All Concord libraries will be closed Friday to Saturday, July 3-4 for Independence Day. Be advised that the Stow Street parking lot at the Main Library will be unavailable on Thursday, July 2 due to road work.
Kyle Moody, Assistant Professor of Communications Media at Fitchburg State University will talk about Fake news: Media Consumption in the 21st Century at the Fowler Branch on Monday, July 10, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. His lecture covers history of yellow journalism, role of reporters and how news is spread and affects us all in our modern times. The event is free and open to all.
The Friends Book Sale on June 3, 2017 raised $23,421, setting another record! Congratulations to the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library! Thank you to the volunteers who worked tirelessly to make the Book Sale a success! Thank you to all who contributed to the Book Sale!
Author Talk Series will present Susan Tan on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Periodical Room. Tan will discuss the writing process for her first book, Cilla Lee-Jenkins Future Author Extraordinaire. Tan was a Library Page of the Concord Free Public Library. After studying at Williams College, she earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied children's literature. The event is free and open to all.
Author Richard Higgins will give an illustrated talk about his book Thoreau and the Language of Trees on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Library Rotunda. Pairing Thoreau’s words with his own photographs, as well as photos of historic Concord trees, Higgins will explore Thoreau's deep connections to trees. He will also discuss Thoreau’s response to particular trees—an iconic Concord elm, a stand of old-growth oaks in Boxborough, his beloved white pines and trees transformed by snow. The event is free and open to all. A book signing will follow the reading.
Interested in exploring your family tree? Stop by the Main Library Lobby to learn about the genealogy databases Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest Online from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 5, 2017. A reference librarian will demonstrate the two databases and answer questions. Open to all.
The Annual Book Sale will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. on the Main Library front lawn. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library. Proceeds of the Book Sale will fund the Library programming, museum passes, print and non-print materials. Rain date: 6/10. [Sign up to volunteer at the Book Sale]
Thursday Author Series will present Amy Hassinger, author of After the Dam on June 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Periodical Room. Ms. Hassinger is the author of two previous novels: Nina: Adolescence and The Priest’s Madonna. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and open to the public. [Register]
Children's author Pamela Wight will present a talk titled The Journey of a Bird's Tale on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 from 1:00 -2:00 p.m. at the Fowler Branch as she shares her unique story about writing a children’s book, discovering the perfect illustrator, and choosing a unique path to publishing. Q & A will be included in the hour. Wight has an M.A. in literature, teaches creative writing classes in the Boston area, and is also a published author of women’s fiction. [Sign Up]
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.
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]
