■Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Immanuel Community Church, East Congregational Church, Grace Episcopal Church, Granite State Baptist Church and Concordia Lutheran Church are holding a variety of Masses and worship services, both inside and outside. Check church websites for specific information. Granite State Baptist Church has discontinued its outdoor service and has moved indoors. The 4 p.m. Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary resumes on Sunday.
■Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Road, is having a Christmas Fair COVID-style on Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. in the parish hall. Please contact Fr. Ray at 224-4393 if you are unable to attend but would like to participate.
■Fr. Ray will have a Blessing of the Pets on Oct. 4 in the Rosary Garden at 11:30 a.m. or if the animal has a temperament, they may come to the Saturday 4:30 p.m. or Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Masses as long as they are quiet. The blessing will be given at that time.
■The Rotary Club of Concord is continuing to hold weekly meetings on Zoom at noon.
■Concord Grange 322 will hold a Zoom meeting on Monday at 6:30 p.m. Lecturer Gary Ford is coordinating this Zoom meeting. He will be giving the members instructions on how to join.
■The Kiwanis Club of Concord will meet on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Red Blazer Restaurant.
■The Capital City Sunrise Rotary Club is holding meetings on Thursdays at 7 a.m. on Zoom until regular meetings resume at the Kimball Jenkins Estate.
■The Bektash Temple Shriners, 189 Pembroke Road, are planning an Oktoberfest Celebration on Oct. 30 from 4 to 9 p.m. This is open to the public with a cost of $10 per adult or $6 for children. If you wear a costume the cost is $5. There will be more information on events scheduled for that evening soon.
■The theme for the 69th annual Concord Christmas Parade will be “Christmas, What Does it Mean to Me?” Floats and decorated vehicles are asked to use this theme in their entry. Animal entries are welcome to join the parade, along with emergency response vehicles, antique vehicles and Santa Claus. Contact Brian Blackden at 224-4967 for information.
■A special bouquet of sunshine wishes are extended to Rodney and Shelley Huntoon!
■Happy birthday greetings to Tom Ellis!
■Thank you to George who I see sweeping the sidewalks around the block of Warren Street, Green Street and North State Street. He is a senior citizen who volunteers to clean up the area of disposed cigarette butts and other trash left on the sidewalks.
■I would like to extend deepest sympathy to the friends of Timmy O’Dougherty, who passed away recently.
RICHARD PATTEN
496-2917
dickpatten7@gmail.com
■The Capitol Center for the Arts, in collaboration with the Concord Community Music School and the City of Concord, have added another concert to the “Music in the Park” series. Tyler Shore will perform on Sunday on the CCMS outdoor stage at Fletcher-Murphy Park (28 Fayette Street) in downtown Concord. The concert begins at 3 p.m. and will last approximately one hour. To purchase tickets (cost is $10), visit bankofnhstage.com. For more information on CCMS, call 228-1196.
■Concord quarterly taxes are due no later than Wednesday. For more information, call City Hall at 225-8540.
■Join the 18th Annual NAMIWalks on Oct. 4. NAMIWalks NH is the largest mental health awareness and fundraising event in New Hampshire. This event helps NAMI NH provide education, support and advocacy for more than 29,000 adults and children affected by mental illness and suicide each year. Free registration is now open at NAMIWALKSNH.org. NAMIWalks NH is family-friendly, dog-friendly, event that begins at 9 a.m. at the soccer fields on South Fruit Street.
■Public ice skating has returned to the Everett Arena. Skating hours will be Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Sunday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday hours will start Oct. 10. Admission is $6 for ages 14 and up and $5 for ages 13 and below (kids ages 3 and under are free). Skate rentals will be available in the pro shop for $5. Skate rentals and skate aide walkers (limited supply) will be thoroughly disinfected after each use upon returning to the pro shop. Public skating will be reduced to 50% capacity at this time. Masks/facial coverings will be required while inside the building (not required while on the ice, but must be worn again when leaving the ice). Please follow signage when entering and exiting the ice during public skate as all skaters must skate in the same direction. For more information, call 228-2784.
■The Food Pantry at First Congregational Church (177 N. Main St.) is open to Concord residents who need food. The hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Residents can come by one time per week.
■The 35th annual Concord Christmas Tree Lighting will be held on Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving, at the State House/City Plaza, North Main Street. Fundraising efforts are underway to help pay for the expenses. This year’s festivities include music by Brian Waldron, a petting zoo, horse drawn wagon rides and fireworks. Santa Claus will be brought to the Plaza by the Concord Fire Department. The committee needs to raise $10,000 dollars to cover expenses. Donations can be sent to Concord Christmas Tree Lighting, PO Box 1482, Concord, NH 03302. This is a non-profit event with a tax ID number. Face masks must be worn and social distancing will be enforced. This year’s Christmas Tree is being dedicated to the firefighters, police officers and all emergency personnel for their dedication and commitment during the pandemic crisis.
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■The Capitol Center for the Arts is hosting bands for free on South Main Street on Sunday. Wellfleet performs at 11 a.m. and Young Frontier performs at 2 p.m. For more information about Capital Arts Fest, visit nhcrafts.org/event/capita-arts-fest/.
■The PR Tarbell Fine Art Gallery, 236 Hopkinton Road, has paintings on display with a variety of subject matter, sizes and price points. You can also stroll through the perennial gardens and enjoy the sculptures. The gallery is open Sunday and Oct. 9 to 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Otherwise the gallery is open by appointment. Contact 496-2014 or artsculpt@mindspring.com. Visit pamtarbell.com
■Red River Theatres virtually presents “Chuck Berry.” To browse through more titles in the theatre’s virtual cinema, visit redrivertheatres.org/virtual-cinema-faq.
■Authors Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick and Jenn Bowie Curtis will visit Gibson’s Bookstore, virtually, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to present “The Parent Compass: Navigating Your Teen’s Wellness and Academic Journey in Today’s Competitive World,” a guide for how to best support your teen as they grown into an adult. Topics include fostering grit and resilience, a purposeful life, parent’s role in the college admission process, using home technology and more. For more information visit gibsonsbookstore.com/event/parent-compass. Registration required at eventbrite.com/e/121396968601.
■Gibson’s Bookstore will virtually celebrate the launch of Sarah McCraw Crow’s novel “The Wrong Kind of Woman!” on Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. This story is a powerful exploration of what a woman can be when what she should be is no longer an option. Told through alternating perspectives, “The Wrong Kind of Woman” is an engrossing story about finding the strength to forge new paths, beautifully woven against the rapid changes of the early 1970s. Novelist Amy Meyerson (“The Imperfects”) will join the conversation. Registration is required at eventbrite.com/e/120432457723/.
■Street closure for the Concord Farmers Market on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m will be on Capitol Street from Green Street to North State Street.
■A belated Happy Jewish New Year and G’mar Hatima Tova!
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com