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Visit Colebrook’s Snowflake Festival on Saturday, December 8, for a day of fun and festivities to ring in the holiday season.
Merchants have been busy decorating their stores, and lots of family activities are planned throughout the day, like horse-drawn wagon rides, Santa’s Workshop, a parade and fireworks!
For additional information, contact Rosemary at (603) 237-4065.
Join the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Mt. Washington Resort at Bretton Woods Nordic Center and Fabyan’s Station for the next Rec After Hours.
First, the Recreation: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Get out of work early (or just play hooky) so you can take part in one of the guided adventures at the Bretton Woods Nordic Center: Fat Biking, Nordic Skiing, Snowshoeing, Tubing, or Ice Skating.
Then, the After Hours: 5:30pm
Then head over to Fabyan’s Station for the networking, drinking, eating, and general merriment starting at around 5:30pm. As always, everyone will have a chance to share with the community what they’re up to and what they need help with.
Please RSVP to Veronica Fernandez by calling 603.278.3305 or emailing [email protected].
Please email [email protected] if you’re thinking about coming and might want to carpool.
Rec After Hours creates forums for NH’s amazing recreation communities to get together, network, and share plans while also having a good time.
One of the most popular groups from Nova Scotia’s musical corner of Cape Breton will be bringing a spirited and enthusiastic celebration of the holiday season to the Rialto Theatre in downtown Lancaster on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.
“Here’s a show that will get you in the swing of Christmastime with all the bells and whistles of the Canadian Maritimes during the holidays,” said Charlie Jordan of the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts, presenter of the show. “We are very fortunate to have Coig to bring its show to the North Country as part of its busy holiday tour.”
Coig features its all-star line up of Rachel Davis on fiddle, viola and vocals, Chrissy Crowley on fiddle, Jason Roach on piano, and Darren McMullen on guitar, mandolin, mandola, banjo, bouzouki, whistles, flute, and vocals. All four members of the band are recognized as major stars of the Celtic music world. Fiddler Crowley has touches of world and contemporary music. Pianist Roach has a jazz degree, McMullen has worked everywhere from Irish to rock groups, and fiddler Davis is the most Cape Breton traditional, but with folk and roots infused flavors as well.
Ask anyone who has seen them, from New England stages to huge European festivals to their own beloved small halls of Cape Breton, and you’ll always hear about Coig’s energy. Trad fans love them and the crowds are growing all the time. “We really feed a lot on the energy we get from the crowd, everybody is hootin’ and hollerin’ and clappin’ and stompin’ and goin’ on,” says band member Darren McMullen. “We want our shows to be more where we’re all just having a party together.”
For the holiday show Coig has added many beautiful Christmas standards to their playlist, giving each the special Cape Breton touch.
In addition to Christmas favorites, they’ll be performing material from their new release, “Rove,” which has recently been recognized with a 2018 East Coast Music Award, 2017 Canadian Folk Music Award, and Music Nova Scotia Award nomination.
Tickets are $15. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Rialto Theatre, 80 Main St., Lancaster and Fiddleheads, 110 Main St., Colebrook, or online at www.gnwca.org. For more information on this and other GNWCA show, call (603) 237-9302 or (603) 246-8998.
Just in time for the holidays! The Heather Pierson Trio presents “It’s A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Heather Pierson is an award-winning pianist, multi-genre singer/songwriter, arranger, bandleader, and performer. From New Orleans-style jazz and blues to rousing Americana and poignant folk narratives, Heather’s memorable, intimate, and cathartic live performances move seamlessly and effortlessly from one style to the next, and a growing catalog of wildly divergent CD releases reflects her boundless creativity.
Band Members include Heather Pierson – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, melodica, tenor banjo, percussion; Davy Sturtevant – strings, cornet, vocals; and Shawn Nadeau – upright bass, vocals.
The trio’s first EP, Still She Will Fly, released in May 2015, had the #2 single on the Folk DJ charts for the year.
Tickets: $15.00 (adults) and $10.00 (under 18)
During November 23-25 and December 1-2 we will have some special guests on the train with us! Santa and Mrs. Claus will be welcoming Waumbek Wonderland passengers and kids will be getting a special gift. There will be all kinds of Holiday fun and games back at the Marshfield Base Station after the trip, along with complimentary hot drinks and cookies in the great room.
Trains depart 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 am. Family activities are from 10:30 -2:00 pm. Visit us online to book the train ride, advance booking is recommended, seating is limited availability.
Don’t miss this wonderful Celtic American Holiday Concert featuring Low Lily, seven times All-Ireland button accordionist John Whelan, and Scottish and Cape Breton fiddler Katie NcNally!
The string and vocal trio Low Lily explores the roots and branches of American folk music with traditional influences and modern inspiration that weaves together a unique brand of acoustic music. Liz Simmons (vocals and guitar), Flynn Cohen (vocals, guitar, and mandolin), and Lissa Schneckenburger (vocals and fiddle) are masterful players with deep relationships to traditional music styles ranging from bluegrass to Irish, Scottish, New England, and Old Time Appalachian sounds. When you combine this with stellar composition skills and inventive arrangements you get music that is rooted yet contemporary.
Low Lily’s new full-length album, 10,000 Days Like These, brings its members’ histories together and also takes a step forward with originals, covers, and overall, fresh new music. Simmons produced the album, creating a running thread through the project of political, personal, and occasionally humorous and quirky subject matter. The trio’s previous self-entitled EP was released in 2015.
Celtic master John Whelan and his red, two-row button accordion have been inseparable since the first day he picked up the instrument at age 11 in Dunstable, England. He has won six All-Britain championships and seven All-Ireland titles.
Scottish and Cape Breton fiddler Katie McNally has performed and taught fiddle courses in the U. S., Canada, Spain, Scotland, England and France. She has played at the Newport Folk Festival, the Barns at Wolf Trap, The Freight and Salvage, and the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, as well as various folk venues throughout North America.
The Fall 2018 Evening Series at White Mountains Community College proudly presents its Adventure and History in the North County series this fall.
On November 28, historian Walter Nadeau will present a program called “Berlin’s History of Hockey.”
The free program is sponsored by the Berlin and Gorham Public Libraries with support from White Mountains Community College and New Hampshire Humanities.
Refreshments will be served and the public is cordially invited to attend.
Info: (603) 342-3087.
Join Jack Holmes on a tour of Cinque Terre, a string of centuries-old
seaside villages on the rugged Italian Riviera coastline.
(International Dinner and Adventure Series kick off 2019!)
Pinkham Happenings are free and open to all. Call to find out more or to be added to our monthly email list. (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings
Small Business Saturday is the movement that supports small businesses every day and everywhere
You’re shopping small every time you pick up a latte at the corner coffee shop, grab lunch at a local café, buy a new bag at the neighborhood boutique, or catch a show at the town theater.
You’re supporting the small businesses that make our communities vibrant and unique.
Small businesses all around northern New Hampshire offer unique items, perfect for gifts or to treat yourself, along with amazing customer-friendly staff ready to assist you and answer your questions. And, remember, New Hampshire is tax-free!
Paul Cormier and Jeanine Loubier of Fleur des Lis will play a variety of traditional music, weaving harmonies into a non-traditional celebration of this music.
Pinkham Happenings are free and open to all. Call to find out more or to be added to our monthly email list. (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings