To celebrate the bicentennial of Walt Whitman’s birth and his lasting contribution to American letters and song, Lyric Fest presents two concerts with distinct programming of Whitman songs in Philadelphia. Presented in two parts, Lyric Fest premieres of 10 new works alongside extant settings of Whitman with each concert featuring a quartet of singers, a [...]
This lecture and performance features 2018 MacArthur Fellow Matthew Aucoin, composer and writer of the original opera Crossing, based on Whitman’s Civil War writings. The opera was performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2017 and by the Los Angeles Opera in 2018. This lecture-performance will offer a rare opportunity for audiences in 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.
Interdisciplinary artist Homer Jackson draws on the history of civil rights protests and freedom songs, as well as Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road” and select Langston Hughes poems, to organize four walks in diverse neighborhoods around Philadelphia. These neighborhoods range from Strawberry Mansion in North Philadelphia and Germantown in the Northwest to the Benjamin [...]
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.
Working in conjunction with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s archives, Craft Works music, in partnership with the Rosenbach Museum, presents a program of choral works drawn from the Drinker Collection set to and inspired by the poetry of American Transcendentalist Walt Whitman. This program, celebrating the bicentennial of the poet’s birth, explores the legacy of [...]
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.
Cake, coffin, gavel, choir, composers, live musical trolling! On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the much lauded homo poet Walt Whitman's birth, a group of Philly queers and misfits known as The Bearded Ladies Cabaret gathers overlooking the Whitman Bridge to put this ancestor and his legacy on trial. Come with friends, complaints, [...]
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.
Cake, coffin, gavel, choir, composers, live musical trolling! On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the much lauded homo poet Walt Whitman's birth, a group of Philly queers and misfits known as The Bearded Ladies Cabaret gathers overlooking the Whitman Bridge to put this ancestor and his legacy on trial. Come with friends, complaints, [...]
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, [...]
Cake, coffin, gavel, choir, composers, live musical trolling! On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the much lauded homo poet Walt Whitman's birth, a group of Philly queers and misfits known as The Bearded Ladies Cabaret gathers overlooking the Whitman Bridge to put this ancestor and his legacy on trial. Come with friends, complaints, [...]
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, [...]
Los Angeles women literary artists explore the complicated legacy of the father of American poetry. This lively mix of reading, discussion, and performance is part of Whitmania, the west coast’s largest celebration of Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday in 2019. Featuring Dominiqua Dickey, Cecilia Fairchild, Susannah Rodríguez Drissi, and Amber West. This reading is part of [...]
Join poets and UCLA faculty members, Drs. Amber West and Susannah Rodriguez Drissi in honoring the legacy of the father of American poetry with a lively evening of original poetry, puppetry, and music by diverse Los Angeles artists including puppeteer Audrey Densmore and musical duo The Singer & The Songwriter, Fowler Museum, 6-7pm This performance [...]
Florilegium Chamber Choir will open their 44th season with a bicentennial tribute to the American poet Walt Whitman. The program explores Whitman’s words through settings by Randall Thompson, Norman Dello Joio, René Clausen, and others. Central to the program is Jeffrey Van's four-movement song cycle for choir and guitar, A Procession Winding Around Me, poignant [...]
