An Evening of Laughter with Fred Marple of Frost Heaves, NH

To benefit the Andover Service Club scholarship fund

By Mary Ofenloch, President, Andover Service Club
An Evening of Laughter with Fred Marple of Frost Heaves, NH

On Saturday evening, April 20 at 7 PM, at AE/MS, the Andover Service Club will sponsor a performance of Fred Marple of Frost Heaves, New Hampshire. Fred Marple is the unofficial spokesman for the mythical town of Frost Heaves, the most underappreciated town in New Hampshire. He’s on a one-man campaign to put Frost Heaves […]

The Music of Pink Floyd Rocks the Flying Monkey

Gaelic Storm of Titanic fame on March 23

Press release
The Music of Pink Floyd Rocks the Flying Monkey

At 7:30 PM on Friday, March 22, The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth is excited to welcome back The Machine Performs Pink Floyd. Rolling Stone says, “they duplicate the sound and hits of Pink Floyd with chilling accuracy.” This time they are performing their full electric show complete with interstellar laser and light show. […]

Laura Powers Offers Five-Week Cooking Class

Press release

Laura Powers, founder of Extraordinary Taste Catering of Andover, will offer a series of five cooking classes from 7 to 9 PM on Wednesday evenings starting on March 20 at the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) Red Barn, 64 Village Road, next to the post office in Wilmot Flat. This hands-on, practical class will guide participants […]

Bachelder Library Acquisitions, February 2013

Adult Titles The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist,          Terrie M Williams Private Berlin,         James Patterson The Shadow Woman,            Linda Howard Suspect,  Robert Crais The Painted Girls,   Cathy Marie Buchanan Sarah’s Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine,     Nancy E […]

Franklin Opera House Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day With Irish Music

Press release

St. Patrick’s Day will come a week early this year, when Jim Barnes, Balladeer and The None Of Us Is Irish Irish Band visit Franklin Opera House on Saturday, March 9. The show begins at 7:30 PM. Jim Barnes is known throughout New Hampshire as a fine singer/songwriter of what he terms “New Hampshire-flavored music” […]

Andover Libraries Prepare To Resume Book Club

By Janet Moore, Library Trustee

Our two librarians, Michelle Bengivengo and Priscilla Poulin, are gearing up for another round of the ABC’s this spring. That’s right, the Andover Book Club will take off again soon, and we hope you will join us. See Priscilla and Michelle for details and to pass along reading suggestions. Time for ABC 2013! The Andover […]

Andover Public Library: Acquisitions, February 2013

Adult Titles The Round House,    Louise Erdrich TheTwelve Tribes of Hattie,    Ayana Mathis Sullivans Island,    Dorothea Benton Frank Return to Sullivans Island,    Dorothea Benton Frank Unfinished Business,    James Van Praagh Little Earthquakes,    Jennifer Weiner Two Graves,    Preston & Child The Last Runaway,    Tracy Chevalier Play Dead,   […]

Colby-Sawyer College to Host Tartan Terrors’ Celtic Invasion

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Colby-Sawyer College to Host Tartan Terrors’ Celtic Invasion

Kilted chaos invades Colby-Sawyer College with the return of the Tartan Terrors. The masters of Celtic mayhem delighted a sold-out Sawyer Center audience in 2010 with their unique blend of humor, folklore, dance, and music. Returning in March for their second campus performance, the Tartan Terrors bring their St. Patrick’s Day spirit to central New […]

Andover Public Library: New Acquisitions, January 2013

Adult Titles: The Paris Wife                                                                                                  Paula McLain The Sins of the Mother                                                                                   Danielle Steel […]

Matryoshka Dolls Coming To Andover

By Janet Moore, Andover Libraries

The nesting dolls are coming –  ring the bells! Matryoshka dolls, those wonderful and brightly painted roly-poly Russian works of art, are arriving in Andover on Friday evening, March 22, at 7 PM in the AE/MS gym. Marina Forbes, under the auspices of the New Hampshire Council for the Humanities, will present an informative program […]