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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Actor John Kevin Jones of the Summoners Ensemble -- much beloved WWI camerado -- offers his resonant performance of "Whitman in Love" at the Merchants House Museum (NYC) for a limited run during Pride Month 2026: 6/24 - 6/28. Jones brings to life Whitman's "Live Oak, with Moss" poems, his most intimate expressions of self, in [...]
Tickets here for our reading aboard the tall ship Wavertree at the South Street Seaport Museum from 2-4 pm on Sunday, May 17th. Poets are going out on their respective vessels this month and will be sharing poetry from their time afloat. Ticket sales for this reading go to the shipkeepers who make the series [...]
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 [...]
