Category: Visual Arts

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ArtWalk and Writers’ Conference to be held virtually

Interviewing Tiffany Joslin of the YMCA of Greater Nashua, one of the 7th Annual Meri Goyette Arts Awards recipients, for ArtWeek Nashua 2020. Photo by Wendy Fisher.

While many of the fall’s large annual arts events have been canceled, some, like Nashua ArtWalk Weekend and the 603: Writers’ Conference, are still happening virtually.

ArtWalk Weekend has been reimagined as ArtWeek, with virtual programming on social media and local television from Saturday, Oct. 17, through Sunday, Oct. 25.

“We could have easily put this off until next year, but we wanted to make this happen,” said Wendy Fisher, project manager for City Arts Nashua, which hosts the event. “Art in any form is really healing for people, and I think bringing art to folks virtually right now during this crazy time and forming a community around the arts is filling a void.”

The schedule for ArtWeek is still in the works, but Fisher said it will feature around 30 Nashua-area artists and performers through a series of video segments and social media posts. In the videos, which have been professionally filmed in partnership with Access Nashua Community Television, artists give tours of their studios, show their artistic processes and give an in-depth look at some of their works of art. The videos will be broadcast on Access Nashua (TV channel 96) and City Arts Nashua’s YouTube channel. Other artists will have spotlights on City Arts Nashua’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages and website.

“You can learn about the artists and see the work they’re creating [and hear about] how the pandemic has impacted them and how you can support them,” Fisher said. “It’s just like meeting them in person, except instead of walking through downtown Nashua you tune in [virtually].”

ArtWeek will also include elements of the “KidsWalk,” which debuted at last year’s event.

Videos and photos submitted by young artists and performers showcasing their talents and pandemic-era creations will be featured; and, with contributions from the YMCA of Greater Nashua, there will be a scavenger hunt with clues posted on social media where kids can find art kits hidden around Nashua. Kids can then watch a YouTube video with instructions and inspiration for projects they can do with the art kit.

“The KidsWalk was so popular last year,” Fisher said. “We’re so excited to bring back more things for kids.”

Finally, ArtWeek will also air the presentation of the Meri Goyette Arts Awards, which was recorded over the summer. The awards recognize three non-artist community members who have made outstanding contributions to the arts.

The New Hampshire Writers’ Project’s 603: Writers’ Conference, known this year as 603: Writers’ “Sit and Click” Virtual Conference, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 17. Normally held in Manchester in the spring, the conference will feature most of its traditional activities, including panels, classes and a keynote speaker, virtually over Zoom.

“It’s all brand new territory that we’re trying to pioneer, just like everybody else,” said Beth D’Ovidio, marketing director for the Writers’ Project, “but I think most people have become fairly well-versed and confident and comfortable with Zoom by now.”

The conference kicks off with a presentation by keynote speaker Brunonia Barry, New York Times- and international bestselling author of The Lace Reader, The Map of True Places and The Fifth Petal.

Then there will be two sessions with a total of 14 different classes offered, plus one panel, taught by published authors and industry professionals and covering a variety of topics related to the theme “Choosing Your Path to Publishing.” Topics will include the mechanics of powerful prose, protagonists and antagonists, researching a historical novel, strategies for developing a story, dealing with plot holes, beating procrastination, creative approaches to telling personal stories, revising, sci-fi and fantasy world-building, submitting a manuscript for publication, working with an editor, creating a video trailer for a book, selling self-published books through Amazon ads and planning a book tour.

All classes will be held live as well as recorded, and participants will have access to the recorded classes for 90 days after the conference.

“You’ll be able to access every single workshop that is presented that day, which we’re really excited about, because we haven’t been able to offer that in the past,” D’Ovidio said. “I think that’s going to really increase the value of the experience and is a really cool selling point this year.”

Virtual arts
ArtWeek Nashua
When: Saturday, Oct. 17, through Sunday, Oct. 25. Schedule of programs TBA.
Where: Content will be broadcast on Access Nashua (TV channel 96) and City Arts Nashua’s YouTube channel and posted on City Arts Nashua’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages and website.
Cost: Free
More info: cityartsnashua.org

603: Writers’ “Sit and Click” Virtual Conference
When: Saturday, Oct. 17, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: Content will be broadcast live over Zoom.
Cost: $125 for NHWP members, $145 for non-members, $100 for teachers and $50 for students. Registration required by Friday, Oct. 16, at 3 p.m. Includes recorded content accessible for 90 days.
More info: nhwritersproject.org

Featured photo: Interviewing Gail Moriarty of Colibri Designs. Photo by Wendy Fisher.

The Art Roundup 20/10/08

• Crafts online: The Craftworkers’ Guild’s first-ever Virtual Harvest Fair is going on now through Oct. 12. The Guild has suspended its in-person events in Bedford until further notice and is inviting people to shop online. The virtual fair features work by more than 30 artisans and craftspeople, including seasonal decor, photography, fine art and prints, cards, gourmet treats, woodworking, fiber and fabric, sewn and knitted specialties, stained and fused glass art, mixed media and jewelry. “As the oldest craft-related organization in New Hampshire, it has been a challenge to take our historic shop online for the first time,” Carol Davis, president of the Craftworkers’ Guild, said in a press release. “We are excited to be able to share our new virtual shop with our friends and fans.” Items purchased at the virtual shop will be available for curbside pickup in Bedford daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the duration of the event. Visit craftworkersguild.org.

• Music in the gardens: Symphony New Hampshire will perform an outdoor concert featuring its String Quartets on Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Beaver Brook Association’s Maple Hill Gardens (117 Ridge Road, Hollis). The gardens will open at 4 p.m., and the music will begin at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $15 per person, $25 per couple and $5 for children age 12 and under. Seats are limited. Purchase tickets online in advance at beaverbrook.org.

Crafts for sale at the Craftworkers’ Guild Virtual Harvest Fair. Courtesy photo.

• Call for artist members: The New Hampshire Art Association’s fall jurying for new members will take place on Sunday, Oct. 25, and Monday, Oct. 26. The oldest statewide artist association in the state, NHAA provides many opportunities for New England artists to exhibit and sell their artwork throughout the year. Prospective members will drop off four original works of art in the same medium that “reflect the artist’s voice and are representative of their body of work,” according to the NHAA website. A jury of established NHAA artist members with backgrounds in a variety of media will review and judge the work. The jury looks for “maturity of artistic concept, mastery of the medium, composition, consistency of artistic concept and presentation,” the website said. Fill out an application, available on the website, and mail it, along with $25 for the application fee, to New Hampshire Art Association, 136 State St., Portsmouth, NH 03801, by Thursday, Oct. 22. Instructions for the drop-off will be emailed to you. Visit nhartassociation.org or call 431-4230.

• Pandemic poetry reading: Gibson’s Bookstore presents a virtual reading event for COVID Spring: Granite State Pandemic Poems on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. on Zoom, featuring 12 of the book’s poets. The poetry anthology, edited by New Hampshire Poet Laureate Alexandria Peary and published by Hobblebush Books, features original poems submitted by 54 New Hampshire writers. The poems “provide a thirty-day snapshot of what life was like in the Granite State in April of 2020” and explore topics like Covid-related “job loss, loneliness and love, masks, social distancing, surreal visitors, uncertainty, graduations deferred, grief, neighborly and less-than-neighborly acts, observing the beginning of the pandemic and making projections about the future, recalibrating or confirming what it means to be human, to be a resident of this region,” Peary said in the anthology’s introduction. Visit newhampshirepoetlaureate.blogspot.com to register and receive an email with the link to the Zoom event. The book can be purchased at Gibson’s and other local bookstores, Hobblebush Books (hobblebush.com), Small Press Distribution (spdbooks.org) and Amazon, and the publisher will donate $2 from every copy sold to the New Hampshire Food Bank to support New Hampshire residents impacted by the pandemic.

A sense of belongings

Artists reflect on their possessions in new exhibit

The newest exhibit at Twiggs Gallery in Boscawen, “Possessed,” explores just that: the things we possess, and the things that possess us.

Six artists tell stories of their own relationships with possessions — both physical and conceptual — through calligraphy, painting, photography, fiber art and mixed media.

“We all have possessions, and it’s interesting to look around and think about what’s important to us and what isn’t,” said gallery owner Adele Sanborn, who is also one of the featured artists. “It turned out to be a fun idea for a show.”

As a calligrapher, Sanborn said she is “possessed by words” and decided to make words the focus of her work in the exhibit. The calligraphy pieces feature single words, like “persistence” and “tomorrow,” that are meant to provoke a unique response from each viewer.

“The words I chose can be positive or negative, depending on who you are and how you’re looking at it,” she said. “I love that whole idea of ambiguity, of yin and yang.”

Graphic designer Donna Catanzaro of South Sutton gives meaning to her “collections of useless, dusty objects” through digital art and collage.

“Penguins, the Virgin Mary and religious statues, the lighthouses and other various knickknacks … provided a bit of joy at one point, but now they just remind me of how cluttered my life is,” Catanzaro said in her artist statement. “I decided to give them a purpose, a place, a landscape they can live in, shrines to pray to.”

Using stencils and acrylic spray paint, Elaine Caikauskas of Manchester made images representing sentimental items from her past, like one of her favorite childhood books, her niece’s bathtub toys and a cat toy that has been enjoyed by nine of her cats over the course of 30 years.

“I focused on discovering the connections between my past and present, revealed, sometimes unexpectedly, by the creative process,” Caikauskas said in her artist statement. “I wanted to blur the physical qualities of the objects to explore a deeper psychological truth.”

“That connection between past and present seems to be a thread that runs through many of the artists’ work for this exhibit,” Sanborn added.

Fiber artist Suzanne Pretty of Farmington created works inspired by possessions passed down to her by her grandmother, such as china, linens, tools, furniture, postcards and more, which furnished her first apartment and now fill her house.

“The more I looked at the items I found, I realized how attached I was to them.” Pretty said. “Some items are very special and hold special meanings, reminding us of the people who owned them.”

Artist Susan Huppi of Penacook said her work looks at items she owns that “tell stories of different time periods and personalities,” particularly of painting with her father when she was a child. One painting depicts a copper urn that holds her father’s paint brushes and a childhood bureau mirror that reflects one of his paintings.

“Objects can be a memory prompt to get us to recall family stories and hopefully pass some form of these stories on to the next generation,” Huppi said, adding that she is a third-generation artist in her family and “the legacy continues” as her niece is also an artist.

Gail Smuda of Concord, who does fiber art and sculptural art books, also focused on items with connections to the people and pets in her life: a sled that belonged to her mother, a dish from a children’s dish set that belonged to her great aunt, and her cat Abbey, whom she said “is a reminder of all the cats we have owned over many decades.”

“For me, objects always translate to people,” she said. “The stories behind the objects, whether it be the memory of an elderly relative or who I was with when the object was obtained, is very important to me.”

Sanborn said the exhibit is deeply personal for the artists and can be personal for the viewer too.

“I think when people wonder why the artists chose [the possessions] that they did for their art, they start to become curious about their own selves,” she said. “What does the word ‘possessed’ mean for them?”

“Possessed”
Where: Twiggs Gallery, 254 King St., Boscawen
When: Now through Nov. 1. Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.
More info: 975-0015, twiggsgallery.wordpress.com
Visitors are asked to wear masks.

Featured photo: “Persistance” by Adele Sanborn. Courtesy photo.

The Art Roundup 20/10/01

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

• Shop art: The weekly Concord Arts Market is done for the season, but you can still do some art shopping in Concord at the Capital City Art Bazaar, a special event hosted byConcord Arts Market and Concord Handmade. It takes place on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Rollins Park. Visit concordartsmarket.net.

• Pop-up ceramics: Manchester art gallery Kelley Stelling Contemporary presents its first outdoor pop-up exhibit on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain date Sunday, Oct. 4) at the Hayfield (198 South Road, Deerfield). The exhibit will feature six New England ceramic artists, all Deerfield residents, from the New Hampshire Potters Guild. Masks will be required during the event. There is a suggested $20 donation to attend, and all pieces will be available for purchase. Get tickets in advance. Visit kelleystellingcontemporary.com.

Kelley Stelling Contemporary and the NH Potters Guild present a pop-up ceramics exhibit. Courtesy photo.

• Political satire: You can still catch a livestreamed performance of Manchester Community Theatre Players’ production of Blood on His Hands?, on Friday, Oct. 2, or Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. The original play by local playwrights Alan D. Kaplan and Tom Anastasi is about a fictional president, President Stump, who is on trial for how he’s handled the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving the audience to decide whether he is guilty of negligence. The play is free to watch. Visit manchestercommunitytheatre.com.

• Funny nuns: The Palace Theatre’s (80 Hanover St., Manchester) production of the musical comedy Nunsense continues through Oct. 4, with showtimes on Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays at noon and 5 p.m. Tickets are $39 to $46 for adults and $25 for children. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• Patriotic classical: Symphony New Hampshire presents “America the Beautiful,” a free outdoor concert, on Friday, Oct. 2, at 6:30 p.m., outside in the Bandshell at Greeley Park (Concord Street, Nashua). The symphony’s brass and percussion players will perform the patriotic and popular music of Grieg, Copland, Gershwin and Joan Tower. Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess will narrate Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. Visit symphonynh.org or call 595-9156.

Passing through

New photo book shows day-to-day life in Manchester

A young photographer is using a street photography project to tell visual stories of the people of Manchester.

Tenacious: People of Manchester, a new photo book by 20-year-old lifelong Manchester resident Niko Noel, features about 100 images of day-to-day life in Manchester.

The book started as a class assignment that Noel had while studying photography at the New Hampshire Institute of Art (now the Institute of Art and Design at New England College) in Manchester.

“We had to come up with a project with a focus,” he said. “I’ve always taken a lot of pictures of Manchester, since I live here, so I thought Manchester would be a good focus.”

Noel said he didn’t consider developing the project further until he was inspired by one particular photograph he had taken.

“It was a picture of a man in a suit through a storefront window, with the reflection of the city in the window, kind of showing this contrast between different classes of life and disparity in economics,” he said. “That really clicked with me, and that’s when I thought, this feels like something that could be more important than just a collection of photographs for a class project.”

Noel started working on the book in October 2018, going out almost every day to different parts of Manchester and capturing candid photographs of people going about their day. He ended up with thousands of photographs, he said. He pared them down to a couple hundred and got them printed.

“I had them all taped up all over my wall so I could go through and cut the ones that didn’t work and start grouping together the ones that I liked and planning the layout,” he said.

Most of the shots are candid, with the subjects unaware that their photo was being taken. Noel said he tried to capture “interesting people,” “things that stand out” and “special moments.”

“The people who spend a lot of time downtown I find especially interesting, like this one guy who was doing calisthenics in Veterans Park,” Noel said.

Many of the photographs capture construction workers building, parking enforcement officers checking meters, police officers making their rounds and other workers. Other photos capture people who are “down on their luck,” Noel said, affected by homelessness and opioid addiction.

“So often, I hear people saying terribly dehumanizing things about some of the people who live here who are having a hard time,” Noel said. “I think that taking pictures of what’s going on is a good way to show the humanity in the situation, and that’s the first step toward change.”

Noel said he thought deeply about “the ethics of using imagery like that,” particularly in a book that he would be selling, which led him to the decision to donate 20 percent of the book sales to Families in Transition, a nonprofit that works to alleviate homelessness.

“I don’t think I’m going to fix the problem — that’s unrealistic — but I hope that it helps push the needle in the right direction,” he said.

Visit amazon.com to buy the book, or takenol.com/shop/tenacious to learn more or buy the book.

Art
Exhibits
• “MANCHESTER’S URBAN PONDS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: A CELEBRATION OF THE MANCHESTER URBAN PONDS RESTORATION PROGRAM’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY Through its cleanup efforts, the Manchester Urban Ponds Restoration Program has helped restore the city’s ponds to their historic uses. The exhibit provides a look at the history of some of those ponds, including Crystal Lake, Dorrs Pond, Maxwell Pond, Nutts Pond, Pine Island Pond and Stevens Pond. State Theater Gallery at Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford St., Manchester. On view now through Nov. 28. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for seniors age 62 and up and college students, $4 for youth ages 12 through 18 and is free for kids under age 12. Call 622-7531 or visit manchesterhistoric.org/millyard-museum.
• “RICHARD HAYNES: WHISPERING QUILTS” Exhibit features a series of drawings inspired by traditional quilting patterns that tells the story of an enslaved family’s dangerous journey along the Underground Railroad, from a southern plantation to freedom in Canada. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. On view now through Nov. 29. Museum hours are Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed Monday through Wednesday. Museum admission costs $15 for adults, $13 for seniors age 65 and up, $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17 and free for children under age 13. Reserve in advance online. Call 669-6144 or visit currier.org.
• “PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT” Exhibit features photography from the Civil Rights protests in the 1950s and 1960s. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. On view now. Museum hours are Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed Monday through Wednesday. Museum admission costs $15 for adults, $13 for seniors age 65 and up, $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17 and free for children under age 13. Reserve in advance online. Call 669-6144 or visit currier.org.
• “OPEN WORLD: VIDEO GAMES & CONTEMPORARY ART” Exhibit explores how contemporary artists have been influenced by the culture of video games, through paintings, sculpture, textiles, prints, drawings, animation, video games, video game modifications and game-based performances and interventions. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. On view now. Reserve in advance online. Call 669-6144 or visit currier.org.
Tours
• NASHUA PUBLIC ART AUDIO TOUR Self-guided audio tours of the sculptures and murals in downtown Nashua, offered via the Distrx app, which uses Bluetooth iBeacon technology to automatically display photos and text and provides audio descriptions at each stop on the tour as tourists approach the works of art. Each tour has 10 to 15 stops. Free and accessible on Android and iOS on demand. Available in English and Spanish. Visit downtownnashua.org/nashua-art-tour.

Theater
Shows
• NO WAKE The Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents. 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. Now through Oct. 11. Tickets cost $29 to $39. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org or call 279-0333.
• MARY AND ME The Players’ Ring Theatre presents. 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Oct. 2 through Oct. 11, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $18 to $24. Visit playersring.org.
• NUNSENSE The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents. 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. Oct. 15 through Oct. 17, and Oct. 25 through Nov. 8, with showtimes on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30 to $48. Visit seacoastrep.org.
• THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY The Players’ Ring Theatre presents. 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Oct. 23 through Nov. 1, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $18 to $24. Visit playersring.org.

Books
Writing
• 603 WRITERS’ CONFERENCE Annual event presented by New Hampshire Writers’ Project features classes, panels, book signings and networking opportunities for writers. Virtual, via Zoom. Sat., Oct. 17. The cost is $125 for NHWP members, $145 for non-members, $100 for teachers and $50 for students. Visit nhwritersproject.org.
• CALL FOR BLACK WRITERS New Hampshire-based theater company and playwright collective New World Theatre announces an open call to Black writers to submit monologues that reflect their personal experience of living while black, to be published in an anthology titled “08:46.” The deadline for submissions is Jan. 1, 2021. Visit newworldtheatre.org/08m46s.

Featured Photo: The cover and an inside look at Tenacious: People of Manchester. Courtesy images.

The Art Roundup 20/09/24

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

• Closing exhibits: A number of local art exhibits are closing this week. Catch “Searching for Solace: Sacred Spaces/Sacred Places,” on view now through Sept. 27 at Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen; 975-0015, twiggsgallery.wordpress.com). It features paintings, sculpture, textiles and ceramics by 13 artists exploring the concept of personal sanctuary, with a focus on nature. Hours are Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

Stop by the Kimball Jenkins Estate (266 N. Main St., Concord; 225-3932, kimballjenkins.com) to see “Life’s Work: Occupations & Identity,” up now through Sept. 28 in the Carriage House Gallery. It features portrait photography by Maundy Mitchell that explores the evolution of trades and societal views on identity and jobs. Gallery hours are Monday through Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The New Hampshire Antique Co-op (323 Elm St., Milford; 673-8499, nhantiquecoop.com) has an exhibit and sale, “Abstract Paintings & Tribal Masks,” on display in the Tower Gallery now through Sept. 30. It features modernist 20th- and 21st-century paintings juxtaposed alongside a collection of Oceanic and African hand-carved masks and figural carvings. Co-op hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday by appointment. The co-op also has a virtual art exhibit and sale, “Summer Palettes: Impressionist & Modernist Works from the 19th century to Present,” viewable online now through Sept. 30.

• Theater in person…: The Hatbox Theatre’s (270 Loudon Road, Concord) mainstage production of A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters continues through Sept. 27, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. The play centers on two childhood friends, Melissa and Andrew, who write letters to each other for their entire lives and develop a deep bond. Tickets cost $22 for adults and $19 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315.

• … or theater from home: The Manchester Community Theatre Players present Blood on His Hands?, an original play by local playwrights Alan D. Kaplan and Tom Anastasi, with livestreamed performances on Fridays, Sept. 25 and Oct. 2, and Saturdays, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. In the play, a fictional president, President Stump, is on trial for how he has handled the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving the audience to decide whether or not he is guilty of negligence. “We fully appreciate that politics can be divisory and people have strong opinions both for and against the way the coronavirus was handled, but we wanted this to be a conversation starter and chance for people to see both sides of the issue,” company manager Steve Short said in a press release. The play is free to watch. Visit manchestercommunitytheatre.com.

• Art at The Fells: The John Hay Estate at The Fells (456 Route 103, Newbury) hosts an Afternoon of Dance, Sculpture and Art on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 1 to 3 p.m. Visitors can follow a self-guided tour through the galleries, outdoor exhibit and around the estate grounds, where there will be dancers, sculptures, artwork and artists reflecting the theme “Stillness and Motion.” The cost of admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, $4 for kids ages 6 through 17, and free for kids age 5 and under. Visit thefells.org.

• Shaker Village weekend: Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury), in partnership with Red River Theatres, presents a free outdoor movie night featuring Casablanca (1942) on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. The film will be shown on the lawn by the Meeting House. The following day, Saturday, Sept. 26, the Village is having a garage, tag and yard sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale will feature a wide variety of items, including books, decorations, furniture, household goods, DVDs, toys, games and more. Additionally, there will be a 50-percent-off sale on select items in the Village Store. Masks are required. Visit shakers.org.

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