Author Archives for Cindy Keene
May 1, 2023 7:25 pm
Published by Cindy Keene
By Chris Randall, Correspondent West Concord is holding its fourth annual Spring into West Concord festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 20. This family-friendly event features sidewalk activities, the immensely popular Green Thumbs plant sale, a scavenger hunt, a raffle, and cake and ice cream! Plus, the much-anticipated Bruce Freeman Rail Trail mural will be unveiled...
March 20, 2023 11:44 am
Published by Cindy Keene
It’s not easy being a tour guide especially in Concord. The first bar to cross is the licensing, which requires an eight-week training on interpreting town history as well as techniques for providing an engaging visitor experience. Tours go on rain or shine, extreme weather events excluded, so tour guides need to be ready for whatever mother nature throws at...
February 28, 2023 7:22 pm
Published by Cindy Keene
Some might call them tombstone tourists, grave hunters or even taphophiles. That’s someone who has a passion for cemeteries and all things related: epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and famous deaths. Filmmaker Roberto Mighty may fall into this category of cemetery appreciator, as cemeteries have become a passion of his life For this multi-faceted television producer and multimedia artist, it...
February 2, 2023 9:25 am
Published by Cindy Keene
By Joe Palumbo In April of 2025, we will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the events that took place in Lexington and Concord in 1775. As we approach that anniversary there are several milestone events that took place in the years leading up to 1775 that are certainly worth noting and reflecting on. Just 250 years ago last...
January 25, 2023 2:09 pm
Published by Cindy Keene
in·de·cent /ˌinˈdēs(ə)nt/ adjective not conforming with generally accepted standards of behavior or propriety; obscene.“the film was grossly indecent” not appropriate or fitting.“they leaped on the suggestion with indecent haste.” Why would a play be called “Indecent?” Indecent, by Paula Vogel, is Concord Player’s newest offering, February 10, 11, 17, 18, 19 (matinee), 24 and 25, and directed by Shira Helena Gitlin, Gitlin first...
January 10, 2023 12:46 pm
Published by Cindy Keene
By Joe Palumbo Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, from his Autobiography: When I went to Morehouse as a freshman in 1944, my concern for racial and economic justice was already substantial. During my student days, I read Henry David Thoreau’s essay “On Civil Disobedience” for the first time. Here, in this courageous New Englander’s refusal to pay his taxes and...
December 22, 2022 9:53 am
Published by Cindy Keene
The arrival of winter these days doesn’t always mean a dump of snow. But the temperatures and the trees and the sunlight for sure let us know we have reached this reflective point in the passage of our seasons. A walk in nature can often be a great tonic for the mind and body and to me, the best ones...
December 9, 2022 6:58 pm
Published by Cindy Keene
Charming snow-covered homes twinkling with candlelight. Quaint village stores with sweet candy canes and delightful toys. Steaming cups of hot chocolate and cookies for carolers and shoppers. Moonlight sparkling on the trees and sidewalks. Sounds like a winter wonderland? It is, and it can be found in Concord, Ma., where winter is not a season, it’s a celebration, especially during...
November 29, 2022 10:31 am
Published by Cindy Keene
By Joe Palumbo Nestled on the side of the town square, fronted by the lane that leads to the North Bridge stands a solid and timeless building we know as the 1780 House. Throughout its two-hundred-plus-year history, it has served as a home and shops for many local families. Even the Thoreau family, perennial movers of houses in Concord, lived...
November 21, 2022 10:59 am
Published by Cindy Keene
By Joe Palumbo As a group of visitors and I wandered along the banks of the Concord River in the bright morning sun we discussed the first people of this land. We talked about the homes they build and the thriving settlement they had created along the rivers. We marveled at the bounty of their planting fields, the fullness of...
