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Your Guide to What’s Happening in NH’s Lakes Region

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Holiday Meals Are a Big Part of the CelebrationBy Thomas P. CaldwellAnyone who has been alone on a

holiday knows how difficult it can be, and Thanksgiving is especially difficult for those who no longer have families to gather around, or those who have a difficult time put-ting food on the table. It was to help those people that, more than three decades ago, Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant offered its first Mae C. Hart Thanksgiving Dinner.

The free meal for the less fortu-nate and those without a family to help them out now takes place at noon on Thanksgiving day at the Meredith Community Center. Hart’s still caters the meal, as it has through the years. The community center is the perfect location for the event, attracting hundreds of diners each year. For more information, call the community center at 603-279-8197.

Veterans’ DayWhile the holiday spirit gets into

full gear at Thanksgiving, Veterans’ Day provides a chance to honor one segment of the population a little earlier, and many lodging facilities take part in the B&B for Vets pro-gram. Participants salute active and retired military veterans and their families by offering free rooms on or around the holiday. Among them is the Wakefield Inn & Restaurant

which is offering room reservations on a first-come, first served basis for Nov. 11. To make a reservation, call 603-522-8272. The inn is located at 2723 Wakefield Road, Wakefield. See www.wakefieldinn.com.

Also participating in B&B for Vets is Cheney House B&B at 82 Highland Street in Ashland, which offers a free stay on Nov. 11 provid-ing the party also books the 10th or the 12th at a special rate. Call 603-968-4499, www.cheneyhouse.com.

Coppertoppe Inn & Retreat Cent-er, 8 Range Road, Hebron, offers a free night to veterans on Nov. 10 or 11, with full breakfast, snacks, and beverages included. Veterans get

half price any time during the month of November, and 10 percent off the rest of the year. Call 603-744-3636 or 866-846-3636, or see www.cop-pertoppe.com.

Applebee’s is inviting people to “tell the story of a veteran, active service member, or military fam-ily in need by describing their situ-ation, including their service and what household item might make their everyday life a little easier or more comfortable. Applebee’s will be doing what we can to say thanks by fulfilling some of those needs.” For more information, see thanky-oumovement.com/say-thanks.

ThanksgivingWhile some restaurants will be

closed for the Thanksgiving holi-day, others will be open to offer ei-ther regular fare or special holiday menus.

The Manor on Golden Pond will be serving dinner from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 27. Call 800-545-2141 or 603-968-3348, or see www.manorongolden-pond.com.

“O” Bistro, at the former Lake-view Inn in Wolfeboro, will offer a Thanksgiving day buffet in the barn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring a traditional Thanksgiving Day menu and prime rib. For reservations, call 603-569-1335.

The Lyons’ Den Restaurant and Pub at 25 Dock Road, Gilford, will be open on Thanksgiving from noon to 6 p.m. with a limited menu. Reservations are strongly encour-aged, at 603-293-8833. See www.lyonsdenrestaurant.com. The Ly-ons’ Den also will begin its gift cer-tificate sale on Nov. 21. They will be discounted in varying amounts through Christmas.

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can adjust the meal to any number of people. The inn also offers ap-petizer, dinner, and dessert items a la carte for those who want to fill some gaps in their home menus. Reservations for the To-Go meals must be made by Monday, Nov. 24. For more info, call Don at 603-284-6219 or see www.cornerhouseinn.com.

In addition to catering the free Mae C. Hart Thanksgiving dinner, Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant will be serving off its regular dinner menu that day from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Wolfeboro Inn at 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro, will of-fering a Grand Traditional Thanks-giving Buffet, with reservations strongly recommended. There is a discounted price for children under 12. Call 603-569-3016 or see www.wolfeboroinn.com.

The Indian Head Resort in Lin-coln is holding a holiday family feast from noon to 5 p.m. with din-ner specials also available from 5 p.m. Call 603-745-8000 or see www.indianheadresort.com.

The Common Man family of res-taurants has announced the follow-ing schedule of meals on Thanks-giving: The 104 Diner in New Hampton will be open for breakfast only from 6 to 11 a.m. Call 603-744-0120. The Tilt’n Diner in Til-ton also will be open for breakfast

only from 6 to 11 a.m. Call 603-286-3305. The Common Man in Claremont will offer a buffet from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with reservations suggested at 603-542-6171. Fos-ter’s Boiler Room in Plymouth also will offer an 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. buf-fet with reservations recommended at 603-536-2764. The Lakehouse in Meredith will offer a buffet from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with reserva-tions recommended at 603-279-5221. Further information on all of these restaurants is available at www.thecman.com.

Looking Ahead To ChristmasThe Wakefield Inn & Restaurant

will be holding Christmas in Wake-field Corner on Saturday, Dec. 13, as a fun-filled, community-binding, festive part of the Christmas holi-day season. The inn will offer music and dinner along with an opportu-nity to learn more about the history of Wakefield Corner, its architec-ture, and stories. For details, email [email protected].

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The Arts Council of Tamworth is bringing the Wholesale Klezmer Band to town for a live performance at the Barnstormers Theatre on Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m., and for a residency in Tamworth from Nov. 12 through 14.

The band plays the rousing tradi-tional music of Eastern Europe, with old roots in Romanian music and newer connections to American jazz. For more than 30 years, from Carnegie Hall to Tamworth, Wholesale Klezmer has been entertaining and teaching lis-teners through upbeat, danceable, fes-tive music.

The band members have musical roots as deep and wide as Klezmer it-self. Band leader Yosl Kurland took up

violin in the second grade in the Bronx and played only classical music for years. Then he discovered Pete Seeger and the guitar, Eastern European music and folk dancing, and more. At 40, he learned to speak and then teach Yid-dish.

Multi-instrumentalist David Tas-gal played in everything from string quartets and symphony orchestras to jazz ensembles and rock groups be-fore joining Wholesale Klezmer. Brian Bender plays jazz and reggae, rhythm and blues, Latin, Celtic and Brazilian music outside of his work with Whole-sale Klezmer.

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Wholesale Klezmer Band To Teach and Playbefore taking up the accordion. She is a founding member of the Budapest-based Yiddish music ensemble Di Naye Kapelye and has worked intensively in Romania researching Jewish music there. She also plays old-time music on banjo and fiddle and finds a strong con-nection between the Appalachian and Klezmer traditions.

Flautist and vocalist Peggy Davis’ first encounter with native singers of Yiddish music was when she worked with Russian immigrants in Italy. She also has a background in Balkan and Russian folk music.

Bassist Michael Suter has played with diverse ensembles including funk/rock, African, Middle Eastern, and a Sun Ra tribute band. “Klezmer deeply touches my roots,” he said, echoing other band members’ sentiments, “and gives me a real sense of positive connection to my European heritage — something which is valuable and healing.”

Tickets for the Friday evening per-formance are on sale at tinyurl.com/wholesale2014. Ticket revenues help to support ACT’s Art Connects Us art-ist residencies in school and commu-nity.

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On Thursday, Nov. 13, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., people are welcome to bring their instruments to the Brett School to learn about Instrumental Klezmer mu-sic with Brian Bender. Then stay and put your learning to use: ACT is col-laborating with the K.A. Brett Health and Wellness Committee for its eighth annual Harvest Dinner & Dance. Wholesale Klezmer band members will join the members of the Caravan-Band, Tom Chiappisi, Anne Krom, Siena Kaplan and Allie Thompson for an evening of traditional contra dances and traditional Yiddish dances. Dinner of beans, stews, apple crisp, and bread will be provided, with potluck salads and sides welcome, for the meal begin-ning at 5:30 p.m., with dancing at 6:30. Theevent also is free with donations welcome.

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By Kathi Caldwell-HopperThere is something magical about

colorful glass. It catches the light; it brightens the home, it attracts the eye with myriad colors.

Glass that can be created from a sheet of glass blown or fired in a kiln to make something new and beautiful has fas-cinated Michelle Riordan of Grafton Glass for years. Even as a child, she loved colored glass, although she had no idea at the time it would become her life’s passion and work. It also played into her decision to relocate from a busy city to a quiet, rural environment.

“I am originally from southern New Hampshire,” Michelle said. “As a child, my family vacationed in the Bristol-Newfound Lake region and I have al-ways loved the area.

“When I was a kid,” she continued, “I used to go to a kiosk in the mall near where I lived. They sold glass and made glass figurines on a torch in the kiosk. I was fascinated and I would sit and watch as long as my parents would let me!”

Michelle grew up, started a career and family and put her fascination with glass on the shelf. Eventually, she got interested once again. She saw blown glass and decided to search on the In-ternet for torch work; and her interest once again burgeoned.

“I took a class and that was it!” she said. “I love working with glass be-cause it is so creative. I didn’t think I had much ability as a sculptor but, when I saw that I could turn a glass rod

into an animal, I was fascinated.”With years of practice, Michelle now

looks back on her initial foray into the world of blown glass as pretty basic. “I look at the first things I did back then and they just look like lumps of glass to me today! I have been doing this for about six years and my work has evolved.”

With five children now grown and out on their own, Michelle and her hus-band, Jim, decided it was time to move from the Salem, NH area where they worked and lived and to find a quieter location. Ideally, that new rural home would have a studio for Michelle’s glass work after she made the decision to leave her career in large, corporate finance.

The couple decided to search for a home in rural New Hampshire and Michelle put the Newfound Area on their real estate shopping list. “We were out driving around with our realtor and the house we ended up buying was not even on our list,” Michelle recalled. “It had just become available and the real-tor offered to show it to us. We saw it and knew it was perfect.”

The property is located in rural Grafton, admittedly a bit remote. (Grafton is a small town not far from Bristol.) The home is modest in size, which is just fine for Michelle and Jim. It is the studio that sold them on the property.

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“When we looked at the property, we loved that there was a former motor-cycle repair shop as well as the house. The shop was perfect to transform into my glass studio. It had electricity, which I need for my work, and there is a pretty brook beside the building. In warm weather, I can open the window and listen to the water.”

Among the many glass objects Michelle makes in her studio, the most unusual are glass doorknobs. Many of the knobs are reminiscent of the old glass doorknobs often seen in old farm-houses and homes of the 19th and early 20th centuries. “The old-fashioned glass doorknobs in older homes were furnace glass, which is different,” she

noted.That is not to say that all of her door-

knobs are old-fashioned in appearance. Michelle makes knobs for modern homes and custom-designs them to fit the décor of kitchens and other rooms.

“I insert glass onto a long, steel rod and wind the glass around the rod. I shape the knob and then cool it. Some of the glass is kiln-formed, which means I cut what I need from a sheet of glass. It’s kiln-fired and then I attach it to the metal piece of the doorknob,” she explained.

Some doorknobs look like gran-ite and echo the granite countertops a homeowner might have in a kitchen or bathroom. “A customer brought me a chunk of granite left over from her kitchen install. She wanted glass door-

knobs for her cabinets in glass to match the granite. I took tiny grains of glass and put them in a mold and then kiln-fire them. It matches the granite in a kitchen or bathroom,” Michelle said.

Making glass doorknobs started when Michelle was a vendor at a crafts show. A customer asked her if she could make glass doorknobs. Soon, Michelle realized there was quite a market for glass doorknobs.

“It is popular with people who are re-storing old homes and for people who want custom glass doorknobs,” she said.

While an order of custom glass door-knobs might seem an unusual present, if you know someone who is restoring an old home, it would be a memorable and much-appreciated gift. The knobs can be custom-ordered for those who want knobs for a bureau, desk, or other piece of furniture.

Working with glass provides the craftsman a choice to create a wide variety of objects. Michelle says her favorite thing to create is a glass vase. “They are a lot of fun to make. When you open the kiln after firing, each piece is different.”

To create a glass-fired vase, Michelle chooses colored rods or sheets of glass. She cuts the glass and shapes it, then fires it. After firing, she sands the glass and fires it again over a form. The glass drapes over the form, creating a vase shape.

Once finished, the vases are beautiful works of art in a kaleidoscope of colors and a number of sizes and shapes, per-fect for gift giving.

Among her most popular glass items for gift giving, Michelle says, are colorful and creative wine stop-pers with glass knob tops and cheese knives. Night lights also are big sell-

ers. Glass bottles in bright colors with canapé knives in matching glass colors are very unusual and popular gifts for holiday giving. Glass wine racks also are beautiful and unusual gifts.

Glass-blown beads are among Michelle’s most coveted and creative items. All different and beautiful, the beads are used by jewelry-makers for necklaces, rings, earrings, and brace-lets.

In her rural, tranquil shop, Michelle can lose herself in her work. She jokes that her commute these days is the few minutes it takes her to walk from her house to the studio. She realizes, how-ever, the importance of keeping up with the latest techniques in glass blowing and in networking.

“I try to take at least one in-depth class a year,” she said. “I traveled to It-aly for a workshop and also to Florida. And I recently returned from a week in New Jersey where I took a class in glass work.”

Michelle also packs up her products and vends at artisan and craft shows all over the area and beyond. She sells many items for gift giving, all made in her cozy, Grafton studio. She will be at a number of markets and fairs this winter, including the Danbury Winter Market and Christmas at the Fells in the New London area on Nov. 8-9 and 15-16, among others.

For those who want to give some-thing beautiful but different, and per-haps custom-made for the holidays, one can find unusual and artful items at Grafton Glass, all made by Michelle, an artist who fell in love with glass as a child and continues that love affair today.

For information about Grafton Glass, visit www.graftonglass.com or call 603-475-9416.

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Traditional Thanksgiving dinner — The Homemade WayBy Kathi Caldwell-Hopper“The year that is drawing toward its

close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies…”

~ President Abraham Lincoln, portion of Thanksgiving proclamation, 1863

Thanksgiving dinner brings families and friends together on one special day in late November. It is among the busi-est travel holidays of the year as hosts prepare feasts to welcome travelers home.

In today’s hustle and bustle world, many hosts and hostesses, due to work and time constraints, are forced to or-der out, eat the big meal at a restau-rant, or obtain at least a portion of their Thanksgiving dinner from a bakery or deli. “People just don’t know how to cook a turkey and make a decent pie these days!” is often the opinion of older folks.

It is, unfortunately, true. Ask many people if they make their Thanksgiv-ing pies and they look at you as if you have lost your mind. “Making pie crust scares me,” is often the refrain.

Those wishing to make their own Thanksgiving meal can take heart that the baking and roasting and recipe reading are not an impossibility. Two very different, but equally skilled, Lakes Region residents embrace the making of the big dinner and both have been doing so for quite some time.

In Wolfeboro, Virginia Taylor is among the most unusual of chefs. She is a historian and knows a great deal

about how life was lived in the 19th century. Virginia doesn’t just know American history – she lives it every day, by choice.

On her rural farm she has chosen to live largely as one would in the early 1800s when this country was still quite young. Virginia raises just about every-thing she and her family needs to eat, from animals to vegetables and fruits.

Thanksgiving dinner at her home is cooked over a large hearth in the farm-house and about 17 people are invited this year.

When asked what is on the menu,

Virginia explains that, if one wishes to be historically correct, one would make the traditional meal that is quite simi-lar to the Thanksgiving meal we know and love today. It seems that, when it comes to the Thanksgiving menu, things haven’t changed that much over the decades.

“We have turkey with stuffing; I use my grandmother’s recipe which has a lot of sage,” she said. “We have gravy, two kinds of potatoes (white and sweet potatoes), broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce (homemade), rolls, and pies. Oh, and we will have pickles

and celery.”It might sound like a typical, mod-

ern-day Thanksgiving dinner, but it is really quite a bit different because most of the meal is cooked over hot coals on the hearth. Cooking the food this way, according to Virginia, gives all the food an incredibly delicious flavor.

Most of the vegetables and fruits on the Thanksgiving table are grown in Virginia’s garden, which is very similar to a garden one would have found on a 19th century farm.

“We have a half acre of garden with tomatoes, three kinds of beans, broc-coli, turnips, Brussels sprouts, cab-bage, onions, radishes, lettuce, parsley, dill, fennel, kale, Swiss chard, corn, potatoes, garlic, cucumbers, asparagus, pumpkins, and squash, among other things,” she lists off the exhaustive amount of vegetables and herbs grown each year.

Fruits include apples, peaches, quince, rhubarb, blueberries, strawber-ries, and raspberries.

“Taking care of the garden is a full-time job,” Virginia laughs. But it is a necessity in order to live the life she has chosen, which gives her freedom to skip multiple grocery store trips. Can-ning many vegetables and fruits gives the family access to garden food right through the winter.

With some concessions to modern-day living (electricity and plumbing), Virginia is grateful for freezers, which she fills with produce and meats. And

• Traditional DinnerContinued on page 10

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On Thanksgiving, Virginia prepares the turkey with stuffing and gets it cooking in the tin kitchen (also known as a reflector oven). The oven sits over the hearth coals and is turned manually on a rod or spit. It produces incredibly juicy, delicious meat with great drip-pings.

“If you have a nice fire that is well tended and someone to watch over the bird and turn it one quarter turn every 10 to 15 minutes, you will get a great Thanksgiving turkey,” she said.

With two family birthdays near Thanksgiving, the clan also will feast on pies. Virginia’s son is one of those

celebrating his birthday and his fa-vorite, mince pie, will be served in-stead of a standard birthday cake.

“We make all the traditional pies — and, by the way, in the 19th cen-tury, pies and other desserts were of-ten called pudding — including apple, pumpkin, and mince. We also serve sweet and hard cider, water, coffee, and tea,” she added.

When baking or sweetening coffee and tea, Virginia uses honey instead of white sugar. It is the way the old-tim-ers would often have sweetened foods and beverages and Virginia says she just likes the taste better.

“When I make pumpkin pie, I use pumpkins grown in our garden,” she continued. “I steam the pumpkins and use honey, raw milk, and the same spices as most people use and that

were also used in the old days, such as cinnamon and nutmeg. The nutmeg spice in the old days would have been expensive and difficult to obtain.”

Virginia praises lard as a great cook-ing ingredient, and lest one assume she means the white shortening available in the grocery store, think again. She is referring to lard from pigs she has raised. “I always use lard for pie crusts and in a lot of other cooking. It gives great flavor. I use King Arthur white and whole wheat flours and we make our own tea.”

How would our forefathers have prepared for Thanksgiving dinner? Indeed, in the early 19th century, was there even a day set aside for this holi-day of thanks?

“Before Lincoln declared it a holi-day, there were Thanksgivings,” Vir-ginia explained. “There might have been two or three days of thanks a year to honor something special, such as a good harvest. They were declared by the governors of individual states.”

Virginia’s Thanksgiving dinner is similar to a meal in the 19th century. If a day of thanks were set aside dur-ing the summer, a typical family would have eaten what was growing and available at that time, such as fish, lots of greens, corn, and fresh fruits.

“They didn’t eat salads back then,” Virginia noted. “They cooked all their greens, from radishes to lettuce to cu-cumbers, because they believed it was better for digestion.”

For a different Thanksgiving din-ner, those with a large fireplace might want to consider cooking a few dishes over the hearth. But read up on it first and make sure you know what you are doing because, as Virginia cautions, hearth cooking involves an open fire, which led to many accidents and deaths in the 19th century. (When women in long skirts were working near a hearth full of hot coals, their clothing came dangerously near the fire.)

In the Newfound Region, those fortu-nate enough to have a meal at Deb Glid-den’s home in rural Alexandria cannot wait for their next invitation. Thanks-giving at Deb’s house is no exception. On the day of feasting, her kitchen will be fragrant with the smells of cooking and baking, all created from Deb’s sup-ply of recipes, and some tried-and-true methods stored in her memory.

“I like to experiment with recipes,” Deb said. “I learned basic cooking from my Mom. She was a good cook but she didn’t do anything exotic.”

By “exotic” Deb means varying from the standard recipes many people use. For a creative chef such as Deb, “ex-otic” means experimenting with flavors and mixing foods to make something new and delicious.

Deb began to cook while in college and her skills grew from that time. To-day, she scans the Internet for new reci-pes. (A recent spicy and delicious “ex-periment” was Chocolate Chili with grass-fed beef.)

When Deb and her husband, Jim, en-tertain, guests can expect a delicious meal. Whether she is hosting an out-door barbecue or an indoor get-togeth-er, Deb enjoys cooking for others.

Her culinary skills led her to coor-dinate and prepare a free Thanksgiv-ing dinner in Bristol for a number of years. This year, she is taking a break from the community dinner and will be cooking a Thanksgiving meal at home for about four people.

The menu will start with fresh, local turkey. “I don’t make the stuffing in the bird,” Deb said. “I stuff the cavity with celery, onions, and carrots before cook-ing the turkey. I remove the vegetables before serving the turkey — they are in the bird during roasting for added fla-vor.” Deb also butters and seasons the outside of the turkey before it goes into the oven.

“We will have sweet and white pota-toes, corn, peas, cranberry sauce, and, of course, gravy.”

What sets Deb’s meals apart is her willingness to experiment with season-ings and varied ways of cooking food. “Dessert will be pie — apple and a co-conut cream pie I make from scratch. It’s my favorite,” she said.

Deb’s piecrust is made from scratch. For those afraid to make crust, she laughs and advises, “You just have to be willing to get in there and do it! I use lard, and cold water is important, so when you roll out the crust, it isn’t sticky. I put ice cubes in the water to keep it very cold.”

Along with loving to cook good food, Deb is very sensitive to cooking in a healthy manner with fresh ingredients. “When I can, I use coconut sugar ver-sus white sugar and I like home-grown, grass-fed meat,” she said.

Two very different Lakes Region chefs are really very similar in some ways: They are not afraid to embrace cooking and to experiment with reci-pes. They respect and use home-grown, natural foods as much as possible; and they like to mix food and friends and

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New Hampshire has more than 6,830 miles of trails, extending from the Massachusetts border to Canada. More than 115 individual snowmobile clubs “adopt” sections of the trail system to clear and groom for a great sledding adventure. Volunteers put in hundreds of hours to make the trails safe and enjoyable, building bridges across streams and posting signs to warn of curves and intersections.

Many groups also have clubhouses where they schedule meals and meet-ings for planning and socializing. Those buildings also need mainte-nance, and depend upon volunteers to get the work done.

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Moultonborough Snowmobile Club will hold its season kick-off dinner on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Suissevale Club-house, 20 Langdorf Avenue, Moulton-borough, with a BYOB cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30. It will be

an Italian dinner with potluck appetiz-ers, salad, and dessert.

The club will hold its annual holiday party and auction at the Magic Foods Function Facility with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7.

The club bonfire will take place on Saturday, March 21.

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fer its annual off-highway recreational vehicle (OHRV) safety class on Satur-day, Dec. 6, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Beane Conference Center, 35 Blue-berry Lane, Laconia. State law requires that all operators age 12 and above pos-sess a motor vehicle driver’s license or complete an approved OHRV or Snow-mobile Safety Education Class in order to operate off their own property.

The course will teach OHRV laws, safety, first aid, the mechanics of two-stroke and four-stroke snowmobiles, map reading, and general snowmobile knowledge. At the end, there will be a written test, with those successfully completing the course receiving a cer-tificate and a wallet card.

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The first opportunity for a festive feast is Thanksgiving — a time when family and friends join together to share food and conversation, memories and laughs.

Historically speaking, the very first Thanksgiving meal happened in 1621 at the Plimouth Plantation. Early set-tlers celebrated a successful harvest by “breaking bread” with the Wampanoag tribe. Sometime after, Thanksgiving became blended with the Puritan tra-dition of observing a religious holiday with prayers and food.

In fact, the classic Thanksgiving menu of turkey, root vegetables, cran-berries, and pumpkin pie comes from the fall harvests of New England. It was later, as the holiday spread across the country, that families modified the menu according to local tastes and food availability.

Every year, the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm in Tam-worth recreates the experience of a 19th-century Thanksgiving dinner with a hearthside meal that a small number of guests help prepare. From grinding coffee to baking dessert, guests will churn, season, and roast the foods of an authentic farm Thanksgiving. Cos-tumed interpreters guide and instruct the cooking based on 19th-century rec-ipes and methods, using cast iron tools.

There’s a lot to learn from the past and life on a farm offers many lessons. No food was wasted, so any food that could be preserved or stored was. Ani-

mals were processed for meat and fat was rendered and used to make can-

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roasted turkey with bread dressing; sugared winter squash; boiled potato; turnip; onion; creamed parsnips; but-termilk biscuits with churned butter; cranberry relish; ginger cake with whipped cream; and coffee, tea, and apple cider. (My stomach is growling just thinking about it!) Unfortunately, this is the hottest ticket in town and res-ervations are made 30 days in advance. Be sure to write a reminder on your calendar for next year.

In 2015, Remick Farm will change the format of the hearthside meals and offer them as cooking workshops. Guests will have the opportunity to at-tend one in the fall and early winter. One workshop will involve the hearth and the other will utilize a wood stove, which came into fashion in the 1860s. Program Manager Erica Boynton says that it will be like an old-fashioned home economics classes. “Guests will learn everything from how to light the fire and what woods were used to how the hearth was constructed and where to place your food,” said Erica.

It definitely sounds more in-depth and also will involve information about livestock care and meat process-ing as well as what goes into growing vegetables on a farm.

“The meats used are from Remick Farm as well as vegetables from heir-loom plants. Anything not available at the farm is locally sourced. This is a farm-to-table program,” said Erica.

Home cooks will definitely get the chance to flex new cooking muscles. “Many cooks are familiar with clas-sics like gingerbread,” said Erica, “but they’ve never experienced cooking it

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• HearthsideContinued on page 14

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such as “shrub” — a beverage with a fruit-and-vinegar base. “People are often surprised at how good it tastes,” said Erica.

The Remick Country Doctor Muse-um and Farm, located at 58 Cleveland Hill Road in Tamworth, is currently open for self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Al-though the Captain Enoch Remick house is closed for the winter, visitors may tour the farmhouse, exploring the office where Dr. Edwin C. Remick and his father saw patients, as well as the living quarters that Dr. Edwin C.

shared with his wife, Marion Miles Remick. The furnishings are arranged as they would have been in the period, and medical tools are on display, along with other artifacts of farm life from the early 1900s. Guests also are wel-come to walk around the farm and visit the cows, pigs, chickens, lambs, goats, and a mini-horse kept on the grounds. Guests may opt to pack a lunch and go for a hike on one of the property’s sce-nic trails.

The Farm remains open year-round, with preschool story hours and home school programs offered during the school year. For further informa-tion, call 603-323-7591 or visit www.remickmuseum.org.

• HearthsideContinued from page 13

Science Center To Offer ‘Eyes On Owls’

Who’s watching you? Find out on Saturday, Nov. 22, when Eyes On Owls will present a live owl program in con-junction with the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. The pro-gram, presented by naturalist Marcia Wilson, will offer fun and educational close-up views of the secretive birds in her program, “Who’s Watching You? Owls of the World.”

Marcia will discuss the owls found in New England and other parts of the world. The program will begin with a slide show of colorful wildlife pho-tographs by Marcia’s husband, Mark Wilson. Marcia imitates the owls’ calls herself, paying special attention to the more common owls that one might en-counter in this area.

After a hooting lesson with much audience anticipation, Marcia will bring out six live owls, one at a time. With each owl perched securely on her gloved hand, she will walk among the audience to provide close-up views, photo opportunities, and a chance to have questions answered. Each owl to

be presented has a permanent disability that prevents it from surviving in the wild. The non-releasable owls serve as captivating ambassadors from the world of wildlife.

Attendees will learn about which owl eats skunks, along with detective tricks to reveal where owls live. They also will learn about what owl pellets give away about an owl’s diet, the food chain, and the web of life. Finally, par-ticipants will learn how to protect owls and their habitats.

“We are very excited to have Mar-cia and Mark present Eyes On Owls at the Science Center,” said Executive Director Iain MacLeod. “Although the Science Center has owls as part of our exhibit and program collection, Marcia and Mark offer some rarer species that many people wouldn’t normally get the opportunity to see.”

There will be two presentations of the program: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. For tickets and further information, call the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center at 603-968-7194, option 7.

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Saturday, Nov. 8, at 9 a.m., the Alex-andria Ledge Climbers Club will meet at the Fords’ house, 808 Patten Road, Alexandria, followed by trail work. Members are urged to call ahead or check www.alexandrialedgeclimbers.org for up-to-date time and place; all meetings are subject to change due to the weather.

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Saturday, Nov. 15, the Scrub Oak Scramblers Snowmobile Club will meet at its clubhouse at 368 Pound Road, Madison, with a themed pot-luck dinner at 6:15 p.m. and meeting at 7 o’clock. For information, see www.sossc.com or email scruboakscram-

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Wednesday, Nov. 19, the Lyme Pin-nacle Snowmobile Club will sponsor a Grafton County meeting at the Baker River Club House, 197 North Dorches-ter Road, Wentworth, at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact Grafton County Director Evelyn Ferrell at [email protected] or 603-786-2770, or Assistant Jena Hayes at [email protected] or 603-991-9147.

Friday, Nov. 21, Mount Cardigan Snowmobile Club will meet at the Mount Cardigan Fish and Game Club-house, 26 Ball Park Road, Canaan, at 7:30 p.m. For further information, see www.mtcardigansnowmobile.com.

Saturday, Nov. 29, the Pittsfield Ridge Runners will hold their annual Christmas Craft Fair at the PRR Club-house, 17 Dickson Lane, Pittsburg. For further information, call 603-538-1142 or visit www.pittsburgridgerunners.org.

Saturday, Nov. 29, the Ossipee Val-ley Snowmobile Club will hold its Swap Meet, Flea Market, and Vintage Snowmobile Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Canoe King of New England, Route 16, Tamworth, just south of White Lake State Park. For more infor-mation, contact Mark Fournier at 978-388-5568 or [email protected].

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Hospital Auxiliary To Sponsor Craft FairThe Franklin Regional Hospital

Auxiliary will sponsor its sixth annual Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bessie Rowell Community Center.

The fair will offer locally made gifts as well as featuring a bake sale, a pen-

ny sale, and a silent auction. Proceeds support various initiatives at the hos-pital, part of the LRGHealthcare net-work.

The Bessie Rowell Community Center is located at 12 Rowell Drive, Franklin. For more information, call

Church Sponsors Glad Tidings Christmas Fair

The First United Methodist Church of Gilford is sponsoring a Glad Tidings Christmas Fair on Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 9 a.m.

There will be hand-crafted gifts, ranging from knitted goods to quilted items, in the Fireside Room, while antiques and collectibles will be in the Attic Treasures booth, including many pieces of fine china, silver, and linens. There will be a jewelry table and booths featuring gently used items and creatively recycled greeting cards. There also will be a wide variety of Christmas decorations.

The Library will offer an assortment of books while, in the Fellowship Hall, patrons will find house plants, a vari-ety of home-made baked goods, and a “cookie walk” featuring hundreds of cookies.

Among those displaying their wares will be Myrna Evans with her Wesley

Crafts table featuring many hand-made items; Joyce Keyser from Shepherd’s Hut Market will have a large variety of country potholders, oven mitts, eye-glass cases, and wool felted cat toys, nesting balls, and hand-spun yarn. A favorite from past years will be Roubo’s pickles, relishes, and fudge.

The event also will feature corn chowder and sandwiches or dough-nuts and coffee. Santa Claus will be on hand to listen to Christmas wishes; bring your camera to save that special moment.

There also will be bargains in the Flea Market in the west wing of the building.

The First United Methodist Church is located at 18 Wesley Way, off Route 11-A near the Laconia-Gilford Route 3 By-pass. Hours are 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. For further information, call the church of-fice at 603-524-3289.

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Life Bridge To Celebrate 10th AnniversaryA banquet on Saturday, Nov. 8 will

help Life Bridge, Inc., celebrate 10 years of one-to-one mentoring with Lakes Region youths.

The celebration of past successes and a fruitful future will take place at Hobbs Tavern and Brewery on Route 16 in West Ossipee, with an abundant buffet that includes chicken marsala, pasta primavera, roast beef, mashed potatoes, and vegetables, with carrot cake for dessert. The evening will start with cheese and crackers at 5:30 p.m.

Life Bridge attempts to give students hope and lead them away from risky behavior by bringing a trained mentor into their lives. The mentor spends a minimum of 90 minutes a week with the student, helping him or her to de-velop responsible decision-making skills, deeper relationships within the

family, improved grades and attend-ance at school, and a potentially re-warding journey into the future as a responsible young adult in the commu-nity. Parents and school administrators are very much involved.

A recent analysis of the Life Bridge program by the Carsey Institute of the University of New Hampshire showed overall academic performance im-proved by 17 percent. Positive engage-ment in extra-curricular activities, bet-ter relationships with other students, and the ability to manage stress im-proved by 33 percent.

Life Bridge currently has approxi-mately 30 mentor/mentee matches in the Lakes Region.

For reservations to the Nov. 8 ban-quet, call Jennifer at 603-522-6713.

Book Helps To Keep Holidays Stress-Free

By Thomas P. CaldwellIf you are one of those people who

get stressed out during the holidays, or if you feel you have to write yourself notes to keep track of gifts and meal-planning, or if you find yourself rush-ing around at the last minute because you forgot something … there is help.

C e d a r Fort Pub-lishing has r e l e a s e d The No-S t r e s s H o l i d a y Organizer: An All-in-One Guide to Plan-ning and Recording Your Holi-days. The book fea-tures calen-dar pages, to-do lists, b u d g e t -ing forms, d e c o r a -tion ideas, guest lists, and party p l a n n i n g pages.

The book provides prompts to re-mind you of what you might want to consider when planning a holiday gathering, such as grocery lists and meal planning, cooking schedules, and things to make and do, as well as a place to record holiday traditions. The book also contains cooking tips and sample holiday recipes.

There are pages to record holiday memories and pages for photographs, with other tips and reminders to keep you one step ahead of anxiety.

For those who spend part of Thanks-giving Day going through the circulars for Black Friday sale items, there is a handy page to note down the store, the

items you want, and the priority for hit-ting those stores.

The December section includes a Christmas wish list with space to note down names with shirt, pants, and shoe sizes, as well as separating “wants” and “needs” for easy decision-making. There are even gift tags that can be cut

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Finally, there are pages to record goals for the coming year and remind-ers of things to think about in next year’s holiday planning.

The No-Stress Holiday Organizer is available at bookstores or directly from Cedar Fort Publishing & Media at ce-darfort.com

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Altrusa Plans 19th Annual Festival of Trees

Altrusa In-t e r n a t i o n a l Club of Mer-edith is plan-ning a spec-tacular 19th annual Festi-val of Trees ce lebra t ion at Waukewan Golf Club, located on Wa u k e w a n Road in Cent-er Harbor, from Dec. 5 - 7.

The festi-val features t heme-dec -orated trees created by area busi-nesses, clubs, churches, in-dividuals, and families. The club also is sponsoring a drawing, the ’Tis the Sea-son Holiday Tree Raffle, along with a chance on several raffle baskets brim-ming with delights.

The Noel Shoppe at the festival will offer cookies and cider to those brows-ing for the perfect handmade gift, all by local artisans.

The festival opens to the public on

Friday, Dec. 5 from 2 to 6 p.m. and con-tinues on Sat-urday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 7 from noon to 4 p.m. There is a discounted a d m i s s i o n price for children, and those age five and under are admitted free.

There will be three shows on S a t u r d a y for children ages 3 - 8. “Magic and Mittens” will take place at

noon, 1, and 2 p.m. While there is no extra charge for admission, advance reservations are required; call 603-253-3167.

Altrusa distributes all donated trees through area Christmas funds and oth-er outreach organizations after the Fes-tival. For more information about the club, see www.altrusameredithnh.org.

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Grant Provides Facelift For Prescott Farm Trails

Prescott Farm Environmental Educa-tion Center has completed a face-lift on its three-mile trail system through a grant from Northeast Delta Dental. The grant allowed Prescott Farm to pur-chase full-color aluminum directional signs to place at all major trail junctions and 10 inter-pretive signs to give more information about vari-ous points of interest on the prop-erty. The n o n - p r o f i t organization also was able to update the large trail map in the trailhead kiosk as well as replacing six wooden footbridges on the trail system.

“We are very grateful to Northeast Delta Dental for supporting our mis-sion to connect people with the natural world,” said Executive Director Sarah Dunham-Miliotis. “Because of this grant, our trails are much easier to nav-igate and safer for families that come here to enjoy being outside together.”

Volunteers from the community and the NH Jobs for American Graduates (NH-JAG) program at Laconia Middle

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SLA Releases 2014 Squam Watershed Report

The Squam Lakes Association has published its 2014 Squam Watershed Report, combining the efforts of nu-merous conservation organizations and examining the results of decades of data on water quality, fish populations, invasive species, boat traffic, and loon populations.

The Squam Lakes Association pub-lished its first Squam Watershed Re-port in 2013. It examined the rich his-tory of data collected on the lake and in the watershed. In 2014 and subsequent years, the group is narrowing its fo-cus to data collected the previous year while keeping the historical context and important trends in mind. Color

codes for each parameter easily iden-tify the resource.

Among the findings in the 2014 re-port: Water quality and the warm-wa-ter fishery in Squam are considered healthy. Loons on Squam are consid-ered to be an impaired population. The state of variable milfoil on both lakes is fair; while still present, management activities are showing success. Milfoil in the Squam River is affecting the sys-tem to the point of impairment.

To learn more, or to get a copy of the 2014 Squam Watershed Report, visit the SLA website squamlakes.org or contact the SLA directly at 603-968-7336 or [email protected].

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WOLFEBORO This home site has potential like few others. 305 ft. of frontage, no wetland issues, offsite sep-tic, clear waterfront, sloping lot for a walkout basement. The shape of the waterfront is conducive to 270 degree view. $1,450,000 MLS# 4338953 John Rourke 603-731-216, email:[email protected]

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ALTON Want views? Want low taxes? This 3- bedroom home has two levels of 3-season rooms overlooking Winnipesaukee and a sun porch on the back of the home. Two car garage with bo-nus room above. $270,000 MLS# 4372339 Nancy dePorter 603-498-3573

WAKEFIELd Majestically sited 3-bedroom cape on 3.48 ac. First floor master suite, eat in kitch-en with granite counters, island, beautiful wood floors, 6 x 32 porch, bi-level deck with hot tub. $242,900 MLS# 4384893 Pam Wiggin 603-387-3698

ALTON On water’s edge, sandy beach, breakwater, two boat slips, and a boathouse. Long lake and mountain views and great privacy. Four bedrooms, newer windows, open floor plan and fireplace make for a cozy home. $960,000 MLS# 4385631 Nancy dePorter 603-498-3573

WOLFEBORO It is all about the VIEWS! This is two lots being sold together. Partially finished log cabin with three bedrooms, two baths. It is only roughed in with wiring and plumbing, needs flooring, kitchen counters and tile work. Total of 28 acres.$380,000 MLS# 4380834Nancy dePorter 603-498-3573

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The program will weave music and words into a deeply expressive holiday concert. Dana’s original arrangements of classical seasonal compositions such as “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” take the audience to a place of calm amid the chaos, refreshing spirits and reminding them of the true reasons for the season.

Dana is a well-known, locally based pianist, composer, recording artist, and public speaker. She intersperses her

piano pieces with the spoken word, including both the ancient and contem-porary poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou, and others, along with her own reflections.

“My intention is toward cultivating a greater sense of the present moment, and inviting the listener to open more fully to his or her own experience,” Dana said.

Dana has served as guest musician, minister, and conference facilitator all around the country. She conducted the Third Sunday hours for several years at the Little White Church and has per-formed at a number of Mount Wash-ington Valley fundraisers.

This past year, she has been work-ing on a new recording and on some collaborative projects. She will be one

of the featured performers on Nov. 7 at South Church in Portsmouth for the NMH Poetry Celebration, a week-long festival of poetry on the seacoast.

Max Dyer is a Houston-based cellist with more than 30 years of profession-al experience in the United States and abroad. As a classical cellist, he has played in Houston with the sympho-ny, ballet, opera, and chamber music orchestras. As an improvising cellist, Max is fluent in many styles, includ-ing jazz, folk, and Middle Eastern. He enjoys playing with Celtic world music group Cantiga and with classical In-dian vocalist Nanda Banerjee. He has been involved with hundreds of record-ings, in Houston jazz and folk clubs, and in a number of churches there on Sunday mornings.

Flutist and vocalist Julia Hendrick-son will join Dana and Max for this engagement. The afternoon also will feature local poet Marnie Cobbs, read-

ing original winter poetry set to piano and cello accompaniment.

Built in the late 1800s, the Little White Church has exquisite acoustics and Barb Holmes has prepared re-freshments that will be served after the concert, providing an opportunity to chat with the performers. CDs will be available for purchase, including “Si-lent Night” which features many of the pieces that will be performed on Dec. 7.

For concert-goers interested in hav-ing dinner after the concert, the Inn at Crystal Lake is just across the road; call 603-447-2120 for reservations.

Seating at the Little White Church is limited, so advance purchase of tick-ets is strongly recommended. They are available at White Birch Books in North Conway, the Eaton Village Store, and online at www.danacun-ningham.com.

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Friday, Nov. 7, Tom Fleischmann & Hans Stafford, 6:30 p.m., Corner House Inn, 22 Main St, Center Sandwich. Live Music in the Pub. Call 284-6219. www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Saturday, Nov. 8, 41st annual Ski and Skate Sale, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., sponsored by the Wolfeboro Children’s Center at Kingswood Regional High School. Info: 603-569-1027 or [email protected].

Saturday, Nov. 8, Sixth Annual Holiday Craft Fair, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Bessie Rowell Community Center, 12 Rowell Drive, Franklin, sponsored by Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary. The fair also will include a bake sale, penny sale, and silent auction. Free admission. Info: 603-934-2060, ext. 8780.

Saturday, Nov. 8, Wise About Beavers, 10 a.m., Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, with final admission to animal exhibit trail at 3:30 p.m., 23 Science Center Road, Holderness. Info: www.nhnature.org or 603-968-7194.

Saturday, Nov. 8, Buffet Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Hobbs Tavern, Route 16, West Ossipee, to celebrate 10th year of Life Bridge, Inc., youth mentoring program. Reservations and info: Jennifer, 603-522-6713.

Saturday, Nov. 8, Thanks For Everything Dance, 7 p.m., Laconia Community Center, 306 Union Avenue, Laconia. Info: [email protected].

Sunday, Nov. 9, Faculty Recital: NH Klaviertrio — cello, piano, and violin, 4 p.m., Smith Recital Hall, Plymouth State University. Free. Cellist Gary Hodges, pianist Carleen Graff, and violinist Bozena O’Brien perform works by Beethoven, Rheinberger, and Danielpour. Free tickets available at Silver Center Box Office, 603-535-2787 or 800-779-3869.

Sunday, Nov. 9, Concordia Consort, 4 p.m., Wakefield Opera House, 2 High St., Sanbornville.www.wakefieldoperahouse.org.

Monday, Nov. 10, Exhibition Opening: The Beehive Collective, 4 - 6 p.m. Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State College.

Tuesday, Nov. 11, Birds of the White Mountains,presented by Stephan Hale, 7 p.m., Meredith Historical Society. Call 603-279-1190.

Wednesday, Nov. 12: Yiddish Song Workshop with Yosl Kurland of the Wholesale Klezmer Band, part of a three-day artist residency program, 6:30 p.m., Tamworth Lyceum, Tamworth, sponsored by Arts Council of Tamworth. Come sing, dance, clap, or listen in. All ages welcome, no experience necessary. Free; donations welcome. Info: artstamworth.org or 603-323-0104.

Thursday, Nov. 13, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, 10 a.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 603-225-1111, www.ccanh.com.

Thursday, Nov. 13, Instrumental Klezmer Workshop with Brian Bender of the Wholesale Klezmer Band, 4:30 p.m., K.A. Brett School, Tamworth. Bring your instrument or come to listen in. The workshop will be followed by a Harvest Dinner & Dance with contra and Yiddish dances. Info: artstamworth.org or 603-323-0104.

Friday, Nov. 14, The Sweetbloods, 6:30 p.m., Corner House Inn, 22 Main St, Center Sandwich. Live Music in the Pub. Call 284-6219. www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Friday, Nov. 14, Wholesale Klezmer Band, 7:30 p.m., Barnstormers Theatre, Tamworth. Proceeds support Art Connects Us artist residencies in school and community. Tickets & Info: tinyurl.com/wholesale2014 or 603-323-0104.

Friday - Saturday, Nov 14 - 15, Seussical the Musical, 8 p.m., Village Players Theater, 51 Glendon St. Wolfeboro. Murder Mystery Comedy Call 603-569-9656. www.village-players.com.

Saturday, Nov. 15, Glad Tidings Christmas Fair, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 18 Wesley Way, off Route 11-A, Gilford. Hand-crafted items, jewelry, baked goods, cookie walk, snack bar, flea market, Christmas decorations, plants, vendors. Info: 603-524-3289.

Saturday, Nov. 15, Comedy Anniversary: Larry Myles, Chris Pennie, and Karen Fitzgerald, 8 p.m., Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia.

Tuesday, Nov. 18, African Textile and Small Business Discussion: How To Grow a Money Tree, 5 – 7 p.m., Boyd Hall, Room 144 (Highland Street, Plymouth). PSU MBA student Nofisat Adekunle discusses her entrepreneurial development of five textile stores in Nigeria in conjunction with PSU International Week and the gallery exhibition, African Cloth Speaks.

Wednesday, Nov. 19, International Fashion Party: ‘Clothing Speaks’, 6 - 7:30 p.m., HUB Fireplace Lounge, Plymouth State University. Wear something meaningful to you and mingle with your friends and colleagues; share your “Clothing Speaks” story and enjoy the atmosphere. A Karl Drerup Art Gallery/International Education Week presentation.

Thursday, Nov. 20, AXIS Dance Company, 10 a.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 603-225-1111, www.ccanh.com.

Thursday - Friday, Nov. 20 - 21, The Threepenny Opera, 8 p.m., Studio Theatre, Silver Center, Plymouth State University. Tickets and info: 603-535-2787 or 800-779-3869 or at silver.plymouth.edu.

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Friday, Nov. 21, TBA, 6:30 p.m., Corner House Inn, 22 Main St, Center Sandwich. Live Music in the Pub. Call 284-6219. www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Friday - Sunday, Nov. 21 - 23, Christmas at the Castle, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., with special exhibits and seasonal beauty. Call 603-476-5900.

Friday - Sunday, Nov 21 - 23, Seussical the Musical, 2 p.m., Village Players Theater, 51 Glendon St. Wolfeboro. Murder Mystery Comedy. Call 603-569-9656. www.village-players.com.

Saturday, Nov. 22, Song of the Saints Retreat, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Lakes Convocation of Episcopal Church to explore the lives of some of the saints of the Anglican tradition and what their stories and spirituality say in the present day. Church of the Holy Spirit, 263 Highland Street, Plymouth. Info and registration: [email protected] or 603-536-1321.

Saturday, Nov. 22, Eyes on Owls, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, with final admission to animal exhibit trail at 3:30 p.m., 23 Science Center Road, Holderness. Info: www.nhnature.org or 603-968-7194.

Saturday, Nov. 22, The Threepenny Opera, 2 and 8 p.m., Studio Theatre, Silver Center, Plymouth State University. Tickets and info: 603-535-2787 or 800-779-3869 or at silver.plymouth.edu.

Saturday, Nov. 22, Kashmir: The Led Zeppelin Show, 8 p.m., Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Tickets and info: rochesteroperahouse.com or 603-335-1992.

Sunday, Nov. 23, The Threepenny Opera, 2 p.m., Studio Theatre, Silver Center, Plymouth State University. Tickets and info: 603-535-2787 or 800-779-3869 or at silver.plymouth.edu.

Monday, Nov. 24, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 6 p.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. Tickets and info: 603-225-1111, www.ccanh.com.

Thursday, Nov. 27, Mae C. Hart Thanksgiving Dinner, noon, Meredith Community Center. Free meal for the less fortunate and those who would be alone on the holiday. Information: 603-279-8197.

Friday, Nov. 28, Starlight Honeys, 6:30 p.m., Corner House Inn, 22 Main St, Center Sandwich. Live Music in the Pub. Call 284-6219. www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Friday, Nov. 28, Left Over Turkey: A New England Sampler, with Tim Sample, David Mallet, and Noel “Paul” Stookey, 7 p.m., Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Program of humor, music, and storytelling. Tickets & info: 603-335-1992.

Friday - Sunday, Nov. 28 - 30, Christmas at the Castle, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., with special exhibits and seasonal beauty. Call 603-476-5900.

Saturday, Nov. 29, Holiday Craft Fair, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., sponsored by Harriman-Hale Unit 18, American Legion Auxiliary, at 142 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Breakfast and lunch served. Raffle of items donated by crafters. Auxiliary-made craft items also available for purchase. Info: Rachel Chamberlain, 603-560-4296 or [email protected].

Saturday, Nov. 29, Forgotton Arts: Fiber Arts Demonstrations, 9:30 a.m. - noon, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road Tamworth. Free. Info: 603-323-7591, www.remickmuseum.org.

Saturday, Nov. 29, Cold Turkey Plunge, 1 p.m., Corcoran Pond, Waterville Valley Resort, to benefit Waterville Valley Adaptive Sports program. Info and registration form: www.watervilleadaptive.com.

Saturday, Nov. 29, Frankenstein, 2 p.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 603-225-1111, www.ccanh.com.

Saturday, Nov. 29, On Golden Pond, 8 p.m., Village Players Theater, Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. Info: 603-569-9656.

Saturday - Sunday, Nov. 29 - 30, Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun. Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia. www.joycescraftshow.com.

Sunday, Nov. 30, On Golden Pond, 2 p.m., Village Players Theater, Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. Info: 603-569-9656.

Sunday, Nov. 30, Christmas in Wolfeboro Parade, 3 p.m., Santa Claus arrives in Wolfeboro, traveling in the Parade and then lights the town Christmas tree. Call 603-569-2200. www.wolfeborochamber.com.

Sunday, Nov. 30, Celtic Tenors Christmas, 7:30 p.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. Pre-show reception at Kimball House at 6 p.m. includes food and beverages. Tickets and info: www.ccanh.com or 603-225-1111.

Tuesday, Dec. 2, Annual Luncheon at Mame’s Restaurant, noon, sponsored by Meredith Historical Society. Call 603-279-1190.

Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6, Gilford Community Church Christmas Fair, (Friday: 5-7 p.m. & Saturday: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.), jewelry, Santa’s Attic white elephant and holiday items, crafts, greenery, Santa’s Book Store, gift basket raffle and much more. Potter Hill Road, Gilford, 524-6057.

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Meredith Sculpture Walk Guided Tours, Saturdays, 10 and 11 a.m. from lower parking lot of Mill Falls Marketplace, Meredith. Schedule appointment by emailing [email protected] or calling 603-279-9015.

Masonic Breakfast, First Sunday of each month, 7 – 11:30 a.m., 35 Trotting Track Road, Wolfeboro. Fresh fruit, omelets made to order, scrambled eggs, hash browns, cereal etc.

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., year-round, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth Village. With displays, Capt. Enoch Remick House, workshops, education programs, special events and hearthside dinners. Call 603-323-7591 or 800-686-6117.

Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. year-round, Rte. 3, Weirs Beach. Preserving and promoting history of Lake Winnipesaukee and vicinity with memorabilia, photos, maps, models of famous steamboats 1833-1939, posters and photos of grand hotels plus artifacts ranging from Indian arrowheads to Big Band posters. Also lectures and children’s corner. Call 603-366-5950.

LLBD Ballroom Group Classes, Thursdays at 7 p.m. for bronze/beginners; 8 p.m. for silver/advanced, Fitness Edge in Meredith. Call Judy at 603-937-0113 or see www.lovelaughballroomdancecenter.com or call Judy at 603-937-0113.

Open Mic/Jam Night, Thursdays, 7 - 11 p.m., Hawg’s Pen Cafe, Farmington. All levels, styles, and genres welcome. Info: [email protected].

Live Jazz every Thursday at 8 p.m., Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem St., Laconia. Call 603-494-3334, pitmansfreightroom.com.

Fiber Group, Fridays, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Shepherd’s Hut Market, 637 Morrill Street, Gilford. Call 603-393-4696 or email [email protected].

Open Mic every Friday at 7:30 p.m., The Back Room at the Mill Fudge Factory, 2 Central St., Bristol, 603-744-0405, themillfudgefactory.com.

Live Blues every Friday night at 8 p.m., Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem St., Laconia. Call 603-494-3334, pitmansfreightroom.com.

Art Walk, last Friday of the month, 5 - 8 p.m., self-guided tour of Wolfeboro galleries with bonus discounts by merchants. Info: 603-569-0078.

Friday, Dec. 5, Festival of Trees, 2 - 6 p.m., Waukewan Golf Club, off Route 3 in Center Harbor, sponsored by Altrusa of Meredith. View theme-decorated trees, enjoy cookies and cider, and browse gift items created by local artisans in the Noel Shoppe. Info: www.altrusameredithnh.org.

Friday, Dec. 5, Doug Hazard, 6:30 p.m., Corner House Inn, 22 Main St, Center Sandwich. Live Music in the Pub. Call 284-6219. www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Saturday, Dec. 6, Wolfeboro Festival of Trees, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Ongoing entertainment and free refreshments. Info: www.wolfeborofestivaloftrees.com or 603-948-5504.

Saturday, Dec. 6, Festival of Trees, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Waukewan Golf Club, off Route 3 in Center Harbor, sponsored by Altrusa of Meredith. View theme-decorated trees, enjoy cookies and cider, and browse gift items created by local artisans in the Noel Shoppe. Info: www.altrusameredithnh.org.

Saturday, Dec. 6, Christmas at Canterbury Shaker Village, 3 - 8 p.m. Call 603-783-9511.

Saturday, Dec. 6, LLBD Ballroom Social Dance, 7 - 10 p.m., Fitness Edge in Meredith. Call Judy at 603-937-0113 or see www.lovelaughballroomdancecenter.com.

Saturday - Sunday, Dec. 6 - 7, Homes for the Holidays, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., self-guided tour of festively decorated homes in the Lakes Region, sponsored by Opechee Garden Club, Laconia. Tickets available at Laconia Public Library, Gilford Public Library, Kitchen Cravings Restaurant, and Belknap Mill, as well as members of Opechee Garden Club. Info: Call 978-502-4619 or 978-306-3350, visit www.opecheegardenclub.com, or email [email protected].

Sunday, Dec. 7, Senior Christmas Dinner, noon, Inter-Lakes Elementary School, sponsored by Meredith Rotary Club. Free to elders over 55 years of age from Meredith, Moultonborough, Center Harbor, and Sandwich. Full-course dinner prepared by Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant of Meredith. In addition to the dinner, there will be raffle prizes, music, entertainment, and gift bags, along with a visit from Santa Claus. Reservations required; limit 300 people. Contact Meredith Rotary Club Monday, Wednesday, or Friday after Nov. 10 at 603-279-7600. Additional info: www.meredithrotary.org.

Sunday, Dec. 7, Wolfeboro Festival of Trees, noon - 3 p.m., Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Ongoing entertainment and free refreshments. Info: www.wolfeborofestivaloftrees.com or 603-948-5504.

Sunday, Dec. 7, Festival of Trees, Noon - 4 p.m., Waukewan Golf Club, off Route 3 in Center Harbor, sponsored by Altrusa of Meredith. View theme-decorated trees, enjoy cookies and cider, and browse gift items created by local artisans in the Noel Shoppe. Info: www.altrusameredithnh.org.

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“It was felt that all negative emotions must be banished from the heart before the Christmas Spirit could fully take residence.”

—Eldress Gertrude, Canterbury Shaker Village

Lest one think of the Shakers as a somber religious group that looked down upon practices such as Christmas, think again. The Shakers loved Christmas and saw it as a chance to give of themselves to their fellow Shaker brothers and sisters and the world at large.

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the holiday’s religious meaning was important to the Shakers down through history. The holiday was seen as a time to search souls for flaws and to ask for forgiveness. It was also a time to cook, to make and give gifts and to celebrate the season much like the rest of the world.

Having fun was a part of Shaker life that balanced the long hours of work. Picnics, sleigh rides, game nights, musical entertainments and special dinners were regular forms of Shaker socializing, so it can be imagined that Christmas only heightened these activities.

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Among the last remaining Shaker members at Canterbury Shaker Village, Eldress Bertha Lindsay and Eldress Gertrude Soule spoke fondly of the joy of the Christmas season and holiday customs.

The Shakers were great cooks and their tables were loaded with pies, pastries, and other delicious foods. Socializing after church on Christmas Day meant a great deal to the fun-loving Shakers. After services, the members would sit and chat while passing bowls of nuts and popcorn. All children who lived with the Shakers were included in the celebrations, and perhaps these little ones were part of the reason the Shakers loved Christmas so much. In a wonderful Shaker cookbook titled Seasoned With Grace by Eldress Bertha

Lindsay and Mary Rose Boswell, images of Christmas celebrated by the Shakers brings to mind a simple and charming way to celebrate the holiday.

Part of the Christmas festivities, at one time, was drawing names from a bowl; each person would draw a name at random and give a gift to that person. No one was forgotten when it came to giving and receiving gifts! Gifts were often handmade and practical.

Although they lived somewhat apart from the outside world, the Shakers believed in being aware of what was going on elsewhere. They embraced modern gadgets and such inventions as automobiles. By the 1920s, Christmas trees were seen in most homes, often decorated with lights and ornaments. Always creative yet thrifty, the Shakers

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made ornaments and strung popcorn and cranberries for their holiday trees.

Some of the remaining sisters at Shaker Village would arrange apples in a star around the base of the Christmas tree. The sisters would make food baskets for distribution to needy neighbors.

One Shaker sister related that before sunrise on Christmas morning, the younger people of the Canterbury community would assemble by the west door of the large dormitory called the Dwelling House. An elderly brother would usher the youngsters to an attic loft. Candles for each Shaker were lit, and then the leader pulled the heavy rope cord that rang a Revere bell in

the bell tower. The pealing bell woke the older Shakers, who quickly dressed and were ready to join the singing youngsters as they descended from the loft.

After special prayers, the Shakers enjoyed a Christmas breakfast. Later, all Shakers returned to their rooms where they picked a special possession, wrapped it and placed it in a large barrel in the center hallway. Gifts ranging from warm winter coats to shoes, candles and other items were given into the common barrel. These gifts, along with groceries, were given to less fortunate neighbors.

The gift giving showed the generosity of the Shakers and their concern for those outside their community. They followed the strict rule that the gifts must be cherished possessions; the

Shakers held to the idea that a gift was not a gift if it was not wanted or needed by the giver.

In the 19th century, the Canterbury Shakers used natural decorations, and the interiors of the buildings were decorated simply with evergreen boughs, pinecones and fruit.

By the early 20th century, decorations reflected the trends in the outside world, where Christmas trees and ornate decorations were becoming popular. However, natural decorations were still popular among the Shakers, and such things as red and green bows intertwined with clusters of evergreens festooned the Shaker buildings.

A live tree was decorated outside for the birds to enjoy. The lucky birds had a bountiful Christmas tree. Pinecones

filled with peanut butter and rolled in birdseed, dried corn on the cob and popcorn were placed on the boughs.

The last of the Canterbury Shakers have passed away. The legacy they left behind is one of a deeply religious people who led lives dedicated to helping others. This was reflected in their generosity to the “world’s people” at the holiday season.

Those who might have thought the Shakers, due to religious beliefs, would shun celebrating the Christmas season would be pleasantly surprised to learn that the Canterbury sisters and brothers loved to have fun. Singing, baking, gift giving, tree decorating and doing everything possible to make the holidays merry for children were part of the Shaker lifestyle.

• Shaker Christmas Continued from page 26

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A HOME WITH A HAPPY HEART! Located in an established neighborhood with a short drive to schools, country club & village. Spacious colonial on 1.61 beautifully landscaped acres with a large kitchen with granite counters, breakfast bar & brick hearth with gas stove, formal dining room, living room, den & sunroom with hot tub and summer kitchen. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with a 2 car garage under. GILFORD $325,000.

A PERFECT GETAWAY ON WINNIPESAUKEE! Cozy year round waterfront cottage has knotty pine interior, built-in cabinets, hardwood floors, French doors, summer porch for extra sleeping area, wraparound deck with vast lake views and a full basement for storage. Permits to add a 2nd story if desired. Open water location with crystal clear sandy frontage & dock. ALTON $449,000.

WELL APPOINTED HOME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF FINER HOMES. Nicely set back off a cul-de-sac on 5.84 gorgeous acres of lush lawn, flower gardens & paved drive bordered by mature Birch & Maple trees. Custom built with high ceilings, arched doorways, hardwood flooring, 2 fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, sunroom & 1st floor Master suite. Over 3370SF of living space on 3 finished levels. Close to schools. GILFORD $489,000.

STUNNING CONTEMPORARY IN A PARK LIKE SETTING! This home is like new, designed with formality and country flair. Warm and welcoming foyer, hardwood and tile floors, gourmet kitchen with granite island, high end appliances & cozy breakfast nook. Living room has gas fireplace and soaring ceilings, formal dining room with tray ceiling & a 1st floor Master suite with luxurious bath & 2 walk-in closets. Home has irrigation system and perennial gardens everywhere. GILFORD $520,000.

NATURE LOVERS PARADISE ON HILLS POND! Custom built Adirondack style home sits on 1.19 acres with dock & 237’of water frontage. Panoramic mountain views and just 5 miles to Winnipesaukee public boat launch in Alton Bay. Open and bright home with granite and stainless kitchen, Wolfe Range, Hickory cabinets, fieldstone fireplace in living room, hardwood floors, screened porch, deck, Master suite plus two en-suite bedrooms. Huge family room above garage with wet bar and expandable space in partially finished attic or in walkout basement. ALTON $689,000.

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Serving the Lakes Region & Beyond!Serving the Lakes Region & Beyond!

Scott Ouellette, owner of Canoe and “O” Steak and Seafood restaurants, has announced plans to open the Lakes Regions’ newest restaurant in mid-No-vember. “O” Bistro will open in Wolfe-boro at the former Lakeview Inn.

Ouellette said that, in addition to the restaurant, “We will be operating the largest function room on this side of the Big Lake” in the historic barn adja-cent to the Bistro.

“We have been doing an extraordi-nary number of catering events in the Wolfeboro area,” said Ouellette of his Magic Food Productions catering busi-ness. “This site gives us a beautiful set-ting to serve the area’s restaurant and

catering needs.”“O” Bistro will feature a full “bistro”

dinner menu and will be open Wednes-days through Saturdays from 3 p.m. during the winter months. The bistro will be open seven days a week from Memorial Day through Columbus Day. For reservations, call 603-569-1335.

The catering and function facility, which can accommodate parties up to 225, will operate year-round.

Ouellette noted that he will be hiring upwards of 25 new full- and part-time staffers for positions at the Bistro, in-cluding bartenders, servers, catering staff, and kitchen prep workers.

‘O’ Bistro To Open in Wolfeboro A Thanksgiving To Be Grateful ForAt Waterville Valley, Thanksgiving

means turkey, a fall hike, Santa on a dogsled, and taking a plunge into icy cold water.

There will be a Thanksgiving din-ner with all of the trimmings at the Blue Moon Cafe in Waterville Valley’s Town Square.

On Saturday, Nov. 29, at 1 p.m., grab your bathing suit (or costume) and dive into the icy waters of Corcoran Pond for the Cold Turkey Plunge, a fundrais-ing event that will benefit the Water-ville Valley Adaptive Sports program which provides athletic opportunities for people with cognitive and physical disabilities.

Anyone looking to take the plunge is asked to raise a minimum of $50 in donations which will earns a Water-ville Valley Adaptive Sports “empow-ered bracelet,” an official Cold Turkey Plunge long sleeve t-shirt, and a cold turkey sandwich made by Chef Sean Stout of the Coyote Grill, not to men-tion the respect and admiration of those looking on.

Last year, after clearing ice measur-ing eight inches thick, more than 70 par-ticipants plunged and raised more than $12,000 for Waterville Valley Adaptive Sports. The video of the event is post-ed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zswNFRbKVM&feature=em-share_video_user.

Learn more about the Cold Turkey Plunge and download a registration form at www.watervilleadaptive.com or go to wtrvlfdn.ejoinme.org/coldtur-keyplunge2014 to set up a on-line Cold Turkey Plunge Page.

After the Plunge, Santa Claus and his elves will arrive at the Waterville Val-ley Town Square at 3:30 p.m., pulled by the dogsled team from the Val-ley Snow Dogz. Santa will visit with children until 7 p.m. and then light the holiday tree in the Town Square to sig-nal the start of a fireworks show over Corcoran Pond. Donations will be ac-cepted with all proceeds being donated to the Whole Village Family Resource Center.

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Clearlakes Chorale2014–2015 Concert Season

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and traditional Italian carols arranged for chorus and orchestraby Andy Campbell, Clearlakes Chorale Music Director

Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 7:30 PM Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 2:00 PM

Spring ConcertIgor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms

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Wolfeboro Festival of Trees Opens december 6

Celebrate the holiday season with a visit to the Wolfe-boro Festival of Trees. This charity event will feature two levels of creatively decorated trees, and visitors will be treated to live entertainment includ-ing pianists, carol-ers, dance groups and jazz musicians. Free refreshments will be provided by the two beneficiary organi-zations - Caregivers of Southern Carroll County and Vicinity, and End 68 Hours of Hunger.

Caregivers of Southern Carroll County and Vicinity offer short term, non-emergency trans-portation for local and out-of-town medical appointments. The service is provided free of charge to members of the communities of Alton, Ossipee, Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro to allow people to stay in their own homes as long as possible. Started in 1987, Care-givers is a volunteer organization in which drivers are reimbursed for trips over 50 miles.

End 68 Hours of Hunger provides weekend food to school children Pre-K to 6th grade. The Wolfeboro branch

serves over 63 children in the Gov-ernor Wentworth School District who have been identi-fied as having little or no food on the weekends. Started in Dover in 2011, End 68 Hours of Hun-ger has grown to in-clude 24 branches in New Hampshire and Maine.

The festival opens to the public at the Wright Muse-um, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro on the weekends of Decem-ber 6, 7, 13, 14, and Wednesday, Decem-ber 10. Doors will be open from 10 a.m. - 4

p.m. on Saturdays; from noon - 3 p.m. on Sundays, and from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening.

Visitors to the festival are welcome to tour the Home Front Gallery section of the Wright Museum. Admission is $5 for adults, children 8 and under $2, or $12 per family. The facility is hand-icap accessible.

For more information and a com-plete entertainment schedule, please visit www.wolfeborofestivaloftrees.com, or call 948-5504.

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Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia is celebrating its second anniversary of providing top comedy acts with a triple bill on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. Three of New England’s top co-medians: Larry Myles (making his first appearance at Pitman’s), Chris Pennie, and Karen Fitzgerald will headline the anniversary show.

It was in November 2012 that Pit-man’s owner Dick Mitchell delved into the comedy scene, with that first show attracting 86 people. Since then, the room has become a comedy Mecca for the Lakes Region as a parade of Las Vegas regulars, Comedy Central alumni, and late night talk show come-dians have taken the stage for the once-a-month comedy nights.

“It’s been amazing,” said Dick, who also brings in top regional names in blues and jazz. “When we started, we had no idea the appeal would be this great, but we are now two years in and it’s easy to understand why the people keep turning out. The shows are high-level events; the comedians are regu-lars in Las Vegas and many have tele-vision credits. The BYOB factor, along with a $15 ticket, makes it affordable to virtually everyone.”

Larry Myles is a New England fa-vorite who has worked all over the country as well as overseas for the USO, entertaining troops throughout the world. He has appeared on the MTV Half-Hour Comedy Hour and MTV’s The World’s Smallest Comedy

Club. He has performed at the Riviera in Las Vegas, the Comic Strip in New York City, and the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, as well as other top clubs from coast to coast.

Chris Pennie has a devoted following and credentials that are rapidly making him one of the most sought-after come-dians on the circuit. A national finalist in the CMT search for the funniest co-median in the country, Chris also was a finalist in the Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival and the Beantown Comedy Riots as well as being invited to the Laughing Skull Festival in Atlanta and the Boston Comedy Festival. When starting out, Chris was a finalist in the Mohegan Sun “Funniest Amateur Comic in New England” contest.

Karen Fitzgerald is a national co-median who has performed at some of the nation’s top clubs as well as being heard on Sirius XM Radio. She has performed in Las Vegas and has appeared at such prestigious clubs as Side Splitters in Tampa, the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Wiley’s in Dayton OH, the Showcase Comedy Theater in Atlanta, Wisecrackers in Scranton PA, Atlantic Beach Comedy Theater in Raleigh, NC, the Comedy Cabana in South Carolina, and, since returning to New England, every major club in the six-state region.

Pitman’s Freight Room is located at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia. For more information, see www.pitmans-freightroom.com or call 603-527-0043.

Pitman’s To Celebrate Two Years of Comedy

By Thomas P. CaldwellBeginning on Nov. 10 and running

through Dec. 4, the Meredith Rotary Club will be taking reservations for its 23rd annual Senior Christmas Dinner, which will take place on Sunday, Dec. 7, at Inter-Lakes Elementary School. Free to those 55 years of age and old-er from Meredith, Moultonborough, Center Harbor, and Sandwich, the din-ner is limited to 300 people, so places will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.

“The Senior Christmas Dinner is al-ways a fun day that is free of charge for all participants,” said Betsey Donovan, co-chair of the event.

The Meredith Rotary Club has pro-vided a turkey dinner, raffle prizes, music, and entertainment since 1991. The event also includes gift bags and a visit from Santa Claus. The full-course

dinner, which will be served by the Meredith Rotary Club at noon, will be prepared by Hart’s Turkey Farm Res-taurant of Meredith.

Each gift bag will include an orna-ment, jams and jellies, and Christmas candy. There will be additional holiday items in the Christmas raffle, as well as music and entertainment throughout the event.

To make reservations, contact the Meredith Rotary Club on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 603-279-7600.

The Meredith Rotary Club has do-nated more than $1.8 million into the Lakes Region community through the years for charitable projects, area im-provements, scholarships, and for indi-viduals and families in need. For more information, see www.meredithrotary.org.

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Christmas in WolfeboroAnnual Christmas in Wolfeboro Parade

Santa’s Arrival & Tree Lighting CeremonySaturday, November 29th • 3pm

Christmas Spirit Open HouseFree entertainment & refreshments!

Our local businesses will welcome you to this holiday tradition. Specials or discounts with your donation to

L.I.F.E. Ministries Food Pantry.

Saturday, December 13th • 1- 4pm

Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce www.wolfeborochamber.com • 569-2200

Breakfast with SANTA At The Wolfeboro Inn

Sat. December 13th 8-11amChildren 12 years & under

bringing a new, unwrapped toy donation for the Wolfeboro

Children’s Christmas Fund have breakfast for free.

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