Craftsmen's annual ornament is Sweet Season
The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s annual ornament for 2015 is Sweet Season, a cast and hand-formed pewter maple sugar tree adorned with a sap bucket. Kristine Lane of Andover and Paulette Werger, both juried in metal by the League, created this ornament to celebrate New Hampshire’s spring-time tradition of maple sugaring. Sweet Season ornaments […]
Author and adventurer in East Andover on May 20
Naturalist and New Hampshire resident Sy Montgomery will talk about her new book, The Soul of An Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, at the Bachelder Library in East Andover on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 PM. In researching this book, which chronicles the growing scientific appreciation of the intelligence of the octopus, […]
Adult Fiction Carnal Curiosity, Stuart Woods Keep Quiet, Lisa Scottoline Longbourn, Jo Baker Missing You, Harlan Coben NYPD Red, James Patterson NYPD Red 2, James Patterson I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Mary Higgins Clark Dead or Alive, Tom Clancy Family Life, Akhil Sharma The Target, David Baldacci The Collector, Nora Roberts Adult Nonfiction The Bonobo […]
If you can't get out, the library will come to you!
The Andover Public Library, and the WA Bachelder Library in East Andover are happy to announce that they are now able to deliver books to housebound seniors or to anyone for whom getting to the library would be a physical challenge. Our librarians, Gail Fitzpatrick and Priscilla Poulin, noted that some of our long-time patrons […]
Friday, May 8, in Franklin
The Pemigewesset Choral Society invites you to join us for our 42nd spring concert series. Under the direction of Leslie McDonnell and assistant director William Gunn, with pianist Grace Templeton, our program, titled American Tapestry, includes music from the serious to the fun. Throughout our history, we have been a culture blended from many cultures […]
Sy Montgomery at Bachelder Library on Wednesday, May 20
Let’s hear it for Sy Montgomery. When I first listened to her spellbinding tales, I was attending a librarian’s conference in a large Manchester hotel, one in the act of renovation. Our luncheon was served within two walls and two canvas-sheeted boundaries, hardly appetizing. Then this wild-haired woman stood up and started gesticulating and speaking […]
Jay Fitzpatrick leads three four-hour sessions
Want to take better pictures? Understand your camera and its various settings? Jay Fitzpatrick of East Andover, owner of F8 Photography, has teamed up with Franklin’s Toad Hall Art Gallery to offer photography classes and photo tours of some of Franklin’s historic downtown buildings. Introduction to Digital Photography, a 12-hour course and workshop, will be […]
Classes on bark baskets, shell engraving
Exhibit: “Beautiful Markings: Native American Tattoos” May 1 to July 12. Liz Charlebois (Abenaki) guest curator. For thousands of years people have been marking their bodies for personal and spiritual reasons. See examples of modern day traditional tattooing of First Nations people in the Contemporary Art Gallery at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, 18 Highlawn Road, […]
April 10 through 12
April Brings Showers, Flowers, and the Powers of Magical Theater While Spring tries desperately to bring warmer temperatures to eradicate the snow and foster new growth, Franklin Footlight Theatre shall endeavor to tickle funny-bones and induce introspection with a bevy of theatrical beauties in the form of five one act plays. Friday April 10 and […]
Three Rivers Singers now open to all
Members of the former Three Rivers Singers have decided to reorganize and invite anyone in the the Lakes Region who love to sing to join. No auditions are required, just a love of singing. An “Open Sing” will be held on Monday, April 6 and Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30 PM at the Franklin Public […]