Name: Community Costume Swap
Start: 2026-10-10T09:00:00-04:00
Location: Concord Public Library

Concord Public Library

Upcycle your Halloween costume! The library will accept donations of clean, gently-used costumes until Friday, October 9th, for all age groups. Then, visit CPL on Saturday, October 10th to browse donated items and walk away with a free Halloween costume! If you can't make this date, then visit the Bow Baker free library on Saturday, October 17th to browse their swap shop.

Local Event: Community Costume Swap

Merrimack County

Tony Schinella

Boston Metropolitan Area

Concord

New Hampshire

Community Costume Swap

Upcycle your Halloween costume! The library will accept donations of clean, gently-used costumes until Friday, October 9th, for...

The Derryfield Restaurant

How can we stop the current U.S. supported violence in the world in the context of the ongoing Trump/Pentagon onslaught? Khury will discuss strategies we can use to end the Iran War, the Gaza genocide, the air strikes in the Caribbean, and strategies for dismantling the whole machine. In that context, we'll also look at the bigger questions about militarism and democracy.
Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow and the Co-Director of the New Internationalism Project at IPS. He researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration and strategizes with activists to work against the violence that the U.S. carries out and supports around the world. Khury focuses especially on U.S. militarism in the Middle East and in the Pacific, and movements that resist it. He graduated from the Clark University Graduate School of Geography in Massachusetts, after completing a dissertation on U.S. military bases in the Pacific. He is one of the co-authors and organizers of the 2023 Black Voices for Ceasefire statement, which was signed by over 6,000 Black activists, artists, and scholars. 
Join us for an afternoon of networking, a delicious meal, a great program, and activist awards.&nbsp;
Karina Quintans will receive the David Van Strien Award. David was passionate about justice, and was a tireless activist for Palestinian human rights, and Karina has shown that same passion with her outstanding work toward peace and justice in the Middle East. That work includes her extended trip to Palestine to meet with leaders and organizations in Hebron, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, the relationships she's built with Dar Alhurriya, The Palestine House of Freedom, and the opportunities she has initiated to educate the people of NH, especially our legislators, on the reality of life in Palestine.
David Detour will be the recipient of the Lois Booth Award. Lois was one of the founders of New Hampshire Peace Action and was the driving force behind its work and growth over many years. David was chosen for this award due to his outstanding dedicated volunteerism for the cause of peace with justice. This includes his work with Southern NH Indivisible, the NH Coalition for Just Peace in the Middle East (taking on many projects!), as well as being an active Peacekeeper.
Megan Chapman will receive the Macy Morse Award. Macy was a NH activist for more than 60 years, particularly involved in direct protest in the peace and anti-nuclear movements. Macy's activism included at least 10 arrests and four jail stints for acts of nonviolent civil disobedience. Megan was chosen to be the recipient of this award for her courageous non-violent action and leadership with the ICE out of Pease campaign, her hands-on, direct on the ground work in Nigeria with villages facing eviction, joining the hunger strike for Palestine last year, and for breathing new life in the Mt Washington Valley Resistance.

Local Event: Strategies for Dismantling the War Machine with Khoury Petersen-Smith

Strategies for Dismantling the War Machine with...

How can we stop the current U.S. supported violence in the world in the context of the ongoing Trump/Pentagon onslaught? Khury...

Strategies for Dismantling the War Machine with Khoury Petersen-Smith

First Congregational Church

Sunday, October 4, 2026 
1:30–3:30 PM 
Hanna Hall at First Congregational Church - 79 Clinton Street, Concord
After taking September off for Labor Day weekend, the First Sunday Jazz Jam returns on October 4 and moves back to its fall/winter home in Hanna Hall.
Whether you've been playing jazz for decades or are just getting started, there's a place for you at the Jazz Jam. All ages and experience levels are welcome. Bring your instrument, your voice, or simply come listen. If you can play the melody from the Real Book, you're ready to join in—no soloing required!
The First Sunday Jazz Jam is a relaxed, informal gathering for musicians and music lovers to play, listen, learn, and enjoy making music together. You don't have to be an experienced improviser, and you don't have to perform if you'd rather just listen.
What to bring: 
🎷 Your instrument and music 
🎵 A Real Book or other fake book 
🎤 Your voice, if you'd like to sing 
👂 Or just yourself and your listening ears
Bring a friend and come make some music!

Free and open to all.

Local Event: First Sunday Jazz Jam Returns October 4

First Sunday Jazz Jam Returns October 4

Sunday, October 4, 2026 
1:30–3:30 PM 
Hanna Hall at First Congregational Church - 79 Clinton Street, Concord
After taking...

Penacook Library & Activity Center 76 Community Drive Penacook, NH 03303

This storytime experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers introduces songs, simple stories, rhymes, movement, and play.&nbsp;Please register at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.concordpubliclibrary.net/librarycalendar&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;usd=2&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SEieJS3yDffg3xx1scaRJ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.concordpubliclibrary.net/librarycalendar</a>.&nbsp;(Recommended for ages 0-18 months)&nbsp;

Local Event: Cuddle Babies

Cuddle Babies

This storytime experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers introduces songs, simple stories, rhymes,...

Do you like computers and technology? Have you ever wanted to write your own programs or games? Join our Kids Who Code Club and get started! No experience necessary!&nbsp;
We will meet on the first Monday of the month. Please sign up so we can have enough supplies! This program is for kids in grades 3-5.

Local Event: Kids Who Code

Kids Who Code

Do you like computers and technology? Have you ever wanted to write your own programs or games? Join our Kids Who Code Club and...

Do you like computers and technology? Have you ever wanted to write your own programs or games? Join our Teens Who Code Club and get started! No experience necessary!&nbsp;
We will meet on the first Monday of the month. Please sign up so we can have enough supplies! This program is for tweens and teens in grades 6-12.

Local Event: Teens Who Code

Teens Who Code

Do you like computers and technology? Have you ever wanted to write your own programs or games? Join our Teens Who Code Club...

Zoom

Danny Valdes is the founder of Cuban Americans for Cuba, an organization dedicated to fostering respectful U.S.-Cuba relations and advocating for the Cuban people. In this talk, Danny will share his personal perspective on the evolution of U.S.-Cuba policy and discuss why it is critical for constituents to engage their representatives on this issue ahead of the upcoming election.
Danny Valdes is a first-generation Cuban American writer and organizer from Miami, now based in New York City. He is the founder and executive director of Cuban Americans for Cuba, a national organization mobilizing the diaspora against the U.S. blockade.

Local Event: Peace & Justice Conversations: Cuban Americans for Cuba 

Peace & Justice Conversations: Cuban Americans...

Danny Valdes is the founder of Cuban Americans for Cuba, an organization dedicated to fostering respectful U.S.-Cuba relations...

Peace & Justice Conversations: Cuban Americans for Cuba 

A&nbsp; new book club for kids in grades 5 and 6! Join us for our first meeting to pick up your copy of The Clackity by Lora Senf. We’ll chat about the book club and make a spooky bookmark! Be sure to come back on Tuesday, October 20 for the big event! Come talk about the book, compare your thoughts, and have a snack or two.

Local Event: Chapter Chasers

Chapter Chasers

A  new book club for kids in grades 5 and 6! Join us for our first meeting to pick up your copy of The Clackity by Lora Senf....

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