Thursday, May 21
The Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road in Canterbury, will hold a Shaker Barn Dance tonight from 7:30 to 10 p.m. with a “$10-15 suggested contribution for Raise the Roof building fund for Canterbury Shaker Village. Collected at the door,” according to a press release. Individuals and couples welcome, no experience needed, the release said. The band will feature Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki on fiddle, caller David Millstone and Sue Hunton on piano, the release said. Can’t make it today? Another dance is slated for Thursday, June 18. See shakers.org.
Saturday, May 23
NH Alt Market, described in an email from an organizer as “an alternative pop-up market for the alternative maker [where] 25 wacky and wonderfully weird makers will gather to set up shop in the Newmarket Millspace,” will be held today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Newmarket Millspace, 55 Main St., Suite 132, in Newmarket, according to an email. See nhaltmarket.com for a list of participating artists.
Saturday, May 23
Dimensions in Dance presents its production of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid today at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. in Manchester. “This classic story of a little mermaid who wishes for a life on land is told through dance, featuring original choreography in ballet, jazz, modern, tap, hip-hop, acro, pointe, and lyrical,” according to palacetheatre.org, where you can purchase tickets.
Saturday, May 23
Get some laughs at the Tupelo Night of Comedy featuring Steve Bjork, Ryan Gartley and Jack Lynch tonight at 8 p.m. at the Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St. in Derry, according to tupelomusichall.com, where you can purchase tickets.
Saturday, May 23
The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire will hold an unveiling of a mural of Ona Judge Staines at 222 Court St. in Portsmouth on Saturday, May 23, with events starting at 11 a.m., according to blackheritagetrailnh.org, where you can find a schedule of events. “Born enslaved to George and Martha Washington at Mt. Vernon around 1773, Staines … escaped [from the family’s Philadelphia residence at the age of 22 in 1796] with the help of members of Philadelphia’s free Black community, with whom she had built relationships during earlier visits. She hid on a boat destined for Portsmouth. … Staines spent the rest of her life as a free woman in New Hampshire, where she married and had three children,” according to the website.
Saturday, May 23
It’s Swing Dance Night featuring the New Hampshire Jazz Orchestra at the BNH Stage in Concord, according to ccanh.com, where you can purchase tickets. Doors open at 6 p.m., a dance lesson starts at 6:30 p.m. and then the music and dancing start at 7 p.m., the website said.
Sunday, May 24
Celebrate 25 years of Elle Woods at a screening of 2001’s Legally Blonde (PG-13) at Apple Cinemas in Merrimack and Hooksett at 7 p.m. and at the Regal Fox Run in Newington at 1 p.m., according to fathomentertainment.com. The movie will also screen Wednesday, May 27, at Regal Fox Run at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 27
The Nashua Silver Knights, members of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, host their home opener at Holman Stadium (67 Amherst St., Nashua) today against the Vermont Lake Monsters at 10:30 a.m. See nashuasilverknights.com for tickets.
Save the Date! Friday, May 29
New Hampshire Humanities will host a presentation called “First in the Nation: New Hampshire’s 1776 Constitution to the Present” on Friday, May 29, at 5 p.m. on Zoom, according to a press release. “Join us to watch a rebroadcast of a panel discussion about New Hampshire’s Constitution in the past and present, with Lorianne Updike Schulzke (pictured) and Robert F. Williams, moderated by the Honorable N. William Delker. All three panelists will join us live after the rebroadcast to answer questions,” the release said. See nhhumanities.org to register.