Tuesday, February 7th Events

A Film and Discussion

Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Antioch University, Community Room, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: Older kids

People all around the world are becoming more concerned about our increasingly dysfunctional global economy, but what is the alternative? For this February's Transition Tuesday event, we will watch and discuss the inspiring documentary The Economics of Happiness, as well as hear from some local folks working hard to create a more vibrant and resilient local economy.

While we'll look at the problem of governments and big business continuing to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power, we will mainly focus on how innovative local people are coming together all around the world to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm--an economics of localization. The evening will also hearing from a local panel that will include Michael Faber, general manager of the new Monadnock Community Market, and Jen Risley, a staff member of the Hannah Grimes Center and the Monadnock Buy Local business association.

Free and open to the public.

Babies in Packs and Toddlers in Tow

Time: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM
Place: Grapeveine, Antrim, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

Join Harris Center Naturalist Susie Spikol Faber and her own little babe on a morning adventure outside, enjoying the winter world. Bring your little one in a frontpack or backpack, and your toddler or preschooler, to discover the frosty wonders of winter. A great way to spend a morning outside with your child(ren) and with other families excited to be out in the natural world. One way to beat the winter time blahs! Snowshoes available for all sizes if there’s snow. Meet at the Grapevine in Antrim at 9:30 am for a short indoor introduction. Program concludes at 11:30 am. Hike will be an easy amble through McCabe Forest in Antrim. Sponsored by the Harris Center and the Grapevine Family Center. No cost.

Basic Microsoft Excel

Time: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Place: River Center, 46 Concord St., Peterborough, NH (about 22 miles from Keene)
Price: $10 pre-registered/$15 day of.
Ages: Older kids

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1-3 p.m. Spreadsheets, entering data, Auto-fill, Cell Merge, and more. To register, call 924-6800.

What's special about today?

Charles Dicken's birthday, 1812
Frederick Douglass's birthday, 1817
Laura Ingalls Wilder's birthday, 1864