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We Were Friends
Join the Firelight Theatre Workshop for Episode 4 of their We Were Friends series—short plays reimagining Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s profound, platonic friendship, set in today’s world. Middle of the Dial: Partners will be performed in the Emerson Barn.
Sponsored by the Concord Museum. Tickets are $15 for members and $25 for non-members.
Thoreau Society 2025 Annual Gathering
Join The Thoreau Society for their 84th Annual Gathering from July 9-13 2025 in Concord, MA, with select panels viewable virtually. Presentations, discussions, performances, and guided nature walks will explore this year’s theme of “Thoreau’s Revolutions.”
A July 13th panel on “Emersonian Revolutions Today” is sponsored by our friends at the Emerson Society.
Registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendance.
Emerson Out of Doors: Spring Garden Tour
Join us for a leisurely tour of Emerson’s garden and grounds as Lidian’s beloved roses come into bloom. Along the way we’ll consider how the landscape has evolved as it continues to reflect the Emersons’ interest in the natural world and our relationship to it.
Meet at the Emerson House turnstile at 11 a.m. for this free event. Rain date is Friday, June 13th.
Emerson-Thoreau Amble
Enjoy a spring walk along the trail that Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau often took between Emerson’s home and Thoreaus’s cabin on Walden Pond, and learn about their friendship from a Concord Museum interpreter. 1-mile walk, uneven and unpaved terrain, rain or shine. Meet at the Concord Museum.
Sponsored by the Concord Museum. Tickets are $10 for members and $20 for non-members and include same-day admission to the Concord Museum.
Emerson House 2025 Reopening
The Ralph Waldo Emerson House in Concord, Massachusetts reopens for the 2025 season on Tuesday, April 22nd. Guided tours of this treasured historic home will be offered on a walk-in basis from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Tickets are $15 for adults (18-61), $12 for older adults (62+), $8 for youths (7-17), and free for children under 7.
Concord250
Join this celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with a full day of events and activities around the town of Concord, Massachusetts. The opening battle in America’s war for independence took place at Concord’s Old North Bridge on April 19, 1775—an event memorialized by Emerson as the “shot heard round the world.”
Emerson Society 2025 Online Symposium
Our friends at the Emerson Society invite all to attend an online symposium featuring graduate student works in progress on the subjects of Emerson and transcendentalism.
The virtual symposium is free to attend and will be held over Zoom.
A Celebration Heard ‘Round the World
Explore how Concordians—including the Emerson family—have celebrated the anniversary of the April 19, 1775 “Battle of Concord” over the years in this exhibition at the Concord Free Public Library.
On view through June 2025, the special exhibition is free and open to the public during regular library hours.