Events

Call for Art for the Art Loop – Deadline 2/28/25

Coinciding with Concord’s 250th celebration, over 100 custom sidewalk decals will be installed on the sidewalks of the West Concord Cultural Junction to highlight the creativity and talent of our local community.

This project, presented by the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee and coordinated by Anne-Catherine Mauk, was inspired by similar projects in nearby communities including Winchester, Worcester and Newton.

Through a Call for Art, youth and adults who live, work or attend school in Concord are invited to submit their original artwork for consideration. Submission deadline is February 28, 2025. A Selection Committee will review all the entries.
Selected images will be reproduced in a series 16″ x 20” weatherproof decals which will be placed on sidewalks in West Concord village. The decals will remain in place for approximately six months, from spring into the fall of 2025.

Have questions? Email WestConcordArtLoop@gmail.com

Call for Art for the Art Loop – Deadline 2/28/25

Coinciding with Concord’s 250th celebration, over 100 custom sidewalk decals will be installed on the sidewalks of the West Concord Cultural Junction to highlight the creativity and talent of our local community.

This project, presented by the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee and coordinated by Anne-Catherine Mauk, was inspired by similar projects in nearby communities including Winchester, Worcester and Newton.

Through a Call for Art, youth and adults who live, work or attend school in Concord are invited to submit their original artwork for consideration. Submission deadline is February 28, 2025. A Selection Committee will review all the entries.
Selected images will be reproduced in a series 16″ x 20” weatherproof decals which will be placed on sidewalks in West Concord village. The decals will remain in place for approximately six months, from spring into the fall of 2025.

Have questions? Email WestConcordArtLoop@gmail.com

Call for Art for the Art Loop – Deadline 2/28/25

Coinciding with Concord’s 250th celebration, over 100 custom sidewalk decals will be installed on the sidewalks of the West Concord Cultural Junction to highlight the creativity and talent of our local community.

This project, presented by the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee and coordinated by Anne-Catherine Mauk, was inspired by similar projects in nearby communities including Winchester, Worcester and Newton.

Through a Call for Art, youth and adults who live, work or attend school in Concord are invited to submit their original artwork for consideration. Submission deadline is February 28, 2025. A Selection Committee will review all the entries.
Selected images will be reproduced in a series 16″ x 20” weatherproof decals which will be placed on sidewalks in West Concord village. The decals will remain in place for approximately six months, from spring into the fall of 2025.

Have questions? Email WestConcordArtLoop@gmail.com

Call for Art for the Art Loop – Deadline 2/28/25

Coinciding with Concord’s 250th celebration, over 100 custom sidewalk decals will be installed on the sidewalks of the West Concord Cultural Junction to highlight the creativity and talent of our local community.

This project, presented by the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee and coordinated by Anne-Catherine Mauk, was inspired by similar projects in nearby communities including Winchester, Worcester and Newton.

Through a Call for Art, youth and adults who live, work or attend school in Concord are invited to submit their original artwork for consideration. Submission deadline is February 28, 2025. A Selection Committee will review all the entries.
Selected images will be reproduced in a series 16″ x 20” weatherproof decals which will be placed on sidewalks in West Concord village. The decals will remain in place for approximately six months, from spring into the fall of 2025.

Have questions? Email WestConcordArtLoop@gmail.com

Concord250 Event: Choral Evensong

On Sunday, March 2, at 5:00 pm, Concord choirs from First Parish, Trinitarian Congregational, Holy Family, and West Concord Union Church will gather with the choir from Trinity Episcopal Church at Trinity, 81 Elm Street, Concord, MA for a traditional English service of sung prayer called Choral Evensong, in honor of the 250th celebration of the historic battle.  Music included will be by several composers representing the 17th to 21st centuries.  The service is open to all and free admission.

Concord250 Event: Concord-Carlisle High School & Lexington High School Bands present 250th Celebration Concert

The acclaimed Concord-Carlisle High School (CCHS) band program, under the direction of Christopher Noce, proudly announces “Sound Revolutions,” a landmark concert commemorating the 250th anniversary of the first shots fired in the American Revolution. This special event, a collaboration with the Lexington High School (LHS) band program, will take place on Tuesday, March 4th, at 7:00 PM at Concord-Carlisle High School.

Get your tickets!

Concord Chamber Music Society Presents: Wendy Putnam, violin & Vytas Baksys, piano

Concord Chamber Music Society Presents:
Wendy Putnam, violin & Vytas Baksys, piano
March 9, 2025, 3pm, at Lexington’s Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Tickets available to purchase beginning August 5, 2024: concordchambermusic.org/putnam-baksys
Description: An intriguing program of works by American composers that includes a tribute to the American Revolution with Vieuxtemps’ Souvenir d’Amerique – virtuosic variations on “Yankee Doodle.

Concord250 Event: Friends of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 18th Annual Breakfast

March 15, 2025: 

Concord250 Event: Friends of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 18th Annual Breakfast

Details to follow

 

 

Concord Free Public Library Concert

Concord Free Public Library Concert, Rotunda

Peter Sykes is one of the most distinguished and versatile keyboard artists performing today. He will be performing a harpsichord concert reflecting music in homes in the American colonial era.

Concerts are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Reservations open at 9 a.m. on the Saturday two weeks before the concert. The library closes at 5 on the day of the concert, volunteers with oversight from a library staff member prepare for the concert, then the doors are opened for the audience at 7 p.m. Concerts are about 90 minutes long, including a brief intermission.

Save Date for April 5: Stephen Drury is a pianist and conductor on the faculty of the New England Conservatory. His program features Bach, Beethoven, and Charles Ives’s Concord Sonata.

 

 

QUILTS 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy

QUILTS 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy

March 22 – March 23

Showcasing the creative energy of quilters near and far, Quilts 250 will display as many as 250 quilts that visually express through fabric and thread themes related to our country’s founding and evolution and the dynamic range of quilting arts in the last 250 years. The show is sponsored by the Concord 250 Celebrations Committee and is organized by the Concord Piecemakers, Quilters’ Connection, and Rising Star Quilters guilds.

Planned Events

· Quilt show with “shows within the show” on the Spirit of 1775; Antique and Antique-Inspired Traditional Quilts; Quilts of Protest; Modern, Contemporary, and Pictorial Quilts; and Student Quilts and Fiber Arts

· Lecture by Gerald Roy, Pilgrim/Roy Collection, Quilt Collector and Quilt Historian, and Jennifer Swope, David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

· Boutique

· Children’s Activities

For more information and instructions on entering a quilt, visit https://www.quiltersconnection.org/Quilts250.html

 

Venue

Concord Academy

166 Main St, Concord, MA 01742