■Concord Regional VNA is holding Senior Health Clinics at Briar Pipe Apartments on Friday and Feb. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All Senior Health Clinic services are provided for a suggested donation of $10, however, services are provided regardless of a person’s ability to pay. Services offered include foot care, blood pressure screening, B-12 injections, medication education and nutritional education. Call 224-4093 or (800) 924-8620, ext. 5815 for an appointment.
■The Penacook Winter Farmers Market is open Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. at Riverhill Grange, 32 Horse Hill Road.
CHERYL STINSON
news03303@aol.com
■The Senior Program at the City Wide Community Center continues to be active during the winter months. On Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., the Out to Lunch Group will be meeting at the Olive Garden, 223 Loudon Road. Sign up with Becky at 230-4982 or Rbukowski@ConcordNH.gov. Information on on all activities at the center is available in the latest brochure.
■The Central N.H. Storytelling Guild will be meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Community Room at Horseshoe Pond. All storytellers and listeners are welcome.
■The Hatbox Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night will run through Feb. 17. For more information on this show and others plus tickets, visit hatboxnh.com.
■The next meeting of Concord Grange will be on March 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the I.B.E.W. Hall, 48 Airport Road. The Grange will be celebrating their 100th anniversary this year and are planning several events. Grange Historian Dick Patten will be updating the Grange history. The Grange will be sponsoring the annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 20 at Keach Park. They will also sponsor Matt Finney’s Easter Egg Hunt on April 20 at 11 a.m at White Park.
■The Concord Chapter of Adult Children of Alcoholics will meet Monday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church. To learn more, visit Adult Children.org.
■The Horseshoe Pond Toastmasters will meet Wednesday at noon at Northeast Delta Dental. For more information, call 223-3982.
■The Karner Blue Toastmasters will will meet Thursday at 5 p.m. at the environmental services building. Call 568-3126 for more information.
CHRIS WEEDEN
224-1715
clweeden@comcast.net
■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.
■On Thursday, at 12:10 p.m., award-winning theater director Jim Webber returns to the Music School stage with his Bach’s Lunch Lecture, “One Song, Many Voices: Interpreting the Great American Songbook.” Standing out from the crowd has always been about confidence, taste, and originality. Bach’s Lunch programs are free and open to the public, and take place from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. on the first and second Thursdays of each month, November through May, in the Music School’s Recital Hall, 23 Wall St. For more information, please call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
■The Suncook Valley Chorale will be holding a Winter Open Sing tomorrow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Open Sings are held at Concord High School, 170 Warren St., in the Band Room. The Suncook Valley Chorale is Concord’s non-auditioned community chorus. Open Sings are a chance to preview our coming season and decide if you’d like to join them. For more information about the Chorale, visit their website at svcnh.org or follow them on Facebook.
■The New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park St., is offering a Curator’s Tour: Signs of the Times on Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. Join Director of Collections and Exhibitions Wes Balla on a guided tour of the Society’s new exhibition, Signs of the Times. The tour is included in the price of admission to the Society. Admission is free for Society members and $7 for non-members. For more information, go to nhhistory.org/Visit/Programs-Events-Calendar or contact Christopher Moore at 228-6688
■The Everett Arena is open for public ice skating today 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Monday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $5 per person and children under three are free. Skate rentals are also available for $5. For more information, call 228-2784.
■Capital Toastmasters will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Granite Ledges of Concord, behind the Concord Hospital, at 151 Langley Parkway. For more information, call 210-386-7351 or visit capital.toastmastersclubs.org.
■For all you New England football fans, Go Patriots!
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■Abbot Downing School PTO hosts a Social in their Library on Saturday, from 6 to 7 p.m.
■Boy Scout Troop 86 will hold its annual public breakfast at Wesley Methodist Church, Clinton Street, on Sunday, February 10 from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Please help support scouting.
■Rescheduled to Friday at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main St, Concord, NH: free and open to the public is the Award-winning journalist and animal advocate Jennifer Skiff, author of The Divinity of Dogs. She visits to share a look into the protectors of animals around the world, in Rescuing Ladybugs: Inspirational Encounters with Animals That Changed the World, people who didn’t look away from seemingly impossible-to-change situations. Prepare to be transported to Borneo to release orangutans, Brazil to protect jaguars, Africa to connect with chimpanzees and elephants, the Maldives to free mantas and Indonesia, the only place where dragons still exist in the wild. Jennifer Skiff is an award-winning journalist who traveled the globe as a correspondent for CNN for more than a decade.
■On Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, discover three new authors as Gibson’s presents a panel of local writers with diverse topics! Dan Griffin presents Relative Truth, a thrilling novela; Eva Guardia believes that she killed her six-year-old son on Nov. 2, 1999. Follow Eva’s past and backstory through prophecies and madness, secrets and psychedelic drugs, uncovering old truths and creating new lies along the way … Irene Buchine tackles the difficult topic of childhood depression in her children’s book, Celia and the Little Boy where a young girl faces a bewildering dilemma when she discovers a little boy hiding in the darkness beneath her porch. When her efforts to help the little boy fail, the two children become trapped in the darkness together. Celia and the Little Boy is a story of childhood depression and hope. Brian Campbell provides a novel of government and secret society intrigue in The Third King: Coronation: Ben Gilsum is recruited by a private-government contractor to be an intelligence analyst. Once inside, Ben falls down a rabbit hole that reveals the spiderweb of connections around him set up to exploit the power and influence of his new Washington, D.C., community … and people like him.
■Join Concord Coalition to End Homelessness staff and volunteers on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Uno’s Pizzeria & Grill at Fort Eddy! Meet fabulous CCEH guest hosts and bartenders and a enter their (free) raffle to win a “Magical Main Street” gift basket with more than $250 worth of items and gift cards donated by Concord’s Main Street businesses. Up to 20 percent of your check will go to the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness, supporting their Resource Center and Emergency Winter Shelter. Can’t make it for dinner? Come for lunch.
■Local author, Dan Szczesny, will present and host a book signing featuring his widely acclaimed book The White Mountain: Rediscovering Mount Washington’s Hidden Culture, at Concord’s new City Wide Community Center, 14 Canterbury Road on Saturday at 10 a.m. In researching for the White Mountain, Szczesny teamed up with a ninety-seven-year-old marathon runner, dressed as and recited Walt Whitman poetry while hiking up the mountain and spent a week in winter cooking for the scientists at the observatory. It is no wonder the mountain became Szczesny’s muse. Join in on the discussion as Szczesny explores the history and mystique of New England’s tallest Mountain.
■Fly Fishing 101 meets Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. from Feb. 13 to March 6. If you always wanted to become a fly fisher, here is your chance! Learn all the basics: rods, lines, leaders, knots, flies, accessory equipment and of course casting from Basil Woods TU experts. All class equipment will be provided. All you need to do is bring your desire to learn! Learn more at concordtu.org. Free but limited space! You’re strongly encouraged to attend each of the four sessions in this four week workshop. Please register only if you can commit to each session. Register online at concordpubliclibrary.net/registration, at the Main Desk, or by phone 225-8670.
■On Feb. 12, drop in between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. to Local Baskit, 10 Ferry St., for Read Between the Wines, A Book & Wine Pairing Event. Join the Concord Public Library and Local Baskit for a literature and libations adventure through France’s well known wine regions. Each book will pair with a wine from the region in which the book is set or about. Featuring six books and six wines. Bring your Concord Public Library card to check out any of the featured books and be sure to purchase your book’s wine match for a perfectly paired evening! Registration is required. Register at concordpubliclibrary.net/registration or 225-8670, ext 2.
■Say “I Love You” or “Thank You” with a Singing Valentine delivered by a Barbershop quartet from the Concord Coachmen Chorus. This very special Valentine gift includes the singing of two songs in four-part harmony, a beautiful red rose, and a photograph of the presentation of these special gifts! Singing Valentines will be delivered on Feb. 14 in both Concord and Manchester as well as in their surrounding towns. This is a wonderful way to send your thoughts of love, gratitude, or friendship to someone that you care about. For more information or to order this very special gift call: Dave at 608-9768 for Concord area deliveries, Joe at 483-8295 for Manchester area deliveries. The price is only $49 and the delivery schedule fills up quickly. Call today!
■The Capital Quilters will hold their next meeting on Friday at the United Baptist Church, 39 Fayette St., starting at 6:30 p.m. The speaker will be award winning art quilter, David Taylor from Henniker, who will be speaking on his techniques for converting photos into stunning quilts. The meeting is free for members, $5 for nonmembers. For more information, call 428-3950.
■Gong hei fat choy and gong xi fa cai to all on Tuesday, Chinese New Year!
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com