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Here is the weekend roundup on Patch. So, Get Out, Granite Staters.

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Saturday

Vox Pop Poetry Slam tournament and Team Slam Finals (Stark Brewing Company, Manchester)

FemLink-Art 20th Anniversary Global Celebration (The Art Center, Dover)

The Craftworkers’ Guild Hearth and Home Shop (Bedford)

Java & Jazz (William & Sons Coffee Co., Concord)

AI Reality Check (Wilmot Public Library)

251st Marine Corps Ball (DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown)

Seacoast Artisans Annual Holiday Fine Arts & Craft Show (Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth)

Christmas Craft Fair (St. Elizabeth Seton, Bedford)

Jingle Bell Fair (Parish of the Resurrection, Nashua)

Fall Fair (Main Street United Methodist Church, Nashua)

Arts and Crafts Supply Swap (Nashua Public Library, Nashua)

FBC's "Pinterest-Inspired" Christmas Gift Shop is Back! (First Baptist Church of Nashua)

Main Street Unwrapped (Downtown Nashua)

Santa’s Arrival Celebration at Pheasant Lane Mall (Pheasant Lane Mall, Nashua)

4th Annual Home For The Holidays Fundraising Gala (Manchester Country Club, Bedford)

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters — Special to Big Bear Lodge (Andres Institute Sculpture Park, Brookline)

NCO Fall Concert — Brahms and Shepherds (Nashua Community College)

Barn Sale (152 Bedford Road, Merrimack)

Saturday Storytime (Wonderland Books and Toys, Manchester)

Family Game Night (Wonderland Books and Toys, Manchester)

Pope Memorial SPCA Frosty Paws 5K (Banks Humane Education Center, Pope Memorial SPCA, Concord)

Snowman Fair (Bow Mills United Methodist Church)

Storytime Stations (Heights Branch Library, Concord)

Granite VNA Basic Volunteer Training (Granite VNA, Concord)

Beginner Knitting (Heights Branch Library, Concord)

Watercolor Card Making (Gnomies, Concord)

*FREE* Lecture: Tangled Lives: Native People and English Settlers in Colonial New England (New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord)

Resin Art Ocean Wave (The Canvas Roadshow, Bedford)

Introductory Calligraphy (SEH Studios, Dover)

Birchtree Benefit For Learning Auction (The Regatta Room, Eliot, Maine)

Sunday

• The Beatles at Jazz Sanctuary: Beauty Out of Woundedness (First Congregational Church, Concord)
• Two Chefs: One Table (Gnomies, Concord)
• DISCOVER EVER PRESENT LOVE Active in your life (Nov. 15: Milford Community House)
• Winter Craft Fair! (Congregation Ahavas Achim, Newburyport, Massachusetts)
• 4th Annual Bring on the Holidays Vendor and Craft Fair (Newburyport Senior Community Center, Newburyport, Massachusetts)
• Holotropic Breathwork and Sacred Journey to Ancient Teotihuacan, Mexico (Auria Wellness, Merrimack)

• Angel Immersion: A Day of Angelic Connection & Divine Guidance (Auria Wellness, Merrimack)

Monday

Game Club for Adults (Bedford Public Library)

Make -n-Take Seasonal MINI Planks (Bedford)

GoodLife Senior Holiday Giving Tree (GoodLife Programs & Activities, Concord)

Cuddle Babies (Penacook Library & Activity Center, Concord)

Bereavement Group (GoodLife Programs & Activities, Concord)

Teens & Tweens Air Plant Terrarium (Concord Public Library)

Peace & Justice Conversation: War and Peace Prospects Post-Elections (Zoom)

Upcoming Featured Events

Generator Safety (Nov. 18: Buck Meadow Recreation Area, Amherst)

Misbehaving: Disorderly Houses, Madams, & Prostitution In 19th Century New Hampshire (Nov. 19: The Nashua Historical Society)

Free Monthly Wellness Workshop Program (Nov. 20: Triangle Club, Dover)

Bedford Women's Club Festival of Trees and Holiday Market 11/20 & 11/21 (Nov. 20: Bedford Presbyterian Church)

EHS Class of 2027 Electronics Recycling Fundraiser (Nov. 21: Exeter Bandstand)

$49 AI Workshop — Amherst, NH — Saturday Nov 21st (Nov. 21: C1M Academy, LLC, Amherst)

St. Patrick Church Fair (Nov. 21: Milford)

Nona's Supper Club (Nov. 21: The Flying Monkey Movie House & Performance Center, Plymouth)

$49 AI Workshop — Amherst, NH — Saturday, Nov 21st (Nov. 21: C1M Academy LLC, Amherst)

16th Annual Holiday Open Studio (Nov. 22: Art by Alyssa, Exeter)

GoodLife Senior Holiday Giving Tree (Nov. 27: GoodLife Programs & Activities, Concord)

Recycled Percussion Headlines Holiday Fundraiser in Concord (Nov. 28: Concord City Auditorium)

New Hampshire Coin & Currency Expo (Day 1) (Dec. 4: DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown)

Treasures & Treats Marketplace (Dec. 5: Portsmouth Recreation Community Campus)

The Craftworkers’ Guild Holiday Shop (Dec. 5: Bedford)

Dunstable's Jinglefest and Journey 2026 (Dec. 5: Downtown Dunstable, Massachusetts)

New Hampshire Coin & Currency Expo (Day 2) (Dec. 5: DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown)

The Craftworkers’ Guild Holiday Shop (Dec. 12: Bedford)

Carols, Cookies and Community (Dec. 17: First Parish Cong Church, Dover)

The Craftworkers’ Guild Holiday Shop (Dec. 19: Bedford)

Free Photography Workshop — Amherst, NH — Saturday, January 9th, 2027 (Jan. 9, 2027: C1M Academy, LLC, Amherst)

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