Colby-Sawyer College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department presents the fall dance ensemble Turning Pointe under the artistic direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance Laura Dunlop Shepherd, on Friday, December 6, at 7 PM. Tickets can be purchased online at Colby-Sawyer.edu/tickets or at the Sawyer Center Box Office. They are $10 for adults, $5 for students/children, […]
Goose River Press is pleased to announce the publication of Chronicles of Humans with Nature by Madison, Connecticut resident Carol Leavitt Altieri, a graduate of Andover High School. The official publication date is set for November 1. Chronicles of Humans with Nature is a follow-up to Still Brooding on a Strong Branch; a pendulum that […]
Colby-Sawyer College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department will present the comedy Shakespeare in Hollywood on Thursday, November 7 at 7 PM; Friday, November 8 at 8 PM; and Saturday, November 9 at 2 and 8 PM at the Sawyer Center Theatre at the Sawyer Fine and Performing Arts Center. Seating is limited to 100 onstage seats, […]
Helen Davis Phelps, the mother of Vic Phelps, ran a millinery shop in the Proctor Block in Andover Village. She was a 1905 graduate of Proctor Academy and wrote many poems. A framed copy of this one hangs in Vic’s house to this day. Halloween by Helen D. Phelps Four little pumpkins just off the […]
Adult Fiction Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan The Sins of the Father Jeffrey Archer Songs of Willow Frost Jamie Ford Blood & Beauty: The Borgias Sarah Dunant Deadline Sandra Brown The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri The Quest Nelson DeMille Silencing Eve Irish Johansen Classified Fern Michaels Doctor Sleep Stephen King Ghost […]
Adult Fiction MaddAddam Margaret Atwood The Bone Season Samantha Shannon The Omen Machine Terry Goodkind The Third Kingdom Terry Goodkind The Whole Enchilada Diane Mott Davidson The Defector Daniel Silva Blind Justice Anne Perry The Quest Nelson DeMille Miss Julia Stirs up Trouble Ann B. Ross Sycamore Row John Grisham Gone James Patterson The October […]
The community is invited to the Lake Sunapee Region Center for the Arts’ (CFA) “First Fridays” program on November 1, from 5 to 7 PM. This evening’s program will combine a traditional gallery opening with a new venture for the Center for the Arts, a regional juried art show. The traditional Micro Gallery opening will […]
Colby-Sawyer College will celebrate the lifework of former faculty member and internationally renowned author and artist Tomie dePaola in two exhibitions at the Sawyer Fine and Performing Arts Center, “Tomie dePaola: Then and Now.” The “Then” exhibition this fall will feature his early drawings, paintings, and books, along with images of his costume and set […]
After a minor seasonal adjustment to the delights of the wood stove, i.e., how to revel in the warmth without falling asleep, I’ve settled into two good reads. Sue Grafton’s latest, W is for Wasted, features the optimistic and fearless private eye, Kinsey Milhone, in her latest go-round with the shady characters of Santa Teresa, […]