Category: Exeter-Hampton

SOJOURNER STORIES:  New Englanders in Nature

PONTINE THEATRE PERFORMS 

 

SOJOURNER STORIES: 

New Englanders in Nature

14 – 30 March  / Portsmouth, NH 

 

 

PORTSMOUTH NH:  Pontine Theatre’s 24-25 Performance Season continues14-30 March with SOJOURNER STORIES: New Englanders in Nature.  This production includes three stories by noted New England authors: “A White Heron” by South Berwick, Maine’s Sarah Orne Jewett, “Farmer Eli’s Vacation” by Hampton Falls, NH’s Alice Brown and “The Star-Splitter” by Robert Frost. 

 

Sarah Orne Jewett was a novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works. Her short story, “A White Heron,” published in 1886, is a coming of age story about a young city girl, Sylvia, who comes to live with her grandmother in the country. She meets a young ornithologist who is hunting a rare bird he recently spotted in the area. Sylvia wants to please the young man by revealing the heron’s location, yet doesn’t want him to take its life. In the end, she embraces her passion for country life and the natural world around her.

 

Alice Brown’s short story “Farmer Eli’s Vacation,” published in 1895, tells of a parochial farmer who lives within an easy drive of the ocean, but has never seen it. His wife plans a week-long excursion to the shore to satisfy her husband’s life-long ambition, but the vastness and strangeness of ocean and shore prove foreign for his sensitive spirit.

Robert Frost’s “The Star-Splitter,” published in 1923, explores the conflict between societal expectatireons and individual passions. A farmer’s pursuit of a telescope leads to the loss of his farm and home. This loss initially evokes ridicule from the townspeople. However, their subsequent contemplation reveals the importance of forgiveness and understanding. Frost uses the image of a telescope, “a star-splitter,” as a symbol of the farmer’s “life long curiosity about our place among the infinities.”

The cast of Sojourner Stories features Pontine Artistic Co-Directors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers. Mr. Gathers creates all the sets and properties for Pontine’s productions. 

 

Pontine’s venue, the 1845 Plains Schoolhouse theatre is located at 1Plains Avenue in Portsmouth NH’s West End.  The intimate performance space is fully accessible with free parking located onsite.  Purchase tickets at Pontine’s website:  www.pontine.org.  Performances are scheduled for Fridays @7pm, Saturdays @3pm and Sundays @2pm.  For more information contact Pontine Theatre:  603-436-6660 / info@pontine.org

This production is supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.  

Exeter Run for Hope 5K

Exeter Run for Hope 5K is on June 8th Starting from the Lincoln St School at 9:30am. Race to benefit Family Promise who is dedicated to creating stability for vulnerable families. Entry $25. Register at www.ExeterRunForHope.com

Cornerstone VNA Achieves 5-Star Patient Satisfaction Rating

Cornerstone VNA Achieves 5-Star Patient Satisfaction Rating

 

Rochester, NH – Cornerstone VNA, a trusted local nonprofit home health and hospice provider, is pleased to share that the agency’s Home Care program has achieved a 5-star rating for patient satisfaction by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The survey asks patients (or their family or friends) about their home health care, and if they would recommend Cornerstone VNA to someone else. The patient satisfaction survey is one of two ratings CMS shares on their Medicare Compare website that allows patients and families to research local home health providers based on quality and patient satisfaction ratings.

Cornerstone VNA is one of five home health care agencies in the State of New Hampshire that has received a 5-star patient satisfaction rating. Quality and Education Director, Lisa Romanovitz, RN, BSN, shares, “Our team is dedicated to providing an outstanding patient experience, and they have worked so hard to ensure our patients feel supported in their care, every step of the way. I am extremely proud of their amazing work.” Home Care Director, Stacey Genest, RN, MSN, WCC, adds, “We are honored to achieve this important distinction, and it motivates our team to continue delivering high-quality, compassionate care.”

An important contributor to a high patient satisfaction rating is the number of specialized services provided by the Cornerstone VNA team. Many clinicians have received certifications in a variety of specialty care services, such as wound care, lymphedema, vestibular, IV therapy, chronic care management, and more. By offering a high level of care in the home, Cornerstone VNA is well-prepared to meet the complex care needs of its most vulnerable patients. Jennifer Ufkin, RN, MSN, President/CEO, shares, “A 5-star patient satisfaction rating is a significant achievement, and is a testament to the work of our incredible team to ensure our patients and their family members receive the best, and most advanced care, at home.”

Cornerstone VNA currently serves Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. The team at Cornerstone VNA provides award-winning care and support through five distinct programs: Home Care, Hospice Care, Palliative Care, Life Care-Private Duty, and Community Care. For 112 years, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end-of-life care. To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call 800-691-1133.

The History of the Barbershop Quartet Concert

The History of the Barbershop Quartet Concert
Thursday, February 27th,  6 -7 PM
Registration Required
Wheaton J. Lane Room

The History of the Barbershop Quartet program, produced by Inside Track/the Granite Statesmen, is a live concert with planned dialogue which tells the story and demonstrates it in song. A 50-minute program that describes the history of barbershop music in America through narration and song. It includes how it started in the 19th century, how it became increasingly popular in the early 20th century, and why its popularity slowed in the mid-20th century. Finally it explains why the musical style is now more popular than ever and spreading around the world.

This program has been provided by the Friends of Lane Memorial Library.

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