MUSIC

Concord Orchestra
51 Walden | ConcordOrchestra.com

“Dreaming With Your Feet” Join the Concord Orchestra for a program of inspiring works by Michael Kurth, “Everything Lasts Forever,” W. A. Mozart, “Concerto No. 4 in D Major,” Arturo Marquez, “Danzon No. 2,” and Ottorino Respighi, “Pini di Roma.” Featuring Young Artist Concerto Competition Winner Jihye Yun on violin. May 31 – June 1

Concord Women’s Chorus
81 Elm St | ConcordWomensChorus.org

“Still Heard Round the World: A Celebration of Music Written by and for Women” Concord Women’s Chorus presents a program of women composers writing for women’s voices. Featuring the texts of famous Concord (and New England) authors, the concert features Libby Larsen’s “Concord Fragments,” Melissa Dunphy’s “Grown Wild,” with text by Concord poet Melissa Apperson, Rosephanye Powell’s “To Sit and Dream,” with text by Langston Hughes, Tara Traxler’s “Birds of Passage,” and a new arrangement of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Concord Hymn.” The concert features voices, piano, oboe, clarinet, and violin. May 3

Opera51
51 Walden |  Opera51.org

“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Opera51 presents “A Musical Thriller!” Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End of London in 1980. It has been awarded eight Tony Awards, including one for best musical, and inspired the film adaptation by director Tim Burton in 2007. June 7 - 8

The Umbrella Arts Center
40 Stow Street | TheUmbrellaArts.org 

An Evening with Tituss Burgess

The Umbrella hosts two intimate evenings of music with the stunning tenor star of Broadway (Moulin Rouge, Oh Mary!) and TV (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Schmigadoon!). May 30 & 31

FILM

The Umbrella Arts Center
40 Stow Street | TheUmbrellaArts.org 

Concord Triptych Film Screenings

The Umbrella Arts Center presents three locally shot short films about impactful women in Concord history: Margaret Lothrop and the Wayside (premiere screening with new score), Ellen Garrison: Scenes from an Activist Life (return engagement), and Women of the Old Manse (world premiere). Created by Tufts Half the History Film Project. May 17

POETRY

West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee

The West Concord Poetry Phone

This community art installation features spoken poetry by poets of all ages who live, work, or go to school in Concord. The solar-powered phone booth is located off the Bruce Freeman Trail, on Beharrell Street in front of the Brookside Square Apartments and features a menu of nine audio recordings of poems that are refreshed periodically throughout the year. 

VISUAL ARTS

Three Stones Gallery
32 Main St | ThreeStonesGallery.com Liberty’s Reach

In celebration of the spirit of our country’s early Patriots, this show spotlights the theme of Transcendentalism through textile creations by artist Merill Comeau and guest artists Kimberley Harding, Karen Henderson, Pam Lawson, Lucy Nims-LaFleche, and Ellen Solari. Through May 11

Christiane Corcelle, Egyptian Dream, mixed media, 14x14

| Courtesy of Three Stones Gallery

Persephone’s Return The spring palette unfolds into the colors of summer with abstract paintings by artist Brenda Cirioni, figurative works by Joan Hanley, and dynamic collaged paintings by Christiane Corcelle. May 14 – June 22 

Brenda Cirioni, Water Garden 10, mixed media, 40x60

| Courtesy of Three Stones Gallery

Vernal Tidings Featuring works by Colleen Pearce, Emily Rubinfeld, and Jonathan MacAdam. June 25 - Aug 31

The Umbrella Arts Center
40 Stow Street | TheUmbrellaArts.org 

Visit an expansive outdoor public Art Ramble and indoor gallery exhibition featuring work by prominent Black artists combining sculpture, fiber art, and live performance inspired by little-known experiences of historical Black inhabitants of Concord and Walden Woods. Featured artists in the exhibition include: Ifé Franklin, Stephen Hamilton, Whitney Harris, Ekua Holmes, Perla Mabel, Marla MacLeod, Kimberly Love Radcliffe, and Anthony Peyton Young. Apr 14 - Oct 18

Work by Marla MacLeod

| Courtesy of The Umbrella Arts Center

Umbrella Open Studios 

The Umbrella Arts Center is home to more than 60 working artists skilled in a variety of fine and applied arts including ceramics, glass, fiber arts, jewelry making, illustration, mixed-media, painting, photography, printmaking, illustration, sculpture, woodworking, writing, and more. The annual Open Studios event is an incredible opportunity to meet the artists, learn about their process, and share in celebrating their work. May 3 - 4

THEATRE

Concord Players 
51 Walden St | ConcordPlayers.org

Urinetown

A slightly different kind of revolution will take place in historic Concord with The Concord Players’ production of URINETOWN: The Musical! It’s a dark time in a dark city, where a 20-year drought has led to severe water restrictions – including a ban on private toilets. Public pay toilets are controlled by the evil ‘Urine Good Company,’ which is gleefully gouging huge profits off a very basic human right: the right to pee. Despite the title, this multiple Tony Award winner is an irreverent satire, whose sharp wit and non-stop humor presents the endlessly comic side of unchecked capitalism, corporate greed, and social irresponsibility. May 2 - 17

Songs for a New World 

Based on the music of Jason Robert Brown, Songs for a New World depicts the most intense moment any person can go through: a moment of tremendous change. The show is somewhere between musical and song cycle - a series of songs all connected by a theme: the moment of decision. With a rousing score that blends elements of pop, gospel, and jazz, featuring tight harmonies and daring vocals, Songs for a New World transports its audience from the deck of a Spanish sailing ship bound for a new land, to the ledge of a New York penthouse. Characters range from the mother of a Revolutionary soldier awaiting the end of the brutal war, to a young man in the Bronx dreaming of becoming a famous basketball player, to a forlorn and neglected Mrs. Claus lamenting as Christmas approaches. June 20 – 22

The Umbrella Arts Center

40 Stow St | TheUmbrellaArts.org The Spitfire Grill A heartwarming American musical based on the award-winning film that lifts up the beauty in second chances and the transformative nature of friendship. Apr 25 - May 18