What’s Happening”
August
26, 27, 28, 2016
26,
Friday - Farm to Table Beer & Dinner at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area – 7:00
p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Wachusett
Mountain is kicking off Farm Fresh Fest with a Farm to Table Beer
Dinner featuring brews from our friends at Wachusett
Brewing Company! Upon arrival, guests will enjoy a glass of a
special cask brew of Black Shack Porter with cocoa nibs, then settle in for a
5-course dinner prepared by Wachusett Executive Chef Anthony Celli, paired with
other select beers from Wachusett Brewing Co. The dinner runs from 7-9pm and
includes a brief presentation at the start of each course explaining the beer
being served and why it pairs well with the specific food course. After the
dinner, enjoy some live music to finish off the night. Each guest will also receive
a commemorative beer upon exit. www.wachusett.com
27, 28 Saturday & Sunday- 2nd Annual Farm
Fresh Festival at Wachusett Mountain Ski
Area, 10:00
a.m. – 5:00 p.m. This two-day festival will feature a Farmers’
Market, Craft Fair, Cooking Demos, Local Wine Growers, Agricultural Demonstrations,
Workshops, Contests, Live Music and much more! More than 70 Vendors on
display featuring produce, baked goods, specialty foods, crafts, soaps/oils;
knits/wools; plants/herbs and more. Plus Family Entertainment:
Baby and Miniature Animal Petting Zoos - Pony Rides
- Moonbounces – SkyRide, 499 Mouuntain Rd., Princeton MA www.wachusett.com
27, Saturday – Yankee Street
Fair at the Congregational Church, 138 Main St., Westminster, MA. www.westcong.org.
27, 28, Saturday and Sunday
– Opening Weekend at Sholan Farms, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Entertainment, apple
picking, hayrides, hiking, and good old-fashioned fun! 1123 Pleasant St.,
Leominster, MA www.sholanfarms.com
27 Saturday, Pig Roast at
the Royalston Fish & Game Club, 1:00 p.m. Enjoy a good pig roast? Never gone to
one? Now’s your chance! 50 Main Road, Phillipston. Limited tickets: call
978-249-3004 or check the face book page.
28, Sunday – Car Show and
New England BBQ Society Cook-off at the Otter River Sportsman’s Club, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Antique cars on display. BBQ ribs and chicken wing contests. Public can
participate in a People’s Choice category for a fee. Lord Rd., Templeton - www.otteriversportsmanclub.org.
Or call 978-248-5060.
26, 27, 28– Peterborough
Players present, The Ladies Man, A farce by Charles Morey, The Ladies’
Man was written by former Peterborough Players’Artistic Director, Charles
Morey. It was adapted from Tailleur pour Dames by Georges Feydeau,
the “professor of French farce”. A hilariously zany ride of mistaken
identities, near misses and wild coincidences. This fast paced comedy takes
place in Belle Époque Paris where the recently married Dr. Hercule Molineaux
tells “one, tiny, little, hardly noticeable lie” to cover an innocent but
embarrassing indiscretion. Friday,
7:30 p.m., Saturday, 8:00 p.m., Sunday, 4:00 p.m. 55 Hadley Rd., Peterborough
NH. Tickets $39.00 each. 603-924-7585 www.peterboroughplayers.org.
28, Sunday – Sweet Tea Picnic –
Benefit for Sumner Knight Chapel, 12:00-4:00 p.m., Sumner Knight Chapel, Chapel Dr., Keene NH - On
Sunday, August 28th from noon to 4:00 p.m. there will be a benefit music event,
‘Sweet Tea Picnic,’ for Sumner Knight Chapel. Come see six musical acts
perform, and tour the impressive Tudor Gothic Chapel in Woodland Cemetery. The
music line-up includes the Chamber Singers of Keene (2015 Ewing Arts Award
Winners), Song of the Lark (a musical world journey), Hug the Dog (Indie
Rock/Reggae), Keene Vocal Consort (Keene State College early music ensemble),
Monadnock Chorus Chamber Singers (Peterborough choral ensemble), Decatur Creek
(Americana/Folk). The event will take place at the Chapel, which is located at
0 Chapel Drive in Woodland Cemetery off N Lincoln Street, Keene. For schedule,
map or to donate visit: keenemusicfestival.org. suggested donation of $15. This
event is sponsored by the City of Keene Heritage Commission, Keene Music
Festival, and the Keene Parks and Recreation Department. 603-352-5474
