Friday, February 24th Events

Camp: T.R.A.I.N.S.- Travels, Rails, Arts. Imagination, Noises and Songs

Time: 9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Place: Keene Public Library, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: K-2nd grade ages

CHOO!  CHOO!!   ALL ABOARD!!  Do you like to sing, dance, paint, and act?  This February school vacation, join the Keene Public Library for our multi-arts morning camp for children in Kindergarten through second grade. Each morning on Tuesday through Friday (February 21st - 24th), from 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., your child will jump on a train and travel with their imaginations. Campers will read & create a short play based on the book 'The Little Engine That Could' that will be presented on the final morning of the program. Enrollment is limited and registration is required either at the library or online.  Join us for a week of enrichment and FUN!! 

Movie at the Library

Time: 1:00 PM
Place: Frost Free Library, Marlborough, NH (a few miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

Kung Fu Panda 2

Teen RPG Night

Time: 5:00 PM-9:00 PM
Place: Rockingham Public Library, Bellows Falls, VT (about 22 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: 13+

Pathfinder, D&D, World of Darkness, and more!  Bring your dice and get your game on during this popular Friday gaming program.

This program is limited to teens age 13 and up only and registration is required, contact Sam at bfyouth@sover.net for more information.

Pajama Party Animals

Time: 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Place: Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environment Center, Northfield, MA (about 19 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

Wear your jammies and dance the cabin fever away with Roger Tincknell at Northfield Mountain. Young families will imitate animals, sing lively songs, learn interesting facts about local wildlife and even go “Waltzing with Bears,” while Roger plays Irish drum, Incan flute, Russian balalaika, banjo, guitar, mandolin and harmonica. Tincknell has been performing for children and adults throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe for over 30 years and is a two-time Parents' Choice Award-winning recording artist. Program meets inside the cozy, pellet-stove heated yurt behind the Visitor Center.

Hula Hoop Jam

Time: 5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Place: YMCA, Keene, NH
Price:
Ages: All

At the YMCA for people of any age. A fun workout that tones and strengthens 

Build & Paint a Bug House

Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Place: Home Depot, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All


The Keene Home Depot will be conducting kids workshops for February vacation (excluding Wednesday). Fridays workshop is building and painting a bug house. They would like to get an idea of how many kids will be attending, so please call at 603-355-2113 ext. 077 Val or ext.301 Dianne with your last name and how many kids. 

17th Annual Hilltop Circus

Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Pine Hill Waldorf School, 77 Pine Hill Drive, Wilton, NH (about 30 miles from Keene)
Price: $6 for children 3-12/$12 adults
Ages: All

The 17^th annual Hilltop Circus, “J.J. Kazaam and the Missing Music,” will be presented by the mighty middle school students of Pine Hill Waldorf School in Wilton. 

Performances will be at Pine Hill Waldorf School on Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 25, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children ages 3-12, and are available beginning Feb. 8 at the Toadstool Bookshop in Milford, and at Pine Hill Waldorf School during school hours. Get your tickets early, as they often sell out. MC/VISA accepted at the school only.

The “muses of music” capture the show, upset that 21st century humans hoard their music in headphones instead of making music together.  They banish all music around the globe and hide it.  Where?  You'll find out when you come to the circus!  Acts this year include seven unicyclists, swing-dancing stilt walkers, mimes, rolling globes, and J.J. Kazaam's Traveling Circus, complete with Strong Man and Lion Tamer (with a reluctant "lion"). 

This year the Hilltop Circus celebrates the work of its founding director, Jacqueline Davis, as she gives her farewell circus performance.  Davis, who earned her Master of Education degree in Human Development and Psychology in 2009 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will begin doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia this fall to research the benefits of circus arts on youth development.  Davis is delighted to collaborate once again with longtime circus partner Leslie Vogel, who will lead the Hilltop Circus Band together with the Youth and Community Fiddle Orchestra in music that she composed and arranged.  When she is not composing circus music, Vogel can be seen (and heard) in the Folk Soul Band and in Tattoo, New England’s hottest acoustic dance band. 

Annie Music and Puppet Concert

Time: 10:30 AM
Place: Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, VT (about 18 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

Get ready to laugh, sing and boogie on down with The Annies and their puppet friends on Friday, February 24 at 10:30 a.m. at Brooks Memorial Library. The Annies Music and Puppets will perform in the Main Room of the library to accommodate their many fans. The duet of Annie Frelich and Annie Quest deliver a brilliant repertoire of original award winning children’s music brimming with clever lyrics, rich harmonies and rockin’ rhythms. Add to this, a unique array of zany handmade puppets and the result is family entertainment at its finest! The Annies have been delighting audiences throughout New England since 1995 and their CD ‘Crazy Stew’ has become a favorite of children of all ages.

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