Events

Goodwin will be performing their third studio release: “Then Rain, Then Wind.” Collaborating with poets across time and space, this album brings aged yet ever salient words to a new generation. Setting the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Rabindranath Tagore, Charles Baudelaire, Langston Hughes, and Li Qinghzhao to music, Goodwin has reached across the globe and through time to create a work that highlights the...

Tour the heart of the Concord Museum’s collection of objects used and made by Henry David Thoreau in the  galleries, which displays more Thoreau objects than have previously been on permanent display and learn about his life in Concord and two years at Walden Pond. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

Come to The Umbrella for free family fun! Drop by any time during the two-hour time block to create a story-time-worthy character puppet, led by one of our talented instructors! Open to all ages and abilities. Registration appreciated (not required).  Mark your calendars and register for our summer sessions: Saturday, July 11: 2:00 - 4:00...

The Concord Band, directed by James O’Dell, will be performing at 51 Walden Performing Arts Center in Concord on Thursday, July 16 at 7:15pm. The theme of this concert is “Boston Liberties” and will feature pieces commissioned by the Band, as well as spirited works by John Philip Sousa, Clare Grundman, and Jay Chattaway. The venue at...

Celebrate America 250 with us at this special edition of Make-It! Club: help us unveil our giant 3D print of Daniel Chester French's The Minute Man, meet Linda Booth Sweeney, author of Monument Maker, create perler bead art, and build our own cardboard monuments together! Makers of all ages welcome. The Concord Free Public Library is committed to providing everyone with unimpeded...

Come sit with us and Joseph McGill Jr. who has spent more than a decade sleeping in the slave dwellings that still stand across America — bearing witness to the people who lived in them, and insisting that their stories be told. On this evening he joins us at the Robbins House for an intimate...

As Massachusetts and America mark 250 years since the Revolution, join us for a panel that explores historically and presently the meaning of liberty. Featuring Joe McGill, Jr. (Slave Dwelling Project), artist Jennifer Davis Carey (Redemption series, a few pieces will be on view), and historian Lauren McCormack of Freedom's Way National Heritage Area (formerly...