■The Penacook Farmers Market will be open Monday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at 95 to 97 Village St., (Route 3).
The United Church of Penacook is hosting a free concert Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. The duo, aTonalHits, with members Illya Filshtinskiy (piano) and Katha Zinn (violin), offers both classical and contemporary music. You can check atonalhits.com/index.html for videos and samples of their music. The duo is in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute in Boscawen this fall. The concert is free and open to all. Directions to United Church of Penacook and additional information about this concert are available at ucpnh.org.
CHERYL STINSON
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■Concord Hospital will host Cancer Survivors’ Day on Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Any individuals previously and newly diagnosed with breast cancer are invited to attend this free event. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register, call 227-7000, ext. 5303.
The Friends of Audi are offering a free Walker Lecture Event with singer Connor Lorre on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium. Lorre is a critically acclaimed singer/entertainer who travels internationally, dazzling his audiences. Seating is limited at a first come, first serve basis. For more information, call 228-2793.
■The Concord Public Library would like you to join other book lovers at their new, low-pressure book club on Wednesday at the True Brew Barista, 3 Bicentennial Square. Chat about what you’ve been reading, and listen to suggestions and recommendations from other readers. There are no assigned books in this group; just come and share your latest reads! They will talk books from 6 to 7 p.m., and mingle from 7 to 8 p.m. Library staff will be on hand to take notes and, will share the group’s recommendations in the library newsletter. For more information, call 225-8670.
■Farmers market will be open Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon and is located off of Capitol Street in downtown Concord. The event offers 40 vendors, including meat, eggs, dairy, fruit, vegetables, fish, honey, bakery, and maple products. Also featured is potted plants, cut flowers, wood products, dog treats and body care products.
■Concord Grange No. 322 is planning the activities for the 32nd annual Concord Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration scheduled for Nov. 23. Any businesses or individuals who are willing to make a donation are asked to contact Dick Patten at 496-2917. Your donation is appreciated and is needed to keep this tradition going. This community event includes fireworks, music, pony rides, horse drawn wagon rides, fire trucks and Santa Claus!
■Concord Grange No. 322 recently met as State Master Chris Heath was present for Fall Inspection. The grange was scored on their balloting and the treasurer knowing her duties. The grange draped its charter in memory of Jeanette Whitford, who passed away recently. Lecturer Gary Ford presented a travelogue program on fall foliage of the northern regions of New Hampshire and Maine. State Master Chris Heath spoke about upcoming State Grange Session in Keene, Oct. 25 to 28. The next meeting will be held Oct. 15 at the IBEW Hall, 48 Airport Road at 6:30 p.m. Lecturer Gary Ford will present a Halloween program. Please call Grange Master Richard Patten at 496-2917 for information.
■The 50th anniversary of the Heights Fourth of July all-day celebration will be July 4, 2019. A committee needs to be formed to start planning the event. If you are interested in being a part of the planning committee, contact Donna (Noonan) Robie at donnarobie@gmail.com.
■Concord’s Quarterly Property Taxes are due by Oct. 1. For more information, call city hall at 225-8540.
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■The Capitol Center for the Arts goes to the North end of Main St. today. “On The Stoop” will be in front of the Kimball House. Liz and Dan Faiella are a sibling folk duo playing traditional Irish and New England music of their roots on fiddle, vocals, whistle, and guitar from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. Dr Dann and Blind Davis of the Brothers Blues Band perform their live Chicago and Delta style blues from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.. There, in the Spotlight Café, will be Tas Cru and His Band of Tortured Souls at 6 p.m. You can see the following at the theater during October: Lauren Rainbow, MET Live in HD: Aida (Verdi), The Music of Cream, Pink Martini w/ Singer China Forbes, National Theatre Live in HD: King Lear, MET Live in HD: Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens), Monty Python’s Spamalot, Portland Cello Project Performs Radiohead’s OK Computer and More, Postmodern Jukebox, MET Live in HD: La Fanciulla del West (Puccini) and National Theatre Live in HD: Frankenstein.
■Just as the winds of October begin to bite into your bones, Intown Concord and Ledyard Bank presents the Upstairs Downtown Haunted Tour. Join us on our hunt on Thursday at 5 p.m. for the haunted as we scurry through the rafters and slither into the underground, sharing the legends those lost souls who still reside all around us. Meet at Eagle Square, by the clocktower. Tickets are now on sale; $40/person and they can only be purchased through Brown Paper Tickets. Follow this link to buy. Only 150 tickets available. upstairsdowntownhauntedtour.bpt.me/ Buy tickets today as this event does sell out.
■The Hatbox Theater will be having an “Invasion from Mars!” from Friday through Oct. 21, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m, Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Eighty years ago, on the night of October 30, 1938, millions of Americans believed that Earth was being invaded by martians. We’ll take you inside the CBS studio to recreate the broadcast and the slow realization by the actors and crew of the chaos they had unleashed. You will also follow three stories of people who were listening that night, certain that the world was coming to an end.
■Head to the Audubon Society at 84 Silk Farm Road for these events: Find treasure hidden in the Adventure Treasure Hunt at Silk Farm Sanctuary using compasses, a map and clues. Ages 10-plus on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon. On Saturday and Nov. 2 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. it’s the Little Rascals Storytime. Parents and grandparents looking for something fun and outdoors to do with your kids. We will read a new picture book together and then head outside for a group adventure. To register visit nhaudubon.org/calendar.
■On Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main St., ask what does “community” mean and how did it come to signify everything from close friends to the entire world? Elizabeth Ann Duclos-Orsello returns to her hometown to talk about her new book, Modern Bonds, which considers how community was reconceived in the first decades of the 20th century. Her talk will encourage a rethinking of the ways in which sites of community developed in Concord over this period.
■Then on Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. at Gibson’s, join us as musician Robert Hunter swings in on his Relapse + Revival tour. We’ll be treated to a live acoustic musical performance with music from his new album, Revival, as he also discusses and signs his debut novel, Relapse: A Love Story. It’s a love story at its best and a wild ride at its drunkest.
■Through Oct. 19, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. it’s the Paintings of Thomas R Barrett, Leni Mancuso, Kedron Barrett. Celebrate the past, present and future of the Fine Arts Program at St. Paul’s School by visiting the opening exhibition of the new Crumpacker Gallery. Exhibit curated by Kedron Barrett ’79, in honor of his late father, painter Thomas R. Barrett, founder of the School’s Fine Arts Program, and late mother, Leni Mancuso Barrett, aka Leni Mancuso, SPS faculty member from 1965-75. Featured works include oils, acrylics and prints.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com