THINGS TO DO TODAY! Sunday November 17, 2013

Advice To The Players Auditions for Shakespeare's 'Richard III.' Advice To The Players is looking for professional, community and student actors for its production "Richard III." Open auditions will be on Sunday, Nov. 17 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the upstairs theater at the Sandwich Town Hall. The production will run from March 7-23, 2014 and will be performed at the Town Hall Theater in Sandwich, at YourTheatre in North Conway and at several area high schools. Advice To The Players is a unique organization that uses professional, community and student actors in its productions and all are welcome to try out. Bring a resume and a headshot if you have them and be prepared with one serious and one comic piece totaling three minutes. To schedule, email Becca@advicetotheplayers.org. For more information go to www.advicetotheplayers.org.

Local Author June O'Donal At White Birch Books. June O'Donal, local author of "The Fryeburg Chronicles Book III," will be speaking at White Birch Books on Sunday, Nov. 17, starting at 2 p.m. The Fryeburg Chronicles are a series of educational, family-friendly, historical fiction novels set in Fryeburg, Maine. White Birch Books is located in North Conway Village just south of the park, across from TD Banknorth. For more information about the event, or to reserve a copy of The Fryeburg Chronicles, call White Birch Books at 356-3200. You can also visit their website at www.whitebirchbooks.com or at facebook.com/whitebirchbooks.

Berlin Jazz Band. St. Kieran Arts Center in Berlin is presenting the dynamic Berlin Jazz Band at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. For more information and tickets call 752-1028.

Home Concert. A house concert, open to the public, offers jazz and romance to lighten up November's growing darkness, featuring vibrant vocalist Peggo Hodes performing with Instrumentalist Kent Allyn, at a home near Silver Lake at 4 p.m. "Dance Me to the End of Love," a folk song by Leonard Cohen, sets the tone for this celebration of love songs, all to benefit the students of Mountain Top Music, our local community music school. Reservations for the concert are essential and can be made by telephoning Belle at Mountain Top Music at 447-4737. Since the concert is offered in a private home, the concert venue address is withheld until reservations have been made.

Free Meal At Nativity Lutheran Church. The Nativity Lutheran Church in North Conway offers a free meal to the community on the third Sunday of each month. Today the meal will be a turkey and ham dinner, complete with side dishes, salads, desserts, and beverages. Meals begin at 11:30 a.m. and are served through 12:30 p.m. in the social hall downstairs in the church building, located at the corner of Main and Grove Streets in North Conway. A recently installed new elevator lift makes the downstairs now accessible for everyone. No reservations are needed, and all are welcome. For more information, call the church office at 356-7827. 

Wendy Appleton Benefit. There will be a fund-raising event for Wendy Appleton starting at 4 p.m. at the Shannon Door in Jackson. Wendy Appleton is a single mother who sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident on Route 16A on Oct. 9.

'The Magic Roller Coaster.' Arts in Motion Theater Company is presenting a whirlwind tour of musical history with its original production of "The Magic Roller Coaster" at 4 p.m. at the historic Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse. Join the pre-show fun with carnival games and prizes starting 45 minutes before each show. What happens when a roller coaster can travel to any place and any time? Magic! Featuring a cast of enthusiastic local children between ages 6 and 11, "The Magic Roller Coaster" takes audience members on an exciting musical journey from contemporary times and back through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Tickets are just $10, and can be purchased at the door or online at www.artsinmotiontheater.com.

EVERY SUNDAY

White Mountain Art Exhibit. The Museum of White Mountain Art at Jackson presents its inaugural exhibition "The Road to Jackson: a Journey through the White Mountains of New Hampshire." The exhibition features 44 nineteenth century paintings of artists of the White Mountain School of Art from private collections. The museum is open Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and other days by chance or appointment. The museum is in Jackson's historic Town Hall, which also houses exhibits illustrating the history of Jackson.

Ladies basketball. The Conway Recreation Department is running drop in pick-up basketball for ladies only. It runs every Sunday through Dec. 8 from 5-7 p.m.  The cost is $2 per person per week. Call 447-5680 for any questions.

Dinner Bell South. The Dinner Bell South offers a free meal and fellowship at 5 p.m. at St. Andrews in the Valley Episcopal Church in Tamworth. All are welcome to this community meal. For more information call 323-8515. 

Dana Cunningham at The Little White Church. The Little White Church in Eaton will be open to the public every third Sunday of the month at 5 p.m. Pianist and composer Dana Cunningham will be leading what she describes as an emergent, present-moment-directed hour of music both sung and instrumental, as well as poetry, silence, and the spoken word. The content of the time together is offered with the intention of creating space for stillness, gratitude, and increased awareness of what needs our attention most. All are welcome, regardless of belief system or lack thereof.

Little Green Closet Thrift Store. The Thrift Store is now open for discounted children/maternity clothes. Located in the Mount Washington Valley Children's Museum on Route 16 North Conway next to Stan and Dan Sports. Hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information call 356-2992 or visit www.mwvchildrensmuseum.org.

Zen Meditation. Zen meditation takes place at Creative Sole Studio, 175 Main Street, Conway, with silent sitting and walking meditation from 8 to 9 a.m. and Zen reading and discussion from 9 to 10 a.m. Creative Sole Studio is located above the laundromat across from Kennett Middle School. The entrance is on the end of the building closest to the post office. Open to the public; $5 donation suggested. For information or questions, contact Terry Leavitt, 452-8821.

Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners. Alcoholics Anonymous beginners meetings are every Sunday at Memorial Hospital in the walk-in clinic from 3 to 4 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting at the Gibson Center in North Conway from 10 to 11:15 a.m. and at the Conway Village Congregational Church on Main Street in Conway Village, from 7 to 8 p.m.