Arts
Jaffrey Civic Center nears new era
By ISABELLA MESSA
This story has been changed from the original version. Due to incorrect information provided to the Ledger-Transcript, the schedule of events was incorrect. The Jaffrey Civic Center spring show and Greg Hunsaker will both be March 2 to April 6, with...
Dublin Community Center presents Starlight Lounge
From 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, the Dublin Community Center, 1123 Main St., will be transformed into the Starlight Lounge, a retro jazz club celebrating the sounds of the 1930s to 1950s.Attendees are invited to dress up in fancy duds and...
Dublin Community Center hosting storytelling circle
Dublin Community Center, 1123 Main St., will host the monthly Monadnock storytelling and spoken-word circle Wednesday, Feb. 21The event is an open mic for participants to share stories, poetry, rap, comedy or any kind of spoken word, going around the...
ConVal students earn art awards
ConVal Regional High School students earned recognition from Scholastic Art Awards.The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Feb. 11, at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, when 35 students from ConVal High art classes and those enrolled in the digital...
PHOTOS: James A. Tuttle Library in Antrim hosts chili cook-off
Antrim’s James A. Tuttle Library hosted a community chili cook-off on Saturday. The winning pot of chili was made by Avery and Grayson Tommila. Amy Mullaly and Fletcher Novotny tied for second place.
Becky Field to discuss ‘Crying’ at Mariposa
A reception and brief talk by Becky Field will open the new exhibit, “Crying in the Wilderness: An Immigrant’s Journey in Detention,” at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center, 26 Main St. in Peterborough, Friday, Feb. 2, from 5 to 6:30...
Peterborough Players’ Arts on Screen presents ‘Good’
National Theatre Live captures David Tennant’s return to the stage as John Halder, a literature professor who gradually rises through the ranks of the SS, in “Good,” the next installment of Peterborogh Players’ Arts on Screen series at 4 p.m. on...
New England Conservatory students Pualina Lim and Cynthia Tseng perform for Music on Norway Pond
By LENA FISHER
Downtown Hancock was the site of a classical music concert Sunday, when the latest in the Music on Norway Pond series was held at the town’s First Congregational Church.New England Conservatory students Pualina Lim and Cynthia Tseng performed an...
Cyrena Arnold of Francestown combines meteorology and children’s books
By MAGGIE BARIBAULT
“If a storm makes you scared or you want the sun to shine, remember it won’t last long. Weather changes all the time,” wrote New Hampshire meteorologist Cyrena Arnold in her 2020 children’s book, “The Weather Story with Frances Fox.”Currently, Arnold...
Wilton Collaborative Space sets folk café
Wilton Collaborative Space, 21 Gregg St., will host the Wilton Folk Café coffeehouse series Friday, Feb. 2. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show at 7:30 p.m..The High Strung Strummers will be the featured performers. They specialize in the old-time...
The Park Theatre receives grant
The Park Theatre received a $20,000 unrestricted Community Grant award from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.The grant will help support general operations to further the theaters purpose to present films, live performance and special events...
Wilton Collaborative Space seeks volunteers
The Wilton Collaborative Space, located at 21 Gregg St. in Wilton, is looking for volunteers to facilitate several of its community programs.The collaborative space needs a facilitator for the open mic night starting in February, as well as for...
High Mowing School presents ‘The Hilltop Circus’
High Mowing School’s seventh- and eighth-graders will present "The Hilltop Circus and the Chocolate Factory" in February. Shows are Thursday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16, at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 17, at 1 p.m. in the Pine...
Reading from ‘Smoky Quartz’ is Feb. 4
The editors of Smoky Quartz, a journal of literature and art, are hosting an online reading of poetry and prose from the fall 2023 issue Sunday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend this free online event. Those interested should email...
Peterborough Town Library film club screening ‘Green for Danger’
The Film Club at Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., will screen “Green for Danger,” a 1946 detective drama set during a German bombing raid on rural southeast England during World War II, Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 6:15 p.m.The screening was...
George Duncan Essay Contest deadline is March 1
The submission period for the George Duncan Essay Contest, sponsored by the Monadnock Writers’ Group, is March 1.High school students in the Monadnock region attending public, private and homeschool programs are invited to write opinion pieces on the...
PREP Talk: Jean Foster – Looking forward to a great 2024
By JEAN FOSTER
The Peterborough Renewable Energy Project (PREP) is welcoming the new year by introducing a new set of 2024 projects to help our town reach its energy aspirations for a cleaner, safer, healthier future.Last year, we laid the foundation by setting up...
Easement preserves 92 acres in Peterborough
The Monadnock Conservancy has accepted the donation of a conservation easement on 92 acres of forests and wetlands in Peterborough, which, when combined with other easements, creates a nearly 400-acre area of conserved land.Peter and Suzanne Read, the...
Backyard Naturalist: Brett Amy Thelen – Heroism in the age of warming winters
Traditionally, loon biologists have worked three field seasons.There’s spring, when loons return to their lakes, as if by magic, within a day or two of ice-out; summer, when nesting and chick-rearing take place, along with a flurry of associated...
‘Carmen’ coming to Peterborough Players
peterborough‘Carmen’ coming to PlayersThe Peterborough Players’ next “Met: Live in HD” screening will be Bizet’s “Carmen” Saturday, Jan. 27, at 12:55 p.m.“Carmen” is the story of a woman who craves love but elicits obsession and jealousy in her lust...
