Wild Quack Duck Race

SAT,  May 25

• JCC MEN’s BREAKFAST
  7:30am • JCC Parish Hall
  • Come for delicious food, good company and conversation.
• Community Event: CRAFT FAIRS
  10-4 • Gibson Center campus, North Conway
  10-4 • Schouler Park, North Conway
• Community Event: WEEKEND WALK with Tin Mountain
  10-11:30am • Tin Mountain Nature Learning Center
  • May is a fun time to explore the woods and witness, firsthand, the miraculous daily changes. See ephemeral blooms, year-round and  seasonal birds nesting, renewed activity in Chase Pond and all types insects and amphibians – these harbingers of spring are always a welcome sight.
  • Join Outreach Coordinator, Heather McKendry, for a slow-paced walk that explores the Tin Mountain Conservation trails in Albany, NH. Outdoor highlights include an 1800’s quarry, beaver pond and diverse forests, while inside the Nature Learning Center you will find animal mounts and a gem & mineral collection.
  • Non-member tour:  $15/pp or $25/household. Members are FREE, so consider becoming a member!
  • Click here to register or call 603-447-6991. Walk ins welcome.
• Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • 10am-2pm • Jackson Library (more info: https://jacksonlibrary.org/)
  • 11am-3pm• Bartlett Public Library (more info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/)
• Community Event: HURRICANE DIANE with M&D Playhouse
  7:30pm • Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse
  • Info and tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?actions=4&p=5
  • All seats: $29
  • Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she’s returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac?

• Community Event: BOOK SALE to benefit Jackson Public Library
  9am-3pm • Whitney Community Center
  • The Book Sale takes place at the Whitney Community Center, 16 Black Mtn Rd, adjacent to the Jackson Grammar School.  Find lots of gently used books in a variety of genres at great prices.  There are also dvds, puzzles, and games for sale.
  • Flll a bag for $10.
• Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • 10am-2pm • Jackson Library
    Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • 11am-3pm • Bartlett Library
    More info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/
• Community Event: OPEN HOURS @ Jackson Historical Society
  1-3pm • Jackson Historical Society
  • Also open by appointment.
    More info: https://www.jacksonhistory.org/
• Community MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT around town:
  • Wildcat Tavern: Jeremy Dean • 7-9pm – $5 cover
  • Shannon Door: Dan Aldrich • 7-10pm
  • Ledge Brewing: Skunk Session • 6-8pm
  • Red Parka Pub: Lazy River Riders • 8-11pm

SUN, May 26

• INTERFAITH SERVICE
  8am • Old Red Library (or outside if weather permits)
  • Come for poetry, conversation, and prayer
• WORSHIP with MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
  10:30am   • Jackson Community Church & Livestream to Facebook & jxncc.org – which also appears on jxncc.orgwebsite).Worship through zoom is discontinued, watching livestream is now the way to connect.
  • Music by Sharon Novak
  • Message by Rev Gail Doktor
  • Recognition of virtual deacons
  • Observance of Memorial Day
• Community Event: CRAFT FAIRS
  10-4 • Gibson Center campus, North Conway
  10-4 • Schouler Park, North Conway
• Community Event: WILD QUACK DUCK RACE
  8am – Afternoon • Playing fields by fire pond and riverbank
  • The day’s events start at 8 AM and the first Duck Race goes off at 1:45 PM.
  • To receive your brochure of individual events and times… call the office at (603) 383-9356/(978) 580-0905 or click here after March 1st, 2024.  You can request a mailed brochure by contacting us.
  • Watch the “ever-growing” parade starting from the Covered Bridge at 1:30 PM. Have your picture taken with “Wildquack” the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce Duck, visit local businesses and really enjoy this “ole” fashioned “Day in the Park”.
  • Continuing with tradition – admission to the event remains FREE!
  • For more information, please call the Jackson Chamber of Commerse at (978) 580-0905. More info: https://jacksonnh.com/events/jackson-wildquack-duck-race/
  • This is an entire community family fun-filled day in the park with so much to do throughout the day
    • • music from local favorites Al Shafner/Dennis & Davey
      • fair foods including BBQ, kettle corn, ice cream, lobster sandwiches … affordably priced
      • silent auction … bid aften!
      • kids’ games
      • and so much more!
• HOSPITALITY following church
  11:30am • Parish Hall
• Community Event: BOOK SALE to benefit Jackson Public Library
  9am-3pm • Whitney Community Center
  • The Book Sale takes place at the Whitney Community Center, 16 Black Mtn Rd, adjacent to the Jackson Grammar School.  Find lots of gently used books in a variety of genres at great prices.  There are also dvds, puzzles, and games for sale.
  • Flll a bag for $10.
• Community Event: HURRICANE DIANE with M&D Playhouse
  7:30pm • Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse
  • Info and tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?actions=4&p=5
  • All seats: $29
  • Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she’s returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac?
• Community Event: OPEN HOURS @ Jackson Historical Society
  1-3pm • Jackson Historical Society (Also open by appointment.)
  • More info: https://www.jacksonhistory.org/

• Community MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT around town:
  • Shannon Door: Mike & Becca • 6-9pm
  • Red Parla: Becca & Mike • 4-7pm

MON, May 27 – MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

• Community Event: MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
  9am • – Parade in Jackson starts at J-Town Deli for JGS Band and spectators.
• Community Event: JACKSON, INTERVALE, GLEN, BARTLETT: OBSERVANCES with American Legion Post 95 of North Conway and the Bartlett Francis P. Murphy VFW Post 5386
  • 9am: Jackson Cemetery rifle ceremony
  • followed by visits to the cemeteries in
  • Approximately 10am at Intervale cemetery,
  • Approximately 10:30am at Glen cemetery
  • Ending 11:15 am in Bartlett with a lineup at Cabin Fever Restaurant  followed by a march to Fred Hodgkins Memorial Veterans Park for a brief ceremony
  • Noon: Lunch at the Francis P. Murphy VFW Post 5386 at noon.
• Community Event: MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES in CONWAY
  with Ralph W. Shirley, American Legion Post 46
  • 11:30 am: Conway Village Cemetery.
  • 12:30pm: TMemorial on Pepsy Corner (the park near Burger King) for a brief ceremony
  • 1pm: Veterans Memorial at Kennett Middle School for a brief ceremony
  • 1:30pm: St. Margaret’s Anglican Church of Scotland in Conway for a ceremony
  • 2pm: Finishing at Post 46 on Tasker Hill Road, Conway Village for a final ceremony and light refreshments.
• Community Event: MEMORIAL DAY in NORTH CONWAY: American Legion Post 95 of North Conway
  • S1:30pm: Services near the top of the North Conway Cemetery
  • They will offer prayers and comments, ending with a rifle volley salute by the Post 95 Color Guard and a rendition of taps by Stacy Sand. Presiding over the ceremonies will be Post 95 Commander/Army-Marine Corps veteran Haskell, joined by Navy veteran/Post 95 past commander and now first vice commander John Pandora and Maj. John Edgerton (USAF-Ret.), Post 95’s second vice commander; and judge advocate Donald Ekberg and adjutant/finance officer Steve Robinson.
• Community Event: MORE INFO via Conway Daily Sun
  Info: https://www.conwaydailysun.com