English Country Dance in Dublin with the Monadnock Folklore Society

The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the fourth in its series of English country dance with the theme “Dance Around Monadnock”   On April 24th from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the English country dance will be held at the Dublin Town Hall in Dublin, NH, with Allison Aldrich Smith teaching dances that will appeal to all,

Children’s Art Show

Jaffrey Civic Center hosts Jaffrey-Rindge Children’s Art Show The Jaffrey Civic Center is excited to announce that once again we will be hosting the Annual Young Person’s Show which showcases the artwork of Jaffrey and Rindge children from Kindergarten to 12th grade. This year, we will have artwork from Jaffrey Grade School, Rindge Memorial School,

An Evening of Dance at Keene State College

An Evening of Dance at Keene State College’s Features premiers of modern dances by New York choreographer and dance faculty A specially commissioned dance by New York choreographer Yanira Castro will premiere along with three new works by Keene State College faculty during An Evening of Dance presented by the Keene State Department of Theatre and

Roberto Devereux

Met Opera’s “Roberto Devereux” To Be Shown On Screen at Players Met Opera’s “Roberto Devereux” presented on screen this Saturday April 16, 2016 at Peterborough Players.  PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (April 11, 2016) Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a

Tortoise and Hare Compete in Musical Race On Stage at MoCo Arts

MoCo Arts presents the most famous race in children’s literature, Tortoise vs Hare, a Tweens Musical Theatre production on Sunday, April 10 at 2:00 & 4:00pmin the MoCo Arts Black Box Theatre. Harriet Hare and her gang of “Hare’s Angels” terrorize the animals of the forest until Tracy Tortoise challenges her right to rule. Through song

Madama Butterfly

Puccini’s Breathtaking Opera “Madama Butterfly” To Be Shown On Screen at Players Met Opera’s “Madama Butterfly” presented on screen this Saturday April 2, 2016 at Peterborough Players.  PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (March 29, 2016) The title character of Madama Butterfly — a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American

CourtGarden at Redfern Arts Center in Keene

CourtGarden A STUNNING MULTI-MEDIA DANCE PERFORMANCE INSPIRED BY THE IMPERIAL FRENCH COURT CLOSES SEASON AT REDFERN ARTS CENTER   CourtGarden , a stunning new dance and multi-media performance created by New York choreographer Yanira Castro and her company a canary torsi, closes the spring 2016 season on Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. at the Redfern Arts Center

SPARTACUS at the Players

“SPARTACUS” Is Next Bolshoi at the Players Bolshoi’s signature ballet and epic tour de force on screen at the Peterborough Players – Sunday, March 13th 1pm PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (March 7, 2016) In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian king, is turned captive by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and

Dancing Forever in the Nelson Town Hall

This article was published on 1990,  in Leisure Weekly, a Keene-based entertainment newspaper that has long since ceased publication. Many things have changed since then, and notably, in the summer of 2014 the hall underwent significant renovations (though mostly structural) ~ Gordon Peery [<<<return to Contra Dance page] Not too long ago a piano tuner