David Sky (with his trusty copy of the Insider, of course) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. That’s the Dome of the Rock in the background. Where do you bring the Insider? E-mail your pictures to news@theconcordinsider.com.

Wednesday, Oct. 20 - The Concord Literary Festival gets under way on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 20, with a “pen to play” workshop. “Petite Plays: Pen to Performance,” conducted by Dana Biscotti Myskowski, is a writing, directing and enhanced stage-reading series of workshops, culminating in two performances. In this three-part workshop, participants write three-page plays,…

- Oct. 20, 1814: The first boat of the Merrimack Boating Co., later the Boston & Concord Boating Co., arrives in Concord. Northbound commercial cargo will include sugar, molasses, rum and finished goods. The boats will carry lumber, firewood, potash (for soap) and granite south to Quincy Market. - Oct. 20, 1957: A thousand people attend the ceremony dedicating Concord’s new Rundlett Junior High School in the South End. After a tour, most express satisfaction with the $1.4 million school. - Oct. 20, 1908: Forest fires all around Concord fill the streets with smoke. Farmers’ wells are running…

Get spooked New Hampshire horror stories will be read 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Barley House on Main Street. Authors in the newly published, “Live Free or Undead,” will read from this collection of horror stories that take place in New Hampshire. Scheduled writers are Becky Rule, “The Haze,” James Patrick Kelly, “The Waiting Room,” Brendan DuBois, “Uneasy Lies the Head,” Ernesto Burden, “Live Free or Undead,” David O’Keefe, “Wonders in the Woods,” Kristopher Seavey, “Little Ones,” Elaine Isaak, “Memento Mori,” and Jason Allard, “Love in the Time of Zombies.”…