| "Creatures of Bliss and Mystery": A Nineteenth-century Children's Circus
 Saturday, July 9, 2011
1-4 p.m.
Museum Grounds
Fee: None A juggler, a storyteller, and a parade -- it's circus time at the Emily Dickinson Museum! The 2011 "Creatures of Bliss and Mystery: A Nineteenth-century Circus" is free and open to the public, especially children ages 3 to 10 (and their adult companions). Folksinger and storyteller Tim Van Egmond will present a lively program of tales and folk-songs at 1:30 and 3:15 p.m. Henry the Juggler will perform at 2:15 p.m., and following the show, he will offer an informal juggling workshop. Other participatory activities include tightrope walking, a ring-toss, and kid-friendly crafts. Children can make fancy hats, festive flags, and masks to sport during the "Parade Around the Grounds," which begins at 2:45 p.m. More information about "Creatures of Bliss and Mystery"
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| Emily Dickinson International Society Meeting in Amherst
 The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Emily Dickinson International Society will be July 29-31 in Amherst, Massachusetts. The gathering, co-sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum, will take place on the campus of Amherst College.
The 2011 theme is Great Debates. Panel discussions and conversations will focus on some of the most perplexing issues surrounding Emily Dickinson's life and work: Why didn't Dickinson publish? What literary characteristics make a Dickinson poem Dickinsonian? Why did the poet become a recluse? Historians, Dickinson scholars, authors, and long-time readers of Emily Dickinson will serve as panelists for a lively exchange of ideas. The meeting includes a book-signing and open house at the Emily Dickinson Museum on Saturday, July 30 at 5:30 p.m. Authors of Dickinson-related books who are attending the meeting and wish to have their books available for this event are invited to e-mail Jane Wald. Please include the title, publisher, and date of each publication. Registration forms and detailed information about the conference
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| Emily Dickinson's "Shadow" Appears at Ko Theater Festival
 Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 10 at 4 p.m.
Holden Theater, Amherst College
Tickets: $20 ($16 for students/seniors)
"Industrious Angels" is a solo hand-crafted-story-spinning-shadow-puppet-memory-play-with-music that evokes the secret creative lives of women, mother/daughter bloodlines, and the ghost of Emily Dickinson. In a shadowed attic crammed with curio cabinets, work tables, chests, and drawers, a daughter searches for what it is that ties together her mother, herself, and an elusive poet. A story about the crafting of stories, "Industrious Angels" was conceived by actor/artist Laurie McCants on a visit to Emily Dickinson's home, where the poet wrote, in secret, the almost 1800 poems found after her death. The story unfolds through puppetry, paper-cutting, music, movement, light and dark, and the weaving together of words. It is a dance of the hands honoring women's handiwork: mending, preserving, ordering, adorning, writing, hiding. More information about the Ko Festival, "Industrious Angels," and tickets
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Dickinson's Garden Blooms at Hope & Feathers Framing
 "Bloom-is Result-" is the title piece for a series of watercolor paintings by Amherst artist Victoria Dickson. They feature flowers that grew in the conservatory, gardens, and surrounding woods and meadows of the Emily Dickinson Homestead. The paintings are paired with Dickinson's extraordinary poems about flowers and her metaphysical "garden unseen," the garden of the soul. The show will open on July 5 at Hope & Feathers Framing at 319 Main Street in Amherst, just across the street from the Homestead, and run through August 27. There will be a reception to meet the artist on Saturday, July 30 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. More information on Hope & Feathers Framing and the exhibition |
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"Friends" Recognized at June 16 Reception
Charter members of "The Friends of the Emily Dickinson Museum" gathered on June 16 for a special garden reception on the grounds of the Homestead.
Landscape historian and horticulturalist Marta McDowell discussed Emily Dickinson's gardens showed off the results of the week's volunteer gardener mornings.
In addition to enjoying a beautiful summer afternoon, members took a look at an architect's rendering of a reconstructed conservatory - Emily Dickinson's "little garden within" and a future project for the Museum.
More information about the conservatory and garden
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Emily Dickinson Baking Contest on September 24
 Emily Dickinson was well-known among friends and family for her baked goods. She even won second place (and 50 cents) for her Rye and Indian Bread in the 1856 Amherst Cattle Show! In the spirit of her success, the Emily Dickinson Museum is sponsoring its second annual baking contest! Entrants may choose to make one or more of the following recipes: - Gingerbread (Youth and Adult categories)
- Coconut Cake (Youth and Adult categories)
- Black Cake (Adult category)
- Rye and Indian Bread (Adult category)
Rules for entering as well as recipes for all four categories are available in a downloadable PDF, Contest Rules and Recipes. If you'd like to enter the contest, please complete our Intention to Enter form. The deadline for submitting the form is Thursday, September 22. Entries must be delivered to the Emily Dickinson Museum between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 24. Prizes will be awarded at 4 p.m. Prizes include Emily Dickinson Museum aprons. All second-place winners will also receive 50 cents. |
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Become a Friend of the Emily Dickinson Museum
Join us in preserving Emily Dickinson's vibrant poetic and material legacy by becoming a Friend. $65 annual membership dues provide the following benefits:
Membership also makes a wonderful gift!
Please also consider making a gift to the Annual Fund.
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Follow the Museum on Facebook and Twitter!
The Museum has created a presence on Facebook and Twitter to share news, events, and information about Emily Dickinson with the online commmunity.
Be sure to like our Facebook fan page and follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with our latest happenings. July and August will feature daily updates from the life and literature of Emily Dickinson, including extracts from poems and letters as well as historical tidbits.  
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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 overseen by a separate Board of Governors. The Museum is responsible for raising its own operating and capital funds.
The Emily Dickinson Museum is a member of Museums10, a collaboration of ten museums linked to the Five Colleges in the Pioneer Valley--Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Museum's Tour Center may be reached at 413-542-2947, Wednesday through Sunday, during museum hours.
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