In this issue
-- New Website Launched!
-- Plaster Ceiling at Homestead Falls: Museum Re-opens October 31
-- Read "A Message from the Meadows" online
-- Poetry Discussion Group November meeting -- Birthday Celebrations: A Party for "Perfect Crowds of Admirers" -- Birthday Celebrations: Annual Open House -- The answer is. . . 2,606 pickets -- Support the Emily Dickinson Museum -- About the Museum -- Are you on FacebookŪ? Join us!
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New Website Launched! 
The Emily Dickinson Museum is pleased to
announce the release of its new website.
Its fresh design houses a wealth of information about the poet, her work, friends and family. Plenty of news and event information makes the website a helpful resource for planning a family trip or group excursion. There's also an easy way to make an online contribution to support the work of the Emily Dickinson Museum by following the "Donate" button at the bottom right corner of every page. (Please note: Some users are experiencing difficulty with the PayPal interface. We are working to resolve this problem and appreciate your return to the site to make a contribution.) Explore the new website at www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org and let us know what you think of it!
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Plaster Ceiling at Homestead Falls: Museum Re-opens October 31 The Museum re-opened to the public on Saturday, October 31, with a revised tour telling the story of Emily Dickinson's legacy from the perspective of her niece, Martha Dickinson Bianchi. After the Homestead passed out of Dickinson family hands, Bianchi maintained an "Emily Room" at The Evergreens to satisfy growing public curiosity about her aunt's extraordinary poetry. The tour is offered during the Museum's regular public schedule. The Homestead will be closed until investigations and repairs are complete. For more about the incident see the Message from the Executive Director on the Museum's new website.
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Read "A Message from the Meadows" online 
A Message from The Meadows, the print newsletter of the Emily Dickinson Museum, is now available online. Visit the Museum's Press Room to read about the inauguration of the new hedge and fence, the summer workshop for teachers funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Museum's annual report of gifts, and more. |
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Poetry Discussion Group November meeting November 20, 2009 Noon - 2 p.m. Amherst College Alumni House Registration fee: $10 per session or $65 for series of eight sessions. Join us for the November gathering of the Museum's poetry discussion group. Discussion facilitator Margaret Freeman will lead a discussion of voice and punctuation in Emily Dickinson's poetry. Freeman is Professor Emeritus of Los Angeles Valley College and a Co-Director of Myrifield Institute for Cognition and the Arts, a think tank for research in the cognitive sciences and the creative arts located in Heath, Massachusetts. She helped to found the Emily Dickinson International Society, and served as its first president from 1988 to 1992. She is currently at work on two books: Poetic Iconicity and Reading Emily Dickinson: A Cognitive Guide. The Poetry Discussion Group is open to all. For more information, contact Nan Fischlein, program coordinator, by e-mail or phone (413-542-2034).
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Birthday Celebrations: A Party for "Perfect Crowds of Admirers" 
Thursday, December 10, 20095:30 - 7:30 p.m. The Museum celebrates the poet's 179th birthday with a special preview of William Luce's classic one- woman play "The Belle of Amherst," starring actress and author Barbara Dana. This benefit party to support the Museum's operations will be held in Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons in Valentine Hall at Amherst College. Be among Emily's "perfect crowds of admirers" on December 10, her actual birth date.
Tickets are available at a variety of levels: Click through the Museu m's website to the "Events" page for more information. Please call 413-542-5311 or e-mail info@ emilydickinsonmuseum.org for reservations. And be sure to return in the spring for Barbara Dana's full performance of "The Belle of Amherst." Details of the spring performance will be announced soon.
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Birthday Celebrations: Annual Open House 1 p.m. -- 4 p.m. The Emily Dickinson Museum will host its annual open house in honor of the 179th birthday of its namesake, who was born December 10, 1830. The "At Home" celebration is free and open to the public. Following a longstanding tradition, the first 179 visitors will receive a rose, courtesy of an anonymous donor. Click through the Museum's website to the "Events" page for more information.
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The answer is. . . 2,606 pickets 
A ribbon-cutting on September 26, the day of this
year's annual poetry marathon, marked the
completed restoration of the Dickinson hedge and
fence. Participants in the marathon were invited to
guess the number of pickets in the new fence.
Inspired by the prospect of reading all of Emily
Dickinson's poems in just 16 hours, several
participants guessed 1,789.
The winning entry of 2,751, submitted by a visitor from Shirley, New York, exceeded the actual number of pickets and spindles in the 1,000-foot fence by a mere 145.
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Support the Emily Dickinson Museum 
The Emily Dickinson Museum is a vibrant literary
landmark, honoring of one of the world's
greatest poets. The museum has grown dramatically
in its programs, audience, and impact in the short
years since its creation in 2003, and attracts
worldwide attention. It owes its success in large
measure to the generous encouragement of its many
dedicated friends and supporters.
In these times of economic challenge for non-profit cultural organizations, we especially need your help to maintain the tours, programs, and connection with the poet's world as you see in these Emily E- Updates. Find out more about how you can assist the Museum by visiting our website and clicking through to the "Support" page, or by contacting executive director Jane Wald.
Mail your contribution to:
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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 responsible for raising the Museum's operating and capital funds. The Museum is a member of Museums10, a collaboration of ten museums linked to the five colleges in the Pioneer Valley. The Tour Center may be reached at 413-542-2947, Wednesday through Sunday, during museum hours.
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