■The Penacook Winter Farmers Market has returned to Riverhill Grange on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m.
■Great input and suggestions were made at the planning meeting for a possible 2022 Memorial Day Parade in Penacook, to be held on May 30. You can email FriendsofPenacookNH@gmail.com for information on how to sign up to volunteer.
CHERYL STINSON
news03303@aol.com
■Stop by the Harvest Fair on Oct. 23 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The fair will include knit and sewn items, crafts, toys, garden items, plants, jewelry, and wreaths, as well as, a variety of raffle baskets and silent auction items. Proceeds will benefit the ministries of St. Paul’s Church. For more information, call 224-2523 or visit stpaulconcord.org to view photos of the baskets.
■Starting on Monday, visit the Concord Public Library to add a witch gnome to your collection. For more information, call 225-8670.
■Halloween Howl will be Oct. 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event is proudly brought to you by Intown Concord and generously sponsored by Century 21, Double Midnight Comics, Altitude Trampoline Parks, and supported by the City of Concord. Join in for wicked fun on Main Street for community trick-or-treating, festive costumes and decor, and plenty of ghoulish games and activities for the whole family to enjoy! For more information, visit intownconcord.org.
■The Concord Public Library is offering a Cemetery Walking Tour on Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. Jill McDaniel-Huckins will narrate as you visit the graves of the interesting people buried in Blossom Hill Cemetery. Hear “stories” of their lives and how influential they were to our great city. Meet at the Cemetery Office. For more information, call 225-8670
■Reserve your spot now as space is limited at the Pope Memorial SPCA low cost vaccinations on Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. Online form must be completed and sent in before appointment. Bring your cats, dogs and ferrets for rabies vaccination ($20), microchip ($25), kennel cough vaccine ($15), and distemper vaccine ($15). Bring proof of past rabies vaccination to determine one or three year vaccine. Cats must be safely in carriers and dogs on leashes. Payment is due at time of online registration. Follow COVID-19 protocol. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 856-8756. Walk-ins are not allowed.
■Public ice skating is available at the Everett Arena. Skating hours will be Monday through Friday (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), and Saturday and Sunday, (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.). 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. For more information, call 228-2784.
■The Concord Farmers Market will be open on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon and is located off of Capitol Street in Downtown Concord. The event offers 40 vendors, including meat, eggs, dairy, fruit, vegetables, fish, honey, bakery, and maple products. Also featured are potted plants, cut flowers, wood products, dog treats, and body care products.
■Happy 67th anniversary to my parents Paul and Jeanne Anderson!
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■Are you a Sherlock Fan or Amateur Columbo? Then go and solve “Scene & Heard: A Classic Murder Mystery Radio Play” on Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. Enjoy snacks, desserts and more at the WICX Radio Players Event at the Hall at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Donations at the door are gratefully accepted and help to keep them on the air. Go to wicxradio.org and click your way to a required reservation or call (602) 224-4393 X8. There will be prizes when you solve the mystery and tons of fun until 8:30 p.m. Bring your best magnifying glass!
■The Walker Lecture Series invites you to Southern England with Marlin Darrah on Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium. Join Marlin Darrah, the world’s most traveled filmmaker, to see Southern England’s diverse cultural, historical, and scenic sites: Southampton, the White Cliffs of Dover, Canterbury Cathedral, the Cotswolds, Stonehenge, Cambridge and Oxford, Big Ben, the Parliament Buildings, Buckingham Palace, and Piccadilly Circus. For a complete season schedule of free events, visit walkerlecture.org
■Events coming from GoodLife Programs & Activities: Monday at 1:30 p.m., stretch out on Mondays and Thursdays through Nov. 29 with gentle moves. There’s more information on this free class at goodlifenh.org . Also on Monday at 3 p.m., learn about how Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels. They will discuss the symptom and possible complications associated with diabetes as well as how to support yourself or a loved one who has the disease. Wednesday at 1 p.m. in this workshop, the instructor draws from news writing experience to share both basic template and narrative formats. Interactive activities will help participants choose and organize meaningful detail for a beautiful life summary. Get more information at goodlifenh.org. The cost is $20. You must register in advance. This is an in-person class only. To register, call GoodLife at 603-228-6630.
■ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is hosting a Harvest Fair on Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair will include crafts, toys, garden items and plants, books, jewelry, baked goods, a variety of raffle baskets, silent auction items, antiques and collectibles, holiday decorations, and so much more. All proceeds will benefit the ministries of St. Paul’s Church. For more information call (603) 224-2523 or visit stpaulsconcord.org.
■Capitol Center for the Arts presents on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., ABBA The Concert. Many critics consider ABBA The Concert to be the most amazing and authentic ABBA tribute show in the world. Come dance, sing, and have the time of your life! For more information go to ccanh.com.
■“Mindfulness: Meeting the Existential Challenges of the 21st” on Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. virtually, we will explore a three-fold model for understanding how mindfulness supports human agency, our ability to act intentionally in Century with Jamie Bristow. Get more information at nhti.edu/mindfulness.
■Before you go out today, mind the Street Closure for Delta Dental New England Half Marathon from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It begins at Gould Hill Farm in Hopkinton and ends in Downtown Concord on North Main Street. Street closures include North Main Street, from School Street to Centre Street; and Park Street. From North Main to North State Street, Coned “runner lanes” to be set on the shoulder of Hopkinton Road; North Main Street (southbound from Bouton Street to Centre Street), and Bouton Street (southbound from Penacook Street to North Main Street). Parking spaces will be encumbered on North State Street, from Capitol Street to Park Street; and on Capitol Street, from North State Street to North Main Street.
■Street Closure for the Concord Farmers Market on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Capitol Street, from Green Street to North State Street.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com