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.
Author Gish Jen will speak at the Main Library on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. as part of this year's Concord Festival of Authors. Jen will discuss her new book The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap. The event is free and open to all.
The annual Leslie Riedel Memorial Lecture for Young People will present children's author Katherine Paterson on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Rotunda. The event is free and open to all. Registration is strongly recommended. Past speakers of the series include children's authors/illustrators David Macaulay, Chris Van Allsburg, Jerry Pinkney, Lois Lowry, Tomie dePaola and Grace Lin. [Sign Up] [View Poster]
Robert N. Hudspeth, Research Professor of English at the Claremont Graduate University and Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Redlands, will present the lecture "Thoreau's Concord in His Correspondence" on Saturday, October 14th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Concord Free Public Library Rotunda. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
The Library's Special Collections Curator Leslie Perrin Wilson was interviewed by C-SPAN recently, in which she explained how the Library acquires its Special Collections items and showcased some of the rare finds, including a portion of the manuscript for the book Little Women. [Watch the Interview]
Robert A. Gross, Draper Professor of Early American History Emeritus, University of Connecticut will present the lecture, “The Nick of Time”: Coming of Age in Thoreau’s Concord on Saturday, October 7th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Concord Free Public Library Rotunda. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
The next lecture is Saturday, October 7 at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Library Rotunda. It is titled “The Nick of Time”: Coming of Age in Thoreau’s Concord and to be presented by Robert A. Gross, Draper Professor of Early American History Emeritus, University of Connecticut. Free and open to the public. [ [Watch Exhibit Opening Night]
In honor of the bicentennial anniversary of Thoreau’s birth, the Concord Free Public Library (CFPL), the Concord Museum, the Massachusetts Center for the Book and the Fitchburg Public Library have planned a fun family event for Saturday, September 23, 2017. The event will include a free round-trip train ride from Concord to FItchburg and activities at the CFPL's Main Library and the Fitchburg Public Library. Snacks will be provided. All are welcome. Advance registrations are required. [Read More about the Event] [Register]
From NASA's website - On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of nature’s most awe inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse. This path, where the moon will completely cover the sun and the sun's tenuous atmosphere - the corona - can be seen, will stretch from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Observers outside this path will still see a partial solar eclipse where the moon covers part of the sun's disk. [Read More] Please note - The Library does not have any “eclipse glasses” unfortunately. [Watch How to Make Your Own Eclipse Viewer]
