Celebrating the 31st anniversary, the 2023 Concord Festival of Authors will take place from October 20 - 30 in locations around Concord. The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and the Concord Free Public Library Corporation continue to be the proud organizational leaders of the Festival. [Read More] [View Festival Home Page]
September 24 – 30, 2023 is Climate Preparedness Week. This year's theme is Intersection of Climate Change and the Broader Social Justice Movement. Climate Preparedness Week is held every year at the end of September to raise awareness and provide educational programs to help prepare communities for extreme weather events. [View the Library's Climate Prep Week Events]
Film Premiere: “Ralph Waldo Emerson: Give All to Love” – A New Film by Michael Maglaras will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2023, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. at the Umbrella Arts Center (40 Stow Street, Concord, MA). Michael Maglaras and his Executive Producer and artistic partner Terri Templeton are known for their “essays in film” on the subject of the great cultural heritage of America. Give All to Love, filmed in and around Concord, including, over two days, at the Emerson House, will provide a new and deeply personal perspective on Emerson, his writing, his life, and his importance to contemporary life. [Register for the Film Premiere]
GLORY for George! Understanding the Massachusetts 54th will be held on Thursday, July 13, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Goodwin Forum, Main Library. This event kicks off the weekend of honoring Concord's native son George Washington Dugan on the 160th anniversary of his heroic sacrifice with the Massachusetts 54th during the assault of Fort Wagner. Marvin Alonso Greer noted historical interpreter will trace the connections made between these two conflicts and the growing struggle to expand the rights of life, liberty, and dignity to all people of our nation. This event is co-sponsored by the Town of Concord DEI Commission and the Concord Free Public Library. [Register for the George Washington Dugan Event]
Summer Reading 2023 is June 12 - August 6. Registration is open at the Main Library and the Fowler Branch Library. For babies, toddlers, and preschoolers - register and pick up your Rubber Ducky BINGO Board as well as a special sign-up prize. For kids in grades K-8 - register and receive a necklace and summer brag tag. [Read More About the Summer Reading Program]
Please join us for a Special Collections event Celebrating Ralph Waldo Emerson: Filmmaker Michael Maglaras and Writer James Marcus in Conversation on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Goodwin Forum, Main Library. [Register for Emerson Event]
We had a successful Workshop/Makerspace Open House on June 10. The Workshop/Makerspace officially opens to the public on June 12, 2023. Please visit here for the upcoming programs held at the Workshop/Makerspace. [Click here to read more about the Workshop/Makerspace]
Join us for a concert on the lawn to kick off 2023 Summer Reading on Thursday, June 15 at 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Main Library. Los Sugar Kings, a Boston-based quartet known for dynamic performances, rich harmonies, intense musicianship and the ability to transcend genres will play Afro-Cuban, Salsa, and Ruma-Flamenca music. Free admission. Open to all. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
The Library's William Special Collections is honored to host a series of on-site and virtual programs in 2023 to celebrate the Library's 150th anniversary. On Thursday, June 8, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., in the Goodwin Forum of the Main Library, author Christoph Irmscher will present Mr. Agassiz's Puzzle-Box: What To Do With 19th-Century Science Today. [Register for Christoph Irmscher Talk]
The Concord Free Public Library is pleased to announce the relaunch of its home delivery service, "Direct to You". This free program is being reintroduced after a pause due to the pandemic lockdown and it aims to provide convenience and accessibility to library resources for those who may not be able to make it into the physical buildings of the Library.
