Calendar of events, monthly Potlucks, and more…
All events at the Rice's Mills Community Center unless otherwise noted
Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Yoga with Jillian
Yoga with Jillian - July 17th - All levels are welcome for an hour of gentle yoga that will follow the Hatha and Classical traditions of yoga with longer holds, opportunity for deep stretching and strength building, along with some breath work. You can expect to leave class feeling more grounded and in touch with your body. Jillian Conner is an RYT200 certified yoga teacher living on the side of Gove Hill. Her style is supportive and casual with an emphasis on modifications and honoring each individual body. Learn more about her at https://www.jillianconner.com. Please email Jillian Conner to RSVP for a spot for in this class or with questions. $10 exchange payable by cash, check, or Venmo.
Sweaty Betty
A weekly meetup for low key weights workout.
Be ready for low impact weight lifting, squats, abs, silly cardio and generally sweating. Together, we'll hold ourselves accountable to stay healthy, get stronger and have a good time! Beginners encouraged. BYO weights (any size or none at all), a towel and a yoga mat. Soup cans, half gallon milk jugs filled with water and other makeshift weights are welcome. If you have extra weights to share or gift, bringthose too! Come dressed to sweat and move. Class fee is $5/class and is 1 hour long.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! May 9, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! May 9, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
THE CLOSET ARTIST SHOW
THE CLOSET ARTIST SHOW
Friday 9/26: Opening celebration: 5-8pm. Bring potluck finger foods and drinks. Dress up!
September 26th- 28th. A showing of local art by ‘Closet Artists’, people who don’t normally consider themselves artists or people who do consider themselves artists who are trying something in a new medium or style. A fun, whacky, beautiful celebration of the creativity that’s thriving just under the surface (or behind closet doors) in Thetford. Contact Nancy Limbaugh for more information.
THE CLOSET ARTIST SHOW
THE CLOSET ARTIST SHOW
Saturday 9/27 and Sunday 9/28: 2-5 Gallery will be open for viewing and there will be an attendant.
September 26th- 28th. A showing of local art by ‘Closet Artists’, people who don’t normally consider themselves artists or people who do consider themselves artists who are trying something in a new medium or style. A fun, whacky, beautiful celebration of the creativity that’s thriving just under the surface (or behind closet doors) in Thetford. Contact Nancy Limbaugh for more information.
THE CLOSET ARTIST SHOW
THE CLOSET ARTIST SHOW
Sunday 9/28: 2-5 Gallery will be open for viewing and there will be an attendant.
September 26th- 28th. A showing of local art by ‘Closet Artists’, people who don’t normally consider themselves artists or people who do consider themselves artists who are trying something in a new medium or style. A fun, whacky, beautiful celebration of the creativity that’s thriving just under the surface (or behind closet doors) in Thetford. Contact Nancy Limbaugh for more information.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! May 9, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! May 9, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! May 9, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Sweaty Betty
A weekly meetup for low key weights workout.
Be ready for low impact weight lifting, squats, abs, silly cardio and generally sweating. Together, we'll hold ourselves accountable to stay healthy, get stronger and have a good time! Beginners encouraged. BYO weights (any size or none at all), a towel and a yoga mat. Soup cans, half gallon milk jugs filled with water and other makeshift weights are welcome. If you have extra weights to share or gift, bringthose too! Come dressed to sweat and move. Class fee is $5/class and is 1 hour long.
Mend and Befriend
Mend and Befriend - Join us for a relaxed evening of crafting..could be mending, knitting or another textile but could also be working on a comic book, finally glueing that teacup back together, or stamping envelopes. Whatever you need a big table and a little crafty solidarity to accomplish!
Free and open to anyone.
Craft Day/Dye Pot Party
Crafty Afternoon and Community Dye Pot, June 14th 1-4 pm: Join us for a fun Saturday afternoon of crafting & making art together! Finish that work-in-progress or start a new project alongside your neighbors: knitting, drawing, mending, collage, anything your heart desires. We'll have some natural dye pots on hand, so feel free to bring small cotton, linen, or wool items to dip into the vats while we craft. This is a great way to extend the life of old clothing, napkins, dishtowels, etc. Free, all ages, all welcome. Snacks or drinks to share are welcome! Email katie or steen
Mend and Befriend
Mend and Befriend - You've been meaning to fix those pants and haven't yet. But maybe, just maybe, if you stop by Mend and Befriend, you will.
BYO project, beverage, snacks to share if you like. Crafts of all shapes and abilities are welcome. People who don't want to craft but want to sit with other people crafting, welcome. We may be able to have an extra sewing machine available and folks who can show you how to use it if you don't know. Don't know how to fix it? Don't know what to make next? Come!
Clothing Swap!
Clothing Swap! Sunday, May 25, 1-4 pm
Need inspiration to get to that Spring closet clean-out? or perhaps you've already done it, but just haven't gotten down to Listen to drop off your bags yet?
Then perhaps you'd like to join us for a clothing swap! Bring what you want to part with, and take what you like! Bring friends! Make friends! The more the merrier!
At the end, we can coordinate to donate the clothes that are left (if you'd like to help out with this, please email Jenny.
No need to rsvp. Hope to see you there!
May Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
May 2025 Potluck and Annual Meeting
May 2025 Potluck: 5pm games, 6pm potluck, 7pm activities
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! May 9, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
April Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Gardening Workshop
The Gardening Workshop is a six week native gardening course for beginners and experienced gardeners on how to simultaneously create habitat for pollinators and other wildlife while creating beautiful and thriving yards that inspire and reconnect us to nature.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! April 11, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Gardening Workshop
The Gardening Workshop is a six week native gardening course for beginners and experienced gardeners on how to simultaneously create habitat for pollinators and other wildlife while creating beautiful and thriving yards that inspire and reconnect us to nature.
The Last Ice Film with Q&A to follow.
What and where was Glacial Lake Hitchcock? What evidence is left in our region’s valleys, rocks, soil and waterways? On April 3rd, Rices Mills Community Center brings filmmaker Greg Stott to Thetford to show his new documentary about the effects of the last ice age in the Connecticut River Valley. Greg is a middle school science teacher who made the film after winning a Christa McCauliffe Sabbatical supported by the NH Charitable Foundation in 2023.
Gardening Workshop
The Gardening Workshop is a six week native gardening course for beginners and experienced gardeners on how to simultaneously create habitat for pollinators and other wildlife while creating beautiful and thriving yards that inspire and reconnect us to nature.
Gardening Workshop
The Gardening Workshop is a six week native gardening course for beginners and experienced gardeners on how to simultaneously create habitat for pollinators and other wildlife while creating beautiful and thriving yards that inspire and reconnect us to nature.
March Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Gardening Workshop
The Gardening Workshop is a six week native gardening course for beginners and experienced gardeners on how to simultaneously create habitat for pollinators and other wildlife while creating beautiful and thriving yards that inspire and reconnect us to nature.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! March 14, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Gardening Workshop
The Gardening Workshop is a six week native gardening course for beginners and experienced gardeners on how to simultaneously create habitat for pollinators and other wildlife while creating beautiful and thriving yards that inspire and reconnect us to nature.
Feb Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! February 14, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Jan Dead Jam
Please join us for a Grateful Dead acoustic jam, circle song-swap style Bring an instrument for an unplugged circle song swap style acoustic music jam. And bring chords/lyrics if you have them, or access them online at RMCC. Listeners encouraged. Let's share our love for GRATE music! We may have one plugged in bass. Parking is limited - please carpool.
Dance!
Join us for a dance! We'll have a playlist of varied music including R&B, funk, classic rock, world music etc. All ages welcome! January 10, 7-9pm. Parking is limited - please carpool. Hosted by Maureen Burford and Alex Jaccaci. For more info, or to submit your favorite dance tunes for the mix, contact Alex .
Many thanks! Alex
Meditation Group
Meditation Group - Join us 6:00 - 7:30 for a time of mindfulness practice and meditation. The general rhythm of our group consists of coming together to practice sitting/walking meditation, reading from a dharma book, discussing, sometimes practicing different relational activities and ending with a Metta circle — a time to call in people/situations that could use some extra care, love and attention. . My dear friend Ginger Wallis will also be helping to facilitate. Everyone is welcome regardless of meditation experience! Form more information contact Steen Croitoru (They/them) or Ginger