The Concord Free Public Library invites you to enjoy “Pineapple Project” on Saturday, October 15 at 10:30am! “Pineapple Project” is an original play about gender, creativity, and a child's freedom to be who they are. This program is recommended for children ages 3-8. This program takes place in the Main Library Children's Activity Room and […]
Join us for a delightful interactive theater experience! CYT actors will inspire you with new and improved versions of familiar children’s stories, complete with a sing-a-long! Outgoing audience members may even join the actors on stage to tell a joke or share a special talent. And everyone gets a prize at the end!!! So put […]
Historian Richard Smith talks about Thoreau’s fall essay at the Walden Visitor Center from 12:00pm-1:00pm, followed by a foliage-inspired saunter with a Park Interpreter from 1:00pm2:00pm. Ages 6 years+.
Join living historian Joe Zellner in conversation as Peter Robbins, farmer, seasonal laborer and the first owner of the farmhouse now known as The Robbins House in Concord. The Robbins House aims to stimulate dialogue about race and help foster a spirit of reconciliation and healing. We strive to inspire conversation, expand understanding and contribute […]
Did you know that reading to dogs boosts reading skills, emotional, and social skills for children? Read to a good listener who loves stories! The Concord Free Public Library invites children ages 5 years and up to “Read to Laddie the Collie” at the Children’s Library on the third Saturday of each month at 3pm […]
Calling all midnight riders and readers! Harken to the call and join local author Gary Entwistle as he discusses carrying Concord's Revolutionary War history into his novel April's Breeze. In this work of historical fiction, Entwistle brings to life Concord's real-life doctor Samuel Prescott who accompanied Paul Revere on his famous Midnight Ride and carried […]
Concord ablaze in all its fall glory asks us to reflect on autumn’s passage as we savor the golden afternoons and sense the crisp twilight at hand. This 90-minute twilight walking tour of old Concord town takes us down the venerable streets and byways hearing the voices of those who have come before while appreciating […]
The Friends of the Concord Library are pleased to announce that Princeton University Professor Sean Wilentz has been selected as the 2022 Ruth Ratner Miller Award winner. The Miller Award lecture will be held on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the new Goodwin Forum of the library on Main Street. The ticketed event is […]
One hundred and twenty five years after its publication, Dracula has continued to thrill and be interpreted by every generation in turn. And now, in the New England premiere of a bold new adaptation, award-winning playwright-actor Kate Hamill sinks her teeth into the sexism in Bram Stoker's classic. The result is a fun, fearless ride […]
The Concord Orchestra presents “An American Journey” at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 15 and on Sunday, October 16 at 3:00 p.m. The orchestra, directed by Larry Isaacson, performs Mabel Wheeler Daniels’ “Deep Forest”, William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 1 and Antonin Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. A pre-concert talk by the conductor is scheduled for Saturday […]
