Black History Month in Concord
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.
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Portraits in Red: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
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...
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Women’s History Month in Concord
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.
The Minutes
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...
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Meet the Artist: Jenn Sherr at Discovery Museum
Meet the Artist: Jenn Sherr at Discovery Museum
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
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Poetry at the Library: Sara Deniz Akant & Jennifer Funk
Poetry at the Library: Sara Deniz Akant & Jennifer Funk
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...
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Discovery Museum Speaker Series Event: How To Have Brave Conversations that Build Empathetic Kids
Discovery Museum Speaker Series Event: How To Have Brave Conversations that Build Empathetic Kids
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....
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Meet the PS4
Meet the PS4
Meet the PS4 Tuesday, March 5 from 12-6 PM at the Main Library Ages 11 to 19 Check out our new collection of games for the PS4 and give us suggestions of what to add!
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Fight for Freedom Public Art Project in Monument Square Community Forum
Fight for Freedom Public Art Project in Monument Square Community Forum
Three semi-finalists have been selected to present their proposals for a temporary work to be installed on Monument Square in the fall of 2024. The works explore ideas to creatively interpret the ways in which people have struggled for the fight for freedom through time in Concord, Massachusetts. Taking inspiration from the 250th anniversary of...
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Conservation in Action: Historic Clothing Collection
Conservation in Action: Historic Clothing Collection
Drop in to the Lisa H. Foote History Learning Center during your visit to the Concord Museum to see conservators conducting a detailed survey of the Museum’s historic clothing collection. See the clothing collection in a unique setting and learn about the ongoing and important work of preserving the Museum’s collection. This program is ongoing...
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Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
Emily Monosson’s book Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic is a prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi—and how to avert further loss across species, including our own. Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on earth, and a...
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Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
Emily Monosson’s book Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic is a prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi—and how to avert further loss across species, including our own. Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on earth, and a...
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A Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards
A Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards
Erika Rumbley, CoFounder of the New Garden Society "A Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards" Wednesday, March 13th, 7pm ET Doug Sutherland, DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) Consultant, Keynote Speaker, and Summer Camp professional "The Mission of Belonging - It's not about you and it's all about you" Wednesday, March 27th at 7pm...
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Accepting submissions for Concord250 Essay Contest
Calling all high school writers! Compete in a short essay contest to receive a $500 cash honorarium to invest in your future! The top 5 submissions will get published and will receive a $500 cash honorarium. If you like to write at all, please check out this fun topic and competition to help us celebrate the 250th anniversary...
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King Lear at Concord Free Public Library
King Lear at Concord Free Public Library
King Lear Thursday, March 14 at 6:30 PM at the Main Library Register Join actors Stephen Collins and Poornima Kirby for this haunting, darkly funny adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless classic. This one-hour production draws directly from Shakespeare’s text. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
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Black Women in Science: Civil Engineering with Jamila H. Lindo at the Discovery Museum
Black Women in Science: Civil Engineering with Jamila H. Lindo at the Discovery Museum
Black Women in Science: Civil Engineering with Jamila H. Lindo Saturday, March 16, 2024, 1:00pm – 2:30pm Join us for an exciting program series that honors the contributions of Black women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. In this program, we will host a virtual meet and greet with Jamila H. Lindo...
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Honored Citizen of Concord
Honored Citizen of Concord
Longtime Concord resident Phebe Ham has been selected as this year’s Honored Citizen. Ham will be formally recognized as Concord’s newest Honored Citizen on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at 2:00 PM at the Town House. The Public Ceremonies and Celebrations Committee cordially invites members of the public to attend this annual ceremony Sunday, March 17, 2024 (Anticipated)...
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Author Talk: James Marcus, Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author Talk: James Marcus, Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author Talk: James Marcus, Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 PM at the Main Library Register This talk features author and editor James Marcus, who will discuss his new book Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Sponsored by the Concord...
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What Makes History Opening Day & Gallery Tour
What Makes History Opening Day & Gallery Tour
Concord Museum members and the public are invited to view the new special exhibition What Makes History: New Stories from the Collections. This special exhibition explores what it means to make history through object collecting, preservation, and storytelling. Highlights include a sampling of the Museum’s vast collection of fans from around the world, beautifully painted...
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Tender Sensibilities: Concord & Women’s History
Tender Sensibilities: Concord & Women’s History
Celebrate Women's History Month! Join historian Richard Smith and Nikki Turpin , President of the Robbins House, as they lead a lecture / discussion highlighting and celebrating a selection of women reformers from Concord history, including Ellen Garrison, Abba May Alcott and Helen Thoreau. All are welcome, Co-sponsored by the Friends of Walden Pond and...
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Radical Spirits: The Material Culture of Drinking at Minute Man National Historical Park” with Nikki Walsh
Radical Spirits: The Material Culture of Drinking at Minute Man National Historical Park” with Nikki Walsh
2024 Friends of Minute Man Winter Lecture Series, Part 2 Radical Spirits: The Material Culture of Drinking at Minute Man National Historical Park” with Nikki Walsh Sunday, March 24, 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...
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(Robot) Fight Club
(Robot) Fight Club
(Robot) Fight Club Tuesday, March 26 at 3 PM at the Main Library Ages 11 to 18 First rule of (Robot) Fight Club: tell all your friends about (Robot) Fight Club. Join us every fourth Tuesday of the month to build, hack, and battle remote-control bots. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public...
Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women
Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women
Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women Tuesday, March 26 at 6 PM at the Main Library Register Join us for a Women's History discussion with The Robbins House on the history of the women residents of the Great Field, a predominantly African American and indigenous area of Concord in the 19th...
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Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women and their Neighbors
Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women and their Neighbors
Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women and their Neighbors TUESDAY, MARCH 266:00—7:30 PM Goodwin ForumMain Library129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742 Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women and their Neighbors Join us for a Women's History discussion with The Robbins House on the history of the women...
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“The Mission of Belonging – It’s not about you and it’s all about you”
“The Mission of Belonging – It’s not about you and it’s all about you”
On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces is back! Originally launched in Spring 2021, we're thrilled to announce our Spring 2024 speakers. This free speaker series will continue to address the challenges and importance of establishing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in outdoor spaces, and will feature speakers whose work is advancing efforts to strengthen belonging and...
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Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
Who gets pockets, and why? It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so few? Hannah Carlson, fashion historian at the Rhode Island School of Design, joins us for a conversation on the issues of gender politics, security, sexuality, power, and privilege tucked inside...
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Teens and Parents: Meet Brainfuse!
Teens and Parents: Meet Brainfuse!
Teens and Parents: Meet Brainfuse! Thursday, March 28 All Day at the Main Library Ages 11 to 19 and Parents We'll be doing a live demo and Q&A for our new online tutoring and college prep service Brainfuse. This resource is a comprehensive suite of online academic services designed to support many learning needs and styles...
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