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This Week 25/11/20

Thursday, Nov. 20

“Roses are Red, Violets are Pink, Yellow, Purple” is the topic for the Manchester Garden Club’s November meeting, to be held at noon today at St. Hedwig Parish Hall (147 Walnut St., Manchester). Guests are welcome to attend to learn about the club (a small donation would be appreciated). Visit manchesternhgardenclub.weebly.com.

Thursday, Nov. 20

There will be a live recording of th podcast Granite Goodness tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Rex Theatre in Manchester. Co-hosts Andy DeMeo and Corinne Benfield will lead a discussion with guests Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander; Steve Turner, founder of Bring Back the Trades; and Shana Brunye, COO of Bring Back the Trades. See palacetheatre.org for tickets.

Thursday, Nov. 20

Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.com) host Holiday Recs with Publisher Reps tonight at 6:30 p.m.. Representatives of book publishers will be on hand to share the titles they are most excited about.

Friday, Nov. 21

The Community Players of Concord will perform The Addams Family Musicaltonight at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord, 228-2793, theaudi.org) at 7 p.m., with additional performances tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 23, at 2 pm. Tickets are $22 for adults, and $20 for juniors to age 17 and seniors 65+, online at communityplayersofconcord.org. Community Players pictured; Danielle Martin (Grandma), Nora McBurnett (Morticia), Bennett Schriver (Lurch), Christopher Graham (Gomez), Emmett Smith (Pugsley) and Annie Lelio (Wednesday). Courtesy photo by Michael von Redlich.

Friday, Nov. 21

Country music star Randy Travis will perform this evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Chubb Theatre (Chubb Theatre at CCA, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com). Tickets start at $58 .

Saturday, Nov. 22

The Picker Artists, 3 Pine St. in Nashua, will host their annual holiday open house on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. , according to pickerartists.com.

Saturday, Nov. 22

The New Hampshire Master Chorale (nhmasterchorale.org) presents a concert of spiritual music for a secular age tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Saint Paul’s Church (21 Centre St., Concord, 224-2523, stpaulsconcord.org). General admission tickets are $33.

Saturday, Nov. 22

The Nashua Chamber Orchestra (809-7245, nco-music.org) opens its 2025-’26 season tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Nashua Community College (505 Amherst St., Nashua, 578-8900, nashuacc.edu), with an additional performance tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m. on the Milford Oval. See nco-music.org for tickets.

Save the Date! Saturday, Nov. 29
Brookford Farm (250 West Road, Canterbury, 742-4084, brookfordfarm.com) will host Christmas with the Cows, a celebration of the Farm’s animals returning to their winter housing from their green pastures. Get into the holiday spirit with family-friendly DIY crafts, delicious food, holiday music and specialty gifts. General admission tickets (13+) are $14 through eventbrite.com or $15 at the door. Children’s (4-12) tickets are $9 on Eventbrite or $10 at the door, and very small children are admitted free.

Featured Photo: Pilot and author, Shirley Phillips. Courtesy photo.

Quality of Life 25/11/20

Light show

As reported by WMUR in a Nov. 12 online article, the northern lights were visible in many communities across New Hampshire last week. “News 9 received photos from viewers in Nottingham, Holderness, Merrimack, Plainfield, Danbury and Milford,” the story read. The lights, were visible farther south than usual because of “two coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, from the sun that hit the Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field at the same time. A CME can be produced by a solar flare or other intense activity on the sun,” the article read.

QOL score: +1

Comment: Find visibility forecasts at swpc.noaa.gov.

Oil be there for you

According to a Nov. 12 press release from community service organization Manchester Proud (manchesterproud.org), “Teachers and staff at Gossler Park Elementary School received a well-deserved boost of appreciation last Thursday and Friday during parent-teacher conferences, thanks to Grappone Ford’s Mobile Oil Change Service.” The Bow-based service provided free oil changes to the school’s employees while they put in an extended day meeting with parents.

QOL score: +1

Comment: “Grappone Ford generously offered their mobile oil change service as a donation event, providing service for up to ten vehicles per day and offering to return for future multi-day events to reach even more school staff,” the release said.

Adam Sander Jr.

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has announced on its website (dot.nh.gov) that submissions are being accepted for its second annual Name A Plow Contest. “This is a unique opportunity for New Hampshire residents to engage with our snow-fighting fleet,” the announcement read. “We’re inviting you to help name a snowplow and join in the fun as our hard-working team prepares for winter storms. Each named plow will be a part of our ongoing mission to keep New Hampshire’s roads safe, clear, and ready for travel in even the toughest conditions.” To submit name suggestions, visit the NHDOT webpage and click on the “Name a Plow Contest” graphic. Submissions will be accepted until Dec. 12.

QOL score: +1

Comment: According to a Jan. 13 post on the DOT’s Instagram, last year’s contest winners were CTRL-SALT-DELETE, Tomie DePlowa, Live Free and Plow, Adam Sander, 6 Snow 3, The Big Leplowski, and Fritz Plowerbee.

Head-banging educational support

The Community College System of New Hampshire announced in a Nov. 10 press release that its trades programs have received a $50,000 grant from the heavy metal band Metallica. “The band’s All Within My Hands Foundation” the press release read, “a non-profit philanthropic organization, was created in 2017 by the members and management of Metallica that is dedicated to creating sustainable communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger and other critical local services.”

QOL score: +1

Comment: This is the second year in a row that CCSNH has received this funding, the press release said. Visit allwithinmyhands.org.

QOL score last week: 68

Net change: +4

QOL this week: 72

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News & Notes 25/11/20

Toys

The New Hampshire State Police will collect new, unwrapped toys through Friday, Dec. 12, as part of their annual support for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Campaign, according to a press release. Toys can be donated to state police collection sites and at special toy collection events, both of which can be found in the press release at nhsp.dos.nh.gov. Events before Thanksgiving include Friday, Nov. 21, 4 to 7 p.m. at The Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem; Saturday, Nov. 22, 8 a.m. to noon at Walmart in Epping, and Sunday, Nov. 23, 8 a.m. to noon at Walmart in Rochester, the release said.

$10K bonus

According to a Nov. 13 press release from the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, the department has launched “a $10,000 recruitment incentive for new full-time Corrections Officers, as part of its ongoing effort to attract qualified applicants and strengthen the state’s public safety workforce.” “Eligible candidates who successfully complete the 127th New Hampshire Corrections Academy will be eligible for the bonus,” the release said. See jobs.corrections.nh.gov for minimum requirements and details.

Oral health

The New Hampshire Oral Health Coalition’s 2025 Annual Forum will take place Friday, Dec. 5, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 172 N. Main St. in Concord, with the theme of “Advancing Equity Through Oral Health,” according to a press release. Register at nhoralhealth.org, under the “News & Events” tab. “Join us as we learn the latest on community- and school-based oral health programs, integrating dental into overall health and wellness, progress of NH’s Medicaid Adult Dental Benefit, and who is the 2025 winner of the Skip Homicz Jr. Legacy Award for NH’s Oral Health Champion,” the website said.

Historical activist

The Pembroke Historical Society will host the program “Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dared” with Jennifer Carroll on Monday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Pembroke Town Library, 313 Pembroke St. Powers “was a pioneering activist in the early twentieth century, who took a stand against social vices in New Hampshire and Vermont, as the Humane Society agent in Keene…. She documented animal cruelty, family violence, and widespread poverty in New Hampshire’s Monadnock region and beyond,” according to a press release. The presentation is free and open to the public, the release said. For more information, contact the Pembroke Town Library at 485-7851.

The annual Concord Christmas Parade will take place Saturday, Nov. 22, at 9:30 a.m. starting at Hazen Drive and running to Loudon Road, Canterbury Road at Pizza Hut and ending at Pembroke Road, according to the event’s Facebook page.

The Concord Makerspace, 197 N. Main St. in Boscawen, has upcoming events including “Community Knife Sharpening for Thanksgiving,” which will take place on Monday, Nov. 24, from 5 to 8 p.m, according to concordmakerspace.org, where you can register in advance.

Tickets are on sale now for the Salem Animal Rescue League’s Winter Carnivale and $2,500 Holiday Shopping Spree Raffle, which will be held Friday, Dec. 5, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Castleton Banquet & Conference Center in Windham, according to a press release. The event will include a chocolate tasting with Loon Chocolates, food and drink, games, dancing and more, the release said. See sarlnh.org/wintercarnivale to purchase event and raffle tickets.

Mike Morin will discuss his book If These Walls Could Talk: Celebrating 100 Years of the Red Arrow, America’s Most Beloved Diner on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. at Balin Books, Somerset Plaza, 375 Amherst St. in Nashua, balinbooks.com.

Find Your Groove — 11/13/2025

Hip-hop and bluegrass, jam bands and pop punk — the New Hampshire music scene is more diverse than you might suspect. Michael Witthaus talks to some local music scene experts to find out where you can go to hear your favorite genres of music. Photo above and on the cover is of Fee the Evolutionist and Ruby Shabazz, photographed at Castro’s Back Room in Nashua by Colleen Jamieson, courtesy Fee the Evolutionist.

Also on the cover Michael also takes a look at Icehouse, the cold-climate-set warm-hearted comedy from Bedford Off Broadway (page 14). John Fladd talks about making and/or eating pies for the Once Upon a Pie competition in Goffstown (page 18). And John talks to Clyde Bullen at Clyde’s Dessert and Wine Bar in Manchester (page 18).

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Holiday lights

• LaBelle Lights, the LaBelle Winery’s lighted outdoor display at its location at 14 Route 111 in Derry, will open for the season on Friday, Nov. 14, and run through Sunday, Jan. 18, according to labellewinery.com. The walkable lights course is open most days through Jan. 4 (closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Christmas Eve) as well as Thursdays through Sundays for the first two full weeks of January. Among the special event dates and happenings at the lights, a LaBelle Lightsfest will take place on Friday, Nov. 21, featuring a tree lighting, fireworks, live performances and more, the website said. Time slots for entry this weekend start at 4:30 p.m., the website said.

On stage

• The Peacock Players’ production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderellakicks off its two-week run this weekend. The show will run Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 15, at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. (as well as the following Friday and Saturday at 7 and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.) at the Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St. in Nashua, according to peacockplayers.org. The show is the Fall Teen Mainstage production, with actors ages 14 through 18, the website said.

Game night

• It’s time for the KPop Demon Hunters fan in your family to shine. Chunky’s, 707 Huse Road in Manchester, is holding a family trivia night all about the Netflix film on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. , according to chunkys.com, where you can purchase tickets.

Save the date

• Spartans Basketball, “NH’s largest AAU Basketball program” according to an email from organizers, will hold winter tryouts starting on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Grinnell Elementary School in Derry for boys and girls in grades 3 through 8. Times are 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for third- to sixth-graders and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for seventh- and eighth-graders, the email said. See nhspartans.com for more on the program and contact Chris Coates with questions at CoatesNew@hotmail.com.

This Week 25/11/13

Thursday, Nov. 13

The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, 669-4820, aviationmuseumofnh.org) will host a presentation and book-signing at 7 p.m. tonight with Shirley Phillips (pictured), pilot and author of the new memoir How Not to Fly an Airplane. Admission is $10 per person.

Thursday, Nov. 13

The Nashua Center for the Arts (201 Main St., Nashua, 800-657-8774, nashuacenterforthearts.com) will host 360 Allstars tonight at 7:30 p.m. Featuring BMX, basketball, breakdancing, acrobatics, drumming and more, this is a physical performance exploring all forms of rotation, according to the website, where tickets start at $20.

Friday, Nov. 14

Ovation Theatre Company will present Freaky Friday: A New Musical, the tale of a mom and her teenage daughter who magically swap bodies, tonight at 7 p.m. and tomorrow, Nov. 15, at 1 and 7 p.m.at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway in Derry, according to ovationtc.com, where you can purchase tickets.

Friday, Nov. 14

S**t-Faced Shakespeare: Hamletwill be performed tonight at 8 p.m. at the BNH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com). Tickets cost $40 in advance, $45 at the door, the website said.

Saturday, Nov. 15

The 2025 Craft Fair at Manchester Community College will take place today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the college’s all-purpose room, 1066 Front St. in Manchester, according to a Facebook page for the event. The event will feature more than 50 vendors, the post said. Find more craft fairs this weekend and beyond in last week’s (Nov. 6) issue of the Hippo, available in our digital library at hippopress.com. Know of a craft fair not listed? Let us know at adiaz@hippopress.com.

Saturday, Nov. 15

Speaking of last week’s issue, in the Nite section you’ll find a profile of Ian Galipeau, who is currently touring in support of the release of his album Something About a Horse. Read the story and then catch him tonight at 7 p.m. at The Listening Room at Prayers of Nature in Wilton. See prayersofnature.com for ticket information.

Sunday, Nov. 16

New Hampshire arts organization Creative Guts will hold its Third Annual Art Around the Room event at the Derryfield School (2108 River Road, Manchester) today from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Adults will have the opportunity to explore a variety of art media at timed stations with guidance from professional artists. Tickets are available for $40 atcreativeguts.org/events.

Sunday, Nov. 16

The iconic Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform two shows at the Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com) today, at noon and 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $47.

Save the Date! Friday, Nov. 28
A modern tradition, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will perform its musical celebration and light show on Friday, Nov. 28, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.at the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000, snhuarena.com) as part of its Ghosts of Christmas Eve tour. Tickets start at $55.

Featured Photo: Pilot and author, Shirley Phillips. Courtesy photo.

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