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SUMMARY:Concord250: Weaving an Address
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition: April 14 – June 14\, 2025\nOpening Reception April 14\, 6 p.m. \nThe Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the shot heard round the world” with an ambitious outdoor/indoor public and gallery art exhibition\, Weaving an Address\, curated by artist Marla McLeod. \nFor the first time\, Weaving an Address combines The Umbrella’s popular Art Ramble public art installation\, on view April 15 through October 7 at Brister’s Hill in nearby Walden Woods\, with an indoor exhibition (on view April 14 through June 14) in The Umbrella’s Allie Kussin Gallery. The exhibition features site-specific work by eight prominent Black artists combining sculpture\, fiber art\, installation and live performance inspired by little-known experiences of historical Black inhabitants of Concord and its Walden Woods. \nFeatured artists in the exhibition are Sharon Chandler Correnty\, Ifé Franklin\, Stephen Hamilton\, Whitney Harris\, Ekua Holmes\, Perla Mabel\, Marla McLeod\, Kimberly Love Radcliffe\, and Anthony Peyton Young. \nOutdoors\, large-scale work will be installed on Brister’s Hill\, named for Brister Freeman\, an enslaved man who won his freedom by serving in the Revolutionary War and then bought the property and lived there along with other formerly enslaved.Indoors at The Umbrella\, inter-related fiber artworks will weave narratives from fragmented pasts to offer a vision of how history shapes the present and influences the future. \nSupporting community activities include an opening reception on April 14\, monthly curator talks\, a processional with artist Ifé Franklin\, and participation in the town-wide Revolutionary Concordians Trading Card program. \nThis exhibition is presented as part of the Concord250 commemoration\, in partnership with The Walden Woods Project and The Robbins House\, in association with Gather 2025\, a month-long exploration and celebration of fiber and textile art in Greater Boston\, and with permission of Concord Natural Resources Division. \nSee https://TheUmbrellaArts.org/Weaving for more information about special engagements\, wayfinding\, artist bios\, and background to the exhibition.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/concord250-weaving-an-address/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, Stow Street 40\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Commemoration,Event,Exhibit,Outdoors
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SUMMARY:"In Support of the Common Cause” ~ The Merrimack Valley Goes to War A talk by historian and author Alex Cain
DESCRIPTION:“In Support of the Common Cause” ~ The Merrimack Valley Goes to War\nA talk by historian and author Alex Cain\n​Thursday\, June 5\, 2025\, ~ 6:00-7:30pm\nThe History Center at 97 Main Street \nIn October 1774\, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress directed towns across the colony to prepare for imminent conflict with England. In response\, the Merrimack Valley adopted a wartime posture\, forming minute companies\, stockpiling weapons\, ammunition\, and supplies\, and establishing a defense network ready to mobilize if British forces advanced from Boston. Join Alexander Cain as he examines the Merrimack Valley’s response\, focusing on Andover\, to the British threat and explores the region’s buildup to war\, the formation of the Massachusetts minute-man system just before the battles of Lexington and Concord\, and Andover’s role in the Battle of Bunker Hill. \nAlexander Cain is a well-respected and highly sought-after speaker who frequently lectures on the military and social influences of 1775 Massachusetts. He has published multiple research articles that have shed new light on the Battles of Lexington and Concord\, Bunker Hill\, the Siege of Boston\, and the loyalist refugee experience during the American Revolution. Alex has also published two books\, We Stood Our Ground: Lexington in the First Year of the American Revolution and I See Nothing but the Horrors of a Civil War and is the author of the blog and podcast “Historical Nerdery.” Alex directs a Merrimack Valley-based vocational program that introduces high school students to advanced manufacturing and skilled trades careers.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/in-support-of-the-common-cause-the-merrimack-valley-goes-to-war-a-talk-by-historian-and-author-alex-cain/
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SUMMARY:Two Nations\, One Battle:  Bunker Hill in British and American Memory
DESCRIPTION:Historians from the United States and United Kingdom will engage in a facilitated discussion reflecting on the Battle of Bunker Hill. Together\, Authors Nathaniel Philbrick and Emma Hart will consider the lasting impacts of the battle on the Revolutionary War\, its memory\, and legacy from two nations’ perspectives. \nModerator: Dr. Brooke Barbier \nHosts: Bunker Hill Monument Association\, Friends of the Charlestown Branch Library\, Bunker Hill Community College\, The National Parks of Boston
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/two-nations-one-battle-bunker-hill-in-british-and-american-memory/
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