The Concord Collaborative Writing Group’s Write Concord! Write for WellBeing Workshop with Concord Festival of Authors Curator, Lara Wilson Develop your innate skills as a storyteller! The CFA Write for WellBeing Workshop invites you to explore your natural instincts as a writer and observer in order to articulate wisdom gleaned from experience. Through mindful writing […]
Be Well Be Here in collaboration with the Concord Festival of Authors and Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education present Write for WellBeing Workshop with WRITE CONCORD! Develop your innate skills as a storyteller! The CFA Write for WellBeing Workshop invites you to explore your natural instincts as a writer and observer in order to articulate […]
Artisans Way, located at 18 Walden St., Concord, is delighted to welcome Treestump Woodcraft for their annual Trunk Show. The event will be on Saturday, October 30 from 10-6 and Sunday, October 31 from 12-5. Master wood artisans, Christine and Ron Sisco will be in-store to answer questions about their exquisite pieces throughout the weekend. […]
Grab a couple friends, spread a blanket, sit back and enjoy the wonderful harmonies of local folk rock singer-songwriter, Sawyer Lawson, in a beautiful backyard setting. This fun bring-your-own-picnic event ( drinks and desserts are on us!) will benefit a terrific non-profit, Axium Education, a group of dedicated South Africans who have worked hard for […]
The Transcendentalism Council of First Parish in Concord presents Barry Andrews author of American Sage: The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian minister Barry M. Andrews has spent years studying Emerson, finding wisdom and guidance in his teachings and practices, and witnessing how the spiritual lives of others are enriched when they grasp the […]
You'll love this atmospheric walk through two of Concord's oldest cemeteries as we explore everything about our graves from burial customs to iconography, plus a goodly share of Concord-centered tales, including: what Henry Thoreau though of ghosts; a first person description of Nathaniel Hawthorne's gruesome encounter with a drowned woman; and the mysterious case of […]
About Spirits of the Old Manse Encounter the literary spirits of The Old Manse Friday and Saturday of Halloween weekend. Join us for attic tours, art activities for children and families, readings of spooky stories written by Nathanial Hawthorne, and stay for s’mores around our fire pit! Attic tours are 30 minutes in length and […]
Join us for a night of free spooky fun - If you dare! Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Hartwell Tavern, Minute Man National Historical Park 112 North Great Road, Lincoln Free; lanterns available for sale Do you believe in ghosts? Do you like history? Jack o’ Lanterns? Musket firing? Then come […]
The Umbrella Arts Center returns to the CFA with an exploration of the Filipino American Experience through the presentation of three, short intersectional plays on the representation of Beauty, what it means to be American, and the Aging process in relation to technology. This event will include access to original play scripts and short viewing […]
In recognition of Filipino American Heritage Month, The Umbrella Stage Company will present a special program exploring the Filipino American Experience through the dramatic writing and production process as part of the 29th annual 2021 Concord Festival of Authors. On October 30 at 8PM, join an interactive discussion with playwright Hortense Gerardo, director Michelle Aguillon, […]
