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2023 Art Ramble: Geo-Metric
Art Ramble is an annual, temporary public art exhibition in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest in Concord, MA, a collaboration of The Umbrella Art Center and Concord’s Division of Natural Resources (CDNR). Following Leave No Trace principles, regional artists create site-specific artworks promoting appreciation of nature, installed along Fairyland Pond and parts of the historic...
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2023 Art Ramble: Geo-Metric
Art Ramble is an annual, temporary public art exhibition in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest in Concord, MA, a collaboration of The Umbrella Art Center and Concord’s Division of Natural Resources (CDNR). Following Leave No Trace principles, regional artists create site-specific artworks promoting appreciation of nature, installed along Fairyland Pond and parts of the historic...
The Color Purple at the Umbrella Arts Center
The Color Purple at the Umbrella Arts Center
The Color Purple May 12-June 4 The Umbrella Arts Center This glorious musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg features a Tony-winning musical score and is a powerful testament to the healing power of love! Several special adjacent community activities are planned, including cast talkbacks and community...
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Swing era jazz concert at Library
Swing era jazz concert at Library
A swing era jazz concert co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Concord Conservatory of Music will be held Friday, September 29 7-8:30 PM in the Rotunda at the Main Library. New Orleans revival quintet “The Easy Winners” will perform tunes by the great jazz masters, including Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman.
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Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
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.”...
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Discovery Gala: Make the Connection, a 21+ event
Discovery Gala: Make the Connection, a 21+ event
You're invited to Discovery Gala: Make the Connection, a 21+ event Saturday, Sept. 30, 6 – 9 p.m. at the Discovery Museum, 177 Main Street, Acton. This is a 21+ event for creative cocktails, playful cuisine, and abundant fun! Wear your jeans and bring your curiosity—yes, we are serious about the jeans! Although it is a...
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Connecting the Community: An Exhibition at the Concord Free Public Library
Connecting the Community: An Exhibition at the Concord Free Public Library
Visit "Connecting the Community: An Exhibition to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Concord Free Public Library," Oct. 1 - Dec. 22nd in the (newly-renovated) Art Gallery at the Main Library, a special exhibition curated by the William Munroe Special Collections, highlighting the history of the Library's buildings, services, and staff. Special Collections will also...
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Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
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.”...
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Concord Free Public Library Celebrates 150 Years of Stories
Concord Free Public Library Celebrates 150 Years of Stories
Sunday, October 1st 2-4 PM at the Town House and Main Library Come to the Town House at 2:00 to hear local and state officials commemorate this historic day and hear special guest “Ralph Waldo Emerson” re-enact excerpts from his original Library Dedication speech on October 1st 1873. Immediately following, the Concord-Carlisle Regional High School...
