Community Calendar

Clifford the Big Red Dog, that pup grown ginormous from LOVE, will be visiting the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire to greet young fans and help promote the love of reading! Books Alive seeks to make reading a regular family experience. Museum educators will be doing a story time while a friendly costumed Clifford visits! Clifford will be available for hugs, high-paws, and photos at 10am during the morning play session (9am–noon) and at 2pm during the afternoon play session (1–4pm). Each story time lasts approximately 30 minutes—please time your arrival accordingly to guarantee a visit with Clifford. There will also be a variety of Clifford-inspired literacy, math, and creative activities. Want to meet Clifford? Simply reserve spots in the museum’s morning or afternoon play session that correspond to the date of the Books Alive program you want to join—it’s included with museum admission and, as always, free for Members! Books Alive is sponsored by Frisbee Memorial Hospital, Piscataqua Savings Bank, Eastern Bank Community Foundation, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., and Newburyport Bank.
Reserve online at https://childrens-museum.org/programs/books-alive/

We’re excited to announce that the Waterville Valley Historical Trolley Tours will now run on both Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM — thanks to enthusiastic rider requests!
Hop aboard to explore the stories, sites, and scenic beauty that make Waterville Valley so special.

🗓️ See you this weekend!

That '90s band !

Hello Newman is "That '90s Band" you vaguely remember from your best nights out in Maine. Having played over 1000 shows, more than half of which were at Bull Feeney's (R.I.P.!) in Portland's Old Port, Jim, Derek and the guys have refined a quintessentially '90s-Rock live show that is second to no other in the Northeast. Their repertoire has been carefully curated through the years, 15 and counting to be exact, thanks to the energy displayed by the band's organically grown and extremely enthusiastic fanbase, known affectionately as "Newmanators".

URL:
Booking: https://go.evvnt.com/2903215-2?pid=10413

Date and Time: On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 at 12:00 - Sun, 28 Sep 2025 at 15:00

Venue details: Casablanca Cruises, 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland, Maine, 04101, United States

Category: Festivals | Live Music

Price:
General Admission: USD 32.00

Artist / Speaker: hello newman

Holderness, NH – This unforgettable guided tour has something new to delight everyone.

Learn about the natural history of Squam Lake, look for majestic Bald Eagles, and listen for the haunting call of Common Loons. Hear about the people who have lived on its rocky shores surrounded by scenic mountains for over 5,000 years. Cruise on this pristine lake where nature reigns.

All Squam Lake Cruises are 90 minutes in length on canopied pontoon boats. Binoculars are available for viewing or bring your own. Cruises depart on Route 113 across from the Science Center. Squam Lake Cruises are not recommended for children under age 5. Advance reservations required by purchasing tickets at nhnature.org.

Cost: $32/adult; $30 senior (age 65+); $28 youth (ages up to 15); members receive a $4 per person discount

To purchase cruise tickets and see the full cruise schedule visit nhnature.org.

The Fiddle Ensemble is a 501c3 community orchestra made up of approximately 160 musicians of all ages and abilities playing a variety of acoustic instruments - including fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, upright bass, harp, accordion and more! Each year, we arrange several tunes and singing songs of different genres, including Celtic, Swing, Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Country, and Cajun music.

For tickets, go to:
https://www.nefiddleensemble.org/purchase-concert-tickets

"“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”- Mae West.

Love is in the air when two passionate Mae West fans meet at their idol’s gravesite. As their relationship blooms, they swap stories of the uniquely American icon who defiantly rejected polite society, theatrical norms, and constant censorship by being unapologetically authentic, rising from obscurity to sex symbol. “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful” in this funny and bawdy Tony-nominated musical. "

Tone Forest with special Guest, Michael Zsoldos
Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 3:00 PM EDT
Heralded by Marlbank as “Totally Hypnotic” and “as clean and refreshing as the most unsullied mountain stream”, TONE FOREST is a groundbreaking contemporary jazz ensemble that has been delighting audiences for the past six years throughout the United States.

Tone Forest with special Guest, Michael Zsoldos

Miro Sprague, piano

Jason Ennis, guitars

Marty Jaffe, bass

Michael Zsoldos, saxophone

www.toneforestband.com

About Tone Forest

This trio represents the fruits of decades of musical collaboration between three world-class musicians: Miro Sprague (piano), Jason Ennis (guitar), and Marty Jaffe (bass). Their music, conceived and composed specifically for this unique ensemble, fuses jazz, world music, and free improvisation to create a genre-defying sound that is adventurous, meditative, and grounded in a deep sense of beauty and groove.

All three members met through the western Massachusetts music scene and have played with one another since the early 2000’s in various ensembles, including bands led by Sonya Kitchell, Karrin Allyson, Samirah Evans, Charles Neville, and others. Despite each member moving away from the area to live in NYC (and in Miro’s case Los Angeles) at various times, the threads of their common home and shared musical history proved fertile soil for a deeper collaboration to blossom. In November of 2018, they performed their first trio concert at the Berkshire Music School in Pittsfield, MA and immediately sensed beautiful chemistry that they wanted to pursue further.

After several performances, the group began generating new compositions specifically for the ensemble, which further distilled the group’s musical identity. A theme began to emerge in the compositions: celebrating the natural beauty of their shared home. Through compositions like A Wave Away (Ennis), Quiet Lake (Sprague), and The Mother Tree (Jaffe), the ensemble creates an atmosphere for meditation on the vitality and healing power of earth’s forests, lakes, and other essential ecosystems. As an acoustic ensemble with no drums, the trio explores spacious and atmospheric textures, featuring a beatiful sonic blend. Their sensitive interplay and simpatico communication emulates the deeply intertwined symbiotic partnerships found throughout forest ecosystems, hence the name TONE FOREST.

Their compositions and performances are a cinematic journey through a wide range of textures, dynamics, and emotions, ranging from the most delicate moments to the most danceable as they incorporate rhythms from many different folk and world music traditions including swing, new orleans street beats, samba, baião, funk and more.

In 2022 Tone forest recorded its debut album, self titled TONE FOREST, which it released on August 30th, 2024 on Outside In Music. The album features six never before released original compositions. TONE FOREST is thrilled to release this music to the world and hope it will lead to opportunities for a live performance near you!

About Michael Zsoldos

Saxophonist, educator, composer, Michael Zsoldos has performed with Sheila Jordan, Karrin Allyson, Kevin Mahogany, Houston Person, Ernie Watts, Matt Wilson, Helen Sung, George Schuller, Armen Donelian, Ben Vereen, Yolanda Adams, Carole King, Bernadette Peters, the Temptations, and many others. Michael’s debut CD Off the Cuff is playing on streaming services and jazz radio stations worldwide.

Michael is a member of the Jota Sete Quintet, led by Jason Ennis, Natalia Bernal’s En Diablada, and Eugene Uman’s Convergence Project.

Michael is Senior Lecturer in jazz & classical saxophone and music theory, and the Director of the Performance Lab in Jazz Improvisation at Dartmouth College. He is also on the faculties of Interplay Jazz & Arts, and the Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro.

Tone Forest Photo/s by isabelladellolio.com

Artistree is located in South Pomfret, VT

Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music Series Presents — Balourdet String Quartet

Winners of the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Cleveland Quartet Award, the Balourdet String Quartet is known for its fearless creativity and tight-knit musical chemistry. Currently the Graduate Quartet in Residence at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, the ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, and alongside world-renowned composers.

With more than 70 concerts per season, the Balourdet String Quartet pushes the boundaries of the string quartet repertoire, premiering works by leading contemporary composers while staying deeply connected to classical tradition.

$30 admission per person or $10 per student at the door. We accept cash, check, credit card or Venmo.

Join the Upper Valley Scrabble Club at its new home, The Fourth Place, on the fourth Sunday of each month at 6:00 pm! Learn to play Scrabble, meet fellow players, and hone your competitive game with great players. Games start on each hour!

Run club is an all inclusive group of runners and walkers that meet at Henniker Brewing Company every Wednesday from April to October (weather permitting). Typically the participants go out for anywhere from 1 - 5 miles and meet back at the brewery for a discounted pint! Dogs and strollers welcome!