Events

Featured Events

We Were Friends - Two Years In: Birthdays

7/18/24 6:00 pm EDT

United States

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

Screen the new film, Mona Lisa is Missing

7/13/24 2:00 pm EDT

Concord Free Public Library

United States

Concord Free Public Library will host a screening of the award-winning film "Mona Lisa is Missing," describing the 1911 theft of da Vinci's famous painting "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre Museum in Paris. The filmmakers will join via Zoom after the screening to talk about how they researched the film.

Celebrate Captain Parker's 295th Birthday

7/13/24 11:00 am EDT

United States

Celebrate Capt. Parker's 295th birthday on the Battle Green in Lexington. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy music, activities, food trucks, and birthday cake!

A Walk in Thoreau's Concord

7/13/24

United States

Contact: Concord Museum

Join the Concord Museum for this unique tour and explore the homes in Concord where Thoreau lived.

83rd Annual Gathering of the Thoreau Society

7/10/24 to 7/14/24 6:00 pm

United States

Join the 83rd Annual Gathering of the Thoreau Society.

Experience Riverfest 2024

7/6/24 to 7/28/24

United States

This three-week celebration of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers has something for everyone.

Frederick Douglass speech

7/4/24

The Robbins House

United States

Contact: The Robbins House

Join The Robbins House for their annual reading of Frederick Douglass' famous speech, "What to the slave is the 4th of July?"

Reflection: Selfhood/Motherhood

6/28/24 to 9/2/24 12:00 pm

The Umbrella Arts Center

United States

Experience this remarkable gallery exhibition of work by two artists in residence: photographer and mixed-media artist Catherine LeComte, and painter Jasmine Chen. At The Umbrella Arts Center.

Discover Concord Advisory Board Meeting

6/17/24 5:00 pm EST

The Wright Tavern Discover Concord Advisory Board Meeting

2 Lexington Road

Concord, MA

United States

Contact: Cynthia Baudendistel

The 5 Year Anniversary of Discover Concord magazine calls for a special advisory board meeting!

Harvard’s Year of Exile
Lexington and Concord. April 19, 1775. Where and when the Revolutionary War started is well known. Not so well known is the fact that Harvard played an important, if odd, role afterward in the early days of the Revolution, turning its campus over to the nascent American army. On May 1, 1775, undergraduates were dismissed and given an early summer vacation. Classes resumed on Oct. 5 in Concord, 20 miles away — the beginning of a wartime academic sojourn.
The Spring Issue is Here!
Patriots' Day is almost here, and this issue of Discover Concord brings you a list of events, the parade route, and much more to make your celebration special. Also in this issue is an in-depth look at the new PBS documentary "Henry David Thoreau," a fascinating piece on how the Concord Lyceum came to be, and a look at how Massachusetts civilians on the homefront managed the challenging months of January - May 1776. Freedom's Way National Heritage Area is launching an exciting program you won't want to miss called "Declaring Independence: Then & Now" in more than 20 towns across Massachusetts. With two special fold-out inserts, maps, lists of shops, and so much more, you'll want to get your copy early!
TriCon at 200: Faith in Action Since 1826
This year, the Trinitarian Congregational Church (TriCon) on Walden Street is celebrating its 200th anniversary. However, from the early days of Concord’s founding in 1635, there was only one meeting house, and that was First Church in the center of town. In 1778, Reverend Ezra Ripley assumed the pastorate, a position he would hold for 63 years. By 1825, First Parish, like many Congregational churches in Massachusetts, had changed, adopting a Unitarian theology. But not all parishioners were happy with “Dr. Ripley’s church” or his unorthodox preaching. In March 1826, nine dissenters, joined by seven townspeople, left First Parish to form their own “religious conference.”