The Week Ahead: Film Festival Opens, Meet Friends, Make Cheese

Here are some fun things to do this week:

Weather

Expect partly cloudy skies on Monday with highs in the mid-60s. Overnight, temps drop down to the low 50s. On Tuesday, partly sunny skies and highs in the mid-70s (slightly cooler on the Seacoast); overnight, lows will drop down to the low 60s. Expect similar weather on Wednesday. However, by evening, showers are possible. Rain is also expected on Thursday and Friday. The weekend is looking good though.

Monday

Scarecrows of the Port, the display of scarecrows throughout Downtown Portsmouth, happens all this week.

The Craftworkers’ Guild Harvest Craft Shop 2014 is open at The Oliver Kendall House, 5 Meetinghouse Road in Bedford from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A Hospice Volunteer Training Session will be held at 6 p.m. at the Amedisys Hospice of Londonderry, 1 E Commons Drive in Londonderry.

The River Card Room, 185 Elm St. in Milford, hosts bingo night at 6:45 p.m.

Paul Combs plays jazz at the Press Room, 77 Daniel St. in Portsmouth at 8 p.m.

Whippersnappers Restaurant, 44 Nashua Road in Londonderry hosts an Open Mic Night featuring Lisa Guyer at 8 p.m.

Tuesday

The Bedford Farmers’ Market is open from 3 to 6 p.m. at the St. Elizabeth Seton Parking Lot, 190 Meetinghouse Road in Bedford.

New England College, 62 North Main St. in Concord, hosts a Home Energy Savings Workshop at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required. Tickets are $30.

The Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St. in Milford, hosts a discussion about wood pellet stoves.

The Central NH Storytelling Guild meets at 7 p.m. at the Horseshoe Pond Place Senior Center Community Room, 26 Commercial St. in Concord.

Wednesday

Merrimack Friends and Families hosts an Information Social at 10:15 a.m. at the Merrimack Public Library, 470 Daniel Webster Hwy. in Merrimack.

The Mall at Rockingham Park, 99 Rockingham Park Blvd. in Salem hosts a retail job fair at 4 p.m.

WineNot Boutique, 170 Main St. in Nashua hosts a Wine and Cheese Tasting Social at 5 p.m.

Making Sense of the American Civil War, a scholar–led series (part lecture, part discussion) that explores the Civil War, will be held at the Wadleigh Memorial Library

49 Nashua St. in Milford at 6:30 p.m.

The Poetry Society of NH – Andrew Periale & Gary Margolas will be held at 7 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St. in Concord.

Andrew Pinard offers his Discovering Magic show at 8 p.m. at Red River Theatres, 1 S. Main St. in Concord. Tickets are $15.

Thursday

The New Hampshire Film Festival begins this week screening more than 100 domestic and international films this weekend.

Toastmasters in Merrimack hosts a Do You Want To Become A Better Speaker? Session at 7 a.m. at the town hall, 6 Baboosic Lake Road in Merrimack.

Teledyne DGO 162 Corporate Drive in Portsmouth, hosts a job fair at 10 a.m.

New England College, 62 N. Main St. in Concord is hosting at a basic soft cheesemaking workshop at 6 p.m. Registration is required. Tickets are $10-$20.

Sal Hughes & Zach Lange perform at 6 p.m. at Rudi’s Portsmouth, 20 High St.

The Bedford Village Morning School, 19 Ministerial Road in Bedford hosts a discussion, How To Talk So Kids Will Listen Workshop, at 6:30 p.m.

The Leach Library hosts an Adult Program, The Day that made Robert Frost at 7 p.m. The library is located at 276 Mammoth Road in Londonderry.

Beat Night Ensemble perform spoken word, poetry, and live music at the Press Room, 77 Daniel St. in Portsmouth at 7 p.m.

Four Sticks, a Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, will be at Whippersnappers Restaurant at 8:30 p.m.

What are you doing this week? Did we miss something? Leave a note in the comment section.