Join Verrill Farm & Emerson Hospital for the Annual Harvest Festival
Verrill Farm 11 Wheeler Road, ConcordDracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., Concord“Civilizations” – Art from Caves to the Cosmic Divine
Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, ConcordArt Ramble 2022: ‘In The Balance’
Hapgood-Wright Town Forest Walden Street x Thoreau Street, ConcordConcord Conservatory of Music’s Adult Chamber Music Play-In
Concord Conservatory of Music 1317 Main St, ConcordGoats and Giggles at the Concord Free Public Library
Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, ConcordDracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordSupport Group for Those Who Experience Anxiety
Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, ConcordConcord’s Autumn Twilight : Monuments, Memories and Mortality
Concord Visitor Center 58 Main St, ConcordDracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordConcord’s Autumn Twilight : Monuments, Memories and Mortality
Concord Visitor Center 58 Main St, ConcordDracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
The Umbrella Community Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordWeek of Events
Paper Mache Vegetable Workshop for Kids
Paper Mache Vegetable Workshop for Kids
The Concord Free Public Library is partnering with The Umbrella Arts Center to offer a free paper mache workshop geared towards children in grades K - 5 and their families. We’ll make giant paper mache vegetables which we’ll hang from the Children’s Library ceiling to celebrate the fall harvest! Come to one or both of […]
Open Table: Ride for Food 2022 – Riding for More Love, Less Hunger
Open Table: Ride for Food 2022 – Riding for More Love, Less Hunger
Open Table is again partnering with Three Squares New England in the annual Ride for Food. This year’s ride is back on the road on Sunday, October 2, 2022 OR virtual – whatever works for YOU! And you can bike, run, swim, walk, skip, jump or whatever exercise is fun for you. So choose your preferred activity and […]
CCYB Tryout Registration
CCYB Tryout Registration
Registration is open for tryouts for the Concord-Carlisle Youth Basketball 2022/2023 winter travel season. The travel basketball program is a competitive alternative to Concord Recreation basketball programs for boys in Grades 3-8 and girls in Grades 4-8. You can learn more and register at http://ccybasketball.org. Registration closes on October 3, so register today!
Art Ramble 2022: ‘In The Balance’
Art Ramble 2022: ‘In The Balance’
Art Ramble is an annual, temporary exhibition in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest in Concord, MA, a collaboration of The Umbrella Art Center and Concord’s Division of Natural Resources (CDNR). Following Leave No Trace principles, regional artists create site-specific artworks promoting appreciation of nature, installed along Fairyland Pond and parts of the historic Emerson-Thoreau Amble […]
The Garden Club of Concord Seeks Grant Proposals
The Garden Club of Concord Seeks Grant Proposals
The Garden Club of Concord is soliciting proposals from local organizations and residents seeking funding for gardening-related community projects. Each year the Garden Club sponsors a range of projects in the Concord community. Past grants have funded planting projects are the Old Manse, the Concord Housing Authority and The Umbrella Community Arts Center. Grants have […]
Concord Conservatory of Music’s Adult Chamber Music Play-In
Concord Conservatory of Music’s Adult Chamber Music Play-In
Celebrate fall by making music with others on Saturday, October 22 Calling all adult chamber musicians! Concord Conservatory of Music (CCM), in collaboration with the Concord Chamber Music Society, announces the CCM Adult Chamber Music Play-In on Saturday, October 22nd, from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm. We welcome adult instrumentalists to experience the unique enrichment […]
Holiday Artisans Fair
Holiday Artisans Fair
Holiday Artisans Fair – First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road, Concord, MA. October 8, 2022 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A wide variety of artists and artisans showing and selling their latest works. Fine art, photography, woodworks, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, scarves, kitchen items, baskets, specialty food gift items, hostess gift items, pet gifts, […]
Join Verrill Farm & Emerson Hospital for the Annual Harvest Festival
Join Verrill Farm & Emerson Hospital for the Annual Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 2, 2021 - 11AM - 3PM Join us for our annual Harvest Festival to support the Pediatric Unit at Emerson Hospital. A day of family fun featuring games and prizes, live music by the Sandy Ridge Boys, PYO pumpkins, 4-H animals, a silent auction and a la cart food. All pumpkin sales during […]
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
One hundred and twenty five years after its publication, Dracula has continued to thrill and be interpreted by every generation in turn. And now, in the New England premiere of a bold new adaptation, award-winning playwright-actor Kate Hamill sinks her teeth into the sexism in Bram Stoker's classic. The result is a fun, fearless ride […]
Adopt a Reading Pal
Adopt a Reading Pal
The Concord Free Public Library is excited to launch a new program: Adopt A Reading Pal. This program is designed to promote love of reading, care of pets, and familiarity with the resources of the library for elementary school aged children. Over the course of 6 weeks, kids will adopt, care for, and read to […]
“Civilizations” – Art from Caves to the Cosmic Divine
“Civilizations” – Art from Caves to the Cosmic Divine
Driven by the need to connect, humankind has created a wealth of treasures through the entirety of the human experience. In this DVD series, “Civilizations”, we will see the “role art and the creative imagination have played across multiple cultures and civilizations and continents.” COA volunteer Catherine Boyd will be standing in for Jan Muir […]
Writing on the Issues We Care About
Writing on the Issues We Care About
How to Craft Op-Eds, Letters to the Editor and Other Opinion and Advocacy Pieces Most of us can remember a time when hearing or reading someone’s story changed our minds or opinion(s). In this class, we will examine how to use or advance your writing skills in order to advocate for social equity, public policy […]
ELL Classes for Adults
ELL Classes for Adults
We are excited to start offering English Language Learner classes for adults! These classes will be held in person at Concord-Carlisle High School. We will place people in classes according to level. Scholarships are available. Go to our website for full information: https://ccace.asapconnected.com/?org=4701#CourseGroupID=28943
Go Out Doors 2022
Go Out Doors 2022
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 […]
Goats and Giggles at the Concord Free Public Library
Goats and Giggles at the Concord Free Public Library
Bouncing baby goats are coming to the Concord Free Public Library Children's Garden on Thursday, October 6 from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM! Children ages 0 - 5 and their caregivers are invited for a hands-on playtime with baby goats from Chip-In Farm. There will be plenty of time for goat cuddles and photo ops. […]
Gaining Ground free educational farm tour
Gaining Ground free educational farm tour
The non-profit farm Gaining Ground will hold a free educational farm tour on Thursday, October 6, from 4:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. at its site on 341 Virginia Road in Concord. Everyone is invited to take part in this opportunity to learn about the process of winterizing crop fields and practices that extend the growing […]
Open Table Food Drive at Crosby’s, hosted by Joy Street
Open Table Food Drive at Crosby’s, hosted by Joy Street
Support Open Table by stop by Crosby's on Thursday, October 6th, 4:30-6. Pick up a few items while doing your shopping or drop off donations you already have. Joy Street Shop will host this food drive, thanks Joy Street!
Flowers and Flow
Flowers and Flow
The West Concord GREEN THUMBS and ArtScape and collaborating on a gallery show called "Flowers and Flow" Share with us your creations and captures of flowers/flow - open to your artistic interpretation. PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, all MIXED MEDIA ARTISTS of any ability and age level - submit your artwork to ArtScape on Sept. 17th and 18th […]
Lecture: Emerson’s Thoughts on Art with Jeff Wieand
Lecture: Emerson’s Thoughts on Art with Jeff Wieand
Join us Thursday, October 6th at 6pm for a lecture with Concord Art’s President of the Board of Directors, Jeff Wieand, who will discuss Emerson’s Thoughts on Art.
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
One hundred and twenty five years after its publication, Dracula has continued to thrill and be interpreted by every generation in turn. And now, in the New England premiere of a bold new adaptation, award-winning playwright-actor Kate Hamill sinks her teeth into the sexism in Bram Stoker's classic. The result is a fun, fearless ride […]
Goodwin and Friends
Goodwin and Friends
Live music and interactive art every Thursday in October at Nosh from 8-11 PM!
Support Group for Those Who Experience Anxiety
Support Group for Those Who Experience Anxiety
Do you often feel nervous, anxious, or on edge? Do you feel you worry too much or have little control over how much you worry or what you worry about? You are not alone; anxiety is very common. Using family and friends for support who do not have a solid understanding of anxiety can be […]
African-American History of Concord Walking Tour
African-American History of Concord Walking Tour
Learn about Concord’s African-American history on this 90 minute walking tour (about 2 miles). The tour will visit sites highlighting Concord’s history around enslavement, the first generation of self emancipated African-Americans and the growth of Abolitionism. Guests will visit sites that tell the story of John Jack, Brister Freeman and Concord’s heroic native son Pvt. […]
Concord’s Autumn Twilight : Monuments, Memories and Mortality
Concord’s Autumn Twilight : Monuments, Memories and Mortality
“When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. . . . How beautifully they go to their graves! How gently they lay themselves down and turn to mould. Henry David Thoreau Concord ablaze in all its fall glory asks us to reflect on autumn’s passage as we savor the […]
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
One hundred and twenty five years after its publication, Dracula has continued to thrill and be interpreted by every generation in turn. And now, in the New England premiere of a bold new adaptation, award-winning playwright-actor Kate Hamill sinks her teeth into the sexism in Bram Stoker's classic. The result is a fun, fearless ride […]
Sweet Autumn Farm Stand
Sweet Autumn Farm Stand
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 […]
Concord’s Autumn Twilight : Monuments, Memories and Mortality
Concord’s Autumn Twilight : Monuments, Memories and Mortality
Concord ablaze in all its fall glory asks us to reflect on autumn’s passage as we savor the golden afternoons and sense the crisp twilight at hand. This 90-minute twilight walking tour of old Concord town takes us down the venerable streets and byways hearing the voices of those who have come before while appreciating […]
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
Dracula (A feminist revenge fantasy, really)
One hundred and twenty five years after its publication, Dracula has continued to thrill and be interpreted by every generation in turn. And now, in the New England premiere of a bold new adaptation, award-winning playwright-actor Kate Hamill sinks her teeth into the sexism in Bram Stoker's classic. The result is a fun, fearless ride […]