If you are searching for Whitman-related events in the the New York area, please also check the Walt Whitman Birthplace website (we highly recommend the tours of the house Whitman Sr. built and Walt lived in for his first four years) and the Whitman House in Camden, NJ (step inside Walt’s home for his last decade).

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“I BECOME THE OTHER DREAMERS” – Night Class

Cafe Martin in Park Slope

Finding Radical Empathy in the Dark: Walt Whitman's "The Sleepers"  - Night Session - April 23, 2026 Join poet/WWI board member Brad Vogel as he leads the first ever night class at Cafe Martin in Park Slope. We'll be diving into one of Walt Whitman's spookier, unsettlingly thought-provoking poems from 6:30 - 8:45 pm (with [...]