A Beautiful Hooked Rug of Andover Scenes is Complete

Donate to keep it in Andover!

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A Beautiful Hooked Rug of Andover Scenes is Complete

  Several years ago, a group of five Andover ladies who enjoyed their hobby of rug hooking – Julie Mayo, Marge Leber, Sandra Graves, Grace Stetson, and Pat Cutter – conceived, designed, and created a pictorial rug that features 12 well-known buildings and places in Andover. The original intent was to raise money for the […]

Professor Ossum’s Wonder Show at the Franklin Opera House

February 26 at 1:30 and 7:30 PM

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Ignatius Mackenzie Ossum (“I. M.” Ossum) is a modern-day renaissance man: part scientist (but not “mad” about it), part magician, part showman, part curator of the curious, and all fun! He is coming to the Franklin Opera House on Friday, February 26, at 1:30 and 7:30 PM. Taking scientist and author Arthur C. Clarke at his […]

What’s Up at the Andover Libraries? February, 2016

Learn Spanish; read 1,000 books

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Learn/practice Spanish Ongoing class on Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Informal instruction and conversation for beginners and those with some experience. Newcomers are welcome any time. Four-week series, $48; drop-in, $15 per session. Bachelder Library in East Andover. Pre-school Story Time Parents are invited to bring pre-schoolers to the Andover Library for Story Time on Wednesdays, 10 […]

Three Rivers Singers Seeks New Voices

Rehearse on Mondays at 6:30 PM in Franklin

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A Franklin choral group, Three Rivers Singers, would welcome new soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone voices. This budding group has performed for local events and is eager to grow its membership. Rehearsals take place on Mondays at 6:30 PM at Inspiration Music on River Street. Contact Christine Dzujna at 934-7163 for more information.

Through the Reading Glasses: February 2016

By Janet Moore, Libraries Trustee

It’s love time. It’s February. It’s winter. It’s the Library. Let’s do it! Sit in front of the fire at Bachelder Library and chat by the fireside. Keep an eye on things at Andover Public Library and watch the neighbor channel on Main Street. Plan your next fantasy adventure in print or online: swim with dolphins or go […]

Bachelder Library Acquisitions, January 2016

  Adult Fiction Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith The Guest Room, Chris Bohalian The Guise of Another, Allen Eskens Sweet Water, Christina Baker Kline The Dog Stars, Peter Heller My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout A Well-Tempered Heart, Jan Philipp Sendker Adult Non-Fiction SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening, Peter […]

Andover Public Library Acquisitions, January 2016

Adult Titles Fiction Depraved Heart, Patricia Cornwall Cross Justice, James Patterson Willow Brook Road, Sherryl Woods The Promise, Robert Crais Circling the Sun, Paula McLain The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith Whistleblower, Tess Gerritsen The Bees, Laline Paul The Peripheral, William Gibson The Drop,  Dennis Lahane Ashley Bell, Dean Koontz A Slant […]

A Cappella Group Performs at February Coffeehouse

CS Riffed on February 19

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A Cappella Group Performs at February Coffeehouse

Jim Connell and Paul Currier in performance at a recent Andover Community Coffeehouse.   A 16-member a cappella (without accompaniment) group of singing students from Colby-Sawyer College in New London will be the featured performers on Friday evening, February 19, at the monthly Andover Community Coffeehouse concert, offered in the Highland Lake Grange Hall in […]

Franklin Opera House Presents Beatles Tribute

Saturday, February 6, at 7:30 PM

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Hailed as “New England’s Best Beatles Tribute Band” by the British Beer Company, Studio Two continues its tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America. These four lads met in a “cellar full of noise” in a town west of Liverpool, in Milford, New Hampshire. The band members are first-class […]

Murder Mystery Theatre Returns to Franklin Opera House

"Lethal Luau" on January 16 benefits the Opera House

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Are you ready for some drop dead fun? The Franklin Opera House announces its second annual Murder Mystery Dessert Theatre, Lethal Luau. Guests will attend a festive sunset luau to celebrate Chase Diamond’s 33rd birthday at the Franklin Opera House on Saturday, January 16, at 7 PM. The celebration turns to intrigue when the guest of […]

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