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 […]
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 […]
Learn More and Register Please join us for the annual Joel Myerson Lecture: "'I turn my adventures into bread and butter ': Louisa May Alcott's European Grand Tour," presented by Professor Daniel Shealy. Daniel Shealy is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches American literature. He has […]
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 […]
