| When | What | Notes |
|---|
| Thu (tonight) + Thu 9/3 | Bluegrass jam, Harlow's Pub, 3 School St, Peterborough | Free, 8–10 PM weekly. Weekend acts too; schedule on their site / FB. 603-924-6365 |
| Sat 8/29 | "Curtain Call," Peterborough Players, 55 Hadley Rd | Season-finale event closing the summer. Confirm time + tickets. 603-924-7585 |
| Fri–Sun | Park Theatre, 19 Main St, Jaffrey | Films nightly in the restored art-deco house; easy dinner-and-a-movie. 603-532-9300 |
| Now, call first | Early apples: Washburn's Windy Hill (Greenville) or Alyson's (Walpole) | Season just opened; Honeycrisp already on at Alyson's. Windy Hill sits next door to New Ipswich. |
| Tue 9/1 on | Hawk watch opens, Pack Monadnock, Miller State Park | RADAR. Naturalist counters daily thru Nov 20; peak mid-Sep–mid-Oct. Any clear day works. |
| Wed 9/2 | Farmers market, Depot Square | 3–6 PM. Home turf. |
| Thu–Mon 9/3–7 | Hopkinton State Fair, Contoocook | Classic Labor Day ag fair: animals, rides, food. ~45 min. |
| Sat–Sun 9/5–6 | Fine Arts Walk, Ashuelot River Park, Keene | Dozens of regional artists along the river. Free. |
| Sat 9/5 | First Saturday Contra Dance, Town House, 1 Grove St | Beginner workshop 7:30, dance 8:00. $12–20 sliding. No experience needed. |
| Sat 9/12, 10:30a | Hurricane of 1938 walking tour, Monadnock Center | Guided downtown walk on the day the storm hit Peterborough. |
| Thu 9/17, 3:30p | Mushroom Meander, McCabe Forest, Antrim | Best ecosystems match. Fungi experts, guided walk, after school hours. Confirm: 603-525-3394. |
| Sat 9/19, 7p | Latin-Baroque Fiesta, Bass Hall | Same day: Lagerfest (likely Post & Beam 10-year; verify). |
| Sun 10/4, 10–4 | Peak Into Peterborough, Depot Park | Free fall festival: vendors, live music, food. |
| 10/10–11 | Wool Arts Tour, area farms + studios | 43rd yr. Sheep, spinning, dyeing. Waldorf handwork territory. |
A hand-labeled sign on a woodland path, spotted on the back route from Tori's to Wilton through Sharon (maybe Temple or Peterborough). It appears nowhere online — not AllTrails, not the town trail maps, not the conservancy, not the papers — which almost certainly makes it someone's named private path.
The known gem on that same stretch is the Wales Preserve. And the coincidence: Pine Hill's December fair builds a children's "enchanted forest" fairy walk every year.
- Next drive-by: note the road name, snap the sign
- Then: parcel + owner lookup, find out if it's walkable