Category: This Week

Big Events November 18, 2021 and beyond

Friday, Nov. 19

The Peacock Players wrap up two weekends of presenting The Wedding Singer with a show tonight at 7 p.m. (as well as Saturday, Nov. 20, at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m.). The show runs at Court Street Theatre (14 Court St. in Nashua). Tickets cost $14 to $19 and are available at peacockplayers.org.

Saturday, Nov. 20

The 21st annual Fez-tival of Trees starts today at the Bektash Shrine Center (189 Pembroke Road in Concord; nhshriners.org) and is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. most days through Sunday, Nov. 28. See multiple fully decorated trees, which will be raffled off. Admission costs $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and kids 12 and under get in free.

Saturday, Nov. 20

It’s another weekend to get in some craft fair shopping.

Today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the First Parish Church (47 E. Derry Road in Derry; 434-0628) will hold its 77th annual Sugar Plum Fair. In addition to crafters, find raffle baskets, a cookie walk and the Hungry Caterpillar food truck, according to fpc-ucc.org.

The YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown (116 Goffstown Back Road; graniteymca.org) will hold its craft fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring more than 40 vendors, homemade baked goods, door prizes, membership discounts and more, according to the center’s Facebook page.

The Deerfield Community Church (15 Church St.; 463-7734, deerchurch.org) will hold its fair today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to the website.

Londonderry High School (295 Mammoth Road; lhs.londonderry.org, 432-6941) will hold its craft fair today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 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 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a raffle room and silent auction, concession cafe, bake sale, book fair and a free Elf Clinic, according to pttf-events.com. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the website said.

Trinity Episcopal Church (200 High St. in Hampton; trinityhampton.org, 926-5688) will hold its Holly Berry Fair today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sister church Christ Episcopal Church (1035 Lafayette Road in Portsmouth; christepiscopalchurch.us) will hold its Holly Berry Fair at the same time, featuring a cookie walk, baked goods, a silent auction, crafters and vendors and more, according to the website.

Thrive Outdoors (190 Elm St. in Manchester; 625-6600, thriveoutdoorsnh.com) will hold a Crafts Holiday Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Today and tomorrow, Nov. 21, check out the Bow PTO craft fair (Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) at Bow High School (55 Falcon Way in Bow). Admission costs $2 and the fair will feature more than 150 artists, according to bowpto.digitalpto.com.

The Spelled Out Psychic Fair and Full Moon Market will be held at the Hunt Memorial Building (6 Main St. in Nashua) today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free; the event includes psychic readers as well as crafters and more, according to a press release; see spelledoutshop.com.

The Seacoast Artisans 22nd annual holiday fine arts and craft show will run today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 35 Lafayette Road in Lafayette Crossing Plaza, Hampton. Admission costs $5 (kids 14 and under get in free). See seacoastartisansshows.com.

Sunday, Nov. 21

Catch the Freese Brothers Big Band today at 2 p.m. at the Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St. in Manchester; 668-5588, palacetheatre.org). Tickets cost $29.

Save the Date! Friday, Dec. 10

Matt Nakoa will play the Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com) on Friday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. Tickets for the singer-songwriter’s show cost $22 (plus fees) in advance and an extra $2 at the door. See and hear Nakoa at mattnakoa.com.

Featured photo: Matt Nakoa. Courtesy photo.

Big Events November 11, 2021 and beyond

Thursday, Nov. 11

Today at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; 669-6144, currier.og) veterans and their guests can get a free meal (of up to $15 each) in the Winter Garden Cafe, according to the museum website. Also today, at 11 a.m. and noon the “Looking Together” tour, when a docent focuses on a small number of works, will focus on the “WPA in NH” exhibit. The NH DHHS Mobile Covid-19 Vaccination Van will be set up in the Currier parking lot from 3 to 7 p.m. offering booster shots as well as first shots for adults and children, the website said. And today’s Art After Work, when admission is free to all from 5 to 8 p.m., will feature music by Charlie Chronopoulos.

Saturday, Nov. 13

Catch Warren Miller’s 72nd film Winter Starts Nowtoday at noon and 3 p.m. at the Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org). Tickets cost $30.50 ($55 for VIP tickets). Proceeds from this screening will support Kristen’s Gift Endowed Fund at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. The movie will also screen next week at The Music Hall in Portsmouth.

Saturday, Nov. 13

See Matt Carbonello perform a Neil Young Tribute tonight at the Dana Center (Saint Anselm College, 100 St. Anselm Drive in Manchester; tickets.anselm.edu) at 7:30 p.m. with proceeds from the show benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. Tickets cost $25.

Saturday, Nov. 13

Another November Saturday, another round of craft fairs.

Today, head to Memorial High School in Manchester for their booster club’s craft sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission costs $1 per person; the fair will feature more than 215 booths and vendors, according to the club’s Facebook page.

The Lil’ Iguana’s Craft Fair & Raffle will run today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nashua North High School. Admission is free and more than 70 crafters and vendors are expected to attend, according to liliguanausa.org.

You can also find a fair at the Eagles Wing Function Hall, 10 Spruce St. in Nashua, sponsored by Bazaar Craft Fairs, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and feature more than 40 crafters and vendors, according to Bazaar Craft Fairs Facebook page. Admission is free.

The United Church of Penacook (at Community Drive and Canal Street) will hold its fair today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and has a list of participating crafters with photos of their items at ucpnh.org.

At St. Kathryn Parish (4 Dracut Road in Hudson), the Christmas Bazaar and Penny Sale will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, Nov. 14. The event will include raffles, sales of theme baskets, baked goods and an appearance by Santa, according to stkathryns.org.

Also on Sunday, Nov. 14, head to the Bedford High School for the Bedford High School Handmade Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring local artists and artisans, according to the group’s Facebook page.

Save the Date! Nov. 19

The Jamantics — Masceo Williams, Freeland Hubbard, Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, Eric Reingold and Lucas Gallo — will reunite Friday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. at the Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com). Tickets cost $15 for general admission, $25 for reserved balcony seating (plust fees).

Featured photo: The Jamantics. Courtesy photo.

Big Events November 4, 2021 and beyond

Friday, Nov. 5

Symphony New Hampshire will present “Suites and Schubert” at St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church (39 Chandler St. in Nashua) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30 ($25 for seniors; children 18 or younger get in free).

Saturday, Nov. 6

Get a little more Halloween fun at the Halloween Trivia Extravaganza at Liquid Therapy (14 Court St. in Nashua; 402-9391, liquidtherapynh.com) today at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 6

With November comes craft fair season. Today, find the Village Craft Fair at the First Congregational Church (15 Lawrence Road in Salem) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a snack bar that closes at 3 p.m. Admission and parking are free. The Lakes Region Fall Craft Fair will run today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tanger Outlets in Tilton. The fair will feature 90 exhibitors; see joycescraftshows.com. The Knights of Columbus will host the Merrimack Craft Fair today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (and also on Friday, Nov. 5, from 5 to 8 p.m.) at Mastricola Upper Elementary School (26 Baboosic Lake Road in Merrimack), where, in addition to handmade crafts, you can find a bake sale, food concessions and a chance auction, according to kofc6725.org. The Hampstead Mothers’ Club will hold their annual craft fair today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hampstead Middle School (28 School St.) with more than 80 crafters, a raffle and a food court, according to the group’s Facebook page. St. Jude’s Women’s Guild will hold its 42 annual Country Christmas Fair today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Jude Community Parish (435 Mammoth Road in Londonderry). The event will feature hand-crafted items, a quilt raffle, a bake sale and more. Coe-Brown Northwood Academy (901 First NH Turnpike in Northwood; coebrown.org) will hold its craft fair today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. St. Luke the Evangelist (8 Atkinson Depot Road in Plaistow; stlukenh.org, 382-8324) will hold its Christmas Craft Fair from 9 am. to 3 p.m. featuring more than 20 vendors, a silent auction, jewelry table, raffles, “Cookie Heaven,” breakfast and lunch items available for purchase, live entertainment and children’s entertainment (including possibly photos with Santa from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), according to the church’s website. Do you know of a craft fair this season? Let us know at [email protected].

Sunday, Nov. 7

See Kathryn Lewek, a coloratura soprano called “the Metropolitan Opera’s reigning Queen of the Night” in a press release, at the Dana Center (Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive in Manchester; anselm.edu/dana-center-humanities) today at 4 p.m. She will be accompanied by pianist Elizabeth Blood and by opera tenor (and Saint Anselm College professor) Sean Parr, who wrote the book Vocal Virtuosity and will offer historical commentary, according to a press release. Tickets cost $45.

Save the Date! Nov. 19

You may still be snacking on trick-or-treat candy but the season of The Nutcracker is nearly here. The Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre will present its production of the classic Christmas ballet at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-5588) Friday, Nov. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 21. Shows are Friday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 21, at noon and 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $46.

Featured photo: Kathryn Lewek. Courtesy photo.

Big Events October 28, 2021 and beyond

Thursday, Oct. 28

Nothing but treats for lovers of classic horror and Halloween-y themed movies at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St. in Concord; 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org) starting tonight with The Thing (1982) at 7 p.m. Then tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 29) catch The Shining (R, 1980) at 2 and 6:30 p.m. and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (R, 1987) at 2:30, 5 & 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 30, it’s The Witches (PG, 1990) at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. and Psycho (R, 1960) at 2, 5 & 8 p.m. And on Halloween, Sunday, Oct. 31, check out The Exorcist (R, 1973) at 2 and 5:15 p.m. and Night of the Living Dead (1968) at 1:30 and 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 28

Or go for some horror from the silent film era withNosferatu (1922), directed by F.W. Murnau, tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St. in Manchester; 668-5588, palacetheatre.org). The screening will feature live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis. Admission costs $10.

Friday, Oct. 29

Catch Adam Ezra Group tonight at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at the Flying Monkey (39 Main St. in Plymouth; flyingmonkeynh.com, 536-2551). Tickets start at $25.

Sunday, Oct. 31

Were Ross and Rachel truly on a break? Perhaps the issue will be debated tonight at Friends The Musical Parody, a live show presented this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. (doors open at 2 p.m.) at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com, 225-1111). Tickets cost $35 to $55 (plus a fee).

Sunday, Oct. 31

Buy some candy and turn on those porch lights for trick or treat today — for the most part. Get a rundown of when area towns are holding their trick-or-treats (some do it on Saturday) in last week’s (Oct. 21) issue of the Hippo on page 11. Find an e-edition of the paper at hippopress.com.

Wednesday, Nov. 3

The Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St. in Manchester; manchesterhistoric.org, 622-7531) is holding an open house and beer tasting tonight from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 and can be purchased online or by calling the museum. The evening will feature live music by Alli Beaudry, eats and brews from Lithermans, To Share Brewing, Woodstock Inn Brewery, Great North Aleworks and more, according to the website.

Save the Date! Nov. 6

Catch the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra playing the music of Duke Ellington on Saturday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dana Center (Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive in Manchester; anselm.edu). Tickets cost $40.

Featured photo: Adam Ezra Group. Courtesy photo.

Big Events October 21, 2021 and beyond

Saturday, Oct. 23

Magnifico! Catch Almost Queen today at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St. in Concord; 225-1111, ccanh.com). Tickets

Saturday, Oct. 23

The town of Raymond is holding a Fall Family Festival today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lamprey River Elementary School (33 Old Manchester Road in Raymond). The day will include a 1K and 3K run/walk (registration starts at 9 a.m.), the Girls Scouts STEM dinosaur van, pumpkin painting, concessions available for purchase, family rail bike tours and more, according to raymondnh.gov/fallfamilyfunfestival.

Saturday, Oct. 23

The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Dr. in Concord; starhop.com, 271-7827) will hold a James Webb Space Telescope Pre-Launch party, all about the telescope scheduled to launch later this year, today at 1:30 p.m. The celebration will include information about the Webb telescope and its mission and STEM activities, according to the Center’s website. The center is open Fridays through Sundays and visitors can purchase tickets for a morning (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) or afternoon (1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.) time slot. Admission costs $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for students and seniors, $8.50 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children two and under, and tickets can be purchased in advance on the website.

Saturday, Oct. 23

Chunky’s Cinema Pubs in Nashua (151 Coliseum Ave.) and Manchester (707 Huse Road) are each offering two screenings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the PG 2001 movie that kicked off the franchise. The first screening is today at 6:30 p.m. and the second is tomorrow, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $5.99 per person and dressing up in Hogwarts fashion is encouraged, according to chunkys.com.

Saturday, Oct. 23

Catch BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet today at 7:30 p.m. at the Dana Center for the Humanities at Saint Anselm College (100 Saint Anselm Drive in Manchester; anselm.edu/dana-events, 641-7000). The Dana Center’s website describes them as “making some of the most popular Cajun music on the planet with their distinctive sound distilled from the spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues, rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass.” Tickets cost $45.

Save the Date! Oct. 31

Think of it as grown-up trick-or-treating: the Manchester Brewfest will run from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, (with VIP admission at noon) in Arms Park in Manchester. Tickets cost $40 for general admission, $50 for VIP admission and $15 for designated drivers (and bring money for the restaurants that will set up stations to sell food). Around 20 breweries will be on hand to offer tastes of their beers, according to Matt Ingersoll’s story about the event on page 26 of the Oct. 14 issue of the Hippo (find the e-edition at hippopress.com).

Featured photo: Almost Queen. Courtesy photo.

Big Events October 14, 2021 and beyond

Friday, Oct. 15

It’s a big weekend for local theater with two plays on the schedule up in Concord. Catch the Community Players of Concord’s presentation of Barefoot in the Park, the play by Neil Simon, at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St). The shows are tonight and tomorrow, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 17, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for youth and seniors; see communityplayersofconcord.org. And beginning a two-weekend run at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road in Concord; hatboxnh.com, 715-2315) is American Son, a play by Christopher Demos-Brown. Tonight’s show is at 7:30 p.m., as are shows on Oct. 16, Oct. 22 and Oct. 23. Sunday shows (Oct. 17 and Oct. 24) are at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $22, $19 for students and seniors.

Friday, Oct. 15

Today is also the kickoff of a multi-week run of Mamma Mia!, the ABBA musical, at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-5588). Tonight’s show is at 7:30 p.m. The play runs through Nov. 14 with shows at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays, 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays and noon and 5 p.m. on Sundays (most weeks). There will also be Thursday shows on Oct. 28 and Nov. 11. Tickets cost $25 to $46. And if you can’t get enough ABBA, head to the Capitol Center for the Arts (16 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com, 225-1111) on Wednesday, Oct. 20, for ABBA the Concert, a tribute concert to the Swedish pop group, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $29.50 to $49.50 (plus fees).

Saturday, Oct. 16

The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra will begin its new season with a show “From Darkness to Hope” presented tonight at 7:30 p.m. and tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 17, at 2 p.m. at Seifert Performing Arts Center at Salem High School (44 Geremonty Dr. in Salem). The concerts will include performances of music by Beethoven, Samuel Barber and Tchaikovsky and will be conducted by Mark Latham. Tickets cost $30 for adults, $25 for seniors, $8 for students and $5 for Salem K-12 students. A livestream pass for $15 is also available for Sunday’s show.

Saturday, Oct. 16

Giant pumpkins! Seaworthy pumpkins! Falling pumpkins! The Goffstown Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off and Regatta has all sorts of pumpkin entertainment planned for this weekend, starting today and continuing through tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 17, when the actual regatta of pumpkin watercraft will hit the Piscataquog River at 3 p.m. See the weigh-off of the giant gourds today at 10:30 a.m. at the Common in Goffstown. The day will also include vendors and demonstrations, a doggie costume contest (at 10 a.m.) and fireworks (at dusk). Find out more in Angie Sykeny’s story on page 12 in last week’s (Oct. 7) issue of the Hippo; find the e-edition at hippopress.com.

Save the Date! For wine in November

The Lakes Region Uncorked will be held at Church Landing at Mill Falls (281 Daniel Webster Hwy. in Meredith) on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 5 p.m. and feature tastings from more than a dozen area craft breweries and wineries as well as food, a silent auction, music and more. General admission costs $50; a premier ticket (which includes a celebrity chef cooking demonstration) costs $90. See lakesregionuncorked.com. The Chase Home’s 7th Annual Wine & Chocolate Tasting fundraiser will be held Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club (135 Congress St. in Portsmouth). The event will run from 6 to 9 p.m. and feature food, a live and silent auction and more. Tickets cost $75; see chasehome.org.

Featured photo: Giant Pumpkin Regatta. Courtesy photo.