Veterans Day Free Movie Announced By Park Theatre
Jaffrey's Park Theatre to Show Bob Hope 1969 USO Christmas Special on Veterans Day, November 11
JAFFREY, New Hampshire (November 7, 2022). The Park Theatre will continue its tradition of presenting a free film in honor of Veterans Day. The year they will present the "Bob Hope 1969 USO Christmas Special" on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, at 12:30 p.m.
This film captured Bob Hope's annual practice of entertaining U.S. troops stationed around the world that he began in World War II.
This film was broadcast on January 16, 1969 on the NBC network. It was shot just before Christmas 1968. In the film, Bob Hope's traveling variety show visited military bases in Vietnam, Thailand, Osan Air Base, Seoul, Midway, Okinawa, and aboard the USS Hancock, and the USS New Jersey. The show's performers included Ann Margret, Rosey Grier, The Goldiggers, and Les Brown and his Band of Renown.
Bob Hope (1903-2003) was regarded as one of the world's greatest entertainers. He was a comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, and dancer from the 1930s until the 1990s.
The film is free for everyone. Additionally, there will be free pizza and soda for all veterans starting at 12 p.m.
Reservations for this free event can be made by visiting theparktheatre.org or calling the box office (603) 532-8888.
The Park Theatre performing arts center is located at 19 Main Street in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire, just 90 minutes from Boston. The facility is fully accessible.
Animation Show of Shows Returns To Park Theatre
22nd annual "festival" that showcases the best animation from around the globe debuts at Park Theatre on Nov 11
JAFFREY, New Hampshire (November 8, 2022). Once again, the Park Theatre in Jaffrey is hosting the internationally acclaimed festival of the best animated short films from the past year. The screenings begin on Friday, November 11, at 7:00 p.m. and continue through November 17.
After a two-year Covid hiatus, the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns to theaters and campuses across North America. This 22nd edition comprises ten recent films and one restored classic that deal with the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive; their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.
"Animation is a natural medium for dealing with abstract ideas and deeply felt concerns, and the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS has always strived to scour the world for the most affecting and engaging films," says founder and curator Ron Diamond. "While the recent films were conceived and some finished, before the Covid lockdowns, all but the most abstract display a concern with the ways in which we are all interconnected...or sadly alienated from our sense of human connection."
This general issue appears in many forms and styles: While "Beyond Noh" cleverly shows the prevalence of masks through all cultures, and "Rain" humorously explores the dangers of groupthink, "Ties" takes the notion of connectedness from the symbolic to the actual.
The nine new films come from Europe, Asia, and North America. The program culminates with a striking restored 4K digital remaster by the Academy Film Archive of Frederic Back's classic 1987 Oscar-winner, "The Man Who Planted Trees."
Tickets ($9/$8) and information about screening times for the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS can be found by visiting theparktheatre.org or calling the box office (603) 532-8888.
The Park Theatre performing arts center is located at 19 Main Street in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire, just 90 minutes from Boston. There is a bar lounge, and the facility is fully accessible.
This Weekend at Nova Arts
Join us at Nova Arts Friday, November 11, 2022 for an evening of locally produced short films, presented by the Harris Center. These films capture the natural world for people who have a passion for nature and animals as well as the Monadnock Region. This kickoff event for the Monadnock Natural History Conference will be showing award winning films by Liz and Matt Myer Boulton's SALT project including Rearranging Skin. There will also be a showing of Dan Kennedy's Listening to the Pulse of Everything, with words by Adam Arnone and Ben Conant. Sit back and enjoy these earth-inspired works of cinematic art from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Saturday, November 12, 2022 there will be multiple musical performances starting at 8:00 p.m. including Tim Eriksen and Laurel Premo, with an opening set by Charlie Chronopoulus. Tim Erikson is internationally known as one of the great living exponents of traditional American folk song, and an innovative multi-instrumentalist whose solo acoustic performances push the boundaries of minimalism. With a PhD in ethnomusicology, Eriksen has taught courses in American and World Music at Dartmouth College, Amherst College and the University of Minnesota and has published scholarship on early New England music in connection to 19th century Black culture, abolitionism, apocalyptic theology and the birth of science fiction. Laurel Premo is known for her rhythmically deep and rapt delivery of roots music, voiced on finger-style electric guitar, lap steel, and voice. While being internationally known for her duo Red Tail Ring, she started as a Michigan based artist who began back in 2009, writing, arranging and touring with vocal and instrumental roots acts. Charlie Chronopoulos returns to Nova with his signature dark folk tales of the post-industrial wasteland of Middlesex County, delivered always with the same glowing hope it took to root for the Sox for one hundred years.
Nova Arts is located at 48 Emerald St., Keene, NH.
Nova Arts is supported by and under the fiscal sponsorship of Arts Alive.
VFW Post 5613 Hosts Holiday Bazaar November 26 in Jaffrey
The VFW Post 5613 Auxiliary will be hosting their annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, November 26, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It will be held at the VFW Hall on Hathorn Road (off Route 202) in Jaffrey, NH.
For more than 100 years, the VFW Auxiliary has been fulfilling its original objectives by supporting the Veterans of Foreign Wars, serving veterans, service members and their families, and spreading patriotism nationwide.
Offering over 40 tables of art and lots of various handcrafted items, Christmas décor, home décor, cards, jewelry, candles, personal care items and more, plus product vendors...Something for everyone! Bake sale and hot and cold lunch items will be available for purchase. Raffle winners will be announced at approximately 1:30. Admission is free. A perfect start (or finish!) to your holiday shopping.
Winchendon Music Festival Presents Program of Works by Tobias Hume in Worcester November 19
On Saturday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m., Elizabeth Hungerford (soprano) and Arcadia Players' new Artistic Director Andrew Arceci (viola da gamba) will offer a program of works by Tobias Hume (c.1579-1645) Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) and others, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St., Worcester, MA. The venue is ADA accessible with parking available. Admission is free, but registration is required.
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Praised for her "clarion" (Washington Post), "pure" (Opera Now), and "refreshingly natural" (Göttinger Tagesblatt) sound, soprano Elizabeth Hungerford has been described as a "an outstanding and original interpreter of Purcell . . . and a fine Monteverdian" (Early Music, Oxford University). Recent solo engagements include a solo concert at the Santa Cruz Early Music Festival, performances with Grammy-nominated Seraphic Fire and Spire Chamber Ensemble in the United States, the Göttingen Historical Music Series in Germany, at the Teatro Olimpico in Italy with the fifty lutenists of the European Lute Orchestra, singing modern premiers of Baroque music with Ballo Baroque in London, with the Catacoustic Consort at the Indianapolis Early Music Festival, with the award-winning Eya Ensemble for Medieval Music, and a one-per-part performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Elizabeth's repertoire ranges from medieval chant to contemporary masterworks, with a particular focus on the early Baroque and Renaissance periods. Before moving to London in 2011, Elizabeth was a soloist and chorister at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Whilst in Washington, Elizabeth sang with the Washington Bach Consort, the Folger Consort, and gave solo performances at the Kennedy Center and Strathmore Mansion. A founding member of Eya Ensemble for Medieval Music, Elizabeth has also performed with Gut, Wind and Wire (a subset of the Baltimore Consort).
Multi-instrumentalist, Andrew Arceci has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Recording credits include APM Music/Juice Music, Cedille Records, Centaur Records, Music & Arts, NPR, PRI, Silent Witness--television series by BBC One (UK), BBC Radio 3 (UK), Novum (UK), Bôlt Records/Monotype Records (Poland), Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (Germany), and Deutschlandradio (Germany). He has taught at several institutions, including Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley College (Director, Collegium Musicum), and Worcester State University. Additionally, he has given lectures, masterclasses, and/or workshops at Illinois Wesleyan University, the International Baroque Institute at Longy (Bard College), the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, the Narnia Arts Academy (Italy), Institutum Romanum Finlandiae (Italy), Taipei National University of the Arts (Taiwan), and Burapha University (Thailand). Arceci was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies during the 2019-2020 academic year. In addition to serving as Arcadia Players' Artistic Director, he is the Founding Director of the Winchendon Music Festival (Winchendon, MA).
Application Deadline for the Cannabis Social Equity Advisory Board Extended to November 15th
On October 11th, Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey, and State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg announced that they were seeking applicants for the Cannabis Social Equity Advisory Board. The deadline, which was November 1, has been extended until November 15th.
The Equity Advisory Board will consult with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) as EOHED administers the Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund (the Trust Fund). A first of its kind, the Trust Fund was established to encourage the full participation in the state's regulated marijuana industry of entrepreneurs from communities that have been disproportionately harmed by marijuana prohibition and enforcement (ADI Communities). The Equity Advisory Board will consult with EOHED as it:
- Selects recipients, grant or loan values and conditions for such grants or loans, including when taking into consideration the racial, ethnic and gender demographics of the municipality in which the recipient businesses are located;
- Issues regulations governing the structure and administration of the Trust Fund; and
- Reports on the Trust Fund's prior fiscal year expenditures.
- 1 person appointed by the Governor with a background in the cannabis industry, who shall serve as chair;
- 1 person appointed by the Treasurer with a background in finance or commercial lending;
- 1 person appointed by the Attorney General with a background in business development or entrepreneurship; and
- 2 persons appointed by a majority vote of the Governor, Treasurer, and Attorney General, who shall have experience in business development, preferably in the cannabis industry.
200825_Guidance_for_Identifying_Areas_of_Disproportionate_Impact.pdf (PDF) (masscannabiscontrol.com)
If appointed, Equity Advisory Board members shall serve for five (5) years. Appointees may be reappointed at the end of their term. Equity Advisory Board members will not receive a salary, stipend, or other compensation for their service, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their official duties.
For more details about the Equity Advisory Board or the Trust Fund, please see Chapter 180 of the Acts of 2022, which is available at this link: Chapter 180 of the Acts of 2022.
If you are interested in being appointed to the Equity Advisory Board, please send a letter of interest by November 15, 2022 to the Human Resources Department of the Office of the State Treasurer by email at HR@tre.state.ma.us or by U.S. Mail to One Ashburton Place, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02108. Feel free to submit a resume, but one is not necessary to apply. Please note, however, you may be asked to confirm your work and other background experiences as part of the appointment process. Your letter of interest should include an explanation and/or identification of:
- The seat you are applying for (e.g., Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General, or joint appointee);
- Whether you are from or have experience advocating for, ADI Communities and the name of the communities; and
- Whether you have prior/present involvement in the Massachusetts regulated marijuana industry and describe that involvement.
Please note, your letter of interest and any other materials you submit may be subject to the public records law.
Coalition Pushes for Alternative to Expanding Gardner's Sludge Landfill
The Millers River Watershed Council (MRWC) and the Coalition for a Sustainable Alternative to the Gardner Sludge Landfill Expansion have released an informational flyer calling for a less harmful and less costly sludge management solution for the City. The sludge is a product leftover from the treatment of wastewater. The expansion project is currently going through the local Conservation Commission permitting process in Gardner.
Woodard & Curran, the City's engineering consultant, submitted a Notice of Intent (NOI) to the Gardner Conservation Commission on June 23rd of this year, which included a detailed Engineering Report. According to MRWC director Ivan Ussach, the Commission received extensive comments from MRWC and others that were critical of the expansion project and its ability to effectively meet the City's long-term needs. The Commission ultimately decided to extend the Public Hearing on the NOI, and has since hired Tighe & Bond consultants to perform an independent Peer Review of the NOI. That report is expected to be on the agenda at the Commission's next meeting on November 14th.
Since 2016, MRWC and concerned Gardner and Templeton residents have urged the City to find an alternative solution that provides more favorable economic and environmental outcomes for Gardner and its neighbors. The Coalition aims to bring greater attention and resources to a sludge management approach that can generate income for the City and avoid threats to local drinking water supplies. These concerns are detailed in the informational flyer, which is available in both physical and digital versions from Athol-based MRWC.
The flyer, Ussach said, "lays out simply why the landfill expansion is a bad idea and why an alternative is not only needed, but desirable." Gardner officials and City Council members are being urged, he said, "to find a practical alternative and to utilize government contacts and resources to help make such a project happen."
Alan Rousseau, a landfill abutter and organizer with local Coalition member Gardner Clean Air, noted that if the City needs more time, it could have its sludge hauled out of town for a year or two until a better system is operational. "That would be a lot smarter, and cheaper," he said, "than locking the City into a 17-year landfill commitment where it can't adopt available technologies."