Events

Featured Events

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!

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!
West Side Story
Concord Center takes justifiable pride in its history, but today great things are happening in West Concord. Innovation and self-reliance are nothing new on the west side of Route 2; they’ve defined the community for centuries.
Established for Social & Mutual Improvement: The Concord Lyceum
The Lyceum Movement started in New England in 1826, when educator and scientist Josiah Holbrook founded the first lyceum in Millbury, Massachusetts. Inspired by the classical Lykeios (Λύκειος) in Ancient Greece, where Aristotle taught, the movement was created to bring education to ordinary people through lectures, debates, and readings. Lyceums quickly spread across New England, fostering education, self-improvement, and civic engagement, and many towns soon formed lyceums of their own, including Boston in 1829 and Salem in 1830. By the 1830s, there were Lyceums across the country.