Colors of Concord: The Grassy Plain features artworks created by Umbrella 2022-2023 Artist-in-Residence, Ponnapa Prakkamakul. Following a year of intensive outreach to underrepresented members of the Concord community, Prakkamakul has created a series of site-specific new artworks inspired by the people and places she discovered there. The work is on view in The Umbrella’s Main Gallery from August […]
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Art Ramble is an annual, temporary public art exhibition in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest in Concord, MA, a collaboration of The Umbrella Art Center and Concord’s Division of Natural Resources (CDNR). Following Leave No Trace principles, regional artists create site-specific artworks promoting appreciation of nature, installed along Fairyland Pond and parts of the historic […]
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Thomas Dugan Public History intern Jas Wheeler discusses Concord’s history of enslavement and self-emancipation by examining how Brister Freeman, a man enslaved by Colonel John Cuming, found personal liberty through service in the Revolutionary War. Using John Cuming’s desk and Brister Freeman’s muster rolls, Wheeler draws attention to how Americans leveraged the power of writing […]
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Gallery hours: Tuesday thru Sunday 11:00am - 5:00pm September 9th to October 1st, 2023 Reception: Sunday, September 10th from 2:00pm to 5:00pm This Fall exhibition for 2023 will explore the broad range of work being created by regional artists. We welcome as participants, artists from LexArt and from Lexington, surrounding towns and New England. We […]
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This Fall exhibition for 2023 will explore the broad range of work being created by regional artists. We welcome as participants, artists from LexArt and from Lexington, surrounding towns and New England. We hope the exhibit meets LexArt’s goal to be creative, joyful, and playful while reaching out to the community.
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Concord Ag Day is a once a year farmers’ market celebrating local agriculture organized by the Concord Agriculture Committee to showcase Concord farms and local produce. This unique market showcases the bounty of Concord’s many farm businesses at the height of the growing season. Photo courtesy of @farmsofconcord
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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 […]
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The Annual Bridges and Connections Sculpture Symposium brings global artists together to collaborate, learn and create. Each Symposium adds new works to the hill. The 2023 Symposium Theme is TIME and will feature work from artists Ivona Biocic Mandic (Croatia), Finn Cossar (Australia), and Renubala Kashyap Rajput (India). 2023 Symposium Events September 16, 1:00 pm […]
The Annual Bridges and Connections Sculpture Symposium brings global artists together to collaborate, learn and create. Each Symposium adds new works to the hill. The 2023 Symposium Theme is TIME and will feature work from the following artists: Ivona Biocic Mandic, Croatia Finn Cossar, Australia Renubala Kashyap Rajput, India 2023 Symposium Events September 16, […]
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Student demonstrations from local dance studios, music schools, aerial acrobatics, karate studios In conjunction with Celebrate Hudson Annual Festival NO admission fee. Bring a chair or blanket Parking available around town More details coming soon—visit HudsonArmoryProject.org for updates.
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This lovely wooden building was built in the early 19th century by the Believers in the Second Coming of Christ, commonly known as the Shakers. Until 1908, they had a village in the southern part of Shirley, Massachusetts where they lived, worked, and worshiped together. The Shirley group was known for the quality of their […]
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Time & Location Sep 17, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Lexington, 130 Waltham St, Lexington, MA 02421, USA About the Class or Event Join us September 17 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm for a demo with Jill Pottle Collage is an accessible art form for all levels. But for me it is an […]
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Noted Historian Prof. Robert Allison Inaugurates the Acton 250 Lecture Series "From Crown Tensions to Tea Parties: The Role of Massachusetts in Shaping the Revolution" Starting this fall, the Acton 250 Committee will sponsor a series of lectures on the history leading up to the momentous events of 1775 and 1776. The lectures will help […]
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The subject of centuries-old, sing-song villainy, Lizzie Borden turns searing rock anthem anti-hero and has audiences raging in their seats. Lizzie was famously acquitted and yet the question lingers… did she do it? Now, as the story is retold by four women defying musical theater stereotypes, fronting a six-piece rock band, and delivering a score […] |
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The Iron Work Farm's two historic South Acton house museums will be open for visitors. The 1732 Jones Tavern, 128 Main Street, open from 1 to 3:00 p.m., was the home of several generations of the Samuel Jones family, who operated local mills and businesses, including a 1750 tavern and store. The 1707 Jones/Faulkner Homestead […]
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7 events,With humor and poignancy, Jordan Kessler’s new exhibition of large-scale archival pigment photographs captures vivid detail of tactile experience that our society has come to devalue in the age of digital existence. Co-owner of Pitch Black Editions in Concord, MA since 2015, Jordan Kessler trained early in his career as a fine art photographic printer […]
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