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Greg Trupiano
Artistic Director |
Lon Black
Associate Artistic Director |
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Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. |
The Walt Whitman Project recommends Reading by Poet in Residence X. J. Kennedy (May 30) and
2009 Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration with Poet in Residence X. J. Kennedy (May 31)
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| Wednesday June 3 through Sunday June 7, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
A special Dream Music Puppetry engagement featuring innovative puppet works by Bart Buch and Brian Selznick in response to work by American master Walt Whitman. Mr. Buch's appearance is underwritten in part by a grant from The Walt Whitman Project.
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| Wednesday June 3, 2009 6:30 p.m. |
The Walt Whitman Project recommends Inaugural Benefit Gala at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York Please join the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association in its fundraising endeavor to fulfill its mission in celebrating the poet's vision. Proceeds will benefit the organization's literacy programs.
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| Thursday June 4, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
The Walt Whitman Project recommends Blades of Grass: A Merrymaking Benefit for the Artful Conspirators An evening of fun at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, New York, to help raise funds for the Brooklyn-based theater company Artful Conspirators and its upcoming summer productions of Whitman inspired works.
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| Sunday July 12, 2009 1:00 p.m. |
Walt Whitman's Fort Greene Park A stroll sponsored by Fort Greene Park Conservancy and The Walt Whitman Project Walk around Fort Greene Park, a greensward that owes its existence in large part to Walt Whitman’s editorials written for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and learn about this poet’s intimate connection with Brooklyn’s first official park. The afternoon includes readings of Whitman’s prose and poetry and discussions about the park, the Wallabout Martyrs and the monument dedicated to their memory, and Brooklyn Hospital. Your guide is Greg Trupiano, Artistic Director of The Walt Whitman Project. This event will conclude with a walk up Myrtle Avenue to 99 Ryerson Avenue, the last existing building in Brooklyn that was a residence of Walt Whitman.
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| Ongoing |
Whitman's Brooklyn The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association In addition, the Birthplace has announced an event to raise much needed funds.It is the first annual Walt Whitman Benefit Galacelebrating Poetry, Literacy, and Scholarship on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at Oheka Castle on Long Island in Huntington, New York, at the historic Otto H. Kahn estate. Walt Whitman Birthplace Association |
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| To Contact the Whitman
Project: whitmanpro@aol.com |
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