On Sunday, May 7, 2023, 1:00PM, Walt Whitman Birthplace Association presents an in-person event, “Diverse Voices in May,” featuring three distinct poetic voices, Indran Amirthanayagam of Washington D.C., Sara Cahill Marron of Long Island, and Nathalie E. Amazan, 2016 WWBA Student Poetry Writing Contest First Place winner. Drawing from their cultural backgrounds and infused with […]

Stop in on Wednesday, May 10th, between 1:00 and  4:00PM, for the opening of our new Mother's Day Exhibit.  There is no doubt among biographers of Walt Whitman that his mother, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, had a great influence on him. In fact, about a quarter of the letters he wrote throughout his lifetime were […]

Sponsored by Humanities NY - Six Wednesday evenings, 6:00-7:30PM - April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 17  (2023)  - ZOOM only Theme - "Land, Liberty & Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution" Book - Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War by Lisa Brooks One time registration fee:  $10 Registration […]