■The Baker Free Library/Bow Garden Club-sponsored “Books In Bloom” exhibition is only a few weeks away – Aug. 9 and 10. The theme for this year’s presentation is “A Universe of Stories” in keeping with the National Summer Reading Program and the Library’s related summer programs. Be sure to set aside these dates in order to view all the creative floral designs that will be on hand reflecting books interpreted in flowers by local flower arrangers. They will using the book’s subject, cover, a particular character, etc. as the inspiration for their designs! Bow Garden Club members, library staff and other interested parties will be providing these designs for the public’s pleasure at no cost and light refreshments will be served on Friday evening until 7 p.m. Exhibit hours are 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Special children’s activities will be available at the Library on Saturday. Please contact either the library (Betsy Mahoney 224-7113, ext. 106) or the Bow Garden Club (Joyce Kimball, 229-1990) if you are interested in creating an interpretive floral design for the exhibit or for any information.
■The 2019 Bow Rotary free Summer Concert Series continues tonight with the “Concord Coachmen” and consecutive Sunday evenings through Aug. 11: “Bow Junction” Aug. 4; “Bend the Ride” Aug. 11 and “Honest Millie” Aug. 18. All concerts, weather permitting, will be held at the Bow Bandstand from 6 to 8 p.m.. Bring your chair or blanket and share these great free concerts with your friends and neighbors. Should it rain, the concerts may be inside the Community Building.
■The Bow Garden Club is on hiatus until Sept. 9 when they will feature Traci Kormorek, an Holistic Dietician as the meeting’s speaker. Tracey’s presentation will focus on whole body wellness. For information, please visit bowgardenclub.org.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■Lego Party at the library will be Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. Come build with the library’s sets.
■First Thursday of the Month is Drop in Genealogy Gathering at the library Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Bring your materials, or just a family name. Use the library’s subscription to Ancestry Library Edition to search census, vitals, military and immigration records. Call to reserve a spot or for more info at 774-3546.
■This month the DCC book club is reading Origin by Dan Brown. Discussion will be Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jennifer Oliver will host at the Vestry. All are welcome.
■Forensics4Kids will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the library. Kids will help solve a mystery using DNA evidence under the expert eye of Mary Dawson, former forensic scientist with the N.H. State Police and Forensics Lab. Limit is 20 children! Call the library to register! Children must be registered in order to participate.
■The next Town Hall Concert Series will present Damn Tall Buildings on Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. at the town hall. Damn Tall Buildings is an all-acoustic four-person guerrilla roots band from Boston. They feature bluegrass, storytelling and songs about love and ramblin’ on. Donation of $20 or what you can afford.
■Currently on exhibit in the library through August: The Nature Photography of Aaron Treadwell.
■Old Home Day will be Aug. 17.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■For the seventh year, Jessica Audette is collecting backpacks and school supplies. All donations, small or large are greatly appreciated. Collection deadline is on Aug. 12. Donation boxes are located at the Congregational Church and Henniker Police Department. Contact Jessica Audette by emailing 03244Mom@gmail.com.
■Music in Henniker this week on Tuesday will be Just Because – eclectic americana covers and originals – at 7 p.m. On Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Joe Begin as part of the Market Music schedule. Both concerts at the Angela Robinson Bandstand and if it rains they will be moved into the air-conditioned Community Center.
■John Stark hosts the Weare/Henniker summer theatre and film camp for 10 to 18 year olds runs Aug. 5 to 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. This is the local company’s 19th year of offering summer camps. In this one young people write plays and films, rehearse them, and then tape them. Contact dunn.t@comcast.net or 568-5102 for more info.
■Henniker’s annual Music on Main Street will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 21, and local businesses, crafters and organizations are invited to participate in this event as a sponsor, vendor or both. To contact organizers to hold space, email musiconmainst.vendors@gmail.com.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■GHSS trip to Deerfield on Wednesday to visit Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory and Gardens. Breakfast/lunch at Dove’s Nest prior to going to the conservatory. Personally experience nature in this indoor conservatory featuring nearly 4,000 domestic and exotic butterflies in a tropical setting. Time permitting, there may be stop at Yankee Candle on the way home. Transportation cost is $12. Entrance fee for the conservatory is $12.50. Leaving Shaw’s at 9:30 a.m. Call Marie Mogavero at 464-4726 or 724-5272 to sign up.
■History Alive in Hillsborough is a great effort by some wonderful people to keep a 10 year tradition alive. It’s Hillsborough’s history and connected to that, the history of Northern New England – demonstrated. Come and have fun learning how things were done way back when. Event will be Aug. 17 and 18 at the Old Center and the Jones Road encampment. For more information, check historyalivenh.org.
■On Tuesday, Two Sisters, Two Views. Meet sisters and artists of the month Rena Rockwell and Colleen Bedard. Colleen works in cold wax medium and Rena works in watercolor and acrylics. Come hear about and view their work from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Fuller Public Library.
■On Thursday, build a telescope at Fuller Public Library at 10 a.m. Calling all kids … this is our last project for the summer and our reading program A Universe of Stories. Don’t forget to put stickers on the chart for every book you’ve read and collect your midway and final prizes!
■On Thursday, Fuller Public Library’s book group will meet to discuss the book Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel at 7 p.m. Light refreshments are served and all are welcome to attend.
■Join Face Painting with Ms. Erin on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Fuller Public Library. Free face painting on the front porch.
■Come to the Hillsborough Farmers Market in Butler Park on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and check out the new senior van while you shop for locally produced foods and crafts.
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■A Korean Ballet Troupe will perform at the Contoocook United Methodist Church, 24 Maple St., on Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. This is a Ballet Mission Team dancing as a cultural performance to share the message of the Gospel. The members of this group are committed to sharing their faith through dance. They have several performances in the greater Boston area and have graciously extended their tour to Contoocook. There will be a Love Offering taken to benefit UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) UMCOR is often one of the first relief teams to arrive when there is a disaster, anywhere around the world. All of the funds donated to UMCOR go to relief efforts. Light refreshments will be served following the performance.
■Kimball Pond is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting. The rec department is offering swimming lessons. For more information, go to hopkintonrec.com.
■Hopkinton Troop 77 seeks to find past Boy Scouts and Scout Masters of Troop 77. They are planning a special event Aug. 18. Contact current Scoutmaster Dan Rinden at rinden@comcast.net.
■Join the Contoocook Farmers Market, every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon by the Gazebo in Contoocook Village. Summer veggies, granola, baked goods, cheese and yogurt, meat, eggs, maple products and more. Music this week by Tim Kierstead. SNAP/EBT is accepted. For more information, visit facebook.com/ContoocookFarmersMarket.
■Senior lunch at the Slusser Center on Wednesdays at noon at the Slusser Senior Center, 41 Houston Drive. Suggested donation of $4.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net
■Join MainStreet BookEnds on Aug. 18 at 2 p.m. as Warner-born and raised Ian Rogers returns to present a photo slideshow about life for foreigners in Japan, “What’s it Really Like to Live and Work in Japan?” a fragment that was captured in his Chapbook Eikaiwa Bums. “A few months ago I achieved a longtime dream in getting my first solo print publication – a chapbook short story issued by Blue Cubicle Press in Texas as part of their Overtime series about the working world. It’s called ‘Eikaiwa Bums,’ and it tackles the uncertainties of working at a for-profit English conversation school in Japan.” Join us for this fun afternoon discussing living and teaching in Japan.
■On Friday from 6 to 9 p.m., Honest Millie will perform on MainStreet Warner Stage. Drawing from years and years of rehearsing vocal harmonies in various combinations including Sweet, Hot & Sassy and Swing a Cat, Honest Millie joins together members of these groups for some stellar harmony singing and strong instrumentation. Four gals, Valerie on upright bass, Agnes on piano, Lee on sax and clarinet and Ellen on violin, with the spice of Jim on guitar, enjoy bringing you music from the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. Lot’s of swing, some blues, and a bit of jazz and bossa to provide music for any occasion. For more information, visit honestmillie.com. The concert is free. A $10 suggested donation to support the musicians and the park.
■On Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m., A Universe of Stories with Mr. Aaron on the MainStreet Warner Stage. Visit mraaronmusic.com for more information. Program is free and open to the public. About an hour long. Rain venue is Warner Town Hall.
■Funding for the kids, books and the arts event is provided by the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, CHILIS, Cogswell Benevolent Trust, and is supported in part by a grant from the N.H. State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as funds administered by the N.H. State Library and provided by the Institute of Museum and Li brary Services, and Pillsbury Free Library. Contact 456-2289 for more information.
■Warner Historical Society presents “Four Summer Evenings with Nationally Known Authors” at the Warner Town Hall. Tickets are $10 each or four for $32, and they are available at MainStreet BookEnds.
NEIL NEVINS
456-3614
info@mainstreetbookends.com