Upcoming Programs
Stories From Both Sides: The Mexico/Arizona Border
February 22nd, 3 PM
David Blair and Lina Hervas visited the Mexico / Arizona border for ten days in October 2024 with a delegation from Community Peacemaker Teams. They will share stories, photos and learnings from their trip on both sides of the Border Wall from 3 to 4:30 PM at Mariposa Museum, 26 Main Street, Peterborough, NH. This is a free event!
This program is jointly sponsored by Project Home, which supports asylum seekers in the Monadnock Region, and Mariposa Museum, which has highlighted global migration in its programming for the past 22 years. Steve Schuch and David Blair will share two songs and invite you to sing along!
Women of the World (WOW) Meeting
February 27th, 4:30 PM
Join us for the Women of the World meeting at the Mariposa! WOW is a place where women who live in the Monadnock region but hail from other countries can come together. WOW offers a vibrant and inclusive community where women from diverse cultural backgrounds meet to celebrate their unique heritage while forging lasting friendships and unforgettable memories, all while having fun!
Registration Is Free!
The Vagina Monologues By V
March 1st at 7PM & March 2nd at 2PM
Please join us! Get ready to laugh and to cry while we take you on a journey and talk about VAGINAS. Bed-Right Productions in conjunction with The Mariposa Museum is proud to announce a staged reading of “The Vagina Monologues” by V on March 1 & 2. The play is an off-Broadway show that highlights & honors women world-wide. The performance is an array of spoken word monologues, each dealing with a unique viewpoint of the feminine experience, addressing a myriad of topics including sex, love, rape & menstruation. A consistent theme throughout is the VAGINA as a tool of female empowerment; the essential expression of uniqueness and individuality.
Brought to you by Bed-Right Productions. Performers are Laura Bedard, Nell Conkright, Pam Murphy, Molly MacDowell, Eve Pierce, Ivy Vann, Linda Compton, Lindsay Bartlett, Veda Crewe.
Portion of proceeds to benefit PPNNE- Planned Parenthood on Northern New England. Ticket prices include a pre-show mixer with hors d’oeuvres and wine beginning 1 hour before each show. Admission is $25 for nonmember & $20 for members.
U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy
March 6th, 7 PM
Co-moderators for the series will be Bob Beck, a retired U.S. foreign policy official who writes a column for the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript and the Brattleboro Reformer, and Peter Henriques, whose Peace Corps experience in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) led to a career in international business. Both reside in Peterborough.
Topics, background materials, and videos for the series have been prepared by the national nonprofit, nonpartisan Foreign Policy Association. Besides the economy, other topics will include U.S.-China relations, the rise of India, international cooperation on climate change, the future of NATO, artificial intelligence and national security, the Middle East, and American foreign policy at a crossroads.
Programs will begin at 7 p.m. at the Mariposa, 26 Main St., on the first Thursday, February through May, and will resume September through December after a summer break. Each session will begin with a short video about the topic, followed by a presentation by one of the moderators and a group discussion.
The Foreign Policy Association was founded in 1928 to develop awareness and understanding of U.S. foreign policy and informed opinion on global issues. A magazine with in-depth articles on each topic can be ordered from https://www.fpa.org.