Thursday, May 29
Author Marina Kirsch reads from her family memoir Flight of Remembrance and signs copies at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, 669-4820, aviationmuseumofnh.org) tonight at 7 p.m. Admission costs $10; copies of the book will be available for $20 each during the event.
Thursday, May 29
Thursday is Poetry Night at Stark Brewing Co. (500 N. Commercial St, Manchester, 625-4444, starkbrewingcompany.com) from 7 to 10 p.m. Bring your own poems to share, or come for a good drink and listen. There is a $5 entry fee.
Friday, May 30
The Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com) hosts a double dose of Southern rock tonight beginning at 7 p.m. Supergroup Once an Outlaw and Allman Brothers tribute band The Peacheaters will bring authentic Southern rock to Derry for one evening. Tickets are $40.
Saturday, May 31
Celebrate Hillsborough, an event by History Alive, will take place today 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Hillsborough Center. The day will feature tours, music, activities, demonstrations, student art, workshops and more focused on Hillsborough history, according to historyalivenh.org.
Saturday, May 31
There’s a live simulcast of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” from the Metropolitan Opera in New York at 1 p.m. today at the BNH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com). Tickets are $32.20 for adults, $26 for Met members and Capitol Center members, and $19 for students.
Saturday, May 31
Experience intense mixed martial arts action at Combat Zone 88 tonight, beginning at 6 p.m. at the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000, snhuarena.com). Tickets start at $60.
Sunday, June 1
The Northern New England Book Fair and the NHADA (NH Antiques Dealers Association) Members Antiques Show is being held today at the Everett Arena (15 Loudon Road, Concord) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dozens of vendors will exhibit their wares. Admission is $5. Visit nhada.org.
Tuesday, June 3
American roots legends Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ will take the stage at Chubb Theatre (Chubb Theatre at CCA, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com) tonight at 7 p.m. as part of their Room on the Porch tour. Tickets start at $69.
Wednesday, June 4
Suzanne Vega performs a career-spanning show tonight at the Nashua Center for the Arts (201 Main St., Nashua, 800-657-8774, nashuacenterforthearts.com) at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $55.
Saturday, May 17
It’s plant sale Saturday! The Goffstown Community Garden Club sale starts at 8 a.m. and runs until noon (or when they sell out, whatever is first) at the Goffstown Town Commons. Find the Milford Garden Club from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Community House Lawn, at the corner of Union and Elm streets. The Nashua Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon at the Nashua Historical Society, 5 Abbot St. The Bedford Garden Club will hold its sale at Joppa Hill Farm (174 Joppa Hill Road in Bedford) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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