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Workshop: Watercolor Painting from Photographs Intensive with Richard Denzer
concord art 37 Lexington Road, ConcordPoetry at the Library Series presents Mikko Harvey and Nina MacLaughlin
Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, ConcordWeek of Events
Poetry on the Farm at Gaining Ground
Poetry on the Farm at Gaining Ground
For the third year in a row, the nonprofit, hunger-relief farm Gaining Ground will mark the arrival of spring with a celebration of poetry, food, and farming. Gaining Ground collected poetry submissions during the spring from people of all ages on topics like food, nature, and farming, and has included the poems in an installation […]
Concord Museum Exhibition: A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library
Concord Museum Exhibition: A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library
On view now at the Concord Museum! In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th Anniversary, the Concord Museum, the Concord Free Public Library, and the Concord Free Public Library Corporation’s William Munroe Special Collections have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects include paintings by Washington Allston, N.C. […]
Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
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.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided […]
Women of Concord Walking Tour
Women of Concord Walking Tour
Concord’s women have always been leaders, fighting for justice and creating a uniquely American vision in literature and art. This tour discusses the stories of these remarkable women, and see the places where they made their mark. Private tours are also available by request for groups of 4 or more. Also offered select Dates all […]
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
MAY 12 - JUNE 4 The Umbrella Stage Company presents the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning classic novel, The Color Purple, and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg. The inspirational story set in the early 1900s follows a young woman, Celie, as she journeys through her childhood experiencing joy, despair, anguish, sisterhood and self-realization […]
3 Week Painting Series – 3 Tuesdays
3 Week Painting Series – 3 Tuesdays
Practice your painting skills using your choice of water based paint . Learn to paint freely and boldly while we will go over the basics of painting like composition, values and color. The focus of this series will be to connect with your intuitive voice and paint from your heart. All levels are welcome!
American Inheritance: A Conversation with Edward Larson
American Inheritance: A Conversation with Edward Larson
Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson joins us for a conversation on his new book "American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795," in which he discusses how liberty and slavery were intertwined during the nation’s founding. Professor Larson examines the role of Black Americans during the Revolutionary War and in […]
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
MAY 12 - JUNE 4 The Umbrella Stage Company presents the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning classic novel, The Color Purple, and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg. The inspirational story set in the early 1900s follows a young woman, Celie, as she journeys through her childhood experiencing joy, despair, anguish, sisterhood and self-realization […]
34th Annual Garden Tour
34th Annual Garden Tour
The Concord Museum Guild of Volunteers is thrilled to present the 34th Annual Garden Tour on June 2 and 3, 2023! This event features carefully selected private gardens throughout Concord. Funds raised provide critical support to the Museum’s education initiatives. This year there are six unique gardens that reflect the individual interests and passions of […]
Concord Carlisle Neighbors Coffee Event
Concord Carlisle Neighbors Coffee Event
The Concord Carlisle Neighbors Club is an organization whose membership welcomes new families moving into our towns. CCN provides social support and planned activities to help individuals and families adjust and feel part of life in their new environment. CCN also connects long term residents with each other to strengthen the community network. We host […]
Workshop: Watercolor Painting from Photographs Intensive with Richard Denzer
Workshop: Watercolor Painting from Photographs Intensive with Richard Denzer
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 […]
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
MAY 12 - JUNE 4 The Umbrella Stage Company presents the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning classic novel, The Color Purple, and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg. The inspirational story set in the early 1900s follows a young woman, Celie, as she journeys through her childhood experiencing joy, despair, anguish, sisterhood and self-realization […]
Thoreau Fun Fair
Thoreau Fun Fair
Thoreau School is putting on a Fun Fair! Come enjoy games, inflatables, face painting, tattoos, a climbing wall, concessions and more! Thoreau Elementary School, 29 Prairie St, Concord, MA, 01742
Rainbow Fish – Concord Youth Theatre
Rainbow Fish – Concord Youth Theatre
Rainbow Fish is the most beautiful fish in all the ocean. When Rainbow Fish refuses to share his (or her!) vibrant, shimmering scales the whole ocean seems to turn against the vain creature. Unhappy that no one adores him anymore, the Rainbow Fish seeks out the wise Octopus. Octopus helps the young fish learn that […]
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
MAY 12 - JUNE 4 The Umbrella Stage Company presents the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning classic novel, The Color Purple, and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg. The inspirational story set in the early 1900s follows a young woman, Celie, as she journeys through her childhood experiencing joy, despair, anguish, sisterhood and self-realization […]
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CCHS Class of 2023 Graduation
34th Annual Garden Tour
34th Annual Garden Tour
The Concord Museum Guild of Volunteers is thrilled to present the 34th Annual Garden Tour on June 2 and 3, 2023! This event features carefully selected private gardens throughout Concord. Funds raised provide critical support to the Museum’s education initiatives. This year there are six unique gardens that reflect the individual interests and passions of […]
Milldam Nursery School Ducky Fair
Milldam Nursery School Ducky Fair
Milldam Nursery School's annual Ducky Fair is back! Come join us on Saturday, June 3rd at Cousins Park in West Concord from 10-12pm for music with Mr. Seston, a petting zoo, glitter tattoos, dunk tank, fair games, crafts, Bedford Farms ice cream, and more!
Stow St. Block Party
Church of the Wild: A Conversation with Victoria Loorz
Church of the Wild: A Conversation with Victoria Loorz
Church of the Wild places Thoreau’s intimacy with nature into a community of spiritual practice. With a fresh look at a beloved community larger than our own species, this book uncovers the wild roots of faith to undergird our commitment to a groaning and glorious earth. Simple practices of sacred reconnection with the land, waters […]
Poetry at the Library Series presents Mikko Harvey and Nina MacLaughlin
Poetry at the Library Series presents Mikko Harvey and Nina MacLaughlin
Join us for an in-person Saturday afternoon with award-winning poets Mikko Harvey and Nina MacLaughlin who will read and engage in a Q & A about their inspirations and craft. (This event was rescheduled from March 5). PLEASE REGISTER FOR A SEAT IN THE FORUM Mikko Harvey reads from his second poetry collection Let the […]
Rainbow Fish – Concord Youth Theatre
Rainbow Fish – Concord Youth Theatre
Rainbow Fish is the most beautiful fish in all the ocean. When Rainbow Fish refuses to share his (or her!) vibrant, shimmering scales the whole ocean seems to turn against the vain creature. Unhappy that no one adores him anymore, the Rainbow Fish seeks out the wise Octopus. Octopus helps the young fish learn that […]
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
MAY 12 - JUNE 4 The Umbrella Stage Company presents the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning classic novel, The Color Purple, and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg. The inspirational story set in the early 1900s follows a young woman, Celie, as she journeys through her childhood experiencing joy, despair, anguish, sisterhood and self-realization […]