The farmers market will be open Monday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Liz Kantz and Entangled Strings will provide the entertainment, playing folk, country and Americana songs on a variety of stringed instruments. For more information, visit penacook.org.
CHERYL STINSON
753-9752
news03303@aol.com
Join other runners for the Runner’s Alley Capital City Classic 10K Road Race today at 9 a.m. This great course starts and finishes on Concord’s historic Main Street in front of the New Hampshire State House. The cost to participate is $40 for adults and $25 for kids 19 and under. All of the proceeds benefit two nonprofit groups in Concord – Concord Coalition to End Homelessness and Intown Concord. For more information, visit runnersalley.com.
The Concord public pools will open for season. Pools located on the west side are Garrison (31 Hutchins St.), Kimball (171 N. State St.) and White (1 White St.). There is no charge to use the pools for Concord and Penacook residents with ID. For more information, call Concord Parks and Recreation at 225-8690.
On Tuesday night, the Nevers Band will play a free concert at 6:30 p.m. at Presidential Oaks, 200 Pleasant St. Don’t forget to bring a chair.
Concord Hospital’s Center for Health Promotion will offer a class called Summer Fast and Fit on Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. or 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. starting July 7. This eight-week class is a structured weight loss program that uses meal/snack replacements at the onset. The cost to attend the class is $159, the cost of shakes is additional. For more information or to register, call 230-7300.
Concord’s quarterly property taxes are due on or before Friday.
LYNDA PLANTE
228-6800
soxpatscats@gmail.com
Paul Trembly, author of the acclaimed novel A Head Full of Ghosts, will speak at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. It will be revealed that there is evil at Devil’s Rock. Once again, Tremblay expertly blurs the lines of psychological suspense, supernatural horror and literary fiction.
Neil Hayward will come to Gibson’s Bookstore on July 7 at 5:30 p.m. Hayward was having a mid-life crisis. So what did he do? He went birding. Over the course of one year, he got so into doing that he ended up setting what birders refer to as the “Big Year Record.” He spotted and identified an extraordinary 749 species of birds in one year. He details his quest in this memoir Lost Among the Birds: Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year.
ConcordTV’s popular summer camp series returns! It’ll be another great summer of making videos, using the green screen and having fun with friends. Sign your child up now. Register at concordparksandrec.com
Distrx has launched. Have you downloaded Distrx yet? It’s a mobile app for iOS and Android, and it is starting to fill up with special offers from downtown businesses. Download to your mobile phone and have fun.
Need some organized fun for the kids this summer? Check out Concord Parks and Recreation camps and classes for crafts, swimming, time travel, adventure, mystery solving, soccer and yoga. For more information, visitconcordparksandrec.com or call 225-8690.
You can get your toes tapping every Tuesday at 7 p.m.when the Barley House on Main Street hosts an Irish music session. Come enjoy the musicians who play every week and hear some fantastic traditional tunes and instruments. They (sham)rock!
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com
EAST SIDE
Hatbox Theatre’s production of the thriller I’ll be Back Before Midnight will run through July 10 at 2 p.m. There are also shows at 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The theatre is located at the former Coldwater Creek store at the Steeplegate Mall and offers air-conditioned comfort. For more information, call 225-4555 or visit hatboxnh.com.
Concord Grange 322 will meet for a cookout Monday at 6 p.m. at the home of Dick Patten. There will be a business meeting following the cookout. The grange will be in recess until Aug. 22. The grange will sponsor the Nevers Band in Keach Park on July 26 at 7 p.m. For more information, call 496-2917.
City pools, including those at Keach and Merrill Parks are open until Aug. 12. For a complete schedule, visit concordparksandrec.com.
Concord Parks and Recreation at the Heights Community Center will host many summer camps. Visit concordparksandrec.com or call 225-8690 for more information. ConcordTV will also be hosting camps in July and August at Concord High School. Visit yourconcordtv.org or call 226-8872 for more information on these camps and about classes being held next month at the Heights Community Center.
The senior walking group will meet at the Heights Community Center on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a.m. Cribbage will be played from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday. Bone Builders will meet on Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. Ping pong will be played from 10 to noon on Wednesday. Mah Jongg will be played from 1 to 4 on Thursday. For more information, call Becky at 230-8872 or email rbukowski@ConcordNH. gov.
Horseshoe Pond Place has many activities for seniors, including a Corn Bean Bag Pitch Competition, on Thursday at noon. For information on activities, call Rich at 228-6956.
The Horseshoe Pond Toastmasters will meet Wednesday at noon at Northeast Delta Dental. For more information, call 223-1287.
The Karner Blue Toastmasters will meet Thursdays at 5 p.m. at the Environmental Services building on Hazen Drive. For more information, call 568-3128.
Members and friends of East Church are reminded that now is the time to bring in donations for the Aug. 6 Yard and Bake Sale. The church is also collecting any type of fabric items for the Epilepsy Foundation, including old shoes, pocketbooks, even clothing or textiles that are faded, stained or worn. Visit eastchurchucc.org for directions and more information.
CHRIS WEEDEN
224-1715
clweeden@comcast.net