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Watercolor and Oil paintings by Barbara Mahar

KSC Music Department Presents A Faculty & Guest Artist Recital

Nashua Community Concert’s Final Performance Features Pianist

Vibrant Art by Sawaf At NH Antique Co-Op

Milford - Be transported to another time and place with the mysterious and vibrant paintings of Hollis artist Marilene Sawaf, now on view through May 3 in the Tower Gallery at New Hampshire Antique Co-op. Sawaf’s richly pat-terned canvases are reminiscent of Medieval stained glass and orien-tal carpets. Sawaf is a member of the New Hampshire Art Associa-tion, the Nashua Area Art Associa-tion and the Sharon Art Center in Peterborough.

The Jaffrey Civic Center is pleased to present beautiful oil and water-color landscape paintings by Bar-bara Mahar in the first floor display Cases from March 2 through April 15.

Barbara came to the Monadnock region in 2000 from Boston’s South Shore. Ten years earlier she took

her first watercolor class and fell in live with the translucent quality of the medium. The many classes and workshops followed, and now wins awards in many area exhibits. She’s a member of the NH Art Associa-tion, duxbury (MA) Art Associa-tion, Keyes Art Group, and Sharon Art Center.

The Civic Center is located at 40 Main Street, Jaffrey (next to li-brary, parking in rear.) Hours are: Tues 10-6, Wed – fri 1-5, Sat 10-2. for more information about this or other shows, either call 532-6527 or check out our website, www.Jaffrey-civiccenter.com.

KEENE – The Keene State College Music department presents a fac-ulty and guest artist recital of fine music on friday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni recital Hall of the redfern Arts Center on Brick-yard Pond. Admission is $10 for the general public and $5 for KSC stu-dents, senior citizens, and youth ages 17 and under. for tickets, call the box office at 358-2168.

The program will feature pianists Maura Glennon and Heather Gilli-gan in works for two pianos, includ-ing Maurice ravel’s Pavane for a dead Princess, leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic dances from West Side Story, and Gilligan’s Speculation for two pianos. Boston-based guest

harpist franziska Huhn will join faculty guitarist José lezcano for a set of innovative works by Manuel Ponce, Alan Hovhaness, and Jorge Morel. The program will also fea-ture the United States premiere of Christopher Swist’s Two Move-ments for Violin and Piano, played by Marcia lehninger and Mau-ra Glennon, and a performance of Elaine Broad Ginsberg’s Cat Songs, with diane Cushing and Maura Glennon. in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth, Maura Glennon will also per-form the famed composer’s Taran-telle in A-flat Major, op. 43, and the Ballade No. 4 in f Minor, op. 52.

NASHUA - The Nashua Com-munity Concert Association’s fi-nal concert in the 2009-2010 series features dynamic pianist rudoplf Budginas. He will perform at Nash-ua’s Elm Street Middle School, 117 Elm Street, Nashua, at 8:00 PM on Thursday, April 8.

rudolf Budginas began his pia-no studies at the age of four, made his debut at the age of nine with the lithuanian National Sympho-ny, and subsequently trained at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. He moved to the United States in 1994, later earning a doctorate in music at USC.

He is known for interacting with the audience, presenting informa-tion and humorous asides about the program. His true passion is giv-ing classical music a broader audi-ence appeal. in his ingenious show “You, Me & the Piano,” Budginas illustrates how classical music has influenced contemporary artists by actually breaking down how Bil-ly Joel might have drawn on liszt’s “Hungarian rhapsody” to get “Pi-ano Man.” He takes the audience from “Claire de lune” to “rhapsody

in Blue” with contagious energy and endless surprises!

Budginas has performed in Par-is, Barcelona, Madrid, rome, Bu-dapest, Salzburg, Cologne, Copen-hagen, Tokyo, riga, Moscow, los Angeles, Seattle and fort Worth. His artistic poetry, virtuosity, and

passionate interpretations have re-ceived critical praise.

Call 882-9158 or go to www.nashuacommunityconcerts.org for further informantion. Tickets may be obtained on-line from www.city-artsnashua.org.

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Rudolf Budginas performs April 8 at the Elm Street Middle School, Nashua.

Fifth Graders Dart Around the World!By Jean Rogers

“in Antarctica they have igloo churches,” says one of the girls in the fifth grade church school class at the Congregational Church of Amherst. No. The class didn’t take a field trip to Antarctica. But, thanks to veteran teacher dave Hager-strom, they are getting a mini tour of world countries each week. A big world map takes up most of the bul-letin board in the fifth grade class-room. Each week one fifth grader gets a turn to throw a dart at the map. Then Mr. Hagerstrom-- not the kids-- has a homework assign-ment. He researches how and when Christianity spread to that part of the world. And the following week, they get a history lesson.

“Sometimes we aim for places we think will be hard for Mr. Hager-strom. But, then the dart goes some-where else,” says lauren rohlfs. for instance, last week the dart went to

Northern labrador. Mr. Hagerstrom found that the nearest road was 300 miles from where the dart landed. Twice the dart landed in Turkey, a fascinating culture. it has also land-ed in Greenland, Australia, Brazil, New Guinea, Siberia, Canada, New Zealand, Hawaii, Sevchelles, Cote d’lviore, and Kotelny island. “We try to shoot for Alaska,” says Hag-erstrom’s daughter, lindsay, “but it never lands there.”

Most of the class is made up of AMS middle-schoolers who say the stories tie in with topics from their Social Studies class at school. There is a little bit of archeology, history and social studies, which makes a faith-based study program more in-teresting and tangible for your aver-age active fifth grader.

for Hagerstrom, an engineer by day, it’s a fun exercise. “it shows that we’re all God’s people—not just the Christians.” The class is also raising funds for Greg Mortenson’s organi-zation, the Central Asia institute,

which builds schools and promotes literacy in Pakistan and Afghani-stan. His co-teacher for this term,

his wife, Kim, says every class is in-teresting. “The kids have learned that church is not just a building like we have here in Amherst.” Whether they worship in a tent, a hut, or a ca-thedral, kids all over the world find peace in worshipping.

Fifth Graders at the Congregational Church study the spread of Christi-anity throughout the globe, with the simple throw of a dart!

Camden Patt throws a dart at the world map, while classmates intently watch to see where it will land.

Lauren Rohlfs checks her grip, as she takes aim at the world map.

Teacher, Dave Hagerstrom points to a spot on the world map, for the Fifth Graders’ weekly adventure.