Thursday, April 5th Events

Seeking the Current-Film Showing & Discussion

Time: 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Place: Keene State College, Putnam Theater, Keene, NH
Price: Free

Ages: Older

Seeking the Current film showing & discussion. One year before the start of an 8-billion dollar hydroelectric project on the pristine Romaine River in eastern Canada, Canadian filmmakers Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere packed a campstove, two solar panels, and a 2,500-page environmental assessment impact study of the proposed dams into their canoe, and paddled the River from source to sea. This award-winning, feature-length documentary film recounts their journey, exploring important questions about the future of green energy along the way. The film has special relevance to New Hampshire as the state considers the Northern Pass transmission project, the proposed 180 mile transmission line through New Hampshire that would bring an additional 1,200 megawatts of Hydro-Québec hydropower to the New England electric grid. If you pay an electricity bill, you have to see this film! Thursday, April 5 at 7 pm at the Putnam Theater at Keene State College. Free & open to the public. A brief discussion of the film and how it relates to Northern Pass will follow. Co-sponsored by the Conservation Law Foundation, the Keene State College Film Society, and the Harris Center for Conservation Education. 

Movin' Into Music

Time: 10:00 am-10:45 am
Place: Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT (about 18 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: Toddlers & preschool (1-5 years)


Come sing, dance, clap, tap and make believe! A fun filled 45-minute class for children 1-5 years and their caregivers. This dynamic class offers sing-a-longs to original and traditional songs, a variety of musical instruments to play, as well as some unique props and puppets, with Annie Frelich – one half of the popular duet The Annies. Space is limited; call to sign-up: 387-4710. This event is FREE and is part of the Month of the Young Child, which is sponsored by Windham Child Care Association, the Early Educators Network of Southeastern Vermont and Building Bright Futures of Southeastern Vermont 
Contact: sarah@windhamchildcare.org 

Dramatic Reading of Paradise Lost, Book XI, "Adam's Vision"

Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Keene State College, Broadcast Studio, Media Arts Center, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: Older

The Milton Ensemble will record a dramatic reading of Book XI from Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost.  Seating in the Broadcast Studio is limited so please rsvp. 

Rodger Martin - 358-4313 or 358-7927 - rmartin1@keene.edu

Disney's Tangled Movie

Time: 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Place: Healing Hands Chiropractic Family Wellness Center, 156 Harvey Road, Londonderry, NH (about 75 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

The classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale gets a lavish CG makeover as directors Byron Howard and Nathan Greno team up to tell the tale of a fair-haired beauty (voiced by Mandy Moore) with long-flowing locks, a gallant hero with a heart of gold, and the evil witch who plots to keep these lovelorn innocents apart. This event is FREE and open to the public as well: Children must be accompanied by parent or adult guardian.

Contact: 603-434-3456

Homeschool Series: Earth Cycles

Time: 10:00 am-11:30 am
Place: Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, 23 Science Center Rd., Route 113, Holderness, NH (about  90 miles from Keene)
Price: Contact for more info
Ages: 4-6 or 7-10

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center presents the 2011-2012 Homeschool Series: Earth Cycles. For ages 4-6 or 7-10.

These education series are specifically for homeschooled students. Programs focus on the cycles you can observe in the natural world around us. Topics include rock cycle, water cycle, life cycles, and more!

All Science Center homeschool programs align with the New Hampshire Science Framework. One adult must attend with children at no cost.

Contact: 603-968-7194

Homeschool Program: Our Unique Earth

Time: 2:15 pm
Place: McAuliffe-Shepard Discover Center, 2 Institute Drive, Concord, NH (about 50 miles from Keene)
Price: $15 per student, $10 for each additional student from same family.
Ages: Contact for details


Bring your homeschooler to discover and enjoy the beauty of planet Earth with a special showing of planetarium show Breathing Space. They will be taken on a ride through cyperspace to explore Earth’s climates and compare them to those of other planets and moons in the solar system. Level one will then take a look at volcanoes, land, water, ice and air. Level two will look at the layers of Earth’s atmosphere and the science behind climate change. Level three will explore the factors that make our planet unique and learn how scientists use remote sensing to study climate change.
Contact: 603.271.7827

What's special about today?

Booker T. Washington's birthday, 1856
Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet, 1887