Indoor/outdoor yard sale Saturday
East Congregational Church will host an indoor/outdoor yard and bake on Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There will be clothing, books, holiday decor, kitchenware, glassware, decorative items, toys, games, puzzles, and much more available. The $3 bag sale starts at 11 a.m. Don’t miss the yummy bake sale. The sale will be held rain or shine.
For more information and directions, visit eastchurchucc.org . The church is located at 51 Mountain Road, mile off exit 16 on I-93.
Kay Garrigan
Pair of one-acts at Hatbox Theatre
Lend Me A Theater is bringing two, one-act plays, The Whole Shebang and Bob’s Date to the Hatbox Theatre for a two week run beginning Aug. 4.
The Whole Shebang by Rich Orloff asks the question “What if the entire universe was just some nerd’s science project?” In a classroom in a dimension far beyond ours, a student striving for a “Master of the Universe” degree gives an oral presentation on an unusual thesis – the creation of the heavens and the earth. Two professors and a dean interrogate the student and his two visual aids, a “typical” man and woman.
In Bob’s Date by John Shanahan, Bob is going on his first date in two years. All of his manly inner attributes – logic, confidence, nerves, libido and bull – are gearing up for the event. Then, a love-at-first-sight moment wakes long-sleeping emotion and she threatens to throw the night into chaos. But if the men weren’t ready to handle emotion, then they’re certainly not prepared to take on the memory of the woman who broke Bob’s heart.
The shows will be held Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. through Aug. 13. Tickets are $16.50 for adults; $13.50 for members, seniors and students. For more, visit hatboxnh.com.
Kevin Barrett
Paper Store to help out Jimmy Fund
Through Aug. 15, customers at The Paper Store will be invited to contribute $1, $3 or $5 to the Jimmy Fund’s “Strike Out Cancer” pin-up campaign. In return for their contributions, customers will receive a baseball pin-up to write their name, or the name of a friend or loved one. The pin-ups will be displayed in store, showing customers how easy it is to make a difference in the fight against cancer.
The Paper Store has supported the Jimmy Fund since 2011, having raised more than $260,000 for the “Strike Out Cancer” campaign. When customers purchase a baseball pin-up, 100 percent of the proceeds go directly to the Jimmy Fund, which supports cancer research and patient care at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Colleen Brown
Learn all about living with 40 dogs
Iditarod racer Joseph Robertia visits Gibson’s Bookstore on Aug. 9 at 5:30 p.m. to present Life With Forty Dogs: Misadventures with Runts, Rejects, Retirees, and Rescues, a collection of canine-related conundrums that a couple (and their little girl) faces as a result of opening their lives, hearts and home to 40 dogs – living with, caring for and rehabilitating rescued dogs 24/7.
The event is free and open to the public.
Elisabeth Jewell
‘Beauty and the Beast’ at library
The story and characters you know and love come to spectacular life in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic Beauty and the Beast during the Concord Public Library’s summer movie night on Aug. 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Kevin Kline, Beauty and the Beast is a cinematic event celebrating one of the most beloved tales ever told.
This movie is rated PG and runs for 129 minutes, and will be shown in the library auditorium.
Insider staff
Tour Cole Gardens greenhouse
Cole Gardens is hosting an open house at its D.S. Cole Greenhouse in Loudon (251 N. Village Road) on Thursday at 5 p.m.
You can see the new plant introductions for next year, take a tour of the six-acre greenhouse and admire the display gardens.
The tour begins at 5 p.m.
To hold your spot, call 229-0655.
Charlie Cole
Four city pools to extend season
The Concord Parks & Recreation Department has announced that the pools at White Park, Rolfe Park, Rollins Park and Merrill Park will remain open for one additional week this summer, until Aug. 18.
The pools will be open for public swim from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; and from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday during the extra week.
The other three community pools will close as originally scheduled on Friday, Aug. 11.
For more information about city pools, visit concordparksandrec.com.
City memo
National Night Out at Rollins Park
Don’t forget that Concord’s National Night Out will be held Tuesday, Aug. 1 at Rollins Park beginning at 5 p.m.
There will be police vehicles and demonstrations; safety, health and service booths; wildlife displays and animal encounters; touch-a-truck with vehicles from police, fire and general services; dancing and fun on the grass with music; inflatable slide and activities for the kids, and contests and kids events by Concord Parks and Recreation – and so much more.
The N.H. National Guard will even land a Black Hawk Helicopter!
The will be a free shuttle from Rundlett Middle School. All foods and refreshments are only $1 each.
For more information, visit concordnh.gov or contact the Concord Police Community Resource Unit at 225-8600, ext. 3738.
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