Art Ramble

Hapgood-Wright Town Forest Walden Street x Thoreau Street, Concord, MA, United States

2023 Art Ramble Geo-Metric Art Ramble is an annual, temporary exhibition in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest in Concord, MA, a collaboration of The Umbrella Art Center and Concord’s Division of Natural Resources (CDNR). Following Leave No Trace principles, regional artists create site-specific artworks promoting appreciation of nature, installed along Fairyland Pond and parts of the historic Emerson-Thoreau Amble connecting […]

African Americans of Concord Walking Tour

Concord, MA, United States

Learn about Concord’s African-American residents on this 90-minute walking tour. The tour will visit sites highlighting Concord’s history around enslavement, the first generation of self-emancipated African-Americans, and the growth of Abolitionism. We see how these families strived to support themselves on the land and in the town and worked to shape their own destinies as […]

Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA, United States

Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy. Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” […]

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M.Patmos Trunk Show

Concord, MA, United States

Brooklyn based designer Marcia Patmos will be joining us for a two day trunk show where she will bring an extended collection of her beautiful cashmere knits and cotton womenswear.

CCM Discovery Day Open House

Concord Conservatory of Music 1317 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

Join us for a free, fun, and interactive afternoon event for kids and adults! Try out instruments you’ve never even held before at the Concord Conservatory of Music’s Discovery Day Open House on Saturday, September 9th, from 1 – 3 pm. Experience our hands-on Instrument Exploration, which allows you to play various instruments in a […]

Free

Free Family Day

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

Come to The Umbrella for free family fun! Drop by any time during the two-hour time block to partake in a seasonal and creative craft led by one of our talented instructors! Open to all ages and abilities. Registration appreciated. Saturday, September 9 - back-to-school-themed craft! 2:00pm - 4:00pm Room: 222

Concord’s Twilight : Monuments, Memories and Mortality

Concord, MA, United States

We appreciate the silent stones, memorials, and buildings of the village. The tour will also trek up to the Hill Burying Ground home of both Puritan and Revolutionary dead, and then amble its way through scenic, wooded Sleepy Hollow, a classic example of the Garden Cemetary Movement of the 19th century which romanticized death. There […]

Concord Players presents Richard II

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

The World's A Stage Players, Concord Players' Shakespeare troupe, will present Richard II Saturdays and Sundays, September 9,10, 16 & 17 at 5:00 pm outdoors on the lawn of the Concord Free Public Library and Friday, September 15 at 7:00 pm indoors at 51 Walden Street. This lesser known, but beautifully poetic play, written around […]

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