Week of Events
Massachusetts sales tax-free weekend
Massachusetts sales tax-free weekend begins Saturday Aug. 29 and will run through Sunday, Aug. 30. People will be able to buy most — but not all — items under $2,500 without having to pay the state 6.25 percent sales tax.
Sunflowers & Sunshine to Support Emerson Pediatrics
Petals for Pediatrics! Join Verrill Farm and Emerson Hospital for some outdoor social distancing with a gorgeous view! We are so excited to be partnered with Emerson Hospital for this year's event. 50% OF ALL EVENT PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED DIRECTLY TO EMERSON HOSPITAL PEDIATRICS! We have expanded our sunflower fields this year to include […]
Tax Free Weekend Sale
Receive 10% off of everything store wide and get it tax free! This Saturday and Sunday only!
Free Summer Quest Partners Workshops
Free Summer Quest Partners Workshops 9/2 and 9/3: To augment their ongoing Summer Quest Program, Concord-area organizations will offer free mini-workshops featuring captive wildlife, art activities, and nature fun facts! The Umbrella Arts Center and Drumlin Farm are offering an art and nature workshop on how to draw using a nature journal. On Wednesday, 9/2, participants will learn about captive wildlife, like Drumlin’s screech owl, and how […]
Be Your Own Energy Healer
Be Your Own Energy Healer
Ready for a change of season? Find inner stillness on your personal path to healing at BWBH's end-of summer Energy Healing mini retreat. Reiki practitioners and experienced meditation guides, Lara Wilson and Julie Ramsdell, share evidence-based energy healing practices that shift the body, mind and spirit from overdrive to serene and wise. Together, we'll explore […]
Mindful Monday Night with Be Well Be Here
Mindful Monday Night with Be Well Be Here
Our popular Monday Night Meditation continues through the summer! Join us for soothing practice that quiets the mind, relaxes the body and calms the nervous system. Regular evidence-based guided meditation helps boost our immune system and encourages a good night’s sleep. These easy, integrative 30-minute sessions are available for every age. Share the moment with […]
2020 Art Ramble
2020 Art Ramble
On display from September 1-November 8 in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest, the 5th annual Art Ramble Exhibition explores the social justice issues of climate change and water. Water Change: Where Spirit, Nature, and Civilization Meet is presented by The Umbrella Arts & Environment Program and curated by Susan Israel, who asked artists to explore […]
Connected Youth: Loneliness in Children and Adolescents ~ Sponsored by the Auxiliary and Corporators of Emerson Hospital
Connected Youth: Loneliness in Children and Adolescents ~ Sponsored by the Auxiliary and Corporators of Emerson Hospital
Connected Youth: Loneliness in Children and Adolescents - The importance of connection and belonging for healthy bodies and minds This is a virtual event of the Connect Effect series. Registration is required. Conference details will be sent to registrants. Childhood and adolescence can be a time of creating healthy social connections. What happens when barriers […]
Promoting Social and Emotional Well-Being This Fall: 6-12 year-olds
Promoting Social and Emotional Well-Being This Fall: 6-12 year-olds
Promoting Social and Emotional Well-Being This Fall: 6-12 year-olds Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 3:00pm Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88994671463?pwd=dmR6blVTT1RNOEFuMHBtenNQbkVoZz09 Passcode: 413017
Summer Quest Online Journaling + River Wildlife Workshops
Summer Quest Online Journaling + River Wildlife Workshops
Free online workshop to learn about wildlife and nature journaling from Drumlin Farm and The Umbrella Arts & Environment program. Learn about screech owls and how to draw them in your nature journal with the help of an Umbrella artist. Then, stay tuned for another workshop from Drumlin Farm and OARS about river wildlife. These […]
Meditation for Recovery
Meditation for Recovery
Now more than ever, we all can be driven by fear and uncertainty. In this space, it's natural to cling to pleasure and avoid pain - so much, sometimes, that we find ourselves suffering with addictive patterns that we believe might ease our difficulties. In recovery, we pause. We abstain from escaping through addiction. We […]
Summer Quest Virtual Nature Walk
Summer Quest Virtual Nature Walk
Join executive Director Laney Wilder to explore a Concord Land Conservation Trust property to explore and observe plants for the Summer Quest program! Laney will show you different plants that you can find along the trails, and how to include them in the Summer Quest activities provided by the Land Trust. Join in on this […]
Concord Bike Rodeo
Concord Bike Rodeo
Bring your masks, bikes, helmets, and all your gear as we'll be instructing kids from any school to develop and practice skills that will help them to become better bicyclists right away. You and your kids will leave with more confidence and bike-savvy, ready to have more fun than ever on two wheels. Parents and […]
