■The Reveron Piano Trio, including violin, cello and piano, will perform at United Church of Penacook on Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m., as part of Avaloch Farm Music Institute’s community outreach program. Additional information about the Reveron Piano Trio can be found at reverontrio.org. Directions to the church, located at 21 Merrimack Street, are available at ucpnh.org.
CHERYL STINSON
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■The GoodLife Programs & Activities (254 North State Street) is offering free Hearing Screenings for Seniors Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. by appointment only. Dr. Beth Ann Jacques is licensed to practice audiology in New Hampshire. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (603) 228-6630.
■The Nevers’ Band will perform on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Presidential Oaks (200 Pleasant Street). Bring a chair, your family and a snack and enjoy the concert. For more information, go to neversband.org.
■The Concord Public Library offers Outdoor Preschool Storytime at Keach Park (2 Newton Ave) on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. This class includes stories, fingerplays, and songs, all designed to strengthen children’s reading or pre-reading skills. Be sure to register on the library website. For more information, call (603) 225-8670.
■The Concord Parks and Recreation, in partnership with Red River Theatres, presents Bring It On on Aug. 5. All movies will be held at Memorial Field (70 S. Fruit Street). Movies begin at dusk and admission is free. For more information, call (603) 225-8690.
■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 50 vendors, including a terrific selection of bakery products, meat, eggs, dairy, fruit, vegetables, fish, honey, and maple products. Many of the vendors are certified organic. Also featured are potted plants, cut flowers, wood products, dog treats, and body care products.
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
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■On Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main St., Laurie Stone visits Gibson’s Bookstore to share and discuss Streaming Now: Postcards from the Thing That Is Happening, a collection of hybrid feminist narratives that perfectly captures the many paradoxes of the pandemic, contrasting the catastrophes we experienced as a collective with the isolated, often-mundane lives we carried out in private. Shifting effortlessly between social commentary and memoir, glimpses of history and threads of fiction, Stone, a lifelong feminist says, it’s good this narrative has been broken. People ignored the way so many things they wanted to require the suffering of others. For more information go to https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/event/laurie-stone.
■Gibson’s Bookstore is pleased to welcome Mona Awad back for a virtual visit on Aug. 9 at 7 p.m.! Her new novel, All’s Well, follows a theater professor who is convinced staging Shakespeare’s most maligned play will remedy all that ails her, but at what cost? Sharp and darkly funny, All’s Well blends themes from Shakespeare into an acerbic commentary on women’s pain. Readers will find themselves unable to put this book down as they are caught up in Miranda’s vertiginous spiral of self-indulgence and paranoia. Find out more at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/379810321897.
■Please join us on Aug. 6 to remember and mourn the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Please go on Saturday to remember the needless mass murder which took place in Japan in 1945 and rededicate ourselves to continuing to work for a more peaceful and just future for all. Gather on the shore of the Merrimack River at 15 Loudon Road (behind Everett Arena) at 5 p.m. Please bring a sign, a friend and flowers for placing in the river (we will have some). You may also wish to bring a chair. Please RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/hiroshima-nagasaki-remembrance?clear_id=true.
■Come pick some peaches on Tuesday with The Moore Center Day Program! Fresh Peaches will be available for purchase at the Carter Hill Orchard, 73 Carter Hill Road at 10 a.m. All supplies will be included, just bring your positive attitude! Please note that activities will be run by Community Based Services but support staff will not be available. Participants should come with a support staff who can stay for the duration of the activity.
■Books and Brew happens on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the City Wide Community Center, 14 Canterbury Road. Join us for our low-pressure Book Club! Come talk about whatever you’ve been reading and get some great recommendations!
■The McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, presents the photography of Howard S. Muscott, during open hours (Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 31). “Owls have always fascinated me and I’ve spent hours trying to find, photograph and experience their presence. Owls are beautiful to photograph in New England environments. In All Things Owl, I try to immerse the viewer in images of these mighty birds of prey within local natural habitats on dunes, in forests, and in the sky.” Howard Muscott has photographed nature, landscapes and wildlife for more than 45 years. Find more information at www.chasingthegoldenlight.com.
■Come see the Ballet, at Capitol Center for the Arts, which has been selected as the “Best Summer Ballet of 2022” on Friday, NBT’sSwan Lake. The family-friendly production features dancers from New Hampshire and the Greater Boston Area, hand-crafted costumes, and state-of-the-art digital backgrounds. Dance your way to https://go.evvnt.com/1217363-2?pid=5563 for more information!
■Join the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce at The Red Blazer Restaurant for a special Business After Hours Networking Event with Breezeline! They are one of the nation’s largest cable and internet operators. The Red Blazer will provide delicious hors d’oeuvres and your favorite beverages to enjoy while meeting fellow business leaders at this lively networking event on Aug. 9 at 5:30 p.m.! Please register in advance via cordnhchamber.com to attend this popular networking event. The cost is a $7 payment to the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce in advance of the event, $10 payment at the door, and non-members are $25. To learn more about Chamber membership and attend this event as our guest, please call the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce at (603) 224-2508 or email gszczepanik@concordnhchamber.com.
■Dive In Productions is proud to present Bubble Boy the Musical at the Hatbox Theatre from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 14. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. General Admission tickets are $25, $22 for members, seniors and students and $19 for senior members. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.hatboxnh.com or by calling (603) 715-2315. Born with no immune system, Jimmy’s entire life has been spent behind the plastic walls of his bubble room with no one for company besides his overbearing mother and silent father. That is until the rebellious Chloe moves into the house next door and into Jimmy’s heart.
■Remember! National Night Out is Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Rollins Park, Broadway Street.
■Don’t get lost! Get ready for some street closures! The Farmers Market on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. happens at Capitol Street, from State Street to North State Street.
■Another street closure will be for Restoration Foursquare Church Kids Week on Aug. 8 to 10 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fayette Street, and will be closed between South Street and Chesley Street.
■Another street closure will be for Restoration Foursquare Church Kids Week on Aug. 8 to 10 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fayette Street, and will be closed between South Street and Chesley Street.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com