GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
Braiding the wild, the spiritual, and the human into poems and meditations, Chrissa Ventrelle focuses on the soothing wisdom of nature and the gift of togetherness in her second collection, What Nature Knows: Poems & Meditations. She is joined by artist Hillary Waters Fayle who provided the artwork for the volume. The two share a conversation […]
Kara Fossey, Executive Director of both the Groton History Center and the Fort Devens Museum, will present an illustrated program about the various roles American Women played during World War II, military, civilian, and volunteer. Special emphasis will be placed on Fort Devens and women from Massachusetts. Co-sponsored with Fort Devens Museum
Join the Sudbury Valley Trustees for an invigorating morning walk to celebrate the new spring season! Nobscot is an extensive trail network that spans the town borders of Framingham and Sudbury, Massachusetts. This will be a moderate-paced hike suitable for people accustomed to walking on woodland trails. Image courtesy of the Sudbury Valley Trustees. Click […]
H is for Hawk memoirist, Helen Macdonald, will discuss her newest collection of essays, Vesper Flights in which she reflects on “the numinous” of nature – “those moments where mystery arises from the meeting of human art and unpredictable natural phenomena.” Advanced registration is required. This program is being livestreamed to a virtual audience. This […]
William Brewster (1851-1919) was the first president of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, which inspired the creation of Audubon Societies across the U.S. Brewster's passion for Concord's land and rivers, and for its flora and fauna, echo the vision of an earlier Concordian, Henry David Thoreau. Concord historian and educator Jayne Gordon will explore similarities and […]
“I WAS THIRTY-THREE and couldn’t get a job as a dogcatcher. As if flaming out of three theaters and provoking Gregory Peck to slug me weren’t bad enough, I had accepted a job to direct a play about bestiality on Broadway. Leda Had a Little Swan was, to my knowledge, the first play in Broadway […]
Join The Walden Woods Project and The Walden EDU Team of USC Game Innovation Lab for a special event about Walden, a game. Developer Tracy Fullerton will discuss the evolution and intention of the classroom computer game as well as provide a brief demonstration of the newest module “Civil Disobedience.” Joining Tracy are educators Jennifer […]
In a never before seen adventure into the stories of the unknown, History At Play TM embodies the spirit of international women who risked their lives to defeat Fascism in World War II. World War Women is a suspenseful reliving of the terrors and triumphs of some of our greatest heroines. From organizing the resistance, […]
Join Mass Audubon Birder's Certificate Program graduate Alison O'Hare for a series of Sunday morning bird walks at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary. These walks will focus on Wachusett Meadow's diverse birdlife, looking for newly arrived spring migrants, birds just passing through, and birds that are local breeders. Our slow pace will give you an opportunity […]
Earth Month Exhibition: April 6 - April 23 Accompanying The Umbrella Arts Center's April 23 Earth Day celebration in partnership with Minute Man National Historical Park and The Old Manse is a free Earth Month community art exhibition on view at The Umbrella Arts Gallery, 40 Stow Street, from April 6 - April 23. This […]
Join us for On Belonging In Outdoor Spaces, a free series featuring speakers whose work is advancing efforts to strengthen belonging and connection between communities of color and the outdoors. As a cancer survivor, paraclimber, outdoor enthusiast, and a diversity, equity, and inclusion professional, Kareemah Batts pulls from her lived experience and education to co-create […]
The Liberty Pole Capping and Raising is a reenactment of a practice in Colonial America signifying dissatisfaction with varied rulings and conduct of the English government of that date. It is meant to be commemorative of the spirit of liberty exemplified by Bedfordians and other colonials in the early phases of the War for Independence. […]
