Library News

Picturing Emerson: A Selection of Lifetime Portraits of Ralph Waldo Emerson Exhibition

Tue, May 30, 2017

In her 2006 article in Nineteenth-Century Prose, "The Tenant is More Than the House": Selected Emerson Portraits in the Concord Free Public Library, our Special Collections' Curator Leslie Perrin Wilson wrote: Although the basic work of identifying and describing images begs to be done, Emerson iconography is about a good deal more than creator, date, medium, and circumstances of portrait. Ten years later, that work has been done. The result is a forthcoming book, Picturing Emerson: An Iconography (Harvard, summer 2017), co-written by Wilson and Joel Myerson, and an accompanying exhibit, Picturing Emerson: A Selection of Lifetime Portraits of Ralph Waldo Emerson, to be on display at the Main Library's Art Gallery from March 7 to May 30, 2017.

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A Night of Chinese Music and Dance

Sat, May 20, 2017

The Concord Free Public Library and Concord- Carlisle Chinese Club (C-4) present A Night of Chinese Music and Dance performed by the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Music Ensembles and Angel Performing Arts on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Umbrella Community Arts Center (40 Stow Street, Concord, MA).  Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.  In-kind donation by the Umbrella Community Arts Center.  Free admission. Open to all.  [View Poster]

Concord Stone Walls & Barns:  An Illustrated Talk by Pierce Browne

Fri, May 19, 2017

Join us for Concord Stone Walls & Barns: An Illustrated Talk by Pierce Browne on Friday, May 19, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Lobby to learn more about the history and beauty that lie at the intersection of  Concord’s built and natural landscapes.  The event is free and open to the public.

Author Series: Robin Hazard Ray

Thu, May 18, 2017

Thursday Author Series will present Robin Hazard Ray, author of The Strangers’ Tomb on May 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Periodical Room.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library, the event is free and open to all. 

Mother’s Day Tea with Poet and Chinese Translator Eleanor Goodman

Sun, May 14, 2017

The Poetry at the Library Series hosts Eleanor Goodman, poet and translator of contemporary Chinese poetry on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 3:00 p.m – 4:15 p.m. at the Main Library.  Goodman will read from both her own poems and the award-winning translation of Wang Xiaoni’s poetry and talk about her approach to the art of translation.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.  Open to all. [View Poster]

Book Group With the Military Family Support Group of Concord

Tue, May 09, 2017

Tuesday Book Group is excited to partner with the Military Family Support Group of Concord on May 9, 2017 to discuss Tribe by Sebastian Junger and Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. The discussion will be held in the Trustees' Room and led by Kathleen Zagata and Nancy Morrison of the Military Family Support Group of Concord.  Open to all.

Poetry at the Library Series

Sun, April 30, 2017

The Poetry at the Library Series will host three-term U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Periodical Room.  Open to all.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library. [Read More]

Concord Reads Walking by Henry David Thoreau

Sun, April 30, 2017

The annual Concord Reads takes place in April. The Concord community will read Walking by Henry David Thoreau in celebration of the bicentennial of Thoreau’s birth. [View Program Listings]

Presence: An Exploration of Identity through Portraiture

Sat, April 29, 2017

Join us for a gallery tour of Picturing Emerson: A Selection of Lifetime Portraits of Ralph Waldo Emerson with Curator Leslie Perrin Wilson on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. followed by an illustrated talk by Meghan Murray, the Umbrella's current artist-in-residence Presence: an Exploration of Identity through Portraiture.  Open to all.

Book Talk with Author/Illustrator D. B. Johnson

Sat, April 29, 2017

Author/illustrator D.B. Johnson will share his popular Henry Hikes to Fitchburg series with young readers on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Library.  This event is part of April's Concord Reads Walking by Henry David Thoreau program.  Open to all.