• Silent Movie Show with Richard Hughes

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    The silent movies are back! Watch silent films of the 1920s with Richard’s live piano accompaniment. Before the movies he will talk about the film and the actors. Please call to save a spot at 978-318-3020: Thursday, July 23rd – Steamboat Bill Jr.(1928) Buster Keaton and Ernest Torrance; Tuesday, August 18th – Show People (1928) […]

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  • Laughter in the Best Medicine

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    🤣 😆 🤣 😆 🤣 😆 🤣 😆 🤣 “Laughter is the Best Medicine” is a fun 60-minute show for older adults. Robert Rivest includes humorous stories from his childhood, classic mime skits, and comic improvisation taken from audience suggestions. Robert also shares some insightful tips on using breathing, movement, and laughter to cultivate more […]

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  • Concord Friends of the Aging Ice Cream Social

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    🍨 🍦 🍨 🍦 🍨 🍦 🍨 🍦 🍨 The Concord Friends of the Aging cordially invite Concord seniors to an ice cream social at the Concord COA on Thursday, August 6th at 2:00 PM. We all Scream for Ice Cream!! Make your own sundae! This event is free of charge. Van rides are available. […]

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  • Chronic Pain Talk

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Chronic pain can affect every aspect of daily life, but new research offers hope. Join Katie Stanislawzyk, our new COA nurse, to learn about Pain Reprocessing Therapy, a method that helps people understand the connection between the brain and chronic pain. Discover how this approach may help reduce pain, increase confidence, and improve overall well-being. […]

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  • Thoreau and the Language of Trees – An Illustrated Talk by Richard Higgins

    Harvey Wheeler Community Center 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    🌲 🌳 🌲 🌳 Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau’s creativity as a writer, his work as a naturalist, and his inner life. Author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees and a photographer, Richard Higgins examines Thoreau’s deep connections to trees using Thoreau’s words and his own photographs of trees. Higgins lives in […]

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