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Featured Events

11/13/25 7:00 pm EST
Zoom On Becoming an Osprey with David Gessner
United States
Contact: Samantha Corron

On Becoming an Osprey with David Gessner

David Gessner is the author of thirteen books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including the New York Times bestselling All the Wild That Remains. Gessner is a professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he also founded the literary magazine Ecotone. This year marks the 25th anniversary of David Gessner’s Return of the Osprey, which the Boston Globe hailed as “a classic of American nature writing” and chose as one of its top books of the year.

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3/6/25 7:00 pm EST
Thoreau Farm What Does It Mean to Love a Forest?: Ethan Tapper in conversation with Brian Donahue
341 Virginia Road
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Rachel Sammons

What Does It Mean to Love a Forest?: Ethan Tapper in conversation with Brian Donahue

Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks: what does it mean to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth? Join Ethan Tapper, forester, author, birder, naturalist, and digital creator as he explores what it means to love a forest.

March 6 at 7:00 pm

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12/4/24 7:00 pm EST
Virtual
United States
Contact: Sarah Walker

Each Town Should Have a Park: 100 New National Parks for America with Michael Kellett

Join The Walden Woods Project and RESTORE: The North Woods for a presentation from Michael Kellett about the campaign for new national parks, why it is important, and how we can build grassroots support to make this vision a reality. Read More

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10/26/24 6:00 pm EDT
Three Stones Gallery
32 Main Street
Concord, MA
United States

Benefit for OARS

Three Stones Gallery will host a benefit for OARS, a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, improve, and preserve the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers, their tributaries and watersheds, for public recreation, water supply, and wildlife habitat.

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10/25/24 7:00 pm EDT
TriCon Church Thoreau Prize Honoring J. Drew Lanham
35 Walden Street
Concord, MA
United States
Contact: Rebecca Migdal

Thoreau Prize Honoring J. Drew Lanham

Join the Thoreau Society for a presentation by this year’s Thoreau Prize winner, J. Drew Lanham, followed by a book signing. Joseph Drew Lanham is an ornithologist, naturalist, writer, and poet combining conservation science with personal, historical, and cultural narratives of nature.

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Featured Events

9/26/24 11:00 am EDT
Emerson House Experience Emerson Out of Doors: Autumn Garden Tour
28 Cambridge Tpke
Concord, MA
United States

Experience Emerson Out of Doors: Autumn Garden Tour

It's the perfect season to stroll the garden and grounds of the beautiful Emerson House.  September 26 (rain date September 27)

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9/18/24 7:00 pm EDT
via Zoom "Thoreau, Landscape Scale Wildlands & Natural Democracy"
United States

"Thoreau, Landscape Scale Wildlands & Natural Democracy"

Join the Walden Woods Project and RESTORE: The North Woods as wilderness activist Jamie Sayen presents "Thoreau, Landscape Scale Wildlands & Natural Democracy." Thoreau proposed the establishment of reserves decades before the designation of the first national parks. Discover what is being done - and not done - to protect and preserve the ecological integrity of the land. September 18

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    The Spring Issue is Here!

    Patriots' Day is almost here, and this issue of Discover Concord brings you a list of events, the parade route, and much more to make your celebration special.  Also in this issue is an in-depth look at the new PBS documentary "Henry David Thoreau," a fascinating piece on how the Concord Lyceum came to be, and a look at how Massachusetts civilians on the homefront managed the challenging months of January - May 1776. Freedom's Way National Heritage Area is launching an exciting program you won't want to miss called "Declaring Independence: Then & Now" in more than 20 towns across Massachusetts. With two special fold-out inserts,  maps, lists of shops, and so much more, you'll want to get your copy early!
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    Sons of the American Revolution: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future

    As the nation prepares for the America 250 celebrations in 2026, the meaning of patriotism feels especially resonant. Few organizations embody that spirit more fully than the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), whose members work to preserve the legacy of those who fought for American independence.  Members of the SAR are all direct descendants of someone who fought in the Revolutionary War.
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    Declaring Independence: Then & Now

    Then...By the spring of 1776, the question of independence was on the minds of those living in the thirteen American colonies. The Patriots were winning the hearts and minds of many; however, for various reasons, not every colonist was in favor of breaking ties with Great Britain.  Now...The spring and summer of 2026, when the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, is a fitting moment to commit to refamiliarizing ourselves as a nation with the complexities surrounding this historical document and the process through which it was created, as well as the ideals it espouses the American people—and its government—to live up to. The Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area’s award-winning program, Declaring Independence: Then & Now provides the opportunity to do so.
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