Your official Insider Summer Guide, 2018 edition
Well, here we are, folks. Another year, another summer on the horizon, another jam-packed installment of our annual Summer Guide. We’ve already pulled out some highlight events from Concord and the rest of the state for you, and now it’s time to give you the rest. Here’s what’s going on across the state all summer long. June 9 9th Annual Herb & Garden Day Herbal educators and seasoned growers from all walks of life will come...
Mark your calendars for these key summer events in Concord
Before we get into the full-size Summer Guide in a few pages, we thought we’d provide you with a quick glance at some of Concord’s marquee events coming up this summer. The full guide can be pretty overwhelming, and since many of you reading this do, in fact, live right here in Concord, we thought this piece would be a handy reference for you to use when planning out your summer in the city.Market DaysMarket Days is one of the bigger...
There’s plenty to do all over the Granite State this summer
With summer fast approaching, everybody wants to have some things to look forward to during our short-lived season of fun. While there’s plenty to do right here in Concord, we recognize staying in the same place for too long can get boring and that many of you might like to cruise around the state and find something to do.That’s why we pulled together this little roundup of some fun that can be had all over the Granite State this...
We added a new member to the Insider team
After months of guessing when it would actually happen and a couple extra weeks of waiting, there’s finally a new addition to the Insider team! On May 22 at 4:07 p.m., editor Tim Goodwin and his wife, Mary, welcomed their second daughter, Penelope Joan Goodwin, to the family – joining big sister Sophie.It was a day the Goodwins had been looking forward to for 15 days past the nine-month mark, as their little Sweet P decided to wait...
Concord’s new community center ready to open to the public
The last time we saw the building that has since become the new community center – formerly Dame School on Canterbury Road – there was a gigantic pile of classroom chairs in the parking lot, and the whole place was surrounded by construction fencing.Now it has a whole new entryway, landscaping and a fresh, modern look inside and out. After about a year of hard work, the new space is finally set to open to the public on Monday, with...
Entertainment: As weather heats up, so does the music scene
As we enter June, the live entertainment – particularly the outdoor variety – tends to pick up, and it’s no different right now as the Nevers’ Second Regiment Band is set to play its first outdoor show of the year next Tuesday at Eagle Square. There’s plenty more on the entertainment front this week, too, such as: Music Tuesday Poor Howard at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Rob Wolfe at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m....
See lots of Abbot-Downing vehicles Saturday
Are you a fan of the Abbot-Downing coaches? It’s kind of a silly question, because of course you are – they were made right here in Concord, after all.So head down to Johnny Prescott Heating Oil Propane on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., because in addition to helping the area with its heating needs since 1940, it also doubles as a homage to the Abbot-Downing Co. and the vehicles it built.It’s the largest collection of the...
Join Concord Food Co-op for Tai Chi & Dinner Picnic at Canterbury Shaker Village
Join the Concord Food Co-op at Canterbury Shaker Village on Wednesday for Tai Chi & Dinner Picnic.Instructor Marcia Wyman will lead a Tai Chi class for adults 18 and older. No prior experience is required. This will be a great opportunity for newcomers.The event is free and open to the public. Bring a friend or significant other. This is an adult class, so any children would be required to sit quietly and be supervised by an...
Bulletin Board: Strawberry jam, dance show and live auction
Pedaling for Payson fundraiser Join the Concord Hospital Trust team as they host a Pedaling for Payson fundraiser with a “Bike Night on the Big Screen” on Thursday at Red River Theaters at 6:30 p.m. Reveal the Path is a genre-defying adventure film that contemplates what it means to live an inspired life using the bicycle as a mechanism to explore, dream and discover. Regions explored include Scotland’s lush valleys, Europe’s snow...
Search for next N.H. poet laureate is on – get nominations in by July 20
Nominations are now being accepted for the next New Hampshire poet laureate. Current Poet Laureate Alice Fogel will complete her term in March 2019, after five years serving as an ambassador for New Hampshire’s poets and raising the visibility and value of poetry in the state.Former New Hampshire poets laureate include Walter Butts, Patricia Fargnoli, Donald Hall, Marie Harris, Cynthia Huntington, Jane Kenyon and Maxine Kumin.New...
9th Annual Herb & Garden Day to be held at Canterbury Shaker Village
On Saturday, herbal educators and seasoned growers from all walks of life will come together to share their unique knowledge and build upon a tapestry of age-old wisdom about trees and seeds, herbs and plants, and the power of nature to heal.The 9th Annual Herb & Garden Day, presented by New Hampshire Herbal Network, will take place among the historic buildings and stunning landscape of Canterbury Shaker Village, featuring 12...
En plein air paintings at Concord Chamber
Jessica Fligg really likes to do en plein air paintings. No matter the season, she is out there painting away with her oils and watercolors. A couple years ago, we featured her exhibit at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce that focused on paintings from one year (October 2014 to September 2015). Now Fligg, who “studies how lines, positive and negative spaces, lights and shadows work together to create space and visual pathways,”...
Hatbox to host ‘Rednecks to Rhinestones’
Monitor staff This Friday, don’t miss the world premiere of Laughta in New Hampsha’s Comedy Cabaret: Rednecks to Rhinestones at the Hatbox Theatre.The show is a musical play written by “true Southern girl” Seraphim Afflick, and it features performers from local theater productions as well as stand-up comedy students from local production company Laughta in New Hampsha’s classes.The story takes place in the fictional town of Blueballs,...
Kimball Jenkins to host Princess, Fairy & Gnome Festival
Monitor staff This Sunday, the Kimball-Jenkins Estate invites you and your children to join them at their fourth annual Princess, Fairy & Gnome Festival. What started in 2015 as an event for young fairy-lovers to build their own homes for the tiny sprites has since expanded to include gnomes and princesses. Kimball-Jenkins’s business manager, Rachel Young, says she added gnomes to the festival for its second year in order to...
New exhibits at McGowan and Larsen Gallery
Mill Brook Gallery Spring and Summer Through: Sept. 2 Outdoor Exhibit Through: Oct. 14 Location: 236 Hopkinton Road Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. League of N.H. Craftsmen Fairy Tales and Fantasies Through: June 15 The Grodin Collection Through: Ongoing Location: 49 S. Main St., Suite 100 Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Student Show Opens: June 18 Location: 266 N. Main St. Hours:...
National Public Works Week was a smash hit in Concord
National Public Works Week was held the week of May 20-26, and the City of Concord’s public works department, Concord General Services, hosted events to raise awareness in the community about the importance of public works services and to recognize employees for their dedicated service all year long.Concord General Services started celebrations for National Public Works Week by hosting a Public Works Twitter Party on May 21. The...
Celebrating a milestone anniversary at GoodLife
Monitor staffGoodLife will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a festive evening of food and wine, entertainment and a silent auction on June 14.The evening will recognize donors, participants and instructors.GoodLife evolved from the closing of the Centennial Home for the Aged, what is now the Centennial Hotel, in the 1990s, said Holly Hale, GoodLife executive director. The Centennial Senior Center was formed with a financial gift...
Elaine Povich to present ‘John McCain: American Maverick’ at Gibson’s Bookstore
Award-winning Washington journalist Elaine S. Povich will be at Gibson’s Bookstore on Thursday to take you on a photographic journey of Sen. John McCain, sharing personal stories from her extensive time following his Washington adventures as she presents John McCain: American Maverick.As of Jan. 3, John Sidney McCain III, one of the most influential statesmen of our time, will have served as a U.S. senator for 31 years – 11,324 days....
Missed Connections: Sewalls Falls trails, the gym among hot spots for courtship, apparently
Even though Craigslist officially removed its entire “Personals” section over a month ago, that hasn’t stopped the legions of die-hard Missed Connections fans from hoping to find Mr. or Mrs. Right through anonymous internet personal ads – now filed under the website’s “Community” section. Once again, we rounded up some of the highlights (if you want to call them that) posted in the past month and reproduced them here, in all of their...
On The Road: The ‘Insider’ goes to Aruba
The Insider was lucky enough to take an exotic, tropical vacation last month, thanks to three hardcore fans. Irene Dupont, Kathy Daggett and Priscilla Masse brought a copy of the Insider along with them on their trip to Aruba in May. Masse hand-delivered the photo to our office, reporting that they had great weather the whole trip – which was, of course, made so much better by having the Insider with them. Thanks for bringing us...
Book of the Week: ‘Song of the Lion’
Song of the Lion Anne Hillerman 2017, 384 pages Fiction/mystery Navajo Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito responds to a bombing at the Shiprock High School. Someone has set off a fire bomb and destroyed a car. Bernadette must deal with crowd control and maintaining the crime scene. Her arrogant rookie co-worker and the crowds aren’t making it easy. And then they find the body in the car.The intended victim may have been the mediator...
This Week in Concord History
June 5, 1845: John Parker Hale and Franklin Pierce debate slavery before an overflow crowd at the Old North Meeting House in Concord. After one antislavery speech from Hale, a veteran known as Old John Virgin blurts out: “Give it to ‘em, Jack. Drive the poor vipers into their dens, and make ‘em pull their holes in after them.” In response to a pro-Southern argument from Pierce, Hale proclaims: “I refuse to bow down and worship...
