Ralph Waldo Emerson
This arch-New Englander, descendant of Puritans, is also “the American who resists branding, who will not be commodified.”
Read More
“Concord was actually surprisingly representative of Massachusetts, New England, and maybe even the North in the 19th century. In learning about Concord, you learn about the making of modern America.”
Read MoreThere are dozens of excellent books about the Alcotts, Emersons, Thoreau, and Hawthorne but reading them can’t beat actually walking through the places where the people actually lived. By Helen Epstein “We are all going to be made perfect,” wrote ten-year-old Louisa May Alcott in June of 1843, “This day we left Concord in the…
Read More
Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest versus French Quarter Fest