Kicks for Cancer Week 2024

One Community - One Goal ​Every September, the Lois Wells Memorial Kicks for Cancer event brings together local high school soccer teams to compete at Concord-Carlisle High School. On September 28, thirty-two soccer teams will take the field with jerseys bearing a loved one’s name on the back. The day now widely known as “Kicks” anchors what has […]

The Bugs of Minute Man National Park (at Fowler)

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

Join Christina Martin, a Pollinator Inventory Research Scientist at the Minute Man National Historical Park, to learn about her work doing a Pollinator Inventory. She will explain why it is being done, how she conducts her surveys, and why they are tagging monarchs. She will also provide an overview of the diversity of bees they're […]

Woodworking Skills Workshops: Lathes

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

The Umbrella Arts Center’s newly constructed woodworking workshop is open for adult classes with experienced instructors covering a wide array of wood skills and project making, from learning fundamentals to developing fine woodcraft gifts. First up are two lathe wood-turning workshops with artist Palo Coleman: Lathe Bottle Stopper Workshop September 19, 6-9PM or December 19, […]

Portrait Mode

Concord Museum

Explore a new special exhibition offering an intimate look at portraits from the Museum collection, highlighting poignant stories of representation and absence and inviting us to consider whose faces become a part of history. Join Concord Museum Curators for special guided tours at 11:00am and 2:00pm on opening day. Open until February 24, 2025

Kicks for Cancer Week 2024

One Community - One Goal ​Every September, the Lois Wells Memorial Kicks for Cancer event brings together local high school soccer teams to compete at Concord-Carlisle High School. On September 28, thirty-two soccer teams will take the field with jerseys bearing a loved one’s name on the back. The day now widely known as “Kicks” anchors what has […]

Emergency Preparedness Talk with Assistant Fire Chief Walter Latta, Jr.

concord library Concord, MA, United States

Join Assistant Fire Chief Latta in the Goodwin Forum at the Main Library as he shares his recent experiences as a Logistics Manager for Massachusetts Task Force One, a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team. He will talk about his recent deployments including the Hawaii Wildfires, Vermont Flooding, and Hurricane Ian in Florida as a […]

“Network” at the Umbrella! – Enjoy special 10% discount offered to Living Concord Readers!

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

Save 10% off adult tix for NETWORK (9/27-10/5 shows) with web code LIVNET01742.  Expires 10/5. CLICK LINK HERE 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 […]

$48 – $58

Fowler Sustainability Studio with Mothers Out Front

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

Our September Sustainability Studio: Storms, Blackouts & Shadow Puppets is part of the library's annual Climate Prep Week. This event is organized in collaboration with the Concord Chapter of Mothers Out Front, a volunteer-led organization dedicated to ensure a livable climate and better future for all children. Join us to explore stories about how communities […]

A West Concord Nature Walk with Peter Alden

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

Join naturalist Peter Alden for a nature walk from Fowler Library to the Assabet River Bluff Sanctuary, with a focus on birds and plants. Learn about migration patterns and observe impacts of changing climate on our local land. **Please note the earlier start time (1 pm), and be sure to wear your long sleeves and […]