■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
■Join Bone Builders at Horseshoe Pond Place. Bone Builders is a free senior exercise program to combat osteoporosis and meets every Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Horseshoe Pond Place Senior Resource Center, 26 Commercial St. All are welcome! For more information, please call Friends Program RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program) at 228-0139.
CHRIS WEEDEN
224-1715
clweeden@comcast.net
■The Horseshoe Pond Senior/Activity Center, 26 Commercial St., is offering a Zumba Gold Class on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and a Gentle Chair Yoga Class on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. The cost to attend each class is $5. For more information, call Rich at 228-6956.
■The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for their Leadership Greater Concord Class of 2020 until May 17. This program fosters civic awareness in the community and participants are equipped with information they need in order to become more involved in activities that will enhance the region. For more information, go to concordnhchamber.com or call 224-2508.
■Dog license renewals for 2019 are due by Tuesday to avoid a late fee. For more information, contact the City Clerk’s office at 225-8500 or visit concordnh.gov.
■The Concord Public Library would like you to join other book lovers at their 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.
■Tickets are now available for the 7th Annual Mom Prom Partnering with Hearts of Kindness on May 3 from 7 to 11:30 p.m. at the Grappone Conference Center. Tickets are $48 and can be purchased at Your Closet Resale Boutique, 7 N. Main St. or online at concordmomprom.com. For more information, call 731-7725.
■Capital Toastmasters will meet tomorrow 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.
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■During May, Mental Health Awareness Month, Concord Community Music School is partnering with Riverbend Community Mental Health with a choral concert, panel discussion, and weekly presentations that highlight the use of music in mental and behavioral health treatment. The Music School will host free weekly “Good Vibes: Music & Mental Health” presentations by licensed expressive arts therapists and faculty from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. each Tuesday in May. Presentations are at 23 Wall St., are free to attend and no registration is required. All are welcome to come and learn more about the proven healing powers of music and music therapy, and pick up some ideas for incorporating music into your own family’s health and wellness. The weekly Tuesday topics, at 12:10 p.m. include May 7: Singing to Connect Soul & Spirit, May 14: Express Yourself! Musical Tools for Emotional Communication, May 21: Calming the Body to Clear the Mind and May 28: The Brain’s Pathways: Musical Tools for Mental Health. For more information, please call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
■Also in May, Concord Community Music School faculty come together in an exciting new musical collaboration celebrating music across the continents with a free Bach’s Lunch lecture and concert focusing on the spirit of international adventure and improvisation! On Thursday at 12:10 p.m., Improvising Together Across the Continents, a lecture/demonstration/free-wheeling discussion, is inspired by experiences this year in sharing traditional music from America and South Asia. They will provide insights into the process of musical improvisation, from several different viewpoints. Jazz, blues, fiddle tunes, ragas, and free improvisation will all be considered, and common reference points will be used as both signposts and borders. Bring your questions, and open ears and open hearts!
■Gibson’s Bookstore is pleased to host the Honorable Charles Benjamin Schudson, a Wisconsin Reserve Judge Emeritus, an adjunct/visiting professor of law, and the author of Independence Corrupted: How America’s Judges Make Their Decisions. This book provides a penetrating view into the minds of judges. With experience as both a trial and appellate judge, Schudson knows the factors affecting judicial decisions. Corrupted is invaluable for students and scholars, lawyers and judges, and all citizens concerned about the future of America’s courts.
■On Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe will keynote AerospaceFest at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. The center will present AerospaceFest, New Hampshire’s annual aerospace festival. Visitors will be able to engage in a wide variety of hands-on science and engineering activities at the festival, to enjoy the Discovery Center’s newest planetarium show and to meet former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe. This year’s festival will be filled with science and engineering adventures, and a premiere of the new planetarium show celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, CapCom Go! There will be STEM activity stations throughout the center. The Countdown Cafe will be open for lunch and snacks. The N.H. Astronomical Society will be out on the lawn with telescopes, observing the sun and Concord skyline (pending clear skies).
O’Keefe will announce the 2019 winners of the Alex Higgins Memorial Space Camp Scholarship awards for three N.H. students for simulated astronaut training at the U.S. Space & Rocketry Center in Huntsville, Ala. O’Keefe will follow the awards ceremony with a presentation on space exploration. The all-inclusive cost for admission to AerospaceFest is $17 for adults, $15 for students and seniors, $12 for children ages 3-12, and free for Discovery Center members and children ages 0-2. Tickets are available now on the Discovery Center’s website.
■Get to know your own backyard in a whole new way with Out of the Box Tours N.H. with this interactive tour of downtown. A series of games and activities combined with lively discourse will add a new level to your knowledge of Concord’s history. This is not a simple lecture. Come with your walking shoes on and thinking caps fastened tightly as you puzzle your way through 291 years of local history today at 1 p.m. Then at 3 p.m., join them for “Life and Death in Early Concord.” By far, the most fascinating aspect of Concord’s history is its people. Take a stroll through one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city while learning the stories of the families that inhabited the homes. Check their website at outoftheboxnh.com.
■Get your motor runnin’ on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Please join the Concord, N.H. H.O.G. Chapter for International Female Ride Day! All bikes and trikes are welcome. Please arrive with a full tank of gas! Registration opens at 9:30 a.m., Pre-Ride Briefing is at 10 a.m., Kick Stands Up at 10:30 a.m. Ride Duration is approximately two hours. The ride will start and end at Heritage Harley-Davidson, 142 Manchester St. There will be a barbecue lunch after the ride with food available for donation.
■1 Million Cups Central New Hampshire is an entrepreneur-focused event brought to Concord by Making Matters N.H. on Wednesday at the Grappone Hall at NHTI. The idea is that communities around the country will share 1 million cups of coffee. Entrepreneurs and small businesses often feel isolated from each other and their communities. One Million Cups is about creating these connections. The goal is to develop a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem by connecting entrepreneurs to each other and their local communities so they can receive support, develop their ideas, and collaboratively solve the challenging problems they face. Each month, two entrepreneurs will present for six minutes, followed by 15 to 20 minutes of questions from the audience. 1 Million Cups events are inclusive; everyone is welcome regardless of their background or experience. The more community involvement and the greater the diversity of ideas and perspectives that we have, the more successful we’ll be in making Central New Hampshire a hub of entrepreneurship and innovation. Please contact us for more information at info@makingmattersnh.org.
■Happy Easter to our Orthodox friends! Especially Soula, Mike and family!
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com