Remembering Edie Clark

By MEL ALLEN

I have been an editor and writer at Yankee for 45 years, and there has never been a writer with a more passionate readership in the magazine’s nearly 90 years than Edie Clark.Her essays, first “The Garden at Chesham Depot” and then “The View from...

‘Dirty Old Town’ coming to Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge

Artist and author Eric Stanway recalls that his childhood in the old industrial city of Manchester, England was a smoky and filthy one – and yet, still somehow fascinating.“I can remember the factories, the cobblestone streets, the smoke stacks, the...

Unwin run at Monadnock Center coming to a close

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture’s current exhibition, “Nora S. Unwin: A Retrospective,” will finish its run at the end of September. A final curator-led gallery talk will take place on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10:30 a.m. Admission to the...

Arts Alive mini-grant applications are open

Until Sept. 22, applications for Arts Alive mini-grants from $50 to $250 are open to artists and creative businesses of the Monadnock region.Grants will be selected by peers and awarded directly to artists, emerging artists or creative businesses that...

Norway Pond Festival Singers begin rehearsals Sept. 26

Music on Norway Pond’s women’s chorus, the Norway Pond Festival Singers, will begin rehearsing Sept. 26.Rehearsals are on Thursdays from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. in the Hancock Meetinghouse, which is the lower floor of the First Congregational Church in...

Dublin Community Center coffee house features The Lied To's

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Dublin Community Center, 1123 Main St. will a combined coffee house and open mic from 6 to 9:30 p.m.A monthly sponsor provides the coffee, and sweet and savory snacks are available. Attendees are also welcome to bring their...

MacDowell hosts Monadnock Writers’ Group

On Saturday, Sept. 21, at 9:45 a.m., Monadnock Writers’ Group begins its monthly speaker series at MacDowell’s James Baldwin Library, 100 High St. in Peterborough.MacDowell Fellows Diana Cao and Joanna Pearson will be featured speakers. The free event...

MacDowell names new class of fellows

The MacDowell artist residency program has awarded 147 fellowships to artists working in multiple disciplines from 27 states and 11 countries for the fall and winter season.These artists will arrive at MacDowell’s campus in Peterborough from September...

Borromeo String Quartet performing at Peterborogh Townhouse

Electric Earth Concerts presents the Borromeo String Quartet Saturday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m, at the Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St.The group performs interpretations of the classical music canon and champions works by 20th- and 21st-century...

Art show marks Dublin Community Center’s 10th anniversary

The Dublin Community Center is 10 years old this year, and supporting and showcasing local artists has been part of the foundation of its mission. To kick off fall festivities, the public is invited to a 10-year retrospective art show and public...

Pianist Virginia Eskin to present ‘The Musical Willa Cather’ Sept. 14 at Bass Hall

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Pianist Virginia Eskin of Jaffrey and Keene will present “The Musical Willa Cather” Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m., at Bass Hall in The Monadnock Center for History & Culture at 19 Grove St. in Peterborough.Eskin describes the concert as a “tableau vivant” of...

Kris Calnan of Peterborough displays painting in New York

Peterborough artist Kris Calnan recently exhibited his painting “Mitchell Rd. & 202, Peterborough, NH” at the Bowery Gallery in New York City.Calnan’s work was selected from approximately 1,000 entries to be included in the 33rd annual juried...

Front Lawn Fun schedules Ladies Night

Front Lawn Fun’s last free event of the year will be Friday, Sept. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jaffrey Civic Center, 40 Main St. in Jaffrey.Front Lawn Fun is a weekly series of arts and cultural programming which takes place on the front lawn of the...

Optimist Cafe in Jaffrey hosting music and spoken word

The Optimist Cafe, 16 Colls Farm Road in  Jaffrey, will host an evening of music and spoken word Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m.An entree, salad and dessert will be served at 6 p.m.Walden Whitham, a singer, musician, actor and storyteller, will...

Recipe for a Healthy Planet – Lisa Murray: Main ingredients for meatless meals

Making the shift from a meat-centered diet to a plant-based diet requires a shift in thinking about what the “main ingredient” in the meal will be.When I was a meat-eater, when I thought of what to make for dinner, I would think of what type of meat...

Francestown’s ‘Kamala macaroons’ are sweet treat at convention

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg received a gift when he stopped by to welcome the New Hampshire delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Melanie Levesque, one of New Hampshire’s delegates, presented him with a "Kamala...

‘Our Town’ cast comes to Peterborough

Katie Holmes, Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Ephraim Sykes, Richard Thomas and director Kenny Leon, along with the rest of company of the new Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” held their first reading in MacDowell’s Bond Hall.The cast and...

Augusta Henderson Petrone to speak at ‘Reagan’ screening in Jaffrey

The Park Theatre, 19 Main St. in Jaffrey will present the movie “Reagan” from Friday, Sept. 6, to Thursday, Sept. 12.After the screening Monday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m., Augusta Henderson Petrone of Dublin will give personal insights into Reagan and take...

AT MACDOWELL: Mia Chung dives into television

Playwright Mia Chung will talk about and share her work at the next installment of MacDowell Downtown Friday, Sept. 6, at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St. in Peterborough. The presentation begins at 7:30 p.m., with doors...