It’s cold outside. Come warm up with exquisite Italian cuisine with Californian flair! Come join your co-workers and friends and experience Michele’s striking dining room and bar, all while sampling scrumptious appetizers and sipping one of Michele’s fine beer or wine selections. Michele’s is located right on the corner of Main and Railroad. Hope to see you there!
Other info:
Michele’s Ristorante
64 Main St, Keene
http://www.micheles-
Wednesday, February 1st at 5:30PM
Join Keene YPN as we host our second annual Whisky Tasting with The Whisky Guys. It’s an informative and fun time where you get to learn about where Scotch is made, how it’s made, how to find a scotch you like, how to better appreciate the smells and sights of scotch, and much more!
Cost for the event is $10 if you sign up with Mike Giacomo at the January Social Event at Lab n’ Lager on January 4, $15 if you get money to Mike Giacomo, Sofia Cunha-Vasconcelos, Rachel Freeman, Julie Jungwirth, or Andy Dugrenier by January 14, or $20 if you sign up with one of us after January 14.
Cost includes handouts, presentation by The Whiskey Guys, tastes of 5 or so different scotches, and a whisky (or whiskey) glass for your home “sampling” of Scotland’s finest (or Ireland’s, Kentucky’s, Tennessee’s, or Canada’s if you so prefer).
Sign up today with one of the YPN Social Committee members and we look forward to seeing you on the 28th!
Come and help Keene YPN celebrate the new year at Lab n’ Lager. We have made a tradition of visiting Lab every January for it’s cold beer and great pizza. Past years we have had a great turn out and this year is likely to be our best yet!
Join others from around the state in working to solve the urgent problem of young professionals who find it a challenge to remain here. Representatives from Antioch University New England, New Hampshire Business for Social Responsibility, Stay Work Play, Keene Young Professionals Network, and AUNE’s Net Impact Chapter will be here. Find out more!
Mark your calendars for December 7th at 5:30PM and plan to meet your fellow YPNers at Yankee Lanes for the best bowling around! We’ll have a few lanes set aside just for us, as well as drink specials and pizza available. Invite your co-workers and friends and come check out Yankee Lane’s sport lounge and bar and bowl a few strikes!
What’s a Jamacian 21 speed? What in the world is a Pan-galatic-gargle-blaster? Come find out at Tony Clamato’s! This fine Italian Ristorante is know for its phenomenal mixed drinks, relaxed atmosphere and excellent Italian cuisine. Come enjoy a couple drink specials and sample some appetizers while chatting with friends, coworkers and meeting new friends. Stay for dinner or to try one of their crazy drinks!
Tony C‘s is located at 15 Court St, just across from the court house.
Sponsored by Keene State College’s SIFE Program & KeeneYPN
Get in the Pumpkinfest Spirit a little early this year!
Every year Keene State College carves hundreds and hundreds of pumpkins for pumpkin fest in a giant carve-fest on the quad they call “Pumpkin Lobotomy.” It’s a fun time for everyone, and many of the clubs on campus also get involved by bringing food and games.
We want to invite Keene Young Professionals and their families (and others!) to join us, enjoy kid-friendly games, make a Halloween Masks or just purchase some of the handmade “spooky” candy we’ll be selling.
It will be a great opportunity to meet some of the SIFE team and learn about the many projects we’re working on.
Come Join The Keene Young Professionals Network as we celebrate the start of Autumn for the fourth year at Fritz – The Place to Eat. It’s located conveniently on Main Street in Keene NH on the west side of the street.
The owner, Jess, has been kind enough to offer us specials – seasonal drafts and bottles for just $2.50, as well as plenty of samples of their delicious panini sandwiches and fries! If you have never been, this is a great opportunity to check out the home of Keene’s “Best of the Best” fries for several years running.
Like all social events with Keene YPN, this is a low-pressure gathering where members are free to socialize, network, or just hang out. If you aren’t yet a member, come out anyways and drop your business card for a chance to win a $25 gift card for Fritz. We’ll get you signed up so you don’t miss out on any of the great events KYPN has planned for the remainder of 2011, and into 2012!
Come check out the Walpole Mountain View Winery with the Keene YPN! For a small price you can purchase a customized wineglass and sample multiple wines, all while taking in beautiful views of the vineyard.
We’ll meet in Elm City Brewpub parking lot (Colony Mill parking lot off of Island St.) around 1:00PM and carpool from there. The winery is approximately 20 – 25 minutes from there.
Please be sure to RSVP via facebook!
Come join your fellow YPNer’s at Surry Mountain Dam Recreational Area for an end of the summer celebration! We’ll supply burgers, hotdogs, and vegetarian-friendly grillables – feel free to bring your own sides to share and your own beverage. Surry has a nice sandy beach – so bring your swimsuits - and a huge grassy field for sports and games. Rain-date is Sunday the 28th, same time.
Join the Keene Young Professionals Network at Vendetta and enjoy the best beer around!
Come try Vendetta’s awesome sushi, let their bartender make you a drink, or get a sampler of their fine beers from Rogue, Dogfish Head, Unibroue, and many others.
There will be plenty of great company for both socialization and networking, and the cozy space makes it easy to meet and greet. With renewed focus on creating a welcoming atmosphere for making friends or business connections, Keene YPN invites you to bring along co-workers who might not have made it out to a YPN event before, or those who have not been in a while. We have some fantastic events coming this fall that we’ll be revealing at this event!
So come check out the new face of the Keene Young Professionals Network at one of the hottest bars in town!
“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.”
Marian Wright Edelman (born 1939); Activist, president and founder of Children’s Defense Fund
We need 4-6 volunteers on Tuesday, August 30 from 4:30 to 7pm to serve dinner at the Community Kitchen. Last year the Keene Community Kitchen served 900,000 meals to more than 11,000 area individuals. Let’s take part and volunteer a few hours to this great organization. You MUST RSVP prior to the event because there is paperwork that needs to be filled out. If you’re interested, contact Jess O’Connor at Jessica@mds-nh.org for details.
Join Keene YPN as we partner with The Monadnock Habitat for Humanity in their annual build. This opportunity is limited 15 volunteers at the site.
To register, go to http://www.habitatnh.org/ and click on the “Volunteer Up” link. At the bottom of the registration page, mark that you are a member of the Keene YPN team, then click on the volunteer calendar and sign up for the August 6th date. To participate, you must sign up on the webpage, complete the safety training, and fill out a waiver.
Lunch, snacks and water will be provided. Wear closed toe shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. No wool turtle neck sweaters – it’s August folks. Sunscreen & bug repellant might be nice to have also. One thing you do not need is prior construction experience.
Note: This event has been postponed from Monday, August 15 to August 22.
Come get your hands dirty at the Head Start Early Sprouts Garden on Monday, August 22, 2011, 5:00 – 6:00 pm at Southwestern Community Services in Keene.
Jennifer Kozaczek, Head Start’s Nutrition Services Manager and Early Sprouts Coordinator will offer a brief overview of the garden, followed by an explanation of gardening tasks. For more information, contact Jamie White from the Keene YPN Community Committee at jwhite@scshelps.org or 603-352-7512.
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o, this is not a misprint. Join us at Ramunto’s for the second time this year from 5:30pm to 7:00pm in downtown Keene for Keene YPN’s monthly social networking event. Why twice in one year? Because we <3 Pizza @ Ramunto’s. Mmm, pizza. Mmm, beer.
Join us on Friday, July 15th at 6pm beginning at Cobblestone Ale House located on Emerald St. and Main St. for our Pub Tour the day after everyone’s favorite esoteric holiday – Bastille Day!
Bring your berets and your french baguettes – it’s going to be a great time!
Stay Work Play NH, Inc. (SWP) was established as a nonprofit organization in April 2009 to further the 55% Initiative, support and advance several recommendations recently made by the Governor’s Task Force on Young Worker Retention, and serve as an independent organization to run a website and associated marketing effort regarding what New Hampshire can offer to the 20-30 year old demographic in terms of staying, working, and playing here.