January

 

January through February

 

UU-Articles on Emerson Bicentennial in UU World Magazine

 

9

Thursday

7:15-9:00pm

ERC

Concord Emerson Reading Circle

Concord-Library--Trustees' Room

Spiritual Laws

 

16

Thursday

7:30pm

TS

Women and Reform in Emerson's Town: The Concord Female Antislavery Society

Concord-Museum

Dr. Sandra Petrulionis, Penn State University

 

24

Friday

1:00-2:30pm

CM

Stories about children who visited Emerson in his study

Concord Museum

Children’s Program

 

25

Saturday

ONGOING

CM

Emerson and His Study: An Inside Look

Concord Museum

An ongoing exhibit through to April 6th..

 

26

Sunday

2:00pm

CM

Emerson and His Study: An Inside Look

Concord Museum

David Wood, curator informal gallery talk on exhibition

 

26

Sunday

4:45-6:20pm

PFI

PFI-Emerson Study Circle

Waltham--Worcester House-3rd Floor

Spiritual Laws--Paragraph 24

 

February

 

2

Sunday

2:00pm

MMVC

Revolution in Thought: Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott & Hawthorne on Transcendentalism

Minute Man Visitor Center Route 2A/The Battle Road, Lexington

Tom Blanding

 

9

Sunday

4:45-6:20pm

PFI

PFI-Emerson Study Circle

Waltham--Worcester House

Spiritual Laws

 

12

Wednesday

1:00-2:30pm

CM

Visitors to Emerson’s Study

Concord Museum

 

 

13

Thursday

7:15-9:00pm

ERC

Concord Emerson Reading Circle

Concord-Library--Trustees' Room

Spiritual Laws

 

19

Wednesday

11:00am-2:30pm

CM

Outdoor adventure of discovery and creativity in the woods surrounding the Old Manse

Concord Museum

Children’s Program

Melissa Stewart.

 

23

Sunday

4:45-6:20pm

PFI

PFI-Emerson Study Circle

Waltham--Worcester House

Circles—Paragraph 1

 

 

 

March

 

March through June

UU

E   Emerson Exhibit

Boston-UU Headquarters;

25 Beacon Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

UU-Packets of materials mailed to congregations and professional leaders.

 

6

Thursday

1:00pm

CM

Perceptions of domestic life in “olden times’ through works of Emerson, Longfellow, Melville, Jewett, Hawthorn, etc.

Concord Museum

Jane C. Nylander, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

 

6

Thursday

7:30pm

TS

The Transcendentalist and Their World

Concord-Museum

Dr. Robert Gross, Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American Aniquarian Society

 

7

Friday

6:30-9:00pm

UU

Inauguration of Emerson Exhibit

Boston-First & Second Church

Program includes addresses by David Robinson & Wesley Mott; a performance of the anthem commissioned for the Emerson Bicentennial; Reception to follow.

 

12

Wednesday

1:00-2:30

CM

The Women in Emerson’s Life: Margaret Fuller, Lydian Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, Elizabeth Hoar, Annie Fields and Mary Moody Emerson

Concord Museum

 

 

13

Thursday

7:15-9:00pm

ERC

Concord Emerson Reading Circle

Concord-Library--Trustees' Room

Divinity School Address—Paragraph 1

 

26

Wednesday

 

HU

Opening of:

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Bicentennial Exhibition

Cambridge, MA-Harvard University--Houghton Library

Traces Emerson’s early years as a Harvard student through his later years.

 

27

Thursday

7:30pm

TS

"As Soon As the Blood is Up"
Emersonian Conversation and Where It Ends

Concord-Museum

Dr. Sarah Wilder, Colgate University

 

27

Thursday

TBA

HU

Ticknor Society-Emerson Talk

Cambridge, MA-Harvard University--Houghton Library

Ron Bosco and Joel Myerson Talk

 

April

 

April 1 through June 7

HU

Celebrating Emerson.

Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Stendahl Lobby, Floor 2

Emerson manuscripts publications, photos and memorabilia.

 

2

Wednesday

TBA

HU

Emerson Panel Discussion

Cambridge, MA-Harvard University

 

 

10

Thursday

7:15-9:00pm

ERC

Concord Emerson Reading Circle

Concord-Library--Trustees' Room

Reading---The Divinity School Address

 

Mid-April

ES

Official announcement of Emerson Society-Web site

 

 

 

19

Saturday

1:00-5:00pm

PFI

Waltham-Emerson Lyceum

Philosophy Foundation--28 Worcester Lane, Waltham

Very limited seating.  Make advance Reservation by 4/14.

Various talks about Emerson’s early life and influences from both Eastern & Western traditions; his circle of friends and Emerson’s legacy for spiritual understanding today.

 

April 24-26

Thursday-Saturday

?

MHS & ES

Conference co-sponsored by Emerson Society

Boston

Also--Exhibition of Emerson materials at MHS

 

24

Thursday

4:30pm

MHS & ES

Emerson Lecture at Harvard University

Harvard University, Room 105, Emerson Hall

U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will lecture on Emerson

 

26

Saturday

 

O

Emerson Exhibition with reception at Concord Museum; and opening of Emerson House to guests

Concord Free Public Library, Concord Museum, Emerson House,-- Concord, MA

 

 

27

Sunday

4:00pm

TS

Inspired Minds, Inspiring Places: Concord, Brook Farm and Fruitlands.

Concord-Museum

Dr. Sterling Delano, Villanova University

 

May

 

4

Sunday

4:00 pm

CM

RWE and Global Consciousness –A Culture Trying to Happen

Concord Museum

Christopher Lydon

 

6

Tuesday

7:30-9:00

O

Cornerstones of Unitarianism: The Lasting Legacy of Emerson’s Divinity School Address

Norwell-First Parish Unitarian Church

Reverend Victoria Weinstein

 

8

Thursday

7:15-9:00pm

ERC

Concord Emerson Reading Circle

Concord-Library--Trustees' Room

 

 

15

Thursday

7:30pm

TS

The Musketaquid Program: Emerson's Direct Legacy

Concord-Museum

Dillon Bustin, Ex. Dir.,  Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts.

 

19

Monday

7:30 PM

CFPC

Richard Higgins-Emerson Talk

Concord-Wright Tavern

Emerson:  Still Volcanic After All These Years

 

May 22-25

Thursday-Sunday

TBA

ALA

14th Annual Conference-Cambridge, MA--Hyatt Regency Hotel

Cambridge, MA-Hyatt Regency Hotel

for more information visit: www.americanliterature.org--see "Call for Papers" on Page 5.

 

25

Sunday

11:00 AM

CFPC

Birthday Celebration

Concord-1st Parish

Robert Richardson, Jr. speaking:

 

31

Saturday

TBA

PFI

New York City-Emerson Symposium

 

 

 

June

 

12

Thursday

7:15-9:00pm

ERC

Concord Emerson Reading Circle

Concord-Library--Trustees' Room

 

 

26

Thursday

?

UU

Workshop/Forum on Emerson
Professional Days Program

Boston-UU General Assembly

Robert Richardson, Jr. presentation

 

27

Friday

?

UU

Emerson Bicentennial Celebration

Boston-UU General Assembly

Lawrence Buell, Scott Russell Sanders and Sara Wider-presentations; Anthem performance.

 

?

?

?

UU

Emerson Bicentennial Celebration

 

David Robinson & Panel on Emerson's Circle of Women.

 

28

Saturday

7:30-9:30pm

PFI

Faneuil Hall Forum-I--Emerson and
The Examined Life