Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy. […]

The Rotary Club of Concord is sponsoring its 34th annual golf tournament to benefit the Rotary Scholarship Fund and Rotary charitable projects. The entry fee includes 18 holes of golf at Concord Country Club, use of the putting green, golf cart, lunch, tournament gifts and refreshments and a banquet at the conclusion of the evening. […]

Creativity is the ability of a person to create, perform, or think of something in a way that it has not been done before by anyone. But you do not have to be creative with a capital "C" to keep your brain healthy and vital. There are many forms of creativity. Authoring a silly poem […]

Join us for a linocut workshop with Sherrie York whose reduction linocut "Trunk Show" [Downy Woodpecker] is in Mass Audubon’s collection and currently exhibited in the "Alive with Birds." In the workshop, students will tour the special exhibit and examine how some of the most well- regarded American artists have depicted birds and their habitats. […]

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In 2022, The Umbrella Arts Center continues its "Go Out Doors - Neighbors" temporary public art project with artist-decorated doors in outdoors locations throughout the Concord area this summer. Originally inspired by the En Plein Air door installation on NYC’s High Line, Go Out Doors – Neighbors expands upon a summer 2020 installation celebrating the […]

Join one of a certified Concord Tour Guides and ‘amble’ along the same trail Emerson and Thoreau walked daily from Emerson’s House to Walden Pond. Learn about everything from Transcendentalism to how the nature has changed since Emerson and Thoreau’s time during this walking tour, Friday Sept. 2, 10 a.m

Please come support CCFH on Friday, September 2nd Crosbys Parking Lot 12:30 pm-4:30 pm

Join Master Cooper Ron Raiselis for a look into the 1700s coopering trade and explore why these highly skilled craftspeople were essential to the commerce and survival of a colony. Ron has served as the resident cooper at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth N.H. since 1985, where he maintains a traditional cooperage shop.

Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy. […]

Sweet Autumn Farm stand is open for the season on Saturdays. The farm is a certified-organic grower of vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruit and specialty crops. The farm focuses on the quality of the soil & nutritional content of the food. Native pollinators are recognized as important part of a healthy, balanced system. Location: 180 Prospect […]