Current Events List

March 10, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
GREAT DISCUSSIONSWhere we learn about each other and the wider world. Currently two discussion groups meet weekly; see below for planned discussion materials. If you are curious and have passionate…
March 12, 2025 | 1:30 - 3:00pm
March 12 - A Visit to Ireland in March Michael Behrendt*, the Durham Town Planner, will share pictures and stories from a trip to Ireland a few years ago.  He will speak about the history, culture,…
March 12, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30pm
End 68 Hours of Hunger - A Local Solution for Addressing Childhood Hunger Doris Demers, retired Child Nutrition Director in the Oyster River School District, has been the driving force at Oyster…
March 13, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
CENTER FOR WILDLIFE SERIES - The Center for Wildlife (CFW) is both a private, non-profit wildlife rehabilitation facility and environmental education organization in Cape Neddick, Maine.  They not…
March 14, 2025
ARA Hiking POD – 2025 Hike Schedule Updated February 01, 2025 Winter Hikes Location Jan. 17th – The Gonic Trails – Rochester / Barrington NH Jan. 31st – Adams Point WMA– Durham NH Feb. 7th –…
March 17, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:30pm
Socialize and attend talk.
March 18, 2025 | 9:30 - 11:00am
March 18, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:30pm
2/18/25  At Home, Bill Bryson 3/18/25 The Overstory, Richard Powers At Home Bill Bryson 2/18/25 Sandy Caldwell The Overstory Richard Powers 3/18/25 Nancy Walker Conclave…
March 20, 2025
TOUR #1 – THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2025 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MALunch on your own at one of the Museum’s 3 restaurants Departure:  Durham 8:15AM and Newington 8:30 AM Approximate time of…
March 24, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
GREAT DISCUSSIONSWhere we learn about each other and the wider world. Currently two discussion groups meet weekly; see below for planned discussion materials. If you are curious and have passionate…
March 26, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
Kati Preston, author of Holocaust to Healing: Closing the Circle and young adult memoir Hidden: A True Story of the Holocaust, expresses her family’s painful history during the Holocaust. Twenty-…
March 26, 2025 | 1:30 - 3:00pm
A Virtual Tour Along Ocean Boulevard - Then and Now From Odiorne Point in Rye, “Where New Hampshire Began,” to the hotels and Gilded Age mansions on Little Boars Head in North Hampton and in between…
March 27, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
How to Detect, Recognize, and Report Medicare Fraud Learn how Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries can help prevent, detect and report Medicare fraud in NH.  Lori Raymond is a Senior Medicare Patrol…
March 28, 2025
ARA Hiking POD – 2025 Hike Schedule Updated February 01, 2025 Winter Hikes Location Jan. 17th – The Gonic Trails – Rochester / Barrington NH Jan. 31st – Adams Point WMA– Durham NH Feb. 7th –…
March 31, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
GREAT DISCUSSIONSWhere we learn about each other and the wider world. Currently two discussion groups meet weekly; see below for planned discussion materials. If you are curious and have passionate…
April 2, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
Wooden boat builder, outdoorsman and Big Tree Program measurer, Kevin Martin, will show and discuss our largest trees as described in his new book Big Trees of Northern New England.  Hear how he got…
April 2, 2025 | 1:30 - 3:00pm
Conductor Jeffrey Rink and opera soprano Jennifer Boudette (husband and wife) discuss their journey from leaving lucrative professional positions in Florida to moving to New Hampshire to continue…
April 3, 2025
TOUR #2– THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025 Boston Symphony Open Rehearsal, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA Lunch on your own at the Prudential Center Departure:  Durham 8:00AM and Newington 8:15AM Approximate…
April 3, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30am
Solving the Estate Planning Puzzle Join attorney Joseph Donohue of Donohue, Beasley & Ferber PLLC as he explains how to navigate the complexities of estate planning.  Joe has expertly advised…
April 4, 2025
ARA Hiking POD – 2025 Hike Schedule Updated February 01, 2025 Winter Hikes Location Jan. 17th – The Gonic Trails – Rochester / Barrington NH Jan. 31st – Adams Point WMA– Durham NH Feb. 7th –…