If you've always wanted to be the highest bidder . . .
It's 5:30 on a Thursday night and the Concord Auction Center is buzzing with excitement. Dozens of bargain-hungry shoppers and antiques aficionados are circling the hall like sharks, eyeing the goodies laid out on the rows of tables before them. The older folks in the crowd have already grabbed their dinners – chili, egg salad sandwiches and Greek salads are on the menu this week – and bide their time waiting for the...
Photo exhibit takes an up-close look at the small things
Three gravestones catch my eye. Each one has a single word printed across it. Brother. Mother. Father. The stones are simple yet profound, which is why I stop. “When I die, will people sum me up with just one word?” I think to myself. This is a weighty thought for 1 p.m. on a Wednesday. I’m usually thinking about the Lean Cuisine waiting for me in the freezer. You can find these particular stones at Blossom Hill Cemetery, but I saw...
Children's author David Elliott plays along
We’re just a bunch of big kids at heart here at The Insider, so when we heard children’s author and Warner resident David Elliott was coming to Gibson’s Bookstore, 27 S. Main St., on Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. to promote his new book, “Finn Throws a Fit” (Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering) we were instantly giddy. Not that David needs to do much promoting. “Finn Throws a Fit” has already been favorably reviewed by “Publishers Weekly” and “The...
Holiday giving guide
Last week we gave you pie; this week we're giving you an opportunity to give to an organization in need. Is this a feel-good month or what? You may thank us with stickers and donations toward our candy bowl fund, if you wish. (Just kidding, unless you really want to bring us candy. Also, we like motivational stickers best. And Skittles.) This is our third annual giving guide and our third year working with United Way of Merrimack...
Concord's literary Siskel and Roeper
Good things come in pairs. Bert and Ernie. Peanut butter and jelly. Ashton and Demi. Anita Hickey and Mickey Russo. If you don’t already know Anita and Mickey, you’ll have the chance to get to know them on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. when the fifth season of “Book Swap Café” begins on Concord TV Channel 22. The “Book Swap Café” is a 30-minute show in which co-hosts Mickey and Anita review a book and then interview a New England author. Anita,...
