History
Jan. 16, 2000: The number of cardiac surgeries at the New England Heart Institute in Manchester has dropped by 17% since the opening of rival centers in Concord and Portsmouth. The Manchester hospital has fought to prevent Concord and Portsmouth from performing heart surgeries since 1995, when they first asked the state for permission. Jan. 16, 1944: All flying and ground school aviation training is suddenly called to a halt at...
Magnify Voices Art Contest open for submissions
The New Hampshire Children’s System of Care (CSoC) is accepting submissions for the seventh annual Magnify Voices Expressive Art Contest. Open to students in grades five through 12, the contest invites youth to share creative works reflecting their experiences with and connections to mental health. Submissions will be accepted through April 20. The contest, part of CSoC’s effort to raise awareness and reduce stigma around youth...
Janelle Drake spreads inclusivity across region
Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to the “Young Professional of the Month,” Janelle Drake. Each month, the CYPN Steering Committee recommends an individual in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better. How old are you? 35 Where do you live? Fitchburg, Massachusetts Tell us a little bit about yourself. I work as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Setra Systems, designing systems...
Book of the week
“Orange World and Other Stories,” by Karen Russell (2019, 271 pages, Genre: Short Stories) Karen Russell’s imaginative stories in this collection grabbed me from the first page and kept me entranced to the end. In eight fantastical stories, you will find ghosts, possession by a plant spirit, a drowned Florida, Madame Bovary’s greyhound, a boy in love with a perfectly preserved bog body, a woman who believes she must nurse the devil to...
Winter Fest returns with food trucks
Concord’s Winter Fest returns next weekend, Friday, Jan. 24-Saturday, Jan. 25, and it’s bigger than ever. In its seventh year, the event, put on by InTown Concord, will include its staple events, the ice-carving competition, but will now include a food truck festival and a hot cocoa tour. The carving begins with demonstrations on Friday from 3-9 p.m. — sponsored ice carvings at the State House Lawn. Saturday, Jan. 25 11 a.m. — Ice...
Film screening
The acclaimed film “B l ack Dog” will be shown on Friday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Sweeney Hall Auditorium (S122) on the campus of NHTI, 31 College Drive. Winner of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival “Un Certain Reg a rd ”Award, “Black Dog” is a noir-inspired mystery about redemption and change. The film follows Lang, played by internationally renowned actor Eddie Peng, as he returns to his hometown in Northwest China after being released...
Celebrating the state’s natural beauty
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is hosting For the Love of My Ancestral Home, a solo art exhibit by Wakefield, Mass., artist Leslie Scott-Lysan. The exhibit features paintings inspired by New Hampshire’s natural beauty and is open to the public for free through January and February at the Forest Society’s Conservation Center, 54 Portsmouth St., Concord. Viewing hours are weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5...
