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SUMMARY:Talk with the Experts: A Panel Discussion about the Thoreau Documentary
DESCRIPTION:Register to Attend in Person \nThis program will also be available streaming online.  Register to Attend Virtually\n  \nJoin leading Thoreau scholars featured in the new documentary for a free public webinar exploring the documentary. \nIn this lively conversation\, the experts who helped shape the film will reflect on its themes\, discuss the historical context surrounding Henry David Thoreau\, and share additional insights from the making of the documentary. This is an opportunity to hear directly from the scholars who appear in the film as they unpack the ideas\, landscapes\, and questions that frame the series. \nRebecca Kneale Gould\, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College\, and a former member of the Thoreau Society Board of Directors. \nRochelle Johnson\, Professor of Environmental Studies and Bernie McCain Chair in Humanities at the College of Idaho\, and former president of the Thoreau Society Board of Directors. \nElise Lemire\, Professor of Literature at Purchase College ( State University of New York)\, and the author of three books about race and memory in the United States\, including Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord\, Massachusetts\,  and Battle Green Vietnam: The 1971 March on Concord\, Lexington\, and Boston. \nThe conversation will include time for audience questions. \nFree and open to the public. Registration required. \n  \nPresented in partnership with the Concord Free Public Library.  \nKen Burns presents Henry David Thoreau\, a film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers premieres on PBS on March 30 (Episodes 1 and 2) and March 31\, 2026\, at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings).
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/talk-with-the-experts-a-panel-discussion-about-the-thoreau-documentary-2/
LOCATION:Concord Free Public Library\, 129 Main Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wetlands Talk & Walk
DESCRIPTION:*Rescheduled from April 26 \n Register\n  \nAn 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. \nPresented in partnership by Concord Land Conservation Trust\, The Thoreau Alliance\, and OARS. \nRegistration is free and is required to attend. Donations are encouraged to support programming and the work of CLCT\, The Thoreau Alliance\, and OARS.
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/wetlands-talk-walk/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Documentary: Talk with the Experts
DESCRIPTION:Register\nJoin leading Thoreau scholars featured in the new documentary for a free public webinar exploring the documentary. \nIn 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 the documentary. This is an opportunity to hear directly from the scholars who appear in the film as they unpack the ideas\, landscapes\, and questions that frame the series. \nThe conversation will include time for audience questions. \nFree and open to the public. Registration required. \nKen Burns presents Henry David Thoreau\, a film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers premieres on PBS on March 30 (Episodes 1 and 2) and March 31\, 2026\, at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings).
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/doc-talk-june14/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T190000
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Prize Honoring Ross Gay
DESCRIPTION:Register to Attend \n  \n \nThe Thoreau Alliance announces that Ross Gay is the winner of the 2026 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing. \nOn 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. \nThrough his writing\, Ross Gay reminds us to notice the small wonders of life\, to approach the world with curiosity\, and to find delight in the ordinary—expanding what we think of as nature writing in ways that are both tender\, insightful\, and exuberant. \nHe is the author of four books of poetry—Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding\, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude\, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His three essay collections—The Book of Delights (2019)\, Inciting Joy (2022)\, and The Book of (More) Delights (2023)—invite readers into the attentive\, joyful world he so thoughtfully renders. \nIn doing so\, he shows that gratitude\, curiosity\, and delight are themselves a way of being fully present—a sensibility that echoes Thoreau’s attentiveness to nature\, his reverence for the small details of daily life\, and his belief that wonder is essential to living well. \nThe Thoreau Prize\, established in 2010 by nature writer Dale Peterson and administered by the Thoreau Society (now the Thoreau Alliance) since 2020\, is awarded annually to a writer who\, like Henry David Thoreau\, speaks for nature with insight\, eloquence\, and ethical depth. Past recipients include Jane Goodall\, Drew Lanham\, Mary Oliver\, and Robin Wall Kimmerer. \n  \nBook Sale & Signing to Follow \n\n  \nThis program is free for students and educators. Contact info@thoreaualliance.org to register. \nFree live-streaming access to the program will be available here: https://www.youtube.com/@TriConChurch/streams  (No registration required.) \nThe Thoreau Alliance does not exclude anyone because of the inability to pay. Please contact rebecca@thoreaualliance.org to request reduced rates. \n  \nFind Ross Gay’s books at the Shop at Walden Pond:
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/thoreau-prize-honoring-ross-gay/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Farm Reading Group: "Slavery in Massachusetts"
DESCRIPTION:Spring 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together \nOne Thursday per month. One essay per meeting.  \nJune 18: Slavery in Massachusetts\n\n Register\n\nOther Reading Group sessions:\nApril 16: Night and Moonlight\nMarch 19: A Natural History of Massachusetts\nMay 28: A Walk to Wachusett\n  \nAt Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\n6:00 pm – light refreshments\, socializing (and reading the essay\, if you haven’t yet)\n7:00 pm – lively discussion\n \nFREE (suggested donation: $5/session) \nRegistration encouraged\, drop-ins welcome. Essays will be provided digitally to registered participants and some printed copies will be available on-site during the events. \nJoin us at Thoreau Farm for a new monthly reading group exploring the essays of Henry David Thoreau—works originally delivered as public lectures and still deeply relevant today. Each session will center on a selected essay\, inviting lively conversation around Thoreau’s views on nature\, society\, and moral responsibility.  \nThis informal\, community-focused series welcomes readers of all backgrounds—no prior experience with Thoreau necessary. Come each month or drop in as you’re able. Readings will be drawn from The Essays of Henry David Thoreau\, edited by Lewis Hyde\, who may join us for select sessions. \nDiscussions will be led by Richard Smith and Amity Wilczek.  \nDr. Amity Wilczek is an evolutionary ecologist whose role as an educator and researcher has been shaped by attention to place\, history\, and student experience. Her teaching career started at Harvard and Brown before transitioning to Deep Springs College\, where over 10 years she served as Herbert Reich Chair of Natural Sciences\, Academic Dean\, and Vice President. Many of the courses she has offered feature Thoreau’s writings. Her research on plant responses to changing environments has appeared in Science\, Ecology\, and many other journals. Amity currently lives in Concord\, Massachusetts and saunters in Thoreau country at every opportunity. \nRichard Smith is a Public Historian in Concord\, Massachusetts and has been portraying Henry Thoreau for over 20 years. While he spends most of his time (as Thoreau) at Walden Pond\, he also travels a great deal\, and has performed as Thoreau across the country and in Canada. In addition\, Richard has written eleven books (including two about Thoreau) for Applewood Books. \nLet’s walk together through Thoreau’s words and ideas—deliberately and in good company. \n 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/reading-group-june2026/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:85th Thoreau Society Annual Gathering
DESCRIPTION:“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 time\, when civic and natural ailments are both chronic and acute\, what can Thoreau\, and his time\, show us about the conditions that promote flourishing—physical\, mental\, spiritual\, social\, ecological—as well as the conditions that hinder or prevent it? How can we be well in a troubled world? How can we live well in troubled times? For the 2026 Annual Gathering\, we will explore some of the many aspects of health in Thoreau’s world and ours. \n  \n Learn More\n Register\n Read the Preliminary Program\n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegistration includes all in-person sessions except where otherwise noted. Register Online OR Download the Mail-In Form \nOne-Day Registration is walk-in only and $90/person. NOTE: Saturday’s programs are all free. \nWe welcome all family\, friends\, and colleagues interested in a single presentation. Guests must check-in at the registration desk and make a donation of any size in support of the program. \nRegistration for Virtual Access includes only the panels and talks at Trinity Episcopal Church. \nThe Thoreau Alliance does not exclude anyone because of the inability to pay. Please contact rebecca@thoreaualliance.org to request reduced rates. If you’d like to help keep this event financially accessible to all\, please consider making a donation to support attendance for others. Donate Here.
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/85th-ag/
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church\, 81 Elm Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:Happy Hour Book Signing & Celebration
DESCRIPTION:  \nMeet and socialize with over 20 authors of classic and current books on Thoreau and Transcendentalism.    \nMembers and friends sell and sign their books during this active social event as part of the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering.  \nMeet conference presenters and attendees\, catch up on recent Thoreau-related titles\, and enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres & desserts from NOSH/Concord Market.  \n  \nFree & open to all. No registration required. \nCash Bar. \n 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/booksale2026/
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church\, 81 Elm Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260908T180000
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Farm Reading Group: "Where I lived and What I Lived For"
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together \nOne Thursday per month. One reading per meeting.  \nSeptember 8: “Where I lived and What I Lived For” from Walden. Download Reading.\n\n Register\n\n\n\n\nOther Reading Group sessions:\n\nOctober 20: “Wild Apples” Download Reading. Register.\nNovember 17: “A Winter Walk” Download Reading. Register.\nDecember 15: “Former Inhabitants & Winter Visitors” from Walden. Download Reading. Register\n\n\nAt Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\n6:00 pm – light refreshments\, socializing (and reading the essay\, if you haven’t yet)\n7:00 pm – lively discussion\n \nFREE (suggested donation: $5/session) \nRegistration encouraged\, drop-ins welcome.  \nJoin us at Thoreau Farm for our monthly reading group exploring the writing of Henry David Thoreau. Each session will center on one selected reading\, inviting lively conversation around Thoreau’s views on nature\, society\, and moral responsibility. \nThis informal\, community-focused series welcomes readers of all backgrounds—no prior experience with Thoreau necessary. Come every month or drop in as you’re able. \n\n\nDiscussions will be led by Richard Smith and Amity Wilczek. \n\n  \nDr. Amity Wilczek is an evolutionary ecologist whose role as an educator and researcher has been shaped by attention to place\, history\, and student experience. Her teaching career started at Harvard and Brown before transitioning to Deep Springs College\, where over 10 years she served as Herbert Reich Chair of Natural Sciences\, Academic Dean\, and Vice President. Many of the courses she has offered feature Thoreau’s writings. Her research on plant responses to changing environments has appeared in Science\, Ecology\, and many other journals. Amity currently lives in Concord\, Massachusetts and saunters in Thoreau country at every opportunity. \nRichard Smith is a Public Historian in Concord\, Massachusetts and has been portraying Henry Thoreau for over 20 years. While he spends most of his time (as Thoreau) at Walden Pond\, he also travels a great deal\, and has performed as Thoreau across the country and in Canada. In addition\, Richard has written eleven books (including two about Thoreau) for Applewood Books. \nLet’s walk together through Thoreau’s words and ideas—deliberately and in good company. \n 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/reading-group-sep2026/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T080000
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SUMMARY:Where Do New Ideas Come From?
DESCRIPTION: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\, and public life. \n Register\n  \n \n  \n Register\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/cswr-conversation-oct13/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T190000
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Scoring the Thoreau Documentary
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. \n  \nJoin 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.
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/scoring-the-documentary/
LOCATION:Concord Conservatory of Music\, 1317 Main St\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Emerson Circle: A Conversation with Bruce Nichols
DESCRIPTION:Register\n  \n \nJoin 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. \n“An impeccable and often dazzling behind-the-scenes look at the Concord iconoclasts clustered around Emerson who helped define what it means to be an American original.” —Douglas Brinkley \nIn the 1840s\, America was a land of utopian promise\, and nowhere captured this spirit of possibility better than Concord\, Massachusetts. At the heart of this intellectual and cultural revolution was Ralph Waldo Emerson\, a national celebrity who brought together a circle of bold and creative free thinkers. In The Emerson Circle\, Bruce Nichols delivers a fascinating narrative of this transformative era\, breathing life into the friendships and philosophies that comprised the titanic intellectual energy of this American Renaissance. \nConcord wasn’t just a town; it was a crucible of innovation and reform. Luminaries such as Ralph Waldo Emerson\, Nathaniel Hawthorne\, Margaret Fuller\, Louisa May Alcott\, and Henry David Thoreau gathered there\, united by ideas that would shape the nation. Nichols recreates this vibrant world\, packed with brilliant conversations\, emotional correspondences\, and the essays\, novels\, speeches\, and poetry that forever marked and changed American culture. Along the way\, he shares intimate\, surprising details—Thoreau’s frustration with Emerson\, Hawthorne’s intense shyness masking deep love and hate—that make these iconic figures human. \nThis book captures a forgotten utopian moment in our history. Anything seemed possible: abolishing property\, money\, and marriage\, not just slavery; granting equal rights to women; eating vegan diets; banning alcohol and caffeine. These men and women turned away from the Bible in favor of the natural world and science\, and they inspired our greatest early writers to create their most original and lasting works. \nWith vivid storytelling and thought-provoking insights\, Bruce Nichols invites us to reimagine the power of ideas to change the world—just as Emerson and his circle did nearly two centuries ago. \n \nThis program is co-sponsored by the Transcendentalism Council of First Parish and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association. \n  \nRegister through the Transcendentalism Council of First Parish at: https://tinyurl.com/emersoncircle \n  \n Register
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/the-emerson-circle/
LOCATION:First Parish in Concord\, 20 Lexington Rd\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thoreau and Philosophy: A Panel of Essayists
DESCRIPTION:Register for in-person or virtual attendance\n  \nJoin 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 Thoreau in a philosophical context allows one to more fully appreciate the depth of his thought. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Marc Jolley (Ph.D. in Hebrew and Jewish Wisdom Literature) is senior lecturer of Philosophy at Mercer University and has taught Great Books and INT. His areas of teaching philosophy include ethics\, religion\, film\, and literature\, and he is involved with the ethics minor. His personal focus is on character\, and he reads extensively in Thoreau\, Emerson\, Plato\, Dante\, and Kierkegaard. He has assisted in study abroad trips to Athens\, Greece\, and to Florence\, Italy. He is also the director of Mercer University Press and a member of the board of the Thoreau Alliance. \n  \n\n\nDavid Gordon is Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland\, specializing in the History of Philosophy\, Environmental Philosophy\, Applied Ethics\, and the relationship between science and religion. He serves on the board of the Thoreau Society as well as the Maryland chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation.  He is the author of The Implications of Evolution for Metaphysics\, and co-editor with Marc Jolley of the newly released Thoreau and Philosophy. \n\n\n\n\n\nWilliam Homestead is an interdisciplinary scholar\, writer\, and longtime college educator. He is the author of An Ecology of Communication: Response and Responsibility in an Age of Ecocrisis (2021) and Not Till We Are Lost: Thoreau\, Education\, and Climate Crisis (2024)\, which was a finalist for the Vermont Book Award in Creative Nonfiction. He is the editor of The Active Soul: Emerson and Thoreau on Reform and Civil Disobedience (2025). The Active Soul includes his 36-page introduction\, “From Abolitionism to Climate Justice.”\n\n\n\n\nBrent Ranalli is a New England historian who has written about Thoreau’s  Native American interests\, his virtue ethics and political philosophy\, his walking gait\, and other topics ranging from laundry to PTSD to participation in the Concord militia. He edits the Thoreau Society Bulletin.\n\n\n\n\n Register\n\nThis program is co-sponsored by the Concord Museum. 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/thoreauandphilosophy/
LOCATION:Concord Museum\, 53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T153000
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SUMMARY:The Cure at Walden Pond: Author Thomas Moore in Conversation with Richard Higgins
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\nJoin 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 discuss spirituality\, renewal\, our relationship with the natural world\, and how each of us might find our own path to a more mindful and meaningful life.\n \nThomas Moore is the author of the bestselling Care of the Soul and twenty other books on spirituality and depth psychology that have been translated into thirty languages. He has been practicing depth psychotherapy for thirty-five years. He lectures and gives workshops in several countries on depth spirituality\, soulful medicine\, and psychotherapy. He has been a monk and a university professor\, and is a consultant for organizations and spiritual leaders. He has often been on television and radio\, including Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday. \n\n \n\nRichard Higgins is a writer. He’s the author of Thoreau’s God\, about Thoreau’s iconoclastic spiritual vision\, (University of Chicago Press\, 2024) and Thoreau and the Language of Trees (University of California\, 2017). \n  \n\nThis event is part of the Write Connection at Thoreau Farm\, presented by the Thoreau Alliance. \n\nThis program is cosponsored by the Walden Woods Project.\n\nRegister through the Walden Woods Project. \n Register
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/cure-at-walden/
LOCATION:Walden Woods Project\, 44 Baker Farm Road\, Lincoln\, MA
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SUMMARY:Where Do New Ideas Come From?
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/where-do-new-ideas-come-from/
LOCATION:Concord Free Public Library\, 129 Main Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T180000
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Farm Reading Group: "Wild Apples"
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together \nOne Thursday per month. One reading per meeting.  \nOctober 20: “Wild Apples” Download Reading.\n\n Register\n\n\n\n\nOther Reading Group sessions:\n\nSeptember 8: “Where I lived and What I Lived For” from Walden. Download Reading. Register.\nNovember 17: “A Winter Walk” Download Reading. Register.\nDecember 15: “Former Inhabitants & Winter Visitors” from Walden. Download Reading. Register\n\n\nAt Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\n6:00 pm – light refreshments\, socializing (and reading the essay\, if you haven’t yet)\n7:00 pm – lively discussion\n \nFREE (suggested donation: $5/session) \nRegistration encouraged\, drop-ins welcome.  \nJoin us at Thoreau Farm for our monthly reading group exploring the writing of Henry David Thoreau. Each session will center on one selected reading\, inviting lively conversation around Thoreau’s views on nature\, society\, and moral responsibility. \nThis informal\, community-focused series welcomes readers of all backgrounds—no prior experience with Thoreau necessary. Come every month or drop in as you’re able. \n\n\nDiscussions will be led by Richard Smith and Amity Wilczek. \n\n  \nDr. Amity Wilczek is an evolutionary ecologist whose role as an educator and researcher has been shaped by attention to place\, history\, and student experience. Her teaching career started at Harvard and Brown before transitioning to Deep Springs College\, where over 10 years she served as Herbert Reich Chair of Natural Sciences\, Academic Dean\, and Vice President. Many of the courses she has offered feature Thoreau’s writings. Her research on plant responses to changing environments has appeared in Science\, Ecology\, and many other journals. Amity currently lives in Concord\, Massachusetts and saunters in Thoreau country at every opportunity. \nRichard Smith is a Public Historian in Concord\, Massachusetts and has been portraying Henry Thoreau for over 20 years. While he spends most of his time (as Thoreau) at Walden Pond\, he also travels a great deal\, and has performed as Thoreau across the country and in Canada. In addition\, Richard has written eleven books (including two about Thoreau) for Applewood Books. \nLet’s walk together through Thoreau’s words and ideas—deliberately and in good company. \n 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/reading-group-oct2026/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thoreau Alliance":MAILTO:info@thoreaualliance.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T200000
DTSTAMP:20261020T171742Z
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SUMMARY:Thoreau’s Journal Drawings: A Conversation with Author Kathleen Kelly
DESCRIPTION:Register\n  \nJoin 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 sharpen his powers of observation and deepen his understanding of the natural world. \nDrawing on her groundbreaking research\, Kelly reveals how these seemingly modest sketches were far more than illustrations. They were an essential part of Thoreau’s creative and scientific practice\, where words and images worked together to record\, interpret\, and make sense of the world around him. By placing Thoreau’s illustrated journal entries within the broader traditions of nineteenth-century scientific illustration\, nature writing\, and visual culture\, she offers fresh insight into his methods and the remarkable ways he learned to see. \nThrough close readings of illustrated journal passages\, this program uncovers a vital dimension of Thoreau’s work that has long been overlooked. Whether you’re a devoted Thoreau reader\, an artist\, a naturalist\, or simply curious about the intersection of art and science\, you’ll come away with a richer appreciation for how drawing helped shape one of America’s greatest observers of the natural world. \nThis program is free to attend in-person. It will not be livestreamed. A recording of the program will be made available.  \nThis event is presented in cooperation with Concord Art as part of the Concord Festival of Authors. \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n Register
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/journal-drawings/
LOCATION:Concord Art\, 37 Lexington Rd\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thoreau Alliance":MAILTO:info@thoreaualliance.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T190000
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SUMMARY:Joel Myerson Annual Lecture Presented by Professor Daniel Shealy
DESCRIPTION:Learn More and Register\n  \nPlease 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. \nDaniel Shealy is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte\, where he teaches American literature. He has published thirteen books on Louisa May Alcott\, including co-editing The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott and The Journal of Louisa May Alcott with Joel Myerson. He also edited Little Women: An Annotated Edition\, published by Harvard University Press. His most recent book\, Little Women at 150\, was published in 2022. His forthcoming book\, Louisa May Alcott in Europe: Shawl Straps and Other Stories\, will be published by Mercer University Press in 2027. \nTHE JOEL MYERSON ANNUAL LECTURE SERIES \nAfter Prof. Joel Myerson died in 2021\, the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library\, along with representatives from the Louisa May Alcott Society\, Margaret Fuller Society\, The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society\, and The Thoreau Society\, launched the Joel Myerson Annual Lecture Series. \nThe Joel Myerson Annual Lecture Series will engage the public in the study of American literature and literary history\, focusing on writers associated with Concord\, Massachusetts\, and American Transcendentalism\, with an interdisciplinary outlook. The series will highlight the work and ideas of emergent scholarship\, drawing on the values Myerson personified as a generous mentor\, teacher\, and public speaker and amplifying the diversity of representation that Joel Myerson exemplified in his textual scholarship and editorial initiatives. The series will promote lifelong learning and the recovery of primary source materials that teach us about the future as well as the past—beginning in Concord and radiating outward to American literature and culture as a means to engage with current events\, conservation\, and reform. \nA reception will follow the event in the Rotunda. \nThe Concord Free Public Library Corporation generously sponsors the series. \n  \nThis program will also be livestreamed.  Learn More and Register
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/myerson-2026/
LOCATION:Concord Free Public Library\, 129 Main Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T193000
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SUMMARY:The Walden Experiments: A Book Talk with Robert M. Thorson
DESCRIPTION:Register\nPlease 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. \n“Henry David Thoreau’s Walden stands as the foundational text for the environmental movement and as a model for the practice of nature writing. In The Walden Experiments\, Robert Thorson tells the story of how\, after several discarded drafts of social critique\, Thoreau resuscitated Walden with a sharp swerve toward science. Thorson invites us to read—or reread—Walden to discover the observations\, empirical thinking\, and scientific explanations supporting this canonical work of literature. Chapter by chapter\, he guides us through Walden’s relevance for such contemporary scientific concerns as climate change\, ecological collapse\, water supply\, agriculture\, artificial intelligence\, and technology. \nThoreau’s first “experiment” of living deliberately took place in a one-room house at Walden Pond from 1845 to 1847. This was followed from 1851 to 1852 by a little-known second experiment of trying to live deliberately in the midst of society as a sojourning scientist. Thorson’s account of a science-revitalized version of Walden helps us appreciate Thoreau’s masterpiece not only for its prophetic\, lyrical\, uplifting\, witty\, and timeless advice on living sustainably\, but also as a historic benchmark for anchoring our modern solutions. Exploring the science that underlies Walden enhances our understanding of the deeper meanings Thoreau draws from nature.” – Princeton University Press \n“No Thoreau scholar has a more commanding grasp than Robert Thorson of the significance of Thoreau’s contributions to the history of nineteenth century and modern science in all its branches.”— Lawrence Buell\, author of The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau\, Nature Writing\, and the Making of American Culture and Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently. \n“No writer has ever better combined a social critique with a scientific underpinning; as this fine account makes clear\, Thoreau was not just ahead of his time but of our time too. A remarkable reintroduction to the classic American book!”— Bill McKibben\, author of The End of Nature and Here Comes the Sun. \n  \nRobert M. Thorson is professor of Earth sciences at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Walden’s Shore: Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century Science\, The Boatman: Henry David Thoreau’s River Years\, and The Guide to Walden Pond. \n  \n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by The Concord Free Public Library and The Walden Woods Project.\n\n Register
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/walden-experiments/
LOCATION:Concord Free Public Library\, 129 Main Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thoreau Alliance":MAILTO:info@thoreaualliance.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260825T154248Z
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Farm Reading Group: "A Winter Walk"
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together \nOne Thursday per month. One reading per meeting.  \nNovember 17: “A Winter Walk” Download Reading. \n\n Register\n\n\n\nOther Reading Group sessions:\n\nSeptember 8: “Where I lived and What I Lived For” from Walden. Download Reading. Register.\nOctober 20: “Wild Apples” Download Reading. Register.\nDecember 15: “Former Inhabitants & Winter Visitors” from Walden. Download Reading. Register\n\n\nAt Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\n6:00 pm – light refreshments\, socializing (and reading the essay\, if you haven’t yet)\n7:00 pm – lively discussion\n \nFREE (suggested donation: $5/session) \nRegistration encouraged\, drop-ins welcome.  \nJoin us at Thoreau Farm for our monthly reading group exploring the writing of Henry David Thoreau. Each session will center on one selected reading\, inviting lively conversation around Thoreau’s views on nature\, society\, and moral responsibility. \nThis informal\, community-focused series welcomes readers of all backgrounds—no prior experience with Thoreau necessary. Come every month or drop in as you’re able. \n\n\nDiscussions will be led by Richard Smith and Amity Wilczek. \n\n  \nDr. Amity Wilczek is an evolutionary ecologist whose role as an educator and researcher has been shaped by attention to place\, history\, and student experience. Her teaching career started at Harvard and Brown before transitioning to Deep Springs College\, where over 10 years she served as Herbert Reich Chair of Natural Sciences\, Academic Dean\, and Vice President. Many of the courses she has offered feature Thoreau’s writings. Her research on plant responses to changing environments has appeared in Science\, Ecology\, and many other journals. Amity currently lives in Concord\, Massachusetts and saunters in Thoreau country at every opportunity. \nRichard Smith is a Public Historian in Concord\, Massachusetts and has been portraying Henry Thoreau for over 20 years. While he spends most of his time (as Thoreau) at Walden Pond\, he also travels a great deal\, and has performed as Thoreau across the country and in Canada. In addition\, Richard has written eleven books (including two about Thoreau) for Applewood Books. \nLet’s walk together through Thoreau’s words and ideas—deliberately and in good company. \n 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/reading-group-nov2026/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thoreau Alliance":MAILTO:info@thoreaualliance.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T170000
DTSTAMP:20260825T153947Z
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Farm Reading Group: "Former Inhabitants & Winter Visitors"
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together \nOne Thursday per month. One reading per meeting.  \nDecember 15 : “Former Inhabitants & Winter Visitors” from Walden. Download Reading. \n\n Register\n\n\nOther Reading Group sessions:\n\nSeptember 8: “Where I lived and What I Lived For” from Walden. Download Reading. Register.\nOctober 20: “Wild Apples” Download Reading. Register.\nNovember 17: “A Winter Walk” Download Reading. Register.\n\n\nAt Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\n6:00 pm – light refreshments\, socializing (and reading the essay\, if you haven’t yet)\n7:00 pm – lively discussion\n \nFREE (suggested donation: $5/session) \nRegistration encouraged\, drop-ins welcome.  \nJoin us at Thoreau Farm for our monthly reading group exploring the writing of Henry David Thoreau. Each session will center on one selected reading\, inviting lively conversation around Thoreau’s views on nature\, society\, and moral responsibility. \nThis informal\, community-focused series welcomes readers of all backgrounds—no prior experience with Thoreau necessary. Come every month or drop in as you’re able. \nDiscussions will be led by Richard Smith and Amity Wilczek.  \nDr. Amity Wilczek is an evolutionary ecologist whose role as an educator and researcher has been shaped by attention to place\, history\, and student experience. Her teaching career started at Harvard and Brown before transitioning to Deep Springs College\, where over 10 years she served as Herbert Reich Chair of Natural Sciences\, Academic Dean\, and Vice President. Many of the courses she has offered feature Thoreau’s writings. Her research on plant responses to changing environments has appeared in Science\, Ecology\, and many other journals. Amity currently lives in Concord\, Massachusetts and saunters in Thoreau country at every opportunity. \nRichard Smith is a Public Historian in Concord\, Massachusetts and has been portraying Henry Thoreau for over 20 years. While he spends most of his time (as Thoreau) at Walden Pond\, he also travels a great deal\, and has performed as Thoreau across the country and in Canada. In addition\, Richard has written eleven books (including two about Thoreau) for Applewood Books. \nLet’s walk together through Thoreau’s words and ideas—deliberately and in good company. \n 
URL:https://www.thoreaualliance.org/event/reading-group-dec2026/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thoreau Alliance":MAILTO:info@thoreaualliance.org
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