Poetry Now is an annual symposium on the research and writing of poetry held by the Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University. In its third year, on the occasion of Whitman’s Bicentennial, Poetry Now will feature a variety of talks, including women’s visionary poetry, Richard Rorty, and Whitman/Levertov, with Professor Ed [...]
How did a carpenter’s son, grammar school dropout and sometime hack writer become America’s greatest poet? To commemorate Whitman’s 200th birthday on May 31, 2019, this landmark exhibition showcases New York's role in the extraordinary transformation of Walter Whitman Jr. to “Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son.” Whitman is now universally acclaimed as [...]
Screenings of the films Manhatta (1921) directed by Paul Strand and Street Scene (1995) Kurt Weill’s opera (with a Whitman love duet) as directed by Francesca Zambello in Berlin. Admission is free.
Compagnia de’ Colombari presents a the one-hour music-theater piece MORE OR LESS I AM drawn from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with music by Colin Jacobsen and Kyle Sanna of Brooklyn Rider.
Compagnia de' Colombari presents a the one-hour music-theater piece MORE OR LESS I AM drawn from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with music by Colin Jacobsen and Kyle Sanna of Brooklyn Rider.
Compagnia de’ Colombari presents a the one-hour music-theater piece MORE OR LESS I AM drawn from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with music by Colin Jacobsen and Kyle Sanna of Brooklyn Rider.
Compagnia de’ Colombari presents a the one-hour music-theater piece MORE OR LESS I AM drawn from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with music by Colin Jacobsen and Kyle Sanna of Brooklyn Rider.
Compagnia de’ Colombari presents a the one-hour music-theater piece MORE OR LESS I AM drawn from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with music by Colin Jacobsen and Kyle Sanna of Brooklyn Rider.
Compagnia de’ Colombari presents a the one-hour music-theater piece MORE OR LESS I AM drawn from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with music by Colin Jacobsen and Kyle Sanna of Brooklyn Rider.
May 31 Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday! Whitman scholars David Reynolds & Jerome Loving hold a panel presentation from 10:30am – 12pm. The Final Session of the Walt Whitman Initiative’s “Whitman International Week” is held at the Birthplace. Groups of Scholars attending the week-long celebration are coming to Birthplace on their final day to tour our [...]
A celebratory reading by the winners of Brooklyn Poets' Whitman Bicentennial Poetry Contest responding to the bard's indelible question from “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”: “What is it, then, between us?” Three winners from three different age brackets (13–17, 18–22, 23+) will be joined by the three judges—Mark Doty, Rowan Ricardo Phillips and Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina [...]
The Dessoff Choirs’ final concert of the season, set on the 200th anniversary of Whitman’s birth, features several commissioned choral works that celebrate his poetry. The concert begins with settings of Whitman’s poetry by 20th-century American composers Howard Hanson and Gregg Smith. Along with reprises of two Dessoff commissions from earlier in the season, the second half of the [...]
Compagnia de’ Colombari presents a the one-hour music-theater piece MORE OR LESS I AM drawn from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with music by Colin Jacobsen and Kyle Sanna of Brooklyn Rider.
Featuring the world premiere concert performance of a forgotten masterpiece: “Whitman” -- a 1944 radio play scored by Bernard Herrmann and produced by the legendary genius of radio drama: Norman Corwin. Also on the program: music from Herrmann’s most famous film score, for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
Saturday, June 2, 3-6:30 pm (Poetry on the Boardwalk), 7pm (Bushwick Book Club on the rooftop of Kitchen 21) Parachute Literary Arts invites you to come experience Walt Whitman’s bicentennial in one of his favorite places—Coney Island! Join us on the boardwalk and West 21st Street in Coney Island for a day-long festival of poetry, [...]
In “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman rejected conventions of uniform identity, famously declaring, “I contain multitudes.” Our second-annual LGBTQ & Friends party takes inspiration from this queer icon to celebrate the multiplicity of individuality and the true diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. Enjoy live music, curator talks, a complimentary wine bar, after-hours access to our [...]
Matthew Aucoin with Ben Lerner In conjunction with the exhibition Walt Whitman: Bard of Democracy, composer and conductor Matthew Aucoin curates an evening of spoken word and music featuring Walt Whitman’s letters and poems with musical excerpts from Aucoin’s 2015 opera Crossing and works by John Adams and Leonard Bernstein. Featuring Matthew Aucoin, piano, Ben Lerner, poet/writer, [...]
Explore the influences of nineteenth-century America on Walt Whitman’s writing, from slavery and his witness of the Civil War to everyday life in New York City with David S. Reynolds, Distinguished Professor, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and author of Walt Whitman’s America: A Cultural Biography, winner of the Bancroft Prize [...]
2019 is the 200th birthday year of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), who is known today as one of the most influential poets of the nineteenth century. In addition to his work as a poet, Whitman is also remembered as a book designer and printer, essayist and journalist. Calling himself “the Bard of Democracy”, Whitman broke the [...]
The Providence Athenaeum will host a portion of the exhibition Walt Whitman: The Poet of the Body, which was on view at the Grolier Club in New York from May – July 2019. The display at the Athenaeum will celebrate the history of Leaves of Grass, featuring the Athenaeum’s rare first edition inscribed by Whitman along with items from the [...]
