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 […]
Concord Chamber Music Society Presents Jupiter String Quartet Sunday September 22, 2024 3:00 pm Concord Academy Performing Arts Center Program: Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op.95 Kati Agócs: Imprimatur (2018) Schubert: String Quartet in G major, D.887 Visit Artist Website Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36543/production/1206016?performanceId=11493566 Concord Chamber Music Society Presents Lucia Lin and Wendy Putnam, violins; Kim […]
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities, along with families and friends, are welcome to join ART for ALL at the West Concord Union Church during Sunday Fellowship on September 22nd at 4:00. Sunday Fellowship is a ministry of worship and friendship for people of all abilities. We will be making lanterns out of repurposed soda […]
Join us for the 13th Stone Soup Dinner. An evening dedicated to supporting Concord agriculture! GET YOUR TICKETS Date: Sunday, September 22nd, 2024 Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Verrill Farm, 11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA 01742 Join us for a beautiful evening on the farm, supporting Concord Agriculture and enjoying Concord-grown produce prepared […]
Join us in the Goodwin Forum at the Main Library for a screening of Flyways, from PBS Nature during Climate Prep Week. This film follows a conservation movement of bird-loving experts and citizen scientists as they mobilize to the challenge of understanding and saving shorebirds. After the film, local naturalist Peter Alden will lead a […]
How to Become Famous with Cass Sunstein Tuesday, September 24 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Free for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual What makes someone who becomes famous, famous? Harvard law professor, public intellectual, and bestselling author Cass Sunstein offers clear and surprising answers in his new book How To Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, […]
What makes someone who becomes famous, famous? Harvard law professor, public intellectual, and bestselling author Cass Sunstein offers clear and surprising answers in his new book How To Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten Superstars, and How the Beatles Came to Be. Using modern data analysis techniques to show the role of accident and serendipity in […]
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 Umbrella Arts Center continues to expand its creative discovery opportunities for families of preschool-aged children as young as 1 year old on Wednesdays this Fall! Your emerging little artist will love experimenting with clay, paint, collage, drawing, and other sensory rich materials alongside their caregiver and experience instructor Sarah Scoville. Enjoy the spontaneous creations […]
Our September meeting occurs during the library's annual Climate Prep Week, organized annually since 2018 by CREW (Communities Responding to Extreme Weather) as a week of learning, service, and action. This year's theme is “Reimagining our Relationship with the Land." We will discuss Margaret Renkl's 2023 book, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year. Copies […]
