Arts & Life

From the farm: Three calves land in livestock heaven

03-16-2024 10:00 AM

Karl Wiegandt called looking for two small Scottish Highland heifers for his Berry Farm, a busy and lively agritourist attraction. I had the perfect pair for him: two friendly heifers, Rosemary Lynn and Pepper Spice. He wanted a third smallish calf...


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Vintage Views: Our ancestors were flying in 1884

03-15-2024 4:35 PM

As the year 1882 arrived in Concord, our ancestors could be found down on Main Street enjoying the latest events boasted by the newspapers. The infamous bandit Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the United States...


Q&A with local musician Lucas Gallo

03-13-2024 8:00 AM

What first got you into music/art/performance? There was always music in my house as a child. On weekends, there were always the sounds of Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Aerosmith, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, etc. blasting out of my father’s Bose...


‘Excavations’ on view at Concord gallery

03-12-2024 8:05 PM

PILLAR Gallery + Projects is a new exhibition space in Concord, NH. Their third exhibition, Excavations, is on view through March 22.PILLAR Gallery + Projects third exhibition, Excavations, presents themes of geological time and forms, slower paced...


Mia Vassilev and Co. rock the Audi on March 16

03-12-2024 8:01 PM

Prepare for an evening that’s part Vegas, part Pops, and all Fabulous as the Concord Community Concert Association opens its 93rd Spring Season Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m., at Concord City Auditorium with Mia Vassilev, the internationally...


Vintage Views: The last sugar bucket

03-09-2024 12:00 PM

I walked the same hundred acres that my grandfather did so many decades before. A slight fog was burning off as I crested the hill at the center of the property and looked out over the hundreds of New Hampshire sugar maples.A family tradition at first...


From the farm: The magic of oxen

03-09-2024 10:00 AM

By CAROLE SOULE

Each of the 27 bovines on Miles Smith Farm has a job. Cows give birth; bulls are dads; and steers (castrated bulls) are meat (usually). I had been a vegetarian until I realized that what I hated was the cruelty of feed lots and the abuse of cattle.My...


Love notes to our family home on the Heights

03-03-2024 6:00 AM

By LISA PREVOST

When it came time to clean out my parents’ house to ready it for sale just over a year ago, my brother Rick was nowhere to be found.I thought that he and our other two siblings were in agreement that we would sell our 60-year-old family home on the...


From the archives: Town meeting day — a New England tradition

03-02-2024 8:00 AM

By ASHLEY MILLER

Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.Every March, citizens from towns throughout New Hampshire gather for Town Meeting day. They discuss issues, raise warrants, and some even eat cake.The practice of...


In Hopkinton, community connects with ukuleles

02-26-2024 4:24 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Echoes of melodic strumming and the gentle fluttering of sheet music fill the walls of Hopkinton’s library in the evenings, as the Contookuleles gather at their monthly meetups, for a celebration of their shared passion for music and the ukulele.Ric...


Take Me Outside: Eastern coyotes – scary neighbors or important managers?

02-25-2024 6:00 AM

A few weeks ago my friend, fellow Monitor columnist and local farmer, Carole Soule shared a story about coyotes on her farm. Though I’m not a commercial farmer, I sympathize with the angst Carole felt about sharing her farm with canine predators. I...


From the farm: How to converse with a cow

02-24-2024 4:00 PM

Every tot knows that cows go “moo,” but there’s a little more to it than that. The soft chortle-moo of mother to baby is distinct from the growl-moo of one bull challenging another, which differs from the impatient moos of hungry cattle. Continuous...


Vintage Views: Concord’s Main Street has served as a gathering spot for years

02-24-2024 3:00 PM

As our ancestors gathered down on Main Street just over 130 years ago there was much conversation about the current events of the day. The people of Concord felt they were living on the cutting edge of technology as they sat, dined and observed the...


The farmer’s daughter and the theatre

02-22-2024 4:26 PM

By GAIL MATTHEWS

Some of the life lessons learned in the theatre: self awareness, teamwork, time management, dealing with all types of people and situations, being realistic, being adaptive with good problem-solving skills, and not letting the problem of everyday life...


Dreaming of summer peaches?

02-22-2024 3:46 PM

By JESSICA DAMIANO

I planted my first peach tree last June, five months before Pantone named Peach Fuzz the 2024 color of the year. How serendipitous!Today peachy tones are showing up everywhere, from TV backdrops to home furnishings, clothing and brand logos. But for...


A Sherlock Holmes live radio mystery

02-21-2024 3:38 PM

The Winni Players Community Theatre’s tradition of presenting radio plays live on stage continues Feb. 22 ot 25 with “The Sherlock Mystery Radio Hour.” Audiences will visit the world of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in an event that Playhouse...


MILF Life Crisis at Bank of NH Stage

02-21-2024 3:35 PM

Your whole life, you just wanted to get married and have babies. It took a bit of time to get there, but you got there. But your perfect life has fallen apart. Now you have your beautiful children and a parenting schedule with the ex. Did you really...


‘Every wedding we have is completely unique’

02-19-2024 11:23 AM

By JESSECA TIMMONS

In over two decades of years of running Curtis Farm Outdoor Weddings & Events, Matt Fish of Wilton has pretty much seen it all. “After doing this for 23 years, we can handle just about any challenge on the fly,” Fish said. “You name it, we’ve had it...


From the farm: Tame cattle won’t gore you

02-17-2024 9:00 PM

By CAROLE SOULE

‘Look at that bull! He’s going to come over here and stab you with his horns!” The boy, about eight years old, was sharing his knowledge of horned cattle with his younger brother at the Deerfield Fair. It was early morning, and I was acclimating one...


Son honors father’s music at Chubb Theatre

02-13-2024 12:58 PM

Billboard charting singer/songwriter A.J. Croce will be performing at Chubb Theatre on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. on his special “Croce Plays Croce 50th Anniversary Tour” in honor of the memory of his late, legendary father, hitmaker singer-songwriter, Jim...



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