We caught up with SNOB Film Festival co-director Derek Obrey
Derek Obrey is kind of a big deal at the Somewhat North Of Boston Film Festival, considering he has the title of co-director. So when we wanted to find out about all the festival’s little details, we asked Obrey for the scoop. So how does one get a movie into the festival? Typically most of our films are submitted through one of two film submission websites. We have been using the website “Without a Box” for the past six years, and...
Pedro Pimentel made another movie and it will be at SNOB
When Pedro Pimentel began writing the screenplay to The Priest, he pictured it taking place in Concord. So it’s only right that it was shot entirely at the Kimball-Jenkins Estate, made its world premiere at Red River Theatres and will make its film festival debut at the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival this weekend. You may remember Pimentel from his days as the president of the Concord High School Film Society or the previous...
Tim decides to celebrate Movember – by getting a sweet new ’stache
Some guys out there can just simply grow a beard. Unfortunately, I’m not one of them. No matter how long I let my facial hair grow, it just doesn’t seem to fill in the spots necessary for something people would actually consider a beard, instead of someone who’s just lazy and doesn’t shave. I can pull off a goatee, but that’s about all. For a little while now, my wife has been hinting about wanting to see my clean shaven face again,...
Concord 250 unveils mosaics that honor the city’s past and present
We like to think Concord is pretty special. And there’s lots of cool stuff around the city to back up our argument. We’re not just saying that because it’s the Granite State capital’s 250th birthday this year, but it certainly has helped to solidify our point. Need more proof? Head over to the library one of these days and check out the Concord 250 mosaics. They’re the four rather big and colorful panels hanging on the walls above the...
Plenty of awesome stuff to do this week
Tuesday In the thick of football season now, it’s important to remember that concussions can and do happen on the field, and that you don’t want to get one. What you do want to do, however, is check out the Concussion Awareness Day Fundraiser at Orange Leaf from 5 to 9 p.m. The event will benefit the Brain Injury Association, with 20 percent of sales going toward BIANH programs that promote concussion education. Wednesday You can’t...
The Capitol Center for the Arts celebrates 20 years of performance
You may have noticed that 2015 has been the year for anniversaries around here. Whether it’s the city’s 250th anniversary of incorporation, the Sewalls Falls Bridge’s 100th anniversary of construction or your parents’ 35th wedding anniversary, it’s hard to escape all the milestones this year. Now you can add the Capitol Center for the Arts’s 20th anniversary to that list. The last weekend in September and first weekend in October, the...
We won an actual award and have a shiny new plaque to prove it
We know we’re kind of a big deal around these parts. But who knew we’d branch out so quickly? It was only a couple months ago that we took our talents to Bow and now we’re getting recognized at the state level. That’s right Insider fans, your city-covering newspaper not named the Monitor was given the Special State Newspaper/Media Award at the New Hampshire State Grange’s 142nd annual session last month. Not too shabby, if you ask us,...
Everything you ever wanted to know about SNOB – and then some
It’s that time of year again. Leaves are falling all around. Pumpkin spice in the air. High boots and scarves are in the regular rotation. Baseball season is over. And SNOB is back in town. That’s right, the annual Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival is back for another year, and it’s right here in Concord once again. The festival is a celebration of all things indie – music, beer and, obviously, film. People from all over New...
Sadly, this will be the final year of the SNOB as we know it
The SNOB Film Festival has had a good run over the last decade plus. But when the longtime Somewhat North of Boston shindig wraps up this weekend, it will be the end of the film festival as we know it. Don’t worry, organizers aren’t pulling the plug on the popular yearly moviegoers paradise, but rather it will be a reset of sorts. This is the last year of the SNOB. When the event rolls around in 2016, it will be under a new name. What...
Try SNOBier, made by Great North Aleworks, before it’s gone!
We all know that beer makes the world go round. It’s the drink that brings adults together to share ideas and speak freely. It’s what we want after a long week of work, school, kids, life. And it’s one of the centerpieces of the Somewhat North Of Boston Film Festival. The festival has traditionally held beer tastings on the first night (this year will feature tastings every night of the festival at Red River starting at 5 p.m.), and a...
Treat your ears to some cool tunes between movies and beers
In case you didn’t know, music is kind of a big deal at the SNOB Film Festival. Yeah, sure, it’s a film festival, but don’t sleep on the music side of things. The festival always gets lots of great acts from New Hampshire and the Northeast in general, and a lot of people really look forward to hearing some good local music between films and beers. We caught up with Rob Azevedo, of SoundCheck fame, who helps organize the musical aspect...
Don’t be afraid to touch the art in the League’s Insightful exhibit
Stop us if you’ve heard this before. You walk into an art gallery and see a sign that says “please don’t touch.” We can certainly understand the reasoning behind it. More often than not, the artist or crafter has spent many hours working on that piece and it’s probably quite delicate. So they don’t really want you putting your grubby hands all over it – or clean hands for that fact. But that doesn’t mean you don’t want to cop a feel...
Meet Ian West – he really wants to get on the Barley House menu
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to another “Young Professional of the Month,” Ian West. Thank you to Annika Stanley-Smith who arranged the interview. How old are you? 32 Where do you live? #concordnh Where do you currently work? Southern New Hampshire University Where did you go to school? I spent my formative K-12 years in the ConVal school system in Peterborough,...
The Bulletin Board
VNA to offer holiday grief session in Bow Nov. 17 Concord Regional VNA is offering “The Grief Experience Through the Holidays,” free session Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 Church St. in Bow. The special holiday session offers support for those facing the winter holidays while grieving the loss of a loved one. Pre-registration is required. To register, call 224-4093, ext. 2828 or email...
City Briefly
Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell began work on his screenplay entitled City Memo: The Life and Times of Concord’s City Manager. But soon, he realized it was nothing more than a bunch of notes about what’s currently going on in the city. So instead of actually turning it into a movie, Aspell put it in city memo form for all to enjoy. A smooth surface Loudon Road paving Continental Paving will be installing permanent pavement on the...
Book of the Week: ‘All Fall Down’
All Fall Down Jennifer Weiner 2014, 381 pages Fiction Sitting in her daughter’s pediatrician’s waiting area, Allison Weiss is reading a quiz in a magazine entitled “Has your drinking or drug use become a problem?” Some of her answers make her stop and think about the Vicodin and Percocet she’s taking. They are, after all, prescription medications. So what if she takes an extra dose every now and then? Allison appears to be living the...
This Week in Concord History
Nov. 10, 1854: Concord’s Unitarian Church is destroyed by fire. Nov. 10, 1995: The refurbished Capitol Center for the Arts reopens on South Main Street. The opening show features folkies John Sebastian, Jonathan Edwards, Janis Ian and New Hampshire’s own Tom Rush. Nov. 10, 2003: The Concord City Council votes to put an automated trash plan on hold until exact cost estimates are available. Nov. 11, 1874: Meeting in Concord’s Eagle...
