Ria Brodell is a non-binary trans artist, educator, and author with a current solo exhibition at the Fitchburg Art Museum. Ria joins us at the Museum for a conversation on their ongoing series entitled Butch Heroes. Through this revelatory project of historic excavation and Queer reclamation, they create real or imagined portraits of their subjects […]
🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 You’ve enjoyed creating unique recipes with our Celebrity Chefs each month. This month you will get the opportunity to bake blonde brownies with Eileen Bogle, the former Interim Director of the COA. Join her to make blonde brownies from her family recipe. Please bring […]
Concord’s women have always been leaders, fighting for justice and creating a uniquely American vision in literature and art. This tour discusses the stories of these remarkable women, and see the places where they made their mark.
Thoreau Farm will be open for FREE house tours all weekend. Come learn about Thoreau's life and ideas and see the current exhibit "Birds & Beyond: A Journey through Thoreau's Landscape with Barry Van Dusen." Tours Saturday and Sunday, 11am, 1pm, 3pm Additionally, the exhibit is open Monday, 1-am-2pm
Our Annual Strawberry Festival has returned! Join us at the farm for a fun day including live music, hayrides, photo ops and a la carte food including our famous Strawberry Shortcake (with REAL whipped cream!) and the MELT Food Truck New this year- come check out our Local Artisan Craft Tent! PLEASE NOTE - FESTIVAL […]
Nestled between Burgundy to the West and Switzerland to the East, Jura is a relatively tiny region with big personality. Even in its similarities to Burgundy, it expresses them in excess. Although Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are also grown in Jura, they assume a much different role than their counterparts to the West. Here, both […]
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. […]
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 […]
You may have signed a health care proxy years ago. Since then, your priorities for medical care may have changed. In this workshop we will discuss how to revise your directives and protect your rights in the years ahead. This talk is brought to you by Philip Arcidiacono, one of the COA’s participants for “Ask […]
Are you looking to improve your reading? Join Emma, a Bernese Mountain Dog, for a 10-15 minute reading session. No advance registration required. When you arrive, sign up and choose a book to read, and we will do our best to accommodate all interested participants! This program is designed for developing readers of all ages. […]
