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‘In the Making’: 18th Annual Nashua International Sculpture Symposium underway

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Larson offers this invitation to the Nashua community: “It’s a circus. It’s a performance. It’s a production. You get to see four talented artists making large format sculpture for your town, and it’s the only time that an artist takes that really, really tender, fragile practice that is art making, risk taking, and does it in front of everyone, publicly. Sounds scary, just saying.  Don’t scare us.  Don’t scare them. So, stop by, stop by, chat with our artists, engage with their making practice, with their artistic practice, and they will in turn engage with you.”

Nashua’s second-graders treated to the ‘Pete the Cat’ shows at NCA

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On Monday morning, a parade of yellow school buses formed in front of the Nashua Center of the Arts on Main Street. They were there to deliver hundreds of second-grade students from each of Nashua’s 12 public elementary schools.

The 900 students were guests of Nashua Community Arts. The non-profit, in coordination with Spectacle Live, organized this one-of-a-kind school trip to see the “Pete the Cat” musical. Buses and tickets, and two performances were provided free of charge to the children. The funds were raised at the charity gala held last summer.

The Nashua Center for the Arts turns 2 and celebrates with a showcase of Nashua talent

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Spectacle Live hosted 141 event days in 2024 and about 90 in 2023, a partial year of operation in the 750-seat venue. Their audience comes from Nashua and beyond, with about 40% within five miles of the venue, 20% coming from Massachusetts, and another 10% coming from more than 75 miles or more. “We have drawn an audience from far and wide.  We get a lot of support locally, but then it’s all over the state and the region,” said Lally.

Let Freedom Ring! A celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. held in Nashua

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“Reverend Dr. King’s dedication to pluralism feels particularly relevant at this moment in our world when so many other forces seek to divide us. It was one of Reverend Dr. King’s deep beliefs that we are stronger and better together. And that when we come together, it’s only through that coming together that we can begin to defeat the forces of evil in our world.”

Festival of Light: India Association of NH celebrates Diwali in Nashua

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Diwali is also called the Festival of Light.  It is a religious holiday celebrated annually in the Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhist faiths. The ritual celebrates an individual’s inner light over spiritual darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Over a billion people around the world celebrate Diwali also known as Deepavali

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