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SUMMARY:Poet of the Body: Walt Whitman from Archive to Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The Library of Congress holds the largest number of Walt Whitman materials in the world\, and has been actively digitizing these collections for the use and enjoyment of scholars\, artists\, and the general public.  Join Library of Congress Historian and Curator Barbara Bair\, writer and journalist Wally Suphap and Whitman Initiative President Karen Karbiener for an exploration of the Library of Congress’ rich digital resources on Whitman’s life\, work\, and legacy.  Bair will lead a discussion on Whitman’s important “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” notebook and discuss an assignment (given by Karbiener and completed by Suphap) designed to inspire fresh insights on the poem as well as Whitman’s creative process. \nBarbara Bair works in collaborative projects in digital humanities\, exhibitions\, and outreach as a historian at the Library of Congress\, where she curates collections in Literature\, Culture\, and the Arts in the Manuscript Division. She has taught Whitman in American Studies courses at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, and Brown University. \nKaren Karbiener\, president and founding member of the Whitman Initiative\, is a Whitman scholar and teaches at New York University.  Winner of the Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and a Fulbright recipient\, she has published widely on Whitman and curated several exhibitions focused on the poet.  In 2019\, she was the co-curator with collector Susan Tane of Poet of the Body: New York’s Walt Whitman\, an exhibition at New York’s Grolier Club (May 15 – July 27)\, and is the author of a book based on the exhibition (Grolier Club\, 2019). \nWally Suphap is a writer\, lawyer\, journalist\, community organizer\, and queer rights advocate based in New York City. Recognized by the Financial Times and Yahoo! Finance as a Global Top 5 OUTstanding LGBT+ Future Leader in 2018 and 2019\, Wally has 15 years of experience in the legal and finance industry in New York and Hong Kong. He is currently following his passion by pursuing creative writing and literature studies at Columbia University. His recent piece—a personal essay entitled “I Sit and Look Out”—traces his two-decades-long relationship with a lesser-known Walt Whitman poem across time and space\, inspired and bookended by two literature seminars taught by Karen Karbiener.  \n\nView the Event Livestream Page
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/poet-of-the-body-walt-whitman-from-archive-to-classroom/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T190000
DTSTAMP:20200910T212345Z
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SUMMARY:The Classic 1944 Radio Play “Whitman” — A New Recording and Its Pertinence Today
DESCRIPTION:Norman Corwin was the genius of American radio drama. Bernard Herrmann\, Hollywood’s supreme film composer (“Psycho\,” “Citizen Kane\,” “North by Northwest\,” “Vertigo\,” etc.) was also the foremost radio composer. In 1944\, they created a classic radio drama\, “Whitman\,” to rally the home front during WW II with an appeal to the ideals of American democracy. Corwin’s script was culled from “Leaves of Grass.”  A new\, world-premiere recording\, by PostClassical Ensemble\, argues that “Whitman” deserves to live as a concert work for narrator and orchestra. It is also particularly timely at a fraught moment in American history when the fabric of the nation seems to be shredding. It bears mentioning that Corwin’s distinctive radio voice\, generally\, drew inspiration from Whitman’s poetic style. This is an element of Whitman’s legacy that has been little noticed. \nJoseph Horowitz\, who produced the recording\, is an historian of American music whose 10 books explore the American experience. \nAngel Gil-Ordonez\, who conducted the new recording\, is Music Director of PostClassical Ensemble. \nWilliam Sharp\, a prominent American concert baritone\, played Whitman in the new recording. \nMurray Horwitz\, who also took part in the recording\, hosts radio’s “The Big Broadcast” and is an authority on radio drama. \n\nView the Event Livestream Page
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/the-classic-1944-radio-play-whitman-a-new-recording-and-its-pertinence-today/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T190000
DTSTAMP:20201007T200402Z
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SUMMARY:When Whitman Saw Lincoln
DESCRIPTION:In February 1861\, the president-elect of the United States\, Abraham Lincoln\, began a grueling 13-day train trip through the country to introduce himself to the divided people who had voted him into office (barely).  Along the way\, he had to deal with bruising adversity\, including a serious assassination plot\, but he also used the trip to develop his thoughts about the complicated country he was about to lead\, and to meet or at least be seen by millions of Americans\, including Walt Whitman.  That first encounter would never be forgotten by Whitman\, and he would expand upon it in lectures for the rest of his life. \nTed Widmer is Distinguished Lecturer at the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York.  He has also directed research centers and libraries\, notably at the Library of Congress\, Brown University and Washington College\, and he was a speechwriter and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton.  In 2019\, he curated the Morgan Library’s Whitman Exhibit\, “Walt Whitman: Bard of Democracy.”  He writes actively about history for the public\, including the “Disunion” series in the New York Times\, which chronicled the Civil War\, and “The Year of the Crack Up\,” which described the upheavals of the year 1919\, also in the New York Times.  In 2020\, his book\, Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washiington was published by Simon and Schuster.  \nKaren Karbiener\, president and founding member of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, is a Whitman scholar and teaches at New York University. Winner of the Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and a Fulbright recipient\, she was the curator of “Whitman and the Promise of America” (South Street Seaport Museum\, NY\, July – December 2005)\, “Poet of the Body: New York’s Walt Whitman” (with Susan Tane; Grolier Club\, NY\, May – July 2019)\, and most recently\, “Robust American Love: Avid Visions by Walt Whitman and John Ransom Phillips” (BlackBook Presents\, Brooklyn\, August – September 2019). \n\nView the Event Livestream Page
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/when-whitman-saw-lincoln/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201001T190000
DTSTAMP:20200921T203636Z
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SUMMARY:Robust American Love: Avid Visions by Walt Whitman and John Ransom Phillips
DESCRIPTION:“Artists don’t die\,” notes Phillips. “I invade artists’ dreams and invite them to talk with me.” His lifelong dialogue with Whitman is represented by Robust American Love\, a series of thirty watercolor illuminations of quotations from the poet’s best-known works as well as obscure sources.  Written in Phillips’ easy hand\, devoid of quotation marks and freed from their original poetic form\, these meditations become Phillips’ as much as they are Whitman’s.  Alive and elastic\, their words harmonize naturally with Phillips’ provocative illuminations.  Learn about the intimate bond between poet and artist as Phillips discusses Whitman’s influence on his life and work with Karen Karbiener\, curator of “Robust American Love: Avid Visions by Walt Whitman and John Ransom Phillips (Blackbook Presents\, Brooklyn\, August – September 2019). \nJohn Ransom Phillips is a New York based contemporary artist who works across various mediums: painting\, film\, theater and poetry. His paintings combine image and text\, nodding to the legacy of Symbolism\, in that they demand the spectator unpack them\, with careful consideration for what they portray beyond appearances. Mr. Phillips received his BA and PhD in Art History from the University of Chicago and BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. To learn more about John Ransom Phillips and his art\, visit www.johnransomphillips.com. \nKaren Karbiener\, president and founding member of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, is a Whitman scholar and teaches at New York University. Winner of the Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and a Fulbright recipient\, she was the curator of “Whitman and the Promise of America” (South Street Seaport Museum\, NY\, July – December 2005)\, “Poet of the Body: New York’s Walt Whitman” (with Susan Tane; Grolier Club\, NY\, May – July 2019)\, and most recently\, “Robust American Love: Avid Visions by Walt Whitman and John Ransom Phillips” (BlackBook Presents\, Brooklyn\, August – September 2019). \n\nView the Event Livestream Page
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/avid-visions-by-walt-whitman-and-john-ransom-phillips/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T190000
DTSTAMP:20200826T161449Z
CREATED:20200825T205102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200826T161449Z
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SUMMARY:Every Hour\, Every Atom: A Conversation on Whitman's Early Notebooks
DESCRIPTION:A conversation between Matt Miller and Zachary Turpin on their new book\, Every Hour\, Every Atom: A Collection of Walt Whitman’s Early Notebooks and Fragments. \n\nZachary Turpin is an assistant professor of American literature at the University of Idaho\, and a former Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress. A specialist in the lost writings of 19th- and 20th-century authors\, his work focuses on American periodical culture\, bibliographic analysis\, and digital-archival archaeology. He is currently writing a book for Liveright on literary rediscoveries\, thefts\, and forgeries\, and his articles have appeared in the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review and elsewhere. \nMatt Miller is an associate professor of English at Yeshiva University in Manhattan\, where he teaches American literature and creative writing. Miller previous Whitman study Collage of Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press. \n 
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/every-hour-every-atom-a-conversation-on-whitmans-early-notebooks/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T190000
DTSTAMP:20200901T141842Z
CREATED:20200901T141650Z
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SUMMARY:Live Oak\, with Moss: Whitman's Secret Same-Sex Love Poems
DESCRIPTION:In the 1850s\, Walt Whitman wrote twelve poems in a small handmade book he entitled “Live Oak\, with Moss.” The poems were Whitman’s first sustained attempt to write about the naturalness of love beyond traditional heteronormative boundaries. They are intensely private reflections on the attraction he felt for men\, and they also present a new chapter in literary and social history: in these poems\, Whitman attempts to establish a definition of same-sex love decades before the word “homosexual” is in common parlance. Though Whitman cut up the notebook\, the original sequence of poems was discovered about 100 years later and has remained largely unknown to the general public. New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Brian Selznick offers a provocative visual narrative of “Live Oak\, with Moss\,”and Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener reconstructs the story of the poetic cluster’s creation and destruction. Their reassembled\, reinterpreted edition of Whitman’s Live Oak\, with Moss (Abrams ComicArts\, 2019) serves as a source of inspiration and cause for celebration. \nKaren Karbiener is a Whitman scholar and teaches at New York University. Winner of the Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and a Fulbright recipient\, she has published widely on Whitman\, including an edition of Leaves of Grass\, two audiobooks on Whitman’s life and influence\, a book introducing Whitman’s poetry to children\, and a collaboration with Brian Selznick on a new edition of Whitman’s “Live Oak\, with Moss” poems. Karbiener is the president and founding member of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, a 501c3 nonprofit organization serving as an organizing center for cultural activism and poetry-related events. \nBrian Selznick is the author and illustrator of many books for children\, including The Invention of Hugo Cabret\, winner of the Caldecott medal and the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Hugo\, directed by Martin Scorsese. He’s also the author and illustrator of Wonderstruck (made into a movie directed by Todd Haynes with a screenplay by Selznick)\, as well as The Marvels. His most recent works include Baby Monkey\, Private Eye\, written by his husband David Serlin\, and Live Oak\, With Moss with poems by Walt Whitman. Selznick is also the illustrator for the 20th anniversary editions of the beloved Harry Potter series. \n\nView the Event Livestream Page
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/live-oak-with-moss-whitmans-secret-same-sex-love-poems/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T190000
DTSTAMP:20200908T235257Z
CREATED:20200901T013300Z
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SUMMARY:Whitman’s "Two Cents" on COVID-19 Relief and Recovery
DESCRIPTION:Gleaning from Whitman’s wisdom\, this interactive session explores ways leading to a just recovery in post-COVID New York City. Taking up the great poet’s legacy of democracy and equality\, New Yorkers are devoting their time and effort to mutual aid groups\, mental health support and other programs that help the city to heal.Di \nDi Cui is a storyteller who uses writing\, photography\, and videography to tell stories about social justice. Her documentary film “Song of Ourselves: Cultural Activism in Whitman’s New York” premiered at the International Whitman Week in celebration of Walt Whitman’s bicentennial in 2019. She completed her Master’s degree in Historic Preservation at Pratt Institute\, where she explored cultural heritage\, public history\, gentrification\, and other urban issues. In her work with different communities in New York City and community-based organizations\, she always brings a creative touch and empathy. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and Art History from Macalester College. \nArif Ullah is an activist\, a gardener\, a beekeeper\, and an immigrant from Bangladesh who grew up in NYC. He is committed to issues of social\, environmental\, and racial justice. He has more than 15 years of experience leading and shaping programming that provides capacity-building for grassroots groups and facilitates the power of such groups to become organizers and advocates for their community’s needs. \n\nView the Event Livestream Page \n 
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/whitmans-two-cents-on-covid-19-recovery/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200903T190000
DTSTAMP:20200810T155111Z
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SUMMARY:Songs of Memories: A Conversation About the Creation of a Whitmanic Play and the Queer Life of Walt Whitman
DESCRIPTION:Triston P. Pullen will discuss the process and creation of his new play “Songs of Memories: A Whitmanic Queer Discovery”. From the conception of the idea of the play to the finalized script\, Pullen has retraced Whitman’s life to highlight his “hells and damns” but also his greatest love stories. Pullen will also start a dialogue about the repression of sexuality Whitman describes as the “subtle electric fire” that played within him. Triston examines Whitman’s life and works to explore if Whitman’s life long struggle with melancholy connects to his repression of self-expression and identity.\n\nTriston P. Pullen is an MFA Directing Candidate at the University of Memphis\, in Tennessee. He is the founder/artistic director of Studio 1621\, a summer stock theatre company\, in North East Texas. Pullen’s work has been seen in Texas\, New Mexico\, Memphis\, and New York City. He has worked with New York Times Best Selling Author\, Colleen Hoover\, to adapt her novel “It Ends With Us” into a stage play and has been a resource for playwrights around the nation as they create new works.\n\nView the Event Livestream Page
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/songs-of-memories-a-conversation-about-the-creation-of-a-whitmanic-play-and-the-queer-life-of-walt-whitman/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200827T190000
DTSTAMP:20200825T151111Z
CREATED:20200821T021823Z
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SUMMARY:Walt Whitman and Carl Jung\, Selective Affinities
DESCRIPTION:This conversation will explore the similar views about the personality found in the works of these two creative individuals. Their shared focus on the Self stemmed from a familiarity with the history of religions and the new science of psychology. The lens for understanding the revolutionary potential of this approach will be Whitman’s “Chanting eh Square Deific.” \nJay Sherry\, PhD\, has taught history and psychology at Long Island University-Brooklyn. He is currently the chairman of the Kristine Mann Library at the Jung Center of New York. He is the author of Carl Gustav Jung\, Avant-garde Conservative and The Jungian Strand in Transatlantic Modernism. \nSteven Herrmann\, Ph.D.\, MFT is a Jungian analyst with a practice in Oakland\, California. He is the author of Walt Whitman: Shamanism\, Spiritual Democracy\, and the World Soul (2010). \n \n\nView the Event Livestream Page
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/walt-whitman-and-carl-jung-selective-affinities/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200820T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200820T190000
DTSTAMP:20200825T152613Z
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SUMMARY:Connecting with Whitman's Brooklyn: Walking Tours and Mobile Games
DESCRIPTION:Jesse Merandy and Karen Karbiener discuss connecting to Whitman through place\, using walking tours and location based mobile experiences as methods to understanding the poet’s life and work.  Speakers will recount their own experiences using place-based pedagogy\, offering helpful insights and resources for educators and those looking to embark on their own exploration of Whitman’s New York City! \nKaren Karbiener is a Walt Whitman scholar who teaches at New York University. Her works include an edition of “Leaves of Grass\,” a book introducing children to Whitman’s poetry\, and “Live Oak\, With Moss\,” an edition of Whitman’s secret same-sex love poems illustrated by Brian Selznick. She is president of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, and is spearheading the campaign to grant landmark status to Whitman’s only standing residence in New York City (99 Ryerson Street in Brooklyn). \nJesse Merandy is the Director of Digital Humanities and Digital Exhibitions (DH/DX) at Bard Graduate Center. His location based mobile experience Vanishing Leaves was the first all digital dissertation successfully defended at the CUNY Graduate Center.\nVisit Vanishing Leaves and read his dissertation white paper \nVISIT OUR WALKING TOUR RESOURCES!SCHEDULE A WALKING TOUR! \n 
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/connecting-with-whitmans-brooklyn-walking-tours-and-mobile-games/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200813T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200813T190000
DTSTAMP:20200825T151908Z
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SUMMARY:Walt Whitman\, Racism\, and American Literature: Matt Miller and Lavelle Porter
DESCRIPTION:Lavelle Porter and Matt Miller will discuss issues related to Walt Whitman\, race\, and Porter’s recent and highly influential article\, “Should Walt Whitman Be #Cancelled?” They will discuss how black America has talked back to Whitman and how recent conversations about Whitman and his racist statements have affected the poet’s reception and legacy. What do we see when we try to look at Whitman’s comments in historical context? To what extent can the poet and his personal failings be separated from his poetry? Should they be? Porter and Miller will explore these and other questions in this important and timely dialogue. \nLavelle Porter is a writer and scholar of African-American literature. He is an assistant professor of English at the New York City College of Technology (CUNY). Last year he published The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction\, Higher Education\, and the Black Intellectual and also penned the important article Should Walt Whitman Be #Cancelled? Black America talks back to “The Good Gray Poet” at 200 for JSTOR Daily. \nMatt Miller is an associate professor of English at Yeshiva University in Manhattan\, where he teaches American literature and creative writing. His work on Whitman includes Collage of Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass\, published by the University of Nebraska Press\, and more recently\, Every Hour\, Every Atom: A Collection of Walt Whitman’s Early Notebooks and Fragments\, co-edited with Zachary Turpin.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/whitman-and-race-matt-miller-and-lavelle-porter/
CATEGORIES:Robust American Love
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ORGANIZER;CN="Walt Whitman Initiative":MAILTO:songofmyselfmarathon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T151500
DTSTAMP:20200208T013818Z
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SUMMARY:WWLS: Whitman's Poe: A Story of Literary Networks in Bohemian New York
DESCRIPTION:“Whitman’s Poe: A Story of Literary Networks in Bohemian New York” – Ed Whitley\, Lehigh University \nThe Walt Whitman Initiative is pleased to announce its inaugural Walt Whitman Lecture Series (WWLS) for Brooklyn Lifelong Learning\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on the Brooklyn College campus offering diverse learning opportunities to adults.  There is no age requirement\, and you may enjoy all course offerings for a year for $165 (or try the Spring Special: $50 for all Spring and Summer 2020 courses).  Attend one or all of this six-part series featuring top Whitman scholars\, collectors\, and cultural activists\, all members of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and protecting NYC’s literary legacy.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/whitmans-poe-a-story-of-literary-networks-in-bohemian-new-york/
LOCATION:Brooklyn College\, 2900 Bedford Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11210
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE,Lecture/Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200312T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200312T151500
DTSTAMP:20200208T013353Z
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SUMMARY:WWLS: The Commercialization of Walt Whitman in Modern Society
DESCRIPTION:“The Commercialization of Walt Whitman in Modern Society” – Ed Centeno\, Whitman collector \nThe Walt Whitman Initiative is pleased to announce its inaugural Walt Whitman Lecture Series (WWLS) for Brooklyn Lifelong Learning\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on the Brooklyn College campus offering diverse learning opportunities to adults.  There is no age requirement\, and you may enjoy all course offerings for a year for $165 (or try the Spring Special: $50 for all Spring and Summer 2020 courses).  Attend one or all of this six-part series featuring top Whitman scholars\, collectors\, and cultural activists\, all members of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and protecting NYC’s literary legacy.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/wwls-the-commercialization-of-walt-whitman-in-modern-society/
LOCATION:Brooklyn College\, 2900 Bedford Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11210
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE,Lecture/Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brooklyn Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:bll@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T151500
DTSTAMP:20200208T013305Z
CREATED:20200208T012300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200208T013305Z
UID:3773-1582812000-1582816500@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:WWLS: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass
DESCRIPTION:“Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass” – Matt Miller\, Yeshiva University \nThe Walt Whitman Initiative is pleased to announce its inaugural Walt Whitman Lecture Series (WWLS) for Brooklyn Lifelong Learning\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on the Brooklyn College campus offering diverse learning opportunities to adults.  There is no age requirement\, and you may enjoy all course offerings for a year for $165 (or try the Spring Special: $50 for all Spring and Summer 2020 courses).  Attend one or all of this six-part series featuring top Whitman scholars\, collectors\, and cultural activists\, all members of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and protecting NYC’s literary legacy.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/wwls-walt-whitman-and-the-making-of-leaves-of-grass/
LOCATION:Brooklyn College\, 2900 Bedford Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11210
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE,Lecture/Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brooklyn Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:bll@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T151500
DTSTAMP:20200208T013217Z
CREATED:20200208T011127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200208T013217Z
UID:3765-1581602400-1581606900@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:WWLS: “The Wound Dresser: Whitman and the Civil War”
DESCRIPTION:“The Wound Dresser: Whitman and the Civil War” – Ian Maloney\, St. Francis College \nThe Walt Whitman Initiative is pleased to announce its inaugural Walt Whitman Lecture Series (WWLS) for Brooklyn Lifelong Learning\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on the Brooklyn College campus offering diverse learning opportunities to adults.  There is no age requirement\, and you may enjoy all course offerings for a year for $165 (or try the Spring Special: $50 for all Spring and Summer 2020 courses).  Attend one or all of this six-part series featuring top Whitman scholars\, collectors\, and cultural activists\, all members of the Walt Whitman Initiative\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and protecting NYC’s literary legacy.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/wwls-the-wound-dresser-whitman-and-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:Brooklyn College\, 2900 Bedford Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11210
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE,Lecture/Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brooklyn Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:bll@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200106T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200106T210000
DTSTAMP:20191216T154241Z
CREATED:20191216T154241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191216T154241Z
UID:3660-1578340800-1578344400@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Oscar & Walt: Staged Reading
DESCRIPTION:Cultures clash\, egos flare\, words fly and secrets emerge as Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde\, two of the greatest writers of the 19th century – one nearing the end of his career\, the other just beginning – come face-to-face in Donald Steven Olson’s new play re-creating an actual encounter that took place in 1882 between 62-year-old Whitman and 28-year-old Wilde. Winner of the 2019 “Best Full-Length Play” award from the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights/ City of West Hollywood Pride Reading Festival\, Oscar & Walt premiered in Rome in October 2019 in a production by the English Theatre of Rome. \nWritten by Donald Steven Olson\,\nDirected by Dan Berkowitz\,\nFeaturing Robert McCormick\, Nick Giedris\, Alyssa Simon \nThis event is free and open to the public\, however an RSVP is required at nationalartsclub.eventbrite.com. \n 
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/oscar-walt-staged-reading/
LOCATION:National Arts Club\, 15 Gramercy Park\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T180000
DTSTAMP:20191104T164550Z
CREATED:20191104T163917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T164550Z
UID:3642-1574006400-1574013600@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Word Over All: Whitman in Song
DESCRIPTION: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 settings of four of Whitman’s Civil War poems with emotions ranging from anguish and anger to catharsis and hope. \nTickets purchased in advance\, available here\, are $20 for General Admission and $15 for Seniors and Students. Tickets at the door are $25 (General Admission) and $20 (Seniors/Students).
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/word-over-all-whitman-in-song/
LOCATION:Trinity Lutheran Church\, 164 W. 100th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10025
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE,Music Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Florilegium Chamber Choir":MAILTO:info@florilegiumchamberchoir.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T200000
DTSTAMP:20191018T154826Z
CREATED:20191018T154734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T154826Z
UID:3570-1573149600-1573156800@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Pfaff’s Saloon Tasting
DESCRIPTION:Drink wine-drink beer-raise your voice./Behold! your friend-as he arrives-Welcome him\, when\, from the upper/step\, he looks down upon you with cheerful look\n– Walt Whitman\, The Two Vault\n\n\nJoin the Ath and Campus Fine Wines to recreate the atmosphere of the bohemian Pfaff’s Saloon\, Whitman’s favorite Manhattan bar\, where writers\, artists\, actors\, and philosophers gathered to imbibe\, plan\, discuss\, critique\, and dream! We’ll sample a fantastic and creative selection of wines and beers while mixing\, mingling\, and snacking. \nAttendees must be 21 years of age or older.\nMembers/member guests: $15\nNon-members: $30\n\nTo register\, visit:\nhttps://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/pfaffs-saloon-tasting/
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/pfaffs-saloon-tasting/
LOCATION:Providence Athenaeum\, 251 Benefit Street\, Providence\, RI\, 02903\, United States
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T180000
DTSTAMP:20191104T165024Z
CREATED:20191005T223850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T165024Z
UID:3554-1573063200-1573063200@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Singing the Body Electric at Fowler Out Loud
DESCRIPTION: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 \nThis performance is part of Fowler Out Loud\, an evening concert series that invites UCLA community members from various disciplines to perform at the Fowler Museum\, and also part of Whitmania\, the west coast’s largest celebration of Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday in 2019.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/singing-the-body-electric-at-fowler-out-loud/
LOCATION:Fowler Museum\, UCLA\, 308 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:200,HOME FEATURE,Lecture/Talk,Music Performance,Reading,upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191102T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191102T170000
DTSTAMP:20191028T193503Z
CREATED:20191018T160248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T193503Z
UID:3573-1572706800-1572714000@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Walt Whitman Way Day Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we celebrate the street co-naming of Walt Whitman Way! It will be a day filled celebrating Walt\, his writing\, and his connection to Brooklyn. There will be activities\, speakers\, readings and much more. \nThe celebration will be held on Dekalb Ave between Hall St and Ryerson St.\, just outside the Pratt Institute gates. \nSchedule\n2:00pm – 3:00 Walt Whitman Ramble (meet at High Street\, Brooklyn Bridge Street A/C stop)\n3:00-3:15 Matt Miller (emcee) makes introductions. Soprano Nicole Mitchell sings “If I Can Help Somebody” by Alma Bazel Androzzo (1912-2001)\n3:15-3:30 NY City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo’s speech\n3:30-3:45 “Walt Whitman Way” sign unveiling. Young Jin Oh performs his setting of Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing”\n3:45-4:00 Commemorative speeches: BPL’s Nick Higgins; Society of Old Brooklynites George Broadhead; Society for Clinton Hill Brent Porter. Performance by Michael Rogers and Patrick Davis of Compagnia d’ Colombari\, introduced by Director Karin Coonrod\n4:00-4:30 Brooklyn Poets recite their Whitman-inspired poems: Jason Koo\, Constantine Jones\, Desiree Alvarez\, Dell Lemmon\n4:30-4:45 Walt Whitman’s Way: speeches by Karen Karbiener\, Ian Maloney\, Jesse Merandy and Brad Vogel of the Walt Whitman Initiative\n4:45-5:00 Performance artist Dillon Porter performs/declaims passages from “Song of Myself”
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/walt-whitman-way-day/
LOCATION:Walt Whitman Way\, 331 Dekalb Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11205
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T190000
DTSTAMP:20191018T154529Z
CREATED:20191018T154529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T154529Z
UID:3567-1572022800-1572030000@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Becoming Whitman
DESCRIPTION:How did a carpenter’s son\, grammar school dropout\, and sometime hack writer become America’s poet? Scholar Karen Karbiener traces the extraordinary transformation of Walter Whitman Jr. to “Walt Whitman\, a kosmos\, of Manhattan the son\,” a saint-like Civil War nurse\, and the iconic “Good Gray Poet.” Whitman’s story will be enhanced by discussions of highlights from the Athenæum’s current Whitman exhibition\, as well as selected poems.\n\nTo register\, visit:\nhttps://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/becoming-whitman/
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/becoming-whitman/
LOCATION:Providence Athenaeum\, 251 Benefit Street\, Providence\, RI\, 02903\, United States
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200426T170000
DTSTAMP:20190826T180611Z
CREATED:20190826T180611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190826T180611Z
UID:3521-1571990400-1587920400@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:One: Xu Bing
DESCRIPTION:Focusing on a major new gift to our world-renowned collection of Chinese art\, One: Xu Bing highlights the painting Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry\, Walt Whitman (2018) by one of China’s most important living artists. Created specifically for the Brooklyn Museum in consultation with curator Susan L. Beningson\, the work celebrates Xu Bing’s close relationship with Brooklyn\, where he lived in the 1990s and maintains a studio today. Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry\, Walt Whitman pays homage to Walt Whitman and is on display in 2019 in honor of the poet’s 200th birthday. Whitman also served as an early librarian at the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library Association (the Brooklyn Museum’s predecessor)\, and this exhibition includes material from the Museum Archives to celebrate his relationship to the Museum. Known as the American poet of democracy\, Whitman’s poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” celebrates our interconnectedness and asks an important question: “What is then between us?” \n\nXu Bing developed “square word calligraphy” as a system for writing English in the early 1990s after he came to New York. Although the rectangular units of writing resemble Chinese characters\, each one is actually a word in English. The overall work spells out the first section of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry\,” reflecting Xu Bing’s experience living between two cultures while in New York. Xu Bing has said that “If I had continued living in China\, this work never would have arisen; it was a result of my living in New York. But I never would have known about Walt Whitman if I hadn’t lived in Brooklyn.” \nOne: Xu Bing is curated by Susan L. Beningson\, Assistant Curator\, Asian Art\, Brooklyn Museum. \n\nHeld on the Focus Gallery\, 3rd Floor\n 
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/one-xu-bing/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Museum\, 200 Eastern Parkway\, Brooklyn\, NY\,  11238
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T150000
DTSTAMP:20191018T154158Z
CREATED:20191018T154143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T154158Z
UID:3564-1571482800-1571497200@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:A Walt Whitman Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:It’s a day full of all things Whitman! Drop in to celebrate yourself\, the man of the hour\, and the opening of the Poet of the Body exhibition with poetry\, treats\, music\, and crafts for all ages. Curator-led tours of the exhibit will be offered at 11:30am and 1:30pm. \n– Take a turn on the press with DWRI Letterpress (bring home your own print!) \n– Craft butterfly rings and pose like Whitman in his iconic butterfly photograph \n– Create your own leaves of poetry using a selection of Walt’s favorite words \n– Join curator-led tours of the exhibit offered at 11:30am and 1:30pm \n– Learn more during staff-led tour of the Athenæum building and history at 2pm \n– Enjoy pumpkin munchkins and fall treats because…it’s October in Rhode Island! \nTo register\, visit:\nhttps://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/a-walt-whitman-celebration/
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/a-walt-whitman-celebration/
LOCATION:Providence Athenaeum\, 251 Benefit Street\, Providence\, RI\, 02903\, United States
CATEGORIES:HOME FEATURE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T160000
DTSTAMP:20191006T002051Z
CREATED:20191005T223534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T002051Z
UID:3550-1571155200-1571155200@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Live Oak\, With Moss
DESCRIPTION:Live Oak\, With Moss (Abrams\, 2019) book launch celebration featuring New York Times best-selling and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator\, Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) in conversation with Whitman scholar\, Dr. Karen Karbiener (New York University)\, Tuesday\, October 15\, 4-6pm in the East Rotunda of UCLA’s Powell Library. This event is free and open to the public. Talk will be followed by Q&A and book signing; refreshments served. \nMore about Live Oak\, With Moss\nAs he was turning forty\, Walt Whitman wrote twelve poems in a small handmade book that were intensely private reflections on his attraction to and affection for other men. Titled “Live Oak\, With Moss\,” the poems were his most adventurous explorations of same-sex love\, composed decades before the word “homosexual” came into use. These revolutionary poems were never published by Whitman and have remained unknown to the general public—until now. \n\n\n\nNew York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) offers a provocative visual narrative of “Live Oak\, With Moss” while Whitman scholar\, Dr. Karen Karbiener reconstructs the story of the poems’ creation and destruction. Whitman’s reassembled\, reinterpreted Live Oak\, With Moss (Abrams\, 2019) serves as a source of inspiration and a cause for celebration. \nThis event is co-sponsored by UCLA Writing Programs\, Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA\, UCLA Library\, Department of English\, and the LGBTQ Studies Program\, and is part of Whitmania\, the west coast’s largest celebration of Walt Whitman’s bicentennial in 2019\, made possible with support from UCLA Arts Initiative\, UCLA Humanities\, and the Office of Interdisciplinary & Cross Campus Affairs. \nEvent Flyer: (8.5″ x 11″) | (8.5″ x 5.5″)\nDigital Ad: (1920 x 1080 px)
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/live-oak-with-moss/
LOCATION:UCLA Powell Library\, 10740 Dickson Ct\, East Rotunda\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:200,Lecture/Talk,Reading,upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200106
DTSTAMP:20191104T165150Z
CREATED:20181220T051745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T165150Z
UID:2653-1571097600-1578268799@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Walt Whitman: Poet of the Body
DESCRIPTION: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 extraordinary private Walt Whitman collection of Susan Jaffe Tane.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/walt-whitman-leaves-of-grass/
LOCATION:Providence Athenaeum\, 251 Benefit Street\, Providence\, RI\, 02903\, United States
CATEGORIES:200,Consortium,Exhibition,HOME FEATURE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T153000
DTSTAMP:20191006T002148Z
CREATED:20191005T222952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T002148Z
UID:3546-1570375800-1570375800@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Daughters of Whitman: A celebration and challenge
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis reading is part of Lit Crawl LA 2019 and CicLAvia—Heart of LA Celebrating UCLA100. Lit Crawl LA bolsters the Los Angeles literary scene and captures our city’s unique flavor through taking literature to the streets\, while CicLAvia catalyzes vibrant public spaces through car-free street events to transform our relationship with our communities and with each other. \nFind us on the LitCrawl LA schedule here: https://sched.co/V8ul \nFor more information\, visit: \n 
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/daughters-of-whitman-a-celebration-and-challenge/
LOCATION:Central Library (LAPL)\, 630 W 5th St\, 5th Street entrance\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90071\, United States
CATEGORIES:200,Lecture/Talk,Music Performance,Reading,upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191214T170000
DTSTAMP:20190924T164430Z
CREATED:20180717T002712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190924T164430Z
UID:1954-1570127400-1576342800@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Walt Whitman's Words: Inspiring Artists Today
DESCRIPTION: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 mold in his prolific writings calling for equality\, inclusivity and a more humanist world for all to live in. \nThe Center for Book Arts is marking this bi-centennial by looking at how Whitman’s writings have influenced contemporary artists working in the book arts. Walt Whitman’s Words: Inspiring Artists Today follows several themes Whitman focused on in his writings\, providing the connective tissue that links these works together. Geography\, history\, identity and immigration are a few themes that emerge from the works of art on view. Whitman’s fascination with Ancient Egypt\, photography as a branding tool\, and his notion of the world as he imagined it are all evident in the art on view. These diverse objects range from books\, drawings\, photographs\, sketches\, broadsides and a scroll. \nArtists Include: Isabel Baraona\, Sasha Chavchavadze\, Allen Crawford\, Marianne Dages\, Brian Dettmer\, Daphne Fitzpatrick\, Evelyn Eller\, Anne Gilman\, Donald Glaister\, Sam Gordon\, Barbara Henry\, Meg Hitchcock\, Timothy Hull and Paul Mpagi Sepuya\, Sam Ita\, Stefan Killen\, Richard Kostelanetz\, Karen Kunc\, Sophia Le Fraga\, Angela Lorenz\, Russell Maret\, Barry McCallion\, Mark McMurray\, Susan Newmark\, Ilse Schreiber-Noll\, Brian Selznick\, Clarissa Sligh\, Peter Spagnuolo\, Elizabeth Tonnard\, Walt Whitman\, Rutherford Witthus\, Marilyn Zornado \nImage credit: Song of Me and Myself\, Sophia La Fraga
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/walt-inspiring-artists/
LOCATION:Center for Book Arts\, 28 West 27th Street\, 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Consortium,HOME FEATURE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T070000
DTSTAMP:20190905T190432Z
CREATED:20190905T190432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190905T190432Z
UID:3540-1568790000-1568790000@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Whitman in Canoes on the Gowanus at Dawn
DESCRIPTION:Read watery excerpts from Walt Whitman’s poetry in canoes at dawn on the Gowanus Canal  – or listen from the historic Carroll Street Bridge. Presented with the Walt Whitman Initiative as part of the 2019 Walt Whitman Bicentennial.  Readers should contact Brad.Vogel@gmail.com in advance to arrange selections. Readers arrive at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse at 7:00 am on the day of the event\, audience arrives on bridge at 7:45 am.  Event may be cancelled due to rain by 6:30 am on event date. \n*Third annual dawn reading on the Gowanus.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/whitman-in-canoes-on-the-gowanus-at-dawn/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190916T202000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190916T202000
DTSTAMP:20190905T190037Z
CREATED:20190905T184129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190905T190037Z
UID:3535-1568665200-1568665200@waltwhitmaninitiative.org
SUMMARY:Whitman After Dark
DESCRIPTION: Join us as we plumb the depths of Walt Whitman’s darker side. Bring a flashlight\, lantern\, or candle and walking shoes to be part of our roving\, after-dark group reading of Whitman’s long night poem “The Sleepers” (1891/1892 Deathbed ed. of Leaves of Grass). Event starts outside High Street subway stop on Cadman Plaza West at 8:20 pm.  Rain location: St. Francis College (180 Remsen St.).  Contact ian@waltwhitmaninitiative.org and brad@waltwhitmaninitiative.org to be a reader. \n*Event involves traipsing around in the dark to multiple sites\, uneven terrain.
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/whitman-after-dark/
LOCATION:High Street subway stop\, Cadman Plaza West\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guided Tour/Walk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T120000
DTSTAMP:20190826T181346Z
CREATED:20190826T175928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190826T181346Z
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SUMMARY:USPS Walt Whitman Bicentennial First Day of Issue Stamp Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:United States Postal Service® will issue the Walt Whitman stamp (Non-denominated priced at the 3-ounce rate) in one design\, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 20 stamps (Item 120300). The stamp will go on sale nationwide September 12\, 2019\, and must not be sold or cancelled before the first-day-of-issue. With this stamp\, the 32nd issue in the Literary Arts series\, the Postal Service™ honors poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) on the bicentennial of his birth. \nThe stamp features a portrait of Whitman based on a photograph taken by Frank Pearsall in 1869. In the background\, a hermit thrush sitting on the branch of a lilac bush recalls “When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom‘d\,” an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln. Whitman is considered by many to be the father of modern American poetry. The stamp artist is Sam Weber\, and stamp designer is Greg Breeding. The words “THREE OUNCE” on this stamp indicate its usage value. Like a Forever® stamp\, this stamp will always be valid for the rate printed on it. \nMaster of Ceremonies\nMichael Gargiulo\, WNBC Co-Anchor of Today in New York \nNational Anthem\nHeather Knoch \nPresentation of Colors \nWelcome Remarks\nCynthia L Shor\, WWBA Executive Director\nJeffrey Gould\, WWBA Trustee \nNYS Office of Parks\, Recreation\, and Historic Pres\nErik Kulleseid\, Parks Commissioner\nGeorge Gorman\, Regional Director \nOfficial Stamp Dedication\nThomas J. Marshall\nGeneral Counsel and Executive Vice President United States Postal Service \nPoetry Reading\nSong of the Open Road\nDarrel Blaine Ford\, Walt Whitman Personator \nCommentary on Walt Whitman\nProfessor David S. Reynolds Ph.D.\, Distinguished Professor\nGraduate Center of the City University of New York. \n 
URL:https://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/usps-walt-whitman-bicentennial-first-day-of-issue-stamp-ceremony/
LOCATION:Walt Whitman Birthplace\, 246 Old Walt Whitman Road\, Huntington Station\, NY\, 11746-4148\, United States
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