Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Massachusetts, will hold a Fruits of the Land Harvest Dinner on Saturday, November 13, from 6 – 9, with a delicious menu of Black Bean Soup with Caesar Salad, Cornmeal Dusted Rainbow Trout OR Garlic Rubbed Prime Rib with Horseradish Cream Sauce, and Apple Crumble, followed by readings from Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia by British author Richard Francis, and a book signing. The talk begins at 7:30 and is free and open to the public. The dinner is $55 for Fruitlands members, $75 for non-members, and you may rsvp by emailing mdelaney@fruitlands.org, or by calling 978-456-3924 x 292.
Author Richard Francis is a British academic who has written about the Fruitlands Transcendental Experiment, the most thorough account in decades. It is the first definitive account of Fruitlands, one of history’s most unsuccessful efforts at communal living, yet one of the most significant in its drama and intrigue.
