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7/18/24

United States

We Were Friends - Two Years In: Birthdays

Join the Concord Museum for a selection of episodes of We Were Friends - Two Years In: Birthdays.

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8/15/24

Concord Museum We Were Friends - And Then: Late Night

53 Cambridge Turnpike

Concord, MA

United States

We Were Friends - And Then: Late Night

Grab your picnic basket and blanket and meet on the Concord Museum lawn for special performances of a selection of episodes of We Were Friends: An Episodic Play Exploring the Friendship of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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9/26/24

Emerson House Experience Emerson Out of Doors: Autumn Garden Tour

28 Cambridge Tpke

Concord, MA

United States

Experience Emerson Out of Doors: Autumn Garden Tour

It's the perfect season to stroll the garden and grounds of the beautiful Emerson House. September 26 (rain date September 27)

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8/13/26

Concord Museum We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs

53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA 01742

Concord

United States

Contact: Kaylee Kelley

We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs

Award-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents "We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs," an episodic project of Firelight’s playful reimagining of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s profound friendship set in today’s world. A late-night phone conversation between Ralph and Margaret takes the form of a radio play in which music, film, voice, and the hypnotic hum of a sleep apnea machine lead the two friends into territory both more intimate and less certain than any they’ve experienced in each other’s presence. This episode will be followed by a talkback with Firelight’s actors and writers. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members

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5/22/26

Ralph Waldo Emerson House and Wright Tavern In Celebration of Waldo

28 Cambridge Tpke (Emerson House) and 2 Lexington Road (Wright Tavern)

Concord, MA

United States

In Celebration of Waldo

Begin your day with a private tour of the Ralph Waldo Emerson house. Enjoy the home, Lidian’s garden, and the renovated barn. Then join us at the Wright Tavern for a noon luncheon and a performance by Phil Paradis, as he entertains visitors as Waldo himself in 1871 in this witty and humorous one-man play.

Presented by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association in collaboration with the Wright Tavern Legacy Trust.

The Summer Issue is Here!
As our nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this issue explores the people, ideas, and stories that continue to shape its legacy. Inside, Professor Robert A. Gross offers fresh perspective in “A Referendum on Independence,” while a special foldout guide, “Following in Thoreau’s Footsteps,” invites you to explore the landscapes that inspired him. Discover an unexpected connection in “A Tale of Two Authors,” revisit the moving story of “A Hawthorne Homecoming,” and enjoy summer events, arts, and ways to experience Concord firsthand.
A Referendum on Independence
The road to American independence took time to complete, and Massachusetts, despite its reputation as a vanguard state, was not always in the lead. In 1775, even after the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, most Patriot leaders were still seeking restoration of colonial rights within the British empire. Thomas Paine broke the logjam with the publication of Common Sense early the next year. The instant best-seller argued the case for separation by appealing to economic and political self-interest, emotional resentment of a brutal and oppressive king, and a utopian vision of America as “an asylum for mankind.”
A Hawthorne Homecoming
Two white horses pulled the hearse into Concord’s Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, a top-hatted driver at the reins. A band of mourners followed on foot as they made their way toward Authors’ Ridge.Except for the bright sunshine, this scene wouldn’t seem out of place in a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. But it happened a mere twenty years ago, on June 26, 2006. That was the day Hawthorne and his wife and daughter were reunited after his death separated them 142 years earlier.