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  • A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library

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    Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, United States

    In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th anniversary, the Concord Museum and the Library have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects will include paintings by Washington Allston, N.C. Wyeth, May Alcott Nieriker, Charles Hovey Pepper, Alicia Keyes, and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, among other artists, as well as […]

    Free with museum admission

  • THE STORIES OF US – Live Storytelling @ the CFPL

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Like listening to in-person live storytelling on platforms like The Moth? Curious about the stories you have not yet heard in our community? Join us in the Concord Free Public Library Goodwin Forum on Tuesday, September 12 for THE STORIES OF US, a collaborative Inclusive Storytelling project that provides a platform to share and interpret unforgettable […]

    Free

  • “Huzzah! Drinking with John Hancock during the American Revolution” with Dr. Brooke Barbier

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Sunday, February 25, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concord Free Public Main Library Free and open to the public Learn more about the important role of alcohol in the culture and politics of Colonial America in this free lecture with Brook Barbier, author of King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father […]

    Free

  • “Radical Spirits: The Material Culture of Drinking at Minute Man National Historical Park” with Nikki Walsh

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Sunday, March 24, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concord Free Public Main Library Free and open to the public Punch bowls, and tankards, and bottles, oh my! Join Minute Man National Historical Park’s museum curator Nikki Walsh for a lecture about the material culture related to drinking in the park’s collections. This lecture will […]

    Free

  • Concord250: Crowdsourcing the American Revolution

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Concord and surrounding communities are very good about celebrating April 19th; however, there was more to the American Revolution than that critical date. The war lasted for eight years. Join historian Beth van Duzer as she speaks about her research, including finding individuals who fought for Concord during the eight years of the war, who […]

    Free

  • Concord and the Memory of the American Revolution – with Historian Michael D. Hattem

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    Saturday, April 5 2:00—4:00 PM Goodwin Forum Main Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742 Michael Hattem Michael D. Hattem, Historian of the American Revolution and Historical Memory, will speak about the importance of the memory of the Revolution, specifically on how events in Concord have been perceived nationally. Bio: Michael D. Hattem is a […]

    Free

  • The Concord250 Poetry Project: Reimagining America’s 1776 Declaration of Independence

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

    The winning poets of a statewide contest will read their powerful original works and share the stories behind them, followed by a reception with light refreshments. Massachusetts poets were invited to bring their joy of language and resourceful imagination to reflect on America’s 1776 Independence and create an original poem that acknowledges America’s past while […]

    Free