ONGOING
- Community Event: GEOCACHING (Upper Saco Valley Land Trust program)
Sept 20-Oct 1 • Dundee Forest
Explore the Bartlett Tract of the Dundee Community Forest project while seeking geocaches throughout the forest rich with biodiversity and pristine streams. Enjoy the exploration on your own, with friends, and with family members while appreciating the protection of rare natural ecosystems. Be one of the first to find hidden geocaches and win a prize! Email info@usvlt.org for the clues!
TUE, Sept 21
- CLERGY LUNCH (zoom)
12:30pm • Zoom
Lunch with clergy gathers for collegial support. Rev Gail attends.
WED, Sept 22
- CLASS: FITNESS with LAURIE McALEER
9am • JCC
Join us for a free gentle fitness class. - Community Event: PHOTO WALKS along DUNDEE ROAD (Upper Saco Valley Land Trust program)
9am-Noon • Space is limited; reservations required. Email info@usvlt.org to register, and include which date you would like to attend.
USVLT and the North Country Camera Club will host two photowalks focusing on streams, woods, scenic vistas, the Dame House cellar hole and the Ham House along Dundee Road as features of the Dundee Community Forest project. Perhaps the foliage will also be sharing its beautiful colors! Photographers of all levels are invited to attend. Space is limited; reservations required. Email info@usvlt.org to register, and include which date you would like to attend. Please bring your own camera. - Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
2-5pm • Jackson Library - 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, Sept 23
- 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: INTRO to WILDERNESS and ADVENTURE THERAPY (Upper Saco Valley Land Trust program)
10am • Space is limited; reservations required. Please email info@usvlt.org to register.
The use of the outdoors as a therapeutic catalyst for change is as old as time itself. In the modern era, it has been referred to as wilderness therapy, outdoor therapy, adventure therapy, and ecotherapy, and has been growing all over the country and the world for the last 25 years. This two-hour experience will teach participants ways to use the outdoors to accelerate the therapeutic benefit – whether a multi-day solo adventure or a twenty-minute walk in the woods – as well as a brief history of the field. The talk and walk will be facilitated by Jackson local Will White, and will take place in the Dundee Community Forest project area in Jackson. - Community Event: HAWK TALK (Tin Mountain program)
7pm • Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87482871350
Meeting ID: 874 8287 1350
Join Tin Mountain research manager Katy Lewis for a discussion of common migrating hawks of the northeast. The program will cover basic identification marks, flight, behavior, and sightings of hawks. An optional hawk watch on 9/25 allows participants to put these new ID skill into practice.
FRI, Sept 24
- 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: WAY STATION HOUSING TASK FORCE
Afternoon • Northern NH with Tri-County Cap
Rev Gail and members of housing task force participate in tours of existing facilities to investigate potential housing options for local area. - C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS
5pm • Zoom (link required)
Gather virtually to discuss scripture and explore art images associated with the text. - Community Event: SHABBAT SERVICE
6pm • In-Person @ Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation Sanctuary & Via Zoom
To join us on Zoom, please register here: bhcsynagogue1920@gmail.com - Community Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR – Jeremy Holden
Evening • Shannon Door
SAT, Sept 25
- Community Event: PHOTO WALKS along DUNDEE ROAD (Upper Saco Valley Land Trust program)
9am • Space is limited; reservations required. Email info@usvlt.org to register, and include which date you would like to attend.
USVLT and the North Country Camera Club will host two photowalks focusing on streams, woods, scenic vistas, the Dame House cellar hole and the Ham House along Dundee Road as features of the Dundee Community Forest project. Perhaps the foliage will also be sharing its beautiful colors! Photographers of all levels are invited to attend. Space is limited; reservations required. Email info@usvlt.org to register, and include which date you would like to attend. Please bring your own camera. - Community Event: HAWK WATCH: Peary Mountain (Tin Mountain program)
9am • Field program. Register for details. Registration is required. Call 447-6991 or click here to register online.
Join us in search of hawks during their fall migration. Enjoy a great hike on Peary Mountain in Brownfield, Maine, while we look for hawks, other birds, and signs of fall. Bring binoculars or borrow ours. - Community Event: INSIDE/OUTSIDE
1pm / 4pm / 7pm • Majestic Theater, Conway, NH
More info & tickets: http://www.artsinmotiontheater.com/
Arts in Motion Theater Company is proud and honored to announce a “page to stage” writing and live theatre project titled Outside, Inside.Directed, facilitated and produced by Aimee Frechette, Glenn Noble, Jacob Dunham, alongside an amazing team of teenage co-directors, this all-inclusive process is not to be missed! - 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 -Bobby Sheehan & Jeremy Holden
Evening • Shannon Door - Community Event: GARDEN STATE CONCERT – Jon Sarty Band
4:30p-6:30p (Seating 3:45p) / 7p-9p (6:45p Seating) •
Wildcat Tavern, Jackson
Two shows per night. Tables have a max of 10 people. Events are all ages. Tickets required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-jonathan-sarty-band-tickets-150324611961?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
SUN, Sept 26
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Pavilion & Zoom (link required)
Poetry and conversation outside. Join us. Bring your own hot beverage on cold mornings! - CHOIR REHEARSAL
9am • Zoom (link required) - VIRTUAL WORSHIP & IN-PERSON
10:30am • Zoom (link required)- Join us for worship with music, scripture, prayer and reflection.
- Live music by Alan Labrie
- Message with Rev Gail Doktor
- Stay for virtual coffee hour (via Zoom only).
- In-person attendance requires social distancing, masking when not seated is requested, masking is required for non-vaccinated individuals (additional precautions may be changed based on COVID stats and CDC guidelines).
- 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 Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR – Riley Parkhurst
Evening • Shannon Door - Community Event: COLD RIVER RADIO SHOW
7pm • Majestic Theater, Conway, NH
Info & tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cold-river-radio-show-9th-anniversary-celebration-tickets-168638140217
9th Anniversary Showwith Host Jonathan Sarty and His Fabulous Cold River Radio Band and Special Guests, “Boston’s Queen of Soul Jazz,” Cassandre McKinley, Guitarist Tyler-James Kelly Frontman of “The Silks”, Author of “The Last Seat in The House: The Story of Hanley Sound” John Kane, and Local Spotlight Duo “Just Be-Cause,” with singer/songwriter Christine Rogers and bass player Moe Baillargeon.
This week with JCC and around town: TUE, SEPT 21 – SUN, SEPT 26