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Bananas, not GMOs,  for bluths

Friday, May 24, 2013

Do you care about where your food comes from? If you do, the State House is the place to be today, as the international March Against Monsanto comes to Concord at 2 p.m. With House Bill 660, the food-labeling bill to alert consumers about genetically-modified produce, doing no more than languishing in committee, Concordians are taking to the streets to voice their distaste for GMO behemoth Monsanto (the company fighting … 0

Concord High seniors Josh Storo, left, and Eileen Kelley rehearse Tuesday as The Phantom of the Opera and Chrisitne Daae at Concord High School.(Photo by Larry Crowe)

In Concord debut, ‘Phantom of the Opera’ promises musical thrills

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Hide your glassware, Concord. The Concord High School Drama Club is about to hit a high note. The over-achieving theater group, led by veteran director Clint Klose, is bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish musical The Phantom of the Opera to Concord for the first time. “It’s a very ambitious project. It’s the biggest … 0

Kathryn Hodges plays Sister Aloysius in “Doubt.”

Concord Community Players’ latest production is full of ‘Doubt’

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Truth is an ethereal thing, a hologram projected by the mind, in the Community Players’ production of Doubt. Audience members become jurors of a sort, grasping for objectivity in the absence of solid evidence. One thing is certain though: “They’re going to leave thinking,” said Kathryn Hodges, who plays Sister Aloysius in the … 0

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A torn flag wraps around its pole after a year of braving the elements. Civil Air Patrol cadets and volunteers replace the flags at Blossom Hill cemetery, May 18, 2013. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff) PHOTOS: Replacing the American flags at Blossom Hill Cemetery
More than 2,500 students from 64 high schools attended the New Hampshire Scholars program graduation at the State House Plaza in downtown Concord; Wednesday, May 22, 2013. TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff PHOTOS: New Hampshire Scholars Graduation
From left: Sybil Dupuis, House Speaker Terie Norelli, Gov. Maggie Hassan and David Berry cut a New Hampshire-shaped cake at the "New Hampshire Presidential Primary 100th Anniversary" celebration in the State House in Concord; Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Dupuis is the great-granddaughter of Stephen Bullock, author and sponsor of House Bill 430, which created New Hampshire's first official presidential primary. "This is one of the biggest honors of my life," Dupuis, who resides in Wells, Maine, said about being asked to speak at the celebration. (TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff) PHOTO: New Hampshire primary at 100
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After receiving their costumes for the first time, students playing the ladies-in-waiting gather during a dress rehearsal for the "Princess and the Pea" at Pencaook Elementary on January 18, 2013. The production is part of the Chidren's Stage Adventures company's week-long theater residency at the school. Auditions were held Monday and 71 students spent the week, minus the snow day on Wednesday, preparing for the performances Friday afternoon for the school and Friday evening for the community. The performance is a musical version of the classic fairy tale where the prince comes of age and goes on a quest mandated by his parents to find a princess to marry. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor Staff)

PHOTOS: “The Princess and The Pea” at Penacook Elementary School

Saturday, January 19, 2013

It’s the classic fairy tale of a pea and a prince who is desperate to marry a real princess, and this past week 71 Penacook Elementary School students prepared for a musical version of “The Princess and The … 0

To Do List: ‘Age of Rembrandt’ exhibit at Currier Museum of Art

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

An exhibit featuring prints and etchings by Rembrandt and his contemporaries is now in its final days at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester. “Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt” runs until Jan. 6. The exhibit features … 0

Samantha Hurd, 11, opens the door to a phone booth yesterday. Hurd and her family were visiting her grandparents in South Sutton for the holidays and stopped by the museum. The museum usually doesn’t open on Wednesdays but has extended their hours for winter vacation. ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff

PHOTOS: Visitors get extra days to stop by the New Hampshire Telephone Museum in Warner

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

F rom examples of what Alexander Graham Bell worked with in the late 1800s to modern-day phones shaped like SpongeBob SquarePants, the New Hampshire Telephone Museum in Warner delivers an interactive look at 130 years of a means … 0

To Do List: ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ on tap

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Just in time for Christmas: The All Saints Anglican Church is sponsoring a production of Amahl and the Night Visitors at the Concord City Auditorium. The show is tomorrow evening at 7:30, and admission is free and open to the public. The show – produced by Just Love … 0

The Purple Finches Childrens Chorus watches as Corinne Parker, 13 (left) and Kaylee Lane, 14 (right) do their ariel dance routine as the two calling birds in The Twelve Days of Christmas at the Capitol Center for the Arts; December 15, 2012.Over 100 Dancers and singers performed in The Twelve Days of Christmas, featuring the Eastern Ballet Institute and the White Birch Youth Ballet as well as ariel dancers, gymnasts and music performed by the Purple Finches Children's Chorus Cabbageheads and African drummers. (SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor Staff)

Photos: The 12 Days of Christmas at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord

Monday, December 17, 2012

Brandi Reed, director of the Eastern Ballet Institute put on “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with more than 100 dancers at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Saturday. The performance included dancers from the Eastern Ballet Institute, … 0

Discovery center layoffs mark change to privatization

Thursday, December 13, 2012

The staff of nine full-time workers and 25 part-timers at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center have been told they will be laid off at the start of the new year, with a chance for some to return once the facility switches from a state-run attraction to one that is … 0

The New Hampshire School of Ballet performs The Nutcracker at the Concord City Auditorium on Saturday Dec. 20, 2008. (Concord Monitor photo/William DeShazer)

Concord audiences can toast season with two takes on ‘Nutcracker’

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Though they will be using different feet, it’s all the same sugar plums. The Concord City Auditorium will host the classic Nutcracker ballet two weekends this month, as interpreted by two different dance studios: Turning Pointe Center of … 0

Chelsea Pettibone, center, paces around the Concord Community Players' studio while reciting lines before her audition on Monday night, December 3, 2012, for the part of Gretchen, a German airline hostess who is outwardly insecure and ruled by her heart in the troupe's production of Boeing Boeing. The play is directed by Jim Webber and will be presented next February at the Concord City Auditorium. (ANDREA MORALES/ Monitor staff)

Photos: Concord Community Players hold auditions for 'Boeing Boeing'

Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Concord Community Players put out a call for local actors to come and try out for a part in their production of “Boeing Boeing,” a French play about a man juggling three girlfriends, translated into English and … 0

Dancers from St. Paul's School and the community perform "The Nutcracker" at the Capitol Center for the Performing Arts in Concord in 2010. (Monitor file)

Thursday, December 6, 2012

THE ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL Ballet Co. will present free performances of Act II of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker tonight and tomorrow at Memorial Hall on the school’s campus in Concord. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Seats are open to … 0

“CSI: Neverland” cast members rehearse. The show plays today through Saturday.

Middle school show gives ‘Peter Pan’ an investigative spin

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Even a squinty-eyed David Caruso would be stymied by something so dastardly as the murder of . . . a shadow. Especially when that shadow belongs to none other than Peter Pantaloons. More than two dozen Rundlett Middle … 0

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