GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
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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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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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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, […]
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 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 […] |
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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Narrative Paintings by Maryam Safajoo October 5 – November 19, 2023 Saturday, October 7, 5-7pm: Opening reception with Artist Talk at 6pm On display at The Umbrella’s second floor Outside-the-Box Gallery, “Banned” features paintings by Maryam Safajoo narrating the stories of the contemporary situation of the systematically persecuted Iranian Baha’i community – Iran’s largest religious minority – after the 1979 Iranian […]
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Former Acton Health Director, Doug Halley, describes the discovery of the Pine Hawk archaeological site and its significance. He relates how the project activated an increased interest in historical preservation, leading to the restoration of the Acton Stone Chamber and to continuing work on Acton’s Trail Through Time, which brings the interface of two different […]
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Annual KCSB Exhibition Making Paper, Sewing Seeds, Considering Our Environment The Inspiring Work of Jongkuk Lee October 7 - 22, 2023 11am-5pm Tue-Sun Reception Saturday, October 7th, from 3-5 pm LexArt welcomes Jongkuk Lee, a very special guest artist from South Korea. In partnership with the Korean Cultural Society of Boston, the Molly Harding Nye […]
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Celebrate 25 years with the Andres Institute of Art! You won't want to miss this unusual and broad investigation into public art. Guests include: Mark Favermann, Moderator—Artist, brander – Favermann Design David Phillips - Award-winning sculptor and alumni Andrew Spahr - Former Curator Currier Museum, currently DIr. of Historic Houses Pamela Tarbell - Award-winning artist […]
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The Iron Work Farm's annual fundraiser returns to the grounds of the Faulkner Homestead. A salute by the Acton Minute Men will open the event, which will feature music by Ward Hayden & the Outliers, a local pizza fest, and activities for kids and adults. $40 admission/donation includes three drink- and food tickets. Kids are […]
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Join us for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Participate in the performance of eastern social songs and dances. Tickets are free, but space is limited. […]
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For over 10,000 years the indigenous people of the land knew this area as Musketaquid, the land between the grassy rivers. This tour explores the history of the first people and how they lived in a land of abundance seeking to keep and foster balance with the natural world, their mother, who sustained them always. […]
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Presented by Lucianne Lavin, director of research emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Studies. Over thousands of years, Native Americans in Eastern North America became experts of their natural environments, managing the plant, animal, and human communities for the benefit and survival of all. Indigenous folklore and sacred stories promoted this ecological balance and […]
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This after-public-hours visit to the Robbins Museum in Middleboro, MA will include a viewing of a number of the museum’s special Indigenous artifacts and conversations with museum educators. Cost is $10 per person. Registration limited to 15. Car pools leaving from the Acton Memorial Library will be arranged a few days before the visit. Registration […]
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Join a book group discussion of the History of the Nashobah Praying Indians, published earlier this year by Littleton historian Dan Boudillion, who will be on hand to sign copies before the discussion. Books will be available for purchase that day. In person only at Acton Memorial Library. This program is free but registration is […]
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Join leading Thoreau scholar Lawrence Buell at Thoreau Farm as he shares his book, HENRY DAVID THOREAU: Thinking Disobediently, the first concise account of Thoreau’s life, thought, and impact in more than half a century. In the book, Buell details the complexities and contradictions of Thoreau’s life and work, providing necessary context to understanding a key […]
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Bettina Abe, a long-time Acton trail volunteer and just retired member of Acton’s Conservation Division, will lead a brisk hike along the Nashoba Brook trail, with stops at the stone chamber and Native American ceremonial sites. Trail conditions can be rocky, uneven, and often wet, and thus participation is limited. Registrants will receive a detailed […]
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Duncan Ritchie, Senior Archaeologist at The Public Archaeology Laboratory will talk about Sand Hill, a large multicomponent Middle Archaic to Late Woodland Period site on the Sudbury River in Wayland, MA. The large assemblage of chipped, ground and rough stone tools, ceramic sherds and radiocarbon dated features document pre-contact Native American activities over a 7,000-year […]
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October 28- November 19, 2023 11am-5pm Tue-Sun Opening Reception: Thursday, November 2, 5pm-7pm Housing Round Table: November 9, 5pm-7pm LexHAB ‘HOME’ Fundraiser: November 16, 5pm-7pm LexHAB, an affordable housing organization, and LexArt, announce an exciting new collaboration that links both missions: an art exhibition, titled ‘HOME’, from October 28 through November 19, 2023 […]
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In the 1800s, Concord was the center for American authors and thinkers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. They gathered together with other Concordians to discuss issues of the day such as slavery, war, the natural world, and many other topics. Led by a Museum educator, explore 1800s Concord and […] 
Come along on a ghostly outdoor adventure! The spirits of the Old Burying Ground are eager to bring Lexington's past back to life and share with you the tales of what brought them to the grave on this special candlelight tour. As you walk along the winding paths of Lexington's oldest graveyard, hear from John […]
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Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. 1 mile walk, mostly flat sidewalk or pavement; rain or shine. $10 Member | $20 Non-Member Includes same-day admission […] |
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New England’s rock art, imagery carved or painted on stone, provides a tantalizing, if often opaque, window into the region’s deep indigenous history. Drawing primarily from examples in Maine, Peter Anick, vice president of ARARA (American Rock Art Research Association), reviews various attempts to date, contextualize, and interpret figures using geology, ethnography, and comparisons with […]
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*By popular demand, an additional performance has been added on Sunday, November 5 at 6:30pm. An additional post-show talkback has been added after the Friday, November 3 performance with author, lawyer and Lizzie Borden expert, Cara Robertson.* The subject of centuries-old, sing-song villainy, Lizzie Borden turns searing rock anthem anti-hero and has audiences raging in […] |
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Meet at Hartwell Tavern Parking Lot Free, registration required Park Day is an annual event where participants help to preserve one of our nation’s most iconic and historic battlefields. Volunteers may take part in removing invasive plants, seeding native plants, caring for orchards, caring for stone […]
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You’re Invited to Our Community Gathering & Annual Meeting on Nov. 5th! Mark your calendar for the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area Community Gathering & Annual Meeting! Join us as we launch a new year of community engagement inspired by the work of our partners and the power of storytelling. We’ll learn about projects funded […]
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