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. Advanced registration required.
Join us as Dr. Kristina West takes us back in time to the Salem Witch Trials to discuss the role of the accused and accusing children. Dr. West’s book, Reading the Salem Witch Trial: The Guilt of Innocent Blood is the first study of the Salem Witch Trials to focus solely on children, and builds […]
Please drop by the COA reception desk to update your profile, and we will give you three Dutch candy cane bloom tulip bulbs from Van Engelen nurseries to plant in your garden. When you stop in this is a great opportunity for us to re-take your photo and collect emergency contact information, your email address, […]
This session will feature The Transcendentalists and Their World, Robert Gross’s long-awaited study of Concord in the era of Emerson and Thoreau. Why Concord? How did a small and seemingly quiet village in the hinterlands of Boston become, by popular reckoning, the birthplace of two revolutions—the American War of Independence that began with shots fired by the […]
The Center for Parents and Teachers announces a new and innovative offering on How to Manage Stress in Uncertain Times Please find instructions below each workshop on how to register for individual sessions. Wish to attend all all sessions? Please email cpt@concordps.org and type “Series on Managing Stress” in the subject line. We are […]
Our popular Monday Night Meditation continues! Join us for soothing practice that quiets the mind, relaxes the body and calms the nervous system. Regular evidence-based guided meditation helps boost our immune system and encourages a good night’s sleep. These simple, integrative 30-minute sessions are available for every age. Share the moment with friends and family! […]
The Concord Free Public Library is excited to host a Halloween storytelling program with Parents’ Choice Award winning performer Davis Bates on Tuesday, October 26 at 4 pm. The program is recommended for ages 5 years and older, as well as adults. In case of inclement weather, the program will take place at Hunt Recreation […]
Debra Stark, founder of Debra's Natural Gourmet in Concord, MA, knows organic. Raised by a mom who fed the family nuts and berries, grass fed meats, the best fresh and local dairy (raw milk only!), and who used natural medicine, Debra is a genuine health nut who does eat birthday cake and indulge in ice […]
Join artist Yo Ahn Han for this virtual demonstration in his studio! Han will show what his daily studio routine looks like. Han’s practice incorporates lots of detailed pencil (and color pencil) drawings on yupo paper. Yo Ahn Han’s process incorporates cutting them out with exacto knife. Simultaneously, Han uses several water-based media including watercolor, […]
Be Well Be Here happily collaborates with the Concord Festival of Authors 2021 to present Writing Historical Fiction: To Muck and Fudge Writing historical fiction requires specificity of time and place, often gathered from authorial research. But how does an author set aside scholarly inquiry to focus on fiction-- character, conflict, voice, etc.? In other […]
