Last Train to Zinkov Concert at St. Kieran Arts

Last Train to Zinkov will share their Eastern European roots through old-time Appalachian music and gypsy jazz.

Tickets: $12.00 (adults) and $10.00 (under 18), at the door or www.stkieranarts.org.

Seek the Peak Hike-a-Thon

Seek the Peak is the nation’s premier hiking event. Presented by Eastern Mountain Sports, Seek the Peak will draw over 500 hikers and their families from across the eastern seaboard and beyond to the White Mountains this July. Seek the Peak is a classic participant-driven fundraising event. Once hikers register for Seek the Peak, they are encouraged to solicit donations from family and friends in support of their efforts. On Seek the Peak Saturday, they hit the trail with the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington or seek alternative hikes. Once they complete their hike, they are treated to a tremendous awards party with a dinner, a retail expo and thousands of dollars in prizes.

Comedian Bob Marley at The Medallion Opera House

Comedian Bob Marley has been seen on Leno, Letterman, Conan, Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon, and is one of the few comedians to have the Late Night Circuit as well as dozens of other TV appearances to his credit! A favorite on Sirius and XM radio, he has also played Detective Greenly in both Boondock Saints Films. Marley holds the Guinness book record for the Longest Standup Performance by an individual at 40 hours straight! Get ready for a great night of fun with New England’s King of Comedy!

Two shows this evening — at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Rockin’ the Park Concert with Woody Pines

The Rockin’ the Park concert series creates a fun, festival-like event to bring people of all ages together in Centennial Park in Lancaster as a celebration of local music, local food and community. Food is available for purchase; rain location will be the Lancaster Town Hall.

The schedule includes:

July 20 – Woody Pines, with food by Caja Madera
July 27 – The Trichomes, with food by Farm to Fire
August 3 – Pam McCann, with food by Alburrito’s Mexican Restaurant

If you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour WOODY PINES comes from, look to the streets. It was on the streets as a professional busker that Woody first cut his teeth, drawing liberally from the lost back alley anthems and scratchy old 78s of American roots music, whether country blues, jugband, hokum, or hillbilly. Heavy rollicking street performances are the key to some of today’s best roots bands, like Old Crow Medicine Show (Woody and OCMS’ Gill Landry used to tour the country in their own jugband), and they’re the key to Woody’s intensely catchy rhythms, jumpy lyrics, and wildly delirious sense of fun. Woody traveled all over the streets of this country, road testing his songs, drawing from the catchiest elements of the music he loved and adding in hopped-up vintage electrification to get that old country dancehall sound down right.

Weeks State Park Summer Program: The Connected Farm Buildings of NE

Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England

Through architecture unique to northern New England, this illustrated talk focuses on several case studies that show how farmers converted typical separate house and barns into connected farmsteads. Thomas Hubka’s research demonstrates that average farmers were, in fact, motivated by competition with farmers in other regions of America, who had better soils and growing seasons and fewer rocks to clear. The connected farmstead organization, housing equal parts mixed-farming and home-industry, was one of the collective responses to the competitive threat. New Hampshire Humanities Council program, free and open to the public.

The free summer evening programs are held in the Great Room at the Summit Lodge on Thursdays at 7 pm. The public is invited to all programs.

Set at the very top of Mt. Prospect in Lancaster, the John Wingate Weeks Historic Site’s house and grounds provide a 360-degree panorama of mountain splendor, including the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the Kilkenny Range, the Percy Peaks, and the upper Connecticut River Valley. Come early and bring a picnic, or climb the Fire Tower for one of the best views north of the notches. Last museum tour at 4 pm.

Wednesday-Sunday, through September 9, 10am-5pm; Friday-Sunday, September 7-October 7 (also open Labor Day & Columbus Day)

More info: (603) 788-4004

Colonial Children’s Series: Patchwork Players Present “Alice in Wonderland”

Every July and August The Colonial’s Summer Children’s Series provides a weekly dose of music, mayhem, magic and more and is anchored on alternate weeks by The Weathervane Theatre’s Patchwork Players. Come enjoy the fun!

WEDNESDAYS at 11 AM. All tickets $6 at the door. Group discounts available, please call for information.

Patchwork Players: Alice in Wonderland

Book, Music and Lyrics by Joe Burns and Rick Edinger Lewis. Help Alice uncover the secrets of Wonderland, enjoy teatime with the Mad Hatter, and be put on trial by the Queen of Hearts.

Weathervane Theatre Presents: The Foreigner

THE FOREIGNER

By Larry Shue

Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production, The Foreigner promises a hilarious evening of mistaken identity.  Set in a rural fishing lodge in Georgia, a pathologically shy man finds himself beset by strangers and sinister characters that all think he’s an exotic foreigner who doesn’t speak English. Our phobic hero endures a wild ride when he overhears things he shouldn’t. Join us for this comic romp that the New York Post called a “devilishly clever idea!”

I laughed start to finish at one comic surprise after another.”
—The New Yorker

Catch The Foreigner on stage at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17; Friday, July 20; Wednesday, July 25; and Monday, July 30

Gorham Common Summer Concert with Randy Messineo

Bring your chairs or blankets and settle in for some amazing music during the Summer Concert Series on the Gorham Common.

The series includes:

July 17 – Randy Messineo (acoustic folk & rock)

July 24 – Detour (classic rock)

July 31 – The Dean Machine (classic rock)

August 7 – Jose Duddy (country)

 

Weathervane Theatre Presents: Always Patsy Cline

OPENING NIGHT! ALWAYS… PATSY CLINE

By Ted Swindley

In 1961, an unusual conversation began between the famed country singer Patsy Cline and one of her biggest fans, Louise Seger, a Houston housewife.  Finding herself early at Cline’s concert, Seger surprisingly meets Cline and they strike up a coffee chat that lasts until Cline’s death in 1963. Always…Patsy Cline takes us on a musical journey of their serendipitous meeting, their genuine connection and their evolving relationship from fan worship to mutual friendship. The show provides a touching glimpse into the star’s life from the perspective of a true friend. Seger provides the narrative and Cline reappears to sing the tunes that made her famous – “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “Sweet Dreams,” “I Fall To Pieces,” “Crazy” – and more!

Catch Always…Patsy Cline onstage at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 14; Monday, July 16; Thursday, July 19; Friday, July 27; and Wednesday, August 15.