‘Don’t Talk to the Actors’ comes to Hatbox Theatre
‘Don’t Talk to the Actors” by Tom Dudzick will be presented by Hatbox regulars Lend Me a Theater through April 16. The best laid plans go awry when the cast and crew of a Broadway-bound play resort to manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic abandon to get what they want. Fledgling playwright Jerry Przpezniak and his fiancée Arlene are a couple of Buffalo greenhorns suddenly swept up in the whirlwind of New York’s theater scene...
Bulletin board
Life on the Edge of Adventure World-famous ice climber Majka Burhardt visits Gibson’s Bookstore April 11, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., this time with pen in-hand as a New Hampshire author to launch her book “More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood,” an intense and emotional epistolary memoir born at the intersections of motherhood, adventure, career, and marriage. As one of the world’s leading professional rock and ice...
Mud season is here
Here’s a look at what was included in the city newsletter last Friday: Meetings City meetings are held in person in Council Chambers at 37 Green St (unless otherwise specified on the City’s calendar). Upcoming meetings include: Zoning Board of Adjustment: April 5, 6 p.m. City Council: April 10, 7 p.m. Planning Board: April 19, 7 p.m. Visit concordnh.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx for City Council and Planning Board agendas, which...
This week in Concord history
April 6, 1945: The New Hampshire Methodist Conference rejects Rev. Robert G. Friend because he smokes. Friend is unrepentant, saying: “I do not intend to refrain from smoking unless it becomes clearly evident that the cause of Christ is being damaged.” The bishop nullifies the vote. April 6, 1993: For the first time, Concord’s Bob Tewksbury gets an opening day start, pitching for St. Louis at San Francisco. He loses but will...
Insider entertainment listings for April 6 to 16, 2023
Live music April 6 Shane Profitt with Annie Brobst Band at the Bank of NH Stage at 7 p.m. April 7 Paul Driscoll at Twin Barns Brewing Co from 5 to 8 p.m. Resurrection Blues Revue at 7 p.m. at Chubb Theatre. Andrea Paquin at Pour Decisions Brewing from 7 to 10 p.m. April 8 John McArthur at Downtown Concord Winter Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon. Lone Wolf Project at Twin Barns from 5 to 8 p.m. Kimayo at Over The Moon Farmstead from...
Book: American War
American War By Omar El Akkad (333 pages, fiction, 2017) As soon as you begin this book you are immersed in a future that we are all dreading: the coasts have flooded, refugees are pouring from the coasts to the interior states, the national capital has been moved from Washington, DC to Columbus, Ohio and the nation is embroiled in its second Civil War. This is the story of Sarat Chestnut and her family, refugees from Louisiana who...
