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A Night of Sketch Comedy and Auctions Benefit MoCo Arts Tuition Assistance at LIGHTS. CAMERA. KEENE!

October 19, 2015

(Keene, NH)  – MoCo Arts’ highly anticipated Signature Fundraising event LIGHTS. CAMERA. KEENE! returns on October 24th for a night of sketch comedy, food, and fun. All proceeds from the evening benefit tuition assistance and year-round arts education program. In its fourth year, LIGHTS. CAMERA. KEENE! is going ‘retro’ with an hour long madcap musical

Tap Your Toes and Sing Along: Art a la Carte Coming This Winter to MoCo Arts

(Keene, NH)  – Puppetry, drums, theatre, dance, karaoke and yoga; these are just a few of the exciting classes coming to MoCo Arts starting November 5th. Art a la Carte is a sampler program for kids as young as 18 months through 7 years. For only $5 per class kids can explore the arts through

Music in Bass Hall presents Los Sugar Kings

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture is excited to present Los Sugar Kings, on Friday, November 13.  From the Boston area, the quartet is known for their dynamic live performances, rich harmonies, intense musicianship and ability to transcend genres with an authenticity rarely heard. In their world, respect is paid to the forefathers and

Mole Hill Theatre presents Comedy Illusionist Ben Prat

Friday…October 23rd….8 pm…… “Ben Pratt Magic” is a comic and mind-bending spectacle of illusion.   Catch this great entertainer on Friday at the magical Mole Hill Theatre.       Ben Pratt has performed all over New England and on television.    He has won “Best Stage Magician” in the Greater New England Magic Contest.     Ben gives a brilliant

Mole Hill Theatre presents Moxley Union

Moxley Union modern rockers with vintage style      Saturday, October 24th         Moxley Union, is a bluesy, classic-rock band.  Sets include a variety of genres; influences include Black Keys, Nirvana, Hendrix and B.B. King.    Moxley Union is a union of the twin states; half the band is from Vermont, the other

Players’ Auction Fundraiser Set For November 7th

Players’ Auction Fundraiser Set For November 7th Peterborough Players’ 27th Fundraising Auction  promises to be different, daring & dazzling. PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (October 19, 2015) The Peterborough Players’ annual fundraising auction and gala is set for Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 5:30p.m. This will be the 27th auction the Players has conducted on behalf of its non-profit

Forest History Field Trip to Poole Memorial Woods on Mt. Monadnock

October 16, 2015

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture will host a hiking field trip to the Poole Memorial Woods on Mt. Monadnock with special guest Dave Anderson of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests on Saturday, October 24 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.   The field trip will explore the history of

Contra Dance in Peterborough NH on Saturday November 7th

Adina Gordon has called contra dances in 37 U.S. states spanning all six time zones, as well as 3 Canadian provinces and Israel. Dancers frequently remark on her energy and joy in teaching dance, which is both highly evident and highly contagious.   Fiddler Perin Ellsworth-Heller grew up playing at the Nelson Monday night contra

ANDICE SALYERS PERFORMS 7 SOLO DANCES THAT EXPLORE SAINTHOOD AT KEENE STATE’S REDFERN ARTS CENTER

KEENE, N.H., 10/14/2015 – Acclaimed choreographer and performer Candice Salyers returns to Keene State College’s Redfern Arts Center with A History of Levitation II, a unique concert of seven solo dances that explore female sainthood and prophets on Thursday,October 29, at 7 p.m. Candice Salyers begins the performanceoutdoors near Brickyard Pond where she dances surrounded

Second Met Live Presentation at Players is Otello

October 14, 2015

Second Met Live Presentation at Players is Otello Verdi’s masterpiece is presented LIVE at Peterborough Players this Saturday. PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (October 13, 2015) The Peterborough Players’ Arts on Screen 2015-2016 Series presents its second Metropolitan Opera Live offering, Giuseppe Verdi’s OTELLO, this Saturday, October 17th at 1pm. Director Bartlett Sher’s (winner of the Drama Desk Award

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

The Walter Peterson Forum for Civil Discourse Presents John Broderick, former Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court

October 10, 2015

The Walter Peterson Forum for Civil Discourse is pleased to present a program with John Broderick, former Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, on Tuesday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. in Bass Hall at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture in Peterborough. A decline in the character and quality of our civil