Park concerts

• Concord holds concerts in Eagle Square on six Thursdays at 7 p.m., and the Nevers’ Band performs at different parks throughout the summer.

• The Londonderry Arts Council plans Concerts on the Common, mostly on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the bandstand on the Londonderry Town Common at Mammoth and Pillsbury Roads. They also run the monthly open mic Nutfield Sessions.

• New Boston’s Recreation Department organizes summer concerts on alternate Sundays at 6 p.m. (New Boston’s Blues Association’s “Barnful of Blues Festival” Aug. 1 is at the county’s 4H Youth Center.)

• Derry uses their MacGregor Park bandstand for Tuesday and Thursday night summer concerts.

• Milford’s “Sounds on the Soughegan” concerts run Wednesdays for about 10 weeks this summer at Emerson Park.

• Merrimack holds concerts mostly Wednesdays at 7 p.m. through Aug. 26 at the Abbie Griffin Park bandstand. (The form to request use of the bandstand is here.)

• Community Events, LLC, is running outdoor family film series at Veterans Park in Manchester and Greeley Park in Nashua this summer.

• New Thalian Players produces Disney’s High School Musical at Veterans Park and Nashua Theatre Guild produces Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Greeley Park (July 17-July 26). (The application to use Veterans Park is here.)

• For information about concerts and other events at Nashua’s Greeley Park’s bandshell see Nashua’s “SummerFun” calendar and check for updates here.

• For more downtown Manchester events, also see Intown Manchester.

• Not outdoors, or in a park, but still free, the SummerSundays Concert Series is at the Hillsborough Center Congregational Church.

~Let me know what else to list…

How he works

“Building Books – The Art of David Macaulay” opens today. I’m counting on it to be brilliant. It’s at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester. If you go, let me know what you think. Does anyone else remember reading Macaulay books as a kid?

Free!

It’s not open today (it’s always closed Tuesdays) but the Currier Museum of Art is offering free admission this week because of school vacation. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (150 Ash St., Manchester) for free Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 25-27. Bring your lap top and enjoy wifi in their Winter Garden cafe. Check the museum calender for tours or kid programs.
(By the way, it’s always free for kids under age 18 to visit, and admission is free Saturdays between 10 a.m. and noon.)

But wait, there’s more

There’s yet a third community show going on. On the other side of the river in Manchester, the Majestic Theatre is putting on a “backstage farce” for two weekends called Moon Over Buffalo, starting tonight.

If you have kids to entertain tomorrow, an option is a children’s art activity at Hatfield Gallery June 21, starting at 10 a.m. But, no, you can’t just drop the kids and run. They must be accompanied by their designated adult.

Kids at the Currier

The Family Studio topic is “Father’s Day Paperweights” tomorrow at the Currier Museum of Art. The art activity will be going on between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Family Studio is a weekly event, while Family Saturdays is monthly. That’s happening June 14 and the theme is “Food in Art.” Families can take a guided gallery walk or try an activity.

A little help

Nashua is set to host it’s first international sculpture symposium between May 18 and June 8 in the millyards. Five sculptors will create pieces that can be sited in public areas around town. It’s a grassroots effort, and organizers are still looking to raise about $37,000 for the project. Help out by shopping at Barnes and Noble in Nashua today, (Wednesday, May 7). Pick up a Bookfair voucher there to present with your purchase so a donation will be made. Meet Brookline sculptor John Weidman there at a program that starts at 6:30 p.m. He’ll talk about the Andres Institute of Art, which conducts an annual sculpture symposium and has partnered with Nashua for this project. Kids can help create a mural tonight that will be given to a school class in another country and a Chinese dance performance is planned.

P.S.

By the way, the venerable Andy’s Summer Playhouse is offering an extra day of auditions. One hundred kids and teens have already tried out, and they are adding a fourth show to their summer season. Contact Andy’s to sign up for a spot on Saturday, April 12, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Peterborough.