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Art Ramble: “In the Balance”

Hapgood Wright Town Forest Walden St, Concord, United States

September 1 - November 13 Hapgood Wright Town Forest, Concord, MA Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset Artist Reception & Walkabout Saturday, September 17, 4:30-5:30PM Rain […]

Free

Write Outside Your Door: A Nature Writing Workshop at Thoreau Farm

Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA, United States

Henry David Thoreau was a masterful, creative writer. We can follow his example by interacting with nature, by paying close attention to its nuances, and by using all of our senses, as […]

$50

Adult Archaeology Walk

Bettina Abe of Acton’s Natural Resources Division will lead a brisk hike along the Nashoba Brook trail, with stops at the stone chamber and Native American ceremonial sites. Trail conditions […]

Free

Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Bishop: Two Women of Central Massachusetts

The Groton Center 163 West Main St, Groton, MA, United States

The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, West Groton Co-sponsored with the Groton Public Library Program immediately follows brief business meeting Registration required These two seemingly contrasting women writers—the 19th century […]

Free

Paleoindian Life 12,000 Years Ago at the Tenant Swamp Site

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

Archaeologist Robert Goodby discusses his field work at a site, undisturbed since the end of the Ice Age, in Keene, New Hampshire, that revealed information about the economy, gender roles, […]

Free

Go Out Doors Public Art Tour & Artist Celebration

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

Join Us for the Go Out Doors Walking Tour and Celebration! Celebrate the Autumn and the 2022 Go Out Doors public art exhibition in beautiful, historic Concord Center Saturday, October 29, 10:30AM-Noon! […]

Free

Recurring

Destination: Nature Juried Art Show

Fivesparks 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, United States

To commemorate 50 years of preserving the town of Harvard’s unique character and natural resources, the Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with a […]

Free

Umbrella Arts & Environment Listening Session

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

As part of a comprehensive strategic planning process, The Umbrella Arts & Environment program will invite the community to participate in an open, interactive public listening session to provide input […]

Free

Ceremonial Stone Landscape Movement – A Local Perspective

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

Many of the “mysterious” stone structures of New England, once thought to be by-products of colonial farming, are now understood as originating in pre-colonial ceremonial practices of Native Americans. Peter […]

Free