Share your voice in a discussion of future technology needs and possibilities at the Concord Free Public Library. Consultant Jennifer Koerber will facilitate a joint in-person and online conversation on Saturday, January 20, 2018, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Lower Level Meeting Room. Come to the library or participate via computer, mobile device, or phone. All are welcome. [Register] [How to Join Remotely]
Mapping the Road to Town Meeting Forum will continue on Thursday, January 11, 2018, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. with Session 2: How It Works and How To Work It: Advocacy and Public Hearings at Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main Street, Concord, MA. All are welcome. Sponsored by Concord-Carlisle League of Women Voters, Town of Concord and 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 24th gingerbread house Dr. Resciniti, a surgeon at Emerson Hospital, has made and donated to the Concord Free Public Library since 1982. We thank her for her time and generosity.
Poetry at the Library will feature poets and naturalists Wendy Drexler and Susan Edwards Richmond on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in the Main Library Periodical Room. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library, this free event is offered as part of Concord’s yearlong Thoreau Bicentennial.
Thursday Author Series will present Shelley Drake Hawks, author of The Art of Resistance: Painting by Candlelight in Mao’s China on December 14, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Periodical Room. Open to all. [Register]
Just in! The Holiday Book Sale that took place on December 1, 2 & 3 in the Main Library Lobby raised $12,372.10 for the Library! Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
We are pleased to present an online audio tour of selected artwork from the Concord Free Public Library's William Munroe Special Collections. Click here or on an image below to start the tour.
The Concord Free Public Library Corporation has launched an online audio tour of selected artwork from the Library's William Munroe Special Collections. Click here to start the tour.
John Hanson Mitchell will give a talk entitled Travels in Warlord China: the Journals and Photos of James A. Mitchell on Thursday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Periodical Room. The talk will discuss the journals kept by his father, James Archibald Mitchell, while he was living in China from 1915 - 1918. The event is free and open to all.
From Issue to Warrant Article: Make it Happen! This forum will feature Mike Lawson (Concord Select Board), Anita Tekle (former Concord Town Clerk), and Kaari Mai Tari (Concord's present Town Clerk) on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 7:30 -9:00 p.m. at the Fowler Branch Library. Sponsored by the Concord-Carlisle League of Women Voters, Town of Concord and the Concord Free Public Library. Open to all.
