Many events at the libraries this summer
Got time on your hands? Spend it in the Andover Libraries! On Saturday, June 4, at 10 AM, bring your family to our annual Fairy House Building Project at the Andover Library. Or color your worries away at the Bachelder Library on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 PM with the Coloring and Tangling group. Need something meditative […]
"Brigadoon" opens June 15
For its 84th consecutive season, the Barn will be offering a mix of classic and contemporary musicals and plays, presented with the extraordinary performances and production values that the community has come to expect. The theater is coming to the summer following the extraordinary success of 2015, a season which saw record audiences and […]
We’ll take a view to the other side of the world this month, Australia to be exact, which is where I am. Remember Nevil Shute’s story about the beginnings of the end? On the Beach has never really gone out of style for its gritty depiction of what’s next after the nuclear bomb. Jill Ker […]
Public votes on the Village Green
The Andover Institute is sponsoring a Photo Contest as part of this year’s Fourth of July Celebration in downtown Andover. Participants may enter one photo, ready for hanging, and the photo must have been taken within the town of Andover. Entry is free, and the public will get to vote on their favorite photos during […]
Adult Fiction Two If By Sea, Jacqueliyn Mitchard Private Paris, James Patterson & Mark Sullivan Eona, Alison Goodman The Martian, Andy Weir The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin Wedding Cake Murder, Joanne Fluke Find Her, Lisa Gardner At the Edge of the Orchard, Tracy Chevalier Fool Me Once, Harlen Coben Sea Keepers Daughters, […]
Five New London sites on May 6
The community is invited to the Lake Sunapee Region Center for the Arts’ “First Friday” event on May 6 from 5 to 7 PM. Gallery openings and artists’ receptions are taking place at five New London locations: New London Inn, Lake Sunapee Bank’s Main Street branch, ZeroCelsius Wealth Studio, Whipple Gallery, and the New London Hospital. Light […]
Opens with reception on April 29
The excitement is building for the New Hampshire Telephone Museum’s (NHTM) 2016 exhibit entitled “The ART of Conversation.” The exhibit, which runs from May 1 through October 31, will open with a reception on Friday, April 29. Museum members will be treated to a sneak preview at 6 PM, and the public will be welcomed […]
Joel Cage slated for May 20
From south of the border (in Massachusetts), folk singer-songwriter Mary Maguire will appear as featured performer on the Highland Lake Grange Hall stage at the monthly Andover Community Coffeehouse on Friday evening, April 15, beginning at 7 PM. The event is open to the public at no charge. Donations are gratefully accepted. Maguire’s work has […]
Forests, migrants, parents, and pioneers could refer to the world news. Here, these terms stand for new books, ones sure to catch some part of your attention. Newbery Award winner Linda Sue Park shifts into fantasy with Forest of Wonders, Wing and Claw No. 1, a morality tale full of thoughtful and conscience-bedeviling human-animal communication. […]
Adult Fiction Necessary Lies, Diane Chamberlin The Waters of Eternal Youth, Donna Leon Adult Non-Fiction Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson Dark Money, Jane Mayer On My Own, Diane Rehm Betrayal, Boston Globe When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi Children’s Titles Scientific Inquiry in Action: Chemical Reactions, Mary Ann Hoffman Pythons, Don Rathaus Leonardo da Vinci, Linda Cernak […]