The Friends of the Library Poetry Series presents Julia Thacker and Hannah Larrabee, with Q & A, book-signings, refreshments. Julia Thacker reads from her debut collection, To Wildness (Waywiser Press, 2025) winner of the 19th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize chosen by the internationally acclaimed poet, Paul Muldoon. The book was also a finalist in the […]
Celebrate Ellen Garrison’s Birthday with The Robbins House! Join us as we honor the 203rd birthday of Concord’s native daughter, Ellen Garrison (April 14, 1823)—an educator, abolitionist, and early civil rights activist whose life’s work advanced education and equality in the 19th century. This special evening program will celebrate her legacy through music, readings from […]
The Town of Concord’s Annual Holocaust Remembrance, co-sponsored by the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council, will take place on Sunday, April 12, at 7:00 PM at the Concord Town House. The event will also be accessible via a Zoom Webinar for those not able to attend in person. We will post the link to the Webinar […]
April 3-30 in the Munroe Gallery at the Concord Main Library. See library website for daily hours. Immerse yourself in the beauty of local flowers as we await their blooming in later spring and summer. Most of the paintings in this show are based on photographs taken on walks throughout Concord, including at Great Meadows, […]
⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️ Veteran Boston sportswriter Herb Crehan looks back on one of the most unforgettable seasons in franchise history - the 1986 Boston Red Sox. Crehan revisits the team’s dramatic comeback win over the California Angels in the ALC, followed by the heartbreaking loss in the World Series. All […]
Historian Rick Bell examines the American Revolution as a global turning point in The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. This forum explores how events in North America reshaped international politics, empires, and ideas about liberty, revealing the Revolution’s far-reaching and lasting consequences. Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual
April 3-30 in the Munroe Gallery at the Concord Main Library. See library website for daily hours. Immerse yourself in the beauty of local flowers as we await their blooming in later spring and summer. Most of the paintings in this show are based on photographs taken on walks throughout Concord, including at Great Meadows, […]
Join Bob White for a 2.2-mile comfortable walk at Minute Man National Historical Park. We will walk the Battle Road from the Paul Revere Capture Site to Fiske Hill and return. Parking and meet-up will be at the Revere Capture Site parking lot on Route 2A. Please call the COA office to sign up at […]
Join author Julie Masis for a discussion of her memoir How My Grandfather Stole a Shoe and Survived the Holocaust in Ukraine. During World War II, thousands of Moldovan Jews were imprisoned in the Obodovka ghetto, located in the Romanian-occupied part of Ukraine. Unlike the areas under German control where Jews faced systematic extermination, survival […]
Presidential historian Harold Holzer explores Abraham Lincoln’s views on immigration in Brought Forth on This Continent. Drawing on Lincoln’s words and actions, this forum examines how debates over newcomers, belonging, and national identity shaped the 19th century and continue to resonate in America today. Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual