■My deadline is Tuesdays at 5 p.m. for your news to appear in the following weekend’s paper. I look forward to receiving your Penacook news.
CHERYL STINSON
news03303@aol.com
■The menu has been set for the May 16 Greek Dinner to Go from Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (68 North State St.) with pick up from 12-1 p.m. This month’s offering is chicken souvlaki and rice pilaf, Greek salad and a dinner roll for $15 per meal. Call 953-3051, email ordermygreekfood@gmail.com or visit holytrinitynh.org to order. You can pay online at the website, send in a check to the church or bring the money when you pick up your food. The cut-off date to order is this Wednesday.
■The Junior Service League is having its third annual golf tournament at Beaver Meadow Golf Course on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. The cost to attend the event is $125 for a single golfer or $420 for a foursome. For more information or to register, visit JSLConcord.org.
■The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for its Leadership Greater Concord Class of 2022. Applications will be accepted through June 1. For more information, go to concordnhchamber.com or call 224-2508.
■The City of Concord’s spring leaf collection runs through June 5. Concord residents who currently participate in the curbside trash collection program are eligible for the spring leaf collection program. Materials are collected weekly for several weeks and must be curbside by 7 a.m. on the same day as your regular trash is collected. Residents have two options for pick-up: 1) yard waste is placed curbside in paper yard waste bags which are available at local stores or 2) yard waste is placed curbside in 30-gallon barrels weighing less than 50 pounds clearly marked as “yard waste.” No plastic bags containing yard waste will be collected. For more information, visit concordnh.gov/leafcollection.
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■Joanne Goldblum (CEO and founder of the National Diaper Bank Network) and Colleen Shaddox (journalist and activist) will visit Gibson’s Bookstore virtually to present “Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty” on Thursday at 7 p.m. via Zoom. This presentation will shed light on the realities faced by those living in poverty across the United States and provide a roadmap for eradicating poverty via policy changes. For more information visit gibsonsbookstore.com/event/broke-in-america. Registration is required at eventbrite.com/e/152560168571.
■Capitol Street will be closed on Friday from 6-11:30 a.m. from Green Street to North State Street for the NH Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony. The same section of Capitol Street will be closed on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the farmers market.
■The 19th Annual May Mandolin Festival will be Saturday and May 16, featuring Marla Fibish, Baron Collins-Hill and David Surette, with special guest vocalist Susie Burke. Virtual music events allow for students to participate from all over the country and all over the world, without the limiting factors of travel and cost. To register for the festival workshops, go to ccmusicschool.org/index.php/music-school-concerts-events-calendar. You can also send a check for $150 made out to: Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord, NH 03301.
■The 13th Annual New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival will be held virtually from May 18 to June 10 at 2021nhjff.eventive.org/welcome. The festival will present a premiere lineup of 11 outstanding and diverse films throughout the state in a virtual format that will excite, enlighten, and provoke the audience. Register online. A $12 ticket covers the household.
■The Payson Center for Cancer Care Rock ‘N Race is happening on May 22 at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $30 to register, plus a sign-up fee of $3.27. Registration ends May 18. There is also an untimed 5K walk at 1:30 p.m. Runners can also run a virtual race. For all information and registration, go to runsignup.com/Race/Events/NH/Concord/RockNRace.
■Check out “About Endlessness,” a new documentary in the Red River Theatres Virtual Cinema. Visit redrivertheatres.org.
■The Capitol Center for the Arts has a full docket of virtual entertainment and livestream productions. Go to ccanh.com for a full list of shows and to purchase tickets.
■Make your mother laugh (no, that can’t be her gift): “Daughter: Mum, what’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? Mum: I don’t know dear, you’d have to ask Grandma.” “Bought my mum a mug which says, ‘Happy Mother’s Day from the World’s Worst Son.’ ” “I forgot to mail it but I think she knows. Mothers with teenagers know why animals eat their young.” “A kid asks his dad, ‘What’s a man?’ The dad says, ‘A man is someone who is responsible and cares for their family.’ The kid says, ‘I hope one day I can be a man just like mom!’ ”
■Two children ordered their mother to stay in bed one Mother’s Day morning. As she lay there looking forward to breakfast in bed, the smell of bacon floated up from the kitchen. After a good long wait she finally went downstairs to investigate. She found them both sitting at the table eating bacon and eggs. “As a surprise for Mother’s Day,” one explained, “We decided to cook our own breakfast.” Happy Mother’s Day to my mum and all my ancestral mothers!
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com