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Curated by Hanna Melnyczuk, a Ukrainian-American artist, and Halyna Andrusenko, an artist from Kyiv, The Umbrella Arts Center’s iteration of the traveling exhibition Don’t Close Your Eyes features the work of 27 artists from various regions of Ukraine responding to the invasion of their country, which began February 24, 2022. Expressions of grief, loss, survival,...
On display in The Umbrella’s Second Floor Gallery from January 18 – February 24, 2024 are selected works by the late photographer and long-time Umbrella Studio Artist Sing Hanson. The exhibition includes an array of subjects and styles from natural attractions and rural landscapes to detailed still life and abstracted object details and more. ...
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song Wednesday, January 31 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Members Free | Non-Members $10 | Free Livestream Music historian Judith Tick takes on a music-filled journey through the life of American music titan, Ella Fitzgerald at the Concord Museum. In the first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death,...
Black History Month in Concord - Learn about local Patriots of Color and the fight for Freedom and Equality. Details to come. Part of Concord 250.
Super Cup Sunday Fungus Saunter Sunday, February 4, 2024 2pm $30 per person. Registration required. Limited to 16 participants. Mycologist and author of Fascinating Fungi of New England, Fungipedia, Lawrence Millman, will be the foray leader on a mushroom identification walk in Estabrook Woods on Super Bowl Sunday at Thoreau Farm. https://thoreaufarm.org/super-cup-sunday-2024/
February 9 – 24, 2024 Directed by Paul R. Dixon This coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a teenager obsessed with baseball, girls, and writing (definitely not in that order) while living with his mother, father, and older brother in 1937 Brooklyn. Eugene's widowed aunt and her two daughters have come to live with...
February 9 – 24, 2024 Directed by Paul R. Dixon This coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a teenager obsessed with baseball, girls, and writing (definitely not in that order) while living with his mother, father, and older brother in 1937 Brooklyn. Eugene's widowed aunt and her two daughters have come to live with...
Tour this historic house by candlelight and discover stories of friendship and love that made this house a home to so many artists, writers, and poets. During this 45-minute tour, we explore the many ways that friendship and love were shared in the house – whether it is a mother’s love for her children, newlyweds’...
W4RP inConcert at the Concord Conservatory of Music on Friday, February 9th A Unique Fusion of Classical Music and Innovation W4RP is more than just a musical ensemble; it is the perfect blend of chamber music finesse, rock band intensity, and avant-garde artistic expression. W4RP will perform at the CCOM, Friday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Those...
Learn about the history of The Robbins House and the stories of the Robbins and Garrison families, and Ellen Garrison's journey from a school girl in Concord to her civil rights activism during Reconstruction, Sat. Feb. 10 noon-1 p.m., Goodwin Forum Main Library 129 Main Street, Concord. The Robbins House, located on 320 Monument Street...
Interwoven: Women's Lives Written in Thread Open through February 25 There is still time to see the special exhibition, Interwoven at the Concord Museum. The exhibition will be on view through February 25th. Come explore how young women and girls created records of their own lives and experiences, written in thread. Kids will enjoy an...
Make a Mess: Paint Plops Tuesday, February 13, 10 am – 12 pm Create a unique Valentine’s Day artwork by plopping and pressing paint to make a one-of-a-kind heart to keep or gift to someone special! https://www.discoveryacton.org/events-programs/make-mess-paint-plops-0
Spotlight Talk: Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread February 16 at 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Take a deep dive into highlights from the special exhibition Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread with Concord Museum curator, David Wood. Not an extensive tour of the exhibition, this spotlight talk will delve into the design and structure...
Saturday, Feb 17, 2024, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Sunday, Feb 18, 2024, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Massachusetts National Guard Armory 91 Everett St., Concord, MA Free, Registration is required (opens on January 20) Back by popular demand, Minute Man National Historical Park, Friends of Minute Man, Revolution 250, Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area, and the...
Celebrate National Engineers Week: Dream City at Discovery Museum Sunday, February 18 through Sunday, February 25, 10:00am – 2:00pm Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week and this year’s theme “Welcome to the Future”! Engage in some everyday engineering as we design a city where we can all thrive together while celebrating our uniqueness...
Celebrate National Engineers Week: Dream City at Discovery Museum Sunday, February 18 through Sunday, February 25, 10:00am – 2:00pm Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week and this year’s theme “Welcome to the Future”! Engage in some everyday engineering as we design a city where we can all thrive together while celebrating our uniqueness...
A Visit with President Lincoln February 19 at 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM The Concord Museum is pleased to again host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood’s first-person historical interpretation, “A Visit with Abraham Lincoln,” includes stories of Lincoln’s early life, campaign debates, the Civil War, and concludes with a stirring...
Colonial Quilting: A Living History Demonstration February 23 at 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Visit during school vacation to immerse yourself in the colonial home as a living historian demonstrates quilting a petticoat. Learn about the process of quilting and how it was often a community effort. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.
2024 Friends of Minute Man Winter Lecture Series, Part 1 “Huzzah! Drinking with John Hancock during the American Revolution” with Dr. Brooke Barbier Sunday, February 25, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concord Free Public Main Library Free and open to the public Join us for the Friends of Minute Man Winter Lecture Series! Learn...
The MMIP Painting Project began not as a project at all but with the intent of it being just one painting to show support for the Missing & Murdered indigenous peoples crisis. Artist Nayana laFond created the first painting on May 5, 2020, the day of remembrance for MMIP. She shared it ontine and the...
Women’s History Month in Concord - Highlighting women’s role in progress we have made to preserve, protect and expand the foundational principles of self-determination, equality, and liberty for all people. Details to be announced. Part of Concord 250.
An evening in Big Cherry – a small town in anywhere USA – and the city council meeting unfolds in real time, unmasking undercurrents that threaten to undo life as they know it … and driving the question, “How far would you go?” Award-winning playwright Tracy Letts’ (August: Osage County) new play was called one...
Sunday, March 3, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm Meet local artist Jenn Sherr who is known for transforming everything from furniture to shoes using decoupage, the art of decorating objects with paper cutouts. Come use your creativity to decoupage a picture frame with a variety of materials. https://www.discoveryacton.org/events-programs/meet-artist-jenn-sherr
Poetry at the Library: Sara Deniz Akant & Jennifer Funk Sunday, March 3 at 3 PM at the Main Library Register Join the Friends of the Library to hear insightful and mind-bending poets Sara Deniz Akant and Jennifer Funk read from their new collections and lead a discussion about their craft. Sponsored by the Friends of the...
Discovery Museum Speaker Series Event: How To Have Brave Conversations that Build Empathetic Kids Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 7pm - 8pm Speaker: Valora Washington, Ph.D., CEO & President, The CAYL Institute; former Vice President, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Location: Live, via Zoom webinar In her role as Chief Executive Officer and President of The CAYL Institute, Dr....
