■It will be Super Snowman Saturday at Penacook Branch Library on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. School-aged children are invited to come and celebrate the winter season with snowman crafts, story time and snacks.
■The Penacook Winter Farmers Market is open every Wednesday, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Riverhill Grange, 32 Horse Hill Road.
■Concord Regional VNA is holding Senior Health Clinics at Briar Pipe Apartments on Fridays, Jan. 10 and Jan. 24, 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.
■Morrill Farm on Penacook Street will be open on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Beef cuts available include ground beef, steaks, roasts, stew meat and four kinds of sausage; payment can be cash or cards. You can also find Morrill Farm this winter at the Cole Gardens Winter Market on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
CHERYL STINSON
news03303@aol.com
■I hope everyone has a very happy 2020!
■Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Road will be celebrating Epiphany at Mass today.
■The African Community will have their Mass today at 1 p.m. with Fr. Maurice officiating. This is open to the public.
■The Altar Servers Appreciation Night will be held Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Boutwell’s Bowling Alley, North State Street, next to the Concord Fire Department Main Station. There will be pizza and soda served with glow bowling from 6 to 7 p.m. The Concord Knights of Columbus No. 110 will pay for shoes, bowling, and refreshments.
■The Alpha Connect Groups will meet Monday, in the IHM Church Hall from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Everyone is asked to bring a dish to share. The next Alpha in one hour will resume with Fr. Ray on Jan. 12 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the church hall.
■Ed Mullen is facilitating an “Introduction to the Bible” beginning Tuesday from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Activity Center, Room 4.
■If you have Christmas cards that you received and not sure what to do with them, contact Sara Smith, Faith Formation at 630-4056 . You may also drop them off at the Rectory Office. They will be making new cards from them.
■Concord Grange 322 is in recess until late March, but members are reminded to send New Year cards to their secret pals. Sunshine wishes are extended to Beverly Edwards who continues to rehab at Pleasant View Genesis, 237 Pleasant St. The Grange will be ordering dictionaries for the 12th year to be given to third graders in Concord, Boscawen, Salisbury, Webster, and Dunbarton public schools. Please contact Grange Master Dick Patten at 496-2917 for information.
■The Kiwanis Club of Concord will be meeting on Jan. 13 at 12:15 p.m. at the Red Blazer Restaurant, Manchester Street.
■The Concord Knights of Columbus No. 110 will be meeting on Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Parish Activity Center.
■I would like to thank all the residents on the East Side for their beautiful, colorful holiday lights outside their home. They were beautiful. The home on Robinson Street was excellent. The homes on Pembroke Road, Alllard Street, Airport Road, Crestwood Park, Oakmont Drive and the streets in their area were simply great. It gave many of us the holiday spirit.
RICHARD PATTEN
496-2917
dickpatten7@gmail.com
■Starting tomorrow, residents can place their Christmas tree curbside with their trash on their scheduled collection day. Wreaths and artificial trees will not be collected and all lights, tinsel, and decorations need to be removed or the tree will not be collected. Trees can also be dropped off at the Transfer Station (77 Old Turnpike Road) during their open hours in January at no charge. For more information call, 225-8500.
■The GoodLife Programs & Activities (254 North State Street) is having a White Box Christmas Sale: Week of Re-Gifting, tomorrow through Friday (all day). All donated items will be displayed, and you will have an opportunity to purchase raffle tickets and bid on an item you really want! Spread your tickets among many items or drop them all in one box for a chance to win that special something. All proceeds will go to support GoodLife Programs & Activities. For more information, call 228-6630.
■The Concord Public Library is having a screening of the movie Downtown Abbey on Saturday form 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Library Auditorium. For more information, call 225-8670.
■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 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.
■Put on your Blue Suede Shoes, hop into a Big Yellow Taxi, and come Bob-Bob, Bobbin’ along to the Suncook Valley Chorale’s winter concert “Primary Colors in Song.” Join them at Wesley United Methodist Church (79 Clinton St.) as they sing of beautiful Blue Skies, Yellow Birds, and Rainbow Connections and, in a nod to New Hampshire’s First in the Nation status, they will celebrate the primary season with Stars & Stripes Forever, the Star Spangled Banner, and more. Performances are Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at the door: general admission $18, seniors and students, $15. For more information, email publicrelations@svcnh.org.
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■The Concord Garden Club is hosting its annual Art & Bloom exhibit at the League of N.H. Craftsmen Headquarters Gallery at 49 S. Main St. Warm up winter with this beautiful exhibit of flower arrangements paired with art by League craftspeople. The opening reception is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 16 with drinks, light snacks, and a gift basket raffle. The exhibit continues Jan. 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.
■On Jan. 13 at 5:30 p.m., Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Gibson’s Book Club discusses A Little History of Philosophy, by Nigel Warburton. The Book Club is free and open to the public, newcomers are encouraged! Join us for every month, or deal yourself in as the spirit moves you.
■On Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s they ask how do we know ourselves? How can we be seen for who we truly are? How do we find redemption in a world that conspires to separate us? Leaf Seligman explores these and other questions in a collection of linked short stories from the midway of a carnival traveling through the Jim Crow South, in From the Midway: Unfolding Stories of Redemption and Belonging. Seligman began writing during her Tennessee childhood where she encountered the midway, tent revivals, and the Civil Rights movement. She has taught writing in colleges, jails, prisons, and community settings since 1985 and worked as a minister, a jail chaplain, a youth services caseworker, and a restorative justice practitioner.
■From the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out has captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The Philadelphia-based group consists of six veteran musicians, intent on delivering Led Zeppelin live, like you’ve never heard before! No wigs or fake English accents, GTLO brings what the audience wants: a high energy Zeppelin concert with honest, heart-thumping intensity. See them on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts Tickets are $48.50, $38.50, or $28.50.
■The Granite State of Mind Music Awards will pay tribute to the hundreds of bands, duos, trios and solo artists that have graced the mics over the last eight years on the weekly radio show geared towards celebrating the artists that make the music of New Hampshire. There will be lively musical acts, touching tributes, and awards presented throughout the event. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available. All funds raised will benefit the NHTI President’s Fund for Excellence, which supports student scholarships, student support services, and high priority academic needs that support student learning. Go hear the Winners on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. at NHTI’s Sweeney Hall on Institute Drive.
■Welcome in NHTI’s Winter Fling with Dancing with the Concord Stars on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. It’s “Swing Time” with the great Astaire and Rogers. Admission is by donation and they go to the NHTI President’s Fund for Excellence. Also on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. see “Beat the Devil.” The last collaboration of John Huston and Humphrey Bogart is the bookend to the Noir classic, The Maltese Falcon. Writing credits go to Truman Capote and Huston of Claud Cockburn’s novel. All film performances are shown in the Sweeney Hall Auditorium, S-122, on the campus of NHTI, 31 College Drive, open to the public, admission by donation ($5 suggested), NHTI students free with valid NHTI ID. For more information, call 271-6484 ext. 4028 or visit the NHTI website at nhti.edu
■A free and open to the public event to practice a few poses and learn about the success of the Prison Yoga Project here in N.H. at the Woman’s Correctional Facility happens at the Woman’s Club, 44 Pleasant St. from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
■You can keep warm at the Library Auditorium this month! Books & Brew (at True Brew Barista) meets on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Put on your hat, pour the tea and watch the Afternoon Movie: Downton Abbey on Friday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The Dying to Talk Cafe with the Concord Regional VNA will be there on Jan. 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. Grown-up Coloring is on Tuesday, Jan. 14 from 6 to 7:45 p.m. there, too! Spinning Gold: Shaping Your Family Research into Compelling Stories happens on Jan. 16 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com