Join Concord Hospital Payson Center for Cancer Care today from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Concord City Auditorium in Concord. as husband and wife team Lorenzo Cohen, PhD and Alison Jefferies, MEd discuss the current cancer epidemic and how to lower risks of cancer and improve outcomes for those touched by cancer. Lowering risk begins with lifestyle choices. During this lecture, attendees will learn specific recommendations for anticancer living and how to put these choices into practice both as an individual and within a family. People are encouraged to attend as couples or with supportive friends, as lasting change is best accomplished as a team. This presentation is free and does not require registration however, space is limited. For additional information contact Concord Hospital Payson Center for Cancer Care HOPE Resource Center at pcccinfo@crhc.org or 227-7000, ext. 6937. This presentation is sponsored by The Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture Fund, Charter Trust Company and The UPS Store. Copies of Cohen and Jefferies recently released book Anticancer Living: Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six will be available for purchase and signing. Learn more at anticancerlifestyle.org.
Get up-close and personal with New Hampshire’s raptors at Twiggs Gallery’s “Mini Raptor Rapture” on Saturday. Look into an owl’s eyes, check out the talons of the red-tailed hawk, and learn more about the these great birds of prey who live at NH Audubon’s McLane Center. Live bird viewings and learning sessions are scheduled for 1 and 2 p.m. In between sessions, attendees can craft feathers for the “Living Wings” art installation to be displayed at the N.H. Audubon McLane Center in October. On exhibit in the gallery is FLOCK: Birds in Art, a visual delight for those who love birds of any feather, both wild and domesticated. Twiggs Gallery is donating 20% of artwork sales to the N.H. Audubon McLane Center to benefit the eagle who is turning 30 years old this year! All events are free and light refreshments will be served. Twiggs Gallery offers exhibitions of local and regional art, art classes, a unique gift shop and Cornerstone Design’s calligraphy services. Twiggs Gallery is handicapped accessible and located at at 254 King St., Boscawen. For more information, visit TwiggsGallery.WordPress.com or call 975-0015.