The Bow Rotary free summer concert series on Aug. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. will be an Open Mic/Talent Night. Depending on the number of applicants, performers will have about 10 minutes or so to perform anything you would do in front of a family audience. Registration is not required, but by pre-registering, you will be guaranteed a spot on the stage to perform. Want to perform? Download guidelines and an application form at BowRotary.org.
Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society performs Baroque and Classical music with freshness, vitality, and creativity on Aug. 29 at 5 p.m. at the The Fells in Newbury. The Handel and Haydn Society has been captivating audiences for 206 consecutive seasons (the most of any performing arts organization in the United States) speaking to its singular success at converting new audiences to this extraordinary music, generation after generation. Members of the Handel and Haydn Society; Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Aisslinn Nosky, violin; Maureen Murchie, violin; Renée Hemsing, viola; and Guy Fishman, cello. Registration is required as space is limited. Visit our website, thefells.org, or call the office to register 603-763-4789, ext. 3; $35 per person.
Art and architecture scholar Cristina Ashjian will give a talk on historic country estates at the Wilmot Town Hall on N. Wilmot Road, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. In the early 20th century, the New Hampshire Board of Agriculture launched a program to boost the rural economy and promote tourism through the sale of abandoned farms to summer residents. After introducing the country house movement, Cristina Ashjian focuses attention on some of the great country estates featured in the New Hampshire program between 1902 and 1913. Which private estates were recognized as exemplary, and who were their owners? Using historic images and texts, Ashjian discusses well-known estates now open to the public such as The Fells on Lake Sunapee, The Rocks in Bethlehem, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, and she includes local examples when possible. Ashjian holds a PhD in Modern Art and Architecture from Northwestern University and is presently the chairwoman of the Moultonborough Heritage Commission. Her current research focuses on late 19th- and early 20th-century country estates.
This program is free and open to the public and co-sponsored by NH Humanities. For more information, go to wilmotlibrary.org or contact Glynis Hart at 603-526-6804 or email her at wilmotlibrary@comcast.net.
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