“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordPlease sign up for Concord Community Connections at Newbury Court – Coffee or Cocktail Hour
Newbury Court 100 Newbury Court, ConcordConcord Stories: Indigenous Musketaquid to Provincial Concord with author Jim Sherblom
Walden Pond Visitor Center 915 Walden Street, Concord- No events scheduled for April 28, 2025.
Art Reception at Wright Tavern: “Awake, Rise, Act: Contemporary Broadsides”
Wright Tavern 2 Lexington Rd, Concord“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordAuthor Talk: Liz Kinchen, author of Light in Bandaged Places
Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, ConcordThe Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella Dinner & Show option
The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow St., Concord“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordPlease join us for Concord Community Connections at Newbury Court – Cocktails
Newbury Court 100 Newbury Court, Concord“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow St., ConcordJoin us! 5K Walk in Their Shoes to support rural South African schools
Great Brook Farm State Park 165 North Road, CarlisleDiscord on the Concord: River Ice Breakup and the Revolution of the Seasons (Then and Now)
Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, ConcordConcord250 Event: Concord Women’s Chorus Concert “Still Heard Round the World: A Celebration of Music Written by and for Women”
Trinity Episcopal Church 81 Elm Street, ConcordWeek of Events
250th Exercise Program
“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
Exhibition: April 14 - June 14, 2025 Opening Reception April 14, 6PM The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the shot heard round the world” with an ambitious outdoor/indoor public and gallery art exhibition, Weaving an Address, curated by artist Marla McLeod. For the first […]
The Charles Williams Scholarships are now open
The Charles Williams Scholarships are now open
The Charles Williams Scholarships Among the duties of Trustees of The Concord Free Public Library Corporation is the administration of a special endowed fund, The Charles Williams Fund, that provides an annual stipend for scholarships awarded to college-bound Concord students who demonstrate an interest and aptitude in the visual arts or in music. The Fund […]
Please sign up for Concord Community Connections at Newbury Court – Coffee or Cocktail Hour
Please sign up for Concord Community Connections at Newbury Court – Coffee or Cocktail Hour
We are excited to share Newbury Court's history as a not-for-profit, community resource for older adults and discuss our recent purchase of land in our neighborhood. RSVP HERE
Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History StoryWalk™
Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History StoryWalk™
April 1st - April 30th Location: The Concord Free Public Library Visit anytime! Throughout the month of April, visit the Concord Free Public Library and enjoy the Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) StoryWalk™. Learn about 25 movements towards positive change that helped shape our country, while standing in the heart of […]
“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
“Weaving an Address” at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill
Exhibition: April 14 - June 14, 2025 Opening Reception April 14, 6PM The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the shot heard round the world” with an ambitious outdoor/indoor public and gallery art exhibition, Weaving an Address, curated by artist Marla McLeod. For the first […]
The Umbrella Open Studios 2025
The Umbrella Open Studios 2025
Annual Open Studios and Ceramics Studio Sale at the newly renovated Umbrella Arts Center in the heart of historic Concord Center. Saturday, May 3 – 12:00pm – 5:00pm Sunday, May 4 – 12:00pm – 5:00pm For 2025, we’re delighted to welcome you to our studios and galleries! The Umbrella Arts Center is home to more […]
Holocaust Reparations & the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
Holocaust Reparations & the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
Join Kerem Shalom of Concord online for Holocaust Reparations & the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, A Yom Ha-Shoah Program. To honor and remember Yom Ha-Shoah, Dr. Monika Moyrer will share her experiences as a program director for Actional Reconciliation Service for Peace (Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste e.V ). For over 60 years, ASF has been […]
Concord Stories: Indigenous Musketaquid to Provincial Concord with author Jim Sherblom
Concord Stories: Indigenous Musketaquid to Provincial Concord with author Jim Sherblom
Concord Stories includes indigenous people, white settlers, slave traders, immigrants, and revolutionaries. In this lecture you will discover their stories and be invited to explore your own story. Author Jim Sherblom is a transcendentalist, amateur historian, retired Unitarian Universalist minister, and resident of Concord. jimsherblom-april27
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella
Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]
A Space for Collective Grief
A Space for Collective Grief
Tue, Apr 29 | Zoom 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM About the event: Creating Space for Collective Grieving Hosted by William’s Be Yourself Challenge (WBYC) WBYC is honored to offer our community a space for collective grieving. We have invited grief experts Claire Bidwell Smith and Angela Schellenberg to lead a heartfelt conversation on how […]
Art Reception at Wright Tavern: “Awake, Rise, Act: Contemporary Broadsides”
Art Reception at Wright Tavern: “Awake, Rise, Act: Contemporary Broadsides”
Awake, Rise, Act: Contemporary Broadsides An exhibition of Fine Art prints made to resemble 18th century broadsides created for the semiquincentennial celebration of Concord Massachusetts. They are on view at the Wright Tavern, an historic building that played a role in the founding of the United States and the place where the Provincial Congress was […]
Author Talk: Liz Kinchen, author of Light in Bandaged Places
Author Talk: Liz Kinchen, author of Light in Bandaged Places
Join author Liz Kinchen for a discussion of her book Light in Bandaged Places : Healing in the Wake of Young Betrayal. When a lonely young girl meets a teacher twice her age, she is seduced into a web of deceit and secrecy; an experience that teaches her that sex in exchange for attention feels […]
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella Dinner & Show option
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella Dinner & Show option
Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]
Please join us for Concord Community Connections at Newbury Court – Cocktails
Please join us for Concord Community Connections at Newbury Court – Cocktails
We are excited to share Newbury Court's history as a not-for-profit, community resource for older adults and discuss our recent purchase of land in our neighborhood. RSVP HERE
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella
Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]
The Concord Players’ present Urinetown
The Concord Players’ present Urinetown
A slightly different kind of revolution will take place in historic Concord with The Concord Players' production of Urinetown the Musical! It's a dark time in a dark city, where a 20-year drought has led to severe water restrictions - including a ban on private toilets. Public pay toilets are controlled by the evil 'Urine […]
DropOff / SwapOff Day
DropOff / SwapOff Day
DropOff/SwapOff The next DropOff/SwapOff event is Saturday, May 3rd, from 9:30am-3:00pm Pre-registration opens on Thursday, April 3rd. Note: if you are dropping off acceptable items for the Swap only, you do NOT need to preregister or pay. Step One: Click HERE to Preregister Step Two: Click HERE to Pay for Items for DropOff Click below to view the flyers, price list, […]
Join us! 5K Walk in Their Shoes to support rural South African schools
Join us! 5K Walk in Their Shoes to support rural South African schools
On Saturday, May 3, Concord-based Ubuntu Global Connections hosts the 5th annual Walk in Their Shoes. This is a community fundraiser to benefit disadvantaged South African schoolchildren who participate in Axium Education’s innovative educational programs. The walk takes a 5k (3-mile) route through Carlisle’s beautiful Great Brook Farm State Park. Those unable to join in […]
Discord on the Concord: River Ice Breakup and the Revolution of the Seasons (Then and Now)
Discord on the Concord: River Ice Breakup and the Revolution of the Seasons (Then and Now)
The Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council hosts UConn Professor Robert Thorson with a special presentation on the history of our rivers. Professor Thorson's talk will feature his new analysis of historic seasonal changes in the rivers, from spring ice breakup to their typical slow and dark path through Concord in the summer. Zooming […]
Patriots of Color Walking Tour
Patriots of Color Walking Tour
Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 – June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms […]
Concord250 Event: Concord Women’s Chorus Concert “Still Heard Round the World: A Celebration of Music Written by and for Women”
Concord250 Event: Concord Women’s Chorus Concert “Still Heard Round the World: A Celebration of Music Written by and for Women”
The concert will feature two works commissioned by Concord Women’s Chorus: Concord Fragments, a 2010 piece by renowned composer Libby Larsen, three movements set to texts by three Concord women: Lidian Emerson, from an 1843 letter to her husband, Ralph Waldo Emerson; Martha Lawrence Prescott, from an 1834 diary entry on her 18th birthday; and […]
A Revolution of Her Own! – Deborah Sampson
A Revolution of Her Own! – Deborah Sampson
Add a very special program to your 250 celebrations by attending A Revolution of Her Own - Deborah Sampson to be performed by critically acclaimed actor Judith Kalaora, Founder and Artistic Director of History at Play. Deborah Sampson captivates audiences in an immersive living history experience chronicling her life. In the final years of the […]
The Concord Players’ present Urinetown
The Concord Players’ present Urinetown
A slightly different kind of revolution will take place in historic Concord with The Concord Players' production of Urinetown the Musical! It's a dark time in a dark city, where a 20-year drought has led to severe water restrictions - including a ban on private toilets. Public pay toilets are controlled by the evil 'Urine […]
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella
The Spitfire Grill at The Umbrella
Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she […]