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2001: 60th Anniversary

July 12-15, 2001 Concord, Massachusetts
Dana S. Brigham Memorial Keynote Speaker: Donald Worster

Thursday, July 12
8:30-10 a.m.WALDEN POND Walden Pond Activities
Several interpretive nature walks will begin from in front of the Shop at Walden Pond. Parking is available only in the Walden Pond main lot ($2)A. “Solitude” and “Visitors”: A Discussion Group (Barry Andrews)
B.  Walk to Thoreau’s Bean field (Denise Morrissey)
C.  Interpretive Pond Walk (Steve Carlin)
D.  Pine Hill Walk and Tour of Thoreau Institute
9 a.m.* Walking Tour of Concord
1-7 p.m. Registration at Masonic Temple
2-3:30 p.m.MASONIC TEMPLE Workshop Session I
A. Thoreau 101 (Tom Potter)
B. Thoreau, Poetry, and Science (Laura Dassow Walls)
C. Concord’s Heritage: Preserving Thoreau Country
4-5:30 p.m.MASONIC TEMPLE �The Shaping of Thoreau� a presentation by Elizabeth Hall Witherell
7:30-9:30 p.m.MASONIC TEMPLE “Thoreau’s List of Worthies” a lecture by Robert Finch
(refreshments to follow) 
Friday, July 13
7:30-8:30 a.m.*NORTH BRIDGE
(MONUMENT ST.)
Discovering Thoreau at MinuteMan National Historical Park
an interpretive walk with Jane Sciacca
9-10:30 a.m.MASONIC TEMPLE Panel Discussion I: “Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Wisdom”
sponsored by the Ralph Waldo Emerson SocietyAttendees are invited to propose a favorite passage (100-word limit) from Emerson’s works that captures his wisdom for his time or ours. To be a potential panelist, send your passage by May 15, along with a comment on its significance to program chairs Phyllis Cole and Sarah Wider at pbc2@psu.edu or swider@mail.colgate.edu, or Phyllis Cole, 310 Vassar Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081.
10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Registration at Masonic Temple
11:15 p.m.* Boxed Lunch Pickup and free time in Concord
1-2:30 p.m.MASONIC TEMPLE Workshop Session II
A. Photographing Walden Pond (Bonnie McGrath)
B. Selections from Thoreau’s Cape Cod (Adam Gamble)
C. Thoreau, Harvard, and the Metaphysical Poets (Dayton Haskin)
3-4:30 p.m.MASONIC TEMPLE Panel Discussion II: “Why Teach Thoreau?”
(Jayne Gordon and participants in the Thoreau Institute summer seminar for High School Teachers)
5-7 p.m.* Dinner
FIRST PARISH CHURCH baked stuffed shells, mesulin greens, rolls,
dessert & beverages
7:30 p.m.MASONIC TEMPLE “Thoreau’s Country: A Slide Show of Images by Herbert Wendell Gleason” an illustrated lecture by Leslie Wilson  (refreshments to follow)
Saturday, July 14
7 a.m.
WALDEN POND
Memorial Walk at Walden Pond with Parker Huber
(Meet in parking lot of Walden Pond State Reservation)
8-9 a.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH
Coffee and Pastries at First Parish
9-10:30 a.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH
Annual Business Meeting
10:30 a.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH
Keynote Address:
“Thoreau and the American Passion for Wilderness”
Donald Worster
11:30 a.m.*
FIRST PARISH CHURCH
Boxed Lunch Pickup
11:30-1 p.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH
Public Reading of “Walking”
2-3:30 p.m.
MASONIC TEMPLE
Panel Discussion III: “Thoreauvian Perspectives on Wildness”
Chair: Bradley P. Dean
Panelists: Richard Schneider and Ronald W. Hoag
4-5 p.m.* Reception with Donald Worster
5-7 p.m.*
FIRST PARISH CHURCH
Dinner
Teriyaki chicken, red potatoes, green beans almondine, mesculin greens, rolls,
dessert & beverages
7:30 p.m.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH
60th Anniversary Recognition Celebration
book signing. . .exhibits. . .beer, wine, and cheese social
Sunday, July 15
8-10 a.m.*
CONCORD ACADEMY
(WEST GATE)
Estabrook Woods Walk with Stephen F. Ells
8-11 a.m.*
CONCORD ACADEMY
(WEST GATE)
Canoeing on the Concord River with Dave Ganoe
*Asterisk indicates activities not included in your registration fee. All other listed activities require an additional fee.
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.

Date

Jul 12 - 15 2001
Expired!

Time

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

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