Poetry Reading by National Slam Winner

Free at Colby-Sawyer on April 11

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Poetry Reading by National Slam Winner

On Thursday, April 11, Colby-Sawyer College will host slam poet Taylor Mali for a poetry reading and performance at 7 PM in Wheeler Hall at the Ware Student Center. The event, hosted by Word Order, an on-campus club dedicated to the celebration of writing, in conjunction with the Campus Activities Board, is free for college […]

The Amazing Kreskin to Summon Ghosts on Flying Monkey’s Stage

Amazing feats begin April 13 at 7:30 PM

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The Amazing Kreskin to Summon Ghosts on Flying Monkey’s Stage

The world’s most famous mentalist, “The Amazing Kreskin” will be appearing at the Flying Monkey Performance Center at 7:30 PM on Saturday April 13, 2013. The Performance Center is located at 39 South Main Street in Plymouth. Tickets for this concert start at $15. With a showman’s flair, a comedian’s wit, and the capacities of […]

Tom Barber Exhibits at Zero Celcius Wealth Studio

Part of "First Fridays" Micro-Gallery tour on May 3

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Join us for great art, light refreshments, and a chance to meet the artists at the CFA Micro Galleries in New London. The galleries are: the New London Inn, Zero Celsius Wealth Studio, and Country Houses Real Estate. Each is located on Main Street in New London, and many First Friday attendees enhance their evening […]

Carol Altieri Wins Poetry Honor

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Carol Leavitt Altieri was a winner of the 2013 White Buffalo Native American Calf Award for her poem Molly Ockett, Indian Doctress, which she entered in the 2013 White Buffalo Native American Poet Laureate poetry contest. All winners’ poems will be published in the forthcoming Gifts of the Great Spirit, Volume IV “Legends” edition. Carol, […]

Paula Poundstone Performs at the Flying Monkey

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The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth is proud to present comedian Paula Poundstone in concert Friday, April 26. It’s impossible to attend a Paula Poundstone performance without marveling at her ability to interact spontaneously with audience members in conversations bound to garner riotous laughter. Armed with nothing but a stool, a microphone, and a […]

James Montgomery and Uptown Horns at the Flying Monkey

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James Montgomery and Uptown Horns at the Flying Monkey

At 7:30 PM on Saturday, April 6, The Flying Monkey is excited present another exciting blues rock package show with James Montgomery and guests. Harmonica master James Montgomery shares the stage with the famed Uptown Horns and Charlie Farren. Always the consummate showman, Montgomery is known as one of the most dynamic performers on the […]

Colby-Sawyer College Presents “Androcles and the Lion”

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The Colby Sawyer College Fine and Performing Arts Department presents George Bernard Shaw’s 1912 play “Androcles and the Lion,” a morality folktale of a Roman slave who finds a friend in a merciful lion after removing a painful thorn from its paw. Performances will take place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 4, 5, and […]

“All Things Wild and Wonderful” in Sunapee on April 5

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Center for the Arts (CFA) announces its April First Friday event for Friday, April 5, from 5 to 7 PM at The Knowlton House in Sunapee Harbor. The theme for this evening is All Things Wild and Wonderful. This evening’s program will open with a reading of The Swan by Mary Oliver, followed by Katelyn […]

Through the Reading Glasses: March, 2013

By Janet Moore, Library Trustee

Sandra Graves has been my library Board of Trustees buddy for four years, and in that time I have relied on her financial expertise, her experience with library operations, and her vast knowledge of literature. Thirty three years she has been a trustee, as long as Tay Clark was the Andover Public Library librarian, and […]

Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum Opens on May 1

Native American containers on display

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Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum opens on Wednesday, May 1, with a new exhibit about “Containers.” Bark, marsh-plant fiber, ash splint, gourd, cattails – these are some of the materials that have been skillfully and artfully twined, woven, carved, folded, or sewn into the containers in the 2013 season’s first exhibit “Containers” in the Contemporary Art […]