Past Events

Thoreau Farm

20th Anniversary of Thoreau Farm - Citizen Clark ... A Life of Principle

Date: 
Saturday, November 17, 2018 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Concord Academy's Performing Arts Center, 166 Main Street, Concord, MA

Citizen Clark ... A Life of Principle

Thoreau Farm

20th Anniversary of Thoreau Farm - A Principled Life: Panel Discussion

Date: 
Saturday, November 17, 2018 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Concord

A Principled Life: Panel Discussion

“An Eye for Trees” by Richard Higgins

Date: 
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 9:00am to Friday, November 30, 2018 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Concord Free Public Library

The Concord Free Public Library will host an exhibit of Richard Higgins’s photographs of local trees November 2 through November 30.

Richard Smith - "Walking"

Date: 
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 7:00pm
Location: 
First Parish

THOREAU’S ESSAY “WALKING”
Group Discussion with Historian Richard Smith
Monday, November 5, 7:00 p.m.
First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Rd., Concord, MA

Preceding the discussion, Richard will talk about Thoreau and his reasons for writing “Walking.” He invites participants to discuss whether and why they like the essay, and how it relates to their modern life.

Thoreau Farm Anniversary: A Principled Life: Panel Discussion

Date: 
Friday, November 2, 2018 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Concord Academy's Performing Arts Center

A Principled Life: Panel Discussion

Thoreau Talk, Foraging Walk & Tasting

Date: 
Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Bethel Woods, NY

WoodsTalk:Live

"All good things are wild and free." Henry D. Thoreau

Deborah Bier

Date: 
Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord

Free Talk on Dementia for Family and Caregivers

Dr. Deborah Bier to talk on her book, “From Crisis to Calm” and the care methods that can be successful in helping family members and caregivers.

Sat., Oct. 20, 3 - 4 PM at Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord

 

Robert Thorson

“Down-time” at Walden Pond

Date: 
Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: 
First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Rd., Concord, MA

“Near the end of March, 1845,” Thoreau “borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond." Robert M. Thorson explores this descent in his new book, The Guide to Walden Pond (Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt, 2018).

Transcendentalists, Abolitionists, John Brown and Beyond: How New England Writers Made John Brown a Hero

Date: 
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 6:00pm
Location: 
Thoreau Farm, Concord, MA

Historian Richard Smith to discuss how New England Writers made John Brown a hero.

Wild Apples Public Reading of Thoreau’s Essay

Date: 
Sunday, October 7, 2018 - 10:00am

Come and hear the words of Henry David Thoreau’s essay, Wild Apples, read aloud! Meet at the LEED certified Visitor Center at Walden Pond State Reservation.

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