We invite the community to drop in and celebrate Walt's Birthday, by planting flowers and listening to live music at the Birthplace! Friday, May 31, 2024 12PM-5PM Annuals will be […]

Art in the Barn: Storytime and hands-on art project for Pre-schoolers  is a new workshop for pre-schoolers at Walt Whitman Birthplace. Taught by Lena Massari Sawyer, former Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Come and join us […]

Announcing 2024/2026 Suffolk County Teen Poet Laureate Sarah Goodman An Awards Ceremony will be held at WWBA on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 3:00PM. The public is invited to attend.  Sarah Goodman […]

6/9 Huntington Pride Parade - We are looking for marchers! Contact director@waltwhitman.org if you are interested.  Lineup starts at 10:30am 6/15 Northport Pride - Come visit our booth in the […]

George Wallace and Walt Whitman Birthplace proudly present season three of POETS BUILDING BRIDGES: A TRIANGULATION PROJECT, inaugurated in March 2022 with the purpose of enhancing dialogue between communities of […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is delighted to present a guided hike with WWBA Tour Guide and Educator, Jack Canfora, to Jayne’s Hill, the highest point on Long Island, on Sunday, […]

Freedom to be Fabulous! In celebration of Juneteenth, Rhonda Gooden, founder and CEO of Chez Lâa Reine Boutique on New York Avenue in Huntington, will host a “fabulous” fashion show […]

Join us on June 21, 2024, 7-9PM for Love Forever – Celebrating LGBTQ+ Poets Then and Now, featuring poetry readings by Alicia Mountain, a lesbian poet and a Teaching Assistant […]

Composer and Musician Tom Chapin to Perform at The Walt Whitman Birthplace Free Outdoor Concert on Thursday, July 18 is our second program in our ongoing Environmental Series, “Whitman’s Long […]

Join us under the tent on the great lawn to paint a Frida Kahlo inspired margurita glass with flowering cactus. In celebration of Frida's birthday, July 6, 1902, come relax, […]

Join us in celebrating Harry Potter's birthday with an entire week of fun at the Birthplace! Come for a specialized Harry Potter themed tour and test your knowledge of the […]

Vienna, 1787: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at the height of his powers but struggling financially, meets a serious and supremely confident teenager who knocks on his door hoping to hire him […]