| Thursday, July 11 |
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| 8:30-10 a.m. 8:30-11:30 a.m.
WALDEN POND | Walden Pond Activities
Several interpretive nature walks will begin from in front of the Shop at Walden Pond. Parking is free only in the Walden Pond main lot for Thoreau Society members attending an Annual Gathering Event occurring at the Pond. Please wear your Annual Gathering name tag.A. Interpretive Natural History Walk (Walden Pond State Reservation Staff)
B. Pine Hill Walk and Tour of the Thoreau Institute (Walden Pond State
Reservation Staff and the Thoreau Institute Staff)
C. Walk to Heywood’s Meadow (Tom Potter)D. Invasive Plant Species/Biodiversity Walk (Peter Alden, principle author of
the renowned Audubon Society Field Guide series) |
9 a.m.*
CONCORD MUSEUM | Walking Tour of Thoreau’s Town With a Visit to the Thoreau Collections and Emerson’s Study at the Concord Museum |
| 1-7 p.m. | Registration at Masonic Temple |
2-3:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Workshop Session I
A. Building a Foundation: An Introduction to Thoreau (Tom Potter)
B. Henry David Thoreau and Taigu Ryokan (Larry Smith, Ph.D.)
C. Thoreau and Racial Science (Richard Schneider, Ph.D.) |
4-5:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Panel Discussion I
�Thoreau Research in Progress� Chair: Sterling Delano, Ph.D. |
6:30-7:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Dessert Social |
7:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | “The Artist of Kouroo and His Art” a lecture by Alan Hodder, Ph.D. |
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| Friday, July 12 |
7:30-9 a.m.
CABIN REPLICA
WALDEN POND | Walk to the Bean Field
a guided walk by Bradley P. Dean, Ph.D., Director, Media Center, The Thoreau Institute |
10-11:30 a.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Panel Discussion II
“From Influx to Influence: Emerson, His Reading, His Readers” Chair: Len Gougeon, Ph.D. |
| 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Registration at Masonic Temple |
12:00 p.m.*
MASONIC TEMPLE
DOWNSTAIRS | Boxed Lunch Pickup |
1-2:30 p.m.
CONCORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY | Thoreau and Emerson Iconography in the Concord Free Public Library Collection
led by Leslie Wilson
Due to space limitations, this program is limited to 20 participants. Advance registration is required. |
1-2:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Workshop Session II
A. Introducing Thoreau to Children (D.B. Johnson, author of Henry Hikes to
Fitchburg and Henry Builds a Cabin)
B. Walden Pond: Its Meanings, Past and Present (W. Barksdale Maynard) |
3-4:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Panel Discussion III
“Thoreau’s Framing Questions” Chair: Jayne Gordon, Education Program Director, The Thoreau Institute |
5:30-7 p.m.*
FIRST PARISH CHURCH | Dinner
(tomato/basil ziti with chicken and vegetables, salad, rolls, dessert, beverages) |
7:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | “Attending to Man: Thoreau on Freedom and Slavery” a lecture by Jeff Cramer, Curator of Collections, The Thoreau Institute |
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| Saturday, July 13 |
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7 a.m.
CABIN REPLICA
WALDEN POND | Memorial Walk at Walden Pond
led by Parker Huber |
8-9 a.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH | Refreshments and Registration |
9-10:30 a.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH | Annual Business Meeting |
10:45-11:30 a.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH | The Dana Brigham Memorial Lecture:
“Thoreau’s Contending Voices: Prophecy Versus History”
Prof. Lewis Hyde
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11:30 a.m.*
FIRST PARISH CHURCH | Boxed Lunch Pickup |
12-1:30 p.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH | Readings from “Huckleberries”
led by Elizabeth Witherell |
12:30-4 p.m.*
PARKING LOT
MASONIC TEMPLE | Tour of Brook Farm led by Sterling Delano, Ph.D. |
2:30-4 p.m.
THOREAU INSTITUTE | Panel Discussion IV
“Preserving Thoreau Country” Chair: John Mack |
2:30-4 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Thoreau’s Puzzles
led by Prof. Lewis Hyde
A discussion enlisting participants in deciphering the meaning of obscure passages in Thoreau’s work. |
| 4:15-5:15 p.m.* | Reception with Lewis Hyde |
5:30-7 p.m.*
FIRST PARISH CHURCH | Dinner
(lemon chicken, red potatoes, roasted vegetables, salad, rolls, dessert & beverages) |
7:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE | Book Signing and Social |
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| Sunday, July 14 |
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7:30-10 a.m.*
CONCORD ACADEMY
(WEST GATE) | Canoeing on the Concord River with Dave Ganoe |
9-11 a.m.*
PARKING LOT
MASONIC TEMPLE | Estabrook Woods Walk with J. Walter Brain |
10:30-11 a.m.
THOREAU INSTITUTE | Coffee and Donuts for Participants in the “Thoreau Sense of Place” program courtesy of the Thoreau Institute |
11-12:30 p.m.
HENLEY LIBRARY
THOREAU INSTITUTE | Thoreau’s Sense of Place
led by John Hanson Mitchell and Bradley P. Dean, Ph.D., Director, Media Center, The Thoreau Institute
with Kathi Anderson, Executive Director, The Thoreau Institute and Walden Woods Project; and Jeff Cramer, Curator of Collections, The Thoreau Institute |
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| *Asterisk indicates activities not included in your registration fee. See registration form for pricing. |
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| Events Schedule is subject to change. A final schedule will be provided prior to your arrival and in the information packet handed out during on-site registration. |
