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Big Events August 19, 2021, and beyond

Thursday, Aug. 19

Catch Alli Beaudry & Nick as the live music performance at tonight’s Art After Work at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144). Admission is free on Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. and you can enjoy live music, free tours and food and drink for sale in the Winter Garden Cafe. Today’s tours are of “Critical Cartography: Larissa Fassler in Manchester” (at 5:30 p.m.) and “The Body in Art: From the Spiritual to the Sensual” (6:30 p.m.) Advance online registration is recommended, according to the website.

Friday, Aug. 20

Team Fire will face off against Team Police during the friendly competition known as the Battle of the Badges Baseball Classic atNortheast Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive in downtown Manchester) tonight. The game starts at 6:30 p.m. and benefits programs at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD). Tickets cost $10 and are available at chadbaseball.org.

Saturday, Aug. 21

History Alive returns to the town of Hillsborough today and tomorrow, Sunday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by the Hillsborough Historical Society and held at locations on Jones Road and at the Historic Center, History

Alive features presentations about Abenaki music and drums (at noon), a talk on the use of native plants (1 p.m.) and Abenaki stories at 3 p.m., all on Saturday, and a discussion of the Abenaki Trail Project on Sunday at noon, as well as ongoing displays and demonstrations of Abenaki crafts, military reenactors, other historic crafts and on Sunday, a cake walk at 11 a.m. and a children’s parade at 3 p.m. See historyalivenh.org.

Tuesday, Aug. 24

New Hampshire Fisher Cats kick off a run of home games at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive in downtown Manchester; nhfishercats.com) against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies tonight with a game at 7:05 p.m. Tonight is Weather Night, part of the SNHU STEM Series. Games continue through Sunday, Aug. 29. Games tonight through Saturday, Aug. 28, are all at 7:05 p.m.; Sunday’s game starts at 1:35 p.m. Other special theme days include Alex Trebek Tribute Night on Aug. 26, Wrestling Night (with a Sumo Bobble Belly giveaway) on Aug. 27, post-game fireworks on Aug. 28 and a youth jersey giveaway on Aug. 29.

Tuesday, Aug. 24

Tonight it’s our time, down here, when The Goonies(PG, 1985) screens at the Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-5588) at 7 p.m. Head back tomorrow for another ’80s classic, Gremlins (PG, 1984), on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. Tickets to either show cost $12 with part of the proceeds benefiting Motley Mutts Rescue.

Save the Date! Thursday, Sept. 2

Get two performances in one show on Thursday, Sept. 2, when Bella White and OldHat Stringband co-bill at the Word Barn (66 Newfields Road in Exeter; thewordbarn.com). The show starts at 7 p.m.; general admission costs $25 plus fees.

Featured photo: Ali Beaudry. Courtesy photo.