Events and Tours

In addition to the events below, tours of the house are always available. Contact us to schedule a visit. Events scheduled at this time include:

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The Art of Barns:

Second Annual

Concord Barn

Tour

Sunday, Sept. 28

from 1 to 5:00 pm

Join the Thoreau Farm Trust and the Concord Art Association as we celebrate Concord's agricultural heritage with the second annual barn tour. Explore "The Art of Barns" with a tour of five local barns of architectural and/or historic interest as well as an art exhibition featuring agriculture-inspired art and artist demonstrations. The tour begins at Thoreau Farm and will conclude with a reception at the Concord Art Association. $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Tickets available through PayPal (click the button below to purchase):

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Welch's is a generous sponsor of this event. Welch Foods Inc. is the world's leading marketer of Concord and Niagara grape-based products and proud neighbor of Thoreau Farm.

Wild Apples

Thursday, October 30 at 7:00 pm

The Thoreau Farm Trust will host the fall launch of Wild Apples as part of the Concord Festival of Authors at the Concord Art Association (37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742). The event is free.

Wild Apples is a new journal of nature, art, and inquiry. Taking its title and mission from Thoreau's 1862 essay, "Wild Apples," this 48-page color journal brings together poetry and prose with the work of visual artists and photographers who are connected by the common threads of care for the environment, engagement in social concerns, and an abiding commitment to the arts and the way they shape our world. The first issue was published in May 2008.

Produced by writers and artists, the journal is offered in the belief that art transcends the personal to offer inspiration and solace, and awakens an appreciation for the great web of life that connects us all. The editors hope to create an ever-growing community of readers and contributors who will share their own engagement with the central questions of life, art, and the earth.

The four editors, poets Susan Edwards Richmond and Sophie Wadsworth, artist and writer Kathryn Liebowitz, and artist and poet Linda Hoffman, will read from the new issue along with contributors John Hansen Mitchell, editor of Sanctuary Magazine, and essay writer Terry House. There will be time to connect with friends, share autumnal treats, and drink a toast to this new artistic collaboration.

Copies and/or subscriptions of the journal will be available for purchase at the event.

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Thoreau's Cape Cod

Sunday, Nov. 2 at 3:00 pm

The Thoreau Farm Trust will host photographer Dan Tobyne as part of the Concord Festival of Authors at the Concord Art Association (37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742). The event is free.

Thoreau took four walking tours of Cape Cod from 1849 to 1857, and the result is what has been called by Walter Harding his "sunniest, happiest book. It bubbles over with jokes, puns, tall tales and genial good humor." Thoreau's Cape Cod comes vividly to life in this new edition, with the help of Dan Tobyne's brilliant color photography.

Join Tobyne as he recounts how he "walked the walk" - retracing Thoreau's steps to find what can still be seen of Thoreau's Cape Cod and shares images that are matched to corresponding passages from Thoreau's prose. Much of the pristine beauty that inspired the naturalist 150 years ago is still there to inspire and uplift us today.

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