Celebrate Walt’s Birthday with us!
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 […]
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Art in the Barn: Summer has arrived!
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 […]
2024/2026 Suffolk County Teen Poet Laureate Award Ceremony
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 […]
Celebrate Pride Month – June 2024
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 […]
POETS BUILDING BRIDGES – June 8, 2024 – Long Island Poets, Maltese Diaspora, Romanian Diaspora
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 […]
Celebrate Father’s Day – Jayne’s Hill Hike
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!
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 […]
Celebrating LGBTQ+ Poets Then and Now
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 […]
Whitman’s Long Island Then and Now – Featuring Tom Chapin
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 […]
Frida Kahlo Paint n Sip
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, […]
Harry Potter Birthday Week Celebration
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 […]
The Vienna Lessons: A Play by Jack Canfora
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 […]
