beal Tuttle, Judy Unger-Clark, Susan Garry, Don Collins, Martha Behrens-Temple, Amy McGregor-Radin, Holly Harmon-Morse, Paul R Cooper, Phil Bean, and Maureen Ahern. The exhibition will run through Sept. 21 in...
Exploring grief through art with Peter Bruun
3S Artspace is pleased to announce its next exhibition, Each Has Their Grief, running from Aug. 16 to Oct. 13. An opening reception and opportunity to meet the artist will be held Friday, Aug.16, from 5 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Five years after the death of his daughter from an accidental overdose, Peter Bruun turned to his studio for solace. Going headlong into his grief, for three years he excavated his...
