The Concord Orchestra presents the first concert of its 2021-2022 season, with five programs planned and conducted by finalists auditioning for the position of Music Director. The first program of the season, “East Meets West”, planned and conducted by Geneviève Leclair, takes place on Saturday, October 16 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 17 at […]

The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library present CFA Young Adult Authors featuring Jennifer De Leon, author of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From Desmond Hall, author of Your Corner Dark Margo Rabb, author of Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize Please Register here.

Calling all teens and tweens! The Concord Free Public Library will host three craft programs for middle schoolers and high school students to create a tree for Concord Museum’s annual Family Trees celebration. The programs will take place in the Main Library’s Lower Level Meeting Room on: Monday, October 18 at 4 pm Wednesday, October […]

Storytelling from the Heart of Medicine Suzanne Koven, MD in conversation with celebrated author Dani Shapiro Patients have extraordinary stories to tell, as do doctors and other health professionals. Join Dr. Suzanne Koven, a primary care physician and the inaugural writer-in-residence at Massachusetts General Hospital, as she shares insights about her medical and writing careers as […]

The Center for Parents and Teachers announces a new and innovative offering on How to Manage Stress in Uncertain Times   Please find instructions below each workshop on how to register for individual sessions. Wish to attend all 4 sessions?  Please email cpt@concordps.org and type “Series on Managing Stress” in the subject line. We are […]

Our popular Monday Night Meditation continues! 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 simple, integrative 30-minute sessions are available for every age. Share the moment with friends and family! […]

Although new Medicare cards have random numbers and no longer use your Social Security numbers, you still need to be vigilant and protect yourself from becoming victim to deceptive marketing and medical identity theft. Come meet a representative of the Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) for a presentation on how to prevent, detect, and report […]

Novelists Sue Miller and Doug Bauer will read from and discuss their respective family memoirs, The Story of My Father and What Happens Next: Matters of Life and Death. The author of ten best-selling novels, Sue Miller’s The Story of My Father, was heralded as a “beautiful, spare memoir about her relationship with her father during his illness […]

Novelists Sue Miller and Doug Bauer will read from and discuss their respective family memoirs, The Story of My Father and What Happens Next? Matters of Life and Death.  The author of ten best-selling novels, Sue Miller’s The Story of My Father, was heralded as a “beautiful, spare memoir about her relationship with her father during his illness and […]

Community Chest Luncheon "Impact of the Pandemic on the Community" Wednesday, October 20, 2021  11:30 am – 1:30 pm Outdoors at Nashawtuc Country Club (Or “view only” from the comfort of your own home) Join us under the tent at the Nashawtuc Country Club for lunch and a conversation about the impact of the COVID-19 […]

Be Well Be Here happily collaborates with the Concord Festival of Authors 2021 to present: Your First 100 Words: Grounding Readers in Your Fiction Most readers will engage with a story if they feel grounded in some aspect of that story’s world. Whether physically grounded in setting, emotionally grounded in character, or logistically grounded in […]

Virtual Practice On the Full Moon of Every Month at 7:00 – 8:00 PM On this date it is the: Full Hunter’s Moon in Aries (AKA Falling Leaves Moon) Guided online by Nicole A Grant, MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT500 The Full Moon is all about letting go of the ‘Doing’ and moving gently, quietly and compassionately […]

JOIN US FOR A LIVE CFA 2021 CONVERSATION WITH CELEBRATED NEW NOVELISTS Lisa Braxton, author of The Talking Drum Julie Carrick Dalton, Waiting for the Night Song Dariel Suarez, The Playwright’s House Learn More here.

Be Well Be Here loves our Thursday Morning Meditation community! Join us for a 30-minute mindful wellness practice with the Concord Free Public Library, and start your day with a moment of ease. Discover mindful ways to befriend the body, settle the mind, and enhance wellbeing. All ages welcome! Register for the Zoom link by […]

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The CCHS Theater students perform Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream outside the high school. Dress comfortably and don't miss it! Tickets on sale soon.

A Virtual Lyceum: The Art of Perception Perception connects us with our immediate environment, and yet perception is anything but immediate. We learn to perceive, and what we ordinarily perceive is conditioned by what we have learned to pay attention to. Our powers of perception must be cultivated.  During this Lyceum, joined by scholars and artists […]

Discover the world of today’s classical composer and join us on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at 7:00 – 8:00 pm for a talk on 21st Century Classical Composers, presented by CCM faculty member Nicole Parks. You'll learn about composers making exciting music with new technology. Gone are the days of putting pen to paper. Contemporary […]

Thursday, October 21st: Dan Kennedy, Keynote Thursday, October 28th: We will reconvene for a panel discussion: Moderator: Elizabeth Ballantine Panelist: Elena Eberwein Panelist: Dan Kennedy Panelist: David Ropeik On the first night, Beat the Press’s Dan Kennedy will talk about the changing economics of the news business, including why local news and reporting is important […]

Join the Be Well Be Here community for FREE online Chakra Yoga Practice Guided by Nicole A Grant, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, EMT This yoga exploration is open to all levels of practice and is an invitation to let go of the ‘doing’ and settle into the loving space of BEing. We breathe and ground to settle […]

You'll love this atmospheric walk through two of Concord's oldest cemeteries as we explore everything about our graves from burial customs to iconography, plus a goodly share of Concord-centered tales, including: what Henry Thoreau though of ghosts; a first person description of Nathaniel Hawthorne's gruesome encounter with a drowned woman; and the mysterious case of […]

LIVE Online Presentation of the 2021 Leslie Riedel Memorial Lecture for Young People featuring Robert Sabuda Robert Sabuda was raised in Pinckney, Michigan. He was skilled as an artist from a very young age, and attended the Pratt Institute in New York City. His interest in children's book illustration began with an internship at Dial […]

Music Director James O’Dell conducts ensembles from within the Band including woodwind, brass and jazz groups. Admission is free with donations gratefully accepted. Audience members are asked to provide proof of vaccination or recent negative test and wear masks.

Join us for this popular annual CFA event as we discuss the literary life with: Meredith Hall, author of Beneficence Chaney Kwak, author of The Passenger Shawna Kay Rodenberg, author of Kin Learn more here.

Sidewalk Sales! Art! Prizes! Train Car Trivia Game! Food tastings! Grand Opening of the new Open Table Community Donations Center at 40 Beharrell Street!

Grave Detectives! will introduce families to some of Concord’s oldest history that is hiding in plain sight at Old Hill Burying Ground. This tour will introduce how to read gravestone iconography, how to use images to roughly date stones, and how the epitaphs convey information. Grave Detectives! Stories in Stone is an interactive discovery tour […]

In the 1800s, Concord was the center for American authors and thinkers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. They gathered together with other Concordians to discuss issues of the day such as slavery, war, the natural world, and many other topics. Led by a Museum educator, explore 1800s Concord and […]

Sharing Stories Do you love children’s books? Are you drawn into a story by its pictures? Have you ever wondered about the writer behind the story? Join Barefoot Books for a casual family- friendly event at our new Bradford Mill location! We’ll begin with Storytime to share picture books with themes of play, inclusion, and […]