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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...
Help Hartwell Halloween Decorate
If you are interested in contributing a jack-o-lantern for our Hartwell Halloween program, you may drop it off at Minute Man Visitor Center (Rt. 2A Lexington) on Friday, October 27 between 9 am and 4 pm, or Saturday, October 28 between 9 am and 2 pm. The pumpkins will be illuminated and displayed at Hartwell...
Monday, October 23, 2023
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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October 25, 2023The Stories of Us Live Storytelling
The Stories of Us Live Storytelling
Concord Festival of Authors: The Stories of Us - Live Storytelling The Stories of Us is a collaborative inclusive storytelling project that provides a platform to share and interpret unforgettable personal narratives. Radio Host Harry Harding will introduce presenters with amazing stories to share, guide compassionate conversation with the audience, and invite us to consider...
Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Friday, October 27, 2023
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October 27, 2023 -Teen Hack-o-Lanterns
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October 27, 2023 -Pumpkin Decorating for Kids
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October 27, 2023 -Spirits of the Old Manse
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October 27, 2023 -Music & Folklore concert at Concert Conservatory of Music
Teen Hack-o-Lanterns
Teen Hack-o-Lanterns Friday, October 27 at 3:30 PM Get tips on how to turn your plain pumpkin into a grisly gourd that guts faster, carves easier, and keeps longer! This event is made possible by the generous support of the Concord Free Public Library Corporation. Main Library. Register online.
Pumpkin Decorating for Kids
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.
Spirits of the Old Manse
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...
$10 – $20
Music & Folklore concert at Concert Conservatory of Music
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...
Saturday, October 28, 2023
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October 28, 2023 -Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
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October 28, 2023 -Spooky Storytime
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October 28, 2023 -Spirits of the Old Manse
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October 28, 2023 -Hartwell Halloween
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.”...
Free
Spooky Storytime
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.
Spirits of the Old Manse
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...
$10 – $20
Hartwell Halloween
Do you believe in ghosts? Do you like history? Jack o’ Lanterns? Then come visit us at Hartwell Tavern! Walk down a path lighted by dozens of jack-o-lanterns. Talk with rangers and volunteers about ghostly folklore and how the people of Colonial New England protected themselves from evil spirits and witches.When the autumn darkness sets...
Sunday, October 29, 2023
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October 29, 2023 -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.”...
Free
