The Umbrella Stage Company is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of “Now. Here. This.” – a musical jaunt that explores humor, heart, and self-discovery. Set against the backdrop of cosmic adventures, four friends share stories about identity, laughter, living, and middle school, all while attempting to step directly into the elusive “present moment.” Hailed […]
Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce will be honored with the 12th annual Leslie Riedel Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature for his impressive body of literary work for young people. The in person program will take place in the Forum of the Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord MA on Sunday, October 27 at 3 […]
Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. 1 mile walk, mostly flat sidewalk or pavement; rain or shine. $10 Member | $20 Non-Member
Please join the CCHS Girls Varsity Hockey Team for a Halloween Skate on Sunday, Oct 27 at 5:55 - 6:55 PM. The FUN-raiser will be held at Nashoba Valley Rink 2 in Boxborough. Wear costumes, meet a Women's Hockey Gold Medalist (with her medals in hand!), fun music and more. $10 per skater or $40 per family, cash […]
Explore the rich exchange of ideas between Hindu philosophy and Transcendentalist thought, and how Vedic teachings can improve our lives today. The evening will include a guided mindfulness practice, an exploration of the Museum’s Vedic Texts, and a keynote address from Thoreau biographer Laura Dassow Walls. Sponsored by the Prashant H. Fadia Foundation. Free for […]
The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library present CFA Mystery Night 2024, moderated by Kate Flora! This year's event features authors Gary Braver, Joanna Schaffhausen, and James W. Ziskin. Kate Flora's fascination with people's criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general's office. Deadbeat dads, child abusers, and employment discrimination aroused her curiosity about […]
Join the Tactile Tuesday Playgroup at Nashoba Brooks School on Tuesdays (9:15-10:00 a.m.) this fall. The group is meeting on the following Tuesdays: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and November 5, 12, 19 and 26. Each week is a new theme and to explore for toddlers and a caretaker; all are welcome as we […]
Join us for an illustrated talk on Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Author Natalie Dykstra. Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston’s Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Its treasures encompassed not only masterwork paintings but tapestries, rare books, […]
🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 Before Wednesday Lunch! For those that have attended the A&W Ukulele Group’s shows here at the COA, you know how much fun they are! Join us on Wednesday, October 30th to hear the group play and sing spooky and funny Halloween songs while dressed in […]
Please join us for this year's Joel Myerson Annual Lecture: "The scrolls of the past burn my fingers": Reviving Margaret Fuller in the Library of America and Edinburgh Editions, presented by Professors Brigitte Bailey (University of New Hampshire), Leslie Eckel (Suffolk University), and Megan Marshall (Emerson College). Two prize-winning biographies and a recent documentary film […]
