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Music in Depot Park Peterborough

June 22, 2016

Music in Depot Park is Peterborough’s FREE celebration of Friday summer evenings, sponsored by Bellows-Nichols Insurance, Twelve Pine, and Depot Square. Come and enjoy music at the confluence of the Contoocook and Nubanusit Rivers (rain location inside Twelve Pine). Bring your picnic, lawn chair, friends and family, and enjoy open air entertainment from 6 – 7:30 pm July 8 LOS SUGAR KINGS Boston-based quartet known for their dynamic

90th Annual Independence Day Ceremony

June 20, 2016

On every July 4 since 1926, the community has gathered at Monadnock Center to celebrate the nation’s independence with a ceremony that features a speaker, flag raising, and reading of the Declaration of Independence. This year’s speaker is John Franklin of Peterborough who will read excerpts from The American Crisis as Thomas Paine. Joining Franklin

Walking tour of Peterborough

June 19, 2016

A Walk Through Peterborough’s Past The Monadnock Center for History and Culture will host a downtown Peterborough walking tour on Saturday, June 25 at 10 a.m. The tour is free and open to the public. From the days when downtown was known as “Smithville” to its more recent past, Peterborough’s center has been shaped by

Not for Profit – a Musical

June 18, 2016

Harmonia Concerts is caught in a fiscal crunch.  Hoping for a cash transfusion, two trustees recruit a local business mogul to join the board.  They get more than they bargained for. Not For Profit is a musical about money, power, relationships, and — yes — music.  PJ Cooke, Tara Potter, and Michael Duffin make up the

Blues musician and historian Scott Ainslie at Monadnock Center

June 13, 2016

On Saturday, June 18th, traditional blues master and songwriter Scott Ainslie will be on the Bass Hall stage at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture to present an evening of great singing, slide, Delta Blues and ragtime guitar playing, and select original songs. Ainslie comes to the stage armed with history, stories, personal anecdotes

Earthquake Relief Concert in Keene

Guitarist and KSC Music Professor Jose Lezcano, with a little help from his friends, is offering a benefit concert June 24, 8 pm, at the First Baptist Church of Keene, to help Ecuador Earthquake Victims in the coastal city of Manta, still recovering from one of the worst natural disasters in that nation’s history.  

Community Conversation on Collaboration at the Monadnock Center

June 9, 2016

On Tuesday, June 14, at 7 p.m., a Community Conversation about Collaboration will be held at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture. In a competitive world, the concept of collaboration can seem a risky proposition. Even between people with common interests, collaboration can be frustrating and challenging. In this conversation we look at for

Monadnock Center for History and Culture is THE BEST!

June 8, 2016

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture has been selected by the editors of New Hampshire Magazine as “Best of NH 2016” for Progressive Historical Society. Winners will be celebrated at the Best of NH Party on Thursday, June 16, at the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester with an evening of food, fun, live

Paul Festa performs at Mariposa Museum

June 4, 2016

MacDowell Violinist to Perform Bach Sonata, Partita at Mariposa On June 18th at 3 p.m., violinist, filmmaker, writer, and MacDowell fellow Paul Festa and will give an afternoon concert at the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough, N.H. This short concert, a special edition of the MacDowell Colony’s MacDowell Downtown series, is free and open to the

Local History Comes to the Stage in The MoCo Minutemen 

June 3, 2016

Watch history come alive in MoCo Arts’ Storytime Theatre production of The MoCo Minutemen on Sunday, June 12 with performances at 2:00 & 4:00pm in the MoCo Arts Black Box Theatre in Keene. In 1775, Isaac Wyman and twenty-nine Keene Minutemen gathered at the Wyman Tavern to march at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Americana Sister Act: Ari & Mia coming to Nelson

On Sunday, June 12 at 7:00 PM the Monadnock Folklore Society will present a concert with Ari & Mia, Boston’s Americana sister act at the Nelson Town Hall. Admission is $12/$9(senior, student, or in advance). Referencing the traditions of Southern and Northeastern fiddle music and the early American songbook Ari and Mia create a realm

Magic, Genies, Love, and Adventure, On Stage in Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp 

May 28, 2016

The story of Aladdin comes to life on stage through movement and storytelling in Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp onSaturday, June 4 at 2:00 & 7:00pm, and Sunday, June 5 at 2:00pm at the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College. Performed by the MoCo Arts School of Dance, this creative and family-friendly show features students 2nd