Fry Fine Art celebrates the influence of the female form on western impressionist art and The Trumpet Gallery features an artist whose work highlights #MeToo stories of women from all walks of life.
Contra dance is a great New England tradition. Shake off the cobwebs of the oncoming winter with some great music and community-friendly dancing in the beautiful small towns around Mount Monadnock.
Love theatre? The Monadnock region is home to many small theatre companies - some professional, some community oriented. Firelight Theatre Workshop, a start-up professional ensemble, presents The Realistic Joneses, a contemporary play about two couples dealing with the challenges of communication, honesty, and illness by Will Eno. The Edge Ensemble, has been in the Keene area for many years and is a nonprofit semi-professional ensemble. They are presenting A Few Good Men, a riveting courtroom drama, performed in an actual courthouse!
This annual event seeks to bring the community together to bear witness and recognize our responsibility to promote an active and informed citizenry, recognize individual and societal responsibility for each other, and foster mutual respect and justice. This event is supported and organized by The Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College, Keene High School, Keene Middle School, the Keene Interfaith Clergy Association, as well as community institutions such as city government, police, and fire.
Attend a talk with Ernst Proper who has dedicated his life to educating communities about the culture and history of the first peoples with first hand knowledge of Native American social justice movements.
Botti’s the complete package: a dazzling Grammy winning trumpeter at home in everything from jazz to pop to rock, a brilliant bandleader who lets his killer band shine, and a born showman whose joy at being onstage is infectious. With his extensive performance experience, he's one of the most brilliant and inspiring forces of the contemporary music scene.
Looking for more to do in Keene, Peterborough, Hillsborough, Jaffrey, or any of the surrounding towns? Look no further! For fun activities, arts, performances, community events and more, the Arts Alive! Discover Monadnock Calendar is where you’ll find it!
If you value the arts and would like to support our efforts please donate to Arts Alive! or become a member today. Members belong to the region's arts support organization and sustain an organization that advocates for and enriches the arts community. Arts Alive! receives funding from the Putnam Foundation, C&S Wholesale Grocers, The Hoffman Family Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, its board of directors, several individual and business donors and almost 100 artist and arts organization members.
