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, […]
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 […]
Join historian Richard Smith on Patriot’s Day 2025, for an entertaining and educational look at Concord’s two revolutions: the Revolutionary War and the Revolution of early American writers: the spiritual, literary and intellectual movement which became known as Transcendentalism. Richard will speak about Concord in the 18th and 19th centuries, the two revolutions that started […]
Join Concord’s native ornithologist, author, and naturalist on a bird walk at Walden Pond State Reservation with frequent collaborator Lillian Stokes & others. Peter Alden is the author of 16 wildlife books, including National Audubon’s Field Guide to New England. He is also on staff at the Thoreau Society Shop at Walden. All children must […]
Join Concord’s native ornithologist, author, and naturalist on a bird walk at Walden Pond State Reservation with frequent collaborator Lillian Stokes & others. Peter Alden is the author of 16 wildlife books, including National Audubon’s Field Guide to New England. He is also on staff at the Thoreau Society Shop at Walden. All children must […]
To honor the harvest season and Thoreau’s essay “Wild Apples,” we will host Public Historians Richard Smith and Dennis Picard for an apple-centric event! Smith will introduce us to Thoreau’s essay on the beauty, flavor and lore of everyone’s favorite fall treat, while Picard will educate us on traditional apple cidering in New England. This […]
Join Concord’s native ornithologist, author, and naturalist on a bird walk at Walden Pond State Reservation with frequent collaborator Lillian Stokes & others. Alden is the author of 16 wildlife books, including National Audubon’s Field Guide to New England. He is also on staff at the Thoreau Society Shop at Walden. All children must be […]
Join Concord’s native ornithologist, author, and naturalist on a bird walk at Walden Pond State Reservation with frequent collaborator Lillian Stokes & others. Alden is the author of 16 wildlife books, including National Audubon’s Field Guide to New England. He is also on staff at the Thoreau Society Shop at Walden. All children must be […]