This year Concord Recreation is taking the Middlesex Jazz Festival to a whole different level bringing in world renowned artists like Wayne Bergeron known for his music on Incredibles II and we are changing up the music mix. This year will feature an interesting mix including 20-piece Big Bands, Latin Jazz, Jump Blues and Smaller […]
3-5pm, Nashawtuc Road Bridge. Come celebrate 50 years of Milldam Nursery School! An afternoon of family fun including games, glitter tattoos, petting zoo, pony rides, plus a rubber ducky race down the Sudbury River. Prizes including $1000 cash, and many more. Community booths snacks and a birthday celebration. Free and open to the public.
Wake up in 18th century Concord and immerse yourselves in the daily lives of children and families. Discover the many similarities and differences between the daily lives and routines of children today and children three hundred years ago. Participants will prepare, cook, and eat an authentic colonial breakfast. Knead dough and shape rolls. Turn fresh […]
The Willard Carnival – Fun for Everyone The much-anticipated annual Willard Carnival will take place on Sunday, June 9th, Noon – 4 p.m. at the beautiful Willard School grounds, 185 Powder Mile Road, Concord. The entire community is invited to join us for a day of fun including carnival games, face painting, delicious food, entertaining […]
The Umbrella Community Arts Center in Concord presents the powerful exhibition by writer/photographer Joe Wallace, “Beginning at the End: Portraits of Dementia.” The exhibit is a photographic portrait project humanizing people affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia by challenging the audience to consider the subject and their lifetime of experience even if they can no longer […]
Join international public speaker and insight meditation practitioner, Ms. Poornima Kumarasami, for a two-part session on meditation. Meditation is not doing - it's being, being naturally mindful of the true inner self and retreating to the innermost core of one's real being. True meditation reduces stress, increases attention span, provides mental unwinding and unleashes bliss. […]
Take your yoga practice outside this summer at the Old Manse! The Old Manse was home to transcendentalists like Emerson and Thoreau who were deeply interested in spiritual practices of the East and saw them as connected to the mindful living each sought to experience. Within this special landscape overlooking the Concord River, you’ll have […]
Do you have a lot of stuff that you have accumulated over the years? Most of us do. Our closets are full, our flat surfaces are magnets for all kinds of items and there are stacks of newspapers and magazines in every corner. Downsizing and de-cluttering can be hard, but the result of a more […]
Somewhere in Tokyo, Osamu Shibata and his wife Nobuyo live in poverty. WhileOsamu receives occasional employment and Nobuyo has a low-paying job, the family relies in large part on the grandmother's pension. As he is shoplifting for groceries with his son, Shota, they discover Yuri, a homeless girl. Doors open at 6:30, film begins at 7:30pm June 11th, 2019
Field of Awareness continues on Wednesday throughout the summer! With warmth and care, mindfulness-based counselor Ben Kamens, MA, encourages young men aged 13-16 to cultivate confidence, self-awareness and empathy with personalized practices that are easily integrated into daily life. Wednesdays at 4:00 - 5:30 pm. $180 for 3 sessions or $65 for drop-in. For more […]
