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The Artists and the Orchard
Join us for an evening exploring the beauty and wisdom of apple trees through words and images with artists Ellen Harasimowicz and Linda Hoffman. Linda Hoffman will share from her writings of conversations with an apple tree that they held over a year on her orchard Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard, MA. Throughout the […]
A House Restored: A Conversation on Saving a New England Colonial
12th Annual Sally Lanagan Forum Architectural Conservator and author, Lee McColgan, joins us for a conversation on his journey saving the ramshackle Loring House in Pembroke, Massachusetts, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee dives into the unexpected challenges of restoring […]
Mindprints: Thoreau’s Material Worlds
Henry David Thoreau accumulated a variety of tools, art, and natural specimens throughout his life as a homebuilder, surveyor, and collector. Ivan Gaskell, professor of cultural history and museum studies at Bard Graduate Center and author of Mindprints: Thoreau’s Material World, will be joined by Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a conversation on Thoreau’s […]
Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America
Legal scholar and analyst for MSNBC and NBC News and professor at the University of Michigan Law School, Barbara McQuade, joins us for a conversation on how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. In her New York Times bestselling book Attack […]