Look at all the fun you could be having this spring
Performances A Kidsummer Night’s Dream In the woods outside of Athens, the realms of humans and fairies collide! This musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream explodes in a joyous celebration of Shakespeare’s classic comedy. Kidsummer is full of mischief and mayhem, misunderstandings and magic potion mix-ups, as kings and queens, humble workers, fairies, parents and kids all chase their dreams. When: March...
We found plenty of spring activities in Concord to keep you busy
We can all agree that spring can’t get here fast enough. Sure, daylight savings tells us it’s spring, as does the vernal equinox, but if you looked outside recently, there’s still snow on the ground and winter clothing is still required. But, this is the spring guide, so obviously we want to think about sunny and warm days, flowers and all that good stuff you associate with the season. That’s why we went in search of the best things...
There’s a lot going on this spring within an hour from here, too
As you’re all well aware, we’re pretty big fans of Concord. Our job (generally) prohibits us from ever leaving this fine city, and that’s just fine with us.But we understand that not everybody has the same passion for the capital city as we do, and sometimes people just want to see what’s going on elsewhere.That’s why we pulled together this list of some spring highlights going on within about an hour from Concord. We didn’t scour the...
Adventure Shopping: Ocean State Job Lot is prepared for spring
Now that it’s officially spring – though it may not feel like it – we decided it would be a good time to make a little visit to Ocean State Job Lot to see what kinds of seasonal scores they had in stock. As usual, we found a lot of cool, weird and funny stuff. Have a look.
Good times brewin’ for N.H. Craft Beer Week
From Maple Weekend to New Hampshire Craft Beer Week – talk about a smooth transition.That’s right, the seasonal, themed weeks continue around here, this time honoring another liquid we all know and love: beer.March 31 through April 8 is New Hampshire Craft Beer Week (yes, that’s nine days, because beer is too good to be squeezed into a traditional week), and you better believe there are plenty of things going on in Concord related to...
Go Try It: Take to the driving range at Beaver Meadow
Unless you took a vacation to a warm climate this winter or caught on to the simulator craze, chances are you haven’t swung a golf club in a while.At least that was the case for us. It had been many moons since we pulled out the old driver and hit a bucket of balls, so when we got an email early last week that the driving range at Beaver Meadow Golf Course was opening for the first two official days of spring, we couldn’t pass up the...
Cappies voting begins this Friday
It’s almost April and that can only mean one thing: Cappies voting starts soon. The annual tradition kicks off April 1 and you can cast your ballots for the entire month. That means you have 30 days to help your favorite spots in the Concord area earn the distinction of the very best. Voting will take place in a wide array of categories. You can help decide the best bar atmosphere, deli or coffee shop in food and drink. Best gift...
Bishop Brady to host a gambling night
If there’s one thing Concord’s missing, it’s a spot to play a few table games.Who wouldn’t want to spend a night trying to win a few extra bucks to line their pockets with – or at the very least, not lose it all while having a fun time.This Saturday, Bishop Brady High School is hosting a Monte Carlo Night from 7 to 11 p.m. that will provide you a place to fill all your gambling needs, with a small catch.“It’s a little something...
Award nominations sought for Grange, Audubon
Grange N.H. State Grange Community Service Director Dick Patten is seeking nominations in a variety of categories for the annual State Grange awards. Included in the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award are police officers and deputy sheriffs. Firefighters and paramedics are to be nominated in the Firefighter of the Year category. Know a teacher, principal or college dean who you think qualifies for the Educator of the Year...
New Hatbox show starts Friday
For the next three weekends, Hatbox Theatre becomes home to a future where robots do all our work for us and humans have lost their way. The classic science-fiction play, R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots will be performed by Late Bloomer Productions. The show will run Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., starting this Friday through April 16. Written in 1920 by Czechoslovakian playwright Karel Capek, R.U.R:...
Lots of live music to be heard this weekend
If you’re looking to rock out, mellow down or cut a rug, there’s plenty in store for you in Concord this weekend. There always seems to be a full slate of live music in this city, and it’s no different this weekend. Get a real early jump on the weekend by checking out Craig Jaster at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana on Wednesday, starting at 6:30 p.m. There’s never a cover charge to listen to music at Hermanos, so you can save all that cash...
McGowan is celebrating the last 20 years
McGowan Fine Art owner Sarah Chaffee has been a mainstay at the downtown gallery for two decades, and that is a reason to celebrate.So that’s exactly what’s happening – with a new exhibit, of course. “Twenty Years of a Singular Vision” opens this week and will run through April 28. And on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., there will be a big party at the gallery.But before she’s the toast of the town, we caught up with Chaffee to talk about...
Have your energy field repaired at this fair
Is your personal aura all out of whack? Is your energy field misaligned? Or maybe your body’s inner workings are just a little bit out of tune? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in need of some spiritual and energy healing, which will be provided at the Holistic Health/Psychic Fair at the Bektash Shrine Center on Saturday.This free, one-day-only event, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April Fools Day no less,...
Catch the Chamber’s 26th Business Showcase
Do you need to get reacquainted with some of the local businesses that make up the fabric of your life? If so, you’ll want to check out the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s 26th annual Business Showcase at the Courtyard by Marriott/Grappone Conference Center next Tuesday.The showcase is somewhat like a trade show, in that all kinds of businesses will have representatives on hand, though this will be more informational than...
Bow Garden Club to open year with meeting Monday
The Bow Garden Club will open their 2017 garden club year on Monday with a presentation by David Murray of Murray Farms Greenhouses, located in Penacook. Murray’s topic will be “Understanding New Plants” and he will enlighten attendees with humorous anecdotes, great gardening tips and stories about his life growing up on the farm. Murray Farms began as a dairy farm, started by Murray’s great-grandfather in the early 1900’s, complete...
Grappone to host N.H. Fiddle Ensemble
We’ve covered concerts in many spots around these parts – in White Park, the Capitol Center for the Arts, the Concord City Auditorium, the Concord Community Music School, St. Paul’s School and more.Although, this might be the first time we’ve told you about one that’s happening in a car dealership. But as they say, there’s a first time for everything.The N.H. Fiddle Ensemble will put on an evening of music at Grappone Toyota (594...
Coffeehouse is back at Audubon
Birds and Beans Coffeehouse returns to the N.H. Audubon McLane Center with another great show. The husband and wife duo of songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer Harvey Reid and vocalist and violinist, Joyce Andersen, will take the stage for an evening of musical fusion. “It’s just a variety of bluegrass, folk, old time Celtic,” said Ruth Smith. “Just a nice array of music.” Reid is considered somewhat of a master of the...
Tim finished his Easter bunny pic
With the help of his wife, Mary, and daughter Sophie, Tim finished his Easter Bunny pic. It’s too bad he can’t enter it in the Easter Eggstravaganza coloring contest because this one would be tough to beat. If you’re between the age of 4 to 12, you still have time to enter. Drawings will be accepted through Friday, so go to yourconcordtv.org/projects/easter-eggstravaganza for more info and to print out the page above. Happy coloring,...
Dan Zanes is putting on a Lead Belly concert
If you’ve never caught one of Dan Zanes’s benefit concerts, you might want to consider it.It’s a pretty awesome time that will have you tapping your feet and swaying those hips.And it just so happens that the Concord native is coming home to raise money for the Friendly Kitchen on Saturday.“Concord has been so supportive of me,” Zanes said. “And it’s always nice to see old friends.”While Zanes is well-known for his work in the world...
Capital Quilters Guild hosting biannual show
We really can’t think of anything more cozy-sounding than being in a room full of quilts.Don’t you just love weekend afternoons, curled up on the couch with a blanket that’s been hand sewn with care? They’re also just so nice to look at. That’s why we wanted to share that the Capital Quilters Guild is hosting its biannual quilt show, “Joy to Spring,” this weekend at NHTI.While you can’t take a nap with any of the quilts on display –...
More schools are getting friendship benches
About six months ago, we introduced you to Bow High senior Jack Rich.For his senior project, Rich raised almost $2,000 to purchase a friendship kit for Bow Elementary (which was his original goal) and a friendship bench for Dunbarton Elementary (because he collected so much extra money).His mom, Jean, is the one who come across the website for Tiny Girl, Big Dream – the company who creates the kits – and showed it to Rich. And that’s...
This Week in Concord History
March 28, 2003: The Concord Monitor is named New England Newspaper of the Year by the New England Newspaper Association. It is the 13th time the daily Monitor has won the award since the contest debuted 20 years ago. March 29, 1909: George Foster, a real estate man and investor, takes over the Abbot and Downing Co., once again saving it from collapse. Foster will bail out just over two years later, and yet another new owner...
Bulletin Board
Rundlett showing ‘Screenagers’ Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6 ½ hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time — friction she knew all too...
Book of the Week: ‘Nagasaki’
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War Susan Southard 2015, 302 pages Nonfiction Published 70 years after an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese port city, Southard’s Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War presents the stories of numerous survivors and their experiences following the bomb. Southard’s story focuses on five hibakusha –“bomb affected people” – in particular, and traces their movements on the morning of the bombing and in...
