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Birds & Beyond: A Journey through Thoreau’s Landscape with Barry Van Dusen

Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA, United States +1 more

From May 11th to July 24th, visitors to Concord can explore Barry Van Dusen's beautiful nature sketches displayed at both Thoreau Farm and Walden Pond State Reservation Visitor Center. Van Dusen is a Massachusetts-based artist and the author of Finding Sanctuary, in which he describes and illustrates 61 of Mass Audubon’s wildlife sanctuaries, nature centers, […]

Free

Special MLK Day Event: Civil Disobedience

Walden Pond State Reservation 915 Walden Street, Concord, MA, United States

Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights legacy and Henry David Thoreau’s legacy at the Walden Pond Visitor Center. Join an interactive panel led by Concord historian Richard Smith and The Robbins House President Nikki Turpin to discuss the influence of Thoreau’s essay Civil Disobedience on activists King and Gandhi and current acts of […]

Free