The annual 1 mile Minuteman Classic Fun Run for children and individuals of all ages and abilities will take place on Tuesday July 4th, 2017 at 8:30am. This is a great way to start your 4th with the run, music, games, and more! Register prior to June 16th to receive a t shirt.
39th Annual Minuteman Classic Road Race 39th Annual Minuteman Classic Road Race will take place on Tuesday July 4th, 2018. USATF Certified 5 Mile Race. Race starts at 9:00am. Open to runners ages 12 and up. Awards will be given to the top male and female runner of each division. Digital display at finish line […]
Picnic in the Park The annual July 4th Picnic in the Park will be taking place July 4th at Emerson Field on Stow Street.
Concord Conservatory of Music presents Summer Saxophone and Woodwind Ensemble Summer is the perfect time to take your playing to the next level. Join students, entering grades 6 – 9, in a Saxophone and Woodwind Ensemble this summer and play jazz, and rock, pop as well as classical music. Groups of no more than five […]
Presented in partnership with The Thoreau Society and the Center for American Studies in Concord, join us for a one-man play presented by Stephen Collins about Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. "Sailing Towards My Father" by Carl Rossi that explores Melville's life beyond his classic whaling epic, Moby Dick. The play chronicles Melville's life from youth to […]
How do you shop for clothes? Do you go to a department store at the mall, buy online or through mail order catalogues, shop locally at specialty shops, or frequent consignment shops? How did Concordians in the 18th and 19th centuries acquire their clothes? Who were the style-setters? As part of the state-wide MASS Fashion […]
What makes Summer Arts Under the Umbrella so special? Our experienced instructors are practicing artists, arts educators, and teachers. They share a love of their art with a keen awareness of the developmental needs of children and young adults. We offer fine arts education for ages 4-13 and an excellent Counselor in Training program for […]
Do you dream of becoming a veterinarian? Grab your lab coat, animal lovers, as we learn about our favorite furry, flying and fishy friends! Follow a furry “patient”, make amazing animal models, build big bones, and investigate animal intestines from our favorite vertebrates: birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. End the week with a featured […]
Join Musketaquid Arts & Environment for an action-packed 3-day workshop (July 9, 10, 11/August 27, 28, 29) that combines skills of nature and awareness, high energy games and the introductory arts of the ancient ninja. We will meet at a local conservation area, where students (ages 8-14) will learn navigation skills, hands-on wildcrafting skills, practice […]
Minecraft Mania is a blend of virtual learning and companion hands-on activities that explore science and engineering using Minecraft. Use an interactive avatar to investigate a game-based educational environment. Engage in both computer and real world activities covering geology, engineering, physics, and biology. Learn about the properties of rocks and minerals and take home your […]
Please join us for the Tuesday book discussion group! Copies of the selected book The Dubliners, by James Joyce, will be made available at the Circulation Desk at the Main Library.
Come to the Main Library and listen to the Polish music of the Lenny Gomulka and Chicago Push band. Bring a chair, a picnic supper and bug spray and enjoy the outdoor music. The rain location for the concert is the Concord Recreation Building at 90 Stow Street.
Financial planning can be complex and your needs change and be unpredictable. Thinking of retirement or long-term care? Have you decided to downsize or invest? Is it ever too late to plan? Join Robin Norton, Lincoln Investment financial planner, who says it is never too late to plan decisions at any stage of life. Robin […]
In this workshop we will explore riffing, improvising melodies over chord structures and styles of improvisation in jazz and world music. Be prepared to create free group improvisations! The only requirement is an open mind and intermediate level of experience.
Bring your lawn chair and enjoy our free summer concert series!
Saturday, July 14, 2018, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Saturday, August 11, 2018, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 8, 2018, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Drop by Wright Tavern to get hands-on with history! Try your hand at writing with quill and ink, sew a scented sachet, make your own soap, be a tinsmith, and much […]
Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise Featuring Narrated Cruise, Buffet Luncheon & Scenic Sights. Depart from Littleton Recreation, 33 Shattuck Street, on your luxury Silver Fox Motor Coach. In the summertime, there's no better way to enjoy the beautiful, warm seasonal climate than a trip to New Hampshire's beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee. Before your cruise you’ll visit the Moulton […]
For kids and adults. Students will delve into technique and theory through blues, jazz, pop, and folk music during the CCM Guitar Workshop (ages 8 -11, July 16-20). Also offered is All Together Now, Kids (for grades 6 – 9, July 16-20) as well as the adult workshop (Tuesday evenings in July starting July 10th). […]
Design, build, and experiment with classic moving gadgets and investigate how they work. Tinker with tops and construct zany ziplines. Create cars that move with magnets. Conquer kinetic energy with wind-ups and rubber band-powered play things. Build an awesome motorized doodling robot friend.
The Mania continues! Explore and build in worlds that have been customized for Wicked Cool learning activities. Construct complex Minecraft villages and map out a hands-on model community built with real world materials. Learn the secrets of Minecraft to forge unique tools, discover the awesome power of redstone, and create automated factories to supply your […]
We will be offering the following ensembles: Beginner Concert Band is for students with 1-2 years of experience in a school ensemble (i.e. students completing their 1st or 2nd year of band at the end of this school year). Intermediate Concert Band is for students with 3 or more years experience on their instrument in […]
The second concert on the lawn of the Main Library, performed by the Fellswater Scottish Band, takes place on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Bring a chair, a picnic supper, and bug spray and enjoy the outdoor music. The rain location for the concert is the Concord Recreation Building, 90 Stow Street.
Join us for a talk on the history of beer, brewing, and taverns from material culture historian and Curatorial Scholar at the Peabody Essex Museum, George Schwartz. Then join in on a beer tasting hosted by BareWolf Brewing of Amesbury, MA. BareWolf is a family beer business run by Concord locals Paul & Stevie Bareford […]
Summer Sizzlin' Sidewalk Sale Join the fun and celebration – Concord’s Annual Sizzlin’ Summer Retail Extravaganza. This is an event you don’t want to miss, Mark your calendars. Saturday, July 21 10-6
Rocket Science '18 features our favorite rocket, the customizable E2X, perfect for the young aerospace engineer. Keep a Commander's Log as you investigate the solar system, design a satellite, and build a space base for an astronaut. Go on an out-of-this world adventure making galactic slime and glittering galaxies. Blast off with a solid fuel […]
Visit patriothoopclinics.com to register for our July 23rd - 27th sessions for Boys in grades 1-9 and Girls in grades 4-9. The boys camps is run by CCHS Varsity Boys Basketball Coach David Cohen and the girls camp is run by CCHS Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Kim Magee and Acton-Boxborough Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Amy […]
If you’ve ever wanted to be a marine biologist or an oceanographer, come take the plunge into Deep Blue Sea! Create models of ocean invertebrates and a dazzling coral garden. Dive deep with dolphins and find out about fish that bioluminesce (emit light). Tame the tides and ride the waves in this wicked cool oceanic […]
The Concord Council on Aging (COA) is offering a six (6) week series of evening classes for caregivers. This course is suitable for anyone in the role of caregiver and the course is not diagnostic specific. "Powerful Tools for Caregivers" is designed to provide help, ideas and strategies to better handle the unique challenges faced […]
In this workshop, we will have fun performing for one another, and when we’re done performing for one another, we’ll perform with each other! We will sight read chamber music pieces together catered to the level of your playing. While we are playing together, we will also learn some pointers on how to play more […]
Learn origami with origami master Michael LaFosse. Participants will learn shapes based on this year's summer reading club theme, Libraries Rock! The free program is for kids age 8 years and up as well as for adults interested in the fun art of origami.This program is part of the summer events sponsored by the Friends […]
Step back into the pages of history to find out what it was like to live in the time of the Alcotts! Expert, authentically costumed staff and volunteers portray Alcott family members to introduce youngsters aged 7 and up to life in the 19th Century generally and within the Alcott home particularly. An interactive tour, […]
Come to our storytime and meet Veterinarian Dr. Stephen Wilson from Concord Animal Hospital on Thursday, July 26 at 10 am at the Main Library. Bring your favorite stuffed animal pet for some love. Animal stories and a fun activity will be a great program geared to children age 3 years and up.
Get extensive training in clarinet and saxophone ensemble playing. We will focus on teamwork inside the ensemble, blending, tuning, matching articulation and those challenging things like sound production and air support. We will explore clarinet and saxophone ensemble arrangements of classical, jazz and world music pieces.
Start your weekend off right with a relaxing sunset meditation by the Concord River at the Old Manse. We'll start with a few selections from Emerson and Thoreau about the Concord River, followed by a short, guided meditation and time to simply be still on the river's edge. Following the meditation, join us for s'mores […]
Suitable for all ages! Ideal for families! Take a trip into the past as you have an interactive tour of Orchard House with an expert, authentically costumed guide portraying an Alcott family member or one of their famous friends. Hear fascinating anecdotes and learn first-hand about their lives and times; play a 19th-century game and […]
Join the Concord Players on the Main Library's front lawn for an outdoor performance of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s epic political tragedy, where the race to claim the empire spirals out of control. No registration required. Free and open to all.
Say YES! The YES (Youthful Energetic Seniors) Group is heading out to dinner in Groton, MA where one of the few restaurants in New England has a produce farm on site. The chefs at Gibbet Hill Grill shape the menu around what is seasonally available. Transportation and costs are on your own. An accurate head […]
Youngsters aged 8 - 12 are invited to participate in this unique experience at Orchard House. After brief daily theatrical warm-ups, participants will play theater games, experiment with mime and improvisation, and act out scenes from Louisa May Alcott’s stories. Then, just as Louisa and her sisters did, a skit will be rehearsed during the […]
Details for the “HUNTER is HERE” scavenger hunt are as follows:
August 1, 2018 - October 31st, 2018.
1. The picture of Hunter, will be hiding in 15 locations around Concord, MA for you to find. Pick up the scavenger hunt form at the Concord Visitors Center or participating merchants. Then LOOK for Hunter in each location. When you find his picture ask for your scavenger hunt to be stamped to show you found Hunter.
Get stamps at all 15 locations and reveal the secret message!
Return the completed hunt to the Concord Visitors Center with at least 10 stamps by August 30th, September 28th or October 30th to collect your “Hunter is Here!” button and to be entered into the drawing for your very own HUNTER at the end of each month.
WIN a HUNTER!! Drawing August 31, 2018, September 28, 2018 and October 30, 2018
2. Weekly drawing. When you find the picture of Hunter, take a screenshot and share it with @hunterfoundit on Instagram or with the hashtag #hunterishere to enter the weekly drawing Friday’s in August, beginning August 10th.
Registration is open for the 2018 flag football season for boys and girls entering grades 1-8. The fee is $155 until Aug 15, $170 after. Registration closes Sep 1. The season will run on Sundays from September 9 through early November, with optional skill clinics during the week. The program is open to families from […]
Toys in Box associates will return to Fowler Library to teach a 3D design and printing workshop for children ages 10 and up. In this one hour class, the instructors will teach the children how to design a keychain in Tinkercad and convert and send the file to a 3D printer. The class is completely […]
Bill the Baker from Sally Ann Food Shop will be here for a special sweet storytime on Thursday, August 2 at 10 am. This fun program is perfect for children age 3 years and up.
If you’re itching for a movie and want to explore something other than the movie theater, head down to Rideout Park this summer for our Summer Movie Series. The Rideout Outdoor Summer Movie Series will be a free event held on one every Thursday evening in August. The event begins at dusk. Bring a comfy […]
Registration is open for the 2018 flag football season for boys and girls entering grades 1-8. The fee is $155 until Aug 15, $170 after. Registration closes Sep 1. The season will run on Sundays from September 9 through early November, with optional skill clinics during the week. The program is open to families from […]
The kids from the Concord Academy Summer Camp will be at the parking lot of the Council on Aging (COA) and geared up to clean your car! Drive in any time between 10:30 am and 12:15 pm and drive out with a car that sparkles... all monies collected directly benefit COA activities.
Are you interested in observing nature more closely and fully? Has nature journaling piqued your interest or do you need inspiration to keep going with a journal? Everyone has what it takes to start having a closer relationship with nature through simple nature journaling and sensory exercises. Now is a great time to do it […]
Join the Concord Players on the Main Library's front lawn for an outdoor performance of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s epic political tragedy, where the race to claim the empire spirals out of control. No registration required. Free and open to all.
