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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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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?
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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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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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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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