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. | |