Thursday, July 8    Back

6:00      Reading of Walden (beginning to end). Walden Pond.
John Mack.

7:00      Swim at the Pond. Thoreau’s Cove.
Jennie Wollenweber. 

• Bring bathing suit, towel, shoes and a 
  short passage from Walden about the Pond.

7:00      Plants and Birds of Thoreau's Day and Now. Shop
Peter Alden. 

• Bring your Field Glasses and favorite Field Guide.

9:00*    Walking Tour of Thoreau's Town Concord Museum

• Start by viewing the Museum's permanent collection. Then, visit 
  sites in Concord that were part of Thoreau's 19th century life. 
  Finish the tour at the Museum to explore the new exhibition 
  “Visiting Thoreau's Walden”. It offers a perspective on a variety 
  of visitors to the Pond. Refreshments in the courtyard.

9:30      "Wilderness and Spirit, A Mountain Called Katahdin"
Minute Man National Historical Park Visitor’s Center, Lexington
A Film by Huey. 

• This will be the first of 3 screenings of this remarkable film at the 
  MMNHP Visitor’s Center. It’s 100 min. long. There will be time 
  to talk to the film maker after each screening and after the Friday 
  9 am program. VHS and DVD copies on sale after each screening,
   at the Shop at Walden Pond, and the Book Signing.  Refer to Page 
  10 for transportation information.

9:30-11:00      Nature Walk at Walden Pond The Shop
Walter Brain

9:30-11:00 Roland Robbins & The Excavation of Thoreau's House House site
Don Linebaugh

11:30-1:00      Roland Robbins & the Excavation of Thoreau's House House site
Don Linebaugh

11:30-1:00      Gallery Talk: The Illuminated Walden, Vol. II Tsongas Gallery, The Shop
John Wawrzonek

11:30-1:00      Thoreau Institute & Henley Library Tour Henley Library
Jeff Cramer

11:30      "Wilderness and Spirit, A Mountain Called Katahdin"
A Film by Huey (see 9:30 am listing for more info.) 2nd screening.

1-6:00      Registration The Shop

1:30-3:00      Hard Hat Tour of the Concord Public Library Library Steps
Barbara Powell, Library Director. & Leslie Wilson, Curator 

1:30-3:00      Concerns at Walden Pond Beach near Bathhouse
Denise Morrissey

1:30-3:00      Pilgrim Stories Replica site
Joy Ackerman

1:30-3:00      Roland Robbins & the Excavation of Thoreau's House House site
Don Linebaugh

1:30      “Wilderness and Spirit: A Mountain Called Katahdin"
A Film by Huey (see 9:30am listing for more info.) Last screening.

3:30-5:00      Hoeing Beans and Knowing Beans Replica site
Bob Gross

3:30-5:00      Trees: Treasure, Trope and Tonic to Thoreau House site
Rich Higgins

7:00 (approx.)      The Reading of Walden Concludes Walden Pond

8:00      Book Signing and Wine and Cheese Social Masonic Temple

Friday, July 9   Back   
All events (except dinner) held at the Masonic Temple today.

6:45-8:30*      Nature Walk at Great Meadows Parking lot
Peter Alden

9-10:30      Imagining Katahdin, Imagining the Wild Masonic Temple, Main floor
Huey, Ron Hoag, & Brad Dean

9-10:30      Influence of Thoreau's Walden on Personal Values & Lifestyles
Masonic Temple, Downstairs Larry Anderson, Edmund Schofield, Leslie Wilson, P. Bosserman#

10:30-5:00      Registration Masonic Temple, Main floor

10:45-12:15      The Simple Life in a Complex Time: 'Economy’ in the 21st Century
Bob Hudspeth Masonic Temple, Main floor

10:45-12:15      Transcendental Walden: A Search for Thoreau in Text & Metaphors
Tom Potter Downstairs 

12-12:30*      Boxed Lunch Pickup Downstairs

1-2:30      The View from Walden: The Influence of Thoreau's Vision on 
American Landscape Painting and Photography Masonic Temple, Main floor
George De Wolfe

1-2:30      Thoreau's Winter Visitors: Bronson Alcott & Ellery Channing
Richard Smith Masonic Temple, Downstairs

3-4:30      Walden As Spiritual Classic Masonic Temple, Main floor
Alan Hodder, Sarah Wider, David Robinson, & Barry Andrews#

3-4:30      Thoreau's Walden in the Global Community Masonic Temple, Downstairs
Albena Bakratcheva, Steve Hartman, Shoko Itoh, Andy Nagashima
Antonio Casado da Rocha, Nikita Pokrovsky & Richard Schneider#

3-4:30      Wilderness Therapy and Walden Pond Masonic Temple, Upstairs
Michael Sperber

5:30*      Dinner First Parish Church, Parish Hall

7:00      History of the Masonic Temple Front steps
Jayne Gordon & Bob Krom
7:30      Walking with Emerson at Walden Masonic Temple, Main floor
Barksdale Maynard Sponsored by the Emerson Society.

9:00 Social Hour Downstairs

Saturday, July 10   Back

7:00      Memorial Walk at Walden Pond: A Silent Meditation Replica Site
Parker Huber

8-9      Refreshments & Registration First Parish Church, Parish Hall

9-10:30      Annual Business Meeting First Parish Church, Sanctuary

10:45-11:15      Award Presentation First Parish Church Sanctuary

11:30-12:15      The Meanings of Walden: 2004 by Leo Marx First Parish Church Sanctuary
The Dana S. Brigham Memorial Keynote Address

12:30*      Boxed Lunch Pickup First Parish Church, Parish Hall

1:30-3:00      Concord 1854: The Social & Political Contexts of Walden
Masonic Temple, Main floor Randall Conrad, Len Gougeon, Bruce Harris, 
Sandy Petrulionis, Chair

1:30-3      Thoreau's Legacy: Crossing the Conservation/Preservation Divide Masonic Temple, Downstairs Kent Curtis, David Foster, Michael Kellett, Jym St. Pierre, Jeff 
Cramer, Brian Donahue, Chair

3:30-5:00      The Natures of 'Spring' and 'Higher Laws' in Walden 
Brad Dean Masonic Temple, Main floor

3:30-5:00      Walden: A Student Perspective Masonic Temple, Masonic Temple, Downstairs
Jennie Wollenweber, Chair

5:00*      Reception with Leo Marx Site TBD

6:00*      Dinner First Parish Church, Parish Hall

7:30 The Genesis of Walden Masonic Temple
Bob Sattelmeyer

9:00      Ice Cream Social Masonic Temple, Downstairs

Sunday, July 11   Back

7:30-10*      Canoeing on the Concord Concord Academy, West Gate
TBA
7:30-10*      Estabrook Woods Walk Masonic Temple Parking lot
Steve Ells

10:30-12:00      To Be A Philosopher in Thoreau's Time and Ours
Philip Cafaro Masonic Temple, Main floor

10:30-12:00      Teaching Walden Masonic Temple, Downstairs
Susie Carlisle, Richard Kopley, Richard Schneider, 
Matt Schlein, Robin Vaupel, & Barbara Wojtusik, Chair

12:00      Lunch On your own (not included in the food service)

1-3:00      Open House New Thoreau Society Offices
Jayne Gordon, Karen Kashian, & Steven Bentley
Directions to 55 Old Bedford Road, Concord, MA 01742:

From Monument Square, take Lexington Road for 1.2 mi, take left 
onto Old Bedford Rd, we’re the first house on left: Dutch Colonial.
Call (978) 369-5310 if you have trouble.

Program Notes   Back

1. John Wawrzonek's exhibit: The Illuminated Walden, Vol II 
   is on display at the Tsongas Gallery May 3-September 4.
   John Wawrzonek & Ron Bosco will be at the Book Signing 
   to autograph copies of The Illuminated Walden.
   

2. FREE van service on Thursday only for those without cars.
   The routes & schedule are on page 10 of this program.
   

3. End times for outdoors activities & events are approximate.

* = prepaid only if you did so with your registration 
OR an additional fee is required.

Walden Pond State Reservation charges $5 per vehicle fee.
There’s no free parking. Parking is limited; please carpool.

This program schedule is subject to change.
Participants: obtain a final program at the Registration table.

Required Basic Registration includes:   Back

• All workshops, lectures, film screenings, and panels.

• Walden Pond activities & transportation (provided by 
  Sunshine Taxi & Livery)

• The complete reading of Walden.

• All evening socials.

• Annual business meeting (registration isn’t required)