Events

Pumpkin Decorating for Kids Monday, October 30 at 4:30 PM Drop in for a festive evening decorating pumpkins! We'll provide the pumpkins and decorations; you provide the creativity. Then, enter your pumpkin in our Pumpkin Decorating Contest (beginning at 5 PM) for the chance to win special prizes! Main Library. No registration required.

Discover the literary spirits of the Old Manse. Explore the Manse by candle light during our open house after dark and stay for s’mores around our fire pit and family activities outside. While access to the house is self guided, we are offering special spooky tours of the attic by flashlight. Attic tours are 30...

Imagine listening to a musical performance that transports you to a different time and place, where you can experience the stories and emotions of people from various cultures and traditions.  Join the Concord Conservatory of Music (CCM), along with the Concord Museum, for Music & Folklore concert and lecture on Friday, October 27th at 7:30...

Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy. Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.”...

Spooky Storytime (for Big Kids!) Saturday, October 28 at 2 PM Join us for some (slightly!) spooky stories on an autumn afternoon! Recommended for spooky story fans ages 4 and up. Main Library. No registration required.

Discover the literary spirits of the Old Manse. Explore the Manse by candle light during our open house after dark and stay for s’mores around our fire pit and family activities outside. While access to the house is self guided, we are offering special spooky tours of the attic by flashlight. Attic tours are 30...