Things to See & Do

Goodwin will be performing their third studio release: “Then Rain, Then Wind.” Collaborating with poets across time and space, this album brings aged yet ever salient words to a new generation. Setting the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Rabindranath Tagore, Charles Baudelaire, Langston Hughes, and Li Qinghzhao to music,

Tour the heart of the Concord Museum’s collection of objects used and made by Henry David Thoreau in the galleries, which display more Thoreau objects than have previously been on permanent display, and learn about his life in Concord and two years at Walden Pond. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

Henry David Thoreau is known for the two years he spent living at Walden Pond.  Did you know that he lived in other homes in Concord throughout his life?  Take a tour of the domestic side of Thoreau’s wholly human life, visiting the homes where he lived and hearing the stories told of him by family and friends. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members. Includes same-day admission to the Concord Museum.

Celebrate the Museum’s special exhibition, Revolutionary Legacies, with a special guided tour following a festive happy hour of wine, beer, and light refreshments in the Museum’s courtyard. Reflect on the nation’s founding principles, their continuous reinterpretation over the past 250 years, and consider what they mean today through textiles, ceramics, and relics from the 19th century. Your ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour, which begins at 7:15 pm. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members

Join us for a presentation on Brian Donahue’s latest book, "Slow Wood: Greener Building from Local Forests."

About the presentation: Can we reconnect housing to sustainably managed local and regional forests? Through the colonial period, houses were mostly constructed and heated directly from local woodlands—Walden Woods was a notable example.

As the country celebrates its 250th Anniversary, enjoy a staged reading and discussion of the new play, "Walt Whitman’s American Dream" by Sarah Vander Schaaff, directed by Brendon Fox, Artistic Director of the renowned Peterborough Players. A juicy biopic, the play stirs the bigger questions still at the heart of our experience; the ensemble of characters includes Concord’s own, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Tour Old Hill Burial Ground and learn about the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Concord’s oldest cemetery. Visit the final resting place of some of the most well-known figures from April 19, 1775, including Emerson Cogswell, Colonel Barrett, and Captain David Brown. This tour includes about 1 mile of walking on hilly, unpaved terrain. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members. Includes same-day admission to the Concord Museum.

Join us for an evening of society to celebrate the illustrious literary and transcendentalist history of Concord. with wine, beer, and other beverages in the courtyard, followed by a tour of our singular Thoreau and Emerson collections. Your ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour, which begins at 7:15 pm. Co-sponsored by The Thoreau Alliance. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members

Join Curator and Director of Exhibitions Christie Jackson and Curator David Wood for a gallery talk in the new special exhibition Revolutionary Legacies. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

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