Promoting arts and culture in the heart of Reading’s downtown inside the historic sanctuary of First Congregational Church.
2026 Season
| October | Sunday the 18th at 2 PM | A CONVERSATION WITH ABIGAIL ADAMS Audrey Stuck-Girard performs as Abigail Adams |
| Sunday the 25th at 3 PM | FALL CONCERT Reading Community Concert Band | |
| November | Friday the 6th at 7 PM | THE SCARLET LETTER Jeff Rapsis presents this 1926 silent film with live musical accompaniment |
| December | Sunday the 6th at 3 PM | HOLIDAY CONCERT Reading Community Concert Band |
Admission
Admission to all of these programs is free or with a suggested donation in order to provide opportunities for all to enjoy arts and cultural programming in our community, without barrier. Free-will donations will be accepted to help support the artists and cost for the series. Reading Community Concert Band concerts encourage a $10 suggested donation which goes directly towards the Reading Community Concert Band.
Accessibility
All events in this series are accessible in the following ways:
Accessible entrances and seating are available. Accessible entrances are located on Sanborn Street and the Reading Town Hall parking lot on Lowell Street. These events will be held in the sanctuary, which is on the main level and do not require stairs. An accessible restroom is also on this level. Seating in the sanctuary includes space for wheelchairs and walkers.
Listening Assist Devices are provided when programs are able to utilize the sound system in the space. Some music and instruments cannot be amplified, and will not be able to carry over these devices. However, speakers speaking into a microphone will be amplified.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Reading Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.