There was a mistake in The Hippo this week. We are sorry. Things can get crazy on deadline.
However, the Palace Theatre assures me there are plenty of seats available for the benefit show, “An Evening of Comedy with Sarah Silverman and Friends,” Sunday, July 19. You can pick up tickets at the box office at 80 Hanover St. in Manchester, which is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and three hours before a show starts (or order them via phone or Web).
• 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.
• 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.)
The Currier Museum of Art will indeed be open until 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, although they are not holding any of their usual “First Thursdays” themed events. During the rest of the month, the Currier is usually closed by 5 p.m. (and it’s closed all day Tuesdays). The Currier will also be closed on July 4.
“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?
Last week, New Hampshire Institute of Art had a historic building moved. Now you can watch the progress of their construction project on their Web site. As exciting as the Weirs cam? That’s up to you.
Here’s a photo I took before preperations to move the building Feb. 27.
I highly recommend, if you can find your way through the maze that is 21 West Auburn St. in Manchester (it’s sort of behind Murphy’s Tap Room), head to the third floor for painter Dan Greuling’s open studio, between 3 and 9 p.m. (March 1). He’s got some wicked cool stuff, and says other third floor creative types might be participating. Should be a good time with good people.
If you are up in the Concord area, storyteller and author Rebecca Rule is trying out a piece she created from interviews of folks in the Berlin area after the paper mills closed. It’s free, and starts at 3 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium.
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.)
Here’s a few of the upcoming auditions in Southern New Hampshire:
• PRO AUDITIONS The New Hampshire Professional Theatre Association Auditions and Interviews are Sat., Feb. 21 at Plymouth State University’s Silver Center for the Arts. See www.nhprotheatre.org for details.
• THREE MUSKATEERS and A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream auditions for Best Foot Forward Productions Mon., Feb. 23, 6-8:45 p.m., at the Kelly Library, Salem; and Thurs., Feb. 26, 6-8:45 p.m. at Central High School, Beech Street, Manchester. Contact arstasio@yahoo.com. The same cast will perform both plays, outdoors in the summer.
•GREASE open auditions Sat., March 7, for the Prescott Park Arts Festival, directed by David Kaye. Visit www.Prescottpark.org for details or call 436-2848.
• ANDY’S SUMMER PLAYHOUSE auditions for youth ages 8-18 Sat., March 14 at Club Cannon in Peterborough, and Sat., March 21 at the Amato Theater. Planned 2009 scripts include an adaptation of Don Quixote; an exploration of the events surrounding Orson Wells’ 1938 broadcasting of War of the Worlds; and a new musical rendition of Phantom of the Opera. E-mail auditions@andyssummerplayhouse.org or call 654-2613 to reserve space.
This isn’t quite an audition. It’s for producers to pitch plays they want to present at the Players’ Ring:
• PLAYERS’ RING annual producers’ meeting for those interested in presenting at the Ring, Mon., Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Those seeking to produce during the 2009-2010 season get two minutes to make a pitch for his/her show, first-come, first-served. Bring three copies of the script. Contact playersring@myfairpoint.net with questions or see www.playersring.org.
I highly recommend, if you can find your way through the maze that is 21 West Auburn St. in Manchester (it’s sort of behind Murphy’s Tap Room), head to the third floor for painter Dan Greuling’s open studio, between 3 and 9 p.m. (March 1). He’s got some wicked cool stuff, and says other third floor creative types might be participating. Should be a good time with good people.