Join us for a special event at the Concord Free Public Library. Netflix's hit horror/fantasy series Stranger Things owes a lot to the creators that came before it. From 80’s horror films to classic horror fiction, this presentation examines what inspired the chills in Stranger Things and influenced our favorite, frightening demogorgons and xenomorphs. Fans […]
Celebrate the 250th birthday of the battles of Concord and Lexington by helping us recreate Daniel Chester French’s iconic statue The Minute Man through collaborative 3D printing! The Workshop is collaborating with local artist and author Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney to reimagine and reproduce a scale model of Daniel Chester French's iconic statue The Minute […]
Let's celebrate the poets featured on the West Concord Poetry Phone, an art installation by the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee! Opened in May 2024, the Poetry Phone is a repurposed public payphone located along the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. Each number allows passersby to hear a different poem read by its author, and […]
Please join us for this year's Joel Myerson Annual Lecture: "The scrolls of the past burn my fingers": Reviving Margaret Fuller in the Library of America and Edinburgh Editions, presented by Professors Brigitte Bailey (University of New Hampshire), Leslie Eckel (Suffolk University), and Megan Marshall (Emerson College). Two prize-winning biographies and a recent documentary film […]
Do you cringe when you hear the word time-management? Or do you visualize having to lock yourself away into a dungy room to get your 50,000 words done within the month? You can breathe a sigh of relief because this time management seminar is for everyday people who have jobs and families in addition to […]
Do you cringe when you hear the word time-management? Or do you visualize having to lock yourself away into a dungy room to get your 50,000 words done within the month? You can breathe a sigh of relief because this time management seminar is for everyday people who have jobs and families in addition to […]
Join Linda MacIver as we prepare to cross the pond to your ancestral roots with techniques to guide you through census decades and the years of civil registration, to the years back from 1837 into the wonderful world, but more difficult period, of parish registers. Subscription and free databases are essential, as is your knowledge […]
The 2024 Holiday Book Sale will take place in the Goodwin Forum of the Main Library on December 6 & 7, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and December 8, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. The Book Sale will be full of nearly-new or gently used books, movies, and music CDs for adults and children. Come for […]
Use the Workshop's tools to make your holiday season a little greener this year! Drop-in to sip some hot chocolate and create your own patchwork gift wrap and paper bows out of community donations with local artist Alex Makes Art! No need to bring your gifts along - we'll have a variety of templates available […]
Come join a pickup board game or card game from the Library’s collection with Matt Ryan! Each month Matt will borrow a fresh couple games to have ready. You can also borrow what you want to play and recruit attendees into your game. This event is for adults who want everyone to have fun. No […]
