1. art and entertainment

C ELEBRATE
May 2 –
May 31
Opening
May 2nd
2-3:30pm
May 2
9am
Minute Man March
registration Minute Man Arc
10am walk 978-287-7932
wwwfirstgiving.com/minutemanArc/2015/minute-man-arc
May 2
12-3pm
Vintage Baseball Game –
at Emerson Field on Stow Street
Concord Museum
978 369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
May 2
12-5pm
Artisit Reception: Laurie Tarr Ellsworth
Artisans Way
978-369-4400 | www.artisansway.net
May 10
Discovery Day for Young Families at the Playscape at Ripley
Friends of the Playscape at Ripley
978-831-3628 | www.ripleyplayscape.org
10am-1pm Mother’s Day Brunch
Verrill Farm
978-369-4494 | www.verrillfarm.com
May 12
7:30pm
8:30am4:30pm
“Spruce Up for Spring” Volunteer Gardens & Grounds Clean-up
Orchard House
978-369-4118x106 | www.louisamayalcott.org
The Concord Film Project Presents: The Snapper
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
May 13
7-9pm
5-8pm
Extra Innings! –
free for youth baseball & softball players, coaches, fans & families
Concord Museum
978-369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
Lecture: Modern Architecture Through the Lens How It Feels to Be There
Gropius House, Lincoln
781-259-8098 | www.historicnewengland.org
May 14
10am-3pm Workshop: Angles, Planes and Space-Taking Pictures
Gropius House, Lincoln
781-259-8098 | www.historicnewengland.org
May 2
May 2
May 7
May 7
May 7
May 7
2-4pm
6:30–9pm
6-8pm
7-9pm
Gallery Exhibit: Traditional Korean Art for Korean Family Month
Concord Free Public Library
978-318-3300 | www.concordlibrary.org
Tastes of Concord: Wine and Food Tasting – “A Night in Italy”
Concord Chamber of Commerce
978-369-3120 | www.concordchamberofcommerce.org
First Thursdays & Artrageous Auction Preview
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
NEADS Fundraising Event
Lyn Evans Potpourri Designs
978-369-5760 | www.lynevans.com
SPRING
in
CONCORD
2015
May 15
Evening at Gropius House
Gropius House, Lincoln
781-259-8098 | www.historicnewengland.com
Basic Black: NCECA Show
Concord Art Association
978-369-2578 | www.concordart.org
through
April 5
Concord Orchestra Pops Concert: Stage and Screen Stars
The Concord Orchestra at 51 Walden
978-369-4967 | www.concordorchestra.com
Concord Clean Up of Public Lands
Division of Natural Resources, Town of Concord
978-318-3285 | www.concordma.gov
through
April 18
Still Alive, Love You – Don: The Legendary Artist in All Facets
Lacoste Gallery
978-369-0278 | www.lacostegallery.com
through
April 19
The Social Medium
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln
781-259-8355 | www.decordova.org
May 15,
16, 17
Fri & Sat
8pm
Sun 2pm
May 16
10am-5pm 9th Annual Concord ArtWalk
Concord Chamber of Commerce and
Concord Center Cultural District
978-369-3120 | www.cocordchamberofcommerce.org
May 9
10:30am
Playtime Theater: The Three Little Pigs
Concord Youth Theatre
978-371-1482 | www.concordyouththeatre.org
May 16
May 9
1:30pm
Mother’s Day Tea
Concord Museum
978-369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
May 16
May 9
2:30pm4pm
Saturday Salon Together Tea Book Club
with Author Marjan Kamali
The Inn at Hastings Park & Artistry on the Green
9781-301-6655 | www.innathastingspark.com
May 9
4pm
Spring Concert: Women of the Americas
Concord Women’s Chorus at Trinity Episcopal Church
www.concordwomenschorus.org
May 9
6:3011:30pm
May 10
7-9pm
through
April 3
Afternoon with an Artist: Demo with Gwyn Griffith
Frame-ables
978-369-5053 | www.frame-ables.com
April 1
7pm
Traditional Korean Music and Dance
by the Korean Cultural Society of Boston
at The Umbrella Community Arts Center
sponsored by Friends of the Concord Free Public Library
978-318-3300 | www.concordlibrary.org
April 1–
June
Show: Etchings by J. Ann Eldridge and
Oil Paintings by Kathleen McDonough
Artisans Way
978-369-4400 | www.artisansway.net
May 17
1-4pm
Wild Walk: Fairy Houses at Fairyland Pond
with Musketaquid Arts & Environment
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0821 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
April 2–
May 1
Earth Month Exhibit: Celebrating the Confluence of Art and Nature
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
The Umbrella’s Artrageous Gala!
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
May 23
11am
Asparagus Field Trip and Lunch
Verrill Farm
978-369-4494 | www.verrillfarm.com
Mother’s Day Brunch
Bondir Concord
978-610-6554 | www.bondirconcord.com
May 23
4:455:45pm
“Welcome to Our Home”: A Living History Tour
Orchard House
978-369-4118x106 | www.louisamayalcott.org
May 27
5-7pm
Buttrick Garden Party
Friends of Minuteman National Park
978-318-7822 | www.friendsofminuteman.org
May 10
10:30am3:30pm
Mother’s Day Brunch
The Inn at Hastings Park & Artistry on the Green
9781-301-6655 | www.innathastingspark.com
May 10
2-3:30pm
Spring Comes Onward: Lilac Time at Concord
The Old Manse
978-369-3909 | www.thetrustees.org
May 29-31 Fri & Sat Alice
7:30pm
Concord Youth Theatre
Sat & Sun 978-371-1482 | www.concordyouththeatre.org
2:30pm
May 30
12noon5pm
Old Manse Landscape Tour
The Old Manse
978-369-3909 | www.thetrustees.org
May 30
8pm
Handel: Messiah
at Church of St. Brigid in Lexington
Concord Chorus
www.concordchorus.org
May 31
10am-5pm Home Sweet Home at The Old Manse
The Old Manse
978-369-3909 | www.thetrustees.org
all April
& May
7:30-11pm Live Music in the Valley Forge Tavern
Concord’s Colonial Inn
978-369-9200 | www.concordscolonialinn.com
all April
& May
Mon-Sat
evenings
Live Music performed by Local Musicians
Main Streets Café
978-369-9948 | www.mainstreetsmarketandcafe.com
all April
& May
Mon 5pm
Tues 2pm
Wed 2pm
Sun 4pm
TV Show: Eat Well Be Happy with Debra Stark
Debra’s Natural Gourmet on CCTV
978-371-7573 | www.debrasnaturalgourmet.com
11:30am2pm
Poisson d’Avril: Special Lunch in Celebration of April Fools’ Day
Bondir Concord
978-610-6554 | www.bondirconcord.com
April 2
6-8pm
April 3
9am-12pm Business Recycle Day
Town of Concord, Public Works
978-318-3240 | www.concordma.gov
April 3–10 2:30-4pm
First Thursday: Opening Reception for Musketaquid Arts &
Environment Earth Month
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
Saturday Salon Featuring Interior Designer Robin Gannon
The Inn at Hastings Park & Artistry on the Green
9781-301-6655 | www.innathastingspark.com
April 4
11am-3pm Easter Bunnyland – Easter Bunny and Egg Hunting
Concord’s Colonial Inn
978-369-9200 | www.concordscolonialinn.com
April 5
10:30am3:30pm
Easter Brunch
Bondir Concord
978-610-6554 | www.bondirconcord.com
April 5
10:30am3:30pm
Easter Brunch
The Inn at Hastings Park & Artistry on the Green
9781-301-6655 | www.innathastingspark.com
April 5
11am-6pm Easter Brunch
Concord’s Colonial Inn
978-369-9200 | www.concordscolonialinn.com
www.concordchamberofcommerce.org
PATRIOT’S DAY 2015
11:30am
The Sudbury Companies of Militia and Minute will make
Minute Man National Historical Park and Town of Concord Events
April 11 1pm
their annual march to North Bridge from the Town of
Sudbury, in honor of the similar march on April 19, 1775.
Meriam’s Corner Exercise –
They will fire three musket volleys from North Bridge.
Meriam’s Corner, Concord, MMNHP
Area minute companies, fife and drum units, and the
1-4pm
Warlike Preparations at the Barrett Farm –
Colonel James Barrett’s House, Concord, MMNHP
Concord Independent Battery, pay remembrance to the
3pm
fight at Meriam's Corner that marked the beginning of
Visit the Barrett House and learn about the intense
the battle back to Boston. Tour the Meriam House from
military preparations that helped launch America into
11am-2pm.
the Revolutionary War.
Paul Revere Capture Ceremony –
April 20 5:30am
Lexington Battle Reenactment –
April 21
3-4:30pm
April 21 –
April 24
9-11am
British regulars.
April 9, 12, Thurs
Parade Puppets and Earth Float Making Workshops with
16, 29, 23 6-9pm
Musketaquid Arts & Environment
Sat 1-5pm The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0821 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
School Vacation Cooking Classes: Baking with the Pros
for Grades 4-6
Verrill Farm
978-369-4494 | www.verrillfarm.com
Plumfield Fun Week
Orchard House
978-369-4118x106 | www.louisamayalcott.org
April 10
& 11
8pm
April 21 –
April 24
1-2pm
Commemoration of the North Bridge Fight –
April Vacation Family Fun Week
Orchard House
978-369-4118x106 | www.louisamayalcott.org
April 10 –
April 12
Fri & Sat Winnie the Pooh
7:30pm
Concord Youth Theatre
Sat & Sun 978-371-1482 | www.concordyouththeatre.org
2:30pm
April 21 –
April 24
Full day
9am-4pm
Half day
9am12:30pm
April Vacation “Green” Week,
a vacation week art program for ages 4-13
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0821 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
April 11
10am-4pm Spring into Practice: A Day of Mindfulness
the mindfulness studio
978-254-5105 | www.themindfulnessstudio.com
April 22
5:30am
April 11
11am12noon
Bedtime Stories in the Morning
Concord Museum
978 369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
National Earth Day Sunrise Gathering with
Musketaquid Arts & Environment
at Lowell Road Boat Landing
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0821 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
April 22
April 11
10:30am
Playtime Theater: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Concord Youth Theatre
978-371-1482 | www.concordyouththeatre.org
10am12pm
Wild Walk: Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
with Musketaquid Arts & Environment
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0821 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
April 12
1-4pm
Hands-on History
Concord Museum
978-369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
April 22 –
April 24
1-3pm
Art for April Vacation, 2015
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln
781-259-8355 | www.decordova.org
April 12 –
April 16
Sun 1pm 2015 Annual Town Meeting –
Mon-Thurs CCHS Auditorium
7pm
978-318-3000 | www.concordma.gov
April 16
7-9pm
Small But Perfect Things:
The Style and Jewelry Collection of Ise Gropius
Codman Carriage House, Lincoln
781-259-8098 | www.historicnewengland.org
Please note: Because activities are coordinated among many groups and volunteers,
times are approximate and subject to change.
April 17 –
Sept 30
Daily
Special Exhibition: The Art of Baseball
Concord Museum
978 369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
For more information contact:
Minute Man National Historical Park | 978-318-7825
www.nps.gov/mima | www.battleroad,org
April 17 –
May 2
Fri & Sat
8pm
Sun 3pm
La Cage Aux Folles
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
April 18
10:30am
Playtime Theater: Cinderella
Concord Youth Theatre
978-371-1482 | www.concordyouththeatre.org
April 18
1-5pm
Armed as According to Law: Captain David Brown’s Company of
Minute Men
Concord Museum
978-369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
April 19
2-4pm
Lecture: Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman: A Creative Kinship
Codman Estate, Lincoln
781-259-8098 | www.historicnewengland.org
April 20
11am-3pm Patriot’s Day: Special Family Events
Concord Museum
978 369-9763 | www.concordmuseum.org
April 21
9am-12pm ME Time: Mindfulness Education for Kids
the mindfulness studio
978-254-5105 | www.themindfulnessstudio.com
April 21
7:30pm
Lexington Green, Lexington, MMNHP
Paul Revere Capture Site, Lincoln, MMNHP.
April 18 8:30am-
Arrival of the Sudbury Militia –
North Bridge, Concord, MMNHP
The Lincoln Minute Men and other reenactment units,
The Town of Lexington celebrates the first shots of the
observe the historic capture of Paul Revere with fife and
American Revolution with a reenactment of the early-
drum music and a musket fire salute.
morning engagement between the town's militia and the
“Armed as According to Law”: A Living History Event –
8:45am
12:pm
North Bridge, Concord, MMNHP
at Concord
A full-strength minute company (about 40 men),
North Bridge, Concord, MMNHP
Museum
meticulously researched and fully armed and equipped
British reenactors will be joined by the Acton Minutemen
"as according to law". This event will feature drill and
and other local companies for a special commemoration
musket firing demonstrations
of the North Bridge Fight featuring musket volleys.
1-5pm
9:30am12:30pm
Life on the Battle Road –
Hartwell Tavern & Captain William Smith House, Lincoln
The parade route covers a distance of approximately 3
Park staff and volunteers from the Lincoln Minute Men,
miles, passing over the Old North Bridge. At the North
The Guild of Historic Interpreters, and the Ladies of
Bridge, the parade halts to commemorate the events of
Refined Taste will be demonstrating various aspects of
April 19th, 1775. Main roads are closed.
life at the beginning of the American Revolution.
2pm
9:00am-12pm Patriot’s Day Parade – Town of Concord
April 25 7-8:30pm
April 7–
June 16
Theatre Arts Classes for ages 3- Grade 4
Concord Youth Theatre
978-371-1482 | www.concordyouththeatre.org
Battle Road Heroes –
Battle Road: Returning to Lexington –
Hartwell Tavern parking area, Concord, MMNHP
Battle Road Trail behind Minute Man Visitor Center,
Listen to the personal stories of residents who lived
Rt. 2A, Lexington
along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775. Join the Guild of
Hundreds of British and Colonial Reenactors will engage
Historic Interpreters for a special evening of theater and
in a tactical weapons demonstration showing the running
history. Appropriate for ages 8 and up.
battle that took place along this deadly stretch of road on
the border of Lincoln & Lexington.
9am-5pm
Junior Ranger Day at Minute Man National Historical Park –
Minute Man Visitor Center, Rt. 2A, Lexington
Pick up your very own Junior Ranger Day Booklet.
You will have fun exploring MMNHP while completing
the pages in the booklet. When you are finished, show
your work to a ranger to earn your new badge.
Concord Chamber of Commerce | 978-369-3120
www.concordchamberofcommerce.org
Ages 8-11.
April 19 6am
Dawn Salute –
North Bridge, Concord, MMNHP
The Concord Minute Men and the Concord Independent
Concord Public Ceremonies and Celebrations Committee | 978-369-1897
www.concordma.gov
Concord Museum | 978-369-9763
www.concordmuseum.org
Battery observe the opening battle of the American Revolution with a 21 gun musket and cannon salute.
7:30-10am
“America’s Army” featuring soldiers from the 4th
Lexington Chamber of Commerce | 781-862-2480
www.lexingtonchamber.org
Lexington Town Celebrations Committee | 781-862-0500 x704
Battalion of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment –
The Old Guard North Bridge
Watch these American heroes perform 18th Century
battle tactics and musket firing as well as fife and
drum music.
“Patriot Strolls”
Sunday, April 19, 1-3pm
Tours from the Colonial Inn with Concord Guides and Press
978-287-0897 www.concordguides.com
Spring Pops Concert
The Concord Band at 51 Walden
Tickets for Friday 508-878-6577 / for Saturday 978-897-9969
www.concordband.org
The Concord Film Project Presents:
Habemus Papam (We Have a Pope)
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
April 22 –
May 22
Photography Exhibition Featuring the work of Richard Perry
Frame-ables
978-369-5053 | www.frame-ables.com
April 23
3-4:30pm
School vacation Cooking Classes: Cooking with Kevin
for Grades 1-3
Verrill Farm
978-369-4494 | www.verrillfarm.com
April 23
7pm
Film: Wilderness in America: From Conquest to Conservation
wine/cheese The Thoreau Institute, Lincoln
7:30pm film781-259-4707 | www.walden.org
April 24
7-9pm
Lecture: Understanding the Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Gropius House, Lincoln
781-259-8098 | www.historicnewengland.org
April 24 –
May 9
Fri & Sat
8pm
Sun 2pm
Kiss Me Kate
The Concord Players at 51 Walden
978-369-2990 | www.concordplayers.org
April 25
4:455:45pm
“Welcome to Our Home”: A Living History Tour
Orchard House
978-369-4118x106 | www.louisamayalcott.org
April 25
10am-2pm Musketaquid 2015 Earth Day: River Ceremony, Parade and Festival
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
978-371-0820 | www.theumbrellaarts.org
April 25
12noon5pm
Fire Workshop: An Earth Day Celebration
The Old Manse
978-369-3909 | www.thetrustees.org
April 26
1-3pm
Lecture: Blue and White: Ceramics in the Codman Collection
Codman Estate, Lincoln
781-259-8098 | www.historicnewengland.org
April 26
7pm
Concord’s Holocaust Memorial Commemoration
at Concord Town House
Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council
April 29
6:30pm
Relais & Chateau Visiting Chef Dinner
Featuring Chef Karsgten Hart of Castle Hill
The Inn at Hastings Park and Artistry on the Green
9781-301-6655 | www.innathastingspark.com