Fiction Writing Workshop

Be Well Be Here Concord, MA, United States

Aspiring writers are often encouraged to write what we know, but many great works of fiction are set in times and places not known first-hand by their authors. How do we use our imaginations to take us into territory we’ve never charted before? Join us for the first Wednesday Writing Workshop on October 16 as […]

$15

Financial Literacy for Teens

Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

The Concord Free Public Library is pleased to offer a special financial literacy workshop for teens in grades 8-12 and their parents on Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. Does the idea of having to manage your own money someday make you nervous? Do you know the ins and outs of interest? How will you […]

Free

Painting on Wednesdays Begins

This is a 4 week open studio for water coloring and acrylics. Students are asked to bring their own supplies but refreshments are included in the price. An instructor will be there to help you with your projects as well as to give a brief discussion on technique. http://www.suzanbaldoumas/upcoming/

$4 – $95

StoryArt: Children’s Book Illustration Exhibition Artist Roundtable

The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., Concord, MA, United States

Eight Massachusetts children’s book illustrators share their work in StoryArt, an exhibition of original book illustration: Priscilla Alpaugh, Sarah S. Brannen, Shawn Fields, Wayne Geehan, Brian Lies, Julia Miner, Ilse Plume, and Nicole Tagdell. These award-winning illustrators each have found their own way to tell stories with their art, introducing children and adults to a […]

Works in Progress Writer’s Group Begins

Get started on that book or memoir that you have been thinking about for so long. Meet with like-minded women in a comfortable space and write. Boston area journalist, Nancy West will help you to get started. You are welcome to come for as many weeks as you'd like to but please register at http://www.suzanbaldoumas.com/upcoming/

Concord Festival of Authors: Debut Authors Panel

Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

Michelle Hoover, the 2019 CFA Debut Author emcee, introduces the Concord community to five literary stars from Grub Street’s Novel Incubator program, which she has led since its inception. Michelle is a 2014 NEA Fellow and has been a Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis and Bucknell Universities, a MacDowell Fellow, and a winner of the PEN/New England […]

Free

Forest Bathing to Witness Change

Hapgood-Wright Town Forest Walden Street x Thoreau Street, Concord, MA, United States

Be Well Be Here mindfully collaborates with Concord’s Umbrella Center for the Arts to raise personal and environmental awareness through their 2019 Art Ramble: Witnessing Change! Please join us at the circle of benches in the Hapsgood Wright Forest to engage in the healing and sustaining practice of forest bathing. Known in Japan as shinrin-yoku, […]

FREE

Farm to Table Candlelit Dinner

Verrill Farm 11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA, United States

Join us in our heated & decorated greenhouse as the Verrill Farm chefs prepare a dinner inspired by our abundant fall crops. Event features a cash bar offering wine & beer, live piano by Jeremy Silver! Cost to attend: $55 per person (plus tax). Reservations required. Please call 978.369.4494.

$55

CCHS Scary Spooky Spectrum Dance

CCHS 500 Walden St, Concord, MA, United States

Please join us for the Scary Spooky Spectrum Dance in the CCHS cafeteria on October 18 from 7-10 PM. All are welcome! Tickets are $5 at the door; a reminder that students should have no masks or weapons and be prepared for a coat and hoodie check. Please see Mr. Kendall or Dr. Loprete if […]

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The Concord Orchestra presents “A Gothic Tale” – a concert performance of Bartók’s opera, “Bluebeard’s Castle”

Performing Arts Center 51 Walden St, Concord, MA, United States

"Bluebeard’s Castle” is based on a haunting 17th century story, set in a gloomy medieval castle. Bluebeard’s new wife wants to learn more about her mysterious husband by exploring his forbidding castle. Ignoring his protests, she opens its seven locked doors, revealing dark secrets he wants to hide. Bartók’s opera, composed when he was thirty, […]

$10 – $30