Spend some of your July 4 holiday enjoying the pleasure of being out and about in the river parks of downtown Peterborough for its 4th annual Art in the Park.  This event offers you an opportunity to view and purchase the work of local artists/crafters, listen to live music and enjoy street entertainment! In the past, the event has been well supported by visitors and the community. 

 

Art in the Park

NH movie theaters are excited to open again! The Latchis in Brattleboro is already open. While the movies won't yet be new releases, newer releases will follow! The theaters are all working to give you the movie-going experience you crave. For the safety of all, theatres will follow strict Covid guidelines. 

Art reveals an individual's emotions through their creativity. Friends, community members, alumni, and students of Keene State College are invited to join in by submitting art of any media, in this online art gallery, for the chance to win prizes. Have fun expressing yourself from the comfort of your home in any way you choose! The prompt is: "Submit a creation that makes you emotionally feel the strength that you have during the pandemic of 2020."
 

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Electric Earth Concerts is sharing ensemble concerts and music from musicians all over the country and the world. Check out their YouTube channel for performances by musicians that typically come to perform live in the Monadnock region. Featured most recently was the Tesla Quartet, the subject of a fantastic article by the New York Times about how their ensemble is faring during the pandemic.

Beginning on July 13, you can walk along the path behind the Hancock Meeting House, where pages from Peterborough author and illustrator Lita Judge's  Flight School will be laid out for you to read as you go. As you follow along with this whimsical story about a little bird who never gives up on a dream and the friends that help make it come true, we invite you to think about what dreams you won’t give up on.

Free and open to the public. This event is co-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education and the Hancock Town Library. As a conservation learning center, the Harris Center has continued to offer events. View more Harris Center events.

 

Story Walk Information

 

What makes a song? What makes us want songs in our lives? Where do songs come from? At the Monadnock Lyceum on July 12,  Jim Rooney will answer these and other questions - and sing! 

Rooney discovered Hank Williams’ songs while a teenager and began to explore the roots of country and blues music. He learned of the connections to songs imported to Appalachia from the British Isles and Ireland. Reaching back still further, he became aware that the Homeric poems were actually oral poems, not written. It became clear to him that he had joined a very long, deep, and legitimate tradition as a singer, adapter, and writer of songs.

Sponsor Peterborough Folk Music dedicates this program to the memory of Joel Green, a Monadnock Region giant in folk music. 

Learn More at Monadnock Lyceum