Past Events

Credit: Robert Shetterly, Americans Who Tell The Truth

The Great Tide of Humanity: Race and Gender Reform in 19th Century Concord, Massachusetts

Date: 
Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 7:30pm

Register for this workshop. Tickets $5  (students are free)

Writing from Your Own Guts

Date: 
Monday, October 12, 2020 - 3:00pm
Location: 
This is a Zoom event

This workshop is taught over three one-hour Zoom meetings and continuous online discussion. Monday, October 12, 2020, 3 pm - 4 pm & Saturdays, October 17 & 24, 2020, 11-noon. Tuition: $175.00

Register for this workshop!

Thoreau Farm

Henry Thoreau’s and Al Gore’s Climate Reality

Date: 
Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Zoom; will send links once registered.

Henry Thoreau’s and Al Gore’s Climate Reality, as part of Climate Reality’s 24 Hours of Reality: Countdown to the Future, Thoreau Farm will host a virtual presentation on the climate crisis and its solutions.

Michael Frederick, Moderator

Stark Mad Abolitionists: Concord and The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

Date: 
Friday, September 18, 2020 - 7:00pm
Location: 
This is a Zoom event

To register for this free event, click here!

Surveyor of the Soul

An evening film, "Surveyor of the Soul," Films by Huey

Date: 
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Film Showing

A screening of Surveyor of the Soul sponsored by The Thoreau Society and Films by Huey
This is not a webinar. A Vimeo Link will be made available.
Webinar Books and DVD: https://bit.ly/3haEMfw

Huey

"The Making of 'Surveyor of the Soul'"

Date: 
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Webinar

"The Making of 'Surveyor of the Soul'" sponsored by The Thoreau Society and Films by Huey with interviewer Michael Frederick and guest speakers: Huey, Matthew Schlein, Laura Dassow Walls, and Sandra Harbert Petrulionis
Watch the recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/wsFuFuvp1FFJAbPNx3jPZKwNO6DcT6a8gSFN8_...
Webinar Books and DVD: https://bit.ly/3haEMfw

Jan Turnquist

Racism and Disenfranchisement: Then and Now

Date: 
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Webinar

"Racism and Disenfranchisement: Then and Now" sponsored by Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House and The Thoreau Society with interviewer Jan Turnquist and guest speakers Maria Madison and Sandra Harbert Petrulionis
Watch the recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/-uFzHb2t_CBJW9LWuR6GU4U5NJ7ieaa82yZKrP...
Webinar Books: https://bit.ly/3haEMfw

Rebecca Kneale Gould

The Global Thoreau Community: A Conversation – Part 2

Date: 
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 12:00pm
Location: 
Webinar

"The Global Thoreau Community: A Conversation – Part 2" sponsored by The Thoreau Society with interviewer Rebecca Kneale Gould and guest speakers: Henrik Otterberg (Sweden), Brian Bartlett (Canada), Antonio Casado da Rocha (Spain), and Bergur Thorgeirsson (Iceland)
Watch the recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/5P1uPZfBxE9OGInxs2bRAIMsJpq4X6a8gHQZr_...

Penobscot Nation

An Evening Film and Q & A: "the Penobscot Nation and Indian Island, Maine"

Date: 
Saturday, June 13, 2020 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Live Stream with Webinar Q&A!

An Evening Film and Q & A: "the Penobscot Nation and Indian Island, Maine" sponsored by The Thoreau Society and the Penobscot Nation
A Vimeo link will be provided for the film portion. Watch the Q & A Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9cBNP7-pzkhLfdbq6lrmCo0YArr4aaa81iFM_6...
Webinar Books: https://bit.ly/3haEMfw

The Pencil

Interview with Henry Petroski on Thoreau and Engineering

Date: 
Saturday, June 13, 2020 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Webinar

An Interview with Henry Petroski sponsored by The Thoreau Society with interviewer Richard Smith
Watch the recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/3JBHIJTB2URLHIHs0GjEAaM7EtzOaaa8hyQY86...
Webinar Books: https://bit.ly/3haEMfw

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