63 reasons to get excited about January — 01/04/24

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After the vacation days and cookies and cocktails and general merriment of December, January with its bills and resolutions and frequent grayness can feel like a letdown. But there ARE reasons to get excited about January — and in this week’s cover story, we present 63 of them. Local sports, concerts, theater, Concord’s WinterFest and a fair amount of wine events — January has a lot going on.

Also on the cover In this week’s Nite section, Michael Witthaus talks to electric violinist Mia Asano and bagpiper Ally Crowley-Duncan, who will play the Tupelo in Derry on Jan. 6 (29). Mya Blanchard finds out about the new takeout market in Nashua, Live Free and Dine (page 22). And Angie Sykeny gets the information on how to volunteer to work at the polls for the presidential primary (page 6).

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Teen wellness program at Currier Museum of Art aims to create connections through art On Monday, Jan. 22, the Currier ...
Family fun for whenever STEM fun • The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St. in Dover; childrens-museum.org, 742-2002) ...
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Gourmet takeout market and culinary school opens in Nashua On Wednesday, Dec. 20, Hollis resident Karen Calabro opened the doors ...
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A self-taught baker and a caretaker by nature, Chelsea Annett has a love for baking and cooking that sprouted when ...
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I have to admit there have been a lot of cookies over the past month or so. And cake and ...
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