Why are they Coming? The Multiple Roots of Migration Today – A Talk by Aviva Chomsky
First Parish Church 20 Lexington Rd, ConcordPortraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordPortraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordPortraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordAuthor Talks with the Concord Women Writers: Short Stories
concord library 1322 Main Street, ConcordPortraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordEight Weeks in Ukraine 2023; Life During War – by Tania Vitvitsy
Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, ConcordPortraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordPortraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordWeek of Events
Portraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
Portraits in Red: Missing &Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
The MMIP Painting Project began not as a project at all but with the intent of it being just one painting to show support for the Missing & Murdered indigenous peoples crisis. Artist Nayana laFond created the first painting on May 5, 2020, the day of remembrance for MMIP. She shared it ontine and the […]
Rotary Club of Concord hosts personal care donation drive for Open Table
Rotary Club of Concord hosts personal care donation drive for Open Table
SHOW the LOVE Donate Personal Care Items to Open Table Food Pantry in Maynard The Rotary Club of Concord is spearheading a donation drive for personal care items for Open Table. Personal care items are not covered by SNAP/food support programs. Donations will help reduce the cost of Open Table purchasing these items for the […]
The Minutes
The Minutes
An evening in Big Cherry – a small town in anywhere, USA – and the city council meeting unfolds in real time, unmasking undercurrents that threaten to undo life as they know it … and driving the question, “How far would you go?” Award-winning playwright Tracy Letts’s (August: Osage County) new play was called one […]
Flipping the Script: The Women of the Manse
Flipping the Script: The Women of the Manse
About Flipping the Script: The Women of the Manse These are the stories of the women of the Old Manse – vital, complex, and essential – who lived in the Old Manse from the time of the Revolutionary War through 1939. In this tour, we flip the script and explore the history of the Old […]
Open Studios 2024
Open Studios 2024
For 2024, we're delighted to welcome you back to our studios and beautifully renovated galleries! Our annual Open Studios is an incredible opportunity to meet our artists, learn about their process, and share in celebrating their work. FEATURING Kaleidoscope: Changing as We Change exhibition in the Allie Kussin Main Gallery February 28 - March 20 […]
Rotary Club of Concord hosts personal care donation drive for Open Table
Rotary Club of Concord hosts personal care donation drive for Open Table
SHOW the LOVE Donate Personal Care Items to Open Table Food Pantry in Maynard The Rotary Club of Concord is spearheading a donation drive for personal care items for Open Table. Personal care items are not covered by SNAP/food support programs. Donations will help reduce the cost of Open Table purchasing these items for the […]
March Madness Mug Event!
March Madness Mug Event!
Artisans Way, located at 18 Walden St., Concord, is sponsoring a mug drive to benefit Household Goods, a local organization in Acton that provides a full range of donated furniture and household items, free of charge, to people in need. (www.householdgoods.org) The mug collection starts on Sunday, March 17 and lasts through Saturday, March 30. […]
The Minutes
The Minutes
An evening in Big Cherry – a small town in anywhere, USA – and the city council meeting unfolds in real time, unmasking undercurrents that threaten to undo life as they know it … and driving the question, “How far would you go?” Award-winning playwright Tracy Letts’s (August: Osage County) new play was called one […]
Flipping the Script: The Women of the Manse
Flipping the Script: The Women of the Manse
About Flipping the Script: The Women of the Manse These are the stories of the women of the Old Manse – vital, complex, and essential – who lived in the Old Manse from the time of the Revolutionary War through 1939. In this tour, we flip the script and explore the history of the Old […]
Concord Clean Up
Concord Clean Up
CONCORD CLEANUP Saturday, March 23rd – Sunday, March 31st The annual cleanup of our community from roadside litter and trash on public lands begins on Saturday, March 23rd and continues through Sunday, March 31st, with the major emphasis on Saturday, March 30th. The Division of Natural Resources will supply yellow bags for miscellaneous litter and […]
Spring Park Day at Minute Man
Spring Park Day at Minute Man
Spring Park Day at Minute Man Saturday, March 23rd 9-11:30am or 1:00-3:30pm Minute Man Visitor Center Parking Lot Park Day is an annual event where participants help to preserve Minute Man National Historical Park, one of our nation’s most iconic and historic battlefields. Volunteers may take part in removing invasive plants, seeding native plants, caring for orchards, […]
Why are they Coming? The Multiple Roots of Migration Today – A Talk by Aviva Chomsky
Why are they Coming? The Multiple Roots of Migration Today – A Talk by Aviva Chomsky
Are you noticing the changing patterns in who is coming to our border? Are you involved in immigration issues, or are you curious? You are invited to a talk “Why are they coming? The multiple roots of migration today,” by Dr. Aviva Chomsky, Sunday, March 17 at 4:30 in the Parish Hall of First Parish […]
Milldam Nursery School Open House
The Nature Connection Annual Meeting & Celebration
The Nature Connection Annual Meeting & Celebration
Neighbors by Nature Date/Time March 19, 2024 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Location Tri-Con Church All are invited to a community celebration of the Spring Equinox and to learn more about The Nature Connection during our Annual Meeting! Experience for yourself how our mindful nature programs connect youth at-risk, adults & children with disabilities, and […]
Author Talks with the Concord Women Writers: Short Stories
Author Talks with the Concord Women Writers: Short Stories
Goodwin Forum Main Library Each week of Women’s History Month, the library is showcasing authors from Concord Women Writers to share their work and experience as women creators. Join us for week three of this delightful series with essayist and short story writer Emily Rubin, and short story and creative nonfiction writer Tracy Winn. Concord […]
A Virtual Lyceum: The Pursuit of Beauty
A Virtual Lyceum: The Pursuit of Beauty
“The perception of beauty is a moral test.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal, 21 June 1852 Over two hundred years ago, John Keats famously declared that “Beauty is Truth, and Truth Beauty.” When contemporary scientists and mathematicians refer to a theory as beautiful, they associate beauty with concision and streamlined elegance. Yet for as long […]
Eight Weeks in Ukraine 2023; Life During War – by Tania Vitvitsy
Eight Weeks in Ukraine 2023; Life During War – by Tania Vitvitsy
Tania Vitvitsy, President of Ukrainian Charitable Platform, returns to the COA to talk about her most recent two-month stay in Ukraine. In September 2023, Tania traveled to five cities in Ukraine: Lviv, Izky, Kyiv, Ternopil, and Chortkiv. The purpose of the 2023 trip was to continue engaging with the Lviv-based Ukrainian Education Platform and other […]
Fowler After Hours: The Opening of Art in Bloom
Fowler After Hours: The Opening of Art in Bloom
We are celebrating spring with a profusion of flowers! Join Fowler and ArtScape for the opening of our community art show, Art in Bloom. The show will run 3/11-5/25.
Author Talk: James Marcus – Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author Talk: James Marcus – Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
THURSDAY, MARCH 21 6:30—8:00 PM Goodwin Forum Main Library This talk features the author and editor James Marcus, whose new book, Glad to the Brink of Fear, A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson, will be released by Princeton University Press on March 5, 2024. William Munroe Special Collections events are made possible by the […]
What Makes History Opening Day & Gallery Tour
What Makes History Opening Day & Gallery Tour
Concord Museum members and the public are invited to view the new special exhibition What Makes History: New Stories from the Collections. At 11:00am and 2:00pm, Museum curators will lead a guided tour. No advanced registration required. With Museum admission. Members visit free.
CYT Playtime Theater
CYT Playtime Theater
Playtime Theater Company Come spend Saturday morning with Concord Youth Theatre! PLAYTIME THEATER is a delightfully interactive theater experience! CYT actors will inspire you with new and improved versions of familiar children’s stories, complete with a sing-a-long! Audience members may even join the actors on stage to tell a joke or share a special talent. […]
Calico Critters In-Store Event
Calico Critters In-Store Event
Come meet Freya and have some fun at The Concord Toy Box on Sat. March 23rd 11am-4pm Goody bags, tattoos, juice boxes, cake, a spinning wheel for prizes & so much more fun!
Green Home Tours – Day 2
Green Home Tours – Day 2
Times are changing! Think about ditching that old, dirty oil and gas and switching to the future of clean, affordable, and healthy living. We're talking about 21st-century electric heating, cooking, and car travel that'll make you feel good AND help preserve a future for our planet. Find out what more and more Concord residents are […]
The Concord Orchestra presents “Momentum”
The Concord Orchestra presents “Momentum”
The orchestra, conducted by Music Director Zeke Fetrow, performs a program of Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour, Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, and Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis. The winner of the young artist competition Jiyu Oh performs Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto. The concert will be preceded by a violin recital by competition runner-up Jessica Kartawidjaja,17 at […]