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Meet the Curator - Guitar Museum of New England Pop-Up Exhibit

5/13/26 12:00 pm to 5/15/26 5:00 pm EDT
Guitar Museum of New England - Pop-up Location Meet the Curator - Guitar Museum of New England Pop-Up Exhibit
129 Commonwealth Avenue
West Concord
United States
Contact: Jennifer Schunemann

Stop in. Say hi. Talk guitars! Wilson Schünemann, Co-Founder and Curator of the Guitar Museum of New England, will be on hand to talk about the guitars featured in the pop-up 'sneak peek' from the Museum's core collection. While you're here, you can see a video with architectural plans of the future building, as well as highlights of previous exhibits we've done - so you have a good sense of the awesomeness coming when we finally open! This event is part of the Hidden Treasures Festival, sponsored by Freedom's Way National Heritage Area. It is FREE and open to the public. 12:00 - 5:00 pm

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This Land is Your Land

5/11/26 7:00 pm EDT
Concord Museum This Land is Your Land
53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA 01742
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Kaylee Kelley

Historian Beverly Gage discusses This Land Is Your Land, a sweeping examination of American democracy, protest, and power. Drawing on vivid stories and deep research, Gage traces how struggles over rights, belonging, and national identity have shaped the nation and why those struggles continue to matter today. Supported in part by Mass Humanities.

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Meet the Curator - Guitar Museum of New England Pop-Up Exhibit

5/8/26 12:00 pm EDT
Guitar Museum of New England - Pop-up Location Meet the Curator - Guitar Museum of New England Pop-Up Exhibit
129 Commonwealth Avenue
West Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Jennifer Schunemann

Stop in. Say hi. Talk guitars! Wilson Schünemann, Co-Founder and Curator of the Guitar Museum of New England, will be on hand to talk about the guitars featured in the pop-up 'sneak peek' from the Museum's core collection. While you're here, you can see a video with architectural plans of the future building, as well as highlights of previous exhibits we've done - so you have a good sense of the awesomeness coming when we finally open! This event is part of the Hidden Treasures Festival, sponsored by Freedom's Way National Heritage Area

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American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight

5/4/26 7:00 pm EDT
Concord Museum American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight
53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA 01742
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Kaylee Kelley

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight for a compelling forum on the evolving meaning of American independence. Drawing on his scholarship on Frederick Douglass, Blight will explore how the ideals of the Declaration of Independence have been interpreted and contested over time. Professor Blight will discuss Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?.” Through Douglass’s words, Blight invites us to reflect on the enduring tensions between liberty and inequality, and to consider whether the nation’s founding promises remain unfulfilled.

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The Umbrella Open Studios 2026

5/2/26 12:00 pm to 5/3/26 5:00 pm EDT
The Umbrella Arts Center The Umbrella Open Studios 2026
40 Stow Street
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Katie Baum

The Umbrella's beloved Open Studios is May 2 & 3, from 12 - 5 PM in Concord, MA. It's fun for all, FREE to attend, and priceless to get to know your local artists! The Umbrella Arts Center is home to more than 60 working artists skilled in a variety of fine and applied arts, including ceramics, glass, fiber arts, jewelry making, illustration, mixed-media, painting, photography, printmaking, illustration, sculpture, woodworking, writing, and more. Our annual Open Studios is an incredible opportunity to meet our artists, learn about their process, and share in celebrating their work.

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Revolutionary Legacies Student Gallery Talk

5/1/26 11:00 am EDT
Concord Museum Revolutionary Legacies Student Gallery Talk
53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA 01742
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Kaylee Kelley

Join the student artists featured in the new special exhibition Revolutionary Legacies, along with  Curator David Wood and Curator and Director of Exhibitions Christie Jackson, for a gallery talk.

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Hidden Treasures Festival of Nature, Culture & History

5/1/26 to 5/31/26
Townwide Hidden Treasures Festival of Nature, Culture & History
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Stewart Ikeda

Explore Concord during the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area Hidden Treasures Festival (May). A dozen+ partners present free, townwide events—from The Umbrella Open Studios and West Concord Art Loop to historic house tours, garden walks, poetry, family workshops, and a community treasure hunt. Discover pop-ups from the Guitar Museum, Revolution 250–inspired programs, and nature activities along the Concord River—revealing the stories, landscapes, and creative spirit that define this iconic New England town and 44 neighboring communities in the nationally designated Heritage Area.

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Gerard Magliocca on Limitations in Executive Power

4/28/26 7:00 pm EDT
Concord Museum Gerard Magliocca on Limitations in Executive Power
53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA 01742
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Kaylee Kelley

Legal scholar Gerard Magliocca explores Justice Robert H. Jackson’s landmark concurring opinion in the Steel Seizure Case, illuminating its enduring framework for presidential power. This forum connects constitutional history to current debates, examining how Jackson’s analysis continues to shape limits on executive authority in times of crisis.

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Writer-In-Residence Danielle Bradley in Conversation with Alan Lightman

4/27/26 6:00 pm EDT
Concord Free Public Library Writer-In-Residence Danielle Bradley in Conversation with Alan Lightman
129 Main Street
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Barbara Gugluizza

Join 2026 CFPL Writer-In-Residence Danielle Bradley in conversation with celebrated local author Alan Lightman. Danielle Bradley is the winner of the 2025 Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award and a 2025–2026 Tin House Reading Fellow. Her debut novel, Crying in Baseball, is forthcoming from Avid Reader Press.

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The Anna and Mickey Show

4/25/26 7:30 pm EDT
First Parish in Concord The Anna and Mickey Show
20 Lexington Road
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Cindy Soule

Don't miss a very special benefit concert, The Anna And Mickey Show. Starring Anna Huckabee Tull and Mickey Zibello, with Special Friends, Kristin Moore on Fiddle, Dave Carter on Guitar and Accordion, Noah Mendelsohn on Bass, Eli Zibello on Percussion, and Sage Miller, a First Parish Rising Vocalist! Come for an evening of joyful camaraderie that lifts our spirits while supporting important social justice work underway this year! 


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    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!
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