• American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight

    Concord Museum Concord, MA, United States

    Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight for a compelling forum on the evolving meaning of American independence. Drawing on his scholarship on Frederick Douglass, Blight will explore how the ideals of the Declaration of Independence have been interpreted and contested over time. Professor Blight will discuss Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave Is […]

  • Pontine Theatre Presents: “The Flat Iron Lot”

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Pontine Theatre presents Alice Brown’s short story, “The Flat Iron Lot,” published in 1899. Pontine Co-artistic directors and actors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers bring a performance that includes gestural theatre, puppetry, and storytelling. Sponsored by Harvey’s Gift Shop. Please call the COA office to sign up at 978-318-3020 for this creative and delightful show.

    Free
  • Chair Yoga with Erica at the Main Library

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

    Join local yoga instructor Erica every Tuesday in May for yoga with a chair. If you've felt that yoga is too challenging or you struggle to get on and off the floor, this class could be great for you. We will explore all the benefits of yoga in a supportive way using a chair. We […]

    Free
  • The Odyssey: An Artistic Adaptation for 2 Actors

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

    What is the cost of our choices? Can love sustain across time, war and distance? Can you ever really find your way home? Join actors Stephen Collins and Poornima Kirby as they take on this three-thousand-year-old epic about the adventures of a wily and complicated traveler. Our two-person, one-hour adaptation draws from multiple translations, punctuated […]

    Free
  • Trinitarian Congregational Church and the Struggle for Abolition from 1826 through the Civil War

    TriCon Church 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Trinitarian Congregational Church (TriCon) in Concord will host award-winning historian and author Robert A Gross in conversation with Kyle B Roberts, Executive Director of the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston. The two will discuss abolition in New England in the mid 1800s, with specific examples from the history of TriCon, its pastors, and parishioners […]

    Free
  • Concord’s Ever-Changing Land, Water and Wildlife – Presentation by Richard Forman

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Richard T.T. Forman, Emeritus Professor at Harvard University’s School of Design explores Concord’s landscape from 1635 to today through the lens of environmental history. Forman is a Concord resident and leading author on landscape, town, and urban ecology. His new book, Town Ecology, Concord, Thoreau, and Onward, is available at the Concord Visitor Center. Call […]

    Free
  • Trivia Night in Concord

    Concord's Colonial Inn 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA, United States

    Looking for some fun!? Play our 6 fabulous rounds of original, brain-teasing trivia with no cover fee. Enjoy The Colonial Inn's full bar/apps/ dinner menu. So get your friends, neighbors, or co-workers together, make an unstoppable team (up to 6), and test your collective grasp on humanity! Follow @tom_rutledge_presents for trivia dates, clues, and general […]

  • CCHS Theatre presents “9 to 5” The Musical

    CCHS

    CC Theatre presents 9 to 5 The Musical! Show dates are May 7, 8, 9 @ 7:00 pm and May 9 @ 2:00 pm in the CCHS Auditorium Buy tickets at http://cc-theatre.org It's 1979, phones were still attached to walls, computers were only for NASA, and acceptable workplace behavior looked very different. Violet, Doralee, and […]

  • HAIRSPRAY at The Umbrella Arts Center

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

    The Umbrella Stage Company proudly presents HAIRSPRAY, directed and choreographed by Najee Brown. With big hair, big laughs, and even bigger heart, this joyous, high-energy musical proves that when we dance together, anything is possible. Previews: Friday, April 24 & Saturday, April 25, 2026. Playing: Sunday, April 26, 2026 through Sunday, May 17, 2026 in […]

    $25 – $63
  • Concord Middle School 7th Grade CAR WASH – FREE to Senior Residents

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    🚗 🚙 🏎️ 🚗 🚙 🏎️ 🚗 🚙 🏎️ 🚗 It’s Community Service Day for middle schoolers. Drive over and help make their effort a success! Come anytime or schedule appointment by calling the COA at 978-318-3020.

    Free