Past Events

2017 Thoreau Stamp

Henry D Thoreau First Day Stamp Issue

Date: 
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 9:45am to 3:00pm
Location: 
Walden Pond State Reservation

“A Visit from Henry David Thoreau”: A Dramatic Performance by Kevin Radaker

Date: 
Saturday, May 20, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
First Presbyterian Church, Granville, Ohio

 

Encounter Henry David Thoreau, America's mid-nineteenth-century apostle of the wilderness, social critic, and political reformer, on the eve of the Civil War.  After his formal presentation, Thoreau will answer questions from the audience, followed by Professor Radaker answering questions about Thoreau.

Dr. Kevin Radaker—Bio

 

Come Alive! Chautauqua Jr. at Wildwood Park

Date: 
Friday, May 19, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
Wildwood Park, Granville, Ohio

 

Young readers and families are invited to join us under the tent for hands-on Thoreau-inspired activity stations like journal making, nature portraits, and more.  Plus live music.   Stations sponsored by visiting Thoreau scholar and performer Kevin Radaker, Licking County Parks, and the Granville Historical Society.   Based on the book Henry David Thoreau for Kids by Corinne Smith.   

 

Dr. Kevin Radaker—Bio

 

Brown Bag Lunch: “Thoreau on Slavery and the Conscience” with guest speaker, Kevin Radaker

Date: 
Friday, May 19, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
Granville Historical Society, Granville, Ohio

 

Pack your lunch and join this informal round table discussion led by visiting Thoreau scholar and performer,  Kevin Radaker.  Learn about the progression of Thoreau’s resistance to slavery and his responses to various social crises of his time by way of his three anti-slavery essays: ‘Civil Disobedience,’ ‘Slavery in Massachusetts,’ and ‘A Plea for Captain John Brown.’  

 

Dr. Kevin Radaker—Bio

 

“Henry Thoreau’s Passion for the Wild and the Wilderness”

Date: 
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
Granville Public Library, Granville, Ohio

 

 

Visiting Thoreau scholar and performer, Kevin Radaker, explains Thoreau’s environmental thought and his impact on the wilderness preservation movement.  Learn how American transcendentalism shaped Thoreau’s reverence for the natural world through excerpts from his works, including his essay entitled “Walking.” 

 

Dr. Kevin Radaker—Bio

 

Sally Sanford's "Henry and The Huckleberries"

Date: 
Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Thoreau Farm & Birthplace

 

St. Benedict Catholic School will Saunter the Year with Henry David Thoreau

Date: 
Friday, May 12, 2017 - 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
St. Benedict Catholic School 13633 Rockside Road Garfield Heights, OH 44125

St. Benedict Catholic School will Saunter the Year with Henry David Thoreau on May 12, 2017 from 6:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.  The program is a culminating event to the year long celebration of Henry David Thoreau through creative writing, art, dramatic performance, music, and song.  It will include: students singing "Tom Bowling", Thoreau's favorite song, scenes from The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail  by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E.

Thoreau Bicentennial Events at First Parish in Concord, MA

Date: 
Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 4:00pm
Location: 
First Parish Church, Concord, Massachusetts

 

First Parish is marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord on July 12, 1817.

Join the celebration with these engaging programs at First Parish in Concord!

 

First Parish is located at 20 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts, 01742

Caffrey Exhibit

Birds of Thoreau Country by John Caffrey Exhibit

Date: 
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 1:00pm to Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 1:00pm
Location: 
Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle

The Lit & Phil hosts a special exhibition to celebrate the Bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau's Birth 1817-1862, Birds of Thoreau Country by John Caffrey.

Books, Antiquarian to Present; including an exhibition of John Caffrey’s original paintings related to the observations of Thoreau.

Climate Reality at Thoreau Farm on Earth Day

Date: 
Saturday, April 22, 2017 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Thoreau Farm & Birthplace

 

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