Presenting our summer Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Performances: July 20 – 28, 2024) Directed by Jim Porter The Merry Wives of Windsor is a fun frolic, a comedy that lampoons the idea that the men are the cleverer of the sexes, and that reinforces the concept of true love. With themes of love and […]
As part of Riverfest, join us for a colorful talk on what birds Henry David Thoreau saw versus the birds we see today. Some are still here in strong numbers. Our grassland birds have become rare. A number of forest and marsh birds that used to nest here but have vanished as breeders. Many southern […]
Join us for a special in-person screening in the Goodwin Forum of the entertaining and informative 2012 documentary "Mona Lisa Is Missing." This award-winning film describes the theft in 1911 of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre Museum in Paris. The theft and subsequent frantic search for the painting caused a scandal […]
An hour or so after the 1990 St. Patrick’s Day ended, two men dressed as Boston cops entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, stayed for about 90 minutes, and left with 13 pieces of art. None of the priceless items have been found. Numerous suspects have been named over the years but none have been […]
The Expiration Date is Judah Leblang's poignant and humorous one-man show about dealing with life's big questions--How does one handle life as a "junior-senior?" Is there an afterlife? What does it mean to be spiritual without belief in the 'God in the sky?' Does getting older mean becoming wiser?"--and navigating those times when one man […]
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 10:00 AM—3:00 PM Front Lawn, Main Library129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742 Join us for the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library's 2024 Annual Book Sale on Saturday, June 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the Main Library front lawn. The proceeds from the Friends book sales fund a […]
