Exciting programming from the Emily Dickinson Museum!
In this issue
-- Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman: The Mother and Father of American Poetry
-- Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk
-- Poetry Discussion Group MAY
-- The Art and Practice of Victorian Flower Arranging -- 2008 Season Emily Dickinson Museum Poster -- Smithsonian Magazine Website -- "my Verse is alive" Exhibition -- About the Museum
Spring Greetings from the Emily Dickinson Museum! The Emily Dickinson Museum welcomes spring and
you our faithful supporters. In addition to
our regular schedule of open
hours:
We have planned a very special and
spring and summer season for you this year,
so read on
with
news of events and programs at
the
Emily Dickinson Museum in the weeks
ahead.
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Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman: The Mother and Father of American Poetry 
Thursday, May 87:30 p.m. Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman: The Mother & Father of American Poetry Poet Susan Kinsolving Actor Jack Gilpin Location: Amherst's Woman's Club, Triangle Street, Amherst $15 adults, $5 youth/student in advance. $18 adults, $8 youth/students at the door. Reservations are recommended. Call 413-542-2034 to reserve your seat today.
Jack Gilpin and Susan Kinsolving
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Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk 
Saturday, May 171 p.m. Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk Location: Begins at the Museum Free
The Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk, held each
year on the Saturday closest to the poet's
May 15 death, stops at historic spots in
Amherst significant to Dickinson and
incorporates readings of about thirty of her
poems.
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Poetry Discussion Group MAY Noon-2 p.m. Leader: Margaret Chapin, Dickinson Scholar Location: Chapin 101, Amherst College Campus Fee: $10/session: advance registration required Contact Cindy Dickinson, director of interpretation and programming, 413-542-8429 or csdickinson@emilydickinsonmuseum.org
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The Art and Practice of Victorian Flower Arranging 
Saturday, June 21 2-4 p.m. Leader: Nan Wolverton Location: Amherst Woman's Club Fee: $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Advance registration recommended. Contact Nan Fischlein, program coordinator, 413-542-2034 or nfischlein@emilydickinsonmuseum.org
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2008 Season Emily Dickinson Museum Poster 
The Emily Dickinson Museum's 2008 limited
edition poster features Emily Dickinson in
spring, with her brilliant chestnut hair,
reflecting on a landscape of her boundless
imagination. Penelope Dullaghan, creator of the Museum's new 2008 poster, says she was inspired by our mission and the poetry celebrated here: "In reading Emily Dickinson's work, I found myself drawn to the strong sense of connection to the world around her." Dullaghan adds, "I tried to reflect that in the art, and capture some of the contemplative feel I experience in her writing." This is Dullaghan's second poster for the museum. The new 2008 poster will be a limited edition and available as long as supplies last. Dullaghan has agreed to complete a series of four posters over the next two years, which will complete the collector's set. Dullaghan is an award-winning illustrator and fine artist who lives in South Carolina. She chronicles her artistic development on her web site, www.penelopeillustration.com, and heads up and contributes to the weekly creative outlet/participatory art exhibit, Illustration Friday. Penelope's work has appeared in The New York Times, The LA Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Baltimore Sun and Communication Arts.
The poster measures 18" x 24"
and is suitable for
framing.
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Smithsonian Magazine Website 
The town of Amherst was featured in April on
the front page of Smithsonian Magazine's web
site, SMITHSONIAN.COM. The Homestead is on
the front page, and just one click away is a
mini-slide show which also features the
Evergreens.
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"my Verse is alive" Exhibition 
"my Verse is alive,"
a provocative exhibit exploring the intriguing
posthumous
publication of Dickinson's poetry, continues
at the
Emily Dickinson Museum by popular demand!
The exhibit takes its title from Emily Dickinson's 1862 query to author and activist Thomas Wentworth Higginson: "Are you too deeply occupied to say if my Verse is alive?" With documents and family artifacts, the exhibit traces the creation of her literary reputation through the competing efforts and loyalties of family members and intimates in the first fifty years after the poet's death.
Located in the Tour Center.
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About the Museum 
The Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and
The Evergreens is dedicated to educating diverse
audiences about the poet's life, family,
creative
work, times, and enduring relevance, and to
preserving and interpreting the Homestead and
The
Evergreens as historical resources for the
benefit of
scholars and the general public. The Emily
Dickinson
Museum is owned by the Trustees of Amherst
College and has its own Board of Governors,
which is charged with the responsibility of
raising the
Museum's operating and capital funds. The
Museum
is a member of Museums10,
a collaboration of 10 museums in the Pioneer
Valley.
To find out
how you can support the Emily Dickinson Museum,
click here.
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