■The Penacook Winter Farmers Market is open every Wednesday, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Riverhill Grange, 32 Horse Hill Road.
CHERYL STINSON
news03303@aol.com
■I hate starting my column on a solemn note, but once again the Concord Heights has lost another long time resident this past week. Mrs. Eleanor Scandalis of Dudley Drive who has lived on the Heights for over 50 years passed away. Eleanor’s son is the famous Konrad Kayne, who was a school chum of mine at Concord High School. She came into Towle’s Market on Loudon Road and always had a smile when she did some shopping. Her funeral was this past week and burial followed at Calvary Cemetery. Konrad or Charlie to me, you have my deepest sympathies.
■I have an update on the reopening of Dairy Queen on Loudon Road. I spoke to the new manager who indicated March is the date. They are training people now and will be hiring more in the coming weeks.
■The Concord Knights of Columbus No. 112 will have a Sweetheart Dinner Dance for Valentine’s on Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m. for a gathering and 6 p.m. dinner at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Hall. The cost is $10 per person. Please RSVP to Bob Nadeau at bob-nadeau@comcast.net or leave a message at 783-6043. The Knights are conducting a Membership Drive this month at IHM and Christ the King Parish. The First Degree will be held on March 1 at 6:30 p.m. for candidates to arrive with the degree conferral at 7 p.m. The Grand Knight is looking for members to chair the annual Tootsie Roll Drive in May and the 5th annual Food Drive on Palm Sunday weekend in early April. Please call Matt Poulin at 568-2535 for more information.
■The Kiwanis Club of Concord will meet Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Red Blazer Restaurant on Manchester Street.
■The Concord Grange No. 322 is pleased to announce the Concord Lions Club will be co-sponsoring the annual Dictionary Project. They will be presenting new dictionaries to third grade students in the Concord, Dunbarton, Webster, Salisbury, and Boscawen Public Schools. The Grange is planning for the annual Community Awards and Grange Month Membership Honors on April 20 at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the IBEW Hall, 48 Airport Road. Please contact Grange Master Dick Patten at 496-2917 for more information. The Grange will be draping its charter in memory of Kathlyn Quig and Beverly Edwards. I have been informed that a Memorial Service for the late Beverly Edwards will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Centerpoint (formerly known as First Baptist Church), North State Street, across from the YMCA.
■Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Road, will be celebrating the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany. The Alpha in One Hour Class will be held today from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the parish hall.
■East Congregational Church on Mountain Road in East Concord, and Grace Episcopal Church, Eastman Street, East Concord and Immanuel Community Church, 5 Grover St,. are celebrating the Sixth Sunday in Epiphany.
■The Concord Chapter of Adult Children of Alcoholic and Dysfunctional Parents meets every Monday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Grace Church, 30 Eastman St., in Concord. We meet to share, discuss and recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional family. If you think you might be an adult child, please go to Adultchildren.org and read the Laundry List. To contact the group directly, email ConcordACA@gmail.com.
■Happy Birthday greetings are extended to Fr. Ray Ball at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.
■Sunshine wishes are sent to Dorothy Bartlett, Fred and Elizabeth Hast, and Esther Herrick, who continue to recover.
RICHARD PATTEN
dickpatten7@gmail.com
■This is the last week to immerse yourself in one of Concord’s most exquisite homes – Kimball Jenkins, 266 N. Main St., – on Wednesday or Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Art and History tours have a costumed guide that will lead you back in time, unraveling the family history and bringing this 1882 High Victorian Gothic home to life. The Kimball Jenkins Mansion is a museum-quality work of art graced with art galleries. Children are welcome with a responsible adult. Tours require stair climbing and walking on uneven surfaces. For more information, call the office at 415-1627.
■The Concord Public Library is offering Toddler Tales on Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Blanchard Room. Designed for children 2-3 years of age with a parent or caregiver, Toddler Tales offers fun activities to help your toddler prepare to learn to read. Together, you and your toddler will share stories, songs, finger rhymes and movement to stimulate your child’s mind and senses. For more information, call 225-8670, ext. 4.
■The GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 N. State St., is having a session for seniors, ServiceLink – Medicare, on Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. Medicare confusing? Overwhelmed by mailings and advertising? Have Medicare questions? Christine Griffin, Medicare Specialist, will present basic Medicare information and be available to answer questions. There is no charge to attend but registration is required. For more information, call 228-6630.
■John Gfroerer will be giving a talk on the History of the New Hampshire Primary on Feb. 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The Women’s Club of Concord, 44 Pleasant St. This event was rescheduled from Feb. 6. All are welcome. For more information, call 225-3622.
■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 Monday 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
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■Lend Me a Tenor comes to the Hatbox Theatre from Friday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, March 15. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for members, seniors and students and $12 for senior members. Tickets may be reserved by calling 715-2315 or purchased online at hatboxnh.com. Set in 1934, the world’s greatest tenor Tito Merelli has come to Cleveland, Ohio to save its struggling Grand Opera Company by singing “Pagliacci” at the annual fundraising gala. When Tito turns up seemingly dead, chaos ensues: mistaken identities, women hiding in closets, and many a slamming door.
■Following on the success of its recent “Creative Aging Day,” with nearly 50 enthusiastic participants, Concord Community Music School is introducing a series of mini-courses geared to those interested in exploring the use of movement and music in aging creatively and gracefully. The newest course, “Movement and Song for Parkinson’s”, begins on Tuesday. Participants will enjoy moving to music especially selected to help with balance, flexibility, regulation of walking gait, and daily joy! No dance or musical experience is necessary to participate; walkers, canes, and wheelchairs are welcome, as are family members, friends, and caregivers of those experiencing Parkinson’s or other motor system disorders. The five-week “Movement and Song for Parkinson’s” course meets Tuesdays from 1 to 2:15 p.m., Feb. 18 to March 17. Tuition is $60. For more information or to register for a Music School program, please call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
■From the author of the Shadow Weaver duology comes a tale of secrets, power, magic, and the long path to home. MarcyKate Connolly comes to Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St, on Friday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. to present Hollow Dolls, her newest middle grade novel! MarcyKate Connolly is a New York Times bestselling children’s book author who lives in New England with her family and a grumble of pugs. She graduated from Hampshire College (a magical place where they don’t give you grades) where she wrote an opera sequel to Hamlet as the equivalent of senior thesis.
■What is your zombie apocalypse plan? Do you have a basement bunker, or a bug-out bag prepared in case society crumbles and you need to book it to a cabin in the woods? Do you know how to purify water or grow crops? Maybe you just like reading about it. This is the event for you! Four authors present their post-apocalyptic novels, and discuss these terrifying topics on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s.
■Join Gibson’s on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 11 a.m. for a special storytime as cellist Melissa Perley and her husband, luthier Paul, visits to share their instruments and a musical story, with their book The Violin Family! Come with gentle hands to get your children’s fingers on a violin family instrument for the morning as they explore and investigate these fun musical instruments! Suggested age is up to 10 years old, but older children are welcome. A wonderful introduction to the string family of instruments that shows young readers the power of music and of caring relationships.
■On Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m., the multicultural celebration, Holidays at Hatbox continues with a Purimspiel at the Hatbox Theatre in the Steeplegate Mall. Tickets are $18, $15 for members, seniors and students and $12 for senior members. Tickets can be purchased in advance at hatboxnh.com or by calling 715-2315. Purim At The Hatbox: A Tale For The Aged Ages is an evening of song, satire, food, and frolic in celebration of the Purim Holiday. It is a dramatic and/or satirical presentation of the events reported in the Scroll of Esther. It is recognized as the only genuine folk theater that has survived a thousand years in European culture. The scroll recounts the courageous rescue of the Jews of ancient Persia by Esther, the Jewish wife of the Persian king. The audience can expect a ton of entertainment in the form of readings, skits, “sermons”, music and song, and many surprises. They are encouraged to bring their own adult beverages to the theatre, since imbibing (reasonably) is a traditional component of Purim celebrations. Other beverages, as well as Hamantaschen, the traditional pastries of Purim, will be available for sale.
■Lend Me a Tenor comes to the Hatbox Theatre from Friday, February 28 through Sunday, March 15. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for members, seniors and students and $12 for senior members. Tickets may be reserved by calling 603-715-2315 or purchased online at www.hatboxnh.com. Set in 1934, the world’s greatest tenor Tito Merelli has come to Cleveland, Ohio to save its struggling Grand Opera Company by singing “Pagliacci” at the annual fundraising gala. When Tito turns up seemingly dead, chaos ensues: mistaken identities, women hiding in closets, and many a slamming door.
■Cold Sunday afternoon, outgoing football and incoming mud, now what? On Sunday, Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. it is indeed A Grand Time For Singing, as the Concord Community Concert Association presents a first-time gathering of three leading New Hampshire choruses with 100 beautiful voices in a unique concert showcasing the remarkable musical talent in our state. The third event in the CCCA’s 89th season at Concord City Auditorium features the New Hampshire Master Chorale, the New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Suncook Valley Chorale all performing their own special selections and then joining together for “Let There Be Peace on Earth” and finally, with the audience for “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing in Perfect Harmony.” With the City Auditorium’s ultra-bright acoustics, the afternoon concert will be a grand time for music and for the audience. The CCCA’s annual Cabin Fever Silent Auction features “Cures” out of the house including Pat’s Peak and Bretton Woods ski passes, tickets to shows, movies, the Escape Room, and many restaurants, or in the house with board games and puzzles, movies and music, adult coloring books, or wine and cheese. Concert Tickets are $20 available at Gibson’s Bookstore and The UPS Store, both on S. Main Street for cash or check only and also at the door. Tickets are $23 online at concordcommunityconcerts.org. Students to age 18 are welcome at no charge. For reservations and information, please contact David Murdo, the CCCA Concert Manager, at 344-4747 or nhdm40@comcast.net Courtesy photographs of the show poster and of all three choruses are available on request. Please reply to David Murdo or info@concordcityauditorium.org.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
jeanann@voicenet.com