Past Events

Thoreau Society Annual Gathering

Previous Annual Gatherings

Date: 
Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 08:00
Location: 
Various locations in Concord, MA

The Thoreau Society has been celebrating its Annual Gathering since its founding in 1941.  Thoreau Society members and enthusiasts from around the world gather in Concord each July around the time of Thoreau's birthday, July 12.  Our Keynote speakers have featured a diverse group of individuals, inspired by Thoreau in some way, including:  Joyce Carol Oates, Arun Gandhi, and Edward O. Wilson.

Lawrence Millman, Author of "Fascinating Fungi of New England," to Give a Free Mushroom Walk in Estabrook Woods

Date: 
Monday, July 16, 2018 - 13:00 to 15:00
Location: 
Estabrook Woods

Join us for a mushroom foray in Estabrook Woods with mycologist and author Lawrence Millman.
As a mycologist, Millman has done fungal surveys in places as diverse as Honduras, Arctic Canada, Panama, East Greenland, Western Samoa, and Nantucket.

Surveyors Historical Society Beginning Point Marker Dedication at Thoreau Farm and Annual Gathering Picnic

Date: 
Sunday, July 15, 2018 - 12:45
Location: 
Thoreau Farm

Join the Surveyors Historical Society at Thoreau Farm for the dedication of a “Beginning Point” marker to honor Henry David Thoreau’s career as a surveyor. The marker will give the exact latitude and longitude of Thoreau’s birth house on Virginia Road.

What can we learn from the muck at the bottom of Walden Pond?

Date: 
Sunday, July 1, 2018 - 12:00
Location: 
First Parish, 20 Lexington Road Concord, Massachusetts 01742

The Transcendentalism Council of First Parish in Concord, The Thoreau Society, and Walden Pond State Reservation will host Curt Stager, a professor at Paul Smith’s College, NY, who uses sediment cores sampled from lakes to look at historical changes in the environment.

Robert Thorson, Author Talk, "The Guide to Walden Pond" at Thoreau Farm

Date: 
Saturday, June 2, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:30
Location: 
Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau, 341 Virginia Road, Concord MA 01742

Robert Thorson, Author Talk, The Guide to Walden Pond at Thoreau Farm

The Guide to Walden Pond: An Exploration of the History, Nature, Landscape, and Literature of One of America's Most Iconic Places is the seventh book published by Thorson, an award-winning author, geology professor at the University of Connecticut, science columnist, speaker, consultant, and expert guide to Thoreau's Concord.

Tim Laman

Date: 
Friday, June 1, 2018 - 04:00
Location: 
Walden Pond State Reservation

Walden Pond State Reservation
INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM
Meet Award-winning National Geographic Photojournalist, Tim Laman, at his Walden Wildlife Exhibit Opening

Spring Mushroom Identification Walk with Mycologist Lawrence Millman

Date: 
Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 13:00 to 15:00
Location: 
Estabrook Woods - Park at Monument Street entrance.

Spring Mushroom Identification Walk with Mycologist Lawrence Millman

FYI - THIS EVENT IS FULL, Sign Up for our Wait List

Mycologist Lawrence Millman will be our foray leader on a mushroom identification walk to rival all other Spring mushroom activities.

WWHD

"What Would Henry Do?" Panel at Thoreau Farm

Date: 
Saturday, May 5, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:30
Location: 
Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau, 341 Virginia Road, Concord MA 01742

Based on Thoreau Farm's new book What Would Henry Do?: Essays for the 21st Century, a panel of Thoreauvian essayists, including:

Keith Bergman, volunteer with The Climate Reality Project
Debbie Bier, board member, Thoreau Farm Trust
Jayne Gordon, historian
Sandy Stott, writer and editor
Moderator: Ken Lizotte, president Thoreau Farm Trust

Reverend Jim Sherblom

Date: 
Sunday, April 15, 2018 - 12:00 to 14:00

The Thoreau Society and Walden Pond State Reservation proudly present…

“Transcendentalism in the 21st Century,” a lecture by Reverend Jim Sherblom, author of

Spritual Audacity: Six Disciplines of Human Flourishing

THOREAU WHISPERER

Date: 
Sunday, February 4, 2018 - 13:30 to 14:30
Location: 
Thoreau Farm

Is Cathryn McIntyre The Thoreau Whisperer? Come and judge for yourself on Sunday, February 4, 2018 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM - as she reads from her new book, The Thoreau Whisperer at The Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord Massachusetts.

BOOK DESCRIPTION – THE THOREAU WHISPERER BY CATHRYN MCINTYRE
After encountering her mentor, an eminent Thoreau scholar, eleven days after his death, in The Thoreau Whisper, Cathryn McIntyre finds she must hone her psychic ability, set her doubts aside and accept the role she was destined to play in a remarkable collaboration that allows Thoreau’s words to be heard once again in our time.

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