Arts & Culture

Thelma tells the story of a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone who pretends to be her grandson. With help from a friend and his motorized scooter, she soon embarks on a treacherous journey across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her. The action-comedy film made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and features June Squibb in her first starring role opposite the late Richard Roundtree. Delicious meal options are also available as an add-on from Adelita! See https://theumbrellaarts.org/performing-arts/films-umbrella

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this darkly humorous play tells the tale of a woman's complicated relationship with her charismatic uncle as she discovers family secrets, navigates growing pains, and develops her own sense of right and wrong. Nov 8 - 23

Selected Works by the late prolific Ipswich-based painter Thorpe Feidt on view October 1 – December 16, 2024 Thorpe Feidt (1940-2024) was a prolific painter based out of Ipswich, MA, and was a beloved professor of art and art history at Montserrat College, where he began teaching in 1973. At The Umbrella Arts Center.

Three Stones Gallery will host a benefit for OARS, a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, improve, and preserve the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers, their tributaries and watersheds, for public recreation, water supply, and wildlife habitat.

Attention all adult chamber musicians! Concord Conservatory of Music (CCM) is excited to present the CCM Adult Chamber Music Play-In on Saturday, October 26, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

No story is like yours — and your telling it is powerful and necessary. Join this workshop to find your woods and tell your story.

In this two-day workshop, national memoirist & distinguished teacher Dr. Barbara Mossberg invites you “to the woods” — a place to find focus, inspiration, connection, and support for developing your memoir. Experiments, prompts and exercises in this workshop are designed to invite, inquire, and invoke your own “woods” through Thoreau’s lens of living purposefully.

Experience the emotional depth of Brahms, the rich textures of Debussy, and the bold melodies of Mussorgsky. Concord Conservatory of Music proudly presents a special evening with award-winning pianist and CCM faculty member Yelena Beriyeva on Friday, October 25, 2024, at 7:30 pm. This event, titled Piano Inspirations, marks the kickoff of the 2024-2025 CCM Concert & Lecture Series.

Join Concord Art in celebrating their beloved Concord Art faculty this Fall! As part of the programming for the triennial, on Thursday, October 24th at 4pm, they will be holding an artists panel discussion with six of our Concord Art faculty members to hear their insights on teaching and practicing visual art. Then, stay for the exhibition’s opening reception, starting at 5:30pm.

Beautiful Lands or “Belle Terre” focuses on three artists whose work is drawn directly from the Earth. Jonathan MacAdam captures the memory of a place and the tranquility of standing in a mesmerizing New England landscape, where the splendor of the sky is palpable. Jennifer Johnston presents her photographic series of light-infused flowing water and hardened rock, and Colleen Pearce exhibits enjoyable and fluid interpretations of geological formations and plant life using oil on yupo.

Don't miss the 9th anniversary of this cherished showcase of exceptional work from Native American artists, including animal fetishes, jewelry, and pottery.