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SUMMARY:Thoreau's 208th Birthday
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Henry’s Birthday with the Thoreau Society! \nAll programs free and open to the public. \nJoin the Thoreau Society during their Annual Gathering for a day of free programs to celebrate Thoreau’s birthday. \n10:30 am \nDana S. Brigham Memorial Keynote Lecture\nCamille T. Dungy\n“Against Solitude: Rethinking Thoreau”\nCamille T. Dungy is an award-winning author and poet\, best known for Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden\, which earned multiple honors including the 2024 Award of Excellence in Garden and Nature Writing. \n1 pm \nExpert Panel: Anti-Slavery & Resistance\nFeaturing Lewis Hyde\, François Specq\, Lois Brown\, Jake McGinnis. \n2:30 pm \nExpert Panel: Common Lands & Indigenous Landscapes\nFeaturing Yafang Luo\, Mark Sturges\, John Kucich & John Hanson Mitchell. \n4 pm – 6:30 pm \nHappy Hour Book Sale & Celebration\nEnjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres\, a cash bar\, and recent titles related to Thoreau. The celebration includes a musical gathering. Bring your guitars\, ukuleles\, and penny whistles! Banjos\, harmonicas\, voices!
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/thoreaus-208th-birthday/
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church\, 81 Elm Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Talks,Tours,Volunteer Opportunities,Walks & Hikes,Workshops & Classes,Open House
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Thoreau Society":MAILTO:info@thoreausociety.org
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SUMMARY:Special MLK Day Event: Civil Disobedience
DESCRIPTION: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 civil unrest. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Friends of Walden Pond\, The Thoreau Society\, and The Robbins House. \nThe program is free however\, parking fees apply all year round. Use the pay and display machines in each lot to purchase ($8 MA license plates\, $15 out-of-state). Display voucher on dashboard or hang valid MA state park passes from rear-view mirror. Call ahead (978) 405-2082 or check Twitter @waldenpondstate for park information and hours before planning a trip. Program details at: mass.gov/dcr/calendar
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/special-mlk-day-event-civil-disobedience/
LOCATION:Walden Pond State Reservation\, 915 Walden Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241025T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241025T200000
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SUMMARY:Thoreau Prize Awarded to J. Drew Lanham
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing\, known as the Thoreau Prize\, will be awarded to J. Drew Lanham. \nThe Thoreau Prize was established in 2010 by nature writer Dale Peterson. In 2020\, the Thoreau Society began administering the award. \nThe Thoreau Prize is a literary award granted annually to an accomplished writer in English who\, with a comparable intensity\, wishes to speak for nature and embodies the spirit of Thoreau as a gifted writer\, insightful naturalist\, and ethical thinker. Although it has traditionally been granted as a lifetime achievement award\, the prize may also be given to mid-career nature writers who have demonstrated exceptional promise in any genre (poetry\, fiction\, or nonfiction). The award consists of $2\,500 and a commemorative gift. \nJoin the Thoreau Society for a presentation by this year’s award winner\, J. Drew Lanham\, on October 25\, followed by a book signing. \n  \nJoseph Drew Lanham is an ornithologist\, naturalist\, writer\, and poet combining conservation science with personal\, historical\, and cultural narratives of nature. Lanham’s research and teaching focuses on the impacts of forest management on birds and other wildlife. He brings this ecological knowledge as well as his perspective as a Black man living in the South to bear on his work as a storyteller\, poet\, and passionate advocate for bird-watching\, outdoor recreation\, and environmental conservation and stewardship. \nIn his 2016 book\, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature\, Lanham traces his love of birds and nature back to his family’s small farm in rural South Carolina. Lanham is also the author of Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts (2021) and Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves (2024)\, both published by Hub City Writers Project. Lanham has published in a variety of leading journals and media platforms\, including Audubon\, Orion\, Vanity Fair\, Forest Ecology and Management\, and Oxford American. He is poet laureate of Edgefield\, South Carolina. \nLanham received a BA (1988)\, an MS (1990)\, and a PhD (1997) from Clemson University\, where he is currently Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher in the Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department. He was an inaugural fellow of the Audubon-Toyota Together Green Initiative and is an Advisory Council member of the North American Association for Environmental Education. In 2022\, he received a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award. \nphoto credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/thoreau-prize-awarded-to-j-drew-lanham/
LOCATION:Trinitarian Congregational Church\, 54 Walden Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks
ORGANIZER;CN="The Thoreau Society":MAILTO:info@thoreausociety.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240710
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SUMMARY:Annual Gathering 2024: Thoreau & Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Annual Gathering 2024 website for full description\, additional details\, and registration. \nIn spite of a lifetime riven by illness and environmental change during an era marred by racial oppression and political turmoil\, Thoreau once wrote\, “Surely joy is the condition of life.” Even in his darkest hours\, Thoreau found resilience. He turned from the depths of mourning to the healing rhythms of the natural world\,  from the desperation of capitalism to the simple labor of the bean-field and the beauty of Walden’s shore\, and from the cynical\, brutal politics of the day to the wonder of children and the work of justice. \nThis year\, the Annual Gathering will examine Thoreau and resilience writ large—nature’s resilience\, Thoreau’s pursuit of cultural and political resilience\, the resilient individual who was Thoreau\, and the resilience of Thoreau’s legacy in our own times. \nThe conference will address the following themes: \n• the ecological (presentations might consider Thoreau and biodiversity\, sustainability\, climate change\, agriculture\, water\, etc.); \n• the cultural/political (presentations might consider reform/activist efforts\, resistance\, social justice\, race\, disability\, adaptability\, etc.); \n• the personal/spiritual (presentations might consider health and illness\, psychology\, spirituality\, family\, community\, self-reliance\, etc.); and \n• the legacy (presentations might consider the resilience of Thoreau’s legacy in our own times).
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/annual-gathering-2024-thoreau-resilience/
LOCATION:Concord\, MA\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Talks,Tours,Volunteer Opportunities,Walks & Hikes,Workshops & Classes,Open House
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SUMMARY:Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
DESCRIPTION:Emily Monosson’s book Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic is a prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi—and how to avert further loss across species\, including our own. \nFungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively\, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on earth\, and a fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here to stay. In Blight\, Emily Monosson documents how trade\, travel\, and a changing climate are making us all more vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats\, frogs\, and salamanders face extinction. In the Northwest\, America’s beloved national parks are covered with the spindly corpses of whitebark pines. Food crops are under siege\, threatening our coffee\, bananas\, and wheat—and\, more broadly\, our global food security. Candida auris\, drug-resistant and resilient\, infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems. Coccidioides\, which lives in drier dusty regions\, may cause infection in apparently healthy people. The horrors go on. \nYet prevention is not impossible. Tracing the history of fungal spread and the most recent discoveries in the field\, Monosson meets scientists who are working tirelessly to protect species under threat\, and whose innovative approaches to fungal invasion have the potential to save human lives. Delving into case studies at once fascinating\, sobering\, and hopeful\, Blight serves as a wake-up call\, a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world\, and a lesson in seeing life on our planet with renewed humility and awe. \nEmily Monosson is the author of Natural Defense\, Unnatural Selection\, and Evolution in a Toxic World. She is a member of the Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Montague\, Massachusetts. \nBrent Ranalli in an environmental policy analyst at the Cadmus Group and co-edits Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology for Yale University Press. He edits the Thoreau Society Bulletin.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/blight-author-emily-monosson-in-conversation-with-brent-ranalli/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Thinking Disobediently: A Conversation with Lawrence Buell
DESCRIPTION:Join leading Thoreau scholar Lawrence Buell at Thoreau Farm as he shares his book\, HENRY DAVID THOREAU: Thinking Disobediently\, the first concise account of Thoreau’s life\, thought\, and impact in more than half a century.  In the book\, Buell details the complexities and contradictions of Thoreau’s life and work\, providing necessary context to understanding a key American writer. The book offers a highly readable entry-point for readers unfamiliar with this author\, agitator\, naturalist\, and sage that is packed with new insights sure to interest seasoned scholars as well. \n  \n 
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/thinking-disobediently-a-conversation-with-lawrence-buell/
LOCATION:Thoreau Farm\, 341 Virginia Road\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220706
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220711
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SUMMARY:Annual Gathering 2022: The Global Thoreau
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Annual Gathering 2022 website for full description\, additional details\, and registration. \nMost sessions will be available by Zoom and recorded. The event schedule indicates which sessions are Zoom events.\n* Some livestream events will be provided for by Minuteman Media Network. \nUnless you’re a student\, non-member rates increase by $55 or the cost of an annual membership. \nEarly Live-event Registration is $275 by June 17 (includes Virtual-event Registration) and then $300 by July 1 and $325 at event for Regular Live-event Registration. Your live-event registration entitles you to watch the Zoom webinars and the recordings of the Zoom webinars once they become available. You can also\, of course\, attend the in-person programs. $100 Student Live-event Registration. \nVirtual-event Registration is $150. If you decide to attend in-person events\, you can upgrade to the Live-event Registration. A $150 fee will apply (you’ll save $25 if you decide to upgrade after July 1). Your virtual-event registration entitles you to watch the Zoom webinars and the recordings of the Zoom webinars once they become available. It’s $55 for a Student Virtual-event Registration. \nWe do not want to turn anyone away because of financial need. To request a confidential fee reduction\, please contact info@thoreausociety.org.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/annual-gathering-2022-the-global-thoreau/
LOCATION:Multiple Locations
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours,Walks & Hikes,Workshops & Classes
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Thoreau Society":MAILTO:info@thoreausociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220424T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220424T140000
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SUMMARY:When Things Go Horribly Wrong with Sy Montgomery
DESCRIPTION:To research books\, films and articles\, Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire and bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica\, worked in a pit crawling with 18\,000 snakes in Manitoba and handled a wild tarantula in French Guiana. \nShe has been deftly undressed by an orangutan in Borneo\, hunted by a tiger in India\, and swum with piranhas\, electric eels and dolphins in the Amazon. She has searched the Altai Mountains of Mongolia’s Gobi for snow leopards\, hiked into the trackless cloud forest of Papua New Guinea to radiocollar tree kangaroos\, and learned to SCUBA dive in order to commune with octopuses. \nSy Montgomery will discuss with Michael Frederick\, Executive Director of Thoreau Society\, her writing process and her best-selling memoir The Soul of an Octopus among other works spanning her long and adventurous career. \nThis workshop is part of the Write Connection at Thoreau Farm\, a program in partnership with the Thoreau Society. Through writing workshops and author talks we support writers who expand on Thoreau’s extraordinary insights into life\, nature\, and social responsibility or find in Thoreau inspiration for living deliberately\, practicing simplicity\, and exploring new ideas for positive change.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/when-things-go-horribly-wrong-with-sy-montgomery/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220322T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220322T200000
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SUMMARY:André Gregory (“My Dinner with André”) in conversation with Michael Frederick
DESCRIPTION:“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 history to close the night before it opened. It also sealed my reputation as a lunatic…” \nThis is Not My Memoir is the life story of the iconic director\, writer\, actor\, and co-creator of My Dinner With André. Taking the form of a wondrous fever dream\, this autobiography-of-sorts presents fantastic and fantastical recollections from the director who changed theater forever with his Manhattan Project\, who once drove a fire truck onto the stage in the middle of an opening night\, and who has been willingly buried alive. \nThe book takes the reader from pre-war Europe to golden-age Hollywood\, from avant-garde New York to monasteries in India. Throughout\, André reflects on the role of the artist in society\, and also shares the personal and spiritual struggles that brought him past the edge of despair. André Gregory\, as he sees himself\, is a man who has lived for art but who only recently learned how to love. \nThis Is Not My Memoir is a collaboration between Gregory and writer Todd London\, who create a portrait of an experimental artist confronting his later years. What does it mean to create art in a world that often places little value in the process of creating it? And what does it mean to confront the process of aging when your greatest work of art may well be your own life?
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/andre-gregory-my-dinner-with-andre-in-conversation-with-michael-frederick/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220319T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220319T143000
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SUMMARY:What Nature Knows: A Conversation with Poet Chrissa Ventrelle and Artist Hillary Waters Fayle
DESCRIPTION: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 about how nature inspires their work\, their creative processes\, and discuss Thoreau’s influence on their words and illustrations. \nChrissa Harley Ventrelle is the author of two books\, What Nature Knows (2021) and May It Be: Growing a Genuine Life (2017). As a writer and nonprofit executive\, Chrissa has written about topics as varied as innovations in philanthropy and the San Francisco Bay Area’s best bakeries. She holds a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame and a Master’s of Public Policy from the University of Michigan. Chrissa is a Northern California native who now lives in Las Vegas\, Nevada with her husband and three kids. \nHillary Waters Fayle received a MFA in Craft/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University\, and a BFA from Buffalo State College. She is an Assistant Professor and directs the fiber program at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has previously taught at Penland School of Craft (NC)\, the Mediterranean Art & Design Program\,(Italy)\, and Yasar University (Turkey). Her work has been widely exhibited and was recently on view at Greenhill Center for Art\, NC\, The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum\, WI\, the Visions Art Museum\, CA. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo\, NY\, United States Embassy to Sri Lanka\, Colombo\, the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Belgium. Professional projects and publications include a collaboration with L’Occitane en Provance and the New York Botanical Garden. A public installation in collaboration with the AKG Museum can be seen year round in Buffalo\, NY. \nThis workshop is part of the Write Connection at Thoreau Farm\, a program in partnership with the Thoreau Society. Through writing workshops and author talks we support writers who expand on Thoreau’s extraordinary insights into life\, nature\, and social responsibility or find in Thoreau inspiration for living deliberately\, practicing simplicity\, and exploring new ideas for positive change.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/event/what-nature-knows-a-conversation-with-poet-chrissa-ventrelle-and-artist-hillary-waters-fayle/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talks
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