Thoreau Society Panels, ALA 2020
CFP: Thoreau in the Anthropocene & Thoreau and the Author Society in the 21st Century.
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Nature: A Walking Play
The Trustees and TigerLion Arts present Nature, a walking play about Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau’s mutual love…
Richard Higgins, “Trees in Thoreau’s Concord and Today”
"Trees in Thoreau's Concord and Today," photographs by Richard Higgins, author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees, will be…
Shelburne Museum Features “the Thoreau of the Adirondacks”
From the Shelburne Museum: (Shelburne, Vermont) Harold Weston: Freedom in the Wilds will be on view at Shelburne Museum through…
An Evening with Robert Richardson at the Concord Museum
7/31/19, 7-8 pm: Renowned scholar Robert D. Richardson will reflect on Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism. Responses by Bay Emerson…
Engineering Thoreau: Nature, Technology, and the Connected Life
Today, people don't ordinarily associate Thoreau with engineering, but many of his contemporaries made this connection. In his eulogy of…
Auction Fun-Raiser
Starting on March 4 through March 29, 2019, The Thoreau Society and The Thoreau Farm Trust will be auctioning off…
Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul
Documentary film by Huey December 6, 2018, 10 PM, Broadcast Maine Public Television January 3, 2019, 10PM, Broadcast Maine Public…
Slavery’s Determined Foe: The Legacy of John Brown
he Concord Museum will host “Slavery’s Determined Foe: The Legacy of John Brown” with two scholars, Dr. Amanda Gilvin and…
American Literature Association Conference
CFP: Thoreau Society American Literature Association Conference Boston, May 23-29, 2019 The Thoreau Society is pleased to sponsor two sessions…
Thoreau Society Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship, 2019
The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce the fourth annual Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship, generously funded by the Harding family.…
Call for Submissions: Teaching Thoreau
In 2018, the Thoreau Society Bulletin will begin publishing a series of essays on the subject of “Teaching Thoreau.” This new regular feature…
Thoreau Society Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship, 2018
Recipient will receive $1,000 for travel and Thoreau-related research in the Greater Boston area, plus free attendance (not required) at…
Radio Open Source: A 3-Part Celebration of Henry David Thoreau
Christopher Lydon, WBUR, 90.9: "A Wild & Disobedient Life," a multifaceted conversation about the multiple facets of Thoreau Part One,…
“Concord, which is my Rome”: Henry Thoreau and His Home Town, June 7-Oct. 30, 2017
Drawing on the rich holdings of the William Munroe Special Collections of the Concord Free Public Library, this gallery exhibition…
“Walden: Four Views,” gallery talk by Abelardo Morell, June 22, 2017
“Walden: Four Views,” gallery talk by Abelardo Morell, June 22, 2017, Concord Museum. The Concord Museum celebrates the bicentennial of…
Bicentennial Event: Lecture by Robert Gross
"Henry David Thoreau: Son of Concord," a talk by Robert Gross, June 13, 7:00 PM, Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main…
Happenings: Thoreau’s Notes on the Shipwreck of Margaret Fuller
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 6, 2017, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm. Houghton Library recently acquired Thoreau’s manuscript…
Bicentennial Happenings: Thoreau in Our Time
Thoreau in Our Time, May 11, 2017, Jones Library, Amherst. Henry David Thoreau’s writings, especially Walden (1854), were a product…
Bicentennial Happenings: Thoreau Celebration at First Parish
Thoreau Celebration, First Parish, Concord, May 6, 2017, 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm. In honor of the Thoreau Bicentennial, this…
Bicentennial Happenings: Thoreau: Resistance & Freedom
Henry David Thoreau described himself as “a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot,” but he is probably…
Bicentennial Happenings: Introducing Henry David Thoreau to Children
On Thursday, April 20, 3-5pm, Donna Marie Przybojewski will launch her latest children’s book, “Henry David Thoreau Loved the Seasons,”…
Bicentennial Happenings in Concord and Beyond
Art Exhibition—WALDEN: Window & Mirror, April 6 - May 14, 2017. Artist Talks: Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 6:00 pm Concord…
The Walden Pond Visitor Center
The Thoreau Society is proud to announce that the Thoreau Society Shop at Walden Pond has moved into its new…
Captain of a Huckleberry Party!
Date:Saturday, April 1, 2017 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm Location:Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau, 341 Virginia Road, Concord MA…
I love to be Alone, A Valentine to Henry David Thoreau
Date: Sunday, March 19, 2017 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm Location: Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau, 341 Virginia Road,…
Reading Thoreau’s Gait by Brent Ranalli
“Every movement reveals us....We judge a horse not only by seeing him handled on a racecourse, but also by seeing him walk, and even by seeing him rest in a stable.”
Call for Papers, MLA 2018: “Thoreau and Material Culture”
Thoreau rock collection “Thoreau and Material Culture” Call for Papers for a guaranteed session sponsored by the Thoreau Society Modern…
Special Event: “Civil Disobedience” at Thoreau Farm
Join local historians and Walden park staff for the 22nd annual program to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and…
Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship
Recipients receive $1,000 towards travel and research expenses at archives in the Greater-Boston area on Thoreau related projects, as well…