ISSUE NO. 371 / October 4, 2023

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Time is rolling by quickly, it was a crazy weather summer with buckets of rain & gray days dominating. And now, atypical, hot October days. Enjoy the hints of color in the woods.

“Art of Craft” Exhibit & Sale at the Livery

New this year: Arts Activities Corner for Kids with Mary Willis… encouraging the next generation of artists/craftsmen. 

Serving thru the afternoon at the Craft Cafe’: tasty soups, savories and sweet treats, catered by Chef Mary McDonald

Enjoy the music of Julio Amaro.

Enter The Livery from Main St. or park on River Road and cross over the Covered Bridge.

CFA Open Studio Tour

Center For the Arts invites you to an Open House Reception, Friday, October 6th. 4~8pm at Prospect Hill Antiques & Home on River Road in Sunapee Harbor. A prelude to CFA Open Studios Tour. 

October 6th from 4pm to 8pm - Partner Gallery Opening Reception

Fall Open Reception at Prospect Hill Antiques and Home

Prospect Hill Antiques and Home and Center for the Arts invites you to a fall art presentation with house artists, along with new artists never seen in the gallery. A fall art presentation with our current house artists, along with new artists never seen in our gallery previously. New collection of fall art from Marilyn Wendling, Lisa Jelleme, Renee Bitinas, Peter Jocoby, Doug Henry and more and a new collection of art yet unseen by Ken Schuster, Tom Pirozzoli, Tim Campbell. LEARN MORE

Not to be missed: the SooNipi Quilters Guild Exhibit at Library Arts in Newport thru Oct. 11.

"Creating Holiday Gift Paintings”

with instructor, Tatiana Yanovskaya-Sink 

Friday October 27th. 10-4pm at The Livery 58 Main St. in Sunapee Harbor

This workshop is designed for artists and everyone who wants to bring home 

a beautiful holiday painting of seasonal themes with ornaments; poinsettia plants or perhaps an abstract.  

Workshop: $135. All medium. All levels. Class limit:8.  

Bring your own supplies or available to purchase from instructor: $75.

Information and registration: Tatiana @617-872-8470  TatianaFineArts.com 

Print copies of the survey are available at Town Hall and Abbott Library.

The Sunapee Conservation Commission is looking to fill a member vacancy. 

We meet the first Wednesday of each month at 7 PM. For more information about the Conservation Commission, see our web page:  town.sunapee.nh.us/conservation-commission

Interested? Contact the Town Office at 23 Edgemont Road or call 603-863-6493

Stay informed about your town governance and become involved, volunteer to serve. All meetings are open to the public.

Do you have a new neighbor? or perhaps you are that new neighbor? Project Sunapee would like to welcome you with a basket full of treats and information re our community.  Please share name, address and a contact phone or email to: info@projectsunapee.org

Nature Exploration Story Time - Acorns and Seeds

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

10:00 AM 11:00 AM

LSPA Center for Lake Studies

Come join LSPA environmental educators for nature themed activities on Tuesday mornings at LSPA’s Center for Lake Studies. Each Tuesday will offer a different theme and include a story, activities, a craft, and exploration. These programs are designed for young children and their caregivers. They are free and open to all! We look forward to welcoming you in the Discovery Room, a room full of fun ways to investigate the out of doors. In this program we will explore the wild variety of seeds and the many, many ways that they travel. We look forward to seeing you! Learn More

Shaker Bridge Theater welcomes you to their first production in their new home... The Briggs Opera House in White River Junction. 

The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective

September 21 - October 8

by Patricia Milton

This comedy/mystery is a “cheeky thriller” that centers on women detectives and victims instead of the killer. In 1893, a serial killer not unlike Jack the Ripper terrorizes actresses in the Battersea district of London. As the police have been unable to stop this murderer, three women who live in Mrs. Hunter’s Lodging House for Ladies take up the task. But without modern forensics, access to crime scenes, or cooperation from the authorities, how can they succeed? It’s “Sherlock Holmes” meets “Arsenic & Old Lace” in this entertaining murder mystery with a modern female sensibility.

October 11th thru 29th

Selling Kabul at Northern Stage

Kabul, Afghanistan. 2021. Taroon, a former U.S. military interpreter, is hiding from the Taliban at his sister’s apartment in the wake of the American troop withdrawal. On the eve of his son’s birth, Taroon is faced with an impossible decision: stay with his family or escape to safety. Sylvia Khoury’s gripping thriller — a 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist — is an emotional and poetic family love story about sacrifice and strength discovered under extreme circumstances. Learn More

Passion in the Pandemic. Hanover High School Opera now on PBS.

“Passion in a Pandemic: Making Opera at Hanover High School” is back, with an upcoming local screening of the work by award-winning Upper Valley independent filmmaker Nora Jacobson that has made its way to PBS. (Click here for the original film review on Artful).

See “Passion in a Pandemic” at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, VT on October 12 at 7:00 pm, courtesy of JAM – Junction Arts & Media, along with a live musical performance with some of the young people in the film. For more info, check JAM’s website.

First Friday!

Northern Stage Preview

October 6th, 6:00-7:30pm

Please join us at the Fleming Center at the New London Barn Playhouse.

Join Associate Artistic Director Sarah Wansley for a sneak peak into Northern Stage's 26th season with scenes performed by local actors and students. Northern Stage is thrilled to present another season of inspiring, thought-provoking, world-class theater, right in the heart of White River Junction.

Learn More Here

ASLPT Guided Fall Foliage Hike

October 2023

Fall Foliage Guided Hike

Friday, October 13, 2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Enjoy the shifting seasons with Ausbon Sargent and the New London Conservation Commission along the Cook Trails. While walking the meandering footpaths learn about the science behind trees changing color and the other less obvious changes that come with the transition to winter. The walk will be approximately 1-2 miles over well-established walking paths, with steeper sections to a view. We request that you RSVP for all events: kheath@ausbonsargent.org

October 12.  “Silent Curse” at Newbury Library 

Join us on Thursday October 12th, at 7pm Newbury Fire Dept Training Room for a viewing of the haunting documentary Killer High: The Silent Crisis, exploring the impact of fentanyl through the eyes of the families impacted by it, the law enforcement officers desperate to get it off the streets, and the medical professionals. Newbury Police and Fire will be on hand will also present local law enforcement and emergency medical services concerns. Brought to you by the Newbury Library, Newbury Police Department, Newbury Fire Department, and Newbury Veterans Committee.

Farm fields are sprouting bright orange pumpkins … Scarecrows & Pumpkin People are popping up all around and ‘scary’ programs are on tap as well.  

Check out the cooperative libraries Zoom: "Haunted Lighthouses of New England” on Oct. 16th.

You’re invited to share your Halloween photos for future publishing in “Happenings” at: info@projectsunapee.org

EJ Tretter & Open Mic

Sunapee Coffeehouse 10/13

E J Tretter, a volunteer with the Sunapee Coffeehouse team for six or seven years, is also a gifted singer, songwriter and guitarist.

He has been playing the guitar for fifty years, has played numerous styles in different bands, and has performed as a solo artist.

He has crafted many original songs, displaying a somewhat unique perspective on the individual's journey through life's challenges and rewards.

As a finger picking guitarist he's also written instrumental pieces in the style of John Fahey and Leo Kottke.

As someone who learned to play guitar in the 1960's and 1970's, there's lots of nostalgia in his playlist of cover songs.

Before we bid “adieu to summer” enjoy this traditional Vienna Philharmonic Concert.

Final note...