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Chemacheg Menukhi: Paddle Strong

5/9/25 5:30 pm EDT
Concord Museum Chemacheg Menukhi: Paddle Strong
53 Cambridge Tpke
Concord, MA
United States

Explore local Indigenous history and contemporary artistic practices through the new exhibit, Chemacheg Menuhki: Paddle Strong. Co-curated with Brittney PeauweWunnepogWalley (Nipmuc), the exhibit will include a fiber basket created by Walley that features iconography exploring the story of the 58 Nipmuc individuals housed on the property of John Hoar in Concord in 1675- 1676. 

Opening Reception May 9

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Retreat from Concord historical miniatures war game

5/10/25 11:00 am EDT
The Wright Tavern Retreat from Concord historical miniatures war game
2 Lexington Road
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Peter Lowitt

On Saturday May 10 from  11am to 3pm your $10 discounted admission to the Wright Tavern Museum comes with the opportunity to play a historical miniatures game of the British retreat from Concord on April 19, 1775. We will be using Muskets and Tomahawks rules which enable players to command British Regulars or minutemen. Children 8 and up accompanied by an adult are encouraged to participate.  Prizes will be awarded for good play. Can you do better than history?

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Thoreau's Birthplace - Free House Tours

5/10/25 11:00 am EDT
Thoreau Farm Thoreau's Birthplace - Free House Tours
341 Virginia Road
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Rebecca Migdal

Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only. Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy.

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Concord Chorus Presents Its Spring Concert

5/10/25 7:00 pm EDT
St. Camillus Church Concord Chorus Presents Its Spring Concert
1185 Concord Turnpike
Arlington, MA
United States

Join the Concord Chorus for their spring concert! Featured will be Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service, and works of Randall Thompson, with David Kravitz, baritone, and John Sullivan, piano.

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Concord Chorus presents Together in the Light - Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service and works of Randall Thompson

5/10/25 8:00 pm EDT
St. Camillus Church Concord Chorus presents Together in the Light - Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service and works of Randall Thompson
1185 Concord Turnpike
433 Rutland St
Arlington, MA
United States
Contact: Cynthia Sorn

The Concord Chorus, with Music Director Dr. Kevin Leong, presents Together in the Light - Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service and works of Randall Thompson, on Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m., at St. Camillus Church, 1185 Concord Turnpike, Arlington MA. This moving concert is part of the official Concord250 celebration of the American Revolution, themed “Still Heard ‘Round the World.” 

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First Annual Paul Revere's Bike Ride

5/17/25 10:00 am EDT
Concord Museum First Annual Paul Revere's Bike Ride
53 Cambridge Tpke
Concord, MA
United States

Grab your bike and join the Concord Museum as they mark the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride with a bicycle ride through Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Bedford, and Carlisle. Choose a 21.3- or 32.4-mile loop on paved road, passing fascinating Revolutionary landmarks like the North Bridge, the Lexington Green, and more!

May 17

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Concord Triptych Film Screenings

5/17/25 3:00 pm EDT
The Umbrella Arts Center Concord Triptych Film Screenings
40 Stow Street
Concord
United States

The Umbrella Arts Center with Five Sisters Productions and the Tufts University Half the History Film Project presents a program of three locally shot short films about impactful women in Concord history.

The featured films will be:

  • Margaret Lothrop and the Wayside (Premiere screening with new score)
  • Ellen Garrison: Scenes from an Activist Life (Return engagement)
  • Women of the Old Manse (Sneak peek)

Related family activities include optional childcare with teacher-led thematically related crafts during the screening, and a table display of Rise Up!, a new children’s book by Barefoot Books on revolutions and protest in U.S. history. 

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Opening Reception Party "Persephone's Return"

5/22/25 6:00 pm EDT
Three Stones Gallery
32 Main Street
suite 2
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Lyca Blume

The spring palette unfolds into the colors of summer with our fourth show of the year. Represented artist Brenda Cirioni returns with textural abstract paintings that carry the memory of a garden. Contemporary figurative paintings by Joan Hanley speak to the everyday curiosity of life. Concord-based guest artist Christiane Corcelle shares dynamic mixed media paintings with a bold palette and composition. The show also features new works by represented artists Cindy Crimmin, Joe Faria, Jennifer M. Johnston, Joan Kocak, and Bethany Noël, and guest artist Jill Goldman-Callahan.

May 14 - June 22

Opening Reception: May 22

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Tour Historic Buttrick Gardens

5/29/25 10:00 am EDT
Minute Man National Historical Park Tour Historic Buttrick Gardens
United States

Join the Friends of Minute Man National Park Executive Director Kathleen Fahey as she presents the history and preservation of these beautiful gardens. The gardens feature viewing terraces, steps leading down to the Concord River, elegant wrought ironwork, and brick, bluestone, and cobblestone walkways.

May 29 in person

June 26 in person

July 31 via Zoom


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An Evening with Tituss Burgess

5/30/25 8:00 pm to 5/31/25 10:00 pm EDT
The Umbrella Arts Center An Evening with Tituss Burgess
40 Stow St
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: John Penney

Emmy and SAG-nominated TITUSS BURGESS has quickly emerged as one of the entertainment industry’s most versatile and dynamic performers, with his work in television, film, and theater generating both critical and commercial acclaim. Tituss most recently starred as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway. He was seen on TV in Season 2 of the hit Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon!. Tituss starred in the hit Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (nominations for four consecutive Emmy Awards, a SAG Award, and two Critics’ Choice TV Awards).

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