Sign up for Fall 2024 Events  
Please register for any or all of the Fall 2024 Friends of Pine Hawk events using the form below.  All events require registration in advance and are free.

For Zoom or live-streaming events, you will receive a link via email a day or two before the event. For in person events, you will receive a confirmation with additional details a few days before the event. Thanks for your interest!  

More information about the Friends of Pine Hawk and more detailed descriptions of these events can be found at https://www.pinehawk.org. For questions, please email  friends.of.pinehawk@gmail.com.

The 2024 Pine Hawk Fall Program is made possible by support from the Acton Memorial Library and  Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.  

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1. Wednesday, October 9, 7-8:30PM, in person and via Zoom at the Acton Memorial Library.
"Archaeological Discoveries in New England", Peabody award winning Smithsonian filmmaker Ted Timreck shares documentary footage from two little known discoveries that show the potential of what might be found anywhere in the New England countryside.
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2. Tuesday, October 15, 7-8:30PM,  in person and via Zoom  at the Acton Memorial Library.
"Ancient Winters at the Flagg Swamp Rockshelter", Eric Johnson of UMass-Amherst provides a retrospective on the excavation of this remarkable 4,000 year old site in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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3. Tuesday, October 22, 7-8:30PM,  in person and via Zoom at the Acton Memorial Library.
"Burying the Trowel: A History of Controversy and Innovation in New England’s Cultural Stone Features Debate" with cultural anthropologist Kitty O’Riordan. This talk gives an overview of the changing ways the unusual stone features around New England have been understood over time by avocational researchers as well as professional archaeologists.
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4. Tuesday, October 29, 7-8:30PM,  in person only at the Acton Memorial Library.
Book group discussion of "Changes in the Land". This landmark environmental history by William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. 
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5. NEW DATE - Saturday, November 9, 10AM–noon, in-person only at The Trail Through Time in North Acton.
Adult Archaeology Walk.  This walk was formerly scheduled for October 19, but Bettina Abe is unavailable due to a knee injury.  Now Ian Bergemann, Land Stewardship Coordinator for the Town of Acton, will lead this hike along the Nashoba Brook trail with stops at the stone chamber and Native American ceremonial sites. Registrants will receive a detailed email several days before the walk. Limited to 20, ages 17 and up.
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6. Sunday, November 10, 1-3PM in-person only at The Trail Through Time in North Acton.
Community Service Day. This annual effort takes place on the Nashoba Brook Conservation Land in the Trail Through Time, a multicultural heritage trail in North Acton. The focus is on trail and site maintenance as well as cleaning trail kiosks. Local Scout troops are also invited to join. There will be an optional brunch beforehand at 11:30 AM at the Blackbird Cafe. Details will be emailed to registrants a few days in advance. Rain date is Sunday, November 17. Limited to 25, ages 13 and up.
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7. Wednesday, November 20, 7-8:30PM in person and via Zoom at the Acton Memorial Library.
A Day in the Life of a Local Archaeologist with David Gutbrod.   Archaeologist David Gutbrod will share several experiences and discoveries encountered in his professional life, including the very first application of Acton’s new Archaeological Protection bylaw earlier this year. 
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8. Thursday, December 5, 7-8:30PM in person and via Zoom in Room 204 of Acton Town Hall.
Native Americans and the Revolution: The Times Are Exceedingly Altered with Prof. Daniel Mandell. The Revolutionary War radically altered the power balance for indigenous peoples in the East. Prof.  Mandell will present how the thousands of Native people in southern New England were impacted by the Revolution and how they sought to secure their rights in different ways. Cosponsored with Acton 250.
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