Category: Art & Theater

The Art Roundup 22/12/01

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• Joy of the season: The Nashua Choral Society will present their annual holiday concert “Rejoice! ’Tis the Season!” on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (216 E. Dunstable Road in Nashua). The event will feature Handel’s Messiah, a Christmas carol sing-along and more performed by the chorus with accompaniment by a pianist and small chamber orchestra, according to a press release. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for students (free for children) and are available at the door and online at EventBrite, among other places. See the Nashua Choral Society’s Facebook page or email [email protected].

Russian Ballet Academy performance
The Epping Community Theater will host the Russian Ballet Academy’s Winter Showcase featuring excerpts from The Nutcracker and other famous ballets as well as original pieces at the Epping Playhouse (38 C Ladd’s Lane in Epping; eppingtheater.org) on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. and tickets will only be sold at the door; tickets cost $12 for adults and $7 for children 12 and under (cash only), according to a press release.

• For makers: The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144) has a Community Makers’ Series of workshops on Thursdays in December during Art After Work (5 to 8 p.m. every week). The workshops include “Felted Treasures” and “Bookmaking” on Dec. 1; “Embroidered Hoops” and “Bookmaking” on Dec. 8, and “Bookmaking” on Dec. 15 (each Bookmaking class has a different focus). Register for the workshops (which vary in price) on the website.

A little a cappella
The Souhegan Valley Chorus will perform their holiday concert “Sharing Christmas Joy” with special guests, the a cappella group REHarmonix, on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 10 Union St. in Milford. Tickets can be purchased at the door and cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors and are free for ages 12 and under, according to a press release.

• Art shopping: Among the many craft fairs and arts markets and open houses this weekend, head to the Bates Building (846 Main St. in Contoocook) for an artists’ reception of the Two Villages Art Society’s “Winter 2022 Members Art Show” on Saturday, Dec. 3, from noon to 2 p.m. The show features works of more than 30 artist members including oil and watercolor paintings, ceramics, prints, photos, jewelry, woodworking, glasswork, felted animals, wearable art and more, according to a press release. The gallery is open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. and the show runs through Saturday, Dec. 24. This weekend the show will be open extended hours for Hopkinton’s “Starry, Starry Weekend,” which runs Friday, Dec. 2, through Sunday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Suddenly Silver Bells
The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus kicks off its holiday concert series, “Suddenly Silver Bells,” with shows this weekend. On Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m., catch the performance at Christ the King Lutheran Church (3 Lutheran Drive, Nashua). Then on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m., the chorus will be at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (22 Fox Run Road, Newington). The chorus also has two performances next weekend. Tickets cost $20 for adults; admission is free for children ages 12 and under. Visit nhgmc.com.

Craft fairs

It’s a big weekend for craft fairs. If you know of one coming up, let me know at [email protected].

• Starry Starry Weekend takes place in Contoocook Village from Friday, Dec. 2, through Sunday, Dec. 4, starting at 10 a.m. each day. In addition to an artisan craft fair, local shops and artists will have pop-ups around town. Visit contoocookchamber.com.

• Winter Giftopolis by the Concord Arts Market is one of the many shopportunities at Intown Concord’s Midnight Merriment on Friday, Dec. 2. Giftopolis will run from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Atrium at 7 Eagle Square. See concordartsmarket.net

• The Pine Hill Holiday Fair at High Mowing School (77 Pine Hill Drive, Wilton) features an artisan market for adultson Friday, Dec. 2, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and family festivities on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. See pinehill.orgn.

• The First Baptist Church of Nashua (121 Manchester St. in Nashua; fbcnashua.org) will hold an Olde-Fashioned Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be handmade crafts as well as food and other activities.

• The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Milford (20 Elm St. in Milford; uucm.org) will hold a holiday fair on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring handcrafted items (such as jewelry, ornaments, handmade cards, gnomes, knitted items, pet items and more), a bake shop, a boutique of gently used items and a cafe serving breakfast and lunch, according to an email.

• Arlington Street United Methodist Church (63 Arlington St., Nashua; asumc.org, 882-4663) holds its Holly Town Fair Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring vendors with handmade items, crafts, candies, baked goods and a cookie walk and to-go lunches from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• The Amherst Lions Club holds its Craft Fair Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Amherst Middle School (14 Cross Road) featuring more than 80 juried craftsmen, a shopping bag (while supplies last), a food bar, raffle, a scratch ticket tree and more, according to e-clubhouse.org/sites/amherstnh.

• The Somersworth Festival Association will host a Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Somersworth High School (11 Memorial Drive in Somersworth) featuring wood crafts, pottery items, wreaths, paintings, metal work, mugs, tote bags, gnomes, wind chimes, kids’ items, jewelry, knitted and crocheted items and more as well as food and raffles, according to a press release. See nhfestivals.org.

• The Gilford High School Craft Fair (88 Alvah Wilson Road in Gilford) will run Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the event’s Facebook page.

• The Holiday Food & Arts Market focus this Saturday, Dec. 3, at the YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown (116 Goffstown Back Road) is “All Creatures Great & Small” with animal lovers accessories, items for cats and dogs and baked goods for people and pets, according to a post on the YMCA’s Facebook page. The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• The Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester (669 Union St. in Manchester; uumanchester.org) will hold its annual holiday faire on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church’s fellowship hall.

• You can also catch the Concord Arts Market this weekend with its annual Holiday Arts Market on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kimball Jenkins School of Art (266 N. Main St. in Concord). See concordartsmarket.net.

• The Picker Artists Holiday Shopping Day at the Picker Artists building (3 Pine St. in Nashua) on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with handmade gifts, live music, snacks and more, according to pickerartists.com.

• The Grinnell School PTA will hold a Holiday Craft Fair at Grinnell Elementary School (6 Grinnell Road in Derry) on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring more than 30 vendors as well as raffles, baked goods and more, according to a PTA facebook post.

• The 7th Annual Nashua Holiday Fair at Broad Street Elementary School (380 Broad St. in Nashua) will run Saturday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the school and feature more than 40 crafters and vendors as well as Santa and the Grinch on site taking photos, according to a New England Vendor Events Facebook post.

• The 33rd annual Christmas in Strafford, an event featuring 24 locations and pieces from more than 50 artists and craftspeople, runs Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days; see the map at christmasinstrafford.com.

• The Nashua Holiday Craft & Vendor Festival Fair will be held Sunday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Eagles Wing Function Hall at 10 Spruce St. in Nashua. The fair will feature more than 40 crafters and vendors, sweets and treats, raffles and more, according to the Bazaar Craft Fairs Facebook post.

Also check out the story in this issue about the Made in NE Expo (page 25) and see last week’s big Holiday Guide for a listing of multi-week fairs and art exhibits filled with gift-ready items. See hippopress.com for the e-edition of the Nov. 24 issue.

Continuing the legacy

Concord Chorale honors founder of Concord Community Music School with scholarship

By Katelyn Sahagian

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The first Peggy Senter Scholarship at the Concord Community Music School is going to seventh-grade singer Raegan Wolfe, who has been a part of choirs at the music school for seven years and is going to be a member of the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) National Conference Choir.

When Peggy Senter, the founder of the Concord Community Music School, retired in the summer of 2021, the Concord Chorale wanted to do something to honor her legacy, said Chorale president Elibet Chase. The group landed on the idea of a scholarship to the Concord Community Music School.

“It’s great to support an upcoming singer who is taking lessons at the school and to grow the young singing population,” Chase said. “We really want to find ways to make younger singers aware and consider choral music.”

Chase said that it was important to the chorale to show support to the school because of how the music school had helped the chorale over the years. In addition to holding practices and shows for the chorale, the school lent the chorale equipment to rehearse with while the pandemic was raging.

Chase added that Senter always came to the chorale’s performances and took a special interest in all music being performed in the area.

“Peggy Senter came to all of our concerts, never missed one,” said Chase, adding that the community music school has always been there for the chorale. “It’s really just a great relationship of support.”

Kathy Lundahl, the dean of students and educators at the music school, said the arts community in Concord is very close knit. Since Concord Community Music School was started, Lundahl said, its mission has been to provide musical education to people of all abilities and from all socioeconomic backgrounds.

When Lundahl heard that the chorale wanted to offer a scholarship to vocalists, she was extremely excited.

“I think it’s really heartwarming,” Lundahl said. “The school has had a lot to do with quietly building an important musical community in Concord. This [scholarship] is a perfect example of keeping that going and moving forward.”

The major requirement for the scholarship from the chorale was that it goes to a vocal student who seemed likely to continue learning and performing at the school. Chase said that beyond that, the chorale wanted the school to choose the students.

Lundahl said that the school looked at need as well as students who were excelling in the vocal field. A team of teachers and accompanists was brought together to discuss who would be the best applicant.

Chase said that the group made the right choice in Raegan based on her love of music and also her dedication to performing, as well as her patience with younger singers.

“She’s just a really cool student,” Chase said. “Not only is she really enthusiastic about her own singing and what it means in her life … she’s also always been nurturing of younger kids. One instructor gave an example of how she worked and performed with a student to keep her from being nervous.”

Raegan said that she doesn’t believe that she wants to be a professional musician when she grows up, but instead thinks she might want to study music in college to become a choir teacher. She added that some of the most important people in her life have been her choir and voice teachers.

“I think it would be fun to sing and teach,” Raegan said. “I just really like being around younger kids…. It’s so interesting to hear how voices change and how they have so much fun and energy.”

Raegan is extremely thankful to be the first recipient chosen for this scholarship. She said she wanted to “thank everyone at the school and everyone who has helped me … encouraged me and given me confidence.”

Featured photo: Raegan Wolfe. Photo courtesy of Elibet Chase.

The Art Roundup 22/11/24

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• Shop art: Two Villages Art Society (46 Main St. in Contoocook; twovillagesart.org) will display its Holiday Art Show and Sale from Friday, Nov. 25, through Saturday, Dec. 24, featuring handmade gifts by local artists, including paintings, pottery, mixed media, photography, fabric art and more. A show reception will be held Saturday, Nov. 26, from noon to 2 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m.

• Music and melodies: Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road in Canterbury; shakers.org, 783-9511) will host Concert & Cocktails, featuring a holiday string quartet from Symphony NH, on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. The event will include a festive reception with farm-grown appetizers by the Rustic Gourmet and a signature cocktail by Cold Garden Distillery, according to a press release. Tickets cost $75. The show is the first of several Merry Merry Canterbury events; see the website.

• Snaps for the Cap: Legally Blonde The Musical will come to the Capitol Center for the Arts (Chubb Theatre, 44 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com) on Thursday, Dec. 1. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $65 (plus fees).

• Make your own crafts: And before we get to the craft fairs, Studio 550 Community Art Center (550 Elm St. in Manchester; 232-5597, 550arts.com) offer the opportunity to make your own gifts on Small Business Saturday (Nov. 26). From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Studio 550 will host “a buffet of drop-in workshops,” according to a press release. The projects will range in price from $15 to $35 and all ages are welcome (with adult assistance), the release said. Stations will include a milk & cookies cup and plate set, a custom mug, large decorative paper snowflakes, winter fairy houses, treasure boxes, paint your own pottery, paint your own ornaments, succulent plant arrangements and pottery on the wheel (with pre-registration), the release said. The day will also feature a $1 pottery sale, live maker demos of stained glass and pottery, prizes for the first 10 shoppers and more, the release said.

Kids can make crafts at the Loon Preservation Committee’s open house at the Loon Center in Moultonborough (see loon.org, 476-5666) on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free event will include horse-drawn hay rides, balloon animals and a visit from Santa along with the crafts for kids and a sale at the Loon’s Feather Gift Shop, according to a press release.

• Music and history: Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki will present “Songs of Emigration: Storytelling through Traditional Irish Music” with stories, songs and historical context on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Goffstown Public Library (2 High St. in Goffstown; 497-2102). The program, New Hampshire Humanities’ “Humanities To Go” series, does not require registration, according to goffstownlibrary.com. See also nhhumanities.org.

• Manchester in photos: The exhibit “Manchester Through the Lens of Frank Kelly,” highlighting the works of Manchester photographer Kelly in the 1950s through 1980s, will open Wednesday, Nov. 30, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St. in Manchester; manchesterhistoric.org). RSVP to [email protected] or call 662-7531. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and college students and $5 for ages 12 to 18; children under 12 get in free.

Craft fairs

While there are fewer fairs this holiday weekend, there are still a few on the schedule. Send information about upcoming craft fairs to [email protected].

• The Craftworkers’ Guild opens its doors for its Holiday Craft Shop at the Kendall House (behind the Bedford Library, 3A Meetinghouse Road in Bedford) Friday, Nov. 25, through Wednesday, Dec. 22. The show is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and online shopping is available at thecraftworkersguild.org.

• The VFW 5613 Auxiliary Annual Holiday Bazaar will take place Saturday, Nov. 26, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the VFW Hall (12 Hathorn Road in Jaffrey) and will feature more than 40 tables of handcrafted items, local vendors and art as well as lunch concessions, bake sales and raffles, according to Facebook post at NH Craft Fair Connection.

• The Exeter Holiday Parade Committee will present a craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Exeter Town Hall building by the bandstand. Admission is free and the Town Hall stage will be set with holiday scenes for family photos, according to a press release. See exeternhholidayparade.com.

• The New England Premier Events Holiday Expo will run Saturday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton Downtown Manchester (700 Elm St.) and will feature demos, giveaways, dessert samples, swag bags and more, according to myneevent.com.

• New England Vendor Events has two fairs scheduled for this weekend, according to their Facebook page. The Hudson Holiday Craft Fair will take place Saturday, Nov. 26, from noon to 5 p.m. at Hudson Memorial School (1 Memorial Drive in Hudson) and feature Santa and the Grinch and more than 40 crafters and vendors, according to the post. The Merrimack Holiday Craft Fair will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27, at VFW Post 8641 (282 Daniel Webster Hwy. in Merrimack). This fair will feature photos with Santa and more than 30 vendors and crafters, according to the post.

Art runs in the family

Sarah Larson, her mom and aunt talk about their family history as artists

By Katelyn Sahagian

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Some things are genetic, like hair and eye color. In this family, it seems that art is also a genetic link. With familial love and creativity comes a system that leads to support and healing.

Sara Larson, Liz Winchester-Larson and Harriet Winchester Kuzdrall are all professional artists in the Nashua area. They are also all related. Larson is Winchester-Larson’s daughter and Winchester Kuzdrall’s niece.

“Most of what I have learned [is] from my parents and my Aunt Harriet,” Larson said. “I’m following the family footsteps.”

The women are currently presenting their artworks at St. Joseph Hospital as part of the gallery Healing Through the Arts. They’ve had shows together before, with their current exhibition being the most recent while they prepare for more of the series “Art in the Family.”

The art on display at the hospital’s show is primarily nature-based, said Larson-Winchester. All three women grew up in New Hampshire, with Larson-Winchester and Winchester Kuzdrall hailing from Hollis and New Ipswich, and Larson raised in suburbs outside Keene.

Larson said that she loves having her aunt and mother to support her passion for art. She grew up watching her mother and aunt paint and sketch and draw as a way to remember hikes and vacations they’d gone on. They painted en plein air, out in nature at the scene, or they’d snap a photograph and bring it home to their studio.

All three women use different media, even if they have similar tastes in subjects and styles. Larson uses traditional oil paints, Winchester-Larson favors colored pencils, and Winchester Kuzdrall has recently made the switch to oil paints that wash out with water after doing 20 years of work with pastels.

“When I was doing pastel, I really like painting marshes, because in the spring and fall if you paint a marsh with maybe a few Mount Monadnocks, you can use all the pastels in the box ’cause it’s so rich in color,” said Winchester Kuzdrall. She said that the dust from the chalk had become too much for her lungs. “I still enjoy painting those native New Hampshire scenes.”

Painting New England nature is a favorite for all three women, said Larson-Winchester. Larson said that the scenery in New England was what kept her sane during the pandemic, even though she was close to 1,000 miles away from the Granite State.

During the pandemic, Larson was living in Lansing, Michigan. At the height of the pandemic, she said, she couldn’t leave her house to do the nature walks that gave her inspiration for her paintings. Then, her mother and aunt stepped in to help.

“I’m on the phone just about tearing my hair out, crying to both Mom and Aunt Harriet,” Larson said. “They got together a series of really neat photographs and Harriet sent a whole packet and said, ‘Paint these things.’”

It was ultimately this series of paintings that Larson did that brought her back to New Hampshire, and back to painting with her family.

During some research for a 2021 art show, the women discovered there had been professional painters in their family for at least a century.

Even though they hadn’t been aware of the depth of family history in fine arts, Winchester-Larson and Winchester Kuzdrall both remember growing up being encouraged by their own mother to continue their artistic pursuits.

“You can run across families where for generations everybody has been a teacher or nurses and things like that,” said Winchester-Larson. “So it’s not a unique idea … that there’s generations [of artists] in the family.”

Healing Through The Arts
Where: Inside and leading up to the Atrium at St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua
When: On display through Saturday, Jan. 7
Visit: stjosephhospital.com

The Art Roundup 22/11/17

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• Friends in art: Artists Denise Green and Terri St. Laurent will present a two-woman show at the Upton Chandler House Museum (10 W. Main St. in Warner) this weekend, Friday, Nov. 18, through Sunday, Nov. 20, called “50 Years of Friendship and Art,” according to a press release. St. Laurent specializes in photography, watercolors and acrylics and Green works in watercolors and will also show pieces with pastels and acrylics, the release said. The show will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. See warnerhistorical.org.

• Early Nutcracker: Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater presents its annual production of The NutcrackerFriday, Nov. 18, through Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-8855). Shows are Friday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20, at noon and 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $46 for adults, $25 for kids ages 6 to 12 and $30 for seniors and veterans.

• Fra-gee-lay: The curtain rises on the Seacoast Repertory Theatre’s production of the comedy musical A Christmas Story — The Musical this Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rep’s theater, 125 Bow St. in Portsmouth (seacoastrep.org). The show runs this weekend at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19; 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 20, and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20. The show will run through Friday, Dec. 23. Tickets cost $27 through $54 (plus fees).

• In the arts at Saint Anselm: The Alva de Mars Megan Chapel Art Center at Saint Anselm College (100 Saint Anselm Drive in Manchester; anselm.edu/arts/chapel-art-center) will host a lecture by Naomi H. Slipp called “Re/Framing the View: Environmental Allusions in 19-Century American Landscape Painting,” on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 4 p.m.

On Friday, Nov. 18, the center will open a new exhibit “Dilecta: Reflecting on a Permanent Collection, Part II: Origins and Flourishes.” The exhibit will be on display through Feb. 10. The gallery is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

• On stage at Saint Anselm: The Anselmian Abbey Players will present The Diviners, a play set in 1930s Indiana about a boy with the power of divining (finding water), Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. at the Dana Center (100 Saint Anselm Drive in Manchester; tickets.anselm.edu). Tickets cost $14.

Next weekend, the Methuen Ballet Ensemble will present The Nutcracker at the Dana Center on Saturday, Nov. 26, at noon and 4 p.m. Tickets cost $35.

• Extra helping of spookiness: The Hillsborough Community Center will present The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, an all-ages-appropriate take on the Washington Irving classic, Friday, Nov. 18, through Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Hillsboro-Deering Middle School (6 Hillcat Drive in Hillsborough). Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for children 15 and under. See hccnh.org/play for tickets.

• Add art to your soup: If the cooler weather has you making more slurpable meals, check out the League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery (279 DW Highway in Meredith; 279-7920; nhcrafts.org/meredith), where this month the show is “Soups On!” The exhibit features handmade soup bowls in all shapes and sizes made by several artists, with proceeds from the sale of the bowls going to the Belknap House in Laconia, according to a press release. The show will run through the end of November and the gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

• Add some music to your holiday events: The NH Philharmonic is promoting its members, working as solo musicians or as ensembles, for events during the holidays and yearound. Find pricing and other info at nhphil.org/phil-for-hire.

Craft fairs

Get in some fairs before Thanksgiving. Send information about upcoming craft fairs to [email protected].

• St. Patrick Church (34 Amherst St. in Milford) will hold a craft fair Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to handmade crafts, the event will include a penny sale, raffles, a bake sale and food concessions, according to an email.

• Lil Iguana (liliguanausa.org/craft-fair/) will hold its annual craft fair at Nashua High School North (8 Titan Way) on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free and the event features more than 100 crafters, vendors and area businesses as well as raffles, according to the website.

• Thorton’s Ferry School (134 Camp Sargent Road in Merrimack; 889-1577) will hold its annual holiday craft fair with more than 80 crafters and vendors on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a raffle room and silent auction, concession cafe, bake sale, photos with Santa and a St. Joseph Hospital Elf Clinic, according to pttf-events.com.

• Deerfield’s Holiday Craft Fair will take place Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Deerfield Community Church (15 Church St.) and feature more than 25 crafters and vendors as well as gift basket raffles, a snack bar and a white elephant room, according to an email.

• Trinity Episcopal Church (200 High St. in Hampton; 926-5688, trinityhampton.org) will hold its Holly Berry Fair today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m

• The First Parish Church (47 E. Derry Road in Derry; 434-0628) will hold its annual Sugar Plum Fair Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to crafters, find raffle baskets, a cookie walk and pecan and cinnamon rolls for sale, according to fpc-ucc.org

• The 43rd annual Bow PTO Craft Fair will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bow High School (55 Falcon Way). Admission costs $2.

• The Portsmouth Holiday Arts Tour will take place at seven Portsmouth studios featuring 15 artists on Saturday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Find the map at portsmouthartstour.com. The works will include paper, clay, glass, metal, jewelry, painting and more, according to a press release.

The Art Roundup 22/11/10

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• At the Factory: The Factory on Willow (252 Willow St. in Manchester; factoryonwillow.com, 263-3696) will hold an opening reception for the Fall 2022 Artist in Residence Showcase with Amira Hason, who creates architectural studies of Oxford, U.K., historic buildings, and Salvador Andrade Arévalo, who works in painting, drawing and installation, on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 5 to 7 p.m, according to the website.

The following Thursday, Nov. 17, New Hampshire Dance Collaborative will present Are You Okay, a performance created by Anthony Bounpakhom of The Block Collaborative in Portsmouth that “sheds light on the subject of mental health and the value of self-care through hip-hop dance/ street styles and dance movement,” according to a press release. The Nov. 17 performance will present four excerpts from the piece, which will premiere on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Factory, the release said. The Nov. 17 show starts with refreshments at 5:30 p.m., with the performance at 6 p.m. followed by discussion, the release said. The event is free to attend but register via nhdancecollaborative.com.

• Curtain calls: This is the final weekend of Bedford Off Broadway’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Old Town Hall (3 Meetinghouse Road) Friday, Nov. 11, and Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13, 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15 general admission, and $12 for children, students and seniors. Purchase them at the door or at brownpapertickets.com. Matt Ingersoll talked to TreVor Nantel, who plays Spike, in the Oct. 13 issue of the Hippo. Find that interview as well as other interviews of actors in local productions this fall in the story that starts on page 10 of that issue; find the e-edition at hippopress.com.

The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-8855) concludes its presentation of Greasewith shows on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 12, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m.

• Nutcracker season: Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater presents its annual production of The Nutcracker on Friday, Nov. 18, through Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-8855). Shows are Friday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20, at noon and 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $46 for adults, $25 for kids ages 6 to 12 and $30 for seniors and veterans.

Craft fairs

The season continues with more fairs this weekend. Send information about upcoming craft fairs to [email protected].

• The Craftworkers’ Guild in Bedford (5 Meetinghouse Road in Bedford, the building at the bottom of the library parking lot; thecraftworkersguild.org) will open a pop-up shop Friday, Nov. 11, through Sunday, Nov. 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

• The 8th annual Spirit of Christmas Fair will be held on Friday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish Holy Trinity Church (404 High St. in Somersworth) featuring sales by artisans, a penny sale, raffles, jewelry, a cookie carousel, baked goods, Christmas decorations and more, according to a press release.

• Gethsemane Lutheran Church (65 Sagamore St. in Manchester; glcmanchester.org) will hold a holiday fair on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring food, crafts, a basket raffle and more, according to a church Facebook post.

• The Pleasant View Retirement Community (270 Pleasant St. in Concord) will hold an indoor craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring baked goods, handmade items and more, according to a Facebook post.

• St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (335 Smyth Road in Manchester) will hold a craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with crafts, a cookie walk, a bake sale, a children’s table and more, according to a press release.

• Memorial High School (1 Crusader Way in Manchester) will hold a craft fair Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring 215 booths with crafters and vendors as well as a raffle, and the Whoopie Pie wagon will be on site, according to a post by the event coordinator. Admission costs $2 per person, the post said.

• The United Church of Penacook (21 Merrimack St.) will hold its craft fair Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. See ucpnh.org for a list of crafters.

• Concord Hospital’s Holiday Craft Fair will take place Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Payson Center for Cancer Care and in the first-floor and third-floor rotunda spaces at the hospital (250 Pleasant St. in Concord), according to concordhospital.org.

• Pure Springs Church in Raymond and the Ray-Fre Senior Center (64 Main St. in Raymond) will hold an Old Fashioned Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the center featuring crafts and vendors, food, a kids’ corner and more, according to a church newsletter.

• Saint Kathryn Parish (4 Dracut Road in Hudson; stkathryns.org) will hold its annual Christmas Bazaar and Penny Sale on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will include raffles, penny sale, bake sale, crafts, a scavenger hunt and photos with Santa, according to the website.

• The Bedford Girl Scout troops will hold their craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at Bedford Presbyterian Church (4 Church Road in Bedford).

• Caya Reiki & Healing(caya-healing.square.site) will hold a Holiday Psychic & Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Derry-Salem Elks Lodge (39 Shadow Lake Road in Salem) featuring more than 30 vendors and artisans, according to Caya’s Facebook post.

• The Seacoast Artisans Holiday Fine Arts and Crafts Show will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Pease Trade Port in Portsmouth. Admission costs $5 (kids 14 and under get in for free). See seacoastartisansshows.com.

• A retired potter and juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen is selling their pieces “as well as items gathered throughout years of travel and exploration,” according to an email. The sale will take place Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday, Nov. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 7 Pinecrest Circle in Bedford.

• Fusion at the Factory is a “market for makers and creatives” and will be held Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday, Nov. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to a Facebook post for Factory on Willow (252 Willow St. in Manchester; factoryonwillow.com, 263-3696). The event will feature vendors, music, food, beverages and entertainment, the post said.

• The Bedford High School Handmade Fair will take place Sunday, Nov. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bedford High School (47 Nashua Road), according to the event’s Facebook page. The fair will have more than 60 local artists, food and music, according to the post.

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