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The news has been heavy. The world feels loud. That’s usually the moment community matters most.

This weekend offers a handful of low-pressure ways to be around other humans, make something with your hands, support local makers, or just remind yourself that Hanover still shows up. You don’t have to do everything. You just have to pick one.

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This newsletter exists because people decided it was worth keeping.

Not scaling. Not optimizing. Just paying attention to what’s happening here and telling the story clearly.

That only works because a few neighbors stepped up and said, “Yeah, this matters.”

A sincere thank-you to the 🌱 Founding Supporters of Heart of Hanover:

Darlene · Brian · Holly · Andy

If this newsletter helps you feel more connected to Hanover, helps you decide to leave the house, or helps you remember why this town is still worth caring about, consider becoming part of the reason it continues.

Here are the best of the best. Full event details are listed chronologically below.

🧡 Crushed Glass & Resin Art
💛 Handmade Market Weekend
💚 Valentine Card Making
💙 PetSmart Adoption Event
💜 Live Soul Music

📍 COB51 Art Studio, 48 Carlisle Street, Hanover
🗓 Friday, January 23 | 🕕 6 PM – 9 PM
💵 $60 per person | 🔗 Register online

Create a framed resin art piece using crushed glass, metallic flakes, and layered textures. You’ll choose your own colors and materials, with plenty provided, and guidance throughout the process.

Projects can cure overnight at the studio or be carefully transported home. Ages 12 and up. Each participant must register individually.

Hands-on, creative, and deeply satisfying if your brain needs something tactile right now.

📍 Rusty Naill Pallet & Co., 639 Frederick Street
🗓 Friday, January 23 | 🕕 6 PM – 8 PM
🗓 Saturday, January 24 | 🕙 10 AM – 3 PM
💵 Free to attend

Over 30 local vendors fill the space with truly handmade goods, many of them one-of-a-kind.

Expect home décor, jewelry, candles, pottery, leather goods, local honey, baked goods, stained glass, soaps, and plenty of “oh wow, that’s clever” moments.

Come browse. Come support. Come accidentally find the perfect gift you weren’t looking for.

📍 Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Large Meeting Room
🗓 Saturday, January 24 | 🕙 10 AM – 12 PM
💵 $40 per person | Register Online

Learn stamping and paper-craft techniques while creating three handmade cards. Valentine-themed or not, your choice.

All supplies included. Bring scissors and adhesive if you have them, or purchase on site. Calm, social, and a nice reminder that handwritten things still matter.

Instructor: Dori Schneider.

📍 PetSmart, 181 Wilson Avenue
🗓 Saturday, January 24 | 🕚 11 AM – 2 PM
🐾 Free | Adoption fees apply

Meet cats and kittens from the Humane Society of Carroll County, all fully vetted, spayed or neutered, microchipped, and ready to go home.

Bring a carrier. Must be 21+ to adopt. If renting, bring proof you’re allowed to have pets.

Even if you’re “just looking,” this is still a good way to spend a little time doing something that actually helps.

📍 The Avalon’s Rickhouse Speakeasy, 1418 Baltimore Street
🗓 Saturday, January 24 | 🕖 7 PM – 10 PM
🎟 No cover | Limited seating

Matt Miller returns from Flagstaff, Arizona with all-original, soulful improvisation on baritone guitar, sax, and flute.

No tickets. No cover. Just show up early, grab a seat, and let someone else carry the mood for a while.

If everything feels heavy right now, that’s normal.
This is what community is designed for.

Pick one thing.
Show up for an hour.
Say hi to someone.

Let that be enough.

XoXo,
Megan

🧡 If you enjoyed this, tell a friend. Word of mouth keeps this little newsletter growing.

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