*Rescheduled from April 26 Register An all-levels presentation on wetlands ecology followed by a guided walk with OARS’ wetlands scientist, Ingeborg Hegemann, and Concord Land Conservation Trust’s Manager of Land Stewardship, Alexi Dart-Padover, at CLCT’s Elm Brook property. Presented in partnership by Concord Land Conservation Trust, The Thoreau Alliance, and OARS. Registration is free and is […]
Register Join leading Thoreau scholars featured in the new documentary for a free public webinar exploring the documentary. In this lively conversation, the experts who helped shape the film will reflect on the themes introduced in the opening episode, discuss the historical context surrounding Henry David Thoreau, and share additional insights from the making of […]
Register to Attend The Thoreau Alliance announces that Ross Gay is the winner of the 2026 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing. On June 14, 2026, Gay will appear in Concord, Massachusetts, to accept the Thoreau Prize and deliver an address at the Trinitarian Congregational (TriCon) Church on Walden Street. […]
Spring 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One essay per meeting. June 18: Slavery in Massachusetts Register Other Reading Group sessions: April 16: Night and Moonlight March 19: A Natural History of Massachusetts May 28: A Walk to Wachusett At Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 6:00 pm - […]
“Nature is but another name for health,” Thoreau wrote in “Huckleberries,” an essay he left unpublished at his death at age 44 from tuberculosis. Thoreau celebrated health even as he battled his final illness. He found ways to flourish in spite of a body, and a society, that was anything but well. In our own […]
Meet and socialize with over 20 authors of classic and current books on Thoreau and Transcendentalism. Members and friends sell and sign their books during this active social event as part of the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering. Meet conference presenters and attendees, catch up on recent Thoreau-related titles, and enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres […]
Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One reading per meeting. September 8: "Where I lived and What I Lived For" from Walden. Download Reading. Register Other Reading Group sessions: October 20: "Wild Apples" Download Reading. Register. November 17: "A Winter Walk" Download Reading. Register. December 15: "Former Inhabitants & Winter […]
The Center for the Study of World Religions, the Concord Free Public Library, and the Thoreau Alliance are launching a new collaborative series of public conversations in Concord. The series will bring Transcendentalism scholars, writers, artists into the conversations with the broader audience, exploring questions that connect Transcendentalist thought and practice with contemporary intellectual, cultural, […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Join composer David Cieri for a special program at the Concord Conservatory of Music sharing the process of scoring the documentary Henry David Thoreau, a film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers, executive produced by Ken Burns and Don Henley.
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 for in-person or virtual attendance 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, […]
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 […]
