Things to See & Do

Quilts 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy will showcase the extraordinary work of modern-day quilters near and far. Hundreds of quilts will visually express themes related to America’s founding and evolution.  

March 22-23

Join The Friends of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery for a very special presentation by Concord historian Beth van Duzer.  "Rediscovering Our Revolutionary War Veterans" will introduce you to several brave Patriots whose names Beth has recently discovered in her research and who are interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Saturday, March 15 (Reservation deadline: March 7)

$ 30.00 includes buffet breakfast. Advance Reservations are needed by Friday, March 7th, 2025. Due to limited seating at the Inn, we cannot host walk-ins that morning.

The Concord Band presents Music From Warm Places. Under the baton of Music Director James O’Dell, the program includes captivating works by Lewis Buckley, Nubia Jaime-Donjuan, Shelly Hanson, Terry White, and Óscar Navarro. A highlight of the program is the Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Band by Spanish composer Óscar Navarro, masterfully performed by Acton resident Jerry Vabulas, an outstanding soloist and member of the Concord Band since 2012. 

Saturday, March 8, 2025, 7:00 PM at the 51 Walden Performing Arts Center

Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks: what does it mean to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth? Join Ethan Tapper, forester, author, birder, naturalist, and digital creator as he explores what it means to love a forest.

March 6 at 7:00 pm

Are you hosting family and friends for the 250th? Would you like to impress them with what you know about Concord's history? If you want to update the stories you know and learn new ones, you will want to attend this talk. Public historian Beth van Duzer has updated and expanded some well-known stories using primary sources, such as John Jack's, enslaved to a Concord shoemaker Benjamin Barron, able to purchase his freedom, and buried in Concord's Old Hill Burial Ground.

The Umbrella Stage Company presents the New England premiere of Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet’s ground-breaking one-woman show, Where We Belong. With great humor, insight, and imaginative storytelling, the autobiographical play weaves together Indigenous history, Shakespeare, colonialism, cultural legacy, the power of language, and legend. It recounts Sayet’s 2015 journey to England. Moving between nations that have failed to reckon with their ongoing roles in colonialism, she grapples with what it means to remain or leave her own home at Mohegan, but finds comfort following in the footsteps of her ancestors who traveled to England in the 1700s to help her people.

Feb 28 - Mar 23

“Ways of My Ancestors – Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness” features photographic work by Scott Strong Hawk Foster that celebrates the rich, diverse, and resilient cultures of the Native Peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. Foster is a Native American photographer and an enrolled member of Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band with proud Mohegan and Cherokee lineage.

On view through March 23 in The Umbrella’s Wedge Gallery

Join Concord Art on Thursday, Feb 27, at 5:30 pm for the opening reception of "Members Juried 2: Collage, Crafts, Drawing, Graphics, Mixed Media, Photography, Printmaking 2025," juried by Crista Dix. The exhibition is on view Feb 27 - Mar 27, 2025.

Paul Revere’s legacy has been both elevated and obscured by his now famous ride 250 years ago on April 18, 1775. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s dramatic poem replaced what actually happened with a much beloved romantic version. Discover the truth behind the legendary ride, the poem, and the man behind it.

Author Annabel Abbs-Street talks with Catherine Staples about her new book, Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women. Annabel connects with the outdoors by walking in the footsteps of women who boldly reclaimed wild landscapes for themselves. Online