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September 2023

Hearth Cooking: Harvest Time in the Phoenix Mill House

September 23 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Phoenix Mill House: Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St
Peterborough, NH 03458 United States
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Harvest Time Hearth Cooking

It is harvest time and we will be cooking up some of autumn's bounty in the Phoenix Mill House. At this open-house program, enjoy samples of dishes cooked over the open hearth and learn about life in the 1830s. Dishes are prepared from period recipes using the kitchen equipment of the time. Some of the ingredients will be harvested from the mill house garden. Our costumed interpreters will tell you about the Samuel and Nancy Prescott family who lived in…

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The Rough & Tumble- Music in Bass Hall

September 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bass Hall: Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St
Peterborough, NH 03458 United States
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Rough & Tumble

Music in Bass Hall welcomes The Rough & Tumble with opening guests Two Crows for Comfort on Saturday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Rough & Tumble The Rough & Tumble, a folk/Americana duo made up of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, will have you in stitches one minute and falling apart at the seams the next. After living in a 16ft camper with two big dogs and one tiny hamster for the last 8 years, playing upwards of 150…

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2023 Monadnock Art Members Exhibition Opening

September 30 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Bass Hall: Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St
Peterborough, NH 03458 United States
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Pottery on display at the 2022 Monadnock Art Members Exhibition

Monadnock Art Members Exhibition Opening Reception We're celebrating Monadnock Art's 2023 Open Studios Tour and Members Exhibition with a party and you're invited! Join us inside and all around the Monadnock Center as we kick off this year's tour with a preview exhibition of members work and a day of fun, food, and ART! On the grounds, there will be music, cider and donuts, and an art raffle with winners drawn on the hour. Inside, the Member Exhibition features works…

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October 2023

Women of Peterborough Walking Tour

October 14 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St., P.O. Box 58
Peterborough, NH 03458 United States
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The Women of Peterborough Guests will enjoy a walk through Peterborough as we explore the places where women made their mark. As we roam through downtown, we will discuss a variety of women from the mill girls who worked in the early 19th century textile mills to the affluent and educated women who transformed the downtown in the early 20th century. This walk introduces participants to the many ways women influenced and shaped the town we know today. The Women…

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Hearth Cooking: An Apple A Day

October 21 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Phoenix Mill House: Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St
Peterborough, NH 03458 United States
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The apple is the focus for our October Hearth Cooking Saturday

New Hampshire's favorite fall fruit is on the menu for our October Hearth Cooking Saturday. Stop by the Phoenix Mill House to sample apple recipes prepared over the open hearth and learn about life in a 1830s mill village from our costumed interpreters, the Prescott Family. The Phoenix Mill Hous is a millworker's home where Nancy and Samuel Prescott lived in the 1830s. The mill house is located directly behind the Monadnock Center's main building at 19 Grove Street. Hearth…

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November 2023

Downtown in Our Town: A Thornton Wilder Walking Tour

November 4 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St., P.O. Box 58
Peterborough, NH 03458 United States
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Downtown Main Street, Peterborough

Take a walk through downtown Peterborough and see it through Thornton Wilder's eyes! The walk will explore the people and places that served as inspirations for Wilder's  Pulitzer Prize-winning play and answer the question, "Is Peterborough Our Town?" This walking tour is free but registration is required. The tour is limited to 20 participants. REGISTER HERE Walking tours are held rain or shine. In the event of plowable snow (yes, possible in November!), the walk will be canceled The tour…

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The Apple Hill String Quartet- Music in Bass Hall

November 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bass Hall: Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St
Peterborough, NH 03458 United States
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The Apple Hill String Quartet

The Apple Hill String Quartet returns to Bass Hall with an exciting program! The evening includes Philip Glass’s Quartet No. 3 “Mishima”, String Quartet No. 1 by the Polish-Lithuanian composer Grazyna Bacewicz, a new composition by a student in the Native American Composers Project (NACAP), and Frank Bridge’s lush Piano Quintet. The Apple Hill String Quartet will be joined by guest artists Sally Pinkas on piano and cellist Jacob MacKay. Called “dashing and extraordinary” by The Strad Magazine, The Apple Hill…

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