Fourth of July was a huge success
For the Andover Libraries, the Fourth of July was a huge success, from the sale to the float. Thank you, Deb Brower and friends, the Southworths, Caroline Moulton, Susan Chase, and the indomitable driver, Nancy Teach, for making our parade float, We Like Big Books, so much fun that we were awarded first prize. Well, […]
Adult Titles Fiction Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica Knoll Beach Town, Mary Kay Andrews Piranha, Clive Cussler The Liar, Nora Roberts Adult Non-Fiction Spiritual Ecology, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Wheat Belly Cookbook, William Davis, MD H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald The Big Trees of New Hampshire, Kevin Martin Children’s Titles Willie & Me, Dan Gutman Shoeless Joe & […]
Program followed by telescope viewing
The Andover and Wilmot public libraries will host a free astronomy evening on Wednesday, September 16, starting at 7 PM in the AE/MS gym. Astronomy for Everyone: The Size and Scale of the Universe is a 90-minute program for kids age seven and up, as well as adults. Astronomer Kevin Manning, a former consultant with NASA, […]
Bluegrass and folk, plus food for sale
Free concerts on the Wilmot Bandstand, a joint effort of the town of Wilmot, the Bandstand Committee, and the Wilmot Community Association (WCA), will continue on Saturdays through August 15, from 6 to 7:30 PM. Concerts will be on the Wilmot town green at the intersection of Kearsarge Valley and Village Roads. In case of rain, […]
Beacon Brass on the 13th, Trio Cleonice on the 27th
The Beacon Brass will perform at the First Baptist Church on Thursday, August 13, with their combination of trumpets, trombone, French horn, and tuba to present a rousing concert with music styles from classical to jazz. Dana Russian and Dana Oakes on trumpets, Kevin Oakes on French horn, Hans Bohn on the trombone, and Donald […]
Author of "The Nourishing Homestead"
Warner’s Tory Hill Authors Series continues its sixth season with Vermont farmer and author Ben Hewitt, who speaks on July 25. Ben’s latest book, written in collaboration with his wife, Penny, is titled The Nourishing Landscape: One Back-to-the-Land Family’s Plan for Cultivating Soil, Skills, and Spirit and imparts a practiculture way to grow nutrient-dense food, […]
Art, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction
Seventeen participating artists and 14 volunteers ensured that more than 125 people enjoyed the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) third annual Imagination into Art, a fabulous, fun-filled reception, art show, silent auction, and sale, held on June 26 and 27 in Wilmot. Volunteers, who prepared delicious hors d’oeuvres and helped with other event tasks, included Diane […]
Community Coffeehouse on July 17
It’s “double your listening pleasure” in July as the award-winning Andover Community Coffeehouse offers not one but two local events. First is an outdoor concert on early Friday evening, July 3, and following up is the regular “Third Friday” performance on Friday, July 17. Both are free and open to the public. Helping kick off […]
Adult Fiction Arcadia, Lauren Groff Dead Will Tell, Linda Castillo Good House, Ann Landry Rumor, Elin Hilderbrand Terminated: A Tucker Mystery, Ray Daniel 14th Deadly Sin, James Patterson Every Fifteen Minutes, Lisa Scottoline God Help the Child, Toni Morrison The Rocks, Peter Nichols Cry Father, Benjamin Whitmer God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson Blood Foam, Brendan […]
July 23 at the First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church in New London will ring with the voices of Three Tenors and a Soprano. Tenors Peter Furlong, Jeffrey Hartman, and Paolo Buffagni with Soprano Julie Wyman and Pianist Elizabeth Blood will present a stirring concert of Operatic Arias, Trios, and Neapolitan Songs. Peter Furlong has been universally praised by the […]