Concord Stories includes indigenous people, white settlers, slave traders, immigrants, and revolutionaries. In this lecture you will discover their stories and be invited to explore your own story. Author Jim Sherblom is a transcendentalist, amateur historian, retired Unitarian Universalist minister, and resident of Concord.     jimsherblom-april27    

Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]

Join author Liz Kinchen for a discussion of her book Light in Bandaged Places : Healing in the Wake of Young Betrayal. When a lonely young girl meets a teacher twice her age, she is seduced into a web of deceit and secrecy; an experience that teaches her that sex in exchange for attention feels […]

Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]

We are excited to share Newbury Court's history as a not-for-profit, community resource for older adults and discuss our recent purchase of land in our neighborhood. RSVP HERE  

Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]

A slightly different kind of revolution will take place in historic Concord with The Concord Players' production of Urinetown the Musical! It's a dark time in a dark city, where a 20-year drought has led to severe water restrictions - including a ban on private toilets. Public pay toilets are controlled by the evil 'Urine […]

Join us for a morning of fitness, fun, and community at the Minuteman Fun Run in celebration of the 250th! Whether you’re a seasoned runner or just want to enjoy a leisurely jog, this event is for everyone! The fun kicks off at the Willard School, travels around the neighborhood and ends at White Pond. […]

The Sudbury-Assabet-Concord (SuAsCo) Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council hosts University of Connecticut Professor Robert Thorson and a special presentation on the history of our rivers as part of Concord250. A frequent and engaging speaker in Concord, Dr. Thorson is a Midwestern native, turned Northwestern geologist, turned Northeastern academic. He is a life member of […]

On Saturday, May 3, Concord-based Ubuntu Global Connections hosts the 5th annual Walk in Their Shoes. This is a community fundraiser to benefit disadvantaged South African schoolchildren who participate in Axium Education’s innovative educational programs. The walk takes a 5k (3-mile) route through Carlisle’s beautiful Great Brook Farm State Park. Those unable to join in […]

Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 – June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms […]

The concert will feature two works commissioned by Concord Women’s Chorus: Concord Fragments, a 2010 piece by renowned composer Libby Larsen, three movements set to texts by three Concord women: Lidian Emerson, from an 1843 letter to her husband, Ralph Waldo Emerson; Martha Lawrence Prescott, from an 1834 diary entry on her 18th birthday; and […]

A slightly different kind of revolution will take place in historic Concord with The Concord Players' production of Urinetown the Musical! It's a dark time in a dark city, where a 20-year drought has led to severe water restrictions - including a ban on private toilets. Public pay toilets are controlled by the evil 'Urine […]

Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]