Enjoy scenes from the 1969 play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by playwrights R. E. Lee and J. Lawrence. Join Robbins House President Nikki Turpin and local Concord Historian Richard Smith for a presentation and conversation on Henry David Thoreau’s Essay “Resistance to Civil Government,” Black History in Massachusetts, and Civil Rights. Q and A to follow.

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of Walden Pond, The Thoreau Society, & The Robbins House. All are welcome. Reasonable accommodations upon request. The program is free, but parking fees apply year-round. Use the pay and display machines in each lot to purchase ($8 MA license plates, $30 out-of-state). Event questions: 978-405-2082.