Happy New Year!

We start our new year’s events with a Saturday filled with great events and an amazing show of puppets at the Claremont HopStop this Saturday!

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another great year to share with you.

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HopStop Family Show — The Baffo Box Show by Modern Times Theater

Saturday, January 18, 2025 @ 3:00 — 4:30 PM
CSB Community Center
152 South St. , Claremont NH

A daring work of puppetry, full of beautiful images, junk music and object manipulation.

When the world breaks, someone has to fix it. In this comedy in a box, audiences are invited into a fragile universe of cardboard, where the Baffo Brothers keep the sun running on schedule, negotiate with a demanding neighbor and attempt to keep a changing world from coming apart. 

Modern Times Theater’s re-envisioning of classic hand puppet forms is digital entertainment as it was meant to be: two hands, ten fingers and no camera tricks. 

Puppeteered by Justin Lander and directed by Rose Friedman, The Baffo Box Show was supported by a 2022 Family Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation.

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Cartooning Workshop with Wayne Carter – 3rd Saturday @ 11AM

January 18, 2025 @ 11:00 AM at Claremont Creative Center

Wayne Carter is a Cartoonist and Educator living in Vermont. Wayne is an Alum from the Center for Cartoon studies and recently finished a Residency for the National Parks Service. You can find more of his work at @pinkclownoress onInstagram.

More information

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SACRED HARP Singing

Join us friends! We’ll sing from the Sacred Harp (Denson, 1991)

3rd Saturdays – 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

At: Claremont Creative Center

Free with donations gladly accepted. All are welcome, no experience necessary. Loaner books available.

SAVE THE DATE for upcoming events

2/13/25 Thursday 6:30pm — Myra Flynn @ CCC

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Have you missed previous concerts? Watch them on our YouTube Channel!

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Thank you for your continued support!
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The holidays and the end of the year are close upon us. Please join us for our last two events of the year to close out a great year of events.

Thank you for your continued support!

Claremont Creative Center Open House

Saturday, December 21, 2024 @ 1:00 — 5:30 PM
Claremont Creative Center
56 Opera House Square, Claremont NH

Join us for an eventful celebration of our space built by community for the community! With music, treats, and more!

01:00 PM — Open House begins
02:00 PM — Sacred Harp
04:30 PM — Festive Caroling and Music

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No Strings Marionette Company: Quill and Foyle’s Hasty Composure

Sunday, December 22, 2024 @ 3:00 — 4:30 PM
Claremont Creative Center
56 Opera House Square, Claremont NH

An all-ages show, funded in part by a creation grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts, pairs puppeteers Dan Baginski and Barbara Paulson with composer and conductor Paul Perley. The original musical score provides a magical soundscape to experience the interplay of marionettes and scenery uniquely created to enact the tale of twins Quill and Foyle as they set out to find their life’s purpose.

Sometimes the space between what we want and what we should do creates big problems!

The pair’s courage and determination develop connections to the natural world as they uncover layers about themselves they never knew existed. Paul Perley conducts musicians Melissa Perley, Michiko Oishi, Robinson Morse and Peter Cressy for this unique live performance.

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SAVE THE DATE for upcoming events

1/18/25 Saturday 3:00 PM — HopStop Claremont: The Baffo Box Show – Modern Times Theater @ Claremont Savings Bank Community Center

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Have you missed previous concerts? Watch them on our YouTube Channel!

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Thank you for your continued support!
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