Come February, even the hardiest among us could use a lift, and we don’t mean the one that pops up in your Inbox every Wednesday. The occasional sunny day revives the spirits briefly, tho that’s not quite enough to keep the dreaded Cabin Fever away. The real cure won’t spring us free ’til April or May.
Home by the hearth with a good read or baking cookies is one cure. Head to your local library & learn to play Mah Jongg or the ukulele. Bundle up, venture outside and build a snowman, fill the bird feeder or head to the Mountain and ski in the fresh powder.
And… try activities listed below, just for fun.
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THIS WEEK: MARTIN GROSSWENDT
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Martin Grosswendt has been exploring the roots and branches of American acoustic music for more than 40 years. A master of pre-war blues and other southern traditional music, his fingerpicking, bottleneck playing and singing amaze and move audiences, critics and musicians alike.
Downstairs at the Sunapee Methodist Church,
9 Lower Main Street in Sunapee.
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Zak Trojano is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a finger-style guitar player, a fly-fisherman, and a beer drinker. He watches more than he talks, the guy at the end of the bar nursing a drink while the afternoon light angles in, letting the conversation pile up around him like snowfall. He grew up in New Hampshire, outside of town in a cabin built by his parents. His father was a drummer who held down a regular country gig, and nights after work he would loosen his tie and show his son the finer points of Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones. In New Hampshire they drove around in trucks, and Prine and Dylan cassettes showed up in most of those trucks. Zak made Eagle Scout, got his knots down. Then it was college and out, wandering the country from the desert Southwest to Great Plains until he ran out of money, washing windows to work up the bus fare home. After a while it seemed like he ought to write some songs, and he did: heavy songs with a light touch; an AM radio throwback voice and an intricate finger-style technique framed by a drummer’s rhythm and sharpened by years of immersion in the work of players as various as John Fahey, Merle Travis, and Chet Atkins. In over a decade writing, recording, and performing music professionally - sharing studios and stages with his band Rusty Belle, or supporting touring acts like Chris Smither, Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault, and Peter Mulvey - Zak Trojano has evolved his own thing: a warm baritone paired with an old Martin guitar, floating above spare lines of cello and lap steel, horns and brushes, with a deceptively simple lyricism that on repeated listening shows that the fellow at the end of the bar doesn’t say much, but he’s worth hearing.
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FEBRUARY 6 - 23
You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Things with stripes. 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. 5. Construction cranes. 6. Me. You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she’s corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own. A play about the lengths we will go to for those we love.
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February's Coffee with the Chief will be on
Friday, February 21st,
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Safety Services Building.
There is always so much to talk about.
Join us for coffee and conversation!
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Music for preschoolers at Library Arts Center in Newport every Friday.
Experience making music with your children & friends in this class designed for young children and their caregivers. Music will come to life as everyone Sings, Dances, Drums & Claps for Fun, experimenting with voices, instruments & movement. * Pre-registration is encouraged.
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Out & About” programs sponsored by LSPA.
LSPA presents a series of educational programs designed for preschool and school age children and their caregivers. Each program is organized around a different ecological theme. All programs are filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. Programs are free.
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Thursday, February 20th the rescheduled “Angst”
@ SMHS presented by Sunapee PD.
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Let your act of kindness be helping restock the shelves at the
food pantry @ Town Hall in Sunapee
or other local Pantry.
Lending a hand to a neighbor in need is the basic fabric of “community”.
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March events to look forward to:
- Monday, March 2: Attend Q & A at the Abbott Library regarding School plans
- Tuesday, March 3: Candidates Forum. Sponsored by Project Sunapee
- Thursday, March 5: "Flat Iron Jazz” at Library Arts Center, Newport
- Tuesday, March 10: Balloting Day in Sunapee
- Wednesday, March 11: Blood Drive at SMHS
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The folks at The Livery (aka “Old Town Hall”) in Sunapee are seeking your opinion as they plan for music, programs & special events of interest to you in 2020. Please follow the link to take the survey.
TAKE SURVEY
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Wednesday’s email “
SUNAPEE HAPPENINGS
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highlights a selection of events in our community each week.
For complete details on everything happening around the
Lake Sunapee area, check out the
Project Sunapee Community Calendar at:
You too, may submit all nonprofit and civic events
to that same calendar for posting.
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