a 501c3 non-profit with a mission centered around economic and cultural vibrancy in Downtown Nashua, NH
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The Downtowner
Your Source For All Things Local!
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For more Downtown information, visit DowntownNashua.org
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Our photo of the week by Craig Michaud is from the spacious new showroom of Glorious Possibilities. Gloria and her staff have moved from the former Chandler Library building diagonally across from Southern NH Medical Center, to a prime spot at 100 Main Street, right in the center of Downtown!
You’ve absolutely got to stop by (Wed.âSun. from 11 am) and see their beautiful selection of gifts and home decor, just in time for your holiday shopping and decorating!
See more photos of the shop here. Congrats on the move to the new location â we wish Glorious Possibilities great success in the heart of Downtown Nashua!
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Do you have some great pictures of our vibrant Downtown you’d like to show off? Post them to our Facebook page, or send them to us by email! We love to share images that capture the beauty and excitement of Downtown Nashua.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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LEARN ABOUT SELF-GUIDED EXPERIENCES
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âDeveloping Self-Guided Explorations for All Agesâ â
Creating Engaging Interpretive Experiences in an
Increasingly Digital World
2 pm Thursday, Nov. 12
Great American Downtown’s own Program Coordinator Jenn Annand has been tapped to be a panelist in a free zoom webinar tomorrow. Jenn will discuss our free DISTRX app for our downtown art tour â a perfect tool for the webinar topic, âDeveloping Self-Guided Explorations for All Ages.â
Freedomâs Way National Heritage Area (whose grant made our art tour app a possibility!) and partners from across the region have teamed up to offer a series of free webinars leading up to the launch of our newly re-imagined Hidden Treasures Festival of Nature, Culture & History in May 2021.
Panelists will share expertise and insight into their recent efforts to develop engaging self-guided experiences for all ages.
Q-and-A period will follow the presentations.
Registration is required. Please register using the buttons below, even if you are unable to join us live. Recordings will be made available to registrants following the webinar.
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HAPPY DIWALI! JOIN THE CANDLE LIGHTING
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Celebrate Diwali candle lighting
5 pm Sunday, Nov. 15
City Hall Plaza
This weekend, Nashua’s Indian community will celebrate their Festival of Lights: Diwali. For the past five years, we have integrated symbols and customs of Diwali into Nashua’s Winter Holiday Stroll, most notably during the candle lighting at City Hall at the beginning of the event. We handed out hundreds of beautiful clay Diya candles for participants to hold, as we walked up Main Street together, to the City’s Christmas tree lighting.
Though we are not able to gather in large numbers this year and hold the Stroll, our Indian friends and neighbors will gather at City All this Sunday at 5 pm for a socially distanced Diya lighting to make the auspicious occasion. Diyas will be available for those who would like them.
Wishing all of our friends who celebrate a Happy Diwali, and prosperous New Year!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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FINAL WEEKEND TO ENTER OUR CONTEST!
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** Submission deadline is Sunday! **
Nom Nom November Kids’ Cookie Contest
Submit your recipe: Nov 1â15
Vote for your favorites: Nov. 17â25
Great American Downtown invites you to participate in our first-ever cookie contest! Our Nom Nom November Kids’ Cookie Contest will offer local young bakers the opportunity to share their favorite recipes and compete for fun and prizes!
Enter in two age groups â 12 and younger, or teen â through Nov. 15. Then online voting starts, and winners will be chosen!
Learn more in our blog, HERE.
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SANTA IS COMING TO THE SENIOR CENTER!
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Curbside Holiday Santa giveaway
Nashua Senior Activity Center
date in December to be announced
Nashua Senior Activity Center invites you to sign up today for a safe curbside meet-up with Santa and his elves, at their 70 Temple Street location. They will greet you curbside in your vehicle and give you a gift!
FREE and open to all seniors, but you must register ahead of time â so Santa can make sure you’re not on the naughty list!
Limited supplies, so register today! The senior center will call you with the date and time of the event.
Call 603-889-6155 to register
Made possible through the generosity the following businesses: Home Instead Senior Care, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Ledgewood Bay at Milford, Allen Mello Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Silverstone Living, Bridges by Epoch at Nashua, Fairview Senior Living, The Center for Physical Therapy & Exercise, Humana, Anthem, The Arbors of Bedford, and Zis-Sweeney & St. Laurent Funeral Home.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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WINTER FOOD PANTRIES BEGIN
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2â3 pm Tuesdays: YMCA of Greater Nashua, 24 Stadium Drive
2â3 pm Wednesdays: First Church Nashua, 1 Concord Street
2â3 pm Thursdays: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua, 1 Positive Place
These Indoor Winter Food Pantries will include fresh fruits and vegetables, and sometimes rice/pasta, cereal and meat.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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LIVE MUSIC IS BACK DOWNTOWN!
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Above: Matt the Sax
(photo credit: Tara Halvonik Photography)
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Have you been craving live music and crisp autumnal evenings with an adult beverage and a few friends? Us, too! We’re beginning to see our Downtown Nashua restaurants and pubs offering outdoor entertainment, and we encourage you to go down and support them!
Remaining Saturdays in November â Matt the Sax
Fratello’s at 194 Main Street has music 6â9 pm MondaysâThursdays and 6â9:30 pm Friday and Saturday. November talent was not posted on their website by press time.
Peddler’s Daughter at 48 Main Street generally has musicians Fridays and Saturdays, 8â11 pm. Call to confirm.
Stella Blu at 70 E. Pearl Street has musicians Sundays outdoors from 3â6 pm.
Tostaos at 170 Main Street has live music 7â10 pm Thursdays.
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ARE YOU A DOWNTOWN VENUE PRESENTING LIVE MUSIC?
LET US KNOW!
Please email us at [email protected] with your upcoming musicians, so we can share the info with our readers!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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Thank you for being a subscriber to The Downtowner!
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Great American Downtown is a Nashua based 501c3 Nonprofit Corporation that provides coordination, collaboration and partnerships that unify the entire Nashua community around a common vision for an attractive downtown that is vibrant, viable and truly reflects the character of our city. Learn all about our wide variety of programs here.
We’re happy to share information about your upcoming event in and around Downtown Nashua! If you would like to submit an event to be featured in The Downtowner, or are interested in any other sponsorship and marketing opportunities through Great American Downtown, contact our Downtown Marketing Coordinator at [email protected].
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