Big Events October 6, 2022 and beyond
Thursday, Oct. 6
The 20th annual New Hampshire Film Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday, Oct. 9, at several locations around Portsmouth including the Music Hall, the Lounge, the Press Room, St. John’s Church and 3S Artspace. Today’s events include a screening of God’s Country, which stars Thandiwe Newton, at 7:15 p.m. at the Music Hall, as well as several NH Shorts blocks. Festival day passes are available ($30 for Thursday and $50 for each day afterward) or you can buy a pass to the entire four-day event, which in addition to the screenings of features and shorts features panels and other happenings. See the full schedule and buy tickets at nhfilmfestival.com.
Friday, Oct. 7
The Milford Rotary and Lions Clubs are once again working on presenting a lineup of vendors for two nights of beer, wine and spirits tastings during the annual Milford Pumpkin Festival, on Friday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Oct. 8, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the Community House Lawn (Union Street, Milford). More than a dozen local and regional brewers, distillers and other beverage purveyors will be pouring samples of their offerings throughout each evening. Returning vendors will include Steadfast Spirits Distilling Co. of Concord and Averill House Vineyard of Brookline, and there are also a few newcomers to the festival, like Long Blue Cat Brewing Co. of Londonderry, Liquid Therapy of Nashua, Canteen Spirits and Buena Gave Canned Cocktails. The cost is $20 per person for 10 tasting tickets, and each ticket holder also receives a commemorative glass — tickets are redeemable for a three-ounce beer sample, a one-ounce wine sample or a ¼-ounce spirit sample. Visit milfordpumpkinfestival.org/bws-tent.
Saturday, Oct. 8
The Nashua Historical Society will hold an exhibit of 150 years of Nashua bridal fashion today and tomorrow (Sunday, Oct. 9) from 1 to 4 p.m. at Abbot-Spalding House (5 Abbott St. in Nashua). Admission costs up to $12 per person.
Saturday, Oct. 8
The Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com) hosts “An evening with Paula Cole” tonight at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $55 plus fees. Known for hits “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” and “I Don’t Want to Wait,” Cole released the album American Quilt in 2021 and in September 2022 a two-song collection with Jason Isobell and John Paul White called For the Birds.
Wednesday, Oct. 12
Chunky’s Cinema Pubs (707 Huse Road, Manchester; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, chunkys.com ) will hold a 21+ screening of Clue (1985) at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and attendees are encouraged to bring board games to play in the hour before the movie starts. Tickets cost $5.99 (you know, one plus two plus one plus one … plus .99).
Save the date! Saturdays, Oct. 15, and Oct. 22
The Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road in Canterbury; shakers.org) will host 5K cross-country races that are part of the Delta Dental XC Series on the Shaker Village grounds, according to a press release. Registration costs $25.
Featured photo. Milford Pumpkin Festival. Courtesy photo.