Saturday, July 21st Events

Low Bush Blueberry Picking - Join the Bears!

Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Place: Crotched Mountain Rehab Center, Greenfield, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

With Harris Center. Bring a container(s) for this moderately easy, mile and a half roundtrip, morning hike up to newly reclaimed blueberry pastures on a mountainside plateau in Greenfield. Meet leaders Ben and Robin Haubrich at 9:00 a.m., at the Crotched Mountain Rehab Center trailhead on the road up to Crotched from Route 31 in Greenfield. We’ll have about 2 hours to pick berries, then return around noon.

Bike the Covered Bridges

Time: 9:00 am
Place:Assemble at the Old Grange Hall across from the Town Hall, Rt. 32, Swanzey, NH
Price: Free
Ages: Older


12.5 mile guided bike tour through the covered bridges of Swanzey;part of Swanzey Old Home Day activities. Tour led by Bob Audette. (603)852-0000.

Swanzey Old Home Day

Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Place: Swanzey Center, Swanzey, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

Parade, covered bridges bike ride, games, classic car show, music, exhibitions, historical reenactments, animals, food, a farmer's market and more.

Keene Street Fair

Time: 10:00 am-9:00 pm
Place: Downtown Keene, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

The street fair features craft and food vendors, kiddie rides, sidewalk sales, and entertainment in downtown Keene. Family fun for everyone!
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Rock River Artists Open Studio

Time: 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Place: Tour, see website
Price: Free
Ages: All

The Rock River Artists' Open Studio Weekend will celebrate its twentieth anniversary July 2012 in South Newfane. See website for participating artists and studio map.
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Music Festival 

Time: 1:00 pm
Place: Acworth Village Store, Acworth, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

On Saturday, July 21, the South Acworth Village Store will be hosting a Music Festival and Barbeque. Come enjoy  this entertaining community event. Live music and great food, beginning at 1:00PM. 

Fairy House Tour & Activities

Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Place: Mariposa Museum, Peterborough, NH
Price: $5
Ages: All

Create a fairy house or wand, hunt for wee dwellings, hear fairytales. Create a fairy house or wand. Hunt for wondrous wee dwellings downtown, hear fairytales from around the world. In collaboration with Peterborough Historical Society and Peterborough businesses. Fairy passport: $5.

Food Grower's Tour

Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Place: List of participating farms
Price: See website for more info
Ages: All

Learn about local farmers via a self-guided tour and participate in informational tours and exhibits at each property. Check our website for continually updated information: www.monadnockrotary.org

Rochester Blues Festival

Time: 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Place: Downtown Rochester Hanson st., Rochester, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

Enjoy blues music, barbecue, crafts, vendors, historical museum, and a sidewalk sale along with a Crusin' Chevy 100 Car Show. Free admission; free parking. Begins at 10 a.m.

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Paddle the Merrimack

Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Place: Amoskeag Fishways, 6 Fletcher St., Manchester, NH
Price: Free
Ages:  All

The Amoskeag Fishways presents a day of canoeing.  The Amoskeag Fishways staff and the Appalachian Mountain Club members will lead a day of paddling on the Merrimack River.  Please bring your own life jacket if possible.  Free.  Advance registration required.  Call 626-3474 for more information.  www.amoskeagfishways.org

Circus Minimus

Time: 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm
Place: New England Youth Theatre, 100 Flat St., Brattleboro, VT
Price: $8
Ages: All

This years theme is Hit the Road, Jack! Twenty  - one local kids will take to the highway, run the rails, sail out of the harbor, walk, run, skip, hop or ease on down the road to have once in a lifetime adventures. On staff this year is Brooklyn based acrobatic artist Amy Verebay. She'll join musical director Heather Elizabeth, art goddess Erin Maile and Ringmaster Kevin O'Keefe to help The Circus Kids Create make a show they'll never forget. So take a train, plane or scooter but get to the show.
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Owls of NH

Time: 11:00 am
Place: Gay-Kimball Library, 10 S. Main St., Troy, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

Who calls in the night? Who glides through the dark on shadowy wings in silent flight? Meet some of New Hampshire’s mysterious owls (yes, LIVE owls)and find out what is myth or fact about these beautiful, nocturnal birds of prey.

Scavenger Hunt

Time: 1:00 pm
Place: Edward MacDowell Lake, 75 Wilder St., Peterborough, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

Meet at the office. Phone: 924-3431

Nature Walk

Time: 10:00 am
Place: Nelson Town Library, Nelson, NH
Price: Free
Ages: All

Al Stoops will lead this walk, starting at the library  and will point out out the nature around us that we may not see ourselves.  For more information please call the library at 847-3214 or email library@townofnelson.com.

Canning Workshop

Time: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Place: Call for info
Price: $5-15 donation
Ages: Older

How to can jams and jellies & preserving  fresh fruit and vegetables straight from the garden

Saturday, July 21st from 1-4

  

To register and for more information on this workshop go to www.cheshireconservation.com or call 603-756-2988 ext.116. Suggested donation of $5-15 for each Localvore workshop. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Play: The Grimm's Project

Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Andy's Summer Playhouse, 582 Isaac Frye Hwy, Wilton, NH,
Price: Children $7/Adults $14
Ages: All

Two brothers, one book, three volumes, hundreds of tales, thousands of interpretations and over two centuries of hype. What more can we glean from the Grimms’ fairy tales? A lot! And who better to show the way than an Andy’s kid? How about four of them. Four writers, four acts, one big show all under one roof.
Performances July 21, 25,26,27, 28, and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm on July 22
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Passport to Imagination

Time: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Place: Micheals Craft Store, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: 3+

Chile alpaca puppet and flag. Free craft. Come anytime between hours above.