Events

Happy Birthday, Henry! Meet Thoreau on his birthday! Saturday, July 13, 12-2 pm Come and celebrate Henry’s birthday (a day late)! Local historian Richard Smith will portray Henry David Thoreau in the year 1847, age 30. He will receive guests at his house near the main parking lot at Walden Pond. This is an informal...

Full listing of Freedom’s Silhouette Companion Events:   Freedom Concert:  Terry Borderline and the Suns Date: Saturday, October 5 Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Location: Monument Square, Concord MA Join us for an electrifying performance by Terry Borderline and the Suns. This seven-piece band will perform a set of original songs about freedom, spirituality, nature, and social justice,...

Readers of all ages are invited to this special storytime, featuring three authors reading their latest Barefoot picture books: Marilyn Wolpin’s Bring Back the Babka!, Anna Staniszewski’s My Cousin’s Mermaid, and Ruth Horowitz’s brand new Barefoot title, The Midnight Mitzvah. Learn what inspired these stories and what they hope readers will take away, and enjoy...

Members Free | Non-Members $10 | Virtual Free Akhil Amar, preeminent legal scholar and author of The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, joins us for a timely conversation on the US Constitution, exploring the formative decades after its ratification and its resonance today.

Former Governor Charlie Baker and his long-time associate Steven Kadish discuss their method for getting past politics and delivering results in the public and private sectors. Their new book Results is not only about getting things done, but about renewing people’s faith in public service. Together they demonstrate that government can work, which is vital...

  Meet at the Concord Town House to celebrate an auspicious moment in our history:  March 29th marks 145 years to the day that Louisa May Alcott, famed authoress of Little Women and hundreds of other literary works, became the first woman of Concord to cast a vote in a Town election! Join in the excitement...