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Celebrating 100 Years of Concord Art and our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts

Concord Art Association 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA, United States

We're celebrating 100 years of Concord Art! Our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871-1927), was not only a dedicated philanthropist, but a talented artist as well. This May, we invite you to visit Concord Art during gallery hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30pm, and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm) to see the paintings and etchings of […]

Free

Why Was a Child’s Shoe Hidden in the Wall of a House for 300 Years?

Boxborough Town Hall 29 Middle Road, Boxborough, MA, United States

Join Duncan Brown, Curator for the Boxborough Historical Society, as he explains the story of why a child’s shoe was hidden in the wall of a Boxborough house for 300 years and the journey the shoe took to come home to the Boxborough Museum. The house, owned by James and Hannah Whitcomb, was built in […]

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“Cast of (Nineteenth Century Historical) Characters”

Bedford Old Town Hall 16 South Road, Bedford, MA, United States

Popular Bedford resident and charming Town Historian Sharon McDonald will be the Bedford Historical Society’s Annual Meeting guest speaker, talking once again about another set of ancient and interesting Bedford residents, as she had done in past lecture seasons. This time, her Cast of (Nineteenth Century Historical) Characters will include abolitionist and suffragist Lucinda Hosmer, […]

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Historical Piano Concerts from The Frederick Collection: Eunmi Ko & Hwaen Ch’uqi

New Dawn Arts Center 84 Main Street, Ashburnham, MA, United States

Historical Piano Concerts' 37th Spring season presents performances every Sunday in May. The concerts will include piano solo, piano with voice, with violin, and with clarinet, all with restored original pianos by important makers in Paris, Vienna, and Leipzig, ca. 1830 - 1877. On Sunday, May 21st, pianists Eunmi Ko and Hwaen Ch'uqi play an […]

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The Color Purple

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

The Umbrella Stage Company presents the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning classic novel, The Color Purple, and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg.  The inspirational story set in the early 1900s follows a young woman, Celie, as she journeys through her childhood experiencing joy, despair, anguish, sisterhood and self-realization to find her voice and power. […]

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Celebrating 100 Years of Concord Art and our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts

Concord Art Association 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA, United States

We're celebrating 100 years of Concord Art! Our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871-1927), was not only a dedicated philanthropist, but a talented artist as well. This May, we invite you to visit Concord Art during gallery hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30pm, and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm) to see the paintings and etchings of […]

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Biennial State of Clay Ceramic Exhibit

LexArt 130 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA, United States

The premier ceramics exhibit in the state of Mass!  The State of Clay is a juried show open to original, innovative ceramic work by current and former residents of Massachusetts or those with close ties to Massachusetts. The aim of the show is to broaden public awareness of contemporary ceramic art and to provide a […]

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Dimensions of Arlington History Viewed Through the Lens of Today’s Racial Reckoning

Arlington Town Hall 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

In this illustrated Louise Ruma Ivers Memorial Lecture, Richard A. Duffy presents nuanced context for the ways in which Black, brown, and Indigenous peoples have been portrayed in presenting the history of Arlington, Massachusetts. Sharing both dispiriting stereotypes and the inspiring work of allies in the cause of racial justice, this lecture is but one […]

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Celebrating 100 Years of Concord Art and our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts

Concord Art Association 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA, United States

We're celebrating 100 years of Concord Art! Our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871-1927), was not only a dedicated philanthropist, but a talented artist as well. This May, we invite you to visit Concord Art during gallery hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30pm, and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm) to see the paintings and etchings of […]

Free
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Biennial State of Clay Ceramic Exhibit

LexArt 130 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA, United States

The premier ceramics exhibit in the state of Mass!  The State of Clay is a juried show open to original, innovative ceramic work by current and former residents of Massachusetts or those with close ties to Massachusetts. The aim of the show is to broaden public awareness of contemporary ceramic art and to provide a […]

Free

I am Zelda

Forbush Memorial Library 118 Main Street, Westminster, MA, United States

Rita Parisi from Waterfall Productions will present "I am Zelda," a one-act play about Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald. This original play sheds light on the mythical life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, often known as the muse and infamous flapper wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of "The Great Gatsby." This program is supported, in part, […]

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Review of Acton Area Archaeology by Kimberley Connors

Acton Memorial Library 486 Main Street, Acton, MA, United States

Kimberley Connors, a local archaeologist specializing in public education, will share the fascinating archaeology of our local environment, from the Native American arrival thousands of years ago, through the European contact of the 1600s, and into the Colonial and early industrial periods. This program can help us appreciate our local landscape and what it offered […]

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