3/7-9 Sixth Annual Mandolin Festival in Newmarket and Concord. Friday evening concert at Stone Church in Newmarket at 7 pm. Saturday at Concord Community Music School group lessons, workshops, jam session and public concert at 7:30 pm. 603-228-1196
3/8 Purity Spring Sled Dog Race Classic in East Madison. Free. 9 am. Sanctioned event presented by the New England Sled Dog Club, Inc., which introduced the sport of sled dog racing to New Hampshire in 1924. Seven different races, ranging from 4 to 12 miles at Purity Spring Resort/King Pine Ski Area. 800-373-3754, http://kingpine.com
3/8 Branches, Bark and Buds, Oh My! In Canterbury. 1-3 pm $20. Canterbury Shaker Village hosts an outdoor workshop on winter plant identification. Visit Elder Henry Blinn's arboretum to see how the Shakers valued and used plants for various building materials, medicines and food. Refreshments 603-783-9077 ext. 281, www.shakers.org
3/8 Books Alive: Meet the Berenstein Bears in Portsmouth. 10 am - 12 noon at the Children's Museum. Museum staff will read one of the bears' stories by Stan and Jan Berenstain, then the bear family will greet children and pose for photos. Related creative activities in the Project Area. 603-436-3853, www.childrens-museum.org
3/8 Maple Sugar Madness at Weirs Beach/Laconia. Every Saturday in March starting at 9 am, the Prescott Audubon Center hosts a Maple Sugar Trail to a woodland sugar house, to explore the history of sugaring, Native American legends, and the science and magic of turning tree sap into tasty maple products. $10. Special family discount.$30. Reservations: 603-366-5695
3/9 Wild Encounters Day in Tamworth. Free. 1-3pm Visit with live animals from the Squam Lake Natural Science Center. The event takes place at the Brett School. 603-968-7194, www.nhnature.org
3/9 Spring Melt Plant Walk in Allenstown. 10 am - 2 pm. $10. Wintergreen Botanicals herb information and education specialists host nature walk near Bear Brook State Park. 603-268-0548www.wintergreenbotanicals.com
3/9: Ski to the Clouds - North America's Toughest 10K. Raced on the trails at Great Glen Trails and then 6k 2200 vertical feet to the finish at treeline on the Mt. Washington Auto Road. 10 am - 4 pm 603-466-2333, www.skitotheclouds.com
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