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Thoreau Farm - Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau The birth house of Henry David Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts. Part of the Thoreau Alliance since 2026.

Marching is when the pulse of the hero beats in unison with the pulse of Nature, and he steps to the measure of the univ...
10/12/2026

Marching is when the pulse of the hero beats in unison with the pulse of Nature, and he steps to the measure of the universe; then there is true courage and invincible strength.

- Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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Before Walden was a classic, Thoreau was quietly drawing. ✏️🌿Starting in 1850, he added sketches to his journals. Sketch...
10/08/2026

Before Walden was a classic, Thoreau was quietly drawing. ✏️🌿

Starting in 1850, he added sketches to his journals. Sketches of hedgehog quills, locust wings, and goldenrod leaves, he was using drawing as a way to truly see the natural world.

Join author Kathleen Kelly as she explores her new book, Thoreau’s Journal Drawings: The Power of the Visual, and reveals how words and images worked together in the mind of one of America’s greatest observers.

For Thoreau fans, artists, naturalists, and anyone who loves where art meets science. 🍂

📅 Thursday, October 23
🕖 7:00–8:00 PM EDT
🎟️ Register at the link in bio

Presented at as part of the Concord Festival of Authors.

AuthorTalk Transcendentalism

A book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navi...
10/08/2026

A book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navigation by those who have never been out of sight of land.

—Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

🍎 Calling all apple lovers and Thoreau readers! 🍎Our October Reading Group gathers around “Wild Apples,” Thoreau’s crisp...
10/08/2026

🍎 Calling all apple lovers and Thoreau readers! 🍎

Our October Reading Group gathers around “Wild Apples,” Thoreau’s crisp, wonderful ode to the scrappy, untamed fruit of New England’s fields and fences. Perfect fall reading!

🗓️ Tuesday, October 20
🕕 6:00 pm: light refreshments and socializing (and catching up on the reading if you haven’t yet!)
🕖 7:00 pm: lively discussion
📍 Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA

Led by Thoreau portrayer and public historian Richard Smith and evolutionary ecologist Dr. Amity Wilczek.

No Thoreau experience needed. Just bring your curiosity (and maybe an apple 🍏).

FREE, suggested donation $5. Registration encouraged, drop-ins always welcome! Reading and registration link in bio.

Up next: “A Winter Walk” on November 17 ❄️

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“Where Do New Ideas Come From?”Join us at the Concord Free Public Library for the first conversation in a new public ser...
10/08/2026

“Where Do New Ideas Come From?”

Join us at the Concord Free Public Library for the first conversation in a new public series on Transcendentalism and contemporary life, featuring Kristen Case, Ulrike Wagner, and Peter Catapano.

🗓️ Tuesday, October 13
🕕 6–7 pm
📍 Goodwin Forum, Concord Free Public Library
129 Main Street, Concord, Massachusetts

Speakers:
✍️ Kristen Case: poet and scholar whose work explores American literature, philosophy, and poetic practice
📰 Peter Catapano: author and longtime New York Times editor, founding editor of the philosophy series The Stone
📚 Ulrike Wagner: Director of German Studies at Bard College Berlin and scholar of European Romanticism and American Transcendentalism

Presented by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, the Concord Free Public Library, and the Thoreau Alliance.

Registration link in bio.

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The seasons and all their changes are in me.—Henry David Thoreau, Journal, October 26, 1857
10/07/2026

The seasons and all their changes are in me.

—Henry David Thoreau, Journal, October 26, 1857

Thoreau was one of America’s most profound philosophical thinkers. Beyond his literary and naturalist legacy, Thoreau’s ...
09/29/2026

Thoreau was one of America’s most profound philosophical thinkers.

Beyond his literary and naturalist legacy, Thoreau’s work engages philosophical questions that remain deeply relevant today, shaping conversations about ethics, freedom, society, and the environment.

Join us to think about situating Thoreau in a philosophical context allows one to more fully appreciate the depth of his thought.

Step inside (and out of the rain) at Henry David Thoreau's Birthplace this weekend. Free public tours Friday through Mon...
09/29/2026

Step inside (and out of the rain) at Henry David Thoreau's Birthplace this weekend. Free public tours Friday through Monday, at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm.

Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.”

Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only.

The grounds of the birthplace are open daily, dawn to dusk.

Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider the lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy.

The farmer has always come to the field after some material thing: that is not what a philosopher goes there for.—Henry ...
09/29/2026

The farmer has always come to the field after some material thing: that is not what a philosopher goes there for.

—Henry David Thoreau, Journal, October 14, 1857

If you take this life to be simply what old religious folks pretend (I mean the effete, gone to seed in a drought, mere ...
09/29/2026

If you take this life to be simply what old religious folks pretend (I mean the effete, gone to seed in a drought, mere human galls stung by the devil once), then all your joy and serenity is reduced to grinning and bearing it. The fact is, you have got to take the world on your shoulders like Atlas, and "put along" with it . You will do this for an idea's sake, and your success will be in proportion to your devotion to ideas. It may make your backache occasionally, but you will have the satisfaction of hanging it or twirling it to suit yourself.

Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.

After a long day's walk with it, pitch it into a hollow place, sit down and eat your luncheon. Unexpectedly, by some immortal thoughts, you will be compensated. The bank whereon you sit will be a fragrant and flowery one, and your world in the hollow a sleek and light gazelle.

- Henry David Thoreau to H.G.O. Blake, May 20, 1860



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