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The Community Players of Concord was the focus of Tuesday’s program. Community Players president Ellen Burger and Karen Braz were with us in studio.

Karen is the director of this weekend’s production of Disney’s “Finding Nemo Jr.” at the Concord City Auditorium Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

For more information it’s: www.communityplayersofconcord.org

Hockey East correspondent John Leahy brought us up to date with all the action over the weekend in the conference including the UNH men’s big victory over top-ranked Boston University on Friday night.

Also, UNH head football coach Rick Santos joined us for his thoughts on the Wildcats’ big victory over the Albany Great Danes in Durham. It was the first conference win of the season for coach Santos’ squad.

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

On Wednesday, October 18, 1933 The Concord Theatre opened on South Main Street in downtown Concord and this coming Wednesday, October 18, Concord will celebrate the 90th anniversary of this historic landmark. The event will take place in the same building The Concord Theater occupied for 61 years and it is now the Bank of New Hampshire Stage. The author of the book “The Concord Theater”, Paul Brogan was our Thursday guest.

Paul is one of the driving forces behind the upcoming celebration which will feature a showing of the Academy Award winning “Moonstruck” featuring Cher, Nicolas Cage and Olympia Dukakis. “Moonstruck” was the theatre’s second most profitable movie of all-time. Listen to the show to find out what was number one!

Jennifer Rockwell, of Flowers by Jennifer sits down and chats with Jane Cormier, as they discuss Jennifer's floral design business on Artful Living!

This week on Facing the Future we’ll look at how Congress avoided a government shutdown on September 30 and whether they’ll be able to do it again by November 17 when the short-term deal they reached comes to an end.

Then we'll look at the latest economic numbers and consider what they mean for the federal budget. Concord Coalition policy director Tori Gorman and chief economist Steve Robinson join me for the discussion.

Dan Weed of Weed Family Automotive in Concord was in studio Wednesday to discuss the latest news in the world of vehicles.

Among the topics, the status of the United Auto Workers strike, issues involving electric vehicle manufacturing and charging stations and the price of new Tesla 3’s are starting to fall in line with non electric cars on the market in terms of price.

The Winnipesaukee Playhouse recently celebrated their 20th season. Lesley Pankhurst (Patron and Company Services Director) and Timothy L’Ecuyer (Artistic Director) from the Playhouse stop by to talk about the theatre came about, how shows are chosen (or not), how they felt the celebration for their 20th season was received, which productions are left in this years season and a quick look at one of the highly anticipated shows for their next season: The Jersey Boys.

For more information, visit their website at http://www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org/

On Artful Living, Jane Cormier and Rob Landry, General Manager of WSCS, a classical music channel in NH, share some exciting news. Classical music fans will be delighted! Join us!

Writer-Director-Producer Adam Newman of Dreamscape Productions was with us to talk about his brand new horror/comedy film, “Everwinter Night”.

Newman is a New Hampshire native and the entire movie was shot in Plymouth, NH. The World Premiere of “Everwinter Night” is set for Friday, October 20 at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth.