Sugar Skull Decorating

Fowler Library 1322 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

Celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead by decorating Sugar Skulls! This traditional art form is practiced in parts of Mexico for Dia de Los Muertos on November 1st and 2nd. They are placed on alters with photos, flowers and other welcoming objects in commemoration of ancestors and beloveds who have passed on. Workshop participants […]

Free

Concord Festival of Authors: Richard Higgins, author of Thoreau’s God

Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

Join local author Richard Higgins for a discussion of his new book Thoreau’s God. Henry David Thoreau's spiritual life is a riddle. Thoreau's passionate critique of formal religion is matched only by his rapturous descriptions of encounters with the divine in nature. He fled the church only to pursue a deeper communion with a presence […]

Free

BOO! Challenge by the Auxiliary of Emerson Health

The 2024 BOO Challenge, sponsored by the Auxiliary of Emerson Health, takes simple neighborhood "booing" to a community FUNdraiser. BOO your friends, family, and neighbors by secretly leaving a lawn sign (and maybe some treats) in their yards. All proceeds benefit Pediatric and Adolescent Care at Emerson Health. Signs are available online at EmersonHealth.org/BOO for […]

$20

The Faculty Triennial Exhibition Opens

Concord Art

Join us in celebrating our beloved Concord Art faculty this Fall! Exhibition on view October 24th through December 19th. As part of our programming for the triennial, on Thursday, October 24th at 4pm, we will be holding a panel discussion with six of our Concord Art faculty members to hear their insights on teaching and […]

Free

Trick or Treat on Thoreau St.

Kids, dress up in your Halloween costume, grab your parents, and come on down to the Thoreau St business district on Thursday, October 24th from 4-6pm. 20+ businesses participating handing out Halloween candy. It will be a great time!

The Nature Connection Annual Fundraiser “Inspire”

Concord Scout House 74 Walden St., Concord, MA, United States

You're invited to eat, drink, & give at The Nature Connection's annual fundraiser and celebration, Inspire!  The Nature Connection is a non-profit nature center that has been part of the Concord, MA community for over 40 years providing therapeutic & educational nature programs. Our aim is to build community and inspire wonder through nature to promote mental […]

$75

“Network” at the Umbrella!

The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., Concord, MA, United States

Nearly a half-century after Paddy Chayefsky’s chillingly prescient, Oscar-winning black comedy Network became a cinematic classic, Lee Hall’s potent and provocative new stage adaptation remains as relevant as ever as we grapple with truth, authenticity, and the search for meaning in a digital age. Veteran news anchor Howard Beale isn't pulling in the viewers. But […]

$48 – $58

Vicki Croke: ELEPHANT COMPANY

Join us at The Walden Woods Project, as part of The Concord Festival of Authors, for a presentation from best-selling author Vicki Croke!  With archival photos and film of elephants from World War II, Vicki Croke will tell the true story of ELEPHANT COMPANY. In 1920, Billy Williams came to colonial Burma as a “forest […]

https://www.walden.org/events/vicki-croke-elephant-company/