• Barefoot Books hosts family-friendly event: Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History

    Barefoot Books 23 Bradford Street, 2nd Flor, Concord, MA, United States

    Join us for a family-friendly event in the colorful Barefoot Books Community Space! Enjoy a story time of our brand new book Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) with author Rachel Katz at 10:30am. Following the storytime, help us add to our community art project and tell us: “What Do You Stand For?” You will have the ...

  • Bessie’s Closet at Discovery Museum

    Discovery Museum 177 Main St., Acton

    Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all. Supported by donations from the community, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum admission is not required, but also not included. All items are available free of charge, take what you ...

    free
  • First Friday Nights Free at Discovery Museum!

    Discovery Museum 177 Main St., Acton

    Join us with free admission and explore the Museum and Discovery Woods on the first Friday night of every month during the school year, October through June! Discovery Woods will close at dusk. We will gratefully accept non-perishable food donations for Open Table and the Acton Food Pantry. First Friday Nights Free are generously sponsored by MathWorks.

    free
  • Concord Recreation Concord250th Fun Run

    Willard School Powder Mill Road, Concord, Ma

    Event Details: Saturday, May 3rd 9-11am Starting location: Willard School Ending location: White Pond 2.5 mile course and 1 mile course options Colonial dress encouraged!

  • Bessie’s Closet at Discovery Museum

    Discovery Museum 177 Main St., Acton

    Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all. Supported by donations from the community, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum admission is not required, but also not included. All items are available free of charge, take what you ...

    free
  • Bessie’s Closet at Discovery Museum

    Discovery Museum 177 Main St., Acton

    Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all. Supported by donations from the community, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum admission is not required, but also not included. All items are available free of charge, take what you ...

    free
  • Girls Can Be Engineers: An In-person Book Reading with Author and Engineer Jamila H. Lindo at Discovery Museum

    Discovery Museum 177 Main St., Acton

    Join us for a special program with children’s book author and civil engineer, Jamila H. Lindo. Jamila will be here to read her book Girls Can Be Engineers: Hannah’s Dream Tower, share her journey as a young Black woman in STEM, and answer questions about why she finds civil engineering cool and exciting. Then, join Jamila for hands-on activities inspired ...

    free-with-admission
  • Backyard and Beyond: Outdoor Yoga at Discovery Museum

    Discovery Museum 177 Main St., Acton

    Join us to move your body and connect with nature while doing outdoor yoga! Yoga improves physical and mental strength, like self-awareness and focus. Kelly Western, professional yoga instructor, will lead a fun yoga class for children and adults that incorporates balance, strength, stretching, and mindfulness in the context of connecting with nature. Yoga mats available. (Optional: Bring your own ...

    free
  • Concord250 Event: Concord Triptych Film Screening

    The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

    May 17, 2025, 3PM The Umbrella Arts Center Main Stage Theater 144 Five Sisters Productions and the Tufts University Half the History Film Project return to The Umbrella Arts Center to present 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 ...

    Free
  • First Friday Nights Free at Discovery Museum!

    Discovery Museum 177 Main St., Acton

    Join us with free admission and explore the Museum and Discovery Woods on the first Friday night of every month during the school year, October through June! Discovery Woods will close at dusk. We will gratefully accept non-perishable food donations for Open Table and the Acton Food Pantry. First Friday Nights Free are generously sponsored by MathWorks.

    free
  • Concord Gets Ready: Decorate 250 workshops!

    Fowler Library

    As April 19 gets closer, we’re excited to announce Concord Gets Ready – an initiative to decorate the town! Submit a photo of your decorated porch, door, or mailbox & be entered in a raffle to win a pack of gorgeous goodies donated by local merchants. We’ll be posting ideas, hosting workshops, and making DIY kits available over the next several ...