Register Join author Bruce Nichols for an evening discussing his book The Emerson Circle, a lively and captivating journey through the world of the Transcendentalists, America’s first group of public intellectuals, whose visionary ideas reinvented our culture and politics and remain an inspiration today. “An impeccable and often dazzling behind-the-scenes look at the Concord iconoclasts […]
Register Join the editors and essayists of Thoreau & Philosophy for a conversation exploring Thoreau as one of America's most profound philosophical thinkers. Beyond his literary and naturalist legacy, Thoreau’s work engages philosophical questions that remain deeply relevant today, shaping conversations about ethics, freedom, society, and the environment. Together, the panelists share how situating […]
Register Join bestselling author, psychotherapist, and public thinker Thomas Moore for a conversation about his newest book, The Cure at Walden Pond, with author Richard Higgins. Drawing inspiration from Henry David Thoreau’s journals and Walden, Moore explores what Thoreau’s ideas can offer us in a world marked by distraction, consumerism, and uncertainty. Together, Moore and Higgins will […]
Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One reading per meeting. October 20: "Wild Apples" Download Reading. Register Other Reading Group sessions: September 8: "Where I lived and What I Lived For" from Walden. Download Reading. Register. November 17: "A Winter Walk" Download Reading. Register. December 15: "Former Inhabitants & Winter […]
Register Join author Kathleen Kelly for a discussion of her new book Thoreau's Journal Drawings: The Power of the Visual for in-depth exploration of one of the most overlooked—and most fascinating—aspects of Henry David Thoreau's work. Beginning in 1850, Thoreau started sketching everything from hedgehog quills and locust wings to goldenrod leaves, using drawing alongside writing as a way to […]
Register Please join us for an evening with Professor Robert M. Thorson: a public lecture with readings, followed by Q&A and book signing, for his forthcoming book, The Walden Experiments: The Science of Henry David Thoreau, to be published in September 2026 by Princeton University Press. "Henry David Thoreau’s Walden stands as the foundational text for the […]
Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One reading per meeting. November 17: "A Winter Walk" Download Reading. Register Other Reading Group sessions: September 8: "Where I lived and What I Lived For" from Walden. Download Reading. Register. October 20: "Wild Apples" Download Reading. Register. December 15: "Former Inhabitants & Winter […]
Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One reading per meeting. December 15 : "Former Inhabitants & Winter Visitors" from Walden. Download Reading. Register Other Reading Group sessions: September 8: "Where I lived and What I Lived For" from Walden. Download Reading. Register. October 20: "Wild Apples" Download Reading. Register. November […]
