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SUMMARY:Portraits in Red: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Painting Project
DESCRIPTION: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 response was so overwhelming she did one more\, yet again intending that to be the end. The response to the second was even more and so Nayana opened her inbox to anyone wanting to be painted not expecting the 25+ the received the first day.Stories and images of loved ones missing\, murdered\, survivors and advocates/activists. It was then that it became a project when Nayana decided to paint them all and they didn’t stop coming. As of February 2024 there is now 110 completed paintings and a constant queue. \nThe paintings are done in black and white with red being the only color visible because many indigenous groups believe red is the only color spirits can see. The hand over the mouths symbolizes being silenced. \nNayana  is a domestic violence survivor and feels compelled to do this work to raise awareness and promote change and healing. The paintings are done for free and Nayana does not profit monetarily  from the creation or sale of these works. She donates any profits to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC.org). In lieu of taking monetary donations\, she asks people to donate to any of the many organizations working with families and toward change.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/portraits-in-red-missing-murdered-indigenous-painting-project/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Minutes
DESCRIPTION: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?” \nAward-winning playwright Tracy Letts’ (August: Osage County) new play was called one of the most thrilling on Broadway in recent years. Nominated as Best New Play by the Tony Awards and Outer Critics Circle in 2022\, and for the Pulitzer Prize in drama\, The Minutes is part biting comedy\, part Hitchockian mystery\, and at its dark heart an unflinching allegory about small-town politics and real-world power. \nhttps://secure.theumbrellaarts.org/84434/85204
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/the-minutes/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:Women’s History Month in Concord
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/womens-history-month-in-concord/
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SUMMARY:Meet the Artist: Jenn Sherr at Discovery Museum
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 3\, 2024\, 10:00am – 12:00pm \nMeet 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. \nhttps://www.discoveryacton.org/events-programs/meet-artist-jenn-sherr
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/meet-the-artist-jenn-sherr-at-discovery-museum/
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Library: Sara Deniz Akant & Jennifer Funk
DESCRIPTION:Poetry at the Library: Sara Deniz Akant & Jennifer Funk\nSunday\, March 3 at 3 PM at the Main Library\nRegister\nJoin 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 Concord Free Public Library.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/poetry-at-the-library-sara-deniz-akant-jennifer-funk/
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SUMMARY:Discovery Museum Speaker Series Event: How To Have Brave Conversations that Build Empathetic Kids
DESCRIPTION:Discovery Museum Speaker Series Event: How To Have Brave Conversations that Build Empathetic Kids \nWednesday\, March 6\, 2024\, 7pm – 8pm \nSpeaker: Valora Washington\, Ph.D.\, CEO & President\, The CAYL Institute; former Vice President\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation \nLocation: Live\, via Zoom webinar \nIn her role as Chief Executive Officer and President of The CAYL Institute\, Dr. Valora Washington is at the epicenter of current thinking about the biggest issues facing kids and families. She joins us to speak about one that is front of mind: Helping adults have the brave conversations that develop kids’ sense of empathy over judgment\, and respect the complexity of the world we live in. Dr. Washington will help us understand why keeping children “in a bubble” is not a reasonable option in today’s world\, and how choosing to be a powerful parent (or caregiver\, or grandparent\, or teacher) is one of the greatest gifts we can give the children in our lives. \nhttps://www.discoveryacton.org/events-programs/how-have-brave-conversations-build-empathetic-kids
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/discovery-museum-speaker-series-event-how-to-have-brave-conversations-that-build-empathetic-kids/
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SUMMARY:Meet the PS4
DESCRIPTION:Meet the PS4\nTuesday\, March 5 from 12-6 PM at the Main Library\nAges 11 to 19\nCheck out our new collection of games for the PS4 and give us suggestions of what to add!
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/meet-the-ps4/
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SUMMARY:Fight for Freedom Public Art Project in Monument Square Community Forum
DESCRIPTION: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 the start of the American Revolution in 2025\, the town seeks artists to consider the ways in which two 19th century Concord residents – Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) and Ellen Garrison (1823 – 1892) – continued this fight for independence through the abolitionist cause. Through a visually compelling artwork\, we hope to more deeply investigate a pivotal time in Concord’s past to bring overlooked stories to the fore and to more actively grapple with our generation’s work to provide liberty and justice for all.\nOn March 6\, 2023 at 6:30 PM\, in person and on Zoom\, the public is given the opportunity to meet the artists\, view presentations and models of the work\, and provide feedback that will inform the final projects presented by: \nSilvana Mizrahi\nLiz Helfer\nKrystle Colleen Brown\nWednesday\, March 6\, 2024 \nIn person:\nHearing Room\nTown House\n22 Monument Square \nZoom :\nbit.ly/3OQ9JrZ \nThis project is presented by the Town of Concord as part of “Making It Public\,” a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) with Forecast and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). This program seeks to support more diverse\, inclusive\, and equitable public artmaking across Massachusetts.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/fight-for-freedom-public-art-project-in-monument-square-community-forum/
LOCATION:Town House\, 22 Monument Square\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concord250
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SUMMARY:Conservation in Action: Historic Clothing Collection
DESCRIPTION: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 from 2-4 p.m. Please stop in at any time during this window to see the conservators at work. With Museum admission. Members visit free.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/conservation-in-action-historic-clothing-collection/
LOCATION:Concord Museum\, Cambridge Turnpike\, Concord\, Massachusetts\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFungi 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 fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here to stay. In Blight\, Emily Monosson documents how trade\, travel\, and a changing climate are making us all more vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats\, frogs\, and salamanders face extinction. In the Northwest\, America’s beloved national parks are covered with the spindly corpses of whitebark pines. Food crops are under siege\, threatening our coffee\, bananas\, and wheat—and\, more broadly\, our global food security. Candida auris\, drug-resistant and resilient\, infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems. Coccidioides\, which lives in drier dusty regions\, may cause infection in apparently healthy people. The horrors go on. \nYet prevention is not impossible. Tracing the history of fungal spread and the most recent discoveries in the field\, Monosson meets scientists who are working tirelessly to protect species under threat\, and whose innovative approaches to fungal invasion have the potential to save human lives. Delving into case studies at once fascinating\, sobering\, and hopeful\, Blight serves as a wake-up call\, a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world\, and a lesson in seeing life on our planet with renewed humility and awe. \nEmily Monosson is the author of Natural Defense\, Unnatural Selection\, and Evolution in a Toxic World. She is a member of the Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Montague\, Massachusetts. \nBrent Ranalli in an environmental policy analyst at the Cadmus Group and co-edits Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology for Yale University Press. He edits the Thoreau Society Bulletin.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/blight-author-emily-monosson-in-conversation-with-brent-ranalli/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFungi 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 fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here to stay. In Blight\, Emily Monosson documents how trade\, travel\, and a changing climate are making us all more vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats\, frogs\, and salamanders face extinction. In the Northwest\, America’s beloved national parks are covered with the spindly corpses of whitebark pines. Food crops are under siege\, threatening our coffee\, bananas\, and wheat—and\, more broadly\, our global food security. Candida auris\, drug-resistant and resilient\, infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems. Coccidioides\, which lives in drier dusty regions\, may cause infection in apparently healthy people. The horrors go on. \nYet prevention is not impossible. Tracing the history of fungal spread and the most recent discoveries in the field\, Monosson meets scientists who are working tirelessly to protect species under threat\, and whose innovative approaches to fungal invasion have the potential to save human lives. Delving into case studies at once fascinating\, sobering\, and hopeful\, Blight serves as a wake-up call\, a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world\, and a lesson in seeing life on our planet with renewed humility and awe. \nEmily Monosson is the author of Natural Defense\, Unnatural Selection\, and Evolution in a Toxic World. She is a member of the Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Montague\, Massachusetts. \nBrent Ranalli in an environmental policy analyst at the Cadmus Group and co-edits Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology for Yale University Press. He edits the Thoreau Society Bulletin.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/blight-author-emily-monosson-in-conversation-with-brent-ranalli-2/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T190000
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards
DESCRIPTION:Erika Rumbley\, CoFounder of the New Garden Society\n“A Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards”\nWednesday\, March 13th\, 7pm ET \nDoug Sutherland\, DEIB (Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Belonging) Consultant\, Keynote Speaker\, and Summer Camp professional\n“The Mission of Belonging – It’s not about you and it’s all about you”\nWednesday\, March 27th at 7pm ET \nHosted by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum\, Farrington Nature Linc\, Codman Farm\, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust\, Mass Audubon\, and The Walden Woods Project. Additional support provided by Freedom’s Way and The Ogden Codman Trust. \nZOOM info will be sent in advance of each speaking engagement.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/a-decade-of-tending-greater-boston-prison-yards/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:EcoTourism
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240314
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240315
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SUMMARY:Accepting submissions for Concord250 Essay Contest
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIf you like to write at all\, please check out this fun topic and competition to help us celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and earn a Concord250 Certificate just for participating: \n  \nWhat is it? \nNext year – 2025\, Concord and the entire nation will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution—“The shot heard round the world”.  It is possible that you might be living in Concord another 50 years from now to experience the Tricentennial commemoration in 2075.  What do you think life in America will be like?  What do you think will have changed 50 years from now? What will be the predominant features of life in the nation\, physically or ideologically?  What will have happened to Concord? What will have drawn new residents to Concord\, or what might have caused residents to leave? Any of these and all other topics can be the issues that you may look into to foresee and describe what will be known and common in the year 2075.  Your essay is to describe what will be. What do you think?
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/accepting-submissions-for-concord250-essay-contest/
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CATEGORIES:Concord250
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240314T183000
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SUMMARY:King Lear at Concord Free Public Library
DESCRIPTION:King Lear\nThursday\, March 14 at 6:30 PM at the Main Library\nRegister\nJoin 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.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/king-lear-at-concord-free-public-library/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240316
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SUMMARY:30 day countdown until Patriots' Day 2024!
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URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/30-day-countdown-until-patriots-day-2024/
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SUMMARY:Black Women in Science: Civil Engineering with Jamila H. Lindo at the Discovery Museum
DESCRIPTION:Black Women in Science: Civil Engineering with Jamila H. Lindo \nSaturday\, March 16\, 2024\, 1:00pm – 2:30pm \nJoin 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 and learn more about her work as an engineer and author. From 1:00pm to 1:30pm\, hear Jamila share her personal journey as a young Black woman in STEM\, and ask her questions about why she finds civil engineering cool and exciting. Then\, try some hands-on activities inspired by different areas of Jamila’s work\, to include building simple structures and bridges\, then testing their strength Jamila H. Lindo is a civil engineer who currently lives and works in London. Jamila will be joining us virtually for the speaking portion of this program. \nhttps://www.discoveryacton.org/events-programs/black-women-science-civil-engineering-jamila-h-lindo
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/black-women-in-science-civil-engineering-with-jamila-h-lindo-at-the-discovery-museum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T140000
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SUMMARY:Honored Citizen of Concord
DESCRIPTION: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 \nSunday\, March 17\, 2024 (Anticipated) \n2 p.m. \nHearing Room \nTown House \n22 Monument Square\, Concord.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/honored-citizen-of-concord/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T150000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: James Marcus\, Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
DESCRIPTION:Author Talk: James Marcus\, Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson\nThursday\, March 21 at 6:30 PM at the Main Library\nRegister\nThis 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 Free Public Library Corporation.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/author-talk-james-marcus-glad-to-the-brink-of-fear-a-portrait-of-ralph-waldo-emerson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T160000
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SUMMARY:What Makes History Opening Day & Gallery Tour
DESCRIPTION: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 fireplace bellows produced by free Black workers in Acton\, MA\, in the 19th century\, as well as chairs\, textiles\, card cases\, and timepieces. Many of these objects have never before been on view. At 11:00am and 2:00pm\, Museum curators will lead a guided tour. No advanced registration required. With Museum admission. Members visit free.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/what-makes-history-opening-day-gallery-tour/
LOCATION:Concord Museum\, Cambridge Turnpike\, Concord\, Massachusetts\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T133000
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SUMMARY:Tender Sensibilities: Concord & Women’s History
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Women’s History Month! \nJoin 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. \nAll are welcome\, \nCo-sponsored by the Friends of Walden Pond and Concord 250 Executive Committee.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/tender-sensibilities-concord-womens-history/
LOCATION:Walden Pond Visitor Center
CATEGORIES:Concord250
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T153000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012101
CREATED:20240209T153242Z
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SUMMARY:Radical Spirits: The Material Culture of Drinking at Minute Man National Historical Park” with Nikki Walsh
DESCRIPTION:2024 Friends of Minute Man Winter Lecture Series\, Part 2\nRadical Spirits: The Material Culture of Drinking at Minute Man National Historical Park” with Nikki Walsh\n\nSunday\, March 24\, 2024\n2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.\nConcord Free Public Main Library\nFree and open to the public \nJoin us for the Friends of Minute Man Winter Lecture Series. Punch bowls\, and tankards\, and bottles\, oh my! Minute Man National Historical Park’s museum curator Nikki Walsh will present a lecture about the material culture related to drinking in the park’s collections. This lecture will focus on 18th-century drinking culture and include aspects of drink in earlier and later periods of history. \nNikki Walsh is the curator of Minute Man National Historical Park. Nikki has worked for the National Park Service since 2009 and has worked with over 45 parks as a Museum Specialist in the Northeast Region. Her area of expertise is material culture and decorative arts of 18th-century New England. She received a B.S. in Public History and Geology from Salem State University and an M.A. in Historical Archaeology from Boston University. She has been at Minute Man since 2018 and first fell in love with the park on a school field trip in 5th grade. \nRegistration is not required for this in-person event. The lecture will take place in the Goodwin Forum room of the Concord Free Public Main Library at 129 Main Street\, Concord\, MA. \n“Please visit the Friends of Minute Man website at https://friendsofminuteman.org/events/ for more information.  \nThe Winter Lecture Series is co-sponsored by Friends of Minute Man\, Minute Man National Historical Park\, and the Concord Free Public Library. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Concord Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council\, a state agency.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/16335/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Concord250
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012101
CREATED:20240229T151953Z
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SUMMARY:(Robot) Fight Club
DESCRIPTION:(Robot) Fight Club\nTuesday\, March 26 at 3 PM at the Main Library\nAges 11 to 18\nFirst 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 Library and the Concord Free Public Library Corporation.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/robot-fight-club/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012101
CREATED:20240229T151245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T151245Z
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SUMMARY:Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women
DESCRIPTION:Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women\nTuesday\, March 26 at 6 PM at the Main Library\nRegister\nJoin 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 century.
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/women-of-the-great-field-the-robbins-and-garrison-women/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T193000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012101
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SUMMARY:Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women and their Neighbors
DESCRIPTION:Women of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women and their Neighbors\nTUESDAY\, MARCH 266:00—7:30 PM\nGoodwin ForumMain Library129 Main Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\nWomen of the Great Field: The Robbins and Garrison Women and their Neighbors\nJoin 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 century. Hear some of the stories and accomplishments of women like Lydia Bay\, Fatima Robbins\, Susan Garrison and others who lived and worked on the periphery of the town in the 1800s. This event is generously cosponsored by The Robbins House: Concord’s African American History and The Concord Free Public Library\n\n\n\nhttps://concordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/women-of-the-great-field-the-robbins-and-garrison-women-and-their-neighbors/
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/women-of-the-great-field-the-robbins-and-garrison-women-and-their-neighbors/
LOCATION:Concord Free Public Library\, 129 Main Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742
CATEGORIES:Concord250,Historical Visitor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T200000
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SUMMARY:Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
DESCRIPTION: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 our pockets.  Beginning 500 years ago when medieval tailors stitched the first pockets into men’s trousers\, Dr. Carlson introduces a range of social issues that we continue to wrestle with today. Concord Museum Forum | Free for Members | $10 Non-Members
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/pockets-an-intimate-history-of-how-we-keep-things-close/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012101
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SUMMARY:"The Mission of Belonging - It's not about you and it's all about you"
DESCRIPTION: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 connection between communities of color and the benefits of time in nature. \nDoug Sutherland\, DEIB (Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Belonging) Consultant\, Keynote Speaker\, and Summer Camp professional\n“The Mission of Belonging – It’s not about you and it’s all about you”\nWednesday\, March 27th at 7pm \nHosted by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum\, Farrington Nature Linc\, Codman Farm\, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust\, Mass Audubon\, and The Walden Woods Project. Additional support provided by Freedom’s Way and The Ogden Codman Trust. \nZOOM info will be sent in advance of each speaking engagement. \nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_ULcoMReYvPn742HLHaDSWHvT-f6wh4p6tx_wXl16RGc6Ww/viewform
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/the-mission-of-belonging-its-not-about-you-and-its-all-about-you/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:EcoTourism
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012101
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SUMMARY:Teens and Parents: Meet Brainfuse!
DESCRIPTION:Teens and Parents: Meet Brainfuse!\nThursday\, March 28 All Day at the Main Library\nAges 11 to 19 and Parents\nWe’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 for all common subjects from Kindergarten through college. There’s also resources for job seekers and citizenship!
URL:https://visitconcord.org/event/teens-and-parents-meet-brainfuse/
LOCATION:MA
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