Arts
Monadnock Drum Caravan spreads West African culture and sound
By JOSH LACAILLADE
A local African drumming group is finding its rhythm in the Monadnock region.On Feb. 25,, local residents gathered at the Dublin Community Center to watch a live performance of the Monadnock Drum Caravan, a nine-person group that aspires to bring West...
Chiwoniso Kaitano named MacDowell executive director
Chiwoniso "Chi" Kaitano will be the 10th person to lead the MacDowell artist residency program since 1907 after being unanimously approved by the board of directors at a special meeting Feb. 21.The former executive director of Girl Be Heard, a global...
Project Shakespeare presents ‘Little Women’
Project Shakespeare will present “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, adapted and directed by Deborah Shakespeare Thurber. The performance will be on Saturday, March 4, at 4 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 6 Payson Hill Road in Rindge.The...
Town Hall Theatre presents 'Silent New York'
New York City has played a starring role in the movies since they were first made, and the Big Apple will be featured in a series of six vintage silent feature films as part of the “Silent New York” series at Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St.,...
Wilton Folk Café Coffeehouse to feature Abou Sylla
The March 3 Wilton Folk Café at Wilton Collaborative Space, 21 Gregg St., will feature world music percussionist and instrument builder Abou Sylla from Guinea, West Africa.Abou, as a griot (oral historian of the Guinean culture) will perform with...
Artist talk for Abenaki exhibit is Feb. 24
The Thoreau Gallery at Franklin Pierce University is hosting an exhibition, “Reflections on the Natural World, Abenaki Art,” with work on display created by local Abenaki artisans, including Elizabeth Charlebois, Sherry Gould, Bill Gould, Vera Longtoe...
ConVal students win Scholastic Art Awards
By BEN CONANT
Nearly two dozen ConVal High School students were recognized at this year’s Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of New Hampshire.Each year, Scholastic Arts partners with more than 100 visual arts and literary arts organizations across the country to...
Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs offers lessons
Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs is offering small group voice lessons (SGVL) for children in grades six through nine who would like more experience singing in a small group setting with a focus on improving singing skills, music reading, breathing...
Ilona Kwiecien to share stories at Jaffrey Civic Center
On Friday, March 3, at 5 p.m., Ilona Kwiecien of Jaffrey will be the next Stories to Share speaker at Jaffrey Civic Center, 40 Main St.The series, which takes place on the first Friday of each month, October through May, showcases the experiences of...
Chili cook-off makes a grand return to Wilton
By JOSH LACAILLADE
After a three-year COVID-19 hiatus, the annual chili cook-off tradition returned to Wilton with a bang. Two dozen community members gathered Feb. 11 at the Wilton Collaborative Space at 21 Gregg St. for the event, which encourages chefs in the...
Wilton Collaborative Space sets open mic night
Wilton Collaborative Space, 21 Gregg St. in Wilton, will host and open mic night Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m.Past open mic nights have had performances ranging from Handel on cello and recorder to teens playing Metallica on electric guitar and drum...
Project Shakespeare receives grant
Project Shakespeare, a nonprofit youth theater education company based in Jaffrey, received a $4,000 grant from The Putnam Foundation, a donor-advised fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. This grant will be used to support 2023 youth...
DubHub presenting African drumming performance
On Saturday, Feb. 25, from 7 to 8 p.m., Dublin Community Center, 1123 Main St., will present an African drumming performance from the Guinean tradition.The event will include celebratory rhythms that go with different Guinean dances/ceremonies, as...
MacDowell awards spring-summer fellowships
MacDowell will welcome 142 artists from 23 states, Washington D.C., and 11 countries for spring and summer residencies.These fellowships at the nation’s first artist residency program in Peterborough were granted from a pool of 1,822 applications from...
Rick Larrimore brings Rod Stewart tribute to The Park Theatre
Rick Larrimore will present his “Tribute to Rod Stewart” solo show at The Park Theatre, 19 Main St. in Jaffrey, Saturday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m.Stewart’s career has ranged from his early days with the Jeff Beck Group and Faces in the 1960s to his disco...
Music on Norway Pond concert is Sunday
Artistic Director Jody Hill Simpson leads the Norway Pond Festival Singers, joined by tenors, basses, and professional soloists, for Gilbert and Sullivan’s one-act “Trial by Jury,” followed by Ralph Vaughn Williams’ cantata “In Windsor...
Peterborough Players presents “Straight Line Crazy” Feb. 18
Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in playwright David Hare’s social critique “Straight Line Crazy,” an account of Robert Moses, one of the most influential figures of urban planning and city architecture. Tickets are on sale now for this National Theatre...
Dublin Public Library offers children’s movies
The Dublin Public Library, 1114 Main St., Dublin, is hosting a series of children’s movies during spring break.On Feb. 28, at 3 p.m., the library will screen “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” (2022). On Wednesday, March 1, the library will show “The Bad Guys”...
Martiello coming to Jaffrey Public Library
On Monday, Feb. 27, at 2 p.m., on the first day of the Jaffrey-Rindge winter school vacation, Jaffrey Public Library, 38 Main St., will host thereminist C.G. Martiello.The theremin is the only instrument in the world that is played without ever...
Volkert Volkersz to sing at Bagel Mill
Volkert Volkersz will be singing folk and pop favorites, as well as children’s music and originals, at the Bagel Mill on Fridays, Feb. 17 and 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Volkersz tries to keep things positive and family friendly with his...
