Shop blooms for Mother's Day at our outdoor Flower Mart. Create a personal fresh flower bouquet sure to make the moms smile! Inside, shop ready-made arrangements and flowering plants during extended Sunday hours.

The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library will present an online piano recital with Tanya Bartevyan on Mothers' Day, Sunday May 9th, at 3 pm EDT. The program will include selections from Chopin Waltzes and Etudes, Schubert Impromptus, and an improvisation on an Armenian song created in the moment. Ms. Bartevyan has concertized in well […]

The spring and summer months are finally here! It’s a nice time to get out and enjoy the activities the warmer weather presents. It is also a time to be aware of safety concerns the warmer weather brings to us, both indoors and outdoors. Please join Geriatric Health Nurse Valerie Boggia on Tuesday, May 11th […]

Do you love writing? Games? If so, join us for a writing RPG, a game where you can create your own characters, interact with other participants, and jump into different worlds, in order to write a collaborative story. For tweens/teens ages 10-16 No writing experience required! For more information, contact Madeline at mklein@minlib.net Register here.

Concord Conservatory of Music (CCM) hosts its first PERFORMATHON throughout May, where students of all ages come together to share their music virtually. At this time, perhaps more than ever, we are focused on providing platforms and opportunities for our students to inspire hope in our community with their music, passion, and dedication. You can […]

Learn to make browned butter and oat cookies with pecan brittle, learning useful techniques such as browning butter and making brittle from scratch.

Join Sara Seager, an astrophysicist and a professor of planetary science at MIT, as she discusses her memoir, The Smallest Lights in the Universe, in which she recounts her successful efforts to rebuild her life in the wake of tragedy — discovering the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy […]

Living with a Chronic Illness can offer challenges in all aspects of one’s life. Peer support to share your feelings and experiences can offer you support in coping with your journey. Join the Living with Chronic Illness Support Group on the second Wednesday of the month at 10:00 AM. The group will be facilitated by […]

2nd & 4th Wednesdays 1-2pm We typically assist 30-35 families/individuals representing approximately 65-75 total clients at each mobile pantry distribution We receive 2-4 new families/individuals at each pantry distribution. Some clients need short-term assistance from Open Table while others are more regular participants. Employees who work in Concord or Carlisle are eligible to attend as well. The mobile […]

Jane Blair from "Art Matters" returns to the COA to show how the bond between mothers and their children is very special, very personal, and universal. This relationship transcends language, cultures, great distances and time itself. Art speaks to this bond, so we can understand and share the connections and experiences made between mothers & […]

Films at Fowler discussion on Zoom of the French documentary "Faces Places" (Visages Villages, 2017), directed by Agnès Varda and photographer/artist JR. This unconventional and charming film follows Varda and JR as they travel around rural France, creating oversize portraits of the people they meet along the way. To register for the discussion and receive […]

Online Class "Seeing" for Drawing and Painting with Ron Krouk MEDIUM: Charcoal, Pencil, and Oil or Acrylic ALL LEVELS AND WELCOME BEGINNERS! Thursday, May 13 - June 10, 2021 10:00AM - 1:00PM Why can’t I just draw what I see? What does it mean to work from observation? I know it doesn’t look right but […]

Here Comes The Sun at The Umbrella Arts Center is a collaborative mixed media and lighting installation conceived by artists Ellen McHale and Gail Burr. For this installation, community members are invited to contribute origami doves made of recyclable Tyvek and inscribed with messages of hope, wishes, and dedications to the heroes around us. These […]

The Concord Free Public Library will host a free puppet show featuring Through Me to You Puppetry on the second Thursday of each month at 2 pm, May 13, June 10, July 8, and Aug 12. Join Newton and his puppet friends for some storytime fun! Newton & Friends take turns reading stories and singing […]

In her recent book, Forged in Crisis, Nancy Koehn, historian at the Harvard Business School, examines the pivotal role that Rachel Carson played in the development of the modern environmental movement and in inspiring citizen action toward protecting the earth. Join us for this conversation in which she will also discuss the book she is […]

Feel good to walk in the woods? Join us to enhance our wellBeing with socially-distant Mindful Wellness Walks in Concord this spring. BWBH’s Wellness Walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of intentionally taking in the natural environment with all our senses. Location: White Pond Reservation Trails […]

Elder Law is “legal life care planning” that ensures your needs are addressed from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Join us on Zoom, Friday, May 14th for a presentation by attorney John Donahue on a number of aspects of elder law. If there is a topic of special interest to you or if you have a specific […]

Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling. This is the story of Ugly, whose odd, gawky looks instantly incite prejudice from his family and other barnyard creatures. Separated from the farm and pursued by a hungry Cat, Ugly must find his way home. Along his rollicking and harrowing […]

A Virtual Concert by The Umbrella Stage Company Featuring: Jess Andra Vanessa Calantropo Dwayne P. Mitchell Kara Chu Nelson Anthony Pires, Jr. With original poetry by SarahMae and Xinef Afriam Music Directed by David Wright Here Comes the Sun is a looking back/looking forward concert, presented by The Umbrella Stage Company. The free online streamed […]

Have you ever noticed beautifully decorated sugar cookies and thought, “How did they do that”? In this online class, you will learn basic sugar cookie prep, baking and decorating techniques. You will receive a superb sugar cookie dough recipe so you can bake your cookies ahead of time, and during the class will learn rolling […]

Tell a story about a woman in your life; tell a story with a woman in your life. Participate in the Museum’s oral history program recording stories about the important women in our lives. The recordings will become part of the StoryCorps Archive through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, preserving your […]

Every Saturday in May, stop by the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum to participate in an activity that celebrates women’s fight for civil rights and equity throughout history, and all that is to come for women’s achievement. The future is female, and we want to hear your hopes for our future! With Museum admission; Members […]

In a town famous for the independent spirit of its people, Concord’s women have always been leaders, fighting for justice and creating a uniquely American vision in literature and art. Come with us to hear the stories of these remarkable women, and see the places where they made their mark. The Women of Concord Tour […]

ONLINE WORKSHOP: Awesome Blossom: A Tulip in Graphite + Watercolor with Helen Byers MEDIUM: Watercolor LEVEL: Advanced Beginner - Intermediate Saturday + Sunday, 1:00PM - 4:00pm EST (11am - 2pm MDT) May 15 & 16, 2021 What says spring more elegantly than a tulip? Join nature artist Helen Byers to celebrate the season with a […]

Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling. This is the story of Ugly, whose odd, gawky looks instantly incite prejudice from his family and other barnyard creatures. Separated from the farm and pursued by a hungry Cat, Ugly must find his way home. Along his rollicking and harrowing […]