Bulletin Board: Audi season-opening gala set for Sept. 15 at 6 p.m.
With a season-opening gala celebrating our lively arts community, the Friends of the Concord City Auditorium proclaim “We Love the Nightlife – the Concord Nightlife” and present a preview of the performances scheduled in 2013-2014.The nightlife begins Sept. 15 at 6 p.m., as “Grace,” the new pride and joy of the Abbot-Downing Historical Society, rolls up Prince Street. It’s the grand introduction of the Society’s second Concord Coach....
City briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell buys a box of sparklers and lights them all at once. He then runs around the State House lawn, wildly tracing the city memo in the air before burning all of his fingers. We were ready with gauze and bandages but instead took down the memo and present it here.Calling in celebratoryClosing up for freedomAll city offices, including the Concord Public Library, will be closed July 4 in observance of...
Bulletin Board: Historical Society to host John Hay discussion
John Taliaferro, author of All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt, will speak about the influential statesman and his connections to New Hampshire at the New Hampshire Historical Society Library, July 25 at 7 p.m. Hay was both witness to and author of many significant chapters in American history – from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the...
Annual art walk comes to downtown Concord on April 19 – get ready!
The Friends Program is excited to announce the Art Walk and auction preview on April 19, encompassing downtown Concord.The walk kicks off at 4 p.m. at the Concord Food Co-op (24 S. Main St.) with a wine tasting for all patrons. The walk ends with an artist reception (beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres) at 6 p.m. at Merrimack County Savings Bank (89 N. Main St.). This is a free event for the community in hopes to get many engaged about the...
Our favorite actress is Natalie Portmanteau
What else could a Grammarmatrix do but be lured in by the promising phrase, “A wacky way with words,” on the front page of the Feb. 3 Sunday Monitor. Music to the Grammarmatrix’s ears! And she wasn’t disappointed!“A wacky way with words” led the Grammarmatrix to the Books section on page D4. The Grammarmatrix found and loved Sarah Earle’s review of Calef Brown’s books. She inspired the Grammarmatrix to read Brown’s book, We Go...
