ISSUE NO. 394 / March 20, 2024

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

“March sunset on Burkehaven Hill Road.”  

“tis New England’s 5th season. MUD! Despite all good efforts of road crews, the weatherman and Mother Nature have joined forces to create extremely challenging travel on dirt & gravel byways. The Good news is... at 11:06:20 pm EDT the sun was directly over the equator and it's officially SPRING! Hoping local weather forecasters will soon be sharing reports of warm, sunny days!

Once again smoke will be rising from local Sugar Houses for the 2nd NH Maple Weekend, March 22 & 23.  In Sunapee, Harding Hill Farm and Sanctuary Dairy Farm are open and offering all things “Maple”!

Sanctuary Dairy Farm

SPRING IS IN THE AIR. Let's celebrate Maple Weekends on March 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 24th at the ice cream shop from 8am-2pm. Cathy's homemade donuts- taking preorders just PM (plain, maple, sugar or sugar and cinnamon). Oh, ya corn fritters dripping with warm syrup, waffles, muffins, cookies, ice cream, cotton candy. Lots of free samples and maple goodies for sale lollipops, maple candy, popcorn, nuts, pancake mixes, and syrup. Don't miss out. Rumor has it a maple cookie ice cream will appear, and the famous Amy O'Clair ice cream will be available (maple base ice cream w/ maple candy pieces and fudge). Wall Street Journals' ice cream of choice Maple Bourbon with Pralins. Add maple walnut, maple cream, and maple whiskey ice cream to that menu, and you have something to celebrate. Learn More 

Patty Larkin @ Flying Goose Pub

THURSDAY, Mar 21

7:30 pm

With eleven studio albums and two live recordings under her belt, Patty mines the intersections of poetry and song with her innovative 14th release, Bird In A Cage. Bird puts poems from ten notable poets to song, including US Poet Laureates William Carlos Williams, Stanley Kunitz, Kay Ryan, Robert Pinsky and Billy Collins, for a new and haunting collection that pulses with the magic of lyricism. Poems are made to be shared aloud, and with Bird, Patty takes up that tradition and sets it aglow: her extraordinary musical shadings make each poem a star.

MAR 22

WHITE MOUNTAIN CEILI BAND Sunapee Coffeehouse

White Mountain Ceilí Band is Dexter Harding on the tenor banjo, Fiona Howell on the flute, Siena Kaplan-Thompson on the fiddle, and Mike Levine on the guitar and occasional concertina. They play Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton instrumental music with warmth and joy, as well as the occasional song.

Dexter first came to Irish music when he played for contra dances around the valley, and the session at May Kelly’s deepened his focus on the Irish tradition.

Fiona grew up playing flute through Mountain Top Music Center, and went on to study music at Loyola University. While in New Orleans she began playing at Irish sessions, and now plays and sings with a few groups around New England.

Siena grew up playing classical violin and viola and switched to fiddle in college when she discovered the Boston Scottish and Cape Breton music scene.

Mike has played a wide range of musical styles, from classical to rock, and more recently bebop. He and Siena have both enjoyed branching out into Irish music with the White Mountain Ceilí Band.

Phenomenal Alto Saxophonist RON SMITH

SUNDAY, Mar. 24th 

4 to 6:30pm

With two JOSA shows left to the season, it seems that more and more people are signing up to catch these last two performances on Mar. 24th and the double-header finale on April 7th.

This coming this Sunday, March 24th, it's the phenomenal alto saxophone of RON SMITH! 

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Ronald currently hails from Northampton, MA and is the director of Music Programs at Northfield Mount Hermon School. Having performed with such greats at Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis and B.B. King, Ron’s performance this afternoon will not disappoint! Learn More

There are still 22 Days until Red Sox vs. Orioles Home Opener! However, in anticipation you may want to attend this event at the Richards Free Library in Newport.  

Martin Gitlin gives The Ultimate Presentation for Red Sox Nation on Wednesday, March 27th @ 6:30 (Just in time for Opening Day!). Take a fun and enlightening journey through Boston Red Sox history with the author of The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book.

This presentation features exciting and nostalgic videos of the greatest and most fascinating players, teams, events and moments in franchise history. The program also includes trivia questions for patrons to ponder and covers Sox history from the Royal Rooters, who launched Red Sox Nation, to Babe Ruth to Ted Williams to The Impossible Dream Season of 1967 to Lynn, Rice and ’75 to the heartbreak of 1986 all the way to the four World Series championships and beyond. It will conclude with a question-and-answer period. Author Martin Gitlin will have autographed and personalized copies of his book available online following the program.

This event is free and open to the public. No library card required!

AVA Gallery “Form & Texture" show.

"Not to be missed” exhibit is closing soon at Colby-Sawyer College.

Points of View: Selections of Art from the College’s Permanent Collection

February 8 – March 28, 2024

William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery

This exhibition is organized by the students of the (ART 115-116) Exhibition Foundations class, taught by Jon Keenan, Kolligian Distinguished Professor and Sonja C. Davidow '56 Endowed Chair of Fine Arts. Exploring wide-ranging themes and perspectives, students research and present works from the college’s art collection, including lithographs, wood-block prints, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography and mixed media for this special exhibition. Learn More

March 30th at 9AM 

Winter Arts

Whipple Hall - New London - Free

Springtime Themed Arts & Crafts

Create one-of-a-kind, Spring-inspired arts & crafts and let your creative side shine! Supplies and snack provided.

All Ages. Family-Focused

Questions? Contact info@cfanh.org 

Digital Art Projects for Kids 

and Families

Library Arts Center offers a variety of online art projects. View all of these great art projects on our YouTube Channel. New projects are released each week!

 “Ready. Set. Laugh” at the Barn Playhouse! 

Comedian Bob Marley

SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 5:30 & 8 PM

Bob loves being a comedian. He’s wicked good at it! He lives in Maine which is the best state in the world...maybe even the universe. Learn More

A new comedy about small-town politics and real-world power from award winning playwright Tracy Letts. A City Council meeting cracks open to reveal the secret record of what really happened in the town of Big Cherry. This razor-sharp story turns from hilarious to chilling as petty policy is overwhelmed by the harsh truth bubbling just beneath the surface of the town's historical mythology.  

Learn More

The Play That Goes Wrong

MARCH 13 - APRIL 14, 2024

Buckle up for a wild ride–things are about to go VERY WRONG! Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things quickly unravel from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), chaos ensues and can’t seem to stop! This Olivier Award-winning comedy has been keeping audiences in stitches across the world since 2012. Prepare for weeks of unstoppable laughter at Northern Stage!

Spring Films at the HOP

Shrek

Presented by Lebanon Opera House

SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 10 AM

FREE sensory-friendly screening! Everyone's favorite anti-social ogre Shrek must make a deal to restore order to the swamp. Learn More

Join the Library and Newbury Beautification Committee on Sunday March 24th at 1pm for Growing a Pollinator Garden! Learn what it takes to grow a beautiful pollinator garden at your home! Insects such as bees and butterflies are helpful, and in some cases, essential, in pollinating many of our food crops such as apples, berries, and vegetables. In recent years, there has been a significant decline in the populations of these wild pollinators. Planting patches of flowers, wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and flowering trees with an emphasis on the use of native plants can encourage and support natural pollinators as well as enhance backyard landscapes. Recommendations will be presented on creating a pollinator habitat from the UNH Master Gardeners!

Free and open to all. Newbury Public Library

Join us via Zoom for this fascinating discussion on technology, the future and Artificial Intelligence on Monday March 25th at 7pm. Information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology have converged in ways that were not easily anticipated. As a result, new fields of applied ethics, such as digital ethics and AI ethics, have also emerged in response to the cluster of ethical problems generated by recent technologies. Herman Tavani examines a range of ethical issues – from privacy and autonomy to trust and dependency. He also considers the question: What does it mean to be human in an age of AI and Chatbots? Register to get the zoom link

Tracy Memorial Library

Join Madeline for Dungeons and Dragons at the Library. Open to ages 10-18. Generally this program will meet in the meeting room, but ask at the circulation desk in case it is booked for another event. 

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Tracy Memorial Library

While mom & dad were voting on Candidates, Budgets and Planning & Zoning issues, Sunapee’s Elementary school kids cast their ballots as well for favorite activities & treats. Ballot results:

2024 Sunapee Day Camp

Sunapee Day Camp is a 6 week enrichment based Day Camp for all children ages 5-10 yrs old. We are a collaboration between the Sunapee Recreation, Sunapee School district and the Abbott Library / Friends of Abbott Library. We work together to plan and implement the structure and content of the camp each year for the experience and opportunities that we are able to offer campers.

Campers have fun participating in lots of fun games, Arts & Crafts, going to swim and lots more!! Campers can attend for the whole summer, by the week.

Please find the full brochure here.

Signup online: https://tinyurl.com/sunapeeRecDesk

The Food Pantry shelves are in need of restocking. Donations of the following items may be left at Town Hall, Abbott Library or Safety Services Bldg. and will be greatly appreciated!

• Canned fruit & Vegetables
• Instant Potatoes
• Cereal
• Baking mixes
• Personal Care Items
• Household Cleaning Supplies
• Dry Dog & Cat Food

Thank you!

A note of appreciation from Project Sunapee’s “Happenings” newsletter...

your comments, photos, inquiries and suggestions regarding content are greatly appreciated!  We hope you will add Saturday, July 27th to your calendar and join us at the  “SOCK HOP at THE TOP”.  Proceeds from the tri-annual fundraising parties provide the financing for all our community endeavors.

Please let us know which time you prefer to attend the public information session at The Livery in Sunapee Harbor. This will help us allocate resources for all participants. In addition, we will email you Plan NH's final plan for Sunapee as well as any other additional Charrette information.   REGISTER HERE

A two day intensive planning charrette will be held on April 12 and 13, 2024 with a focus on Sunapee Harbor. A charrette is a lively brainstorming session where a team of professionals come together with town officials, civic members and the public. Together, all participants help craft recommendations addressing possibilities for the future. This charrette builds on the initial workshop Plan NH completed in 2007. The recommendations from that exercise inspired in large part the preservation efforts for The Livery in Sunapee Harbor. For more information click here.

“Water for Peace”. Friday, March 22nd is World Water Day”

This year the World Water Day theme is ‘Water for Peace’, which focuses on the critical role water plays across the globe. In 2024 this special day sets the stage for all of us to create positive ripple effects – fostering harmony, generating prosperity and building resilience to shared challenges. We can all unite around water and recognize a healthy watershed as a catalyst for progress which can lay the foundations of a more stable and prosperous tomorrow. Let the ripple effect of this day be one of engagement with actions that support a healthy, balanced environment.

www.worldwaterday.org