New Hampshire school vacation week kicks off with a great events weekend! After all the anticipation leading up to vacation, sometimes kids are easily bored; this weekend is full of fun, family activities to keep them entertained and active.

Saturday is brimming with winter fun statewide! Check out Winter Carnival 2013 in Merrimack, Winterfest 2013, in Bristol, a Winter Carnival in Littleton, and Family Fun Night with Fireworks & Torchlight Parade in Franconia for snow arts, crafts, activities, turkey bowling, cardboard sled racing, face painting, food and fun!

Younger children will enjoy skiing and snowshoeing, games, and activities at the Curious George Cottage with Nordic Kids with Curious George Story Time and Craft on Saturday, and beer enthusiasts will toast to a 10-day brew celebration with Portsmouth Beer Week beginning on Saturday!

Cheers to a great weekend and a fantastic vacation!

Merrimack Region
Theatre
Saturday
Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing)

World Class

Sunday
The Who with Vintage Trouble

All Weekend
Divas Through the Decades

Rumors

Community
Winter Carnival 2013
Merrimack, NH
Saturday, February 23
Enjoy a day of FREE family activities including snowman building, snow art, arts and crafts and lots of outdoor winter fun!

A Night Among the Stars
Concord, NH
Sunday, February 24
With live music and food in the Screening Room and lobby, this exclusively "on location" event will be a night to remember. Guests are encourage to wear their best black and white attire(vintage if possible) and enter the theater to experience a black and white "Red Carpet" walk which will appear on the large screen at the event for all attendees to see! With our new format and ticket price, it makes this an affordable night out for all film lovers and RRT supporters! (Walk the Red Carpet at 6:30 pm and Watch the Live broadcast at 8:00 pm).

Pheasant Lane Mall February Vacation Events
Nashua, NH
Through Wednesday, February 27
Kidgits Club Members can participate for free! Non-members can sign up for a $5 annual fee any time at Guest Services or at the event and will receive a special sign up bag and Kidgits Club T-shirt.

Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Sale
Nashua, NH
Through March 15
For the fourteenth year in a row, the Nashua Garden Club and the Division of Public Works Solid Waste Department are organizing a spring sale of Backyard Compost Bins, Kitchen Waste Pails, Rain Barrels, and Compost Turners. This program is coordinated through the Northeast Resource Recovery Association. Backyard composting creates a rich soil amendment that can be added to plants and gardens or used as mulch for trees and shrubs. Rain barrels cut back on water consumption and lower water bills for homeowners.

Seacoast Region
Theatre
Saturday
NV Concepts presents: TIESTO

Sunday
Indigo Girls with their full band

All Weekend
Spring Awakening

Community
Portsmouth Beer Week
Portsmouth, NH
Feb 23-Mar 4
Portsmouth Beer Week is a 10-day celebration of beer. By partnering with local breweries, restaurants, bars, and distributors, our goal is to increase Portsmouth's footprint on the national craft beer map. Local breweries (including Portsmouth Brewery, Smuttynose, Redhook, and Throwback) and regional breweries have also teamed up with local establishments to provide some unique offerings to their draft lineups. Through a wide variety of events, our aim is to foster a collaborative environment so we can push Portsmouth further along as the great beer city that we locally know it as. Cheers!

New Hampshire People of Color Leadership Summit
Portsmouth, NH
Saturday, February 23
The leadership summit is designed to gather people committed to social justice; identify allies in our communities; and inspire young people to take action.

Dartmouth / Lake Sunapee Region
Theatre
Saturday
Claremont's Got Talent

Community
Twin State Sports Card and Coin Show
Charlestown, NH
Sunday, February 24
Buy sell and trade sports cards and vintage coins with collectors from all over New England. Don't miss this fantastic show with a surprise autograph guest!

Monadnock Region
Theatre
Saturday
An Evening with Sam Bush & Del McCoury 'Two Old Friends Sharing Stories and Songs!'

Sunday
Tim Eriksen and Trio de Pumpkintown

Symphony New Hampshire Presents an Afternoon of Music from Brazil and Mexico

All Weekend
The Keene Lions Club: Annie

Community
Milford Antiques Shows
Milford, NH
Sundays Through March 24
Over 80 dealers from several states present a large variety of quality antiques and collectibles at reasonable prices. Show hours are short and sweet from 8:30 am to 11 am. Admission is only $5 from 8:30 am to 9:30 am and FREE ADMISSION from 9:30 am to 11 am. Free parking, ATM machine in lobby, cafe with brunch specials including fresh baked items and good coffee.

Lakes Region
Theatre
Saturday
Vagina Monologues

Monkey goes Country

Sunday
84th Academy Awards LIVE

All Weekend
Impersonators of Romance - A Night to Remember II

Community
Winterfest 2013
Bristol, NH
Saturday, February 23
Events for the whole Family: Pancake Breakfast at Mason's Hall, Showshoe Activities, Sleigh Rides, Face Painting, Demonstrations, Newfound Football Chili Cook-off (11 am - 2 pm), Squam Lakes Science Center presents: "NH Wildlife" at 11 am, Music provided by "Solitary Man"

Ice Fishing at the Bobhouse
Holderness, NH
Saturday, February 23
You've seen bobhouses on New Hampshire's frozen lakes and ponds but for some the appeal of ice fishing is a mystery. What's it all about? How do fish survive without freezing? How do you tell one fish from another? How is the lake changing under its frozen surface? Join us on the ice to discover the answers for yourself. We will drill holes, test water quality, bait hooks, and try to catch and identify some fish in Little Squam Lake.

White Mountains Region
Theatre
Saturday
Tom Chapin

Love Letters

Sunday
Hate Mail

Community
Winter Carnival
Littleton, NH
Saturday, February 23
A great new chamber event bringing back some great favorite events from Winter Carnivals of the 1970's and the more recent Frostbite Follies, and also brings some new events to town such as main Street Snowmen and much more!

Family Fun Night w/ Fireworks & Torchlight Parade
Franconia, NH
Saturday, February 23
From 4:30-6:30 pm in the Peabody Base Area. Movies for Kids in the Brookside Lodge, Huckerbrook Mini-Park open under the lights for $5 and the Cannonball Pub open for adults. Stick around for the Torchlight Parade & Fireworks at 6:30!

Nordic Kids with Curious George Story Time and Craft
Waterville Valley, NH
Saturday, February 23
An enjoyable way for kids to learn Nordic skiing or snowshoeing and spend time at the Curious George Cottage. Children will play a variety of games and activities on skis en route to the Curious George Cottage, where they will hear stories read aloud and create Curious George themed crafts. It all ends with an extra fun race back to the Nordic Center!

The North Face Park and Pipe Series Freestyle Ski Contest on Exhibiton
Waterville Valley, NH
Saturday, February 23
The North Face is excited to bring another season of freeskiing competition to Waterville Valley! Slopestyle skiing takes place in a venue comprised of man-made features such as rails, boxes, and jumps contained on a single slope. Halfpipe skiing takes place in a halfpipe similar to those used for halfpipe snowboarding. Skiers accelerate through the pipe to gain increased height jumping out of the halfpipe while simultaneously executing challenging grabs, spins, flips and other maneuvers.

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