The Concord Free Public Library will be closed on Sunday and Monday, May 25 -26 for Memorial Day.
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.
Technology Consultant Jennifer Koerber will discuss Internet safety with parents and caregivers on Saturday, November 4, 2017, 2:00 p..m. at the Fowler Branch. The event is free and open to all. Registration is recommended. [Register] [View Poster]
On Friday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. three mystery writers will discuss and read from their work in the Main Library Rotunda. They are Katherine Hall Page, Jessica Treadway and Joseph Finder. The event is free and open to all.
On Sunday, October 29, 3:00 p.m. at the Fowler Branch, three emerging writers, two novelists and a non-fiction writer, discuss their writing careers and the creative process and read from their work. They are Lisa Duffy, Holly Fitzgerald, and Sophie Chen Keller. The event is free and open to all. Sponsored by the Concord Festival of Authors.
The 2017 Ruth Ratner Miller Award for Excellence in American History will be presented to Gordon S. Wood, author of Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on Saturday, October 28, 7:30 p.m. in the Main Library Rotunda. Tickets are available at the Main Library and the Concord Bookshop. Adults $15, Students $5. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
