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Weekend Agenda: Concord Orchestra Gets Transcendental, CROP Walk for Hunger
A few local 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. Concord Orchestra: The Transcendentalists
Where/When: The Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden St., Concord; 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19
Why Go: To see the Concord Orchestra open its 60th anniversary season with the world premiere of a newly commissioned work, Fantasy Concerto: Concord Conversations, a triple concerto in which the instruments represent the voices of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Bronson Alcott, all central figures in Concord’s transcendentalist movement.
Pricing: $30 for adults, $25 for senior citizens and $10 for students
2. Cradles to Crayons Collects at Concord Swap
Where/When: Concord DPW; 133 Keyes Road, Concord; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
Why Go: Concord Swap is partnering with Cradles to Crayons to collect new and like-new essential children's items that will help children living in homeless or low-income situations have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued.
Pricing: Free
3. Acton Open Studios
Where/When: (see map); 12 to 5 p.m, Saturday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct. 20
Why Go: Because 15 Acton artists will open their studios and homes to show their paintings, drawings, pottery, jewelry, photos, judaica knitting and more.
Pricing:
4. Giuliani's Friends: A debut concert series by Robert Bekkers and Ellyses Kuans
Where/When: Trinitarian Congregational Church 54 Walden St., Concord; 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
Why Go: To step back into early 19th century musical virtuosity with Giuliani’s Friends, a concert devoted to famed composer Mauro Giuliani and his legendary peers, performed by Ellyses Kuan on piano and Robert Bekkers on guitar.
Pricing: $20, $15 for students
5. Concord Area CROP Walk for the Hungry
Where/When: First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road; 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 20
Why Go: Because, locally, the CROP Walk supports Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry, Mt. Calvary Community Meal, Bedford Community Table/Pantry, Open Table Concord, Open Table Maynard, Maynard Food Pantry, Sudbury Community Food Pantry, Gaining Ground, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, and Townsend Ecumenical Outreach. Get more details here.
Pricing: Free
1. Concord Orchestra: The Transcendentalists
Where/When: The Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden St., Concord; 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19
Why Go: To see the Concord Orchestra open its 60th anniversary season with the world premiere of a newly commissioned work, Fantasy Concerto: Concord Conversations, a triple concerto in which the instruments represent the voices of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Bronson Alcott, all central figures in Concord’s transcendentalist movement.
Pricing: $30 for adults, $25 for senior citizens and $10 for students
2. Cradles to Crayons Collects at Concord Swap
Where/When: Concord DPW; 133 Keyes Road, Concord; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
Why Go: Concord Swap is partnering with Cradles to Crayons to collect new and like-new essential children's items that will help children living in homeless or low-income situations have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued.
Pricing: Free
3. Acton Open Studios
Where/When: (see map); 12 to 5 p.m, Saturday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct. 20
Why Go: Because 15 Acton artists will open their studios and homes to show their paintings, drawings, pottery, jewelry, photos, judaica knitting and more.
Pricing:
4. Giuliani's Friends: A debut concert series by Robert Bekkers and Ellyses Kuans
Where/When: Trinitarian Congregational Church 54 Walden St., Concord; 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
Why Go: To step back into early 19th century musical virtuosity with Giuliani’s Friends, a concert devoted to famed composer Mauro Giuliani and his legendary peers, performed by Ellyses Kuan on piano and Robert Bekkers on guitar.
Pricing: $20, $15 for students
5. Concord Area CROP Walk for the Hungry
Where/When: First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road; 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 20
Why Go: Because, locally, the CROP Walk supports Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry, Mt. Calvary Community Meal, Bedford Community Table/Pantry, Open Table Concord, Open Table Maynard, Maynard Food Pantry, Sudbury Community Food Pantry, Gaining Ground, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, and Townsend Ecumenical Outreach. Get more details here.
Pricing: Free
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