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This Week at JCC & Around Town: Wed, Aug 4 – Sun, Aug 8

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WED, Aug 4

  • FITNESS with LAURIE McALEER
    9am • JCC Parish House (in-person)
    Join us for a free, gentle fitness class. Please let Laurie McAleer know you will attend. Masking and social distancing required.
  • Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
    2-5pm • Jackson Library
    • Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
    • Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
    • One family at a time in the kids room.
    • Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
    • Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • Community Event: FLOW & ALIGN YOGA with Anjali Rose
    5pm • Zoom. (Zoom Pre-registration link)
    Class sponsored by the Friends of the Whitney Center. We will explore the body, mind and soul with mindful movement. These yoga classes are intentionally created with sequences to instill strength, flexibility and mobility. This fun and community oriented class is for all ages and abilities. Simply bring a mat, strap, block and blanket.
  • Community Event: WHITE MOUNTAIN CEILI BAND
    5:30 – 9pm • Wildcat Tavern Dinner reservations required: 800-228-4245 or 603-383-4245.
    The musicians will play on the porch of the Igloo a safe distance from guests and vice versa. Join Michael Levine (guitar), Dexter Harding (tenor banjo), Siena Kaplan-Thompson (fiddle) & Fiona Howell (flute) for traditional Irish Session music. Stomp your feet, clap your hands, and dance a little jig as these accomplished musicians play centuries old tunes. For more information on the White Mountain Ceili Band visit: whitemountainceiliband.com

THURS, Aug 5

  • Community Event: NATURALIST LED HIKE in JACKSON
    10am • Tin Mountain Conservation Center Field Station, Jackson
    Registration required link. Or call Call 603-447-6991.
    Join Tin Mountain Conservation Center for weekly hikes at the Jackson Field Station property every Thursday in July & August.
  • Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
    10am-7pm • Jackson Library
    • Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
    • Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
    • One family at a time in the kids room.
    • Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
    • Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFT
    1pm • Food pickup
    2:30pm • Curbside package preparation
    5pm • Shift at curbside with guests
    @ 15 Grove St, North Conway, NH
    Rev Gail and JCC volunteers serve this weekly outreach to local homeless and housing-insecure residents.
  • Community Event: WHITE MOUNTAINS JEWISH FILM FORUM – On the Basis of Sex (virtual)
    7:30pm • Zoom. Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsc-irrzMiH91L67W2f1TujAssDhSXCnoU.
    Watch the film in advance. At the WMJFF FILM FORUM on Zoom, Attorney Hillary Schneller will discuss Ginsburg’s legacy including her own work as Senior Staff Attorney for The Center for Reproductive Rights. This fall the Supreme Court will review a Mississippi Abortion law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. In the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Center for Reproductive Rights will defend the right to abortion, a right recognized in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, 1973. Learn about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and this landmark case first-hand from our guest speaker.

FRI, Aug 6

  • Community Event: AWARENESS in the SANCTUARY – Opening to Fresh Perspectives 9:30-10:15 am • In-Person @ Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation Sanctuary & Via Zoom. Please email for registration link: jackisue@aol.com.
    Led by Jacki Katzman • With an introduction by Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum. Focus on Prayers: Bring aim to your prayers with this Awareness Through Movement Eye Lesson. It’s deeply relaxing for the eyes and the whole self, sitting with closed eyes while ‘gazing’ at your hands joined in prayer position. Not only may your prayers find direction, but catching, tossing and hitting may also be improved. Advance Registration Required. Optional donation to Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation (Suggested but not required: $15). Audio recordings of the series will be available.
  • Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
    2-5pm • Jackson Library
    • Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
    • Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
    • One family at a time in the kids room.
    • Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
    • Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS (zoom)
    5pm • Zoom. Email for Zoom link: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org.
    Conversation about this week’s scripture.
  • Community Event: OLD FOREST GROWTH EXPLORATION
    8am-1pm • Grants Parking Lot, Glen, NH to Pondicherry, NH.
    Advance registration required. Call 603.447.6991 to register.
    Old-growth forests are rare in New Hampshire. This field trip is an opportunity to learn how to recognize old-growth forests and to understand why they are so important for biodiversity. David will provide a checklist of old-growth characteristics for participants to use for notes on this and future visits. Using measuring tools such as a diameter tape, clinometer, increment borer, and prism will be demonstrated. This easy-rated hike is a two-mile round trip with minimal elevation gain. We will, however, be off-trail for most of the session and walking on uneven ground with fallen branches and logs. Bring water, lunch, a pencil, and clothing for the weather. Binoculars, a camera, and a hand lens are helpful. David Govatski is a retired forester and silviculturist who has studied and explored old-growth forests and ancient trees across North America.
  • Community Event: SHABBAT SERVICE
    6pm • In-Person @ Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation Sanctuary & Via Zoom
    To join the congregation on Zoom, please register: bhcsynagogue1920@gmail.com
  • Community Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR: Riley Parkhurst
    Evening • Shannon Door
  • Community Event: GARDEN STAGE CONCERT SERIES  –
    Evening • Wildcat Tavern
    Tickets and reservations required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-jason-spooner-band-tickets-157541231063
    Two shows per night, 4:30p-6:30p (Seating 3:45p), 7p-9p (6:45p Seating), Tables have a max of 6 people, All Events are 21 years and older only.

SAT, Aug 7

  • Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
    10am-2pm • Jackson Library
    • Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
    • Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
    • One family at a time in the kids room.
    • Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
    • Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • Community Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR: Joe McDonald
    Evening • Shannon Door

SUN, Aug 8

  • INTERFAITH GATHERING
    8am • Pavilion behind Whitney Community Center & Zoom
    Email for Zoom link: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org.
  • VIRTUAL WORSHIP ZOOM & IN-PERSON
    10:30am •  In sanctuary or by zoom. Email for Zoom link: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org.
    • Join us for worship with music, scripture, prayer and reflection.
    • Live music by Alan Labrie
    • Message with Rev Gail Doktor
    • Stay for coffee hour (via Zoom and in-person).
    • Singing in community now practiced (we may sing with masks depending on local COVID statistics).
    • In-person attendance requires social distancing and masking requested for non-vaccinated individuals.
    • Service will also be live-streamed to website and Facebook (if technology supports this function on the day of event). Afterward, recordings of worship service will be posted to Facebook, Vimeo.com channel & Youtube.com channel.
  • Community Resource: MUSIC under the TENT – Jeff Warner
    4pm • Jackson Library tent and lawn
    Bring chairs and a picnic. Come early for space under the tent.
  • Community Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR: Bobby Sheehan & Jeremy Holden
    Evening • Shannon Door
This Week at JCC & Around Town: Wed, Aug 4 – Sun, Aug 8
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