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Weekend Agenda: A Play Opens, A Book Launches and Discover West Concord
A few events to consider as you fill in your weekend planner.
The weekend has arrived, but you’ve got no idea what you’re going to do? Patch is coming to the rescue with your best bets for the done-work-outta-here time.
Check out our picks for activities you won’t want to miss this weekend:
1. "The Climate Crisis: Why Only a Movement Can Save Us"
Where/When: First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road, Concord; 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25
Why Go: Craig Altemose, executive director of the Better Future Project, will kick-off a new speaker series focusing on solutions to the climate crisis with this program on "Why Only a Movement Can Save Us."
Pricing: Free
2. 'Side Show' Opens at Emerson Umbrella
Where/When: Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, 40 Stow St., Concord; 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25
Why Go: An award-winning but rarely staged musical, “Side Show” follows the lives of co-joined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton as their circus act rises to fame during the Depression.
Pricing: $30
3. Discover West Concord Day
Where/When: Throughout West Concord; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26
Why Go: West Concord will be sprawling with sales, art studio openings, whiskey fests, live music, demonstrations and more. Get all of the aweseome details here.
Pricing: Free 'til you buy something
4. Illustrator Jerry Pinkney To Speak at the Concord Free Public Library
Where/When: Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St, Concord; 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26
Why Go: Author and illustrator, Jerry Pinkney, will give the 2013 Leslie Riedel Memorial Lecture, an annual talk established four years ago by the Riedel family in memory of Leslie.
Pricing: Free
5. Ay: The Book Launch
Where/When: Home of the Concord Poetry Center and the Emerson Umbrella For The Arts 40 Stow Street, Concord; 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 27
Why Go: Celebrate the launch of a new book from Joan Houlihan, one of 40 authors ---- and 26 events -- celebrating the written and spoken word over the two-week Concord Festival of Authors.
Pricing: Free
1. "The Climate Crisis: Why Only a Movement Can Save Us"
Where/When: First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road, Concord; 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25
Why Go: Craig Altemose, executive director of the Better Future Project, will kick-off a new speaker series focusing on solutions to the climate crisis with this program on "Why Only a Movement Can Save Us."
Pricing: Free
2. 'Side Show' Opens at Emerson Umbrella
Where/When: Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, 40 Stow St., Concord; 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25
Why Go: An award-winning but rarely staged musical, “Side Show” follows the lives of co-joined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton as their circus act rises to fame during the Depression.
Pricing: $30
3. Discover West Concord Day
Where/When: Throughout West Concord; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26
Why Go: West Concord will be sprawling with sales, art studio openings, whiskey fests, live music, demonstrations and more. Get all of the aweseome details here.
Pricing: Free 'til you buy something
4. Illustrator Jerry Pinkney To Speak at the Concord Free Public Library
Where/When: Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St, Concord; 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26
Why Go: Author and illustrator, Jerry Pinkney, will give the 2013 Leslie Riedel Memorial Lecture, an annual talk established four years ago by the Riedel family in memory of Leslie.
Pricing: Free
5. Ay: The Book Launch
Where/When: Home of the Concord Poetry Center and the Emerson Umbrella For The Arts 40 Stow Street, Concord; 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 27
Why Go: Celebrate the launch of a new book from Joan Houlihan, one of 40 authors ---- and 26 events -- celebrating the written and spoken word over the two-week Concord Festival of Authors.
Pricing: Free
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