Events

Discovery Museum Speaker Series event with Dr. J. Kevin Nugent, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Brazelton Institute in the Division of Developmental Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital   American parents are finding parenting much harder than they expected.  Over 80% of parents use internet search engines to look for parenting advice, but less than 50%...

Friday, November 22, 2024 – 7:30pm The Umbrella Arts Center in Concord, MA welcomes 3 future-favorite emerging music acts up-and-coming through the Salt Lick Incubator program: Tonina, Chance Emerson, and Micah Edwards.   Tonina is a St. Louis-raised, Brooklyn-based vocalist, bassist and writer who brings a rich blend of Jazz, Folk , and Latin boleros...

Past, Present, Encore! We are delighted to embark on our second season with Music Director Zeke Fetrow and invite you to join us for a fascinating 2024-2025 season showcasing beloved masterpieces from the classical repertoire, rediscovered gems, and exciting contemporary works. We explore music from the era of Mozart and Beethoven to that of living composers Beal, Kurth, Marquez,...

The Umbrella’s Winter Market is an annual three-day show and sale of artist, artisan, and hand-crafted work on all three floors of our beautifully renovated space in Concord, MA. It features dozens of Umbrella Studio Artists, regional Guest Artists, an annual “Off-the-Wall” show with small works under $350, Ceramics Program holiday sale, Arts Education Free Drop-In Family...

Experience The Extraordinary Nutcracker United Dance Company is proud to present a fresh, inclusive twist on the holiday classic. The Extraordinary Nutcracker is New England’s only narrated, inclusive Nutcracker, featuring a talented cast of dancers with Down syndrome performing alongside classical ballet artists. Choreographed by our Artistic Director, Gianni Di Marco, and set to the...

 Benjamin Britten’s beloved A Ceremony of Carols, with its magical sequence of carols, is at the heart of the December concert. Our program also features lyrical and inspired seasonal works, including Elaine Hagenberg’s haunting O Come, Emmanuel, David Conte’s lyrical Harper’s Song,  and Ed Henderson’s dramatic Huron Carol.