The 2019 Bow Rotary free Summer Concert Series concludes tonight with a performance by the band, Honest Millie. Weather permitting, the concert will be held at the Bow Bandstand from 6 to 8 p.m tonight. Bring your chair or blanket and share this great free concert with your friends and neighbors. If it rains, concert may be inside.
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors will hold their monthly meeting at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Tuesday. A beginning at 1 p.m. We invite all who are interested in stamp collecting to attend, share their interest, buy, sell and trade. Meet other collectors and learn more about their hobby and enjoy the fellowship of others with varied interests in Philatelic resources and issues. Gain new insight and knowledge, share news articles and stories about stamp collecting, etc. For more information call Dan Day at 228-1154.
The Bow Heritage Commission is selling raffle tickets for two twin quilts made and generously donated by the Bow Quilt Club. Tickets are $5 each or $20 for six. A drawing for each quilt will be held Sept. 21, Bow Heritage Day, at Bow Bog Meeting House. To purchase tickets in advance, contact Faye Johnson at 228-8149 or Sue Wheeler at 774-3751.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■The last summer chair yoga at the library will be Tuesday. Be there and ready to start at 10:30 a.m. Wear comfortable clothes and bring water. There is a special outing planned when you are finished.
■On Friday from 5 to 9 p.m., come to Women’s Game Night-Potluck. All are welcome for a night of food and fun in the vestry. Bring a dish or drink to share. Games are available or bring your favorite game to teach others. Contact Stephanie Herlihy, Susan Johonnett or Lynn Leslie if you have questions … or need a ride.
■On Aug. 27, the families of elementary children are invited to the DES Open House at 5 p.m. Visit classroom and teachers and get ready for the next day. The first day of school for Bow and Dunbarton
will be Aug. 28. No school on Labor Day, Sept 2.
■Correction: This month the DCC book club is reading Traveling Mercies” by Anne Lamott. Discussion will be Sept. 5 at the Vestry at 7 to 8:30 p.m.
■Save this date: Celebrating the Kuncanowet and its natural diversity, Dunbarton’s first conservation area turns 30. You are invited to join the Kuncanowet Town Forest and Conservation Area Committee for a nature identification walk Sept. 7 from 9 to 11 a.m. Meet at the Kuncanowet trailhead parking lot at the end of Holiday Shore Drive in Dunbarton at 9 a.m.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■Big reminder, the Rotary Chili Fest is today at Pat’s Peak! This annual event has been named one of New Hampshire’s Top 10 Summer events by no less that New Hampshire Magazine.
■First day of school in Henniker, Weare, and John Stark is Aug. 28. First day for freshmen at JSRHS is Aug. 27. No school in Henniker, Weare and John Stark on Sept. 2. Please remember to watch for students walking and biking to and from our schools and waiting at various bus stops and for stopped school buses.
■Weare School District Board meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Weare Middle School library.
■End of Summer bash in Henniker on Tuesday with Nick’s Other Band – Henniker’s favorite party band – at 7 p.m. at Angela Robinson Bandstand in Community Park.
■ Music at the Market continues Thursday with Holly Furlone (called by the Concord Monitor, “a rising star”) from 4 to 7 p.m. in the heart of downtown Henniker.
■Weare Old Home Day is Aug. 24 at the Stone Building in the Town Center, produced by Weare Historical Society.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■History Alive! continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Historic Centre (turn right onto School St at light on Main St and go about three miles straight up) for dozens of activities, performers and craftspeople as well as great food by Roasted Root Café. Featured are Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti as escaped slave Oney Judge Staines, Olde Window Restorers and many games and activities of olden times for the kids. Original oil paintings and gicle´prints by local artist Sissi Shattuck will be on display until 5pm at the Hillsborough Center Club. There will be a “Favorite Hymn Sing and Poetry reading” at the First Congregational Church of Hillsborough Center on at 10 a.m. Everybody is welcome. Bring your favorite hymn and or poem to read! Check website Historyalivenh.org for further details.
■On Friday at Chucksters in Hooksett, let’s hit the miniature golf links! Each game is $9.50 for 18 holes. Lunch is on your own at either The 99 or Applebee’s restaurants. Also, if anyone is interested we can stop off at Dollar Tree, Goodwill and/or Walmart. Leaving Shaw’s at 9:30 a.m. Call Marie Mogavero at 464-4726 or 724-5272 to sign up! Transportation cost $7.
■Take part in Eat Local Month by attending the Hillsborough Farmers Market on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Butler Park. Summer is here and so is the produce we have all been waiting for!
■CPR Certification/Recertification Training on Thursday at St. Mary’s. This hands-on skills training prepares you to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies. It also teaches the skills and knowledge needed to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest through the safe use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Space is limited. Please contact Bonni at 748-9748 to save your spot. Cost is $15.
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■The Tory Hill Author Series, presented by the Warner Historical Society Warner Town Hall, 5 E. Main St., will host Peter Miller on Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets $10 each or four for $32. Available at MainStreet BookEnds. Miller is best known for his black and white photographs of rural Americans and rural scenes. He is more of a documentary photographer, but his black and white images decorated the walls of many homes. He has written and photographed and published six coffee table books. He grew up in Vermont and documented the state since 1951, when he graduated from high school. He was an assistant for the Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh while he photographed art celebrities in Europe. He has been a Signal Corps photographer stationed in Paris, a reporter for Life Magazine, a ski editor and author of many magazine articles for national publications, a stock photographer but most of all he has documented the life in Vermont. Peter lives next to Ben & Jerrys in Colbyville, Vt., a small hamlet of Waterbury. He has won many awards for his books and his photographs have been solo exhibited in New York City, Oklahoma, Boston, Tokyo and Japan. Excerpt from a speech by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor: A Lifetime of Vermont People, is another testament to his tenacity and tact as a Vermonter. A product of over a year’s worth of photography, fundraising, and self-publishing, this book is truly a labor of love. His addition of background stories helps provide greater insight and meaning to the photographs included and through his photography and the recent addition of writing to his repertoire, he gives a face and voice to Vermonters.
■At MainStreet BookEnds today at 2 p.m., Warner-born and raised Ian Rogers returns to present a photo slide show about life for foreigners in Japan, “What’s it really like to live and ork 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 at 4 p.m., Aaron Risi will be here to present his newest book A Moose with a Uke. This is a great gathering for the young and the young at heart so please bring the whole family and join us for a real treat!
■Annual Brews For Bell is today from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Craft beer tasting. Live music to be announced. Attendees must be 21 years of age with proper ID. Event will be held at New Hampshire Telephone Museum. Admission is $25 per person in advance and $30 per person at the door. Contact Graham Gifford, program coordinator, at 456-2234 or visit NHTelephoneMuseum.org.
■Hamilton: The Musical – Historically accurate or not? will be presented Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. The musical sensation Hamilton debuted Off-Broadway in 2015 and continued its sold-out attendance on Broadway later that same year. In addition to 16 Tony Awards, Hamilton won a Grammy and a Pulitzer. When retired educator, Steven Freiberger, heard the music/lyrics of Hamilton, he wondered if they were based on the true story of Hamilton’s life and career or was this show simply good entertainment? Join us, as we review the history of the American Revolution, the administration of George Washington and the role Alexander Hamilton may or may not have played. Then, Freiberger will compare the music and lyrics to check for historical accuracy. Freiberger holds a Ph.D in history and has taught at both the secondary and college level for 42 years. Freiberger currently lectures at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The program will be held at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum. There is a suggested $5 donation. Contact Graham Gifford, program coordinator, at 456-2234 or visit NHTelephoneMuseum.org.
NEIL NEVINS
456-3614
info@mainstreetbookends.com