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Tickets for this special event are on sale now. Refunds are available up to five days before the event.

For tickets and additional details, visit hermitwoods.com/events or call 603-253-7968. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy an evening of wine, food, and laughter with one of New Hampshire’s most celebrated comedians.

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This show offers a rare chance to see McKinney in an intimate setting, far removed from the large theaters where he typically performs. The limited seating ensures that every guest will have an excellent view, creating a uniquely personal comedy experience.

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Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery will host acclaimed comedian Juston McKinney for an exclusive, intimate comedy night on Friday, Dec. 13. The show will take place at the winery, located at 72 Main St., Meredith, and will feature McKinney’s signature humor in a cozy venue seating just 60 guests.

The evening kicks off with a complimentary wine tasting from 5:30 to 6 p.m., followed by dinner and drinks starting at 6 p.m. The performance begins at 7 p.m., with the bar remaining open throughout the show.

The kitchen will close when McKinney takes the stage.

McKinney, a New Hampshire native, has a long list of comedic credits, including appearances on The Tonight Show, Conan, and Comedy Central specials such as Parentally Challenged and On Mid-Life Support. His latest special, On the Bright Side, has received over a million views on YouTube, highlighting his ability to turn everyday life

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This juried fine arts and crafts fair will feature over 30 local artisans offering a wide variety of handmade items. Shoppers can find gifts for the home, baked goods, maple syrup and honey, baskets, dolls, wooden crafts, jew-

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Fair hours are Friday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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The cast features 12 professional actors, including Ray Dudley reprising his role as Ebenezer Scrooge, Dana Cullinane as the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and Kristofer Holz as Jacob Marley. Additional cast members include Brandon Lee, John Marshall, Erin Clemente, and others. Four local children also join the production, including Elzabeth

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Cragin, a Llewellyn Worldwide author, will explain how the new and full moon phases in 2025 can guide decisions in daily life.

From knowing the best times to clean, throw a party, or quit a bad habit,

the moon’s phases offer valuable insights for timing actions. For those familiar with their sun signs, Cragin will share how to fine-tune decisions based on lunar cycles.

Cragin is the author of The Astrological Elements and Astrology On The Cusp, which have been widely sold in the U.S. and internationally. She contributes “New and Full Moon Forecasts” to Llewellyn’s Moon Sign Almanac each year.

Sunderland as Tiny Tim. The musical features a threepiece band with music direction by E. Renée Gamez, choreography by Katie Proulx, and scenic design by Andrew Stuart.

Performances run for one weekend only at Jean’s Playhouse in Lincoln, NH. Tickets can be purchased at jeansplayhouse.com or by calling 603-745-2141. Don’t miss this unique holiday experience.

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In addition to her work in astrology, Cragin teaches writing, folklore, history, and theatre at Fitchburg State University and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. An award-winning journalist, she also serves as a Councilor-at-large for the City of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

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the intimate space at Jean’s Playhouse into Victorian London, utilizing its industrial setting to heighten the eerie atmosphere.

After debuting to near sell-out audiences last year, the show has quickly become a holiday tradition in the White Mountains.

“We wanted to honor Dickens’ ghost story concept while adding something fresh and thrilling to the stage,” said Mercier. “Scrooge’s journey from isolation to reconnec-

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The North Country Center for the Arts at Jean’s Playhouse will present A Christmas Carol: The Musical Ghost Story from Dec. 13-15.

This reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic blends original music, traditional carols, supernatural elements, and striking visuals to tell the story of redemption with a haunting twist.

Written and directed by NCCA’s Executive Artistic Director Joel Mercier, the production transforms

calendar Dec. 5 ■ Bach’s Lunch: “Harmonious Heights” by Zefira Trio: 12:10 to12:50 p.m. Free. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. reception@ccmusicschool.org.

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■ Concord Fall Leaf Collection: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

■ Healing Yoga: 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Gentle, and inclusive yoga class designed to help boost your body’s immune system & improve balance. $55. GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 North State St. Unit L, Concord. kgagnon@goodlifenh.org.

■ Craft Apprentice Program Capstone Exhibition: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 49 South Main St., Suite 100, Concord.

■ STEAM for Littles: 10 a.m. Free. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St. Contact jsalemy@concordnh.gov.

■ Crafting Joy: The Art of Optimism Exhibition: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 49 South Main Street, Suite 100, Concord.

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■ Crafting Joy: The Art of Optimism Exhibition: 9 a.m. to 4

■ Books & Brew: 5:30 p.m. Free. Heights Branch Library, 14 Canterbury Rd,, Concord. jsalemy@concordnh.gov.

■ Concord Fall Leaf Collection: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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■ Family Program: Giant Steps Across New Hampshire: 2 to 4 p.m. Free. New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park St. Concord. (603) 228-6688. zbinette@ nhhistory.org.

■ Storytime Stations at the Heights: 9:30 a.m. Free. Heights Branch Library, 14 Canterbury Rd., Concord. jsalemy@concordnh.gov.

■ Grand Funk Railroad: 7:30 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord.

■ Jordan TW Trio & Máiréad Nesbitt Celtic Violinist: 7:30 p.m. BNH Stage, 16 South Main St., Concord.

■ Mairead Nesbitt: 7:30 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St, Concord.

■ Midnight Merriment 2024/Parade of Lights: 5 p.m. Downtown Concord.

■ NHFPI’s 9th Annual Conference: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. $25 $50. Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Dr., Concord. events@nhfpi.org.

■ Super Stellar Friday: Newton's Laws of Gravity, with Dave McDonald: 6:30 p.m. McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Dr., Concord. (603) 271-7827.

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■ House Lights: 8 p.m. The Shaskeen, 909 Elm St., Concord.

■ Meet Santa at The Paper Store!: 10 a.m. to noon. Free. The Paper Store, 68 Fort Eddy Road, Concord. (603) 225-6767.

■ The Met Live In HD: 7 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord.

■ New England Irish Harp Orchestr: 1:30 p.m. Join us for a delightful program of lively music, sure to put you in the holiday spirit with the New England Irish Harp Orchestra. Free. City Wide Community Center, 14 Canterbury Rd., Concord. jsalemy@concordnh.gov.

■ Roomful of Blues: 8 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord.

■ St. Nicholas Fair: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Grace Episcopal

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■ Top of the World: 7 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord.

Dec. 8 ■ Capital Jazz Orchestra: 4 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord.

■ Christmas with the Cows: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Brookford Farm, 250 W Rd., Canterbury.

■ Community Players of Concord Auditions for “The Gods of Comedy:” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Auditions for the Community Players, “The Gods of Comedy.” Go to www.communityplayersofconcord Free. Concord Community Players Studio, 435 Josiah Bartlett Rd., Concord. bettylent54@ gmail.com.

■ Nefesh Mountain: 2 p.m. The Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St., Concord.

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owntown Peterborough invites residents and visitors to start their holiday shopping early during its First Friday shopping event on Friday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. and later. Local businesses, galleries, and restaurants will stay open late, offering unique gifts, seasonal treats, and festive experiences.

The event includes the Greater Keene & Peterborough Chamber’s annual tree lighting at 6 p.m. in Putnam Park, followed by caroling.

Santa Claus will greet visitors at the Town House from 5 to 7 p.m., with complimentary cookies, cocoa, and photo opportunities.

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■ Peterborough Town Library: Holiday Trees display and Prism Painters’ art opening.

■ Toadstool Bookshop: Books for everyone on your list.

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Paul and Lorković at Bass Hall Singer-songwriter Ellis Paul and pianist Radoslav Lorkovic will perform at Bass Hall at the Monadnock Center in Peterborough on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Ellis Paul, a celebrated figure in contemporary folk music, has built an incredible 30-year career with 20 albums, 15 Boston Music Awards, and performances at venues like Carnegie Hall and the Newport Folk Festival. Known for his poetic storytelling, Paul’s songs blend personal experiences with universal themes, offering insights into the

human condition through love, redemption, and the celebration of heroes.

Radoslav Lorkovic, a pianist whose style fuses classical, jazz, blues, and soul, will join Paul for this special performance. Born in Croatia and raised in the United States, Lorkovic has toured globally, appearing at events such as the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival and Prairie Home Companion.

Tickets are $30 online and $35 at the door (cash or checks only). For tickets and more information, visit the Monadnock Center’s website.

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also offer unique items, such as Dalton Covered Bridge tee shirts featuring original artwork by Denise Green, Mt. Kearsarge apparel, hand-painted Warner ornaments, and a new reprint of Warner, N.H. 1880-1974.

Additionally, a barn sale will include holiday decorations and home goods to make your home festive.

The barn sale and museum store will also be open on Nov. 30 and Dec. 14, 15, and 21, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Warner Historical Society, founded over 50 years ago, works to preserve and share Warner’s heritage. The Upton Chandler House Museum hosts exhibits and programs, and the Society also maintains the Lower Warner Meeting House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

For more information, visit the Warner Historical Society at 10 West Main Street during the event.

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The event features a wide selection of locally made gifts and crafts, including: ■ Artwork by Denise Green ■ Hand-woven creations

by Paula Morse ■ Holiday wall hangings and table runners from Mink Hill Quilting ■ Sea glass jewelry and ornaments by Beth Conners ■ Block prints and textiles

by Monica Rico ■ Turned bowls by Gary Young ■ Jewelry and baskets by Michelle Marson ■ Pottery by Jerilyn Nieder ■ Baked goods from Gooseberry Farm The museum store will

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book of the week “The Restaurant of Lost Recipes,” by Hisashi Kashiwai

tell you about it, or you have to see a small advertisement about it in the Gourmet Monthly magazine. The (2014 — translation copy- building looks run down and there isn’t a sign outright 2024, 210 pages, ficside. tion) But if you are lucky his is another book by enough to find the Kamogawa Diner, inside you will the author of The find Chef Nagare who is alKamogawa Food Deways ready to serve you a tectives, with the same unset lunch filled with usual father and daughter team cooking and detecting. amazing food. His daughter Koishi runs the detective Their restaurant is tucked part of the business. She will away in a backstreet in Kyoto, and someone has to ask you to describe the

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recipe you seek. In one chapter, an Olympic swimmer misses the bento box that his alienated father used to make for him. In another, a model, a friend of Koishi’s from university, asks for the recipe for fried rice that her mum used to make for her. It was different from the fried rice in restaurants, a little tart and it had a pink color. She’s engaged, and she wants her fi-

ancé to taste this dish from her childhood in order to get to know her better. A husband and wife who own a Japanese bakery ask for a recipe for Christmas cake.

Their son died young and he loved Christmas cake. The couple is still grieving and hope that tasting this cake will help them.

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important meaning to the people requesting them. Everyone who visits the Kamogawa Diner comes away changed, with a recipe from their past, and a different view of their future.

This is a charming, comforting book, a perfect one to read in a comfy chair with a cup of tea while the rain trickles down the windows.

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Electric Earth Concerts will present the acclaimed Horszowski Trio on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m. at The Park Theatre in Jaffrey. The event serves as EEC’s annual fundraiser, supporting its programming and outreach activities. Admission is a minimum donation of $65 per person.

The Horszowski Trio, featuring violin, cello, and piano, will perform works

by Rebecca Clarke, Arnold Schoenberg, and Antonín Dvorak. Since their formation in 2011, the trio has earned praise for their performances, described as “eloquent and enthralling” (The Boston Globe) and “the most compelling American group to come on the scene” (The New Yorker).

In 2023, the prestigious Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition established the “Horszowski Trio Prize” to honor the group’s contributions to chamber

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Always remember that YOUR support makes it possible for the Capitol Center for the Arts and BNH Stage to offer a diverse and engaging selection of world-class performing arts to this community. Become a member or gift one today!

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There are plans to convert yet another building in the Durgin block into a theater.

“Verily, the people are moving picture mad,” Mayor Charles Corning writes in his diary.

Dec. 5, 1999: A fire breaks out at South Congregational Church in Concord 45 minutes before a scheduled performance of Handel’s Messiah. After about 80 singers and musicians in formal attire gather on Pleasant Street, they head for nearby St. Paul’s Church, where about 200 people are treated to an impromptu rendition of the oratorio’s most famous section.

Dec. 5, 1998 - Six teenagers tell the Northfield police that they are responsible for the fire that destroyed the former J.P. Stevens Mill several days earlier. They say the fire

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Dec. 5, 1963: Under a new state law, all drivers over age 75 must be tested again by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The state calculates that 7,500 motorists will be affected.

Dec. 5, 1876: New Hampshire eliminates the provision that the candidates for governor, state senator and state representative must be Protestant.

Dec. 5, 1998: Five volunteer builders fall from the back of a two-story building in Hopkinton when a section of staging collapses on a Habitat for Humanity work site of Rolfe Pond Road.

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Dec. 6, 1883: Morrill’s mill burns down in Contoocook. The loss is estimated at $10,000; it was insured for $2,000.

Dec. 6, 2001: The New Hampshire Technical Institute has been accredited as a two-year community college by the New England Association of Schools and College’s Commission on Institutions of Higher Learning, the same group that assesses the University of New Hampshire and the state colleges in Keene and Plymouth, the Monitor reports. “This is one of the most significant moments in

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Dec. 6, 1941: The first squadron of A-20 attack aircraft arrive at Manchester Airport, 24 hours before Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. At the peak of the airport’s wartime use, 6,000 troops will be stationed in Manchester, including the 45th Bombardment Group and an anti-submarine squadron that will destroy at least two Nazi subs on the U.S. Atlantic coast.

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Dec. 7, 2001: James Parker, the 17-year-old from Chelsea, Vt. who is accused of killing Half and Susanne Zantop of Hanover, pleads guilty to being an accomplice to one of the murders.

In exchange for testimony against his friend and co-defendant, Robert Tulloch, Parker will receive a lighter sentence of 25 years to life.

Dec. 7, 1972: New Hampshire officials announce that elderly skiers will get reduced rates at two stateowned ski areas. Those 65 and older will get a discount at Cannon and Sunapee.

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Dec. 7, 1941: While dining with U.S. ambassador John G. Winant of Concord, Winston Churchill learns of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The silver lining for Churchill: The United States will at last enter the war.

Dec. 7, 1941: The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, forcing the United States into the Second World War. By war’s end in 1945, nearly 60,000 New Hampshire citizens will have worn the uniform.

Battle deaths from the state will total 1,599.

Dec. 7, 1965: Concord’s new Douglas N. Everett Ice Arena on Loudon Road is dedicated. The opening event: a hockey game between Dartmouth and UNH. Dec. 8, 2002: In private, nearly everyone involved in the Wayne Vetter sexual harassment case calls it a confusing, contradiction-filled fiasco, the Monitor reports.

The Fish and Game employees who reluctantly complained about their boss thought their testimony was confidential. But it was made public without their consent by the Executive Council and Gov. Jeanne

Shaheen. Council members received campaign contributions from Vetter and were friendly with him from their mutual work for the state Republican Party. But non recused themselves from sitting in judgment of him.

Dec. 8, 1979: Concord City Manager Jim Smith rescinds the fire department’s ban on live Christmas trees in public buildings.

Dec. 8, 1883: The Daily Democrat is published for the first time in Laconia.

The cost per copy: 1 penny.

Dec. 8, 2001: Former Franklin city manager James Pitts will start work in January as Bow’s second town manager, the Monitor reports. “I’ve always admired the way the town had a lot of pride in itself,” Pitts said.

In Bow, he continued, there’s “a strong focus on a community spirit. I am delighted to get a chance to be part of that.”

Dec. 8, 1999: More than 150 New London residents attending a forum to discuss the statewide property tax say the state should instead pay for public education with an income tax. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen drops in on

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Dec. 8, 1998: The federal government holds a hearing in Concord to discuss removing the peregrine falcon from the nation’s endangered species list. The raptor has made a remarkable comeback in New Hampshire, which boasts 12 nesting pairs.

Dec. 8, 1732: A royal grant establishes the township that will one day be Boscawen, although the name will not be bestowed for 28 years. In 1760, Royal Gov. Benning Wentworth will name the town for a British admiral, Sir Edward Boscawen.

Dec. 9, 2002: New Hampshire Bishop John McCormack’s own files have shown that he mishandled many priests accused of sexual misconduct while in the Boston archdiocese. But he dealt more firmly with others, encouraging one to leave the priesthood and reporting one to the police, according to new files released.

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Dec. 9, 2001: Franconia’s Bode Miller wins his first World Cup victory, a giant slalom. He’s the first American man to do so since 1983.

Dec. 9, 1814: Speaking on the U.S. House floor, Rep. Daniel Webster of New Hampshire denounces a proposed draft to fill the ranks of the army fighting the British. The Constitution forbids a draft for the “purposes of conquest,” he argues, and the current proposal would make “slaves” of Americans by snatching parents and children from

their homes by a “horrible lottery.” When he rises to fame as a nationalist, Webster will withhold publication of this speech, and it will not see the light of day until 1903.

Dec. 10, 2002: The Diocese of Manchester admits that it has harmed children over the last 40 years by knowingly shuffling priests accused of sexual misconduct from parish to parish.

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