The Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Award honors a distingquished advocate for peace, noted humanitarian or faith leader. The 2023 Scholar, Ms. Dayani Barla, will speak at First Parish in Concord about her work. Her activism is located at the intersection s of environmental justice, gender justice and indigenous people's right to self-determination. Her struggle […]

MARCH 31 - APRIL 23 Middleton Heights is a dark comedy that follows Meena and her Filipino family as they assimilate to life in a fictional Midwestern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The play traces historical events from 1967 to 2014 and the pursuit of the American Dream, refracted through the intersectional lens of the Asian […]

Celebrate the start of the American Revolution by exploring artifacts in the Museum and then visiting our drop-in activities to learn about life and craft in the colonies. Visit a craftsperson in the Museum demonstrating various objects that were made of horn during the colonial period, including powder horns and everyday items like cups and […]

Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with muskets to prepare for battle, cooking over a firepit, and demonstrating colonial spinning and sewing. This program is free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati […]

Explore the smells and tastes of the spices that make chai! Connect with these exotic spices and make your own chai blend to take home. Need a nature moment? Join us in experiencing the tranquility and spirit of nature. Get creative and curious while engaging the senses as we connect to & through nature. Enjoy […]

Enjoy reading books with a nature/environmentalism theme? Join NC’s monthly book club! Join us for the second selection in our Spring Reading Series. This month we will be meeting on Thursday, April 20th via Zoom (registration required to receive the link). We welcome people of all backgrounds and abilities to join. Whether or not you’ve […]

Diana Greenwald, Assistant Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and author of Painting By Numbers, joins us for a conversation on 19th century art production. Using new quantitative evidence on five hundred thousand works of art, she examines the extent to which art historians have focused on a limited – and […]

MARCH 31 - APRIL 23 Middleton Heights is a dark comedy that follows Meena and her Filipino family as they assimilate to life in a fictional Midwestern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The play traces historical events from 1967 to 2014 and the pursuit of the American Dream, refracted through the intersectional lens of the Asian […]

Overview of watercolor for all levels of artists A discussion of materials (paper, paint, brushes), composition and drawing, the three basic paint washes, the importance of values, color mixing strategies, masking, dry brush, and all sorts of tips and specialty textural techniques. While a variety of painting styles and approaches are discussed and encouraged, the […]

All Levels Welcome Prints on Japanese paper that are waxed with melted beeswax become strong, translucent, flexible surfaces that welcome techniques like stitching, piercing, and sewing. These prints can be used on their own or combined with other printed elements to invigorate surface and pattern in unique ways. The prints can also be sewn together […]

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MARCH 31 - APRIL 23 Middleton Heights is a dark comedy that follows Meena and her Filipino family as they assimilate to life in a fictional Midwestern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The play traces historical events from 1967 to 2014 and the pursuit of the American Dream, refracted through the intersectional lens of the Asian […]

Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 22 | 10am - 12:30pm The Umbrella Arts Center | 40 Stow Street, Concord We welcome the community to join us for a creative, family-friendly celebration of Earth Day at The Umbrella! Build and launch an Earth Float, enjoy a storytelling performance, partake in arts & crafts, and complete the […]

Books! Homemade Treats! West Concord Union Church invites you to a special Earth Day Book and Bake Sale to help support its efforts to replace a failing fossil-fueled oil heat system with an efficient low CO2 air-source heat-pump system that will slash its greenhouse gas emissions from 65 metric tons a year to virtually zero […]

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Don't miss Beyond the Notes performance at First Parish Church on April 22! Did you know Sarah Whitney, Violinist with Beyond the Notes, was born & raised in Concord, and went to CCHS? What is Beyond the Notes? Beyond the Notes is a unique and interactive concert experience that gives the audience a chance to […]

MARCH 31 - APRIL 23 Middleton Heights is a dark comedy that follows Meena and her Filipino family as they assimilate to life in a fictional Midwestern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The play traces historical events from 1967 to 2014 and the pursuit of the American Dream, refracted through the intersectional lens of the Asian […]