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Great Britain native Marion Posner appears at the Corner House Inn’s Storytelling Dinner Program on Thursday evening, May 3rd.  On her May 3rd visit, Marion will tell a story with a distinctly New Hampshire flavor, based on summers she spent as a child with her gem of a grandmother in Tamworth.Come swim with Marion's story in leech infested ponds, dine on her intrepid great grandmother's recipe of marinated woodchuck, and enjoy other, uniquely NH, experiences!  Join Marion for a uniquely entertaining evening of stories on Thursday, May 3rd.  Thursday Storytelling Dinners begin at 6:30 pm. The price is $19.95 per person. For more information and reservations contact the Corner House Inn in Center Sandwich at 284-6219 or on line at info@cornerhouseinn.com .

Fridays: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 7:00 to 10:00 a.m. For Age 14+ Thanks to Squam Lakes Conservation Society's land protection efforts, there are many protected acres of woods, meadows, and wetlands that provide outstanding and diverse habitats for birds. Join Iain MacLeod for this series of beginning birding programs to learn identification by sight and sound. Meet at the Science Center to travel by van to each site.    Registration is required. Please call 603-968-7194 or email info@nhnature.org.   Cost per program: $12/SLNSC or SLCS member; $15/non-member View our full calendar

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Saturday, May 5, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last admission at 3:30 p.m.) For Everyone Celebrate the start of the 2012 trail season on New Hampshire Day! New Hampshire residents pay just $3 admission. In addition, you will find bargains at our annual New Hampshire Day sale at the Howling Coyote Gift Shop. Special Up Close to Animals presentations at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.    A special thank you to the sponsors of New Hampshire Day: Dead River Company and  New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation.   Registration is required. Please call 603-968-7194 or email info@nhnature.org.   Cost: FREE/members; $3/New Hampshire Residents; $15/adults; $12/seniors (65+); $10/youth (ages 3-15), 2 and under free     View our full calendar

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On Thursday evening, May 10th, Irish storyteller Lynne Cullen weaves tales from the “old country” at the Corner House’s Storytelling Dinner program. For her fourth appearance at the Corner House Inn, Lynne and her concertina will bring you a collection of fractured, frightening, funny folktales, fables and whoppers, featuring plucky women, clever animals, and beings who are a bit of both! Storytelling Dinners are held every Thursday evening at the Corner House Inn in Center Sandwich from late October through the month of May. The Dinner begins at 6:30 pm, and the cost is $19.95 per person, plus tax and gratuity. For more information or to make a reservation contact the Corner House at 284-6219 or online at info@cornerhouseinn.com.

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Saturdays: May 12, 19, 26 For Age 10+ Meet at the Science Center to travel together by van to the North Country for an evening of moose and black bear watching. First, we will visit a special place where mother black bears graze on a salad of flowers and berries while their cubs frolic nearby. As dusk approaches, we'll visit a moose 'hot spot' in search of a sighting of these giants feeding on roadside mud. Registration is required. Please call 603-968-7194 or email info@nhnature.org.   Cost: $18/member; $22/non-member.    View our full calendar.  

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Sunday, May 13, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last admission at 3:30 p.m.) For Everyone Squam Lakes Natural Science Center invites you to bring mom for a special free visit. Mom's enjoy free admission to the Gephart Exhibit Trail with another paid admission.  Cost: FREE/members: FREE/Mom's with another paid admission, $15/adult; $12/seniors (65+); $10/youth (ages 3-15); 2 and under free     View our full calendar.

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Popular storyteller Kate Chadbourne joyfully returns to the Corner House Inn on Thursday May 17th with a program of stories and songs about poets, poetry, inspiration, and powerful words.Come hear stories about the wild old poets of Ireland and Wales who attained inspiration the old-fashioned way (by stealing it!), about poets who used their dazzling word-smithery to solve the un-solvable, and about other poets who set the very seasons in motion with their poetic utterance. On this visit, Kate brings along her “big girl harp,” that large, glorious and resonant instrument referred to in one of Kate’s poems as a “harp boat.”She’ll play and sing a selection of poems set to music – poems by WB Yeats, by an anonymous Irish poet of the 18th century, and...

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Starts Saturday, May 19, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Daily at 1:00 p.m. Holderness, NH – Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is offering Explore Squam Cruises beginning daily on May 19. This 90-minute guided tour has something for everyone. Experience the beauty of Squam Lake on a canopied pontoon boat and learn about the natural history of the area , the wildlife that makes itso special, and the people who have enjoyed the Squam Lakes area for over 5,000 years. View nesting Loons and Bald Eaglesand visit locations where the movie On Golden Pond was filmed 30 years ago Binoculars are available for wildlife viewing. Science Center Lake Cruises depart from the dock on Route 3 at the bridge, next to Walter’s Basin Restaurant. Registration is requested in advance by emailing info@nhnature.o...

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 Prize-winning local author, teacher, storyteller, and folklorist Bonnie Marshall will appear at the Corner House Inn’s torytelling Dinner Program on May 24th. Many of the stories about mischievous or evil spirits contained in The Snow Maiden were suppressed and officially ignored by the Soviets. Previously, Bonnie had authored a translation of South Slavic folktales entitled Tales from the Heart of the Balkans. Any of the stories in her books or new stories that she is working on for her next book is likely to appear in the program. New Hampshire folktales are in her repertoire, too. Come enjoy a delicious meal on Thursday, May 24th and be enchanted by Bonnie’s folktales from lands far, far away. Thursday Storytelling Dinners begin at 6:30 pm. The price is $19.95 per pe...

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The Squam Lakes Association is starting off its busy summer season with the Annual Pancake Breakfast, on Saturday, May 26 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the SLA’s Resource Center in Holderness.The Pancake Breakfast is a great time to catch up with old friends and make some new ones over organic pancakes topped with maple syrup from Squam’s Burleigh Farm, fair trade coffee, fresh fruit and bacon.The $10 tickets for the breakfast are available at the door. Kids under five eat for free! The SLA is excited to unveil a new program at this year’s Pancake Breakfast. The Squam Rangers new program designed to both encourage the community to explore the 50 miles of trails maintained by the SLA and to support the upkeep of the trail network. In addition to breakfast and the Sq...