Walt Whitman Birthplace

Poetry Workshop and Performance with Distinguished Poet Steven Licardi. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/-TZDe_nlWx4 Based currently in the Blue Ridge Mountains of SW Virginia, spoken word poet Steven T. Licardi will lead a poetry reading and writing workshop that will guide participants down into the void of poetry writing. With a focus on depth alongside process, Steven […]

Poetry Reading with Distinguished Poet Terri Muuss. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/QA-INcfsais Terri Muuss is a social worker, director, performer, speaker & author who has been raising awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault and rape since long before the much needed surge of the #metoo movement. Terri’s first book, a poetic memoir excavating her own experiences […]

Poetry Reading with Distinguished Poet Matt Pasca Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/tYS8NtyhH34 MATT PASCA is a poet, teacher and traveler who believes in art’s ability to foster discovery, empathy and justice. He has authored two poetry collections—A Thousand Doors (2011 Pushcart nominee) and Raven Wire (2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist)—and serves as Assistant Poetry Editor of […]

Watch this gifted family’s creative response to the quarantine. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/WxYzSvQjui0

Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance Featuring Bertha Rogers and Evelyn Kandel! With Musical Performance by Bryan Gallo. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/VnCCA5jucvc Season 10 of Walking With Whitman! (see links for performers and WWBA below). Join international poet, translator, visual artist, and teaching artist Bertha Rogers, Nassau County Poet Laureate Evelyn Kandel, & Long Island […]

Virtual Open Mic Night featuring Mary C.M. Philips, Linda Trott Dickman, Thomas L. D’Angelo, and Maria Iliou. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/VsqP95OMdxg Mary C. M. Phillips is a caffeinated wife, mother, and writer. Her work has appeared in numerous national bestselling anthologies. As a musician, she has recorded and/or toured nationally with recording artists such as […]

WWBA Long Island Poet of the Year Christina M. Rau provides insight into Ekphrastic Poetry: poems about visual art. She pairs poems with paintings by Gustav Klimt, Pieter Breughel, and Wassily Kandinsky. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/3PpJ9GrCPeE The workshop provides insight into Ekphrastic Poetry: poems about visual art. (Please see links mentioned in video below). Rau pairs […]

James P. Wagner (Ishwa) was recently named the United States Beat Poet Laureate 2020-2021. He is also the president of Long Island’s Bards Initiative, founder and operator of Bards Against Hunger and publisher for Local Gems Press. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/HGPJdhbryUs Traditional Japanese Poetry (Waka) has a rich history of collaborative poetry. When more than one […]

Virtual Open Mic Night featuring: Mary Makofske, Maggie Bloomfield, Bill Ratner, Emily-Sue Sloane, and J R Turek. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/AVTFgoz73Gs

Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance Featuring Octavio Quintanilla and Wayne Mennecke! With Musical Performance by Rorie Kelly! Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/ji9AzwudV4k Season 10 of Walking With Whitman! (see links for performers and WWBA below). Join 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX Octavio Quintanilla, 2017 recipient of the New York State Senator Phil Boyle “Teacher of […]

Jayne’s Hill Hike with Andrew Rimby: a guided hike to the highest point on Long Island to see the hike Walt Whitman took when visiting his childhood home in Long Island, New York. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/Cdn7g_NjetI Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is delighted to present a guided hike with Andrew Rimby on Jayne’s Hill; the highest […]

Karen De Mauro’s workshop on Performing Poetry: teaching approaches to performing poetry to embodying the unique voice of each particular poem. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/wFZLbCKzxO4 WWBA is delighted to welcome Karen De Mauro, Artistic Director of The Acting Center in New York City. De Mauro focuses on teaching students to approach poetry performances with the goal […]