• Concord Festival of Authors

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Concord Festival of Authors Showcases Outstanding Line-up of Books, Speakers and Stories for All in October 2025 The annual Concord Festival of Authors (CFA), managed by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library, celebrates the written and spoken word this fall with two weeks of literary events throughout town from October 18-November 1. The […]

  • Joel Myerson Annual Lecture Presented by Professor Laura Dassow Walls

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Goodwin Forum Main Library129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742 Please join us for the annual Joel Myerson Lecture: "Stepping Out of Time: Thoreau, Lopez, and the Question of Transcendentalism Today," presented by Prof. Laura Dassow Walls. "Is this who we are?" It's the question of the day, but generations ago the Transcendentalists asked it as […]

  • First Friday: MCI Concord and the Road Ahead

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

    10am-11:30am The League of Women Voters of Concord-Carlisle will kick off the fall with a timely look at the latest developments surrounding MCI Concord. Since the State of Massachusetts closed the prison last summer, the MCI Concord Advisory Board, town officials, and other stakeholders have been working to chart a path forward for this significant […]

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  • Film Screening: Dream, a film by Raouf Zaki

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

    2-4:30PM Join filmmaker Raouf Zaki on September 27 at 2pm for a screening of his film Dream, in celebration of Blindness Awareness Month! The screening is in partnership with the Lion's Club "Seeing Is Believing" Event, which will take place on the library lawn and in the Goodwin Forum earlier that day on September 27. […]

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  • Seeing is Believing

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

    11am-2pm   Concord Lions Club and Concord Free Public Library host "Seeing is Believing" on Library Lawn Beep Baseball - Learn & Try Free Eye Screenings Games for all ages Kids' Corner Food & Fun  

  • Climate and Emergency Preparedness

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

    ARE YOU PREPARED? Come celebrate National Preparedness Month on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM, the first day of Climate Preparedness Week. The Concord Free Public Library, Concord Health Department, Concord Fire Department and Central Middlesex Medical Reserve Corps (CMMRC) cordially invite you to join us in the Goodwin Forum at the Main Library […]