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).
If you have an event you’d like to list with us, please let us know: waltwhitmaninitiaitve@gmail.com.
Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” is a joyful celebration of the diversity at the heart of this country—and our connectedness to one another. To commemorate the great American poet’s 200th birthday, we’re taking part in citywide events with an installation of filmmaker Jennifer Crandall’s Whitman, Alabama, an ongoing project that brings the poem to life [...]
Born in 1819, Walt Whitman is considered the greatest American poet of the 19th century. To celebrate Whitman’s bicentenary, this exhibition examines his life and work in the context of the era in which he lived, exploring Whitman’s influence on American life, culture and other writers through his time to the present.
A National Public Reading of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” A national public reading of Whitman’s sweeping meditation on time, our interconnectedness, and the transcendent power of art. The project is both an engaging introduction to Whitman and an opportunity to respond to the question at the heart of the poem: “What is it then between us?"
