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SUMMARY:American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty that Shaped a Nation
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old farmhouse just north of Concord\, historian John Kaag takes us on a multi-generational exploration of one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. The Bloods explored and laid claim to the frontiers—geographic\, political\, intellectual\, and spiritual—that would become the very core of the United States. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/american-bloods-the-untamed-dynasty-that-shaped-a-nation/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T200000
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SUMMARY:Butch Heroes: A Conversation with Ria Brodell
DESCRIPTION:This forum is postponed. Please keep an eye out for a new date.\nRia Brodell is a non-binary trans artist\, educator\, and author with a current solo exhibition at the Fitchburg Art Museum. Ria joins us at the Museum for a conversation on their ongoing series entitled Butch Heroes. Through this revelatory project of historic excavation and Queer reclamation\, they create real or imagined portraits of their subjects that recover and celebrate previously lost moments in LGBTQIA history. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. \nImage: \nJohnny Williams c. 1956 South Africa gouache on paper11 x 7 inches2022
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/butch-heroes-a-conversation-with-ria-brodell/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240619T093000
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SUMMARY:Antislavery Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:NEW TIME! Beat the heat with our 8:00 am walking tour. Sign up fast; only a couple of spaces are remaining.\nCoinciding with the celebration of Juneteenth\, join us for a walking tour introducing participants to the Concord women and men who played a crucial role in the abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the Civil War. This tour includes a significant amount (over 1.5 miles) of walking on hilly\, unpaved terrain. \nCo-sponsored by The Robbins House \n$10 Members | $20 Non-members. Includes Same-day admission to the Concord Museum
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/antislavery-walking-tour-6/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240619T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240619T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
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SUMMARY:FULL! Juneteenth Family Program
DESCRIPTION:This program is full. Please consider attending another program with us this summer!\nJoin us for a celebratory Juneteenth performance with Benkadi Drum and Dance Company. With vivid costumes and uplifting energy\, the multicultural company performs traditional West African rhythm and movements with singing\, drumming\, and dancing. Participate in the dancing and learn West African traditions. \nThis program is free and open to the public. We kindly request that you register in advance with the form below\, as participation is limited. \nCo-sponsored by The Robbins House. \nThis program was made possible with the support of Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/juneteenth-family-program-2/
CATEGORIES:Event Registration,Family Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240622T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240622T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240514T124311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240622T170738Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tiya Miles on Harriet Tubman
DESCRIPTION:National Book Award–winning author Tiya Miles\, joins 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner Jacqueline Jones for a revelatory conversation on the myth and the truth behind Harriet Tubman\, one of the most famous Americans ever born who few really understand. A figure more out of myth than history\, Harriet Tubman becomes an even clearer and sharper signal from the past\, thanks to Tiya Miles’s characteristic tenderness and imaginative genius. \nTiya Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is a public historian\, academic historian\, and creative writer whose work explores the intersections of African American\, Native American and women’s histories. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/tiya-miles-on-harriet-tubman/
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T123000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240514T140113Z
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SUMMARY:Full! A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord
DESCRIPTION:A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord \n\n\n\n\nThis program is full. Please join us for another program this summer.\nWhen we think of Henry David Thoreau\, we picture him during the two years he spent living at Walden Pond.  But did you know that he lived in other homes in Concord throughout his life?  Take a unique tour of the domestic side of Thoreau’s life\, visiting the homes where he lived and hearing the personal stories told about him by his family and friends. \nThis tour includes over one mile of walking on paved terrain. Walking tours run rain or shine. \n$10 Members | $20 Non-members. Includes Same-day admission to the Concord Museum
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/a-walk-in-thoreaus-concord-3/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240514T133337Z
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SUMMARY:We Were Friends
DESCRIPTION:Episode One: Two Years In: Birthdays \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdvanced ticket sales are now closed. Please purchase tickets at the door. \nAward-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents We Were Friends\, a playful reimagining of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s profound friendship set in today’s world. In this 12-part series (two episodes of which are being performed at the Concord Museum this summer)\, Firelight explores the intimate and private moments of this deep\, platonic friendship. The series moves non-chronologically: each episode stands alone\, and yet each is a puzzle piece in the larger portrait of their friendship. \nIn this first installment\, Two Years In: Birthdays\, we invite you to join Margaret and Waldo as they celebrate their birthdays on two distant picnic blankets. Margaret is suffering from a cold and indecision. Waldo\, a rising writer and speaker\, wonders about Beauty: is it always there\, or is there never enough of it? \nBring your own picnic blanket and join Margaret and Waldo on the Museum’s front lawn for this outdoor performance. \nFollowing the performance\, writers and performers Nora Fifer and Jason Lambert and co-writerHenry Walters will participate in a talk-back with the audience. \n$10 Member | $12 Non-Member (Receive a $2 discount if you purchase tickets to both performances in advance of the first performance) \nRegister using the form below.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/we-were-friends/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240530T164644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T141835Z
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SUMMARY:FULL! Grave Detectives Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:This program is full. Please join us for another program this summer! \nTour the first burial ground in Concord dating to c. 1636 learning about past Concordians with a Museum educator. Explore the classic iconography of New England headstones that feature winged skulls or “death’s head”\, urns\, willows\, and others. This tour includes about 1 mile of walking on hilly\, unpaved terrain. Walking tours run rain or shine. \n$10 Members | $20 Non-members. Includes Same-day admission to the Concord Museum \nRegister using the form below.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/grave-detectives-walking-tour-3/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240530T184126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T202049Z
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SUMMARY:We Were Friends Play
DESCRIPTION:Episode: And Then: Late Night \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis program is full. At-the-door registration is closed\, and there will be no tickets for sale at the door. \nBecause of inclement weather\, this program is now being held inside the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum at the Concord Museum.\nAward-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents We Were Friends\, a playful reimagining of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s profound friendship set in today’s world. In this 12-part series (two of which are being shown at the Concord Museum this summer)\, Firelight explores the intimate and private moments of this deep\, platonic friendship. The series moves non-chronologically: each episode stands alone\, and yet each is a puzzle piece in the larger portrait of their friendship. \nIn this episode And Then: Late Night\, we invite you to spy on Margaret and Waldo early in their friendship\, on a restless night in Waldo’s garage. \n$10 Member | $12 Non-Member  \nRegister using the form below.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/we-were-friends-2/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240725T184055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T205622Z
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SUMMARY:1774 and All That
DESCRIPTION:1774 and All That: Reflections on a Long Year of Revolution\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of the most acclaimed and original colonial historians of our time\, Mary Beth Norton\, shares her landmark text 1774: The Long Year of Revolution chronicling the revolutionary changes that occurred from December 1773 to April 1775—from the Boston Tea Party to the Battles of Lexington and Concord. In those 16 months\, colonists loyal to King George III began discordant “discussions” that led to their acceptance of the inevitability of war. Professor Norton will be joined in conversation to bring to life this foundational moment in American history.  \n1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton is the winner of the George Washington Prize (sponsored by Mt. Vernon\, Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History\, and Washington College) as the best book on the revolutionary era published in 2020 and was named a best book of the year by The Wall Street Journal.   \nMary Beth Norton is the Mary Donlan Alger Professor of American History Emerita & Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. \nCo-sponsored by the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts \nThis forum is being held both in-person at the Concord Museum and livestreamed to a virtual audience. \nIn-person registration is full. Please sign-up for a free ticket to watch virtually with the form below.\nThere is no waitlist. No tickets will be released on-site on the day of the program.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/1774-and-all-that/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240819T201653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T215620Z
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SUMMARY:How to Become Famous with Cass Sunstein
DESCRIPTION:How to Become Famous with Cass Sunstein\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat makes someone who becomes famous\, famous? Harvard law professor\, public intellectual\, and bestselling author Cass Sunstein offers clear and surprising answers in his new book How To Become Famous: Lost Einsteins\, Forgotten Superstars\, and How the Beatles Came to Be. Using modern data analysis techniques to show the role of accident and serendipity in producing the enduring fame we associate with names like Taylor Swift\, Bob Dylan\, Leonardo da Vinci\, Jane Austen\, and Oprah Winfrey\, Professor Sunstein shares why some people rise to the top\, and others land with a thud. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/how-to-become-famous-with-cass-sunstein/
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T200000
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SUMMARY:Making the Presidency
DESCRIPTION:John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRenowned presidential historian and Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon\, Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky\, joins us for a conversation on John Adams’ five year-battle to defend the presidency. 1797 wasn’t too different from 2024\, with pandemics\, battles over immigration and citizenship\, legislation to limit free speech\, foreign interference in national elections\, and contested election results. Dr. Chervinsky’s new book Making the Presidency is the authoritative account of the second president that shows how John Adams’ leadership and legacy defined the office and ensured the survival of the American republic.  The ideas and legacy of John Adams’ presidency are ever resonant amid this pivotal election year. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/making-the-presidency-john-adams-and-the-precedents-that-forged-the-republic-2/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240910T204607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T124438Z
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SUMMARY:FULL! Nummeehquantamūmun: Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:This program is full. Please join us for another program this fall!\nJoin artist nia holley\, Nipmuc\, for a talk about her installation that reintroduced corn in the Museum’s courtyard. Learn about the artist’s inspiration and process while seeing the installation in its final days before harvest.  \nLearn more about Nummeehquantamūmun and the collaboration between nia holley and the Concord Museum. \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/nummeehquantamumun-artist-talk/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240819T202753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T212129Z
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SUMMARY:The Artists and the Orchard
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening exploring the beauty and wisdom of apple trees through words and images with artists Ellen Harasimowicz and Linda Hoffman. Linda Hoffman will share from her writings of conversations with an apple tree that they held over a year on her orchard Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard\, MA. Throughout the same period\, Ellen Harasimowicz\, well-regarded documentary photographer\, has captured the orchard and this tree throughout the seasons. The writings and photographs mingle together\, evoking the wisdom of the tree and the long relationship of humans and apples. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-artist-and-the-orchard/
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240820T194354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T142638Z
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SUMMARY:FULL! Sleepy Hollow-een Tour
DESCRIPTION:This tour is full. Please join us for another program this fall. \nJoin us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. 1 mile walk\, mostly flat sidewalk or pavement; rain or shine.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/sleepy-hollow-een-tour-9/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240820T195734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T172547Z
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SUMMARY:A Dialogue with The Veda: Hindu Scripture and the Transcendentalists
DESCRIPTION:When we think of the connections between the Transcendentalists and Eastern culture\, we often think about Henry David Thoreau’s seminal essay Civil Disobedience and its influence on leaders of non-violent protest movements throughout the world\, including Mahatma Gandhi. However\, the exchange of ideas went both ways\, and the thoughts and writings of Thoreau and Raph Waldo Emerson were influenced by Hindu Philosophy. Join us for a unique symposium on this rich exchange of ideas and on how we can continue to learn from Vedic teaching to improve our everyday lives through mindfulness practices. \nSponsored by the Ms. Saluni Fadia and Prashant H. Fadia Foundation in celebration of the Foundation’s 25 years of giving back in the fields of education\, health\, technology\, and the arts in New England and India. \n5:00 – 6:00 pm: Bringing Vedic Teaching to Everyday Life: A Conversation and Guided Practice with Lara Wilson and Ruchika Sikri  \nRuchika Sikri\, co-creator and former executive leader of Google’s original Well-Being and Mindfulness Learning Program\, has a goal of bringing secular and science-based mindfulness and compassion learning to many organizations and communities globally. With her colleague Lara Wilson founder and executive director of the Concord-based non-profit Be Well Be Here\, Ruchika will lead participants through simple mindfulness techniques that help regulate emotions and start your journey to be more mindful in the moment. \n6:00 – 6:30 pm: Spotlight Talk on the Concord Museum’s Vedic Texts \nAn English traveler and writer\, Thomas Cholmondeley\, gifted Henry David Thoreau 44 volumes of sacred texts of India’s Vedic literary tradition. On his death\, Thoreau bequeathed half of the volumes to Ralph Waldo Emerson and half to Bronson Alcott. Concord Museum Educator Punita Arora presents a spotlight talk taking a closer look at three volumes displayed in the Concord Museum and the influence of Hindu Philosophy on Emerson and Thoreau’s thought and writing.  \n6:30 – 7:00 pm: Reception. The reception will not be livestreamed. \n7:00 – 8:00 pm: Keynote Address: Thoreau and the Bhagavad Gita with Laura Dassow Walls \nLaura Dassow Walls\, Professor Emerita University of Notre Dame and author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life\, presents on the influence that Vedic literature had on the Transcendentalists.  Professor Walls reveals how ancient literature of India transcended boundaries – both geographic and temporal – to imbue itself in Thoreau’s life to the point that Walden reads\, at times\, like a successor in the tradition of Hindu philosophy.  \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/a-dialogue-with-the-veda/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20240820T200156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T182334Z
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SUMMARY:Mindprints: Thoreau’s Material Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Mindprints: Thoreau’s Material World\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHenry David Thoreau accumulated a variety of tools\, art\, and natural specimens throughout his life as a homebuilder\, surveyor\, and collector.  Ivan Gaskell\, professor of cultural history and museum studies at Bard Graduate Center and author of Mindprints: Thoreau’s Material World\, will be joined by Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a conversation on Thoreau’s interactions with everyday objects and how they shaped his thought. \nFree for Concord Museum and Thoreau Society Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nIn partnership with the Thoreau Society. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/mindprints-thoreaus-material-worlds/
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
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SUMMARY:FULL! Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America
DESCRIPTION:Registration is full. Please sign up to watch virtually or consider joining us at another program.\nLegal scholar and analyst for MSNBC and NBC News and professor at the University of Michigan Law School\, Barbara McQuade\, joins us for a conversation on how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it.  In her New York Times bestselling book Attack from Within\, Barbara McQuade unpacks the history of disinformation starting with Mussolini and Hitler\, the tactics of disinformation and why Americans are so vulnerable to it\, and real solutions for how to counter disinformation. \nPlease register to watch virtually below.  \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/attack-from-within-how-disinformation-is-sabotaging-america/
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20241204T195549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T222356Z
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SUMMARY:Akhil Amar on The US Constitution 
DESCRIPTION:Akhil Amar\, preeminent legal scholar and author of The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation\, 1760-1840\, joins us for a conversation on the US Constitution. Uniting history and law through the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted\, Professor Amar discusses the formative decades of the Constitution after its ratification and its resonance today. As Professor Amar notes\, our national “constitutional conversation continues” to this day “in courtrooms\, classrooms\, newsrooms\, family rooms and everywhere in between.”    \nFree Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual  \nRegister using the form below. 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/akhil-amar-on-the-us-constitution/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20241204T200752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T170809Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Songs and Stories  
DESCRIPTION:An uplifting way to fill an evening with wonder\, Anna Huckabee Tull\, Concord-based musician and author of Living the Deeper YES\, and her musical partner Mickey Zibello share their award-winning songs and the stories that brought the music to life. Together they remind us of how valuable it is to think broadly and feel deeply. Live music\, engaging stories\, songs that matter. \n$10 Members | $15 Non-Members \nRegister using the form below.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/an-evening-of-songs-and-stories/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20241204T201830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T224758Z
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SUMMARY:Governor Charlie Baker on Getting Important Work Done 
DESCRIPTION:In-person tickets are sold out. Please reserve virtual tickets or join us for another forum this winter.\n \nGovernor Charlie Baker and his long-time associate Steven Kadish discuss their method for getting past politics and delivering results in the public and private sectors. Their new book Results is not only about getting things done\, but about renewing people’s faith in public service. Together they demonstrate that government can work\, which is vital to ensuring the future of our democracy. \nFree Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/governor-charlie-baker-on-getting-important-work-done/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20241204T202117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T223040Z
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SUMMARY:Fashioning Identity: The Garrisons and African American Fashion in Photography 
DESCRIPTION:Fashion historian Jonathan Michael Square explores the historical significance of the Garrisons’ portraits in the context of African American fashion\, and how these images fit into the larger narrative of how African Americans have expressed themselves through fashion.  \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. Co-sponsored by the Robbins House. \n \n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/fashioning-identity-the-garrisons-and-african-american-fashion-in-photography/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20241204T203341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T225506Z
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SUMMARY:Paul Revere: The Man\, the Myth\, the Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Paul Revere: The Man\, the Myth\, the Legacy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Revere’s legacy has been both elevated and obscured by his now famous ride\, 250 years ago on April 18\, 1775. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s dramatic poem replaced what actually happened with a much beloved romantic version. Nina Zannieri\, Executive Director of the Paul Revere Memorial Association\, and Robert Martello\, Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Olin College of Engineering\, shed light on the legendary ride\, the poem\, and the man behind it\, revealing the fascinating life of a fabled national hero who witnessed and helped to shape the birth of a nation.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Paul Revere Memorial Association.  \n\n\n\nFree Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual  \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-man-the-myth-and-the-legacy-will-the-real-paul-revere-please-stand-up/
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20241204T205258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T183522Z
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SUMMARY:After Lives with Megan Marshall 
DESCRIPTION:After Lives with Megan Marshall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPulitzer Prize-winning biographer Megan Marshall turns her narrative gift to her own art\, life\, and the people in it in After Lives. In conversation with historian John Kaag\, Professor Marshall discusses her six essays that interplay between memoir and biography as she makes palpable her driving impulse to “learn what I could from others: how to live\, how not to live\, what it means to live.”  \n\n\n\nFree Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \n\n\n\nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/after-lives-on-biography-and-the-mysteries-of-the-human-heart/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20250227T212336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T212339Z
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SUMMARY:Eyewitness to Revolution with American Ancestors
DESCRIPTION:Eyewitness to Revolution with American Ancestors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis illustrated virtual talk will focus on the stories told by objects in the Concord Museum collection about the lead-up to April 19\, 1775\, and the epochal day itself. In the aggregate\, these stories contribute forcefully to an understanding that the Revolution\, the great turn from a monarchy to a republic\, was already over well before the day the Revolutionary War began. \n\n\n\nDavid Wood\, Curator of the Concord Museum\, has served at the Museum since 1985 and provides deep knowledge of the collection and Concord history. He has overseen the development of over 40 temporary exhibitions and galleries. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and publications\, including the award-winning An Observant Eye: The Thoreau Collection at the Concord Museum and Eyewitness to Revolution: The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by American Ancestors. Forums for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution are made possible by a gift from Claire and Joshua Nelson. Forums are supported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. \n\n\n\nThis program is entirely virtual and hosted by American Ancestors. Please register on their website to watch the program. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/eyewitness-to-revolution-with-american-ancestors-2/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20250227T215637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T135926Z
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SUMMARY:Affectionate Friends and Humble Servants
DESCRIPTION:Affectionate Friends and Humble Servants: Martha Washington and Mercy Otis Warren in Conversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSet in the late 18th century\, this forum presents a fictional dialogue featuring Martha Washington (portrayed by Sandy Spector)\, the First Lady\, and Mercy Otis Warren (portrayed by Michele Gabrielson)\, a prominent playwright and activist. In a cozy parlor setting\, they discuss their friendship\, their respective roles during the revolutionary era\, and the challenges they encountered. Through a mix of dialogue and historical anecdotes\, their conversation highlights their personal reflections and the broader political context\, emphasizing the bond that contributed to their influence on the emerging nation. \n\n\n\nFree Members | $10 Non-Members  \n\n\n\nThis forum is only available to an in-person audience. \n\n\n\nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. Forums for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution are made possible by a gift from Claire and Joshua Nelson. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/affectionate-friends-and-humble-servants-martha-washington-and-mercy-otis-warren-in-conversation/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20250227T220749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T221552Z
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SUMMARY:Concord250 Lantern Lighting Ceremony 
DESCRIPTION:Concord250 Lantern Lighting Ceremony\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a ceremonial lighting of the Concord250 Lantern\, a 10-foot-tall commemorative lantern inspired by the historic signal light of April 19\, 1775 housed today in the Concord Museum. The community lighting will take place on the grounds of the Museum where together we will light the way toward liberty and justice for all. \n\n\n\nThe Concord 250 Lantern is presented by Art for All in partnership with the Concord Museum. \n\n\n\nFree and Open to the Public. No advanced registration needed. \n\n\n\n\n\nM400A1 “Revere” Lantern\, Concord Museum
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/concord250-lantern-lighting-ceremony/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20250227T215716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T215719Z
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SUMMARY:Eyewitness to Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Forum and Book Launch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEyewitness to Revolution\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the book launch of the Concord Museum’s publication Eyewitness to Revolution: The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum. Written by David Wood\, the book tells the story of the Revolution through the Museum’s unparalleled collection of objects related to the early days of the American Revolution. David will be joined in conversation with his longtime colleague and author of The Minutemen and Their World\, Robert A. Gross. \n\n\n\nFree Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \n\n\n\nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. Forums for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution are made possible by a gift from Claire and Joshua Nelson. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/eyewitness-to-revolution/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063500
CREATED:20250227T200213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250419T183340Z
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SUMMARY:Doris Kearns Goodwin on the American Revolution and Its Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Doris Kearns Goodwin on the American Revolution and Its Legacy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoris Kearns Goodwin\, one of the most well-regarded presidential historians of our time\, comes to the Concord Museum on the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world” for a wide-ranging conversation with Rosie Rios\, Commissioner of America250\, on the history of the American Revolution and its relevance today. \n\n\n\nIn-person attendance for the forum is at capacity. A limited number of tickets may be released to a stand-by line on the evening of the forum. Stand-by tickets will be released on a first-come basis. Join the stand-by line at the Concord Museum on the evening of April 19\, 2025. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Concord250. Forums for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution are made possible by a gift from Claire and Joshua Nelson. Forums are supported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/doris-kearns-goodwin-on-the-american-revolution-and-its-legacy/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063501
CREATED:20250228T032445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T173446Z
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SUMMARY:Claiming Sovereignty: Native Communities and the American Revolution 
DESCRIPTION:Claiming Sovereignty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth James-Perry\, Aquinnah Wampanoag Culture Bearer and Artist\, joins us for a conversation on the experiences of Native communities in the Massachusetts area during the American Revolution. As part of the new special exhibition Whose Revolution Elizabeth James-Perry created a Wampum choker that represents the kind of object an eighteenth-century Wampanoag soldier from eastern Massachusetts\, active in the Revolutionary War Militia and Naval companies might choose to wear into battle. In the forum\, learn more about the creation of the chocker and its significance. Arrive early for an opportunity to view the Wampum choker in the special exhibition Whose Revolution. \n\n\n\nFree Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \n\n\n\nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. Forums for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution are made possible by a gift from Claire and Joshua Nelson. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nCredit: Elizabeth James-Perry\, Aquinnah Wampanoag Culture Bearer and Artist\, Courtesy of the Concord Museum; 2024.1.1.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/claiming-sovereignty-native-communities-and-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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