• Bullet Strikes from the First Day of the American Revolution

    Acton Town Hall 472 Main Street, Acton, MA, United States

    The Acton 250 Committee presents Joel Bohy, a historic arms & militaria specialist at Blackstone Valley Auctions and Estates. Joel will discuss the arms and ammunition used by both British and provincial forces on April 19, 1775, as well as the battle damage that remain. Using modern shooting incident reconstruction, archaeology, live fire studies, and...

    Free
  • Crip Camp

    Town of Acton Health and Human Services Building 30 Sudbury Road - Rear, Acton, United States

    A free showing of an award winning film free documentary film at the Health and Human Services bldg, 30 Sudbury Road- rear, Acton, MA. Please register in advance via EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crib-camp-a-special-free-screening-of-an-award-winning-documentary-film-tickets-1219928070699?aff=oddtdtcreator This special free screening of the Award Winning Documentary Film "Crip Camp" A disability revolution. The film takes a look back in time at...

    Free
  • “The Light of Seven Days”: An author event with Mass Book Award-Honoree River Adams

    Chelmsford Public Library Chelmsford Public Library, 25 Boston Rd, Chelmsford, MA, United States

    Join the Chelmsford Public Library for a special event with Mass Book Award-honoree River Adams! River will share their acclaimed and richly textured novel, The Light of Seven Days. Living with her Babby after her parents’ death, 10-year-old Dinah Ash is invited to train at Leningrad’s legendary Vaganova Ballet School. In the world of elite...

  • Concord’s Secret History (World Premiere Screening)

    The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

    April 12 – 8PM April 14 – 2:30PM World premiere of new documentary about the history of slavery in the region surrounding Concord, Massachusetts, in co-production by Kogainon Films (USA) and GTVdocs (UK). The documentary reveals a long-suppressed secret, set in Concord, Massachusetts—the birthplace of the American Revolution, where the first shots were fired on...

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  • Concord250 Event: Concord Triptych Film Screenings

    The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

    May 17, 2025, 3PM The Umbrella Arts Center Main Stage Theater 144 Five Sisters Productions and the Tufts University Half the History Film Project return to The Umbrella Arts Center to present a program of three locally shot short films about impactful women in Concord history. The featured films will be: Margaret Lothrop and the...

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  • American Fiction – The Umbrella Film Series

    The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Enjoy the best of classic, independent, and foreign films curated by The Concord Film Project, with pre-show dinner options. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025 at 7:30pm In this acclaimed satire, Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his...

    $10
  • Let’s Talk Lowell

    Let’s Talk Lowell

    Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, 115 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, United States +1 more

    Want to join a community dialogue about the issues facing Lowell such as housing, downtown, immigration, transportation, and more? Drop in for roundtable “World Café” style conversations facilitated by DIY Lowell with neighbors, experts, and community leaders. Share your concerns, ideas, and dreams for Lowell – and turn those ideas into action! We meet fourth...

    Free
  • Let’s Talk Lowell

    Let’s Talk Lowell

    Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, 115 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, United States +1 more

    Want to join a community dialogue about the issues facing Lowell such as housing, downtown, immigration, transportation, and more? Drop in for roundtable “World Café” style conversations facilitated by DIY Lowell with neighbors, experts, and community leaders. Share your concerns, ideas, and dreams for Lowell – and turn those ideas into action! We meet fourth...

    Free
  • Newburyport Documentary Film Festival

    The Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    The 21st Newburyport Documentary Film Festival (NBPT DOCU FEST) To Feature More Than 30 Films and Free Events From Local, National, and International Filmmakers September 26-28, 2025 Each September, the seaside hamlet of Newburyport comes alive, uniting filmmakers and audiences to celebrate this truly original American form of narrative storytelling. The 21st version of the...

    $15 – $22
  • ROXTalks: Economic Mobility in Communities of Color — Healing trauma to unlock economic opportunity

    online , United States

    Children’s Services of Roxbury (CSR) is thrilled to welcome the renowned Reverend Liz Walker as a featured guest in its ROXTalks series. On Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 12 to 1 p.m., CSR President and CEO Sandra M. McCroom and Rev. Walker will explore the connections between trauma and economic mobility through a virtual community conversation....

    Free
  • Let’s Talk Lowell

    Let’s Talk Lowell

    Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, 115 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, United States +1 more

    Want to join a community dialogue about the issues facing Lowell such as housing, downtown, immigration, transportation, and more? Drop in for roundtable “World Café” style conversations facilitated by DIY Lowell with neighbors, experts, and community leaders. Share your concerns, ideas, and dreams for Lowell – and turn those ideas into action! We meet fourth...

    Free
  • The Umbrella Film Series presents Holy Cow

    The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Enjoy the best of classic, independent, and foreign films curated by The Concord Film Project at The Umbrella Arts Center, with pre-show dinner options. This November, join us for HOLY COW (2024, dir. Louise Courvoisier), a "luminous and joyful" coming-of-age film set against the picturesque backdrop of French dairy cow farming and cheese competitions. Not...

    $12.50 – $35