Over the past week, several speaking dates have been added to my schedule for this summer. There’s also been an engagement added for the spring, which will be my first talk ever in Rhode Island. Here’s what’s been added this past week: APRIL 26, 6:30 P.M.: “Henry Beston’s Cape Cod” comes to the North Kingstown Free Library in North Kingstown, R.I.; JULY 11, 7 P.M.: We’ll probably be in the middle of a summer heat wave, but you can look back at the “Blizzard of ’78” and what h

I'll be presenting a special talk and multi-media presentation, “The Outermost House: An Eastham Story”, during Eastham’s Windmill Weekend. The program will be held at the Eastham Historical Society’s 1869 Schoolhouse Museum, 25 Schoolhouse Road, on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. I've presented a variety of public talks about Beston’s literary classic and Cape Cod experiences since 2001, and will take a comprehensive localized look at Beston's ultimate Cape Cod experience. For

Don Wilding is happy to announce that he has signed on with The History Press to write "A Brief History of Eastham," which will be published early next summer. The book will feature chapters on early settlers and their encounters with the Nauset Tribe, landmarks such as the Windmill, the Coast Guard station, and Nauset Light, agricultural Eastham, rum runners, and the Cape Cod National Seashore, plus many more. Don is the author of "Henry Beston's Cape Cod: How 'The Outermost

The long-awaited and highly-anticipated biography of Henry Beston is now a reality. Dr. Daniel G. Payne, a professor of English at State University of New York (SUNY) in Oneonta, has been working on the life story of the "Outermost House" author for the past several years. Now, "Orion on the Dunes" is here. The first event for the bio will be at the site of Henry Beston's "Chimney Farm" in Nobleboro, Maine, where Beston, best known for his Cape Cod nature classic, "The Outerm

The Henry Beston Society will present an in-progress screening of its upcoming feature length documentary about naturalist writer Henry Beston and his influence on the creation of the Cape Cod National Seashore at the Chatham Orpheum on Wednesday, May 4, at 9:30 a.m. As the film's producer, I will present the background and current status of the project, and director Christopher Seufert of Mooncusser Films will follow with an updated sample of cinematography, including aerial

As many of you have probably heard, the Henry Beston Society and I are in the middle of producing a feature-length documentary film about Henry Beston and the story behind his Cape Cod nature classic, "The Outermost House." This Sunday, the public will have a chance to see where we're at with a rough cut screening of footage from this independent grass roots project. Thanks to Rebecca Alvin and the Cape Cod Film Society, I'll be presenting a program on "Henry Beston's Cape Co