| | Dear –FNAME–, Wow! What a week it has been!ICYMI, this year’s Nu Muse Festival will be a ticketed event. Nu Muse is Southern NH’s premier “outside the box” spring arts and music festival. Tickets are free, but limited due to the growing interest and capacity of the Nu Muse Main Stage performance area. This event is still over two months away, but in the first week over 1,100 tickets have been claimed. We expect that all tickets will be claimed over the next month, so head on over and sign up for yours now! Feel free to invite friends along, and get read for our Main Stage lineup announcement coming next week!
Have a great week! -Paul Paul Shea Executive Director
Great American Downtown | | |
| | Our photo of the week was captured by Sky Gidge, while shooting time lapse photography from the top of the Odd Fellows Building here in Downtown Nashua! Check out some of his photo and video work on Instagram at @CupOfKoala, and stay tuned in the weeks ahead for some great time-lapse captures of our Downtown!
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. Without further ado, here is what’s going down and coming up in Downtown Nashua! | | |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
| | Support Alyssa O’Mara Going Over the Edge for Gate City Community Gardens! | | |
| | Donate to the cause today! As a member of Great American Downtown’s team, Alyssa O’Mara is going over the edge to raise money to support the Gate City Community Gardens Program. The programâs Nashua Heritage Rail Trail Community Garden was established in the Tree Streets Neighborhood in 2013, with a total of 12 beds. 10 additional beds were built at the garden site in 2016. Our leased area of the trail has ample room for the addition of more garden beds, as well as the establishment of permaculture at the site, like pulbic fruit trees, bushes, and fruiting vines. Funds raised by our team will support expansion of this program through the purchase of materials for garden expansion, replacement of older raised beds as they break down, purchase of plants, garden equipment and materials, water bills, and support education programming and garden scholarships. The GCCG program offers garden beds at a nominal fee of $35 each year, which covers 75% of our water bills â but also offers scholarship – no questions asked – to applicants who express an inability to pay. This program is part of a broader rail trail stewardship effort. In taking on the garden program â this is GADs first big step in the area of downtown neighborhood wellness. We hope you will support us, and in doing so â support a more connected, healthy, beautiful, and vibrant Downtown Nashua. | | |
| | Summer Youth Internship Program offered by the City of Nashua! | | |
| | Application deadline is March 23rd! Mayor Donchess is pleased to announce the first City of Nashua Youth Summer Internship Program. The six-week program will provide 13 paid internships within city departments during the summer for high schoolers entering their senior year. The program is a collaboration between the cityâs Economic Development Division, the Mayorâs My Brotherâs Keeper initiative and the Nashua School District. The mayorâs MBK initiative is based upon well-researched findings and expert recommendations from multiple disciplines, which concluded that coordinated efforts can improve the life prospects and outcomes for all our young people. By intervening at key moments in life, using evidence-based strategies and comprehensive approaches, we can remove barriers, expand opportunity, and improve outcomes for all. Furthermore, we know the availability of meaningful jobs throughout the year, with decent wages and career paths, is central to any successful economic development strategy. Click the button below to view expectations, application instructions and the selection process timeline! | | |
| | Free Friends of Kevin Networking Event @ the Millyard Technology Park! | | |
| | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 6-8pm Kevin Willett the Founder of the Friends of Kevin Networking Group is happy to announce that the Friends of Kevin will be hosting a free networking event in Nashua, NH at The Millyard Technology Park. The Friendworking event will be held on February 28th from 6-8pm. The Millyard Technology Park is located at 10 Technology Way. The event is on the 3rd floor in the cafe. Please register for this event! | | |
| | TGIF Book Signing @ Banyan Tree Yoga! | | |
| | FRIDAY, MARCH 2 6-7:15pm Abby Rosmarin â writer and long-time teacher at Banyan Tree Yoga â has released her newest book: In the Event the Flower Girl Explodes, a comical story about love, family, and communication. To celebrate its release, join Abby on Friday, March 2th, at 6 p.m., for a combination book reading and yoga class. Hear a few passages from the book and enjoy one of Abbyâs innovative, creative, and fun yoga classes. Class is by donation, with all proceeds going to Boston’s Children’s Hospital as part of Yoga Reaches Out. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a book signing after class. | | |
| | Ashton Cigars Event @ Castro’s Backroom! | | |
| | FRIDAY, MARCH 2 6-9pm Pleased to announce a Ashton Cigars event in Nashua Friday March 2, 2018 6pm-9 pm great deals on All Ashtonâs, La Aroma De Cuba and San Cristobal Cigars!!! Come enjoy some fantastic cigars, great deals and meet the new Ashton Rep Kelly Shemeth! | | |
| | Onesie’s Pub Crawl @ in downtown Nashua! | | |
| | SATURDAY, MARCH 3 4pm-12am * Entry to 6 of your favorite downtown bars with no cover charge
* Registration party & after party
* Drink specials
* Amazing sponsors (Captain Morgan, Smirnoff, Bud & Bud Light)
* Hundreds of crawlers in their onesies taking over downtown Nashua
* Giveaways & prizes throughout the night
* DJ’s spinning at a couple of stops
* Glow necklaces & foam glow sticks
* ‘Keep the cup’ at participating bars
* BEST ONESIE CONTEST – Win great prizes!
* KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR MORE UPDATES & SURPRISES! | | |
| | Sign up for the 2018 Garden Season with Gate City Community Gardens! | | |
| | DEADLINE, MARCH 20th Great American Downtown operates a 24 bed community garden, along the Nashua Heritage Rail Trail, located near to Pine Street, about 0.3 miles down the trail from City Hall. With the new garden expansion area online, we are now looking for more interested folks for the 2018 gardening season! You can sign up at the link below. We are very excited to be partnering with Grow Nashua to offer enhanced educational opportunities for the coming season! | | |
| | Seed Starting Seminar @ Nashua Farmer’s Exchange | | |
| | SATURDAY, MARCH 3 10am-11am Join the Seed Starting Seminar! Ever wonder how and when to start your vegetable seeds? Wonder no more! Nashua Farmer’s Exchange will be discussing the ideal times to grow for specific seed types, the lighting and soil conditions needed, and the best container choices for your seeds’ needs. Mark your calendars and feel free to bring your questions to the seminar! | | |
| | Developing Presence @ American Apothecary! | | |
| | SATURDAY, MARCH 31 10am-11:30am Developing better relationships, creating peace in your life and enhancing your creativity in the midst of your crazy schedule can be challenging. Laura Klain from Bud to Blossom makes mindfulness easy in this 90 minute workshop. | | |
| | Performing Live at Peddler’s… Down a Fifth! | | |
| | FRIDAY, MARCH 1 9:30pm-12:45am Live music at Peddler’s Daughter! | | |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
| | Performing Live at Riverwalk… Tim Gearan Band with Sonic Avionics! | | |
| | SATURDAY, MARCH 2 8pm-11pm Named âResidency King of the Hub, and said to be âjust too talented to remain a local hero,â by The Boston Globe; Tim Gearan, the Boston based singer-songwriter was awarded Unsung Hero at the Boston Music Awards in 2004, as well as Best Ongoing Residency in 2012 and continues to be nominated for BMAs today. After 10 years of touring nationally and abroad as a sideman guitarist for Toni Lynn Washington, Gearan settled down in Somerville, Massachusetts and performs his own music with a remarkable band of Boston MVPs almost exclusively, occasionally stripping down his songs in to a full house. Gearan has been a regular guest of local super-groups Session Americana, the Sea Monsters and of Treat Her Right. He has been acclaimed for his performance of Hades in Anais Mitchellâs folk opera, Hadestown, toured to Scotland with Kris Delmhorst, Alastair Moock and Rose Polenzani as part of a project called the âBoston T Party,â and continues to collaborate with an amazement of artists in Boston and beyond. “He’s like an eclectic Little Feat, hitting on different genres from bluesy slide-guitar workouts, to New Orleans Swing, funky soul, country-jazz, and even a touch of Tex-Mex. Gearan has never been bound by formula — and that’s the key.” – Steve Morse | | |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
| | Performing Live at Riverside BBQ… Sons of Thunder! | | |
| | SATURDAY, MARCH 3 8-11pm Join the Spring Kick Off at Riverside BBQ with Sons of Thunder! | | |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
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| | There is always something great happening in Downtown Nashua. In fact, there is so much great stuff going on that we can’t fit it all into our newsletter. Make sure to follow along with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and at DowntownNashua.org to make sure you don’t miss out! See you Downtown! Paul Shea
This newsletter was created in part by Carolyn Walley, Marketing Coordinator at Great American Downtown Inc. a 501(c)3 Non Profit If you would like to submit an event to be featured in The Downtowner, or are interested in any other marketing opportunities through Great American Downtown, drop Carolyn a line! | | |
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