Sunapee Happenings

PEACE FOUND IN NATURE

We look to the beauty of the natural world and music that touches the soul to draw us back to the center in trying times. Thanks to Peter and Kathy Lowe Bloch for their beautiful expression of peace found in nature. Enjoy.

"Wishing You Peace" Music Video for Kathy Lowe

ANNOUNCEMENTS

COFFEE WITH THE CHIEF

Join us for Coffee with the Chief on Wednesday, January 27th from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Safety Services Building.

We will continue to follow Covid-19 safety recommendations:

We will be meeting in the Fire Department’s apparatus bay which will allow more room for us to spread out. Any attendee with a handicap may park their vehicle in front of the apparatus bay.
Tables with seating will be 6 feet apart.
Only the first 35 attendees will be allowed into the building.
If you attend with family members, you will be allowed to sit together at a table.
We ask that all attendees wear a mask into the building, which can be removed once you are seated at your table.
Volunteers will be present to bring coffee and homemade treats to your table. All homemade treats will be individually wrapped.

There is always a lot to talk about, and we look forward to seeing you on January 27th!

David P. Cahill, Chief of Police

Sunapee Police Department

603-763-5555

BREAKING (VERY GOOD) NEWS!

There will be a Farmer’s Market in Sunapee Harbor this Summer!

Sunapee Farmers Market is seeking vendors for this summer in Sunapee Harbor!

Preferred vendor items:

Local vegetables & fruits

Eggs

Cheeses

Breads

Meats

Flowers

Jewelry

And more!

Also seeking musical entertainment.

Please contact us at farmersmarket@projectsunapee.org.

LET'S GET ARTSY

Northern Stage continues presenting “New Works Now”… a virtual festival of new play readings.

Saturday, January 23, 7:30 PM: Enough by Celeste Jennings

How do you define yourself if you don’t know your history? In this piece, a family discovers beauty and strength in things not remembered. They realize that some things are meant to be forgotten, and that the relics of resilience occupy their veins and teach them that what they have has always been enough. A brand new work by Celeste Jennings, writer of Citrus (New Works Now 2019, Mainstage premiere 2020).

Saturday, January 30, 7:30 PM: Shook by Zoe Sarnak and Alexis Scheer

All readings will be streamed live. A post-show conversation will follow each reading.

Admission is free (with a $10 Suggested Donation).

Call (802) 296-7000 or click here to reserve.

CUE THE MUSIC

Considering Beethoven. What if Beethoven was a heavy metal Bassist?

… and for the more classical music lovers...

Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Thielemann

HELP BRING THIS HISTORICAL CLOCK HOME

Help bring this HISTORICAL CLOCK home to the Sunapee Archives

Did you know that clockworks were once made of wood? Whittier Perkins (1764-1813) was a clockmaker who mastered that art. After training, probably with the Ashby (Massachusetts) School of clockmakers, he moved to Sunapee (then known as Wendell) in 1788, bought land for a farm on North Road, and became known as “a remarkable mechanical genius and penman.”

The Sunapee Historical Society has recently discovered the existence of a Whittier Perkins grandfather clock. Perkins made the wooden clockworks and painted (and signed) the wooden face in about 1805—during the period in which the British would not sell brass to our new country. An unknown cabinet-maker, perhaps a coffin-maker, crafted its simple but elegant case.

It’s time for this historic clock to come home. If you’d like to help defray the $9,000 purchase price, please either send a check (Sunapee Historical Society, PO Box 501, Sunapee, NH 03782) or contribute via the “donate” button at sunapeehistoricalsociety.org noting “clock fund” on either. With your help, the clock will soon be on display at Sunapee Archives for all to enjoy.

Photo and text from Becky Rylander

DONATE TO THE CLOCK FUND

NEVER STOP LEARNING

Dartmouth's OSHER have their virtual curriculum of Winter Classes starting now.

Learn More

WIN A TREEHOUSE ESCAPE

VIDEO

There have been many requests for the return of PLUTO and his words of wisdom.

HAPPENINGS

HAPPENINGS will be featuring works of the Artists, Photographers, Musicians and Poets among us. In the past, random additions to the weekly newsletter have generated many favorable comments.

So… today we began with the beautiful drone photographic presentation of the multi-talented Peter Bloch (a wood turner

of great renown) and composer/lyricist Kathy Lowe Bloch. Watch this space for future postings.

COMMENTS

Comments received from a former resident, reprinted with Project Sunapee’s “thank you” for your kind words.

“Hi and Happy New Year. While I haven’t lived in Sunapee for many years, I still think of Sunapee as “home” and enjoy getting Sunapee Happenings each week. Many of the stories make me wish I could attend all the things going on in my old hometown.”