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Music from the Library will begin its 22nd season by presenting pianist Yuan Sheng, a professor of piano at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Library Rotunda. Generously sponsored by The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library. Free admission. Advance registrations are required. [Register]
Poetry at the Library Series will present Adam Scheffler, Carla Schwartz and Alison Stone on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at the Main Library. Open to all. Sponsored by The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
Dr. Andrea Resciniti's giant gingerbread house is on display in the Main Library Lobby throughout the month of December. This is the 25th gingerbread house Dr. Resciniti, a surgeon at Emerson Hospital, has made and donated to the Concord Free Public Library since 1982.
Poetry at the Library Series will present January Gill O’Neil & Alan Feldman on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at the Main Library. Open to all. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
A Gingerbread House Workshop will be held at our Fowler Branch on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. for children in grades 2-5. Registration is required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library. [Register]
Students in grades 4 - 8 are invited to sign up for a time slot for a Harry Potter inspired Escape Room at our Fowler Branch Library on Thursday, December 6, 2018 from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Advance registration by phone is required and begins on November 1. Call 978-318-3350.
Join Steve Verrill, Joan Verrill and Jennifer Verrill Faddoul for a book signing and discussion of their newly published cookbook A Farm Grows in Concord: 100 Years of Verrill Farm - Verrill Farm Kitchen Favorites with a Dash of History on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Main Library. The event is free and open to the public.
2018 Holiday Book Sale will take place on November 30, December 1 & 2 in the Main Library Lobby, featuring thousands of like-new books for all ages, including cookbooks, travel books, coffee table volumes, novels, nonfiction, poetry and a room dedicated to children’s books. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library. Open to all. [View Hours]
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The goal of NaNoWriMo is for budding novelists to write 50,000 words by November 30. Drop by the Fowler Branch at 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on November 3 & 10 or the Main Library at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.on November 17 & 24 to write the next chapter of your book. Open to all.
This year's Concord Festival of Authors will take place from October 1 - 31, a month of readings, workshops and discussions celebrating the written and spoken word. [View Event Schedule]
