Family fun for the weekend
More maple
If you didn’t get enough of the sweet stuff during last weekend’s statewide Maple Weekend, the maple fun continues this weekend with some sugar houses continuing tours (find a complete listing of local sugar houses at nhmapleproducers.com).
Ben’s Sugar Shack, with locations in Temple and Newbury, will continue offering weekend tours through Sunday, April 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. See the syrup process from tree to finished product and enjoy some maple samples, according to bensmaplesyrup.com. The Temple location will also have maple doughnuts and maple soft serve, according to Ben’s Facebook page.
Several other sugar houses are open weekends through March. Check out the list of area sugar houses in last week’s (March 17) issue of the Hippo. Find the e-edition on hippopress.com and the list starting on page 11.
Charmingfare Farm (774 High St. in Candia; visitthefarm.com, 483-5623) also has some maple programming on the calendar. On Saturday, March 26, sign up for Sugar Shack Live, an evening that will feature a campfire (BYO marshmallows or hot dogs), a look at the sugar shack and boiling sap, a horse-drawn or tractor ride and live music. Tickets must be purchased online and cost $29. Or check out the Maple Express Saturday, March 26, or Sunday, March 27, when you can see tree tapping, visit the animals and get a taste of the syrup on some pancakes. Admission costs $22 and must be purchased online.
On stage
The Pinkerton Players present Pippin at the Stockbridge Theatre (5 Pinkerton St. in Derry; stockbridgetheatre.com, 437-5210) Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 27, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15.
The Bedford Youth Performing Company presents Matilda this weekend — Friday, March 26, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 27, at 1 and 7 p.m. — at the Derryfield School theater (2108 River Road in Manchester). Tickets cost $17.50 for adults, $15 for students and seniors, and are available via showtix4u.com. Call 472-3894.
The Majestic Theatre presents Frozen Jr. this Friday, March 25, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 26, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 27, at 2 p.m. at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway in Derry). Tickets cost $15 for adults, $12 for 65+ and $10 for 17 and under. Call 669-7469 or see majestictheatre.net.
Bye Bye Birdie continues its run at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org) with shows this weekend on Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 26, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 27, at noon. Tickets cost $39 and $46 for adults, $25 for kids through age 12.
On stage at the Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org) catch the Palace Youth Theatre Dance Show on Sunday, March 27, at 10 a.m. Tickets cost $10 to this 45-minute show.
And for older young theater-goers, the Palace Teen Company will present Carrie at the Rex Theatre on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15.