Events
2026
SATURDAYS AT SEVEN
AT THE TRURO MEETING HOUSE
Located at 3 First Parish Lane at Town Hall Road and Bridge Road, near Truro Town Hall
Hosting Community Gatherings
Starting this year, the Friends of the Truro Meeting House are reaching out to make the Meeting House a center for community events. We will be hosting a number of events including a candlelight concert by Lumos Experience and Kat Black’s Sound Bath. Please see the details after our Friends sponsored events.
Put the dates in the calendar; you won’t want to miss any of these programs in our recently air-conditioned Meeting House!
David Corn
August 22, Saturday at 7pm
This year’s return appearance by popular journalist David Corn, Washington Bureau Chief for Mother Jones, will discuss the upcoming mid-term elections in a country threatened by authoritarianism.
Co-sponsored by the Truro Public Library.
David will also cover his forthcoming book, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America, to be released September 15, 2026. This is the harrowing story of modern information warfare aimed at the U.S. by a nefarious foreign adversary and profound political betrayal at home. It tells the little-understood yet crucial story of Putin’s secret campaign to subvert and weaken the United States—and shows how Trump, his MAGA movement, the Republican Party, and right-wing media have served as useful idiots for the tyrannical Russian leader in his assault on America and the West.
David edited and wrote the introduction to the recently published Hiroshima 8:15, The Lost Memoir by Kiyoshi Tanimoto, an atomic bombing survivor who was featured in John Hersey’s groundbreaking Hiroshima. He will discuss how this newly discovered and horrifying account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath deepens our understanding of that world-changing event and remains vitally relevant today.
Donations appreciated.
Charles Coe Poetry Tribute
August 29, Saturday at 7pm
A reading celebrating the poetry and wisdom of Charles Coe.
Readers include Regie Gibson, the inaugural Poet Laureate of Massachusetts, who will join accomplished poets, performers, & community leaders from the Outer Cape.
PARTICIPATING READERS
Keith Althus• Elizabeth Bradfield• Jeanette de Beauvoir • Indira Ganesan • Regie Gibson • Myra Kooy • John Shuman • Gabriella Simpkins • Sallie Tighe • Kate Wallace Rogers •
Charles Coe ((1952-2025) had a gift for finding profound meaning in every day moments. His poems share stories drawn from acute observation of life unfolding around him – riding a bus, waiting in line, hanging in a nightclub, growing up as a Catholic altar boy in Indiana. Coe wrote with wry humor and compassion, but his poems often end with an unexpected jolt – the shaft of a home truth.
Coe and his poetry are known to many on the Outer Cape from the acclaimed project A Symphony of Crickets.
Admission Free. Donations appreciated.
Hosting Community Gatherings
Please join us:
Lumos Candlelight Concerts
August 28, Friday 6:30pm
Presented by First Parish Truro, the candlelight concert will feature a string trio playing their Beatles repertoire surrounded by hundreds of LED candle lights creating a unique musical experience in our beautiful space.
Click ticket sales link below to purchase tickets:
Sound Bath with Kat Black
September 14, Monday
from 4-5pm
Crystal singing bowls offer a uniquely relaxing form of meditation for rest, relaxation, and restoration of your body and spirit.
$10 suggested donation.
Enjoy after-event receptions in our expanded gathering space.
Most events are free unless otherwise noted.
Donations for the preservation of the historic Meeting House are appreciated.
First Congregational Meeting House
Located at 3 First Parish Lane, Truro, MA 02666
at Town Hall Road and Bridge Road, near Truro Town Hall
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First Congregational Parish of Truro Services are at
10 am Sundays
beginning mid-June through mid-September
For information or to Zoom live stream, go to: firstparishtruro.com
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