■The Penacook Winter Farmers Market has opened! The market is now open every Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Riverhill Grange, 32 Horse Hill Rd., through May 2023.
■The Penacook Village Association will host a local candidates’ forum, sponsored by the Penacook Village Association and the League of Women Voters. The forum will be on Oct. 19, in the Merrimack Valley High School Library, from 7 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. to informally meet the candidates.
CHERYL STINSON
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■The Friends of the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St.) will have their quarterly meeting on Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Join in and find out what’s in store for 2022 to 2023 with upcoming productions and renovation projects. Open to all! For information call (603) 344-4747.
■The Concord Public Library is having the first annual Comic Con for teens and tweens on Monday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. (45 Green St.). Come dressed as your favorite comic book character and join us for snacks, crafts, art, and more! Please make sure your costume is library appropriate, no weapons of any kind please. For more information, call (603) 225-8670.
■The Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) invites local young professionals and college students to its upcoming monthly networking Neighborhood Nonprofit Night on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Payson Center, Concord Hospital. This annual event offers the opportunity to network with peers and learn more about how you can become more civically engaged in our community nonprofits through board participation and volunteer opportunities. 30 New Hampshire nonprofits have been invited who are specifically looking for young professionals passionate about making a difference as a volunteer, board member, and more. Have fun, network with peers, enjoy refreshments, and enter to win one of our many amazing door prizes – this is truly an event you won’t want to miss! There is no cost to attend, but pre-registration is appreciated. This event is generously sponsored by Granite United Way and Concord Hospital Trust. For more information or to register, go to events@concordnhchamber.com or call (603) 224-2508.
■Stop by the Harvest Fair on Oct. 22 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (21 Pleasant St.). A large number of sale items are on two floors and an elevator is available. The winners of the raffle baskets will be announced at 2 p.m. when the fair ends. Attendance is not required to win a basket. Winners will be phoned that afternoon to make arrangements for pickup. For more information, call (603) 224-2523.
■Happy birthday Mary V. Spain!
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■Contact PR Tarbell Fine Art, 236 Hopkinton Rd., to set up a time to visit the beautiful gallery! You can find them at (603) 496-2014, PR Tarbell Fine Art on Facebook, or Pamela R. Tarbell on Instagram. Join them Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for ART CONCORD-NH in art studios across Concord which has incredible artists! They are international, national, and regional artists opening studios to the public for an inside look at our creative process. Bring along your friends, meet the artists and experience creativity firsthand! View artists below or click visitconcord-nh.com/blog/artists-living-and-working-in-concord to learn more.
■Brother Cane is an American rock band originally from Birmingham, Alabama. The group released three studio albums, several charting singles which garnered the band U.S. tours with Aerosmith, Robert Plant and LynyrdSkynyrd. See them on Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Bank of NH Stage, 16 S Main St. Tickets are $25 to $45. Go to ccanh.com/show/brother-cane/.
■Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) is revolutionizing the accordion. The only person to ever win the trio of world championships on acoustic, digital and jazz accordion, and the only accordion graduate of the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In 2017, Pesaturo became a Guinness World Record Holder breaking the Marathon Accordion Record, in which Cory played for 32 Hours and 14 Minutes. Hear him play on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. It’s a Free Show! Go to ccanh.com/show/cory-pesaturo/.
■The PTO is excited to announce that they’re kicking off their annual Meadow Farms Program. The Abbot-Downing Fundraiser continues until Oct. 24. Students brought home catalogs and the fundraiser will be 100% online. It is very easy to set up (meadowfarms.com/register and create your account) our school ID is 1001310; and you can share the link with friends and family via social media, text messages, and email. We earn 30 to 40% of every item sold. Students can earn fun prizes the more they sell. Thank you for supporting Abbot-Downing!
■On Oct. 26 at 5 p.m., online only via Zoom, Gibson’s Bookstore is pleased to join McNally Jackson and other indie bookstores to present a virtual event with author John Banville, for his new novel, The Singularities. It’s a playful, multilayered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory, which opens with the return of one of his most celebrated characters as he is released from prison. Banville is joined in conversation by author Alexandra Kleeman. Registration is required at gibsonsbookstore.com/event/banville-singularities.
■On Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main St., Ernest Thompson (On Golden Pond) visits to share his debut novel, The Book of Maps! No registration is required. In the summer of 2002, Brendan Tibbet, a filmmaker whose luck has run low, takes his 10-year-old son Brenlyn on a raucous road trip across America following a 1930s travel guide Brendan purchased at a yard sale.
■The Walker Lecture Series invites you to “Turkey, Cradle of Civilization.” Join the world’s most-traveled filmmaker, Marlin Darrah, to explore Turkey’s 8,000-year history of art, architecture, and archaeology. Marlin Darrah will be at the City Auditorium Show, 2 Prince St., for questions and conversation on Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. The show is free. For a complete season schedule, visit www.walkerlecture.org.
■MCA Nashville recording artist Josh Turner, while a multi-platinum-selling star himself, is a country music fan first and foremost. Catch him on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Chubb Theatre, 44 S Main St. Tickets are $44.50 to $64.50 at https://ccanh.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F1R00000e1Pw4UAE.
■There’s lots going on at Area 23, 254 N State St., Unit H at the Smokestack Center. On Tuesday, play Trivia at 7 p.m.; Wednesday is Open Mic at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday is NH Music Collective Showcase at 7 p.m.; on Friday, it’s Hank Osborne & Friends at 8 p.m.; and on Saturday enjoy Acoustic Jam with Jack Bopp at 2 p.m. and Ken Clark at 8 p.m.
■Ghost Light comes to Bank of NH Stage, 16 South Main St., on Thursday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $30 at are ccanh.secure.force.com/ticket/#/events/a0S1R00000CynnrUAB.
■It doesn’t have to be March to enjoy the Dropkick Murphys: This Machine… Theater Tour on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at Chubb Theatre, 44 South Main St. Tickets are $39.50 to $79.50 at ccanh.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F1R00000e1MKlUAM/sectionGroups/a0b1R00003ewxc3QAA.
■Lynn Lyons, psychotherapist and anxiety expert, returns to Gibson’s Bookstore to present her new book on anxiety management, The Anxiety Audit: 7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them on Thursday at 6:30 p.m at 45 South Main St. Registration is not required. For more information, visit gibsonsbookstore.com/event/anxiety-audit. Contact Gibson’s Bookstore at (603) 224-0562 or gibsonsevents@gmail.com for more information.
■Making Strides Against Breast Cancer street closures on Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fruit Street southbound, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Clinton Street westbound, between Princeton Street and Silk Farm Road, from noon to 2 p.m.; and Fruit Street northbound from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
■Concord Farmers Market on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Street closures at Capitol Street, from Main Street to North State Street.
■The 9th Annual New England Half Marathon is on Oct. 23 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Race begins at Gould Hill Farm in Hopkinton and ends in downtown Concord on North Main Street.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com