NOVEMBER • 2010
Center for the Humanities film on NH refugee stories premieres this month
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he Center for the Humanities at the
University of New Hampshire has
produced a documentary film on the
lives of refugees in the Granite State.
Uprooted: Heartache and Hope will
premiere on Tuesday, November 16 at
7 p.m. at the Laconia Middle School and
on Thursday, November 18 at 7 p.m.
at the New Hampshire Institute of Art
in Manchester. A panel discussion will
follow both screenings which are free and
open to the public.
Funded through the Humanities Council’s
three-year project, Fences & Neighbors: New Hampshire’s Immigration
Stories, this 30-minute documentary
features five resettled refugees and their
very personal stories of war, persecution,
refugee camps, and remaking their lives
in New Hampshire. Umija and Rasim
Gusinac, Udai Baskota, Zahara Mahitula,
and Manuf Mahmood come from different countries and backgrounds, but they
are all part of the most recent chapter in
New Hampshire’s ongoing population
narrative.
The film is the first in a series of documentaries based on oral histories collected
by the UNH Center for the Humanities for
a project called Our State, Our Stories.
This project aims to understand how the
experiences of New Hampshire’s most
recent newcomers connect with those of
past immigrants.
Panelists for the November 16 discussion
in Laconia will be Father William
Sullivan, O.S.B., currently an Assistant
Professor at St. Anselm College; Umija
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A scene from the film: Newcomers from Bhutan
learn English at a monthly tea sponsored by
the First Congregational Church in Manchester.
Photo courtesy of the UNH Center for the
Humanities.
Kaddish composer Lawrence Siegel presents pre-performance lecture
T
he Humanities Council has awarded a Humanities to Go grant to
the University of New Hampshire to present Kaddish: Music and
Text as a Window into the Issue of Genocide through the Testimonies
of Survivors Before, During , and After the Holocaust on Sunday,
November 14 at 2 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre at the Paul Creative
Arts Center.
This lecture by Kaddish composer Lawrence Siegel will precede
a 3 p.m. performance of the piece by the UNH Chamber Singers,
soloists, and orchestra under the direction of conductor William
Kempster. The performance will feature soloists Jenni Cook and
David Ripley. The lecture and performance will take place in the
same space and are free and open to the public.
Genocide is an ongoing global crisis in places such as Rwanda,
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All Humanities Council programs are free of charge except where noted.
All the events in this Calendar are funded in whole or in part by the Humanities Council.
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Phillips Exeter Academy
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Keene
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Orr & Reno, PA
Lisa MacFarlane, Secretary
University of New Hampshire
Roberta “Mitzi” Barrett
Nashua
Jane Christie
Kingston
Sally W. Crawford
Exeter
Candice J. Dale
St. Paul’s School
Dayton Duncan
Florentine Films
Lorne M. Fienberg
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC
Patricia Hicks
University of New Hampshire, Manchester
Cleve Kapala
TransCanada
Robin O. Kenney
Peterborough
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NHTI - Concord’s Community College
Daniel M. Nelson
Dartmouth College
Peter W. Powell
Peter W. Powell Real Estate
Leonard Reed
Bethlehem
Marshall G. Rowe
Harvest Capital Management, Inc.
Beth A. Salerno
Saint Anselm College
Tracy Schier
Hudson
Cathleen A. Schmidt
Citizens Bank
Bryant F. Tolles, Jr.
Center Sandwich
C. Paul Vincent
Keene State College
Anne Zachos
Exeter
Curious George and The Wartime Escape
O
n the rainy morning of June 12, 1940,
two days before the Nazis rolled into
Paris, Margret and H.A. Rey fled their
home in the city. The husband and wife
peddled out of town on bicycles, carrying
illustrations Hans had made for children’s
books, including one about a very curious
monkey.
“We planned to ride a tandem [bike],”
Hans later recalled. “The streets were
empty because so many people had
already left. And we practiced riding it
on the Rue de la Paix. But it wasn’t right.
So we got two bicycles in pieces and I
mounted them and we biked most of the
way to Spain.”
After escaping Nazi-occupied France, they
made a home in New York in 1940. They
also kept a home in Waterville Valley and
summered there every year.
The Humanities Council has awarded
a major grant to The Margret and H.A.
Rey Center in Waterville Valley for The
Wartime Escape: Margret and H.A.
Rey’s Journey from France. The project
begins with a visit from Louise Borden,
author of The Journey That Saved Curious
George on Saturday, December 18 at
7 p.m. at the Rey Center.
On December 27 at 7 p.m. Waterville
Valley residents who knew the Reys can
share their memories and on Wednesday,
December 29 at 7 p.m. John Krueckeberg, Plymouth State University Professor
of History, will give a talk on U.S. Immigration Policy and WWII Refugees.
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The final event in the project will be an
illustrated lecture by children’s book
historian Leonard Marcus titled Picture
Book Bohemia: The Reys of Greenwich
Village on Saturday, January 15 at
7 p.m. Marcus will explore the Rey’s life
in New York and their relationships with
other giants in the children’s literature
field who lived there, including Make Way
for Ducklings author Robert McCloskey
and Margaret Wise Brown, author of
Goodnight Moon.
The Rey Center will host a traveling
exhibit that features original drawings,
prints and other archival documents
related to the Reys’ escape from Nazioccupied France from the holdings of the
De Grummond Collection of Children’s
Literature at the University of Southern
Mississippi. The exhibit will be open from
December 15 to January 19.
Margret and Hans Rey were Jews born in
Hamburg, who had lived together in Paris
since 1936. Twice after the Nazi invasion
of Poland in September 1939, the couple
fled Paris, only to return because the war
didn’t arrive. The initial draft of Curious
George – then called Fifi – was drawn
during their first evacuation to the south of
France. That June 1940 morning, the Reys
biked out of Paris for good. They spent
four months traveling to Spain, Portugal,
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All images from the H. A. & Margret Rey
Papers, De Grummond Children’s Literature
Collection, McCain Library and Archives, The
University of Southern Mississippi. Curious
George, and related characters, created by
Margret and H. A. Rey, are copyrighted and
trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company. © 2010 by HMH.
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NOVEMBER 2010
One Book, One Valley culminates with author visit
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he 5th annual One Book, One Valley
community reads project began last
month and is exploring the world of
logging and paper mills through Vermont
author Castle Freeman, Jr.’s novel Go With
Me. The Conway Public Library is working
with ten other area libraries and independent bookstore White Birch Booksellers to
present a variety of programs.
In Freeman’s novel Lillian, a young woman
recently relocated to a tiny Vermont
logging town, is menaced by a mysterious
stalker named Blackway. In this spare tale,
Lillian enlists the powerful Nate and the
curmudgeonly Lester to take the fight to
her tormenter as a quartet of town elders
ponders her likely fate. Go with Me is a
modern fable of good provoked to resist
evil.
Funded in part through a Humanities
Council mini-grant, the project will
conclude with a visit from author Castle
Freeman, Jr. on Thursday, November 4
at 7 p.m. at
the Lutheran
Church of
the Nativity
in North
Conway
Village.
Freeman is
the awardwinning
author of
two previous
novels, a
story collection, and a collection of essays. A regular
contributor to The Old Farmer’s Almanac
since 1982, he lives in Newfane, Vermont,
with his wife, Alice.
For more information, visit the project
website at http://onebookonevalley.
wordpress.com/ or contact Project Director
Olga Merrill at 447-5552 or omorrill@
conway.lib.nh.us.
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Lakes Region Reads concludes in November with a big band concert, lectures
T
first and only published novel. Her niece and co-author, Annie
Barrows, is the author of several children’s books. She completed
the novel after her aunt became ill. Their novel went on to become
an internationally-acclaimed bestseller.
he homefront during war is the focus
of a wide-ranging and multifaceted
community reads project in the Lakes
Region. The Lakes Region Reads
features The Guernsey Literary and
Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann
Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
The project began last month and continues in November with
film screenings, book discussions, lectures and a big band concert
scheduled for Saturday, November 6 at 2 p.m. at the New Hampshire Veterans’ Home
in Tilton. For the most
up-to-date listing of
events, visit the project
website at http://lakesregionreads.wordpress.
com.
Funded in part by a Humanities Council
major grant, the project includes book
discussions, lectures, cooking programs,
events focusing on the contrast between
the home front in New Hampshire
during World War II and the home front today, and a visit
by co-author Annie Barrows. More than 18 libraries and area
organizations are partnering on this project which features scores
of events around the themes found in Shaffer’s and Barrows’
novel.
Copies of the book are
available to borrow at
particpating libraries.
See a full list on the
project website. For
more information,
contact project director
Erin Apostolos at the
Meredith Public Library,
erin@meredithlibrary.
org or 279-4303.
In January, 1946 writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a
stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of
Guernsey during the German occupation told through the letters of
islanders, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
Co-author Mary Ann Shaffer, who passed away in February 2008,
worked as an editor, librarian, and bookseller. She devoted many
years to researching life during wartime on Guernsey for her
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Co-authors Barrows & Schaffer
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North Country
Conway Village, November 4
Freedom, November 9
Berlin, November 10
Lakes Region
Tamworth, November 2
Laconia, November 3
Moultonborough, November 8
Sanbornton, November 9
Center Sandwich, November 9
Tamworth, November 13
Laconia, November 15
Laconia, November 16
New Durham, November 18
Meredith, November 30
Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee
New London, November 10
Warner, November 12
Croydon, November 13
Seacoast
Portsmouth, November 2
Lee, November 3
Exeter, November 3
Rochester, November 8
Hampstead, November 9
Exeter, November 9
Madbury, November 9
Greenland, November 10
Durham, November 14
Somersworth, November 16
Farmington, November 17
Stratham, November 18
Monadnock Region
Peterborough, Novemberr 2
Temple, November 2
Richmond, November 10
Alstead, November 17
Milford, November 18
Antrim, November 21
Keene, November 21
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Boscawen, November 3
Atkinson, November 4
Pelham, November 4
Plaistow, November 6
Manchester, November 6
Chichester, November 8
Salem, November 9
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Concord, November 13
Canterbury, November 15
Hollis, November 16
Brookline, November 16
Nashua, November 18
Manchester, November 18
Plaistow, November 20
NOVEMBER 2010
Calendar of Events • November 2010
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Portsmouth
Laconia
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Portsmouth Library, 175 Parrott Ave.
Spies in Time
Wednesday, 7 p.m., Laconia Public Library
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
How have spying and intelligence activities influenced the course
of history? Investigate case studies of how great powers have used
spies in war and peace. This program traces the history of spying
from the Dreyfus case in France (1894-1906) to the Aldrich Ames
case in the U.S. (1980s and 1990s). Douglas Wheeler, UNH, will
focus on how human motives, traits, and ideas shape the search for
secret information and how that information is used and misused
in international affairs. Contact: Sherry Evans, 766-1703
This book discussion is part of a series titled “Literature as Social
History: Philip Roth.” Roth deftly portrays post World War II
America in this tale of Ira Ringold, a famous radio star, whose
career, marriage and spirit are destroyed by Senator McCarthy’s
Communist blacklist. This month’s discussion will be led by
James Webber, UNH. Contact: Deborah Ross, 524-4775
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Wednesday, 7 p.m., Lee Safety Complex,
20 George Bennett Rd.
Indian Wars of New England
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Peterborough
Tues., 7 p.m., Peterborough Library, 2 Concord St.
Inside Russia Today
Lee
The fall of Soviet Communism in the early 1990s catapulted
Russia into a new social order. Marina Forbes establishes a link
between Russia’s rich cultural heritage and the lives of Russians
today. The ″new rich,″ the evolving role of women, the revival of
the Orthodox Church, humor, family life, entertainment, and the
emphasis on consumerism and tourism are all grist for the mill as
she brings personal experience and research to bear in a close look
at contemporary Russian life. Contact: Michael Price, 924-8040
King Philip’s Indian War had devastating consequences for New
England and New Hampshire, and it spawned the next series
of wars known as the French and Indian Wars. Although not
well known, many of the major events of these wars between
colonists and Native Americans took place in New Hampshire.
This presentation includes eyewitness accounts, maps, and rare
historical sketches from the period. Michael Tougias presents this
program which is co-hosted by the Lee Historical Society and the
Lee Public Library. Contact: Phyllis White, 659-2883
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Tamworth
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Cook Memorial Library, 93 Main St.
New Hampshire Towns and the Civil War
Wed., 7 p.m., Boscawen Library, 116 N. Main St.
The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring Legacy
on the New Hampshire Landscape
This lecture focuses on the home front, not the fighting. Jere
Daniell, Dartmouth College, will describe both formal town
actions and non-governmental community responses. Specific
topics include rewarding men who enlisted; helping citizens
avoid military service; ostricizing war opponents; organizing
aid societies; celebrating military victories; and post war
memorialization. Contact: Amy Carter, 323-8510
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Boscawen
In a brief 30-year period in the early 19th century the New
Hampshire countryside became home to hundreds of thousands of
sheep. Production of wool became a lucrative business, generating
fortunes and providing the only era of true agricultural prosperity
in the state’s history. It left behind a legacy of fine architecture
and thousands of miles of rugged stonewalls. Farmers overcame
enormous challenges to make sheep husbandry succeed, but
forces from beyond New Hampshire were to doom the industry,
with social consequences that would last a century. This program
is presented by Steve Taylor and co-hosted by the Boscawen
Conservation Commission. Contact: Eileen Gilbert, 753-8576
Temple
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 423 Route 45
Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to
President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale
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Sarah Josepha Hale tells the story of her thirty year effort
to have Thanksgiving declared a national holiday. President
Abraham Lincoln enters at the end of her tale, to read his 1863
Thanksgiving proclamation. Sharon Wood portrays Hale and
Steve Wood portrays Lincoln in this living history presentation
which is hosted by the Temple Historical Society. Contact: Honey
Hastings, 878-0862
Exeter
Wed., 7:30 p.m., Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front St.
Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to
President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale
See the listing for November 2 in Temple for a description of this
program. Contact: Laura Gowing, 778-2335
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Atkinson
Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Kimball Library, 5 Academy Ave.
Lively Boys! Lively Boys!
The Origin of “Bad Boy” Books
Sat., 1 p.m., Chateau Restaurant, 201 Hanover St.
A Tribute to Sarah Josepha Hale
In 1866, Ann Wyman Blake was a resident of West Cambridge,
Massachusetts. She talks about Sarah Josepha Hale, a teacher,
writer, editor, and champion of women’s right to a formal
education. Mrs. Hale, born in Newport, NH, edited Ladies’
Magazine from 1827-1836 and later, Godey’s Lady’s Book from
1837-1877. Hale continued to write poetry, novels, and children’s
literature, while serving as a major editorial force for the next fifty
years. Over her lifetime, Hale produced nearly fifty volumes of
work. She is well known for her authorship of ″Mary’s Lamb,″
and for leading the effort to have Thanksgiving decreed a national
holiday. Sharon Wood portrays Blake in this living history
program which is hosted by the NH Mayflower Society.
Contact: Heather Rojo, 432-6916
Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) represent the best of
the ″bad boy″ genre in American literature. But the theory of
″The Human Boy″ that started it all was the brainchild of two
Portsmouth authors. It all began with ″plaguey Ike Partington″
(1850s) by B.P. Shillaber and A Story of a Bad Boy (1869) by
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Boys are born to be bad, the theory goes,
and must fight and fail their way to manhood. J. Dennis Robinson
tracks the NH origins of the genre that gave us Dennis the Menace
and Bart Simpson. Contact: Gail Reed, 362-4402
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Pelham
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Thurs., 6:30 p.m., Pelham Library, 24 Village Green Rd.
A Night of Music with Two Old Friends
Rochester
Monday, 1:15 p.m., Elks Lodge, 41 Columbus Ave.
The Ballad Lives! Singing the Roots of Narrative Art
Over the centuries, immigrants from the British Isles have come
to the Americas, bringing with them their musical styles, tastes,
and instruments. Using the concertina, bodhran, mandolin, octave
mandolin, guitar and banjo in their performances, Mac McHale
and Emery Hutchins sing and play traditional Irish songs and
tunes. They perform American country music the way it was
conceived in the early 20th century and demonstrate how these
tunes are often derived from the songs of the Irish, but have
been influenced by other cultural and ethnic groups (particularly
African American) to create an original American sound. Contact:
Corinne Chronopoulos, 635-7581
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Manchester
Murder and mayhem -- love that cuts to the bone: American
ballads retell the wrenching themes of their English and
Scottish cousins. Transplanted in the new world by old world
immigrants, the traditional story-songs wound up transformed
and reinvigorated in the mountains of Appalachia and along
the Canadian border. They recall the wife who runs off with the
handsome mate, only to go down with the ship; the mother who
murders her newborn twins, only to meet them again in the wood;
the wily lady who kills the elf-knight that planned to kill her first.
But there is love as well: the love of sweet Willie, dying of a
broken heart; the love of John Riley for his first-ever sweetheart,
and hers for him through long separation. John Perrault talks and
sings and picks the strings that bind these old ballads with the
new. Hosted by Homemakers Health Services.
Contact: Elaine Michaud, 822-2140
Conway Village
Thurs., 7 p.m., Church of the Nativity, 15 Grove St.
One Book, One Valley
Author visit with Castle Freeman, Jr.
See the article on page three for more information on this project.
Contact: Olga Merrill, 447-5552 or omorrill@conway.lib.nh.us
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Mon., 7 p.m., Chichester Historical Society, 49 Main St.
Baked Beans and Fried Clams:
How Food Defines a Region
Plaistow
Saturday, 1 p.m., Town Hall, 145 Main St.
Daniel Webster: NH’s First Favorite Son
Chichester
Baked beans, fried clams, fish chowder, Indian pudding – so
many foods are distinctive to New England. This talk offers a
celebration of these regional favorites along with perspective
on how contemporary life has distanced us from these classics.
What makes them special and how do these foods define our
region? This talk will draw from such diverse resources as Fannie
Farmer, Julia Child, and Haydn S. Pearson for enlightenment and
amusement as well as on Edie Clark’s own experience writing and
traveling for Yankee magazine over the past thirty years to places
where baked beans are still featured prominently on the menu.
Contact: Lucille Noel, 798-5709
New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster was instrumental in the
development of national political and legal policy in the formative
years of the American Republic. His national and international
diplomacy and his oratory skills cast him as a leader and a worldclass statesman. This program reviews Webster’s life and career
with attention to his NH ties. Richard Hesse, University of New
Hampshire School of Law, presents this program which is hosted
by the Plaistow Historical Society. Contact: Robert Carolan,
300-0081
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Moultonborough
Freedom
Monday, 7 p.m., Moultonborough Library, 4 Holland St.
Stark Decency: NH’s WW II German POW Camp
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Freedom Library, 38 Old Portland Rd.
Ten Hours Until Dawn
During World War II, 300 German prisoners of war were held
at Camp Stark near the village of Stark in the North Country.
The history of this camp tells us much about our country’s war
experience and about our state. This program is presented by Allen
Koop, Dartmouth College and co-hosted by the Moultonborough
Historical Society. Contact: Frank Vincent, 253-6250
During the height of the Blizzard of 1978 the pilot boat Can Do,
with five men onboard, set out from Gloucester to assist a lost
Coast Guard boat and an oil tanker in a Mayday situation. Michael
Tougias explains what happened on that awful night when seas
became skyscrapers and 100 mile per hour winds battered New
England. Contact: Jane Luke, 539-1652
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Hampstead
Salem
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Salem Museum, 310 Main St.
Our National Thanksgiving:
With Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale
Tues., 7 p.m., Hampstead Library, 9 Mary E. Clark Dr.
Collecting John Paul Jones: America’s 1st Action Hero
Everyone knows his name, but few know his story. The real
John Paul Jones was born in Scotland and spent more than a year
in New Hampshire during the American Revolution. A jealous
genius, Jones (not his real name) was a complex self-made
naval hero on a quest for glory. J. Dennis Robinson tells Jones’
story illustrated with images from his own extensive collection
of ″Jonesiana.″ Robinson shows how America rejected Jones,
then used his name and image to sell everything from whiskey,
cigarettes, and women’s clothing... even to recruit for the US
Navy. Contact: Louise Pryor, 329-5921
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Riverwoods, 7 Riverwoods Dr.
The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring Legacy
on the New Hampshire Landscape
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See the listing for November 3 in Boscawen for a description of
this program. Contact: Liz Smith, 658-3005
See the listing for November 2 in Temple for a description of this
program which is hosted by the Salem Historical Society.
Contact: Beverly Glynn, 893-4133
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Sanbornton
Exeter
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Line Tavern, 520 Sanborn Rd.
Stark Decency: NH’s WW II German POW Camp
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See the listing for November 8 in Moultonborough for a
description of this program which is hosted by the Sanborn
Historical Society. Contact: Linda Salatiello, 236-4256
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 13 Town Hall Rd.
Native American History of New Hampshire
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Madbury
The Pennacook Indians of the Merrimack Valley were the largest
and most powerful coalition of native people on the northern
New England frontier during the 17th and 18th centuries. They,
along with their Abenaki allies from Maine and Canada, held off
Europeans for almost 90 years during a succession of ″Indian
Wars,″ culminating in the end of the French and Indian Wars
in 1761. During this time, Indians and colonists exchanged and
encountered each other’s cultures, religions, trade goods, and
even kinship. David Stewart-Smith presents this program which is
hosted by the Madbury Historical Society. Contact: Don Melvin,
749-1285
Center Sandwich
Tues., 7 p.m., Doris L. Benz Community Ctr., 18 Heard Rd.
Brewing in New Hampshire:
An Informal History of Beer in the Granite State
Glenn Knoblock will explore the fascinating history of New
Hampshire’s beer and ale brewing industry from Colonial
days, from when it was home- and tavern-based, to today’s
modern breweries and brew pubs. Unusual and rare photos and
advertisements document this changing industry and the state’s
earliest brewers, including the renowned Frank Jones. A number
of lesser-known brewers and breweries that operated in the
state are also discussed, including the only brewery owned and
operated by a woman before the modern era. Illustrations present
evidence of society’s changing attitudes towards beer and alcohol
consumption over the years. Whether you’re a beer connoisseur
or a ″tea-totaler,″ this lecture will be enjoyed by adults of all ages.
Anticipating an oft-asked question... Sorry, there are no beer samples
given out at this lecture. Contact: Barbara Carroll, 284-7160
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Richmond
Wednesday, 7 p.m., Veterans’ Hall, Route 32
The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring Legacy
on the New Hampshire Landscape
See the listing for November 3 in Boscawen for a description of
this program which is co-hosted by the Richmond Conservation
Commission and the Richmond Historical Society.
Contact: Jeffrey Taylor, 239-4005
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Greenland
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Weeks Library, 36 Post Rd.
French Canadian Music and Its Cross-Cultures
Tamworth
Saturday, 2 p.m., Remick Country Doctor Museum
and Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd.
Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to
President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale
Lucie Therrien explores the migration of French-Canadians
and the evolution of their traditional music: its arrival in North
America from France; the music’s crossing with Indian culture
during the evangelization of Acadia and Quebec; its growth
alongside English culture after British colonization; and its
expansion from Acadia to Louisiana. Contact: Denise Grimse,
436-8548
See the listing for November 2 in Temple for a description of this
program. Contact: Debra Cottrell, 323-7591
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Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Croydon Fire Dept. Hall, Route 10
That Reminds Me of a Story: Yankee Humor
and the New England Storytelling Tradition
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Berlin
Wednesday, 7 p.m., Fortier Library, WMCC
Tough Guys Book Discussion Series
Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White
Croydon
Why do law-abiding citizens love a good crime yarn? Why do we
respond to the tough detective and his or her often unorthodox
methods of exacting justice? White Mountains Community
College and the Berlin Public Library will examine these
questions and the detective mystery genre through a four-part
book discussion series, Tough Guys. This discussion of White’s
Florida-set novel will be led by Craig Doherty. Contact: Katie
Doherty, at 752-1113 x3086
Good stories never die, they evolve from teller to teller. New
England has a rich and ongoing storytelling tradition from folklore
to ″Bert and I″ to stories about your family, your life, or the town
you live in. Humorist Rebecca Rule will prime the pump with
stories she’s collected at small-town gatherings, often at historical
societies and libraries, over the last ten years, plus a classic or
two. Our ″discussion″ will be the stories that listeners offer up,
and as one story leads to another -- humorous, serious, thoughtprovoking, or just plain entertaining -- we practice and preserve
our stories and tradition. And laugh, a lot. Hosted by the Croydon
Historical Society. Contact: Jane Dearden, 863-5353
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New London
Wednesday, 7 p.m., Meetinghouse, Little Sunapee Rd.
New Hampshire Towns and the Civil War
Sunday, 2 p.m., UNH Paul Creative Arts Center,
Johnson Theatre, 30 Academic Way
Kaddish: Music and Text as a Window into the
Issue of Genocide
See the listing for November 2 in Tamworth for a description of
this program which is co-hosted by the New London Historical
Society and the Tracy Memorial Library. Contact: Sandra LeBeau,
526-7444
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See the article on page one for more information on this program
which is hosted by the UNH College of Liberal Arts.
Contact: 862-2404
Warner
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Friday, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 1 East Main St.
Spies in Time
Canterbury
Monday, 7 p.m., Elkins Library, 9 Center Road
Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to
President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale
See the listing for November 2 in Portsmouth for a description
of this program which is hosted by the Warner Women’s Club.
Contact: Virginia Dahlgren, 456-2882
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Durham
See the listing for November 2 in Temple for a description of this
program. Contact: Susan LeClair, 783-4386
Concord
Saturday, 11 a.m., NH Historical Society, 30 Park St.
A Soldier’s Mother Tells Her Story
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continue to make free, high-quality programs
available in communities across New Hampshire.
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www.nhhc.org or contact us at 224-4071.
Speaking as Betsey Phelps of Amherst, whose son died at the battle
of Gettysburg, Sharon Wood blends his story with that of other
men who left their New Hampshire homes to fight for the Union
cause and their families who supported them on the home front in
this living history program. Co-hosted by the Sons of the Union
Veterans of the Civil War and the Auxiliary to the Sons of the Union
Veterans of the Civil War. Contact: Daniel Murray, 347-1723
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Laconia
Monday, 7 p.m., Laconia Public Library, 695 Main St.
Popular Music During World War II:
Using Propaganda to Boost Morale
Wednesday, 1 p.m., Goodwin Library, Main St.
Meet Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was a leader and a revolutionary, a champion
to the powerless and her story is not over. Hear her describe her
childhood and adolescence during the turn of the century (18841905) and her life as a mother, wife, and First Lady of the World
in this living history program by Elena Dodd. Hosted by the
Farmington Women’s Club. Contact: Joann Doke, 755-3064
World War II brought about a government-sponsored drive to unify
the country and increase morale both at home and abroad in the
military. Over 2,000 songs relating to the war and home front efforts
were written with those goals in mind. Focusing on these songs,
Calvin Knickerbocker uses thirty-five recording excerpts, some
well-known and others obscure, to explore the historical era and the
changes this music wrought in the culture. Hosted by the Laconia
Historical Society. Contact: Jennifer Carroll-Plante, 527-1278
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Alstead
Wed., 7 p.m., Third Congregational Church, 14 River St.
The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring
Legacy on the New Hampshire Landscape
Hollis
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Hollis Social Library, 2 Monument Sq.
Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
See the listing for November 3 in Boscawen for a description of
this program which is hosted by the Alstead Historical Society.
Contact: Dvid Moody, 835-7900
This is the first in a four-part book discussion series titled “Windows
on the Muslim World.” As a prizewinning foreign correspondent
for the Wall Street Journal, Brooks spent six years covering the
Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval
of resurgent fundamentalism. Yet for her, headline events were only
the backdrop to a less obvious but more enduring drama: the daily
life of Muslim women. This month’s discussion is led by Jennifer
Lee. Contact: Mary Ann Wesoly, 465-2411
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Farmington
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Statewide
Thursday, 9 a.m., New Hampshire Public Radio
Socrates Exchange
What is Gratitude?
See the article on page 11 for more information on this program or
visit NHPR’s website at www.nhpr.org.
Somersworth
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Tuesday, 7 p.m., Summersworth Historical Museum,
157 Main St.
Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to
President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale
Stratham
Thurs., 6:30 p.m., Wiggin Library, 10 Bunker Hill Ave.
Familiar Fields: The Power of Community
in the Work of Sarah Orne Jewett
See the listing for November 2 in Temple for a description of this
program which is hosted by the Somersworth Historical Society.
Contact: Darryl Cauchon, 817-9751
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Brookline Public Library, 16 Main St.
Brewing in New Hampshire:
This program by Pontine Theatre’s Marguerite Mathews and Greg
Gathers is based on the life and work of the 19th century New
England author. The presentation explores issues of community
as reflected in Jewett’s stories, and the ways in which her regional
portraits speak about both the essential New England character
and universal experiences of geographic isolation, cultural
insulation, and how individual identity is shaped and defined by
community. Contact: Tricia Ryden, 772-4346
See the listing for November 9 in Center Sandwich for a
description of this program. Contact: Debra Reilly, 673-3330
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New Durham
Thursday, 7 p.m., New Durham Library, 2 Old Bay Rd.
Baked Beans and Fried Clams:
How Food Defines a Region
Laconia
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Laconia Middle School
Uprooted: Heartache and Hope Film Premeire
See the listing for November 8 in Chichester for a description of
this program. Contact: Max Wirestone, 859-2201
See the article on page one for more information on this program.
For the most up-to-date listing of events, visit our web calendar at www.nhhc.org.
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Thursday, 7 p.m., NH Institute of Art
Uprooted: Heartache and Hope Film Premeire
Sunday, 3 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 13 Main St.
Monadnock Tales
See the article on page one for more information on this event.
Two years in the making, Monadnock Tales, a fusion of music
and poetry, had its world premiere in May 2002 at the Colonial
Theater in Keene and has been performed several times since.
The orchestral work, which has been described as a “prayer to the
mountain,” was a collaboration between composer Larry Siegel
and writer Edie Clark. The text of the work, a long narrative
poem written by Clark, weaves the history, lore, and legend of the
mountain into verse. Clark will talk about the process of creating
Monadnock Tales and she will read from the poem. Hosted by the
Antrim Historical Society. Contact: Thelma Nichols, 588-6766
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Nashua
Thursday, 7 p.m., Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St.
Wacky Songs That Made Us Laugh
We need comic relief and songs provide some of the best
(sometimes unintentionally). Calvin Knickerbocker shares
excerpts from hilarious songs that help chart the evolution of
musical humor from the 1920s to the 1980s. Selections poke fun at
WW II enemies, diets, television, sex, Christmas, summer camp,
religion, and many aspects of life. Laugh as you recall wacky
moments from the past and discover new ones. Contact: Carol
Eyman, 589-4610
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Keene
Sunday, 3 p.m., Congregation Ahavas Achim,
84 Hastings Ave.
Stark Decency: New Hampshire’s World War II
German POW Camp
Milford
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Milford Town Hall,
1 Union Sq.
Susan B. Anthony — The Invincible!
See the listing for November 8 in Moultonborough for a
description of this program. Contact: Robert Gewanter, 355-1585
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Anthony’s life (1820-1906) is revealed decade by decade,
paralleling social developments and major movements in the
US. We hear of the Panic of 1837, the Dred Scott case, the AntiSlavery Society, the Civil War, the 14th and 15th amendments.
She recounts her journeys across the country as she establishes a
network of lieutenants working for women’s suffrage. We witness
her involvement in the fight for women’s rights in factories,
schools, colleges, courtrooms and voting booths. Miss Anthony
was willing to endure being caricatured, criticized, even threatened
because she believed in equal rights for all, and she was willing to
devote her life to that cause. Sally Matson portays Anthony in this
living history program which is hosted by the Milford Historical
Society. Contact: Dick D’Amato, 673-2156
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Antrim
Meredith
Tues., 6:30 p.m., Meredith Public Library, 91 Main St.
A Short Course on Islam for Non-Muslims
The foundation of Western civilization rests on three monotheistic
faiths - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The interaction between
and among these systems of belief continues to impinge on
events in daily life and politics on the world stage and in our
communities. Beginning with an outline of Islamic beliefs and
practices, Charles Kennedy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, will
then discuss the major similarities and crucial differences among
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Contact: Erin Apostolos,
279-4303
Curious George — continued from page two
Plaistow
Saturday, 1 p.m., Town Hall, 145 Main St.
Native New Hampshire Before Contact:
Archaeological and Tribal Perspectives
Brazil and then the United States.
Within a month of taking up residence in New York in October
1940, they had four children’s book manuscripts accepted for
publication. Curious George brought the Reys success
and security and went on to become one of the most
beloved figures in children’s literature.
Northern New England was home to native peoples for almost
10,000 years before European contact. Natives were faced with
the after-effects of an ice age, the emerging changes in ecosystem
and climate, and new choices regarding materials for making
tools, clothes, and shelter. This ″prehistoric″ time was anything
but stagnant or sedentary; rather, it was a time of tremendous
movement, energy, innovation, and survival. David Stewart-Smith
presents this program which is hosted by the Plaistow Historical
Society. Contact: Robert Carolan, 300-0081
For more information,
contact the Rey
Center at 236-3308
or visit their
website at www.
thereycenter.org.
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NOVEMBER 2010
Join a new year of The Socrates Exchange discussions on NH Public Radio
T
he Humanities Council has
awarded a major grant to New
Hampshire Public Radio for the
second year of the Socrates Exchange,
a series of philosophical discussions
airing on NHPR’s The Exchange.
children, appreciate things less than we once did?
The December topic will be Why Do We Give Gifts? Future
topics include Are Human Beings Violent by Nature?, Can One
Person be Better Than Another? and Does Beauty Matter?
A few weeks before the show airs each month, the conversation
will be on the Socrates Exchange page of NHPR’s website at
www.nhpr.org and continue after the broadcast on the Socrates
Exchange message boards. You’ll also find a full list of topics
through next June on the web page.
A new philosopher joins the Socrates
Exchange this year. Ed McGushin, an
Associate Professor of Philosophy at
Saint Anselm College, will join host Laura Knoy for three shows.
Veteran philospher Nick Smith, UNH, will be Knoy’s guest for
five shows and Max Latona, Saint Anselm College, will appear on
one broadcast in the spring.
This month’s discussion will air on Thursday, November 18 at
9 a.m. on the topic What is Gratitude? with Nick Smith. Experiencing gratitude and appreciating the gifts that come our way
seem essential to happiness and a good life. Why is this? What
exactly is gratitude? Is it an emotion that we cannot control or is
it a cognitive realization that I should express gratitude? If we do
not “feel grateful” when someone gives us a gift we do not care
for, should we express gratitude anyway? Why do we teach our
children to say “thank you” when we feed them or otherwise give
them something they deserve? Should we be grateful when a teller
returns correct change? We should probably experience gratitude
if someone cooks us a nice meal in her home, but what if the meal
is prepared in a restaurant and we pay for it? Should paying for
something alter our sense of gratitude for it? Do we, like spoiled
Exchange host Laura Knoy and Philosopher Max Latona during one of
last year’s Socrates Exchange discussions.
Center for the Humanities immigration film premieres — continued from page one
Gusinac, a refugee who came to Laconia
from Bosnia as a result of the ethnic
conflict in the region of the former Yugoslavia; Carol Pierce, Chair of the Laconia
Human Relations Committee and a volunteer in the Laconia community assisting the
resettlement of refugees; and Udai Baskota,
a refugee from Bhutan and one of the men
featured in the film.
The panelists for the November 18 screening and discussion in Manchester will
be Dr. Robert Macieski, an Associate
Professor of History at the University
of New Hampshire; Faten Alhassun, an
immigrant to New Hampshire from Kuwait
who has worked as an interpreter, educator,
and interviewer for various social service
organizations, community programs, and
research projects including Our State, Our
Stories; Zahara Mahitula, a refugee from
Somalia and one of the women featured
in Uprooted; and Sara Withers, Project
Manager for Our State, Our Stories and
a cultural anthropologist who has
carried out research projects in Sri
Lanka, Mexico, Massachusetts, and
Manchester.
at www.unh.edu/humanities-center or call
862-4356.
Major funding for the Fences &
Neighbors project was provided
by the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the Endowment for
Health and TransCanada.
For more information, visit the
University of New Hampshire
Center for the Humanities website
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A scene from the film: Hassan Hindal (left) and his father
Saad Hindal, recent refugees from Iraq who now live in
Concord, display their original artwork at PeopleFest in
Manchester. Photo courtesy of the UNH Center for the
Humanities.
Kaddish lecture and performance at UNH on November 14 — continued from page one
Darfur, Congo, Kenya, and the former
Yugoslavia. How can one consider such an
immensely difficult subject without becoming
completely overwhelmed? Lawrence Siegel
shares his interviews with survivors of the
Holocaust and the process used to create art
out of these stories by using their words as
the libretto for Kaddish. Questions
explored include the distinction
between history and memory, art as a way of understanding the past,
empathy as a way of bridging differences, the possibility of hope, and how
ordinary citizens can have an impact on the profound and ongoing issue of
genocide in the world. Siegel’s lecture is available to other organizations
through Humanities to Go. Contact him at larry@tricinium.com.
Lawrence Siegel received a PhD from Brandeis University in Music Theory
and Composition. He has produced more than 25 “verbatim projects”
in which a community, organization, or school creates and performs an
original work of musical theater about its own history and experience.
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