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SwampBats Summer Celebration July 31stFireworks, games2go, Face Painting, And More

Festivities for the community, families, and SwampBats’ fans will take place on Saturday, July 31st with a Summer Celebration – complete with fireworks – at Alumni Field on Arch Street in Keene. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. for family fun and concessions.

“The SwampBats are excited to bring Summer Cel-ebration to the City of Keene and to our SwampBats fans,” says SwampBats President Kevin Watterson. “The fireworks show being planned by Atlas Fire-works will be one of the most spectacular in memory. It will be an evening of fun, family entertainment.”

The celebration includes games2go and other youth activities, face painting, a raffle for a $250 gift certificate to Dube’s Tire Center, and fully stocked con-cessions to make a complete night of it. The highlight of this event will be fireworks (to replace Indepen-dence Eve), courtesy of Atlas, directly after the game.

This is Keene State College Recognition Night, with table giveaways/raffles. It is also American House (a local assisted living facility) Recognition Night, with Community Relations Director Christy Wendlandt opening the game by singing the National Anthem. Sponsors for the evening include Consoli-dated Communications, Service Credit Union, and Monadnock Ford.

Families will find non-stop entertainment at this Summer Celebration, and will leave not only re-membering the fun they had, but the distinct feeling of community when attending a SwampBats event.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and children 10 and under are free.They will be honoring July 3rd and July 31st game tickets only. For more details, visit www.swampbats.com.

By America Reads Program Coordinator Pat Dixe

Monadnock RSVP has been meeting critical needs through volunteer service as well as providing meaningful op-portunities to adults 55 and older since 1974. This local volunteer center covers 33 towns in the Monadnock Region and remains the only organization that provides individualized volunteer man-agement services for volunteers and agencies; screened, trained volunteer tu-tors to the schools and Pre-K programs; and person-centered independent living services free of charge.

America Reads, one of its signature programs, promotes literacy and pro-vides literacy support to area children in kindergarten to third grade through the use of volunteer adult tutors. Creating a proper foundation of literacy at this time is imperative since children at these ages are just learning to read.

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Literacy Support For Young Students

America Reads promotes literacy and provides literacy support to area children in kindergarten to third grade through the use of volunteer adult tutors. One such volunteer, Mike Ward, is pictured reading with a class.

Igniting a passion to read is what volunteers like Neil Moriarty of the America Reads program gives with one-on-one attention.

Electric Earth Concerts will to present the Neave Trio on Monday, July 26th at 7:30 p.m. in Bass Hall, Monadnock Center for History and Culture, in Peter-borough. For their debut performance on this series, Neave will perform Maurice Ravel’s Trio in A minor, Germaine Tailleferre’s Trio, and Astor Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

Since forming in 2010, Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has earned praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances. “Neave” is a Gaelic name meaning “bright” and “radiant,” both of which apply to this trio’s music making.”

While the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered concert halls around the world, the Neave Trio continued to find meaningful ways to perform safely. In April 2020, Anna Williams and Mikhail Veselov were filmed giv-ing an emotional and heartfelt performance of Leon-ard Cohen’s Hallelujah in support of their neighbor – a nurse and new mother – and all essential workers during the coronavirus crisis. The video was shared by PBS’ American Portrait series and has over 1 mil-lion views. Neave has also performed virtual concerts for The Violin Channel’s “Living Room Live” series; the “Notes of Hope: Music for the Frontline” series, which provided a daily performance of thanks by leading Boston classical musicians for COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers at Boston medical cen-ters; and for Longy School of Music of Bard College’s Virtual Benefit. Recent and upcoming livestream concerts include performances presented by the

Neave Trio To Perform July 26th In Peterborough

Anna Williams, violin; Eri Nakamura, piano; and Mikhail Veselov (Misha), cello.

Asheville Chamber Music Series and the Auditorium Chamber Music Series at University of Idaho.

City Express In Keene – More Frequent Service The City Express in Keene has updated its sched-

ule as more normal times return in the city. Two bus routes are operating Mondays through Fridays, and the shopping shuttle stops have now been incorpo-rated into the red and black routes for more frequent service to shopping destinations, including Market Basket, Riverside and West Street Plazas, and Monad-nock Marketplace. Bus service will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with service at many stops, particularly residential areas downtown every 30 minutes.

Safety protocols are still in place, including

driver shields, sanitizing the vehicles, and the FTA requirement for continued use of facemasks. Social distancing is no longer required. City Express fares are $1 a ride, and children under 12 ride free when accompanied by an adult. Discounted pass options are available. Rides to Wheelock Park are free of charge. A Summer Fun Pass for kids ages 12 to 16 for July and August is $10 each month.

Complete schedule details are available at www.cityexpress.org, or by calling 603-352-8494. Informa-tion is also on the Google Maps app.

Umphrey’s McGee In Back-To-Back Shows In Swanzey July 23rd, 24th

The jam band Umphrey’s McGee will take to the Northlands’ stage at Cheshire Fairgrounds in Swanzey in back-to-back concerts on Friday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 24th. All perfor-mances at Northland’s are at 6:30 p.m.

Umphrey’s McGee experiments with many musical genres: rock, metal,

funk, jazz, blues, reggae, electronic, and folk. The six band members include: Brendan Bayliss (guitar, vocals), Jake Cinninger (guitar, vocals), Joel Cum-mins (keyboards, piano, vocals), Andy Farag (percussion), Kris Myers (drums, vocals), and Ryan Stasik (bass).

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