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The Weekly Dish 25/09/04

News from the local food scene

• More Zizza Pizza: Zizza Authentic Pizza, a Milford pizzeria, has opened a second location at 1100 Bicentennial Drive in Manchester, specializing in up-scale pizzas and sandwiches. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Visit zizzapizza.com.

• Breakfast Bourbon Brunch: Flag Hill Winery and Distillery (297 N. River Road, Lee, 659-2949, flaghill.com) will celebrate the release of its newest spirit, Breakfast Bourbon, with a special brunch, Sunday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sip handcrafted welcome cocktails and build your own bloody bourbon bar. Tickets cost $60.43.

• Wine-Tasting mystery party: Wine on Main (9 N. Main St., Concord, 897-5828, wineonmainnh.com) will host Murder at Downton: A Wine Tasting Mystery Inspired by Downton Abbey on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. There will be curated wine tastings, interactive clue rooms, and a live murder mystery set in the glamorous world of Downton Abbey. Create your own character name, team up to solve the crime; prizes await the best sleuth and most fabulous costume. Tickets are $48.80.

• Wine with history: General admission tickets are still available to the Vintage & Vine fine wine and food festival at the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., according to strawberybanke.org/vintage-vine, where you can purchase tickets.

• Local wines and bites: The Fall Food & Wine Festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Nashua Center for the Arts, 201 Main St. in Nashua, featuring wine, cheese, chocolate and more, according to a press release. This 21+ event benefits End 68 Hours of Hunger — Nashua, a non profit that provides food for the 68-hour weekend between school meals, the release said. Tickets cost $25 for general admission, $35 for an extra hour of admission from 6 to 7 p.m., the release said. See tinyurl.com/3sfxvwp9 for tickets.

Late summer in the garden

Arranging flowers, visiting a botanic garden and putting up tomatoes

By Henry Homeyer

listings@hippopress.com

Every year on the third weekend in August, my hometown of Cornish, N.H., sponsors a country fair. Not only does it have junk food and rides for the kids, it has ox and horse pulling competitions, woodsman’s events and more. The school is full of photography, art and crafts, 4-H and a chance to show off your best and biggest zucchini. Flower arrangements of all sorts fill a whole room.

If you want to compete in a flower competition, start a week ahead of time. Test out flowers to see if they will look good for the length of the fair. Will black-eyed Susans still look good? How about bee balm?

It’s best to pick flowers for an arrangement in the morning when they are fully hydrated and before the heat of the day has had a chance to dry them out. Watering your flowers the night before helps if you’re in a dry spell. Bring a picking bucket when you collect flowers. As soon as they’re cut, plunge them into deep water, but don’t submerge the blossoms. It’s best to pick flowers that are just opening up, not in full bloom.

When you actually make your arrangements, make sure no leaves go in the vase as they will decompose and invite bacteria that will clog up the stems. And re-cut the stems before using them, removing at least ¾ of an inch of stem. Some folks do this in a bowl of water, but I just cut them and quickly put them in a vase.

What kind of vases work best? That depends on the flowers to be used. I tend to like vases with relatively narrow openings, as they keep the flowers upright. Use heavy vases to keep tall arrangements from tipping over. Pick plenty of stems, and then choose the best to use.

How tall should an arrangement be? An 8-inch vase looks good with the tallest stems about 12 to 16 inches tall. You may want to start an arrangement with a low filler, something with stiff stems that will help keep taller stems upright. Boxwood branches are good for that. Place three, five or seven stems of a particular kind of flower in the vase. Use medium-height flowers, then add another variety with slightly taller flowers until the vase seems almost full. Some people obsess about making colors complementary, but I feel all flowers are beautiful, and look good together. You’ll know what looks good as you make the arrangement. White flowers add a nice counterpoint to the others.

This is a good time of year to visit a botanical garden — it can give you ideas about new plants and interesting designs for your garden. My wife, Cindy, and I recently visited the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Massachusetts (near Worcester). It has acres of well-planned gardens on 200 acres with hundreds of perennials, trees and shrubs, all artistically placed.

One of the things I especially appreciated at Tower Hill was their effort to have readily visible labels for most things, with both English and Latin names. I came away with the desire to find two plants I had not seen before: a tree called hornbeam maple (Acer carpinifolium) and a perennial called rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccafolium).

Within a week or so I found rattlesnake master at Rocky Dale Nursery in Bristol, Vermont. It is related to sea holly but has leaves like a yucca. At maturity it can get to be 4 to 6 feet tall with greenish-white, thistle-like blossoms and a basal rosette of yucca-like leaves. It is hardy to Zone 3 and is native to the Midwest. I had seen it once in Ohio in the wild. It likes hot, dry, sandy soil, preferably in full sun.

The hornbeam maple tree was intriguing. It is in the same genus as our maples, but its leaves look nothing like our maples. It is from Japan, and the leaves are like those of a hornbeam. It was growing as an understory tree in the shade garden area at Tower Hill. I loved the smooth gray bark, which is a little like that of our native beech trees. It can get to be 20 to 30 feet tall, is hardy to Zone 4, and does best in full sun to part shade. It’s a gorgeous small tree and I’m keeping an eye out for one.

For me, mid to late summer is a great time in the vegetable garden. I can eat fresh veggies every day and still have plenty left to put up for the winter. My favorites are the tomatoes. I often eat them three times a day — or more, if you count the cherry Sungolds I snack on in the garden.

I planted 37 tomato plants last spring and plan to freeze lots of tomatoes for winter use in soups and stews. The simplest method for this is to fit clean, dry tomatoes into zipper bags and put them in the freezer. To use, just run them briefly under hot water in the sink, wait 5 minutes, then rub off the skins (if you like) or just chop them up and cook with them. No canning work involved.

I also dry tomatoes in my Excalibur and Nesco American Harvester food dehydrators. Mainly I dry cherry tomatoes, cutting them in half and arranging on the trays. When dry, the tomatoes can be stored in the pantry, no need to freeze them. I put them in soups and stews, where they provide a burst of flavor.

The garden keeps me young: I get exercise, good food, and beauty. Who could ask for more?

Henry writes his column just once a month now. You may write him at PO Box 364, Cornish Flat, NH 03746 or email him at henry.homeyer@comcast.net.

Featured photo: Pick plenty of flowers so you have many to choose from when arranging them. Photo by Henry Homeyer.

Kiddie Pool 25/09/04

Family fun for whenever

Kid to kid

The Sept. 5 First Friday Concord, which runs from 4 to 8 p.m., is themed “‘Fall’ in Love with Concord” and features food trucks (Batulo’s Kitchen, Kona Ice, Teenie Weenies), yoga on the Statehouse lawn, live music from Tyler Levs in City Plaza and The Wandering Souls in Bicentennial Square, firstfridayconcord.com. This week’s downtown happening also includes a Children’s Entrepreneur Market, the website said. Participating kid entrepreneurs are encouraged to sell lemonade, handmade crafts, balloon animals, upcycled fashion pieces and more, according to a post from the event organizer on Intown Concord’s Facebook page.

Fair fun

Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair, held at the New Boston 4-H Youth Center at 17 Hilldale Lane in New Boston, will run Friday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 7, opening at noon on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The fair features 4-H exhibits and shows as well as demos (such as K-9 demonstrations, an invasive plant identification lab, a HAM radio demonstration and more) and animal costume contests, according to the fair schedule on the fair’s website. Find a midway with rides and games, and the Battle of the Bands will take place Friday at 4:30 p.m. Saturday night (9 p.m.) will include fireworks, according to hcafair.org. Kids’ activities include: on Friday, noon to 5 p.m., a scavenger hunt, pedal tractor course and sand pile; on Saturday, children’s story hour at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sunday a scavenger hunt and pedal tractor course from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the website said.

Movie time

• IF(PG, 2024) will screen on Friday, Sept. 5, at 8 p.m. at the Auburn Safety Complex; see auburnnh.gov.

• The Nashua Center for the Arts, 201 Main St. in Nashua, will screenMinions (PG, 2015) on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. See nashuacenterforthearts.com.

Treasure Hunt 25/09/04

Dear Donna,

I have a small collection of Breyer horses. They belonged to my daughter in the 1980s. They seem to be in good condition. Can you provide any information on values and where or who might purchase them? Thanks for your help.

Jana

Dear Jana,

The history of the Breyer horses goes back to the 1950s with the Breyer Molding Co. in Chicago. They did lots of molded animals and then produced the first horse in the 1950s as a clock display piece. Because of the love for horses they took off. They are still collectible and made today.

Each one is marked Breyer usually on the inside of a leg. Different ones have different values, always falling back on popularity, rarity and condition. Take a good look at them, Jana; usually you can find tiny chipping around the ears. If you find some, the values drop significantly. If they are all damage-free then I don’t think you will have any problem finding them a new home.

My suggestion would be to bring them to a local antique shop. They would be able to help you determine if any might have higher values. Also they might be your buyer. People who collect Breyer horses enjoy the older ones, so marketability is good.

I would think you have at least $100 in value for your lot. But keep in mind, wherever you sell them they have to re-sell them.

Thanks for sharing, Jana, and good luck.

Hands on

Manchester Citywide Arts Festival returns

By Michael Witthaus

mwitthaus@hippopress.com

The goal of the week-long Manchester Citywide Arts Festival is not just to increase awareness of the arts so people will buy something to display at home, attend a dance performance or appreciate one of the many murals on the city’s walls. It’s also designed to help folks find their own creativity, and make something with it.

That’s the aim of several workshops happening between a kickoff event at the Currier Museum on Sept. 7 and a street fair on Sept. 13 in front of the Palace Theatre. On Monday at 4 p.m., choose between a free introductory dance class at Forever Emma Studios, the Palace’s youth theater program, and a pottery wheel demonstration at nearby Studio 550.

On Tuesday, there are two morning events at Rhythm & Roots on Hanover Street: Hatha Yoga at 10:30 a.m., and Dance Cardio: Move & Groove at 11:30 a.m. In the evening there’s a Beginner Ballet for Adults class happening at Dimensions in Dance at 84 Myrtle St.

Dimensions in Dance has a complimentary ballet class for youngsters ages 3 to 5 the next day, and the DEW Collective will host Explosion of the Arts, a community happening that event coordinator and Palace Director of Operations Katie Lovell is eagerly anticipating.

“They’re doing an immersive art experience where they’re going to be painting a live mural. There’s going to be 16 artists there,” Lovell said by phone recently. “The theme is ‘Dream On,’ and it’s in support of the arts festival. All these artists will paint this mural, and we’re going to use it as a backdrop for the stage at the street fair.”

Thursday evening events include Getting To Know Theatre Dance at Forever Emma Studios, a printmaking class at the Terracotta Room (1362 Elm St., Suite 102) and Intermediate Ballet for Adults at Dimensions in Dance. Friday is packed, with three events starting at 4 p.m. at Studio 550 on Elm Street. Clay Sculpting and Watercolor Painting are both family-centric, while Pottery Date Night is 18 and up. Also, there’s a terrarium workshop at the Terracotta Room.

Folks can get the lay of the land during the day-long Currier event, which will offer local food trucks and activities both inside and outside of the museum.

“They’re having a kind of open house event with vendors and different events,” Lovell said. “You’ll be able to do an art activity, meet local artists, chat with a curator, walk through the museum, do a screening of a film … it’ll just be a really nice day.”

Though a feel-good vibe prevails, this year’s festival hasn’t fully escaped the pain so many other arts organizations are feeling throughout New Hampshire and the rest of the country.

“We used to have a partnership with the Manchester Arts Commission, but due to funding, they’re not active at the moment,” Lovell observed.

The annual Manchester-wide Mural Festival was postponed from its scheduled early August date, then moved to next year mostly due to the decimating effects of the state’s decision to zero out money for the arts. James Chase, who organizes the event, will be in a booth at the street fair to raise awareness of his festival and other challenges.

The Saturday event promises to be joyous, with a full slate of musicians on the main stage, along with vendor booths and food trucks. Funding for the effort comes from the Palace and its sponsor, Red Oak Apartment Homes. Sponsors for the street fair are Auto Fair, Delta Dental and Granite State Credit Union.

Coinciding with the event is a Palace-sponsored Downtown Art Walk starting at 4 p.m. It’s the first in a monthly Second Saturday series. Participating galleries will have flags to signal their participation.

“People can walk around downtown and visit these galleries,” Lovell said. “You can go in for free, and just do a little art walk downtown.”

The Palace hasn’t been impacted by the fiscal challenges facing other organizations, so it’s doing its part to help others that have, she continued. “A lot of people come downtown to see our productions, so we’re really trying to focus on these events and building the community back up to help support all these art organizations that might be struggling.”

Manchester Citywide Arts Festival

Kickoff open house: Sunday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. at Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester

Saturday, Sept. 13, street fair music schedule:
Miss Alli 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Melaza Dance 11:30 a.m.–noon
Gus and Jean noon–1 p.m.
Rhythm and Roots 1–1:30 p.m.
Paul Nelson 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Nsquared Dance 2:30–3 p.m.
Justin Cohn 3–4 p.m.

Weeklong schedule: palacetheatre.org/manchester-citywide-arts-festival

2025 Fall Guide

Festivals, concerts, art shows, foodie fun and more events happening this season

Fall starts now.

Sure, the calendar might give us until Sept. 22 to welcome autumn but we have definitely entered the season of fall vibes. Schools are back in session, pumpkin lattes are on the menu and apples are everywhere.

As are fall events!

Greekfests, brewfests, pumpkin fests, fall fests — you can find all happening in the next few months along with a solid lineup of theatrical productions, concerts, art shows, special film screenings and more. Did we miss an awesome fall event? Let us know at adiaz@hippopress.com. And stay tuned for our guides to Halloween happenings later in the seas

Fairs & Festivals

Food festivals

Concerts

Art

Theater

Classical music

Books

Film

Fairs & Festivals

• First Friday Concord has three more outings in 2025 — Fridays, Sept. 5, Oct. 3 and Nov. 7, 4 to 8 p.m. The theme for Sept. 5 is “‘Fall’ in Love with Concord” featuring food trucks (Batulo’s Kitchen, Kona Ice, Teenie Weenies), yoga on the Statehouse lawn, live music from Tyler Levs in City Plaza and The Wandering Souls in Bicentennial Square and the Children’s Entrepreneur Market, according to firstfridayconcord.com. Oct. 3’s theme is “Spooky Season” and Nov. 7’s theme is “Concord Art Walk.”

• Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair, held at the New Boston 4-H Youth Center at 17 Hilldale Lane in New Boston, will run Friday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 7, opening at noon on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The fair features 4-H exhibits and shows as well as demos (such as K-9 demonstrations, an invasive plant identification lab, a HAM radio demonstration and more) and animal costume contests, according to the fair schedule on the fair’s website. Children’s activities run throughout the fair, as does a midway with rides and games. A Battle of the Bands will take place Friday at 4:30 p.m., and Saturday night (9 p.m.) will include fireworks. See hcafair.org.

• The family-friendly, dog-friendly Wags to Whiskers Festival held by the Humane Society for Greater Nashua will take place Saturday, Sept. 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Anheuser Busch, 221 DW Highway in Merrimack. The day will feature food trucks, vendors including pet product vendors, kids’ activities, dog demonstrations, a dog adoption tent with adoptable puppies and more, according to hsfn.org/wags-2025. Tickets cost $15, $10 for 65+ plus, and kids 12 and under get in for free, the website said.

• Greater Derry’s Got Talent will take place Saturday, Sept. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway in Derry) with admission tickets for sale for $5, according to derryoperahouse.org/events. The event is a fundraiser for the Greater Derry Arts Council and will also sell audience vote tickets as well as concessions and raffle tickets, the website said.

• Granite State Fair will run Thursday, Sept. 11, through Sunday, Sept. 14, and Thursday, Sept. 18, through Sunday, Sept. 21, at 72 Lafayette St. in Rochester. The midway of rides and games will run each day of the fair and there is a line-up of grandstand and livestock events, Circus Hollywood, a cornhole tournament and more. See granitestatefair.com for tickets and a schedule.

• 2025 Auburn Day and 32nd Annual Duck Race will take place Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Auburn Village on Hooksett Road. The day will feature local artisans, local authors, food vendors, cookie and apple pie contests, a duck race ($5 gets you a rubber ducky-style duck to enter in the race) and blacksmithing, maple syrup making and other demonstrations, according to the website. See auburnhistorical.org/2025-auburn-day-and-duck-race.html.

• Pelham Old Home Day will take place Saturday, Sept. 13, with events starting at 7 a.m. (a pancake breakfast at Church Fellowship Hall) through 5 p.m. The day will feature a white elephant yard sale, a crafts-and-more vendor sale, food trucks, kids’ games, a 5K (10 a.m.), live performances throughout the day, a touch-a-truck, a penny sale, a quilt raffle and a grand parade (2:30 p.m.), according to pelhamoldhomeday.org, where you can find the full schedule and a list of kid events.

• Concorso Italiano, a celebration of Italian cars and food, will take place Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tuscan Village in Salem. This year’s new VIP Pitt Experience offers a special party at the Veranda with food for $125 per person. See tuscanbrands.com.

• Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner will hold an Encore Powwow on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with dancing, singing, vendors and more, according to indianmuseum.org, where you can purchase tickets and which advises to bring your own chairs and umbrellas.

• Nashua Multicultural Festival will take place Sunday, Sept. 14, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Nashua Public Library. The event is described as family-friendly and will feature art, dance, music and food, according to nashuanh.gov/1237/Nashua-Multicultural-Festival.

• Toddlerfest, the annual celebration of younger kids at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover, will run Friday, Sept. 19, through Friday, Oct. 3. The museum is open Wednesdays through Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., and Tuesdays and Sundays 9 a.m. to noon. “During Toddlerfest, visitors to CMNH can enjoy crafts in our art studio that will stretch those budding fine and gross motor skills. Children and their caregivers will bond over special projects and activities that embrace early literacy development. Every year we assemble a dynamic lineup of special guests that will share their expertise — explore music, art, dance, literacy, science, and more,” according to the museum. The event is part of regular admission; see childrens-museum.org.

• Granite State Comic Con will offer comic book and pop culture fun Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21, with the main show running Saturday and Sunday and with Friday featuring a preview night and pre-con entertainment (Just Cos’ Wings, with cosplayers talking cosplay while eating wings, Queen City Improv and the 8-Bit Karaoke Bash con kickoff party), according to granitecon.com, where you can find tickets for individual days, for the weekend or for a VIP package. See the website for the list of scheduled guests including actors, comic creators, gaming creators, cosplay guests and more.

• Hollis Old Home Days will run Friday, Sept. 19, and Saturday, Sept. 20, with events including the town parade (10:30 a.m on Saturday), an artisan market, rides, a heritage and demonstration tent, fireworks Saturday evening, tethered hot air balloon rides on Saturday afternoon, youth art activities, a petting zoo on Saturday and more, according to hollisoldhomedays.org.

• The annual New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21, at Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln. The event is a celebration of Scottish culture with Scottish music, dance, food, heavy athletics, sheep dog trials and more, according to nhscot.org. See events such as stone lifting and caber toss, historical reenactments of life in the Highlands, “Try It” classes, kids’ events and more. Purchase tickets for a single day or the weekend on the website along with tickets for special musical performances and food events, such as the Cape Breton dinner and whisky master classes.

• Hooksett Old Home Day will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, and feature a parade (9 a.m.), an authors alley, craft & retail vendors, a Heritage Trolley Tour (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), an eating contest and more, according to hooksettoldhomeday.org.

• Nashua Airport’s Wheels & Wings “A Touch a Truck Event” will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with cars, trucks and planes to see and explore, according to the city’s SummerFun brochure at nashuanh.gov. The event will feature a horns-free hour from 1 to 2 p.m. and collect nonperishable food for End 68 Hours of Hunger, the brochure said.

• Derryfest will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in MacGregor Park with live performances, vendors and more, according to derryfest.org, where you can find a schedule, a booth map and a stage schedule.

• The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center’s annual AerospaceFest will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside and outside the Concord-based center. The event will feature keynote speaker Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, a retired astronaut; new planetarium show Asteroid: Mission Extreme; STEM organizations from across New England; on-site food trucks and more, according to starhop.com.

• The 5th Annual Family Fun Day hosted by the Friends of Benson Park will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Benson Park, 19 Kimball Hill Road in Hudson. The day will feature music, magic, a petting zoo, a visit with the Old Woman in the Shoe, games, raffles and ice cream for sale, according to friendsofbensonpark.org/family-fun-day-2025.

• The Fairy House Tour in Portsmouth will run Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to fairyhousetour.com, where you can purchase tickets for this display of more than 200 fairy houses on the grounds of Strawbery Banke Museum and the Governor John Langdon House. Other activities during the event include theater and ballet performances, live music and a reading of The Thing About Fairies, the website said.

• The Concord Multicultural Festival will run Sunday, Sept. 21, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Keach Park in Concord Heights, according to concordnhmulticulturalfestival.org. The day will feature a flag parade, live music and dance performances, artists, vendors, activities and food, including a Global Food Tour option where a NH Food Bank chef serves as a guide to cuisines from around the world, the website said. See the website closer to the events to purchase tour tickets and food vouchers for the Festival’s food vendors.

• The Deerfield Fair runs Thursday, Sept. 25, through Sunday, Sept. 28, at the fairgrounds, 34 Stage Road in Deerfield. The event features rides, live music, the Flying Wallendas high wire act, horse shows and agriculture events (including pig scrambles), magic shows, dog demonstrations and more, according to deerfieldfair.com, where you can purchase tickets.

• A Fall Fair at Joppa Hill Educational Farm in Bedford will take place Saturday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and feature hayrides, meet and greets with farm animals, crafts, vendors, live music, food truck, apple cider doughnuts and more, according to jhef.org, where you can purchase tickets.

• Beaver Brook Fall Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Beaver Brook Association, 117 Ridge Road in Hollis, and feature live music, an Artisan Market, kids’ activities, live animal presentations, nature exhibits, hayrides, food trucks and more, according to an email from Beaver Brook. Admission is free. See beaverbrook.org.

• Henniker Brewing Company in Henniker will host Dysfunction Junction, a day of music, vendors and more on Saturday, Sept. 27, with doors opening at noon. The event, which is all ages (no pets), will feature music on two stages with bands slated to appear including Bonginator, Cytokine, Conforza, The Summoned, Taxicab Dismemberment, Overtime, Fabricator, Iron Gate, Smothered Sun, Arms Like Teeth and LNTRNS, according to hennikerbrewing.com, where you can find a link to purchase tickets.

• The Concord Municipal Airport will host Wings & Wheels on Sunday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring vendors associated with aviation, STEM and related fields; aircraft and other vehicles; food trucks and more, according to concordnh.gov/1713/Wings-Wheels-Event and the city’s Facebook page.

• The Harvest Moon Festival at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner will take place Sunday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to indianmuseum.org, where you can purchase tickets to the event. The day will celebrate the harvest season with Native foods, craft demonstrations, kids’ activities, storytelling, a scavenger hunt and more, the website.

• The New Hampshire Book Festival will run Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4, on South Main Street in Concord. On Friday, ticketed events will feature a children’s keynote with Tui Sutherland, author of the Wings of Fire series, and an inaugural keynote with author Walter Mosley in conversation with author Hank Phillipi Ryan, according to nhbookfestival.org. Saturday will feature a free all-day festival with book signings, panel discussions, poetry readings and more, the website said.

• Charmingfare Farm in Candia will hold its annual Pumpkin Festival Saturday, Oct. 4, and Sunday, Oct. 5, and Saturday, Oct. 11, through Monday, Oct. 13. Pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, take a tractor or horse-drawn wagon ride, meet costumed characters, enjoy a children’s corn maze, watch a juggling and comedy show and listen to live music, according to visitthefarm.com, where you can purchase tickets to a specific time during the two weekends. Oct. 11 will feature a children’s entrepreneur market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• The Autumn Craft Festival on the Lake will take place Saturday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Mill Falls Marketplace in Meredith featuring specialty foods and more than 85 juried artisans, according to castleberryfairs.com.

• CAYA Reiki and Healing (caya-healing.square.site) has three upcoming fairs on its schedule, according to its Facebook page. The Psychic and Craft Fair will take place Saturday, Oct. 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Weirs Community Center in Laconia. The Pumpkin Fest Psychic and Craft Fair will take place Saturday, Oct. 11, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hooksett American Legion. And the Winter Wonderland Craft Market & Psychic Fair will also take place at the Hooksett American Legion on Saturday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find CAYA on Facebook for updates.

• Indigenous People’s Day at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner on Monday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. will feature free admission, a program featuring four artists discussing their works and creative process and more, according to indianmuseum.org.

• The Milford Pumpkin Festival will run Friday, Oct. 10, through Sunday, Oct. 12, at locations in downtown Milford and has in past years featured live music, food vendors, a 5K, historical walking tours, pumpkin art, kids’ activities and more, according to milfordpumpkinfestival.org, where you can check back for schedule updates for this year.

• The Warner Fall Foliage Festival will take place at locations in Warner Friday, Oct. 10, through Sunday, Oct. 12, with food trucks and vendors, craft vendors, rides and midway, oxen pulls and woodsman competitions, a 5K, a book and bake sale, parades and more, according to wfff.org, where you can see this year’s schedule and get updates.

• The New Hampshire Wool Arts Tour will run Saturday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at farms in Deering, Antrim, Bennington, Greenfield and Lyndeborough and feature demonstrations (creating yarn, weaving, knitting and more), live music, live animals, food vendors, fiber vendors, artists and crafters set up at the farms and more, according to woolartstournh.com, where you can find locations and descriptions of participating farms.

• Windham will hold its annual Harvest Fest on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Griffin Park featuring a “Horribles parade,” trick-or-treating, a bubble show, DJ Dominik and Steve Blunt, according to windham.recdesk.com.

• Goffstown’s annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off and Regatta will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, and Sunday, Oct. 19, featuring vendors and events in downtown Goffstown leading up to a regatta of pumpkin water craft. See goffstownmainstreet.org/pumpkin-regatta.

• The Laconia Pumpkin Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, according to nhpumpkinfestival.com.

Food festivals

• The Egyptian Food Festival at St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in Nashua will run Friday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 7. See page 36.

• The Hampton Beach Seafood Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 7. See page 8.

• Glendi, the annual celebration of Greek food and culture at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (650 Hanover St., Manchester, stgeorgenh.org/activities/glendi, 622-9113), will run Friday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 14, and will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Enjoy food, dancing, live music (Friday and Saturday, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.), vendors selling Greek items, raffles and more, according to the Cathedral’s website.

• The Manchester Brewfest will take place Saturday, Sept. 13, with general admission from 1 to 4 p.m. and a VIP admission starting at noon at Arms Park in Manchester, according to manchesterbrewfest.com, where you can purchase tickets (including a designated driver ticket) and see the lineup of brewers and food and vendors. The event, which benefits Webster House, will also feature live music, the website said.

• The Great New Hampshire Pie Festival will take place at the New Hampshire Farm Museum in Milton on Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; you can enter a pie for competition or just attend to eat pie from area bakers, according to nhfarmmuseum.org.

• The Biergarten Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack will hold its Oktoberfest Friday, Sept. 26, from 6 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 28, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (The celebration is 21+ on Friday and Saturday from 4 to 10 p.m.) The event will feature German beer, food trucks, live music and more — lederhosen welcome, according to a post on The Biergarten’s Facebook page, where you can find a link for tickets (also via budweisertours.com/mmktours).

• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 68 N. State St. in Concord, will hold its Greek Food Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Try homemade Greek specialties such as lamb and chicken souvlaki, moussaka, pastichio, Greek meatballs, gyros and spanakopita and check out the pastries including baklava, pasta flora, koulourakia and more, according to an email from the church. There will be church tours at 1 and 3 p.m.

• Veterans Count Lakes Region Red, White & Brew Craft Beer and Wine Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 27, noon to 7 p.m. at Funspot in Laconia, according to vetscount.org/events/red-white-brew, where you can purchase tickets. The event will feature craft beer, wine, food, a car show, live music from Bob Pratte Band and more, the website said.

• To Share Brewing Co., 720 Union St. in Manchester, tosharebrewing.com, will hold its seventh annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the release of its Oktoberfest Altbier, according to an email from the brewery. The day will feature drink specials, beer bratwurst, oompah music, stein holding contests and more; lederhosen and dirndls are encouraged, the email said.

• The Fall Food & Wine Festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Nashua Center for the Arts, 201 Main St. in Nashua, featuring local wineries and food vendors offering wine, cheese, chocolate and more, according to a press release. This 21+ event benefits End 68 Hours of Hunger — Nashua, a non profit that provides food for the 68-hour weekend between school meals, the release said. Tickets cost $25 for general admission, $15 for designated drivers and $35 for an extra hour of admission from 6 to 7 p.m., the release said. See tinyurl.com/3sfxvwp9 for tickets.

• Henniker Brewing Co. in Henniker will hold its Oktoberfest Friday, Oct. 3, through Monday, Oct. 6, with Oktoberfest competitions, food vendors, the taping of the Oktoberfest Marzen Cask (Saturday at 1 p.m), live music each day and more, according to hennikerbrewing.com, where you can find the schedule of the weekend’s events.

• 603 Brewery in Londonderry will hold a Fall Fest on Saturday, Oct. 4, noon to 8 p.m. featuring food trucks, live music and a DJ, local artisans, a stein holding contest, kitchen specials and more, according to 603brewery.com.

• The annual Powder Keg Beer & Chili Festival will take place in Swasey Parkway in downtown Exeter on Saturday, Oct. 4, with general admission at 1 p.m., noon for VIP ticket holders, according to powderkegbeerfest.com.

• The 2025 Mount Uncanoonuc Brewfest will take place Saturday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Mountain Base Brewery, which cohosts the 21+ event along with the Worker Bee Fund. The day will feature breweries and other beverage purveyors, food vendors, music from Catfish Howl and more, according to the tickets page, which you can find a link to via Mountain Base Brewery’s Facebook page.

• The Chocolate Expo will take place Sunday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the DoubleTree Expo Center in downtown Manchester featuring tastings and sales of chocolates and other specialty foods as well as craft beverages and more from 60 to 100 vendor booths, according to thechocolateexpo.com, where you can purchase tickets. The expo may also include demos, a Kidz Zone and more, the website said.

• The Biergarten Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack will host the Inaugural Budweiser Brewery Food Truck & Beer Festival on Saturday, Oct. 18, noon to 6 p.m. The day will feature food trucks, artisan vendors, craft beer and beverages, live music and more, according to budweisertours.com/mmktours, where you can purchase tickets.

• The New Hampshire Brewfest Craft Beer Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 18, with general admission at 1 p.m., noon for VIP ticket holders, at Smuttynose Brewery in Hampton, according to nhbrewfest.com, where you can purchase tickets.

• Taste of New Hampshire will be held Tuesday, Oct. 21, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord featuring entrees and desserts from local restaurants and shops, live music, samples of beverages, a silent auction and more, according to tasteofnh.com, where you can purchase tickets.

• This year’s NH PoutineFest is the PoutineFest Spooktacular on Saturday, Oct. 25, starting at 11:30 a.m. at the Biergarten Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack. See poutinefest.com/newhampshire for ticket information.

• Henniker Brewing Company will hold its BBQ Fest and competition on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 8 p.m. The New England BBQ Society sanctioned event will feature competition in chicken wings and ribs, according to the ticket website, which you can reach via hennikerbrewing.com. Taste the wings to vote for a people’s choice, the website said.

• The annual Distiller’s Showcase of Premium Spirits will take place Thursday, Nov. 6, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, according to distillersshowcase.com, where you can purchase tickets including tickets for early admission and for a room of ultrapremium products.

• The 13th Annual Fulchino Vineyards Wine and Cheese Festival will take place Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16, at the vineyard in Hollis with tickets available for time slots on each day, according to fulchinovineyard.com. Taste wines, artisan meats, cheeses, oils, vinegars and desserts, the website said.

Concerts

• Upcoming shows at the Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com, include Ace Frehley performing KISS hits with Lone Wolf James opening on Sept. 4; Fortune on Sept. 5; Unforgettable Fire on Sept. 6; Tristan McIntosh performing the Linda Ronstadt Experience on Sept. 7; The Bacon Brothers on Sept. 12; Michael Schenker “My Years with UFO” with Jared James Nichols opening on Sept. 13; Sebastian Bach with Lone Wolf James opening on Sept. 17; Shaun Cassidy on Sept. 18; Guitar Monsters with Jon Butcher, Johnny A, Chris Anderson and James Montgomery on Sept. 19; Aldo Nova on Sept. 20; Cowboy Junkies on Sept. 26; John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band on Sept. 27; David Cook on Sept. 28; Little Lies: a tribute to Fleetwood Mac on Oct. 2; Kashmir: live Led Zeppelin tribute on Oct. 4; Eric Johnson: Texaphonic Tour on Oct. 5; Geoff Tate with Tomas McCarthy opening on Oct. 7; Great White with Under the Horizon opening on Oct. 9; F-J, a tribute to Foreigner and Journey, on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11; Buckcherry and Michael Monroe with Drew Cagle & The Reputation opening on Oct. 14; Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives on Oct. 16; King’s X with Shape and Sound opening on Oct. 17; Panorama and 4Play, tribute to The Cars and Boston, on Oct. 25; Tommy Emmanuel on Oct. 26; Story of a Song: ’90s Unplugged Experience on Nov. 6; Live and Let Die: the music of Paul McCartney with Tony Kishman on Nov. 8; Richie Kotzen and John 5 with Band Inc. opening Nov. 12; The Four Horsemen: tribute to Metallica on Nov. 14; Hollywood Nights: tribute to Bob Seger on Nov. 15; Glenn Miller Orchestra on Nov. 16 (two shows); Uli Jon Roth on Nov. 18; BeauSoleil with special guest Richard Thompson on Nov. 20; Anthony Gomes on Nov. 21; The British Invasion Years on Nov. 22; Adrenalize, Def Leppard tribute, Nov. 28; The Fools on Nov. 29; Chris Isaak on Dec. 2; Carbon Leaf on Dec. 6, and Thunderstruck, “America’s AC/DC,” on Dec. 12.

• LaBelle Winery,672-9898, labellewinery.com, has shows at both its Amherst (345 Route 101) and Derry (14 Route 111) locations. In Derry, shows include Outdoor Candlelight Strings Concert: Pop Hits on Sept. 4; Changes in Latitude: Jimmy Buffet Tribute on Sept. 11; Fleetwood Macked: a Fleetwood Mac tribute on Sept. 25; Bostyx: Boston and Styx tribute on Oct. 9; Draw The Line: Aerosmith tribute on Oct. 16, and Uncaged, a Zac Brown tribute, on Oct. 23.

In Amherst, shows include Mystic Highway: a tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival on Sept. 18; A Farewell to Kings: Rush tribute on Oct. 16, and Lovesexy, a Prince tribute, on Oct. 23.

• Jewel Music Venue, 61 Canal St., Manchester, 819-9336, jewelmusicvenue.com, has shows on the schedule including a night of New England doom with Churchburn, Vigil, Vacant Eyes and Conclave on Sept. 5; a Godsmack and Metallic Tribute show with Headsmack and Battery 401 on Sept. 20, and the Hachi Halloween Event with Lumasi, Okayjake, Voartyx, Nice Nadine B2B Disco Titz and Smokes Lets Go on Oct. 24.

• Concerts at the Palace Theatre,80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588, palacetheatre.org, include Stayin’ Alive, one night of the Bee Gees, on Sept. 5, Sept. 6 (two shows) and Sept. 7; Remember John Denver with Ted Vigil on Sept. 25; Celebrating Celine with Jenene Caramielo on Oct. 9; Classic Albums Live performs Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon on Oct. 10; Shadow of the ’60s: Tribute to Motown’s Super Groups on Oct. 12, and So Good: The Neil Diamond Experience on Oct. 16 & Oct. 17.

Over at the Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St. in Manchester, the schedule includes Dueling Pianos on Sept. 5; The Shadow Riders: a tribute to the Marshall Trucker Band on Sept. 12; Yesterday Once More, a tribute to the Carpenters, on Sept. 14; Jeff Kazee & GE Smith on Sept. 18; The Space Cowboy, a Steve Miller tribute, on Sept. 19; Matt Axton on Sept. 24; The Kingston Trio on Sept. 25; Jon Nolan and the Good Co. album release on Sept. 26; New Hampshire Fiddle Ensemble on Sept. 28; Brennen Leigh on Oct. 2; Jon Abrams presents The Paul Simon Project onOct. 10; YellowHouse Blues Band on Oct. 11; Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricius on Oct. 16; The Joshua Tree: a U2 tribute on Oct. 24; Redneck Castaway Band, a Kenny Chesney tribute, on Oct. 25; Beatlejuice, a Beatles tribute band, on Nov. 2; Damn the Torpedoes, a Tom Petty concert experience, on Nov. 8; A Yacht Rock Experience with The Full Cleveland on Nov. 15; The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue on Nov. 16; Moondance, a Van Morrison tribute, on Nov. 22; Blues Brothers the Next Generation on Nov. 29, and Back in Black, an AC/DC experience, on Dec. 5.

• Upcoming shows at Terminus Underground at New Hampshire Underground, 134 Haines St. in Nashua, newhampshireunderground.org/terminusunderground, include Zombtastic Ozzmosis with Visions of Ozz (an Ozzy Osbourne tribute band) and Lords of Salem (a Rob Zombie tribute band) on Sept. 6 and the End of Summer Luau on Sept. 12 with The Spot, 217 Main St. in Nashua, with music by Under the Horizon, Dead Harrison, The Whole Loaf, 6 Minds Combined and The Healer as well as art, vendors, mocktails, food trucks and more, according to the website.

• The Range, 96 Old Turnpike Road, Mason, 878-1324, therangemason.com, will finish out its summer of concerts with Joe Samba with Will Evans on Sept. 6; Pettybreakers: a Tom Petty tribute on Sept. 13, and Neighbor and Tom Hamilton with New Pond Fondle on Sept. 26.

• Capitol Center for the Arts’ Chubb Theatre, 44 S. Main St. in Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com, shows include Al Jardine and The Pet Sounds Band on Sept. 7; Deer Tick featuring Gym Shorts on Sept. 10; Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Sept. 12; Jason Robert Brown & Friends on Sept. 13; A Taste of Ireland on Sept. 14; Vitamin String Quartet on Oct. 2; Toad the Wet Sprocket with KT Tunstall & Vertical Horizon on Oct. 5; Laurie Berkner Halloween Concert on Oct. 26; Dark Star Orchestra on Nov. 17; Randy Travis on Nov. 21; Beatles vs. Stones: A Musical Showdown on Dec. 11, and The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight on Dec. 13.

At the BNH Stage,16 S. Main St. in Concord, the schedule includes Best of Broadway ’60s edition on Sept. 6 (two shows); Journeyman on Sept. 7; Save Ferris with opener MEST on Sept. 11; Echoes of Floyd on Sept. 12; Mullet on Sept. 13; The Starlight Honeys on Sept. 14; Motor Booty Affair on Sept. 27; Swing Dance night with the New Hampshire Jazz Orchestra on Sept. 28 and Nov. 23; Ranger Zone Open Mic with Andrew North and the Rangers on Oct. 1, Nov. 5 and Dec. 3; Opiate (a tribute to Tool) on Oct. 4; Both Sides Now (music and lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen) on Oct. 10; Monophonics on Oct. 12; Live from Laurel Canyon on Oct. 16; Duunes on Oct. 17; Tom DiMenna on Oct. 19; Pizzastock with the New Limits, Vermillion and Sotah on Oct. 26 Mr. Aaron’s Halloween Bash on Nov. 1; Charlie Chronopoulos on Nov. 1; End of the Line on Nov. 6; Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas on Nov. 13; Mary Fahl with a band performing Dark Side of the Moon on Nov. 15; Jeremy Jordan & Age of Madness on Nov. 21; Spencer and the Walrus on Nov. 22, and Great Lake Swimmers with Abel Partridge on Dec. 10.

• Rock n Roll Meatballs, 179 Elm St., Manchester, rocknrollmeatballs.com, has upcoming shows including High N Dry; a Def Leppard experience, on Sept. 6; Emo Night Brooklyn on Sept. 13; Tantric with Lone Wolf James & Hollow Virtue on Sept. 19; Jordan Quinn and Crowned28 on Sept. 20; The Killing Devils and Westbound with Chad West on Sept. 26; The Warped Tour Band: a tribute to the music of Vans Warped Tour on Oct. 11; Bearly Dead: a Grateful Dead tribute on Oct. 18; Saving Abel on Oct. 24; Moonshine Bandits on Nov. 14, and Rotten Apple: a tribute to Alice in Chains on Nov. 22.

• Concerts at Averill House Vineyard 21 Averill Road, Brookline, 371-2296, averillhousevineyard.com, include Duquette on Sept. 7; Tom Feeley on Sept. 14; Andrea Paquin on Sept. 21; Side Effects on Sept. 28; Gus & Jean on Oct. 5; DJ Dee Kimble and D. Heywood joined by DEX on Oct. 12; Jiggery Pokery on Oct. 19, and Jae Mannion on Oct. 26.

• Fall concerts at theNashua Center for the Arts, 201 Main St., Nashua, 800-657-8774, nashuacenterforthearts.com, include Tuba Skinny on Sept. 10; The Wallflowers on Sept. 14; Girl Named Tom on Sept. 18; Celtic Thunder on Sept. 21; Tusk on Oct. 3; The Robert Cray Band on Oct. 4; Pink Martini on Oct. 13; Phil Vassar Acoustic Duo on Oct. 25; Joanne Shaw Taylor on Nov. 1; Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox on Nov. 7; Gaelic Storm on Nov. 15; Jim Brickman on Nov. 16; Jim Messina on Nov. 23, and The Four Tops on Dec. 6.

• Musicians for Meals, a benefit concert for Meals on Wheels of Hillsborough County, will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, noon to 10 p.m., at Riley’s Place in Milford, according to a press release. Bands slated to appear include Granite Sunset, Creosote, Acoustic Beatles, Unnamed Trio, Violet Tendencies, ZeppHalen, Hot Velvet and Stone Hill Station, the release said. The event is free to attend with donations encouraged and the day featuring raffles as well as food available for purchase from Riley’s, the release said. See hcmow.org.

• Andres Institute of Art, 16 Route 13, Brookline, andresinstitute.org, will continue its 2025 Act II series of concerts with Nick Spencer & Willie J. Laws on Sept. 13; Diplomats of Funk on Oct. 5; Different Ships, Same Boat on Oct. 23; The Ballou Brothers on Nov. 15, and Compaq Big Band on Dec. 14.

• The Concord City Auditorium 2 Prince St., Concord, theaudi.org, features a lineup of concerts including “Halfway to St. Patty’s” with the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio on Sept. 17; “The Grand Ole Opry Through the Years” with Rob Azevedo on Oct. 1; Concord Coachmen Chorus “Fall Festival Show” featuring Catalyst and The NH Ukeladies on Oct. 19, and “Seasonal Bell Music” with the Granite State Ringers on Nov. 5.

• The Flying Goose, 40 Andover Road, New London, 526-6899, flyinggoose.com, has a fall concert lineup including Garnet Rogers on Sept. 18; Jon Pousette-Dart on Oct. 2; John Gorka on Oct. 8; Maia Sharp & Catie Curtis on Oct. 23; David Francey on Nov. 6; David Wilcox on Nov. 13; Freebo & Alice Howe on Nov. 20; Tom Rush on Dec. 7; Unsung Heroes Band on Dec. 11, and Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen on Dec. 18.

• The Listening Room, Prayers of Nature Studio, 33 Howard St., Wilton, 732-3815, prayersofnature.com, has concerts on its schedule including Vampire Bird on Sept. 19 and Dylan Patrick Ward on Sept. 20.

• Mr. Aaron’s Kids Music Fest will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the State House Lawn in downtown Concord. The line-up includes Miss Alli (9:30 a.m.); Mr. Aaron Band (10:30 a.m.); Miss Julieann (11:30 a.m.); La La Squad and the Missing Piece, an interative puppet musical (12:30 p.m.); Himalayan Heritage Performing Arts Group (1:30 p.m) and Music at the Blissful (at 2:30 p.m.), according to mraaronmusic.com/kidsmusicfest.

• Dana Center at Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, tickets.anselm.edu, has a lineup including A Taste of Ireland on Sept. 20 and Mac McAnally on Nov. 14.

• Fulchino Vineyard, 187 Pine Hill Road, Hollis, 438-5984, fulchinovineyard.com, hosts a Sinatra Wine Pairing Dinner with Chris Jason and Joelle Righetti (the Sinatra Live Band) on Sept. 20; Frank Corso a Journey Through Italy on Sept. 28 and Jacob Tolliver on Oct. 21.

• Concerts at the Stockbridge Theatre (5 Pinkerton St., Derry, pinkertonacademy.org/stockbridge-theatre) include The Dreamboats on Sept. 27 and Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock And Roll Part 2 on Oct. 25.

• Concerts at SNHU Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000, snhuarena.com, include Alabama with special guests John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band on Oct. 11, and A Day to Remember and Yellowcard with The Wonder Years and Dinosaur Pile-Up on Nov. 8.

Art

• The Glimpse Gallery (Patriot Building, 4 Park St., Concord, theglimpsegallery.com, 892-8307) will continue its current exhibition through Tuesday, Sept. 9, featuring the art of Randy Wind, Emma Crisp, Lizzy Berube, Corey Garland, Elaine Packard, Joy Hamnqvist and Sharon Seaward, according to the website.

• “Jeanne Kunze: Color, Line and Thread” is on display at the Art Gallery at the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St. in Nashua, nashualibrary.org, through mid-September.

• “Creativity Explored Outer Space Part II,” an exhibit featuring works by artists from the San Francisco-based Creativity Explored, which is “a celebrated nonprofit artist community and working studio where over 130 adult artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art,” is on display at Outer Space Arts, 35 Pleasant St. in Concord, outerspacearts.xyz, through Saturday, Sept. 20.

• “Old Friends, New Works” will be on display at Kimball Jenkins, 266 N. Main St. in Concord, kimballjenkins.com, through Saturday, Sept. 27 (see the website for gallery hours). There will be a public artist reception on Friday, Sept. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. Kimball Jenkins will also hold an open house on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with tours of the campus, interactive art activities, live demonstrations and performances including Alejandro’s Olde Tyme Magik Showe Presented by Andrew Pinard at 11 a.m. and musician Mr. Aaron at 2 p.m.

• Artists Carol Walser Robey, Peter Houde, Guy Riendeau, and Maxwell Irwin have their works on display at the Sandy Cleary Community Art Gallery at the Nashua Center for the Arts (201 Main St., Nashua, nashuacenterforthearts.com) through November, according to the Center’s Facebook page.

• The NH Audubon’s McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road in Concord, nhaudubon.org, presents the exhibit “Meditations in Ink” featuring nature portrayed via Asian brush painting by Bruce Iverson, with a reception Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through Saturday, Oct. 18. The center is open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Creative Ventures Gallery, 411 Nashua St. in Milford, will present Barbara Morse Art Show on Friday, Sept. 5, through Tuesday, Sept. 30, with an opening slated for Friday, Sept. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. See creativeventuresfineart.com.

• The NH Audubon’s Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way in Auburn, nhaudubon.org, presents the exhibit “Nature’s Palette” with paintings and photography by John A. Webster through Thursday, Oct. 30, with an artist exhibit Saturday, Sept. 6, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The center is open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• League of NH Craftsmen Exhibition Gallery at League HQ, 49 S. Main St. in Concord, will open “A Change of Season” Thursday, Sept. 4, with a reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through Friday, Sept. 26, with gallery hours Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• The Concord Arts Market, concordartsmarket.org, will continue its Saturday Micro Markets @ Arts Alley, which is at 20 Main St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 6 through Sept. 27. On Saturday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. catch the Market’s Arts in the Park at Rollins Park, 33 Bow St. in Concord. The Concord Arts Market will also be at the First Friday event on Nov. 7, 4 to 8 p.m., when the theme is Art Walk, according to the website.

• Manchester City-Wide Arts Festival will run Sunday, Sept. 7, through Saturday, Sept. 13. See page 29.

• “The Art of What’s Next” continues at Art 3 Gallery (44 W. Brook St., Manchester, art3gallery.com). On Monday, Nov. 17, the gallery will open the exhibit “Shifting Light”: “With the end of daylight savings, reduced daylight hours, and the angle of the sun, there is a literal shifting of light and shadows and this changes how we perceive our familiar yet transformed environment,” according to an email from the gallery. Art 3 is open Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 4 p.m. and by appointment.

• The New Hampshire Antique Co-Op, 323 Elm St. in Milford, will hold a reception for the exhibition “The American Still Life: Two Centuries of Timeless Tradition” celebrating still life painting from the 19th century through the present day on Sunday, Sept. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. The exhibition will be on view through Dec. 31, according to a press release. The Co-op is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. See nhantiquecoop.com.

• The Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St. in Manchester, currier.org, will continue displaying the exhibit “Paintings From Tomie dePaola” through Oct. 19. On Thursday, Sept. 18, the Art Off the Walls from 5 to 8 p.m., when admission is donation-based, will celebrate the work of Tomie dePaola with local artists who create for young people and will participate in a sketch off, according to the website. On Thursday, Oct. 9, the exhibit “Joined Together: 30 Years of the Furniture Masters” will open and feature works of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters. On Thursday, Nov. 6, the exhibit “Embellish Me: Works from the Collection of Norma Canelas Roth and William Roth” will open; the show focused on artists in Los Angeles and New York in the 1970s will celebrate “this generation of trailblazing artists who championed color, pattern, and craft techniques traditionally associated with women artists,” the website said.

• Mosaic Art Collective, 66 Hanover St., Suite 201, in Manchester, mosaicartcollective.com, will open the exhibition “Full Circle 2025” on Monday, Sept. 8, and it will run through Friday, Sept. 26, with an artist reception on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 4 to 8 p.m. The show reflects “on growth, transformation, and creative milestones,” according to the website. The gallery will present “Exquisite Corpse,” “a group exhibition inspired by the surrealist game where hidden hands shape unexpected creations,” Monday, Oct. 6, through Sunday, Nov. 2, with calling hours Saturday, Oct. 11, 4 to 8 p.m., the website said.

• See Saw Art, a 120-square-foot exhibition space within Mosaic Art Collective at 66 Hanover St., Suite 201, in Manchester, will present “As a Bright Star Unseen” featuring works by Caleb Swann Saturday, Sept. 13, through Sunday, Sept. 28, with an opening reception Sept. 13 from 4 to 8 p.m.

• The annual Bridges and Connections International Sculpture Symposium at the Andres Institute of Art (106 Route 13, Brookline, andresinstitute.org, 673-7441) starts Saturday, Sept. 13, with an opening reception and a blues concert that night, according to the website, where you can check for updates on other events during the symposium including panel discussions, an artists showcase and more. The closing ceremony will be Sunday, Oct. 5, with a walking tour to the new sculptures in the spots on the trail and a concert that evening, the website said. See andresinstitute.org for a look at the artists’ past works as well as a trail map.

• Center for the Arts (centerfortheartsnh.org) will hold its Open Studios for artists in the New London area on Saturday, Oct. 11, and Sunday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. See the website for updates on participating art studios.

• Two Villages Art Society, 846 Main St. in Contoocook, twovillagesart.org, will present “Returning: Oil Paintings by Catherine H. Tuttle” Sept. 13 through Saturday, Oct. 11, with an opening reception Saturday, Sept. 13, from noon to 2 p.m. The next exhibit this fall will be “Color Vibrations: Paintings by Pamela R. Tarbell” Oct. 18 through Nov. 15, with an opening reception Saturday, Oct. 18, from noon to 2 p.m.

• Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, shakers.org, 783-9511) will hold its annual Artisan Market on Saturday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free to this event featuring handcrafted arts, music and family activities, according to the website.

• Monadnock Art Open Studio Tour runs Saturday, Oct. 11, through Monday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with more than 65 participating artists in Peterborough, Dublin, Jaffrey, Sharon, Harrisville, Hancock and Marlborough. Find a map with a listing of all the artists at monadnockart.org/ monadnock-art-open-studio-tour.

• Deerfield Arts Tour takes place Saturday, Oct. 18, and Sunday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nearly 20 artists are slated to participate, according to deerfieldarts.com where you can find a map of the studios.

• Queerlective will present Not Afraid to Fail Fest on Friday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. at BNH Stage, 16 S. Main St. in Concord, ccanh.com. “Not Afraid to Fail Fest is a one-night variety show spotlighting folks doing something for the very first time. It’s part open mic, part talent show, part joyful mess…. Whether it’s your first poem, first drag number, first song, or first time sharing your art in public, this is the space to try it out,” according to queerlective.com.

• “Small Works/BIG IMPACT” will open on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Creative Ventures Gallery, 411 Nashua St. in Milford, creativeventuresfineart.com. The show, which is still accepting entries from artists, will run through Sunday, Dec. 21.

Theater

• The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588, palacetheatre.org, begins its St. Mary’s Bank 2025-2026 Performing Arts Series with Dancing Queens: The Ultimate ABBA and Disco Tribute Sept. 12 through Oct. 5. Other shows in the series include The BodyguardThe Musical Oct. 24 through Nov. 16 andThe Nutcrackerperformed by Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater Nov. 20-23. Other theatrical productions at the Palace include two shows of The Vampire Circus on Oct. 11.

At the Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St. in Manchester, theatrical productions include The Edward Twins From Las Vegas present The Ultimate Variety Show featuring impersonations and impressions of celebrities of the 1970s and 1980s on Sept. 4; Archie Parish’s Parting Words, a one-man play written and performed by Ernest Thompson, on Sept. 7, andWitch Perfect, a live singing parody of Hocus Pocus, on Oct. 29.

• The Majestic Theatre, 880 Page St. in Manchester, 669-7469, majestictheatre.net, will kick off the fall season with the fundraiser The Fabulous Fifties, featuring performances by the company’s adult, teen and youth performers as well as Ted Herbert Music School faculty and students Sept. 19-20. Check the website for updates on fall shows, which will include a youthMonster Mash Cabaret on Oct. 25 and It’s a Wonderful Life, Southern Fried MurderOct. 31 through Nov. 2, a musical production, Dec. 12-14.

• The Nashua Theatre Guild will present The Tin Woman Sept. 19 through Sept. 20. See nashuatheatreguild.org for details.

• Theatrical presentations slated for the Nashua Center for the Arts, 201 Main St. in Nashua, nashuacenterforthearts.com, include the Nashua Community Arts 2nd Annual Arts Ball “Let’s Sparkle” on Sept. 20; the Grand Kyiv Ballet presents Swan Lake on Oct. 22; the 360 Allstars, a circus-like performance featuring “BMX, basketball, breakdancing, acrobatics, drumming and more,” according to the website, on Nov. 13, and sleight-of-hand entertainer Jason LaDayne on Nov. 22.

• The Anselmian Abbey Players will present Oscar-Winning Cabaret 2025 on Sept. 26 at the Dana Center at Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, tickets.anselm.edu. The Players will also present Dracula Oct. 31 through Nov. 2. The Dana Center will also host The Aaron Tolson Institute of Dance Presents: Dance Now!, described as a multi-dance company extravaganza, on Nov. 23.

• Theatre Kapow (tkapow.com) will presentLemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, a play by Sam Steiner, described this way on Kapow’s website: “Hilarious yet poignant, the play explores what happens when we can no longer speak freely and how humans continue to communicate through actions, body language, and the spaces between words.” The play will be presented Sept. 19 through Sept. 21 at the BNH Stage, 16 S. Main St. in Concord, ccanh.com.

• The Milford Area Players will present Clueat the Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford, amatocenter.org/riverbend-youth-company) Sept. 26 through Oct. 5, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. See milfordareaplayers.org.

• The Capitol Center for the Arts (ccanh.com) has theatrical presentations scheduled at both the Chubb Theatre (44 S. Main St., Concord) and the BNH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord). At the Chubb Theatre, catch Puppy Pals Live, an action-packed comedic stunt dog show, on Sept. 28; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, a musical based on the children’s book, in two shows on Oct. 21; L’Chaim — A Toast to Jewish Composers of Broadway on Nov. 16, and The Giveron Nov. 18. At the BNH Stage, catch the Best of Broadway ’60s Edition on Sept. 6.

• The Community Players of Concord, communityplayersofconcord.org, will present The Addams Family Musical Nov. 21 through Nov. 23 at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. in Concord. See the website for tickets. The company’s Children’s Project will present Something Rotten Jr.on Oct. 17 and Oct. 18. The Players will also participate in the One-Act Play Festival hosted by the New Hampshire Community Theatre Association the weekend of Oct. 3, at the Bedford Town Hall.

• Cue Zero Theatre will present People Like to Be Scared: An Exploration of Fear, described at cztheatre.com as “an original devised piece by Cue Zero Theatre Company under the direction of Dan Pelletier,” Oct. 3 through Oct. 5 at Arts Academy of New Hampshire in Salem. See cztheatre.com for tickets.

• Theatrical offerings at the Stockbridge Theatre (5 Pinkerton St., Derry, pinkertonacademy.org/stockbridge-theatre) include Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, a show of improv, comedy and music, on Oct. 4; Doktor Kaboom!, a blend of comedy and science, on Oct. 8; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as presented by the Pinkerton Players Oct. 17 through Oct. 19, and the Magic of Bill Blagg Live on Nov. 8.

• The Manchester Community Theatre Players will present Shrek the Musicalat the MCTP Theatre at North End Montessori School (698 Beech St., Manchester) Oct. 17 through Oct. 19 and Oct. 24 through Oct. 26. See manchestercommunitytheatre.com.

• The Peacock Players will present High School Musical 2, with performers ages 6 to 14, Oct. 17 through Oct. 26 at Janice B. Streeter Theatre (14 Court St. in Nashua). The fall teen mainstage production will be CinderellaBroadway Version Nov. 14 through Nov. 23. See peacockplayers.org.

• Epping Community Theater (38 Ladds Lane, Epping, eppingtheater.org) will present the Dracula Radio Show Oct. 17 through Oct. 19. The company will also present Little MermaidNov. 7 through Nov. 16.

• Actors Cooperative Theatre will present A Clockwork Orangeat the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway in Derry, Oct. 24 through Oct. 27. See kctnh.org/act.

• Lend Me a Theater will present the murder mystery dinner theater Deadly Dealat Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, tupelomusichall.com) Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, with dinner and a show and show-only ticket options. See lendmeatheater.org for more on the show.

• The Riverbend Youth Company will present The Addams Familyat the Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford, amatocenter.org/riverbend-youth-company) Nov. 7 through Nov. 9.

• Actorsingers will present The Producers at Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua) Nov. 7 through Nov. 9. See actorsingers.org.

• Bedford Off Broadway, which holds its performances at Bedford Town Hall, 3 Meetinghouse Road in Bedford, will present Icehouse: An Ice Fishing FantasyNov. 7 through Nov. 16, according to the Facebook page, where you can find updates on the show. Also see bedfordoffbroadway.com.

• Kids Coop Theatre will present Beetlejuice Jr. Nov. 21 through Nov. 23. Auditions for the show for performers 8 to 19 years old will take place Sunday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The KCT Studio, 232 N. Broadway in Salem. See kctnh.org for details.

• Ovation Theatre Company, 61 Harvey Road, Londonderry, ovationtc.com, will present Freaky Fridayon Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway in Derry.

Classical music

• Evenings at Avaloch are held in the concert barn space at Avaloch Farm Music Institute with visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute (16 Hardy Lane, Boscawen, avalochfarmmusic.org). The Farm has a series of Friday evening events in September at 7:30 p.m. featuring a mix of musicians and pieces with a suggested donation of $10.

The Acronym Ensemble will perform Friday, Oct. 3, at an event that also contains a pre-concert talk and a dinner (tickets with just the concert and talk are also available). The Avaloch Annual Fall Gala featuring music, food and more will take place Saturday, Oct. 18, starting at 4 p.m.

• Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. in Concord, will hold an open house on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon featuring a musical instrument “petting zoo,” free demo classes, free jam sessions and more, according to ccmusicschool.org. The school’s Bach’s Lunch series of lectures and performances (which runs the first and second Thursdays of the month, October through May, from 12:10 to 1 p.m.) begins for the season on Thursday, Oct. 2, with “La Femme Vaillante: Reviving the Musical Legacy of Augusta Holmès, Part 1” featuring a lecture and performance with vocalist Melissa Elsman and pianist Kathryn Southworth, the website said. Also at the school, the Fall Fiddle Workshops and Concert will run Saturday, Oct. 4, with workshops 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a concert at 7:30 p.m.; see the website for concert tickets and workshop registration.

• The Manchester Choral Society will hold an open sing and auditions on Monday, Sept. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Grace Epsicopal Church, 106 Lowell St. in Manchester, according to a press release. The Manchester Choral Society will hold concerts in December and in the spring. See mcsnh.org to register for an audition or for information.

• The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus is holding auditions for its winter concert in September with the next audition held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 6:30 to 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 508 Union St. in Manchester, followed by rehearsal from 7 to 9:30 p.m., according to nhgmc.com. Click on “Open Auditions” under the “Events” tab to get more details on the auditions.

• Concord Community Concert Association will open its season at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. in Concord, on Friday, Sept. 12, with Bach & The Brandenburgs – Acronym Baroque Ensemble. The season continues with Spanish Brass on Oct. 24.

• Symphony New Hampshire will feature shows curated by the five musical director finalists through the 2025-2026 season. First up is finalist Tiffany Chang with “Unexpected Stories” featuring Gaetano Donizetti’s overture to Don Pasquale; Manuel de Falla’s “Nights in the Gardens of Spain,” and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3, according to symphonynh.org. The show will take place Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Keefe Auditorium in Nashua. On Thursday, Oct. 16, the symphony will hold its 2025 Fanfare Celebration at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua. On Thursday, Oct. 30, Symphony NH will present “Halloween Pops” at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord at 7:30 p.m.

• The Capitol Center for the Arts (ccanh.com) has classical presentations scheduled at the Chubb Theatre (44 S. Main St., Concord) including Vitamin String Quartet on Oct. 2 and Symphony New Hampshire with Halloween Pops: A Spooky Symphony on Oct. 30.

• The Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. in Concord, theaudi.org, will also host the Walker Lecture presentation “Classical Piano” with Mark Valenti on Oct. 29.

• Dana Center at Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, tickets.anselm.edu, will present Saeyoon Chon, an international prize-winning pianist, on Oct. 11.

• NH Philharmonic Orchestra starts its season with “History in Sound: From Ellis Island to the Russian Revolution” Saturday, Oct. 18, and Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Seifert Performing Arts Center in Salem. See nhphil.org.

• The Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St. in Manchester, palacetheatre.org, will host Candlelight: Haunted Halloween Classics in two shows on Oct. 30; the Symphony New Hampshire Jazz Quartet will present “City Nights & Blue Lights” on Nov. 6; Candlelight: featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and more on Nov. 14 at 6 p.m., and Candlelight: a tribute to Coldplay and Imagine Dragons on Nov. 14 at 8:30 p.m.

• The First Church, 1 Concord St. in Nashua, will celebrate the 18th season of its First Music Concert Series starting on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. with “Organ Masters” featuring Denis Comtet. See first-music.org.

• The Nashua Chamber Orchestra will hold its fall concert on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. at Nashua Community College and Sunday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m. at Milford Town Hall.

Books

• Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, gibsonsbookstore.com) has several author events on its schedule: Mel Allen, Yankee magazine editor, presents his story collectionHere in New England on Friday, Sept. 5, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Sarah Stewart Taylor will talk about her new mystery novel Hunter’s Heart Ridge on Thursday, Sept. 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Sy Montgomery and Matt Patterson will talk about their new picture book The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 11 a.m. to noon; Emily Prescott, a New Hampshire author, will talk about her debut novel, Henhouse, a reimagining of Pride & Prejudice, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; fantasy author R.A. Salvatore returns for the launch day event for his newest series, The Finest Edge of Twilight, including an author talk, Q&A and signing line, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; romance novelist Lyla Sage will be joined on stage at the Cap Center (44 S. Main St., Concord) talking about her new novel Soul Searching in conversation with romance novelists BK Borison and Chloe Liese on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2-3:30 p.m. ($29 tickets via ccanh.com); P. Djèlí Clark will talk about his dark fantasy historical novel Ring Shout on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; and there will be a “rockstar Horror panel” on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. featuring CJ Leede (author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture), Delilah S. Dawson (author of Star Wars: Phasma and the creator-owned comics Ladycastle and Sparrowhawk) and Clay McLeod Chapman (author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes and What Kind of Mother).

• Barnes & Noble in Manchester (1741 S. Willow St., bn.com) has upcoming author events including these: Emily Siems, a local author, will sign copies of her novel Springhaven and its sequel on Saturday, Sept. 6, from noon to 3 p.m.; Kimber St. Lawrence, a NH author, will sign copies of her YA novel Thirsty Ground on Saturday, Sept. 13, between noon and 3 p.m.; Sarah Stewart Taylor will sign copies of her mysteries Agony Hill and its new sequel, Hunter’s Heart Ridge, on Saturday, Sept. 20, from noon to 2 p.m.; local author James Manganais, a local author, will sign copies of his book Upon a Star, on Saturday, Sept. 27, from noon to 3 p.m.; Kevin Martin will sign copies of his book Big Trees of Northern New England, describing 50+ hikes, bikes or paddles to find some of the largest trees on public land in the area, on Saturday, Oct. 25, from noon to 2 p.m.

• Balin Books (375 Amherst St., Nashua, balinbooks.com) has upcoming author events: Tony Martelli will talk about his self-help guide Become Unstoppable on Saturday, Sept. 6, at 2 p.m. and author Ana Hebra Flaster will talk about her new book Property of the Revolution, the story of her family’s journey from Cuba to a quiet New Hampshire mill town, on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m.

• The Seacoast LitFest will run Sunday, Sept. 7, through Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Music Hall in Portsmouth with a book fair on Chestnut Street on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and conversations with authors Jennifer Weiner (Sept. 7), Mary Gaitskill in conversation with August Lamm (Sept. 9) and Dan Brown (Sept. 10). See themusichall.org/seacoast-litfest.

• Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester, bookerymht.com) will host author events: Chris DeFlorio will talk about his novel Called Into Darkness on Sunday, Sept. 7, 1-3 p.m.; E.H. Jacobs will talk about his novel Splintered River on Saturday, Sept. 13, 1-3 p.m.; authors Ian M. Rogers (Carcrash Parker and the Haven of Larpers) and Joshua Bresslin (Going Over) will talk about their books on Saturday, Sept. 26, 1-3 p.m., and John Turner and Jay Bouchard will launch their new book, Daddy Days: A Recipe for a Life of Adventure and Relationship with Your Family, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 1-3 p.m.

• Tessa Bailey will talk about her new romance novel, Pitcher Perfect,at Chubb Theatre at CCA (44 S. Main St., Concord, ccanh.com) on Monday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. All seats $29 and include a copy of Pitcher Perfect. A photo line will follow the event, in lieu of a signing line.

• New Hampshire Book and Literary Festival starts with keynote addresses Friday, Oct. 3, and continues all day Saturday, Oct. 4, at venues in Concord, with author panels, book signings and interviews. Find a full schedule at nhbookfestival.org. Walter Mosley will be the keynote author in conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan at Chubb Theatre at CCA (44 S. Main St., Concord, ccanh.com) on Friday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. One admission and one copy of Mosley’s new book Gray Dawn $55; two admissions and one book $80. Tui Sutherland, author of the Wings of Fire series with its latest entry Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy, will be the children’s keynote speaker with an event Friday, Oct. 3, at 10:30 a.m. for $8 per person and speak at an event Saturday, Oct. 4, at 6 p.m. where tickets are $28.

• 2025 Annual Celebration of the Humanities featuring author and scholar Akhil Reed Amar in conversation with Laura Knoy about the foundations of American democracy on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. at BNH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, ccanh.com). The evening is co-hosted by NH Humanities and the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service. Proceeds benefit NH Humanities. Tickets $40 standard, +$40 to add a copy of Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution. VIP tickets $166.

• Diane Wilson will talk about her novel The Seed Keeper on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2-4 p.m. at Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua). The novel is the 2025 Nashua Reads selection. Tickets are $10 plus fees via nashualibrary.org, or $15 at the door.

Film

• In addition to the slate of current films at Red River Theatres in Concord, look for some throwback screenings including Jaws (1975) on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m.; The Lost Boys (R, 1987) on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 6:45 p.m.; Dirty Dancing(PG-13. 1987) on Friday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m., and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (PG, 1982) on Sunday, sept. 7, at 6:45 p.m., according to redrivertheatres.org. And on Saturday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. catch a sing-along screening of Grease(1978).

• There are still some outdoor film screenings to wrap up summer movie series.IF(PG, 2024) will screen on Friday, Sept. 5, at 8 p.m. and Mufasa: The Lion King (PG, 2024) will screen on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m., both at the Auburn Safety Complex; see auburnnh.gov. Manchester will wrap up its summer movie series with Jumanji(PG, 1995) on Saturday, Sept. 20, at dusk; see the Manchester Economic Development Office’s Facebook page. A Minecraft Movie(PG, 2025) will screen Friday, Sept. 26, at dusk at the Riverfront Park in Tilton, hosted by the Hall Memorial Library (hallmemoriallibrary.org).

• The Nashua Center for the Arts, 201 Main St. in Nashua, will screenMinions (PG, 2015) on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. See nashuacenterforthearts.com.

• Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com) will screen Stop Making Sense, the 1984 Talking Heads concert film by Jonathan Demme, on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Chubb Theatre with band member Jerry Harrison hosting and giving post-screening comments and audience Q&A, according to the website.

Evil Dead in Concert will feature the 1981 film screened with a live musical ensemble performing the score on screen on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m.

Also at the Chubb Theatre, catch “John Cleese & The Holy Grail” featuring a screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975) followed by a Q&A with Cleese on Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m.

Stand By Me (R, 1986) will screen on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the program “Stand By Me: The Film and Its Stars 40 Years Later” featuring a post-film conversation with Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell and Wil Wheaton.

At the Cap Center’s BNH Stage in Concord, catch The Met: Live in HD broadcasts of The Metropolitan Opera including La Sonnambulaon Oct. 18, La Bohemeon Nov. 8, Arabellaon Nov. 22 and Andrea Chenier on Dec. 13 (all Saturdays at 1 p.m.). The BNH Stage also features the National Theatre Live Broadcast ofNext To Normal on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m.

• Fathom Entertainment,fathomentertainment.com, has several screenings on its fall schedule including anniversary screenings, horror films, religious programming and The Met: Live in HD broadcasts of The Metropolitan Opera including La Sonnambulaon Oct. 18, La Bohemeon Nov. 8, Arabellaon Nov. 22 and Andrea Chenier on Dec. 13 (all Saturdays at 1 p.m. with encore screenings the following Wednesdays). Other upcoming screenings include The Sound of Music (1965) screening at area theaters Saturday, Sept. 13, through Wednesday, Sept. 17; Howl’s Moving Castle (PG, 2004) with dubbed and subtitled screenings Saturday, Sept. 20, through Wednesday, Sept. 24; the aughts Spider-Mantrilogy — Spider-Man (PG-13, 2002) Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, Spider-Man 2.1(an unrated version of the 2004 film) on Sept. 27 and Oct. 4, and Spider-Man 3 (PG-13, 2007) on Sept. 28 and Oct. 5; The Devil’s Rejects (R, 2005) on Oct. 6 and Oct. 8; Spirited Away(PG, 2001) Saturday, Oct. 18, through Wednesday, Oct. 22, with dubbed and subtitled versions; Paranorman(PG, 2012) remastered in 3D Saturday, Oct. 25, through Tuesday, Oct. 28; Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago — The Ultimate Director’s Cut on Nov. 5 and Nov. 9, and The Boy and the Heron(PG-13, 2023) Nov. 15 through Nov. 19 in dubbed and subtitled versions.

• Telluride by the Sea, the film festival held at The Music Hallin Portsmouth featuring films from Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival, will run Friday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 14, with ticket packages available for individual films as well as full festival passes. See themusichall.org.

• Jeff Rapsis, presenter of silent films for which he provides live musical accompaniment, has several screenings on the schedule this fall. He’ll appear at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth, flyingmonkeynh.com, with Seven Chances(1925) starring Buster Keaton, on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., and The Man Who Laughs (1928), an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, on Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. He’ll be at Wilton Town Hall Theatre (find them on Facebook) with J’Accuse (1919) on Sunday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m.; Faust (1926) a film by F.W. Murnau, on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m., andPaths of Paradise (1925) and Hands Up!(1926) a comedy double feature, on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 2 p.m. On Friday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m., Rapsis will screen Fritz Lang’s Metropolis(1927) at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway in Derry, sponsored by the Derry Public Library (see derrypl.org). On Thursday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m.,The Phantom of the Opera(1925) starring Lon Chaney, will screen at the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St. in Nashua (nashualibrary.org). On Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m., Rapsis will bring live music to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), also the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway in Derry, sponsored by the Derry Public Library (see derrypl.org). See silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com for more details and for screenings around the greater New England area.

• The 23rd annual New Hampshire Film Festival will take place Thursday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 19, and screen independent feature films as well as programs of short films at locations throughout downtown Portsmouth, according to an email festival organizers. The festival is a qualifying festival for Academy Award hopefuls in the short film categories, which means you could see live-action, animated or documentary shorts headed to Oscar nominations, the email said. See nhfilmfestival.com for film line-ups.

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