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Verdi Opens Met Live Season at Players

September 30, 2015

Verdi Opens Met Live Season at Players “Il Trovatore” at Peterborough Players this Saturday PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (September 28, 2015) The Peterborough Players’ Arts on Screen 2015-2016 Series presents its first Metropolitan Opera Live offering, Giuseppe Verdi’s IL TROVATORE, this Saturday, October 3rd at 1pm at the Peterbrough Players Theatre. Sir David McVicar directs this explosive production of Veridi’s

Paula Ghusé – an exhibit of Oil Paintings

  The Jaffrey Civic Center is pleased to announce an exhibit of Oil Paintings by Paula Ghusé. The exhibit will be held in the first floor Auditorium Gallery and will begin October 16th and run through November 14th. As a child, the artist would find herself roaming through art museums in awe of the incredible

“A Series of Series II”, an exhibit by the students of Mary Iselin and Alicia Drakiotes

The Jaffrey Civic Center is excited to present the exhibit entitled “A Series of Series II” which will be held in the second floor Cunningham Gallery by the students of Mary Iselin and Ann Drakiotes. The exhibit begins October 16th and runs through November 14th, 2015.   This will be the second exhibit series which

KATE WEARE COMPANY EXPLORES CREATIVITY AND EROTIC IMAGINATION AT KEENE STATE’S REDFERN ARTS CENTER

KEENE, N.H., 9/30/2015 – The electrifying Kate Weare Company returns to the Redfern Arts Center to celebrate its 10th anniversary with performances of works spanning its decade-long repertory with the New England premieres of Unstruck and Dark Larkon Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in the Main Theatre. Tickets to Kate Weare Company’s contemporary dance

The Beaten Path: An interactive concert for young people with Mobius Percussion

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture is presenting a musical program with the New York based Mobius Percussion ensemble, on Saturday, October 10, at 3:00 p.m. In this special interactive concert for young people, Mobius starts with demonstrating ‘found sounds’ and showing children how it’s possible to make music out of anything. First,  they

The Way We See It

September 26, 2015

The Way We See It A Collaborative exhibit showcasing the works of Lone Mountain Artists   “- The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” – Thoreau   The Jaffrey Civic Center proudly presents the painting exhibit by the Lone Mountain Artists beginning on Friday, September 11 and running through Saturday, October

Sibling View: Two Point Perspective

Sibling View: Two Point Perspective   The Jaffrey Civic Center is pleased to announce a unique painting exhibit. This show will begin in the first floor Auditorium Gallery with an opening to the public on Sunday, September 6 from3:30 to 5:30, and run through Saturday, September 26.   The neighborhood is the Monadnock Region; the

Water Soluble Oil Painting Classes

Water Soluble Oil Painting Classes by Betty Glass     Betty Glass is offering a 7 week painting class using water soluble oils at the Jaffrey Civic Center beginning Wednesday, November 4 and running through December 17 from 1-4 pm. (Bring a snack!) This class is open to any level painter, and encourages all to

Featured Monadnock Artists of September

September 18, 2015

The Monadnock Region had a great summer packed with stunning performances, gorgeous art and beautiful weather. Know as we turn our eyes to autumn and the sumptuous changing  of leaves we thought it would be appropriate to highlight some more Monadnock Artists. For all you art fans out there remember that there are visiting artists

6 Fun things to do in Dublin NH

September 11, 2015

Dublin NH, the home of the famous Yankee Magazine and Dublin Lake, is one of the regions most scenic and welcoming towns. Dublin was founded in 1749 when the Masonian proprietors granted the town as Monadnock number 3 to Matthew Thornton and a group of nearly 40 others. The town, though, would not be permanently settled for

Sharon Arts presents ConVal Alumni

September 5, 2015

New Hampshire Institute of Art, Sharon Arts Campus is pleased to announce their upcoming exhibition in the Community Arts Gallery, “ConVal Alumni.” Sharon Arts Campus is hosting the exhibition due to their long standing relationship with the arts department at ConVal High School, and their dedication to promoting arts within the local community. Many of

Fun 7 things to do in Antrim NH

September 4, 2015

Antrim NH is a majestic town on the northern tip of the Monadnock Region. Antrim was originally founded i n 1777, named after County Antrim in nothern Ireland, where the land’s owner, Philip Riley hailed from. The town would quickly grow around the Great Brook which provided water power for over 20 mills, which made