A Spring in Your Step: Spring Dishes, Easy Menus, and the Healing Power of Nature – Sponsored by the Auxiliary of Emerson Hospital

Online Concord, MA, United States

Join us for another virtual event in our wellness series as panelists discuss eating cleanly to nourish our bodies and finding the beauty in nature to nourish our minds. Learn how to create a welcoming spring-themed dinner, plan healthful grab-and-go lunch options, and learn about Forest Bathing, an age-old method of meditation in nature. Panelists […]

Free

The Prevalence of Hearing Loss

CCHS Concord, MA, United States

This panel presentation, facilitated by Bob Andrews, will focus on the prevalence of hearing loss; how it first manifests itself and evolves over time; social and self stigma associated with it; how it impacts mental health and relationships; what devices and special supports the afflicted person needs to compensate for hearing loss; and what the […]

$10

How New Understandings in Psychology + Neuroscience Change How We ’See’ Architecture – and Ourselves

CCHS Concord, MA, United States

Ann Sussman will talk about about her new book Cognitive Architecture, 2nd edition, (2021) co-authored with Justin B Hollander, which reveals the technologies, including eye tracking, that show how subliminal human behaviors direct our experience of the built environment more than most realize. The book explains how new understandings in psychology reframe the history of […]

$10

Single Parenting: How to Bring Fun Back into Your Life

CCHS Concord, MA, United States

As a single parent, are you feeling overwhelmed by the demands on your time, lacking confidence in all you do, and/or wondering how self care and fun could possibly fit into your life? If so, this session is for you! Dr. Nina Frusztajer, a physician and life coach specializing in working with single parents, will […]

$10

Loving Animals: Conversations with an Animal Communicator

CCHS Concord, MA, United States

Do you ever wonder what your animal is thinking and feeling? Jeannie Lindheim, author of Loving Animals: Conversations with an Animal Communicator will discuss how animal communication works and techniques she uses. She will tell some touching stories and share some techniques that you can use with your animals. There will also be time for […]

$10

Civic Series: Equity and Economic Mobility in a Post-Covid World

CCHS Concord, MA, United States

Join us to engage in a discussion led by the Deputy Director of the Office of Economic Empowerment for the Massachusetts State Treasury. We'll discuss pay equity, the growing wealth gap in Massachusetts, and how it was impacted due to COVID-19. The Office of Economic Empowerment will present its findings of the 2021 EqualPayMA Roundtable […]

$25

2022 Ruth Ratner Miller Award Featuring Sean Wilentz

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

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 […]

$15

Concord from Above the Trees: Copter Ecology Views with Richard T. T. Forman

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

Where does Walden Pond's water come from and flow to? How many intriguing habitats are around Egg Rock? Are spotted sandpipers scarce on the Assabet River? Does Spencer Brook migrate? Is there wild rice in the area named for John Quincy Adams? A different Concord comes alive with this presentation by Richard T. T. Forman, […]

Free

Revolution in Women’s Athletics: AJ Mleczko Griswold and Angela Ruggiero

Concord Museum Concord, MA, United States

At the Concord Museum, history is both preserved through its extensive collection and “made new” through its engaging, interactive exhibitions and extensive public programming. We are proud to introduce the Rebels and Revolutionaries speaker series, which seeks to emphasize the Museum’s dedication to the spirit of revolution through individuals making history in the present, in […]

No Right to an Honest Living: A Conversation with Jacqueline Jones and Kellie Carter Jackson

Concord Museum

Jacqueline Jones, professor emerita from the University of Texas and past president of the American Historical Association joins us for a conversation on her newest book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston Black Workers during the Civil War Era with historian Kellie Carter Jackson. Highlighting the everyday struggles of ordinary Black […]

$2