Announcing the 2024 Long Island Poet of the Year –  Nancy Keating 2024 Long Island Poet of the Year Award Reception & Reading will be held on April 21, 2024, 2PM – 3:00PM, in-person at Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. The Long Island Poet of the Year Award is an annual award given by Walt Whitman […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents  Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series, now in its 14th season, continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene paired with local poets on the Walt Whitman Stage. Friday, May 3rd, Walking With Whitman will feature poet Lucilla […]

May 4th Art in the Barn is Cancelled, no Art in the Barn on May 11th 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 every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) announces a day of poetry featuring our 2024 Poet in Residence Linda Gregerson on Saturday, May 4, 2024 Linda will facilitate a three-hour Master Class in poetry writing and a one-hour poetry reading at the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site, located at 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, […]

Join us on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at noon for our 2024 Student Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony.

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 writers across the US and internationally. Based on a shared small-group experience, these Saturday zoom sessions engage three distinct and well defined communities of poets […]

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 every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the past and create your own artwork. May 18, 2024 May 18th – Cezanne’s Apples! Put on your smocks […]

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 every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the past and create your own artwork. May 25, 2024 May 25th- Let’s travel to Monet’s Garden! We will […]

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 planted on the grounds in front of the Interpretive Center and Walt's house. Feel free to bring some planting tools if you have them available. […]

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 every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the past and create your own artwork. June 1, 2024 June 1st – Summer has arrived! Let’s go sailing […]

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 has been selected as the Suffolk County Teen Poet Laureate 2024-2026. She is completing her freshman year at Commack High School where she serves as […]

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 park  12-5pm 6/21 Love Forever - Celebrating LGBTQ+ Poets Then and Now, featuring poets Alicia Mountain , Ana Božičević, and activist Rusty Rose (at the […]