On November 23rd, the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council will host our annual Human Rights Tea in the Goodwin Forum in the Main Library. This year we will present the 2025 Climate For Freedom Award to Second Chance Cars, a Concord based nonprofit that provides affordable used cars to working people in need. Dan Holin, the […]
Fall Concert with Sō Percussion, all ages SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 223:30—4:30 PM Goodwin ForumMain Library129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742 Meet the members of GRAMMY Award winning Sō Percussion! This electrifying ensemble will give insights into their instruments, the repertoire they play, the composers they work with, and what life is like for one of the […]
Author talk and book signing by award-winning nonfiction book author, Leila Philip of Beaverland. Co-sponsored by Concord Free Public Library with Concord Land Conservation Trust, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust, The Walden Woods Project, OARS, and The Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council. Register at cfpl.info/beaverland for in-person attendance or cfpl.info/beaverlandvirtual for […]
The League of Women Voters of Concord-Carlisle will hear from the Concord Tax Relief Evaluation Task Force who will share their work on evaluating housing costs for both homeowners and renters, including a survey to assess the housing cost burden for residents. They will review the effectiveness of the Residential Tax Exemption and other tax […]
Join us as we conclude the 2025 Concord Festival of Authors with celebrated author Cass Sunstein! Mr. Sunstein is author of hundreds of articles and dozens of books, including Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler, 2008), Simpler: The Future of Government (2013), The Ethics of Influence (2015), #Republic (2017), […]
Join author Karen Kirsten in Conversation with Jennifer S. Brown for a discussion of her new book Irena's Gift. A 2025 National Jewish Book Award Finalist that judges described as “reads like a thriller,” and winner of Zibby Awards for Best Family Drama & Best Story of Overcoming, IRENA’S GIFT explores how hidden histories can […]
Join National Book Award long-listed author Marcella Pixley to celebrate the launch of her newest middle-grade book, Neshama, with an author talk, reading, and book signing. "Anna sees ghosts. The spirits of her ancestors call to her from the shadows, and no matter where she is, Anna always answers. Kids in her middle school tease […]
The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library present CFA Mystery Night 2025, moderated by Kate Flora! This year's event features authors Nicole Asselin, Richard Cass, and Kim Herdman Shapiro. Kate Flora's fascination with people's criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general's office. Deadbeat dads, child abusers, and employment discrimination aroused her curiosity about […]
The Robbins House presents Tara Roberts, author of Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home and Belonging. When Tara Roberts first caught sight of a photograph at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History depicting the scuba and underwater archaeology group Diving With a Purpose, it called out to her. Here were […]
The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library Poetry Series presents Jonathan Aaron and Linda Flaherty Haltmaier, two outstanding poets at the height of their powers. Jonathan Aaron reads from his fourth collection, Just About Anything: New and Selected Poems (Carnegie Mellon University Press 2025). A poem uses words to try to get at what […]