Stamp collectors to meet in Bow
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors will hold its monthly meeting at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Oct. 18 beginning at 1 p.m. All who are interested in stamp collecting are welcome to attend. Meet other collectors and learn more about the hobby, and varied interests in Philatelic resources and issues.
For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
Dan Day
Check out a film screening Friday
The NHTI Film Society will screen The Bridge on the River Kwai on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Sweeney Auditorium.
Admission is by donation ($5 suggested); free with an NHTI student ID. For more information contact Steve Ambra at 271-6484 ext. 4101 or sambra@ccsnh.edu.
Doug Schwarz
Learn about aging and forgetfulness
Concord Regional VNA is offering a free presentation “Have You Seen My Glasses” on Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. at Heights Community Center, 14 Canterbury Road.
All of us have probably experienced occasional episodes of forgetfulness, however there are differences between typical age related forgetfulness and dementia-related illness. Find out if forgetfulness is a natural part of aging or something you can improve. Learn how to keep your brain and your memory in shape.
There is no fee to attend this presentation, but registration is required. To register, call 224-4093 or 1-800-924-8620, ext. 5815, or visit crvna.org.
Andrew Morse
Wednesday’s Wisdom Pot Luck
Come enjoy Tomas O’Leary’s wit and humor at Wednesday’s Wisdom Pot Luck from 6 to 8 p.m.
O’Leary, a poet, translator, music-maker, singer, artist and expressive therapist, has a volume of new and selected poems from Lynx House Press, In the Wellspring of the Ear.
His previous books of poetry are Fool at the Funeral, The Devil Take a Crooked House, and A Prayer for Everyone. A teacher for many years, he has worked the past couple decades with folks who have Alzheimer’s, playing Irish accordion and eliciting cognitive and emotional responses through songs, stories, poems, and free-wheeling conversation.
Bring a dish to share. The event is free and open to the public.
Pam Tarbell
Enter to win a new showerhead
All Concord water customers who are enrolled in the city’s automatic utility billing payment plan, E-Z Pay, by Oct. 21 will be entered for a chance to win one of five high-performance WaterSense labeled showerheads.
Concord General Services is hosting its “E-Z Pay for WaterSense” contest for the third year in celebration of October being EPA WaterSense’s “Shower Better Month.”
Enroll in E-Z Pay in person at the Utility Billing Office at 311 N. State St., or print the form online at concordnh.gov/utilitybilling and return it to the Utility Billing Office in person or bymail.
Consumers enrolled in E-Z Pay still receive a bill summary, which includes the date that the authorized bank account will be drafted, making it easy to track payments.
Full official contest rules and more information are available at the Utility Billing Office and online at concordnh.gov/watersense.
Angelina Zulkic
Get your tickets for murder mystery
The Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, will present the makings of a very exciting murder mystery …. “The Fifth Gospel.”
The play will be held on Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. and on Oct. 29 at noon and 5 p.m. Come and see if you can solve the mystery of “who done it” before anyone else. Religious leaders gather from around the world to bid for Dr. Stanley Rollingstone’s startling discovery of a Fifth Gospel which will change Christianity as we know it.
Tickets, which include dinner, are $20 and may be reserved by calling Sharon Stewart at 623-3544 or email at stew18@comcast.net. Reservation deadline is Oct. 24.
Joan Day
Silent film with music at Red River
The Cat and the Canary, a haunted house thriller from Hollywood’s silent film era, will be screened with live music on Friday at 7 p.m. at Red River Theatres.
The screening will use a fully restored print that shows the film as audiences would have originally experienced it. The Cat and the Canary will be accompanied by live music by New Hampshire composer Jeff Rapsis, who specializes in silent film scoring.
Rapsis will improvise the score on the spot during the screening.
“Silent film is all about the audience experience, and this one is a perfect Halloween crowd-pleaser,” Rapsis said. “It has something for everyone – spooky scenes, some good comedy, and it’s all fine for the whole family.”
Admission is $10 per person.
For more info, call 224-4600 or visit redrivertheatres.org. For more about the music, visit jeffrapsis.com.
Jeff Rapsis
