Open Studio at Art for All

Concord, MA, United States

Open Studios every Thursday in July & August! 4-7pm   Art for All Studio 152 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 16   Pay what you can,  starting at $10

Shop, Stroll & Relax to Music Thursday Evenings in West Concord!

Concord, MA, United States

Live music by Seth Connelly at Reflections from 5 - 7pm Enjoy Acoustic Guitar, Favorite songs 60s/70s Avoid the paving hassles by shopping late, or just relax and enjoy - Many shops are open late! Reflections, A New Leaf, Concord Firefly, Reasons to be Cheerful, Concord Art & Antiques, Art for All, Debra's Natural Gourmet plus […]

Summer Concert Series

Rideout Park 61 Laws Brook Rd, Concord, MA, United States

Join Concord Recreation for our annual summer concert series on Thursday nights this summer! All concert starts at 6 PM at Rideout Park. Bring your own chair and come and enjoy some great music!

Free

Colors of Concord: The Grassy Plain

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

Colors of Concord: The Grassy Plain features artworks created by Umbrella 2022-2023 Artist-in-Residence, Ponnapa Prakkamakul. Following a year of intensive outreach to underrepresented members of the Concord community, Prakkamakul has created a series of site-specific new artworks inspired by the people and places she discovered there. The work is on view in The Umbrella’s Main […]

Free

Walking tours – Concord Visitor Center

Concord Visitor Center 58 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

A walking tour is a great way to get fresh air while also learning something new. Consider taking a walking tour with the Concord Visitor Center; we have tours on Indigenous People; African Americans of Concord; Women of Concord, and our weekend twilight tour. For more information: https://visitconcord.org/visit/walking-tours/

Spotlight Talk – The History of a Desk: John Cuming, Brister Freeman, and the Power of Writing

Concord Museum

Thomas Dugan Public History intern Jas Wheeler discusses Concord’s history of enslavement and self-emancipation by examining how Brister Freeman, a man enslaved by Colonel John Cuming, found personal liberty through service in the Revolutionary War. Using John Cuming’s desk and Brister Freeman’s muster rolls, Wheeler draws attention to how Americans leveraged the power of writing […]

Last chance to visit Concord Museum Exhibit: A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library

Concord Museum Concord, MA, United States

Last Chance ~ Closes September 4th In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th anniversary, the Concord Museum and the Library have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects include paintings by Washington Allston, N.C. Wyeth, May Alcott Nieriker, Charles Hovey Pepper, Alicia Keyes, and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, among other artists, […]

Margaret Savage: A Life’s Work

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

Margaret Savage: A Life’s Work August 25 - September 30 An exhibition of work by Umbrella Studio Artist Margaret Savage, who has worked in these spaces from the former Emerson Umbrella's humble beginnings in the 1980s Opening Reception and Celebration: Thursday, September 7, 5:30-7:30pm

Free

Concord Visitor Center Walking Tours

Concord Visitor Center 58 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

A walking tour is a great way to get fresh air while also learning something new. Consider taking a walking tour with the Concord Visitor Center; we have tours on Indigenous People; African Americans of Concord; Women of Concord, and our weekend twilight tour. For more information: https://visitconcord.org/visit/walking-tours/

Indigenous People of Concord Walking Tour

Concord, MA, United States

For over 10,000 years the indigenous people of the land knew this area as Musketaquid. The land between the grassy rivers. This tour explores the history of the first people and how they lived in a land of abundance seeking to keep and foster balance with the natural world, their mother, who sustained them always. […]