Layout paramount for safe outdoor concerts at Kensington farm
In response to the current lack of music venues, Crows Feat Farm, Kensington, launched a Summer Music Series, heading into its third week. CFF's series, featuring regional artists, is set in a large field on Sunday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m.
"I pulled it together quickly over the course of a month in order to create a safe venue for musicians to earn some money, ... (and) to foster a sense of community in these trying times," Farm co-owner Karen Parker Feld says. "We started recruiting musicians in mid-June, started ordering materials and equipment, gained approval from the Kensington Selectmen the end of June, and had our first concert (the Soggy Po’ Boys on July 12)."
Live music performed safely was paramount. The farm arranged a 150-person capacity, semicircular seating arrangement, with folks staged 6 feet apart. (Reservations are requested.)
Parker Feld and husband Peter invested in a bandshell tent designed for the space, large enough for proper social distancing. The band is staged 30 feet from the audience "to allow them proper separation."
"This is really the only safe option for these times; the spacious layout of our farm allows ample social distancing," she says. "We’ve marked circles on the grass s6-feet apart that are sized to different groups, ensuring proper separation. We insist on mask-wearing when people are away from their seats, and do a temperature check at the door. We’ve got cooling tents, hand sanitizers, and chilled water."
People are welcome to bring picnics, blankets, and chairs and enjoy an afternoon filled with music.
All proceeds go to the musicians.
"Musicians are really struggling. Gigs have mostly been canceled, bars are closed," she says. "You might add that this series will go forward as a way of showcasing these talented musicians — whether we have an audience of 20 or 200. This is our Field of Dreams. We built it knowing that people will come, eventually.
There's eight shows to go, with the likes of Ben Baldwin & the Big Note, Kimayo, Charlie Jennison and Rodney Mashia. All you need to know is at https://ift.tt/3g0vLoi .
Benson releases second novel
Jacquelyn Benson, playwright and author, released "The Fire in the Glass," her sophomore novel, on May 1, and to her fans’ delight a little something special just this month.
"Glass" is a cross-genre novel with romance, murder, mystery, a touch of the occult, and a pretty fast ride.
The quick tease is London's mediums are being found drained of blood, and psychic Lily Albright knows who the next victim will be. To find the killer before he strikes again, she'll have to reveal her darkest secret to a man she has little reason to trust.
And then there's "The Stolen Apocalypse," a new novelette, free as a download to anyone who signs on to her newsletter list (jacquelynbenson.com).
In an interesting twist, "Apocalypse" features characters from both Benson's novels; "Glass," and "The Smoke Hunter," her first novel (Grand Central Publisher, 2016), a small appeasement for the latter's fans who have hoped its protagonist would return.
"I've always had it in mind that both books take place in the same universe, even though they're separated by about 16 years," Benson says. "So a crossover like this was irresistible."
Benson says "Apocalypse" is a standalone story, no need to have read the previous books.
"It's a rip-roaring adventure yarn set in 1897," she says. "A priceless manuscript is discovered missing, and my characters have to solve the crime (and avert all sorts of peril) in the middle of a high society wedding in this gorgeous Gothic church, Christchurch Priory on the south coast of England."
"The Fire in the Glass" is available at River Run Books, Water Street Bookstore (which offers signed copies) and Amazon. For more info and updates check out jacquelynbenson.com.
’Bus Stop’ production stalled by shutdown
Three months into rehearsal, playwright, actor, director and activist Najee Brown cancelled a production of his original "Bus Stop," due to coronavirus.
The play explores the lives of a group of women of color waiting for a ride to visit male relatives in prison. It was set to make its Seacoast debut in Eliot, Maine, where the Brooklyn transplant now lives.
Pre-shutdown, scenes from the play were presented at a number of area high schools, with follow-up discussion around "the power of words, and nobility," Brown says. "There were some really powerful discussions, that gave some of these children with privileged backgrounds a sense of what it's like to live as a person of color."
Brown and his actresses continue to rehearse on Zoom, and plan to present the piece fairly soon if all goes well. It will be a short run, with a small audience, "a very small, live audience," he emphasizes. The play will be filmed and taped for online viewing; details still in the works.
Meanwhile, Brown will continue with his art and education mission as the curator of "Sol Series," a new Seacoast Repertory Theatre initiative that will focus on the art and issues of black, indigenous and people of color. The project, which will include theater, discussion panels and educational forums will launch in January.
NHAA celebrates 80 years
The New Hampshire Art Association will launch a year-long celebration of its eightieth anniversary with "A Beautiful View" a members' exhibition Aug. 5 to 30.
NHAA is the oldest art organization in the state, and one of the oldest in the country.
"We wanted to do something every month for the eightieth, but we had to put everything on hold ... when we closed in March," Public Relations Coordinator Suzanne Laurent says. "So, we're doing this now to get people interested."
In response to the times, the exhibit will feature smaller, more affordable works. "We hope visitors will enjoy the wide variety of art produced by our regional artists," Laurent says, "and find a beautiful piece to take home."
"When the pandemic hit, we realized we needed to make significant changes to the way we do business, not only to survive but to thrive," Giffroy says. " Two of the most important areas of focus were to increase the effectiveness of our online and social media presence, and to put our art exhibits online so we would not be dependent on people coming into a gallery when they want to shop for art.
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