GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
Tours of the Frederick Historical Piano Collection, on which the concerts are based, are available by appointment, on non-concert days. The collection focuses on the kinds of pianos owned and played in concert by the great composers, letting modern musicians and listeners hear the music in its exciting true colors. Tours typically last 3 hours. […]
Long before the beloved novel, Little Women, was written at a small crescent-shaped desk between two upstairs front windows at Orchard House in 1868, history was being made here. Since the 1650s, courageous, empathetic, forward-thinking individuals lived on this site, caring for those in need and attempting to change society for the better. Guided tours […]
Join us for the annual Nashua International Sculpture Symposium event! Each year the Symposium invites sculptors from around the world to stay in Nashua for 3 weeks. Each artist creates a large-scale public sculpture to be permanently installed in the city. This year our visiting artists are from New Zealand/Benin, UK/France, South Korea, and the […]
Juried by Ayumi Horie, Earthworks: Tradition, Influence, Innovation is a regional show celebrating the depth of history, tradition, and cultural expression in contemporary ceramics, and the ways in which artists continue to expand the field through innovation and reinterpretation. As part of The Umbrella Arts Center’s continued commitment to the ceramic medium, we intend for this show […]
From May 11th to July 24th, visitors to Concord can explore Barry Van Dusen's beautiful nature sketches displayed at both Thoreau Farm and Walden Pond State Reservation Visitor Center. Van Dusen is a Massachusetts-based artist and the author of Finding Sanctuary, in which he describes and illustrates 61 of Mass Audubon’s wildlife sanctuaries, nature centers, […]
May 18 - Jun 9, 2024 11am-5pm Tue-Sun Opening Reception: Sun, May 19, 2024 2 - 4 pm Humans have been responsible for degradation of our environment and destruction of so much natural habitat. This exhibit gives artists a chance to try and give back to nature, to craft novel wildlife housing and provide new […]
On display is a diorama of Shirley's Depot Square with a working model train and the buildings from 100 years ago. There is also a large collection of photos picturing the railroad and surroundings. The Museum is open for visitors Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. On Saturday, May 11th at […]
On display at the Bolton Historical Society are examples of one Bolton resident's decades-long hobby of model ship building, both scratch and kit built. From the ill-fated Titanic to the Jefferson Davis, an 1853 Baltimore Clipper, these models demonstrate the patience, skills, and eye for detail of the modeler, the late Deborah Kellett. Open every […]
Louise Ruma Ivers Memorial Lecture This capstone of the “Collections” theme of the program season will feature authentic documents beginning in the 1960s, preserved and curated by active leaders in bringing the principles of the national civil rights movement into specific actions in Arlington. They are windows into the concept of “think globally, act locally.” […]
On display is a diorama of Shirley's Depot Square with a working model train and the buildings from 100 years ago. There is also a large collection of photos picturing the railroad and surroundings. The Museum is open for visitors Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. On Saturday, May 11th at […]
A building in North Lancaster stands alone, slowly deteriorating, but few notice. In its day, this building was very important to a special group of people. The work of these people affects us every day. Find out about places in Lancaster with connections to the Shakers, about their curious lives, and the Shaker inventions that […]
Join the Friends of Minute Man National Park for a free 45-minute tour of the Buttrick Gardens. Learn about the history and preservation of these beautiful gardens. We’ll find shady spots to view the historic plantings and discuss why the Buttrick Gardens recently received a Concord Historical Commission Landscape Preservation Award. Beginning in 1911, two […]
On display at the Bolton Historical Society are examples of one Bolton resident's decades-long hobby of model ship building, both scratch and kit built. From the ill-fated Titanic to the Jefferson Davis, an 1853 Baltimore Clipper, these models demonstrate the patience, skills, and eye for detail of the modeler, the late Deborah Kellett. Open every […]
June 8, 2024, from 3-5PM, The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord, MA hosts the world premiere screening of Ellen Garrison: Scenes from an Activist Life, directed by Jennifer Burton and Ursula Burton and produced by Five Sisters Productions and Julie Dobrow, with the Tufts Production Team. In 1835, 12-year-old Ellen Garrison marched in the […]
Celebrate the Nashua River at the Groton Greenway River Festival on June 9, 2024! Enjoy nature displays, live music, great community, and, of course, the always exciting action of the cardboard canoe race. The Festival runs from 11:00am to 4:00pm at the Petapawag Boat Launch on the banks of the Nashua River just off Nod […]
On the Way between Acton Center and Carlisle: a 250+-Year History The second event in the Acton 250 series “Still Here: Houses of Our Patriots” will be a presentation about the Nathaniel Edwards House, 328 Pope Road, on Monday, June 10 at 7PM. at the Acton Memorial Library. The speaker will be the house’s co-owner, David Hardt, who has […]
Co-Chairs Charlie Annand and Marcia Nelson of the The Hutchinson Family Memorial Project will tell us about the Milford Hutchinson Family and the national and international fame of the Hutchinson Family Singers and their plans for a memorial honoring them here in Milford. Huzzah! Huzzah!John Hutchinson has graciously offered to join us and sing a […]
Readers young and old have embraced Barbara Cooney’s Miss Rumphius, about the lupine lady who made the world more beautiful, since its publication four decades ago. Harry & Hilda: Letters Home, The Sparkling Life of the Lupine Lady and the Professor Who Made It Possible is the story of the “real” Miss Rumphius, Hilda Edwards, […]
Come Celebrate Juneteenth at Fitchburg Abolitionist Park! - Listen and discuss Frederick Douglass's influential address, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" - Learn about Fitchburg’s connection to the Abolitionist Movement - Celebrate how far we have come in developing and improving Abolitionist Park over the past seven years! Feel free to bring […]
Join us for a fun and family-friendly walk at Doyle Conservation Area in Leominster as we seek all the colors of the rainbow found in nature! Learn about the many sights and sounds of nature on the first day of summer with Anna Wilkins, NCLT Executive Director. If you visit the Leominster Public Library to […]
The Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft is one of the longest-running juried exhibitions in New England, and we are excited to continue the tradition in 2024! This annual show at the Fitchburg Art Museum spotlights the artists and crafters of our region by providing a museum environment for their work and connecting them with […]
Join us as we continue Freedom's Way National Heritage Area's 2024 Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks program with a Lexington Celebrates! Walking Tour hosted by the Lexington Historical Society. Space is limited to 20 people. Registration is required. Click here to reserve your spot. Parades, pageants and pandemonium have defined the many commemorations of the […]
Join the Friends of Minute Man National Park for a free 45-minute tour of the Buttrick Gardens. Learn about the history and preservation of these beautiful gardens. We’ll find shady spots to view the historic plantings and discuss why the Buttrick Gardens recently received a Concord Historical Commission Landscape Preservation Award. Beginning in 1911, two […]
The Umbrella Arts Center invites the public to an opening reception for the new visual arts exhibition, "Reflections: Selfhood/Motherhood," featuring work by 2023/2024 Umbrella Artists-in-Residence, Jasmine Chen and Catherine LeComte Lecce, in the Allie Kussin Main Gallery. Also on view is "random assembly" in the Main Hall Display, with artwork by Umbrella Ceramic Studio […]