Your Year of Friendship: Free Discover Girl Scouts Event

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

Girl Scouts invite kindergarten families in Concord and Carlisle to see for yourselves how your child will have more fun learning, doing, and growing as a Girl Scout on Saturday, October 7th, at 3 PM in the meeting room at Fowler Library. Siblings are welcome. Let us know you're interested at http://gsema.org/eventrsvp2.

Free

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

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

No rehearsal. No director. One actor. A script in a sealed envelope. Theater stripped to its essential elements in a no-net night of unexpected comedy and shared discovery. Forbidden to leave his native Iran, Soleimanpour wrote a play to travel the world in his place. Since its award-winning premiere at the Edinburgh Festival it has […]

Banned

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

Narrative Paintings by Maryam Safajoo October 5 – November 19, 2023 Saturday, October 7, 5-7pm: Opening reception with Artist Talk at 6pm On display at The Umbrella’s second floor Outside-the-Box Gallery, “Banned” features paintings by Maryam Safajoo narrating the stories of the contemporary situation of the systematically persecuted Iranian Baha’i community – Iran’s largest religious […]

Free

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.” […]

Free

Family Nature Walk

Concord, MA, United States

Join Peter Alden as he guides us on a Family Nature Walk of the Egg Rock and Nashawtuc Hill Circuit! (This event was rescheduled from 9/23 due to the weather). Park on the right along Frenchman's Meadow just after the Sudbury River bridge on Nashawtuc Road. We assemble at the start of Squaw Sachem Trail. […]

Free

Jerusalem Quartet

Concord Academy 166 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

"An absolute triumph. Their playing has everything you could possibly wish for." - BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE Don't miss these talented musicians in Concord! The Jerusalem Quartet is a regular and beloved guest on the world’s great concert stages. Recent appearances include a Beethoven quartet cycle at Wigmore Hall in London; a Bartok cycle at the […]

Lizzie: The Musical

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

The subject of centuries-old, sing-song villainy, Lizzie Borden turns searing rock anthem anti-hero and has audiences raging in their seats. Lizzie was famously acquitted and yet the question lingers… did she do it? Now, as the story is retold by four women defying musical theater stereotypes, fronting a six-piece rock band, and delivering a score […]

TEEN wellBEing Meditation

Be Well Be Here Concord, MA, United States

Inspired by teens for TEENS! Join us on Sunday nights for this short, simple practice to unwind whirring thoughts, release stress before sleep, and set yourself up for the week with more ease. BWBH designed this 30-minute meditation with input from teens to address what makes life hard, cultivate inner resources, and awaken to the […]

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Cultural Wisdom through Morning Meditation

Be Well Be Here Concord, MA, United States

Join us to learn, meditate, and celebrate Indigenous People and Latinx culture in the US. This Indigenous Peoples’ Day practice honors the sovereignty, resilience, and immense contributions that Native Americans have made to the world. This program also takes place during Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15 annually), which serves as a time […]

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers

Concord Museum

Visit the Concord Museum for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Participate in the performance of eastern social songs and dances. Tickets are free, but space […]