Events by Month

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List of Events by Month


Select a month below to advance to the corresponding listings:

January February March April May June July August September October November December

To see this list in calendar view, visit the full calendar. Note that calendar links will become inactive as of November 2020.

Projects with an asterisk are organized in conjunction with Penn Libraries*. Ongoing events/exhibitions appear each month until completion.


 

 

January

Course: Walt Whitman and the People’s Press – University of Pennsylvania Course*

Date: Spring Semester, 2019

Organizer: University of Pennsylvania, English Department and School of Design

Location: Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

Food & Drink: Bibliococktails: Walt Whitman

Date: January 11, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Rosenbach

Workshop: Whitman Community Print Night*

Date: January 17, January 31, February 7, February 21, March 14, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania

Poetry: What is American About American Poetry?

Date: January 22, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: Poetry in Common & Green Line Café Poetry Series

Location: Green Line Café

Workshop: Illuminated Whitman Verse Workshop

Date: January 26, 2019 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania

Workshop: Walt Whitman, From Photographs to Prints: A Series of Three Workshops*

Date: January 26, February 9, February 23, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Organizer: Common Press, University of Pennsylvania

Location: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

February

New Listings

Poetry: Annual High School Poetry Contest  

Date: February 1–April 18, 2019

Organizer: Walt Whitman Association

Location: Online

Workshop: Specimen Days: Bird Drawing*

Date: February 2, 2019 | 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Organizer: John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge with support from Penn Program in Environmental Humanities

Location: John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum

Poetry: Five Up on Walt

Date: February 5, 2019 | 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Kelly Writer’s House, University of Pennsylvania

Exhibition: Writers Making Books

Date: February 5–April 21, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Poetry: Philly Poetry Day — 100,000 Poets for Change

Date: February 6, 2019

Organizer: Poetry in Common

Location: Remote

Workshop: Whitman Community Print Night*

Date: January 17, January 31, February 7, February 21, March 14, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania

Workshop: Walt Whitman, From Photographs to Prints: A Series of Three Workshops*

Date: January 26, February 9, February 23, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Organizer: Common Press, University of Pennsylvania

Location: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Exhibition: Walt Whitman in His Time and Ours

Date: February 13–June 14, 2019

Organizer: University of Delaware Special Collections and Museum Collections

Location: Morris Library, University of Delaware

Poetry: Write Like Walt Whitman

Date: February 19, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m

Organizer: Poetry in Common

Location: Green Line Café

Course: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

Date: February 21, March 21, April 18, May 16, 2019 | 6:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Rosenbach

Exhibition: Whitman, Alabama

Date: February 23–June 9, 2019

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Food/Drink: Birthday Cake Bake-Off*

Date: February 26, 2019| 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Organizer: Penn Libraries

Location: Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central

Exhibition: Opening Night Reception: Writers Making Books

Date: February 28, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Spruance Gallery, Arcadia University

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

 

 

March

New Listings

Poetry: Montco Poets' Wordshop Reading

Date: March 10, 2019 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts & Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program

Location: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Workshop: Whitman Community Print Night*

Date: January 17, January 31, February 7, February 21, March 14, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania

Poetry: Whitman and the Beats

Date: March 19, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m. 

Organizer: Poetry in Common & Green Line Café Poetry Series

Location: Green Line Café

Course: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

Date: February 21, March 21, April 18, May 16, 2019 | 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Rosenbach

Conference: Whitman at 200: Looking Back, Looking Forward*

Date: March 29, 2019 | 4:00-7:30 p.m.; March 30, 2019 | 10:15 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Location: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

Poetry: Annual High School Poetry Contest

Date: February 1–April 18, 2019

Organizer: Walt Whitman Association

Location: Online

Exhibition: Writers Making Books

Date: February 5–April 21, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Spruance Gallery, Arcadia University

Exhibition: Walt Whitman in His Time and Ours

Date: February 13–June 14, 2019

Organizer: University of Delaware Special Collections and Museum Collections

Location: Morris Library, University of Delaware

Exhibition: Whitman, Alabama

Date: February 23–June 9, 2019

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

 

April

New Listings

Talk: Walt Whitman in the Civil War

Date: April 1, 2019 | 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Center at Camden County College

Poetry: Philly Loves Poetry, Philly Loves Whitman

Date: April 2, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Organizer: PhillyCAM

Location: Broadcast on Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967, Verizon FIOS 29/30

Food & Drink: Art at Lunch

Date: April 3, 2019 | 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Poetry: Wednesday Nights: Kickoff to Poetry Month

Date: April 3, 2019 | 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Poetry: Friday Nights: Samantha Rise

Date: April 5, 2019 | 5:00-8:45 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Performance: David Scott Taylor as “The Good Gray Poet,” A Portrayal of Walt Whitman

Date: April 6, 2019 | 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Stratford Borough Library

Performance: Carol of Words: Walt Whitman in Song

Date: April 6, 2019 | 4:00-7:00 p.m.

Organizer: Lyric Fest

Location: Academy of Vocal Arts

Performance: Carol of Words: Walt Whitman in Song

Date: April 7, 2019 | 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Organizer: Lyric Fest & Haverford College

Location: Roberts Hall, Haverford College

Poetry: Drexel Celebrates Whitman at 200: PBQ Reading Series

Date: April 8, 2019 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Organizer: Drexel University

Location: Black Sheep Pub

Poetry: Friday Nights: Denison Witmer

Date: April 12, 2019 | 5:00-8:45 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Nature: Earth Month Clean-Up

Date: April 13, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Whitman Woods Project

Workshop: Digital Nature Photography 101

Date: April 13, 2019 | 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Whitman Woods Project

Food & Drink: Shades of Whitman: A “Look-Alike” Contest*

Date: April 13, 2019 | 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Organizer: Penn Libraries

Location: Philadelphia Brewing Company

Performance: Curt Cacioppo & Friends

Date: April 14, 2019 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Haverford College

Course: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

Date: February 21, March 21, April 18, May 16, 2019 | 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Rosenbach

Poetry: Philly Poetry Day – 100,000 Poets for Change

Date: April 20, 2019

Organizer: Poetry in Common

Location: Anywhere

Conference/Talk: Walt Whitman, Race, and American Politics with David Reynolds*

Date: April 23, 2019 | 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Location: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Conference/Talk: Drexel Celebrates Whitman at 200

Date: April 23 & 24, 2019 | 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer: Drexel University

Location: Drexel University Bookstore

Poetry: Beat! Beat! Drums! A tribute to the poetry of Walt Whitman

Date: April 25, 2019 | 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Organizer: The Dead Bards of Philadelphia

Location: The Venice Island Performing Arts Center

Poetry: Final Friday: A Def Poetry Reunion presented by Danny Simmons

Date: April 26, 2019 | 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Poetry: Reading at Historic Whitman Farmhouse

Date: April 27, 2019 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Whitman Stafford House

Poetry: The Philadelphia Whitman Poetry Festival & Book Fair 2019

Date: April 28, 2019 | 12:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer: Poetry in Common

Location: The Rotunda

Performance: Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Chorale

Date: April 28, 2019 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Haverford College

Poetry: Poets Invincible: South Jersey Poets Read and Respond*

Date: April 30, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: Camden FireWorks Gallery

Location: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

Poetry: Annual High School Poetry Contest  

Date: February 1–April 18, 2019

Organizer: Walt Whitman Association

Location: Online

Exhibition: Writers Making Books

Date: February 5–April 21, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Spruance Gallery, Arcadia University

Exhibition: Walt Whitman in His Time and Ours

Date: February 13–June 14, 2019

Organizer: University of Delaware Special Collections and Museum Collections

Location: Morris Library, University of Delaware

Exhibition: Whitman, Alabama

Date: February 23–June 9, 2019

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

 

May

New Listings

Exhibition: Friendship and Fondness: Walt Whitman’s Appreciation of Ferries in Camden

Date: May 1–June 1, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities

Exhibition: How Sweet the Silent Backward Tracings! Preserving the Memory of America’s Good Gray Poet through Materials, Meetings, and More

Date: May 1–July 13, 2019

Organizer: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities

Location: Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University – Camden

Exhibition: Opening Reception for Multitudes: Walt Whitman at 200

Date: May 3, 2019 | 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Organizer: PAFA Youth Council

Location: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Historic Landmark Building

Poetry: Poets Invincible: South Jersey Poets Read Whitman

Date: May 3, 2019 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Camden FireWorks Gallery

Poetry: Invincible: South Jersey Poets Read Whitman

Date: May 3, 2019 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Camden FireWorks Gallery

Poetry: Satterlee Civil War Hospital Reading

Date: May 4, 2019 | 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Organizer: Poetry in Common

Location: Clark Park

Gathering: Celebrate Walt Whitman's Bicentennial with Friends Historical Association!

Date: May 5, 2019 | 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Organizer: Haverford College

Location: Newton Friends Meetinghouse

Poetry: Walt Whitman in Philadelphia and Camden

Date: May 5, 2019 | 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer: Moonstone Arts Center

Location: Fergie’s Pub

Poetry: Monday Poets | Whitman at 200: Art & Democracy, feat. Leonard Gontarek and poets from the Poetry in Common Workshop

Date: May 6, 2019 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central

Poetry: Philly Loves Poetry, Philly Loves Whitman

Date: May 7, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m

Organizer: PhillyCAM

Location: Broadcast on Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967, Verizon FIOS 29/30

Poetry: We Sing the Body Electric: Queer Voices on Whitman

Date: May 8, 2019 | 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Organizer: Moveable Beats Reading Series – Philadelphia

Location: William Way LGBT Community Center

Talk: In the Artist’s Voice: Jennifer Crandall

Date: May 11, 2019 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Food & Drink: Whitman at 200: A Tea Party with Pastry Chef Nick Malgieri*

Date: May 14, 2019 | 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Organizer: Culinary Literacy Center and Penn Libraries

Location: Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central

Exhibition: Opening Reception for Visual Democracy

Date: May 15, 2019 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy

Course: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

Date: February 21, March 21, April 18, May 16, 2019 | 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Rosenbach

Poetry: Angles of Approach: Poets Respond to Whitman

Date: May 17, 2019 | 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Organizer& Location: Fleisher Art Memorial

Lecture: Walt Whitman in Camden and Philadelphia

Date: May 18, 2019 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Organizer: Thom Nickels

Location: Strawberry Mansion

Workshop: Painting/Drawing en Plein Air Spring Weekend Workshop

Date: May 18–19, 2019 | 12:30-6:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Whitman Woods

Performance: New Songs of the Open Road*

Date: May 18, June 8, June 22, July 6, 2019

Organizer: Homer Jackson and Penn Libraries

Location: Multiple locations across Philadelphia

Exhibition: Opening Reception: Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Date: May 19, 2019 | 12:00-3:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Camden FireWorks Gallery

Poetry: Remembering Walt Whitman

Date: May 19, 2019 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Organizer: Moonstone Arts Center

Location: Fergie’s Pub

Publication: The Whitman Issue Launch, Schuylkill Valley Journal

Date: May 19, 2019 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer: Schuylkill Valley Journal

Location: Manayunk Arts Center

Poetry: $100 Prize! Write an epic haiku in the spirit of Walt Whitman

Date: May 21, 2019 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Organizer: Poetry in Common and Green Line Cafe Poetry Series

Location: Green Line Cafe

Poetry: Poets Invincible: South Jersey Poets Read and Respond

Date: May 21, 2019 | 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Camden FireWorks Gallery

Tour: Walt Whitman House Historic Site – Legacy Tours

Date: May 22–26; May 29–June 2; June 5–9, 2019

Organizer & Location: Walt Whitman House

Poetry: Mad Poets Celebrate Walt Whitman

Date: May 23, 2019 | 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: Mad Poets Society

Location: Main Point Books, Wayne, PA

Poetry: Women on Whitman

Date: May 23, 2019 | 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Organizer: Moveable Beats Reading Series, Philadelphia

Location: The Rotunda

Exhibition: Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Date: May 23–June 28, 2019

Organizer & Location: Camden FireWorks Gallery

Exhibition: When You Look on the River and Sky*

Date: May 25–September 3, 2019

Organizer: Spencer Finch Studio and Penn Libraries

Location: Delaware River Waterfront

Exhibition: Whitman Celebration Reading

Date: May 26, 2019 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer: Schuylkill Valley Journal

Location: Manayunk Roxborough Art Center

Exhibition: Opening event for Whitman Vignettes: Camden and Philadelphia, featuring poet Michael Dickman*

Date: May 28, 2019 | 4:00-6:30 p.m.

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Location: Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Performance: Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes*

Dress Rehearsal Dates: May 28 & 29, 2019 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Performance Dates: May 31, June 1 & June 2 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Organizer: Bearded Ladies Cabaret and Penn Libraries

Location: Cherry Street Pier

Poetry: Walt Whitman Association 200th Birthday Celebration

Date: May 29, 2019 | 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: Walt Whitman House

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Lecture: Walt Whitman in Camden and Philadelphia

Date: May 29, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Friends in the City, Philadelphia City Institute

Exhibition: Whitman Vignettes: Camden and Philadelphia*

Date: May 29–August 8, 2019

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Location: Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Performance: Singing Whitman: Songs from the Drinker Collection

Date: May 30, 2019 | 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Rosenbach

Performance: Patti Smith & Jesse Paris Smith: Whitman at 200*

Date: May 30, 2019 | 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Poetry: We Contain Multitudes: Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday with Poetry, Song, and Cake*

Date: May 31, 2019 | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Location: Philadelphia City Hall

Poetry: The City of Camden Celebrates America’s “Poet of Democracy”: In Honor of Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday

Date: May 31, 2019 | 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Organizer: City of Camden and Walt Whitman House

Location: 328 Mickle Street, Camden, NJ

Exhibition: Opening Reception: The Clay Studio Graduate Student Biennial: Focus on Walt Whitman

Date: May 31, 2019 | 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Clay Studio

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

Exhibition: Walt Whitman in His Time and Ours

Date: February 13–June 14, 2019

Organizer: University of Delaware Special Collections and Museum Collections

Location: Morris Library, University of Delaware

Exhibition: Whitman, Alabama

Date: February 23–June 9, 2019

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

 

June

New Listings

Tour/Talk: A-to-Z Whitman Woods Walk & Talk

Date: June 1, 2019 | 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Organizer & Location: Whitman Woods

Poetry: WaltFEST 2019

Date: June 1, 2019 | 11 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Organizer: Laurel Springs Green & Whitman Stafford Committee

Location: Whitman Stafford House

Performance: Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes*

Dress Rehearsal Dates: May 28 & 29, 2019 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Performance Dates: May 31, June 1 & June 2, 2019 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Organizer: Bearded Ladies Cabaret and Penn Libraries

Location: Cherry Street Pier

Exhibition: The Clay Studio Graduate Student Biennial: Focus on Walt Whitman

Date: June 1–July 20, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Clay Studio

Exhibition: The Artist, the Poet and the Centaur

Date: June 1–September 1, 2019

Organizer & Location: Wharton Esherick Museum

Performance: “Walt, the Ferry’s Back!”: A Tribute to the Good Grey Poet, Walt Whitman, and the City of Camden

Date: June 2, 2019| 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Waterfront South Theatre

Exhibition: Opening Reception: Spencer Finch: As Lightning on a Landscape

Date: June 3, 2019 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Arcadia Exhibitions

Installation/Performance: RiverRoad*

Date: June 4 & 6, 2019 | 8:00-9:00 p.m. and 10:00-11:00 p.m.

Organizer: Carolyn & John Phillips, in collaboration with James Osby Gwathney Jr.

Location: South of the Ferry Dock at Penn’s Landing

Exhibition: Opening Reception: Encounters with Whitman: A Photography and Video Exhibition

Date: June 7, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: Casa de Duende & Da Vinci Art Alliance

Location: Da Vinci Art Alliance

Exhibition: Encounters with Whitman: A Photography and Video Exhibition

Date: June 8–June 17, 2019

Organizer: Casa de Duende & Da Vinci Art Alliance

Location: Da Vinci Art Alliance

Performance: New Songs of the Open Road*

Date: May 18, June 8, June 22, July 6, 2019

Organizer: Homer Jackson and Penn Libraries

Location: Multiple locations across Philadelphia

Tour: Off the Shelf with Wharton Esherick

Date: June 9, 2019 | 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Wharton Esherick Museum

Performance: Singing Whitman Part II: Songs from the Drinker Collection

Date: June 10, 2019 | 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: The Rosenbach

Location: Parkway Central Library

Performance: Oscar Visits Walt

Date: June 14–15, 2019 | 7:00-9:30 p.m.

Organizer: Cabaret Vérité & Philly AIDS Thrift 

Location: Giovanni’s Room Bookstore

Performance: Songs of Myself Animation

Date: June 19, 2019 | 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Organizer: Mural Arts Philadelphia

Location: Whitman Library - Free Library of Philadelphia

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

Exhibition: Walt Whitman in His Time and Ours

Date: February 13–June 14, 2019

Organizer: University of Delaware Special Collections and Museum Collections

Location: Morris Library, University of Delaware

Exhibition: Whitman, Alabama

Date: February 23–June 9, 2019

Organizer & Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Exhibition: How Sweet the Silent Backward Tracings! Preserving the Memory of America’s Good Gray Poet through Materials, Meetings, and More

Date: May 1–July 13, 2019

Organizer: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities

Location: Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University – Camden

Exhibition: Multitudes: Walt Whitman at 200

Date: May 3–September 1, 2019

Organizer: PAFA Youth Council

Location: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Historic Landmark Building

Exhibition: Visual Democracy

Date: May 13–July 12, 2019

Organizer: City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy

Location: Philadelphia City Hall

Tour: Walt Whitman House Historic Site – Legacy Tours

Date: May 22–26; May 29–June 2; June 5–9, 2019

Organizer & Location: Walt Whitman House

Exhibition: Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Date: May 23–June 28, 2019

Organizer & Location: Camden FireWorks Gallery

Exhibition: When You Look on the River and Sky*

Date: May 25–September 3, 2019

Organizer: Spencer Finch Studio and Penn Libraries

Location: Delaware River Waterfront

Exhibition: Whitman Vignettes: Camden and Philadelphia*

Date: May 29–August 8, 2019

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Location: Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

 

July

New Listings

Tour/Talk: The Poetry of Freedom

Date: July 4, 2019 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Concord School House

Performance: New Songs of the Open Road*

Date: May 18, June 8, June 22, July 6, 2019

Organizer: Homer Jackson and Penn Libraries

Location: Multiple locations across Philadelphia

Tour: Off the Shelf with Wharton Esherick

Date: July 7, 2019 | 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Wharton Esherick Museum

Food & Drink/Talk: Mid-Summer’s Eve Salon at “Whitman Woods”

Date: July 26, 2019 | 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Whitman Woods Project

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

Exhibition: How Sweet the Silent Backward Tracings! Preserving the Memory of America’s Good Gray Poet through Materials, Meetings, and More

Date: May 1–July 13, 2019

Organizer: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities

Location: Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University – Camden

Exhibition: Multitudes: Walt Whitman at 200

Date: May 3–September 1, 2019

Organizer: PAFA Youth Council

Location: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Historic Landmark Building

Exhibition: Visual Democracy

Date: May 13–July 12, 2019

Organizer: City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy

Location: Philadelphia City Hall

Exhibition: When You Look on the River and Sky*

Date: May 25–September 3, 2019

Organizer: Spencer Finch Studio and Penn Libraries

Location: Delaware River Waterfront

Exhibition: Whitman Vignettes: Camden and Philadelphia*

Date: May 29–August 8, 2019

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Location: Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: The Clay Studio Graduate Student Biennial: Focus on Walt Whitman

Date: June 1–July 20, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Clay Studio

Exhibition: The Artist, the Poet and the Centaur

Date: June 1–September 1, 2019

Organizer & Location: Wharton Esherick Museum

 

August

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits: Injury, Death, and Healing in Civil War Philadelphia

Date: January 2–August 15, 2019

Organizer & Location: Mütter Museum

Exhibition: Multitudes: Walt Whitman at 200

Date: May 3–September 1, 2019

Organizer: PAFA Youth Council

Location: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Historic Landmark Building

Exhibition: When You Look on the River and Sky*

Date: May 25–September 3, 2019

Organizer: Spencer Finch Studio and Penn Libraries

Location: Delaware River Waterfront

Exhibition: Whitman Vignettes: Camden and Philadelphia*

Date: May 29–August 8, 2019

Organizer: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Location: Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: The Artist, the Poet and the Centaur

Date: June 1–September 1, 2019

Organizer & Location: Wharton Esherick Museum

 

September

New Listings

Exhibition: Walt Whitman: The Commercialization of his Name, Poetry, and Image in Modern Society

Date: September 4–November 22, 2019

Organizer & Location: Camden County Historical Society

Festival: Walt Whitman Visits the Delaware River Festival*

Date: September 7, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Partnership for the Delaware River Estuary

Festival: Wharton Esherick Museum Annual Members' Party

Date: September 8, 2019 | 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Wharton Esherick Museum

Lecture: Department of Art and Design Distinguished Lecture: Spencer Finch

Date: September 12, 2019 | 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Arcadia Exhibitions

Lecture: Gallery Talk & Opening Reception for Keith Carter: Seek & Find

Date: September 12, 2019 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Exhibition: Keith Carter: Seek & Find

Date: September 12–November 16, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Exhibition: The Politics of Rhetoric

Date: September 12–November 16, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Festival: Walt Whitman Visits the New Jersey History Fair

Date: September 14 | 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Organizer: New Jersey State Fair

Location: Monmouth Battlefield State Park

Exhibition: Wiota St. Community Garden Pop-Up Exhibit

Date: September 15, 2019 | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Organizer: Mural Arts Philadelphia and Writers Room Drexel

Location: Wiota Street Community Garden, Philadelphia, PA

Performance: Slavery, Miscegenation and Liberation: Classical Cuban Music

Date: September 21, October 12, November 16, 2019 | 3:00-5:30 p.m.

Organizer: Owlsong Productions

Location: The Philadelphia Building

Tour: Ferry Crossing with Curator Talk (Whitman Sampler)

Date: September 28, 2019 | 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Organizer: Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts

Location: Delaware River Waterfront

Tour: Walt Whitman House Tour (Whitman Sampler)

Date: September 28, 2019 | 11:00-11:45 a.m.

Organizer: Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts

Location: Walt Whitman House, 328 Mickle Street, Camden, NJ

Workshop: Paint or Sketch Walt Whitman's Tomb (Whitman Sampler)

Date: September 28, 2019 | 12:00-1:45 p.m.

Organizer: Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts

Location: Harleigh Cemetery

Exhibition: Meet the Artists Reception (Whitman Sampler)

Date: September 28, 2019 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Organizer: Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Multitudes: Walt Whitman at 200

Date: May 3–September 1, 2019

Organizer: PAFA Youth Council

Location: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Historic Landmark Building

Exhibition: When You Look on the River and Sky*

Date: May 25–September 3, 2019

Organizer: Spencer Finch Studio and Penn Libraries

Location: Delaware River Waterfront

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: The Artist, the Poet and the Centaur

Date: June 1–September 1, 2019

Organizer & Location: Wharton Esherick Museum

 
 

New Listings

Performance: Song of Myself Marathon Reading

Date: October 2, 2019 | 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts

Talk: Gallery Talk and Book Launch for Keith Carter: Seek & Find

Date: October 2, 2019 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Talk: Art and the Archive*

Date: October 3, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Penn Libraries

Festival: 17th Annual Collingswood Book Festival

Date: October 5, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Organizer: Collingswood Book Festival

Location: Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ

Performance: Slavery, Miscegenation and Liberation: Classical Cuban Music

Date: September 21, October 12, November 16, 2019 | 3:00-5:30 p.m.

Organizer: Owlsong Productions

Location: The Philadelphia Building

Talk: Panel on Race, Sexuality, and Whitman

Date: October 16, 2019 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Performance: Walt Whitman Returns

Date: October 17, 2019 | 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: Laurel Springs Green and Whitman Stafford Committee

Location: Whitman Stafford House

Performance: Oscar Visits Walt

Date: October 25, 26, 2019 | 7:00-9:30 p.m.; October 27, 2019| 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Organizer: Cabaret Vérité

Location: LGBT Center, University of Pennsylvania

Workshop: Inspired by Whitman and Emerson, featuring poet Alicia Askenase

Date: October 26, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Organizer: Rutgers Writers House & Poetry in Common

Location: Rutgers Writers House

Talk: Censorship & Democracy: From Whitman to the 21st Century

Date: October 29, 2019 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer: Penn Libraries and Poetry in Common

Location: Penn Libraries

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: Walt Whitman: The Commercialization of his Name, Poetry, and Image in Modern Society

Date: September 4–November 22, 2019

Organizer & Location: Camden County Historical Society

Exhibition: Keith Carter: Seek & Find

Date: September 12–November 16, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Exhibition: The Politics of Rhetoric

Date: September 12–November 16, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

October

 

November

New Listings

Workshop: Letterpress Workshop with Common Press

Date: November 2, 2019 | 1:00-3:30 p.m.

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Media/Talk: PhillyCAM: Walt Whitman and Sexuality

Date: November 5, 2019 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Organizer: PhillyCAM

Location: Comcast Channel 66 & Verizon 29-30

Performance: "The Varied Carols I Hear": Penn sings Whitman

Date: November 8, 2019 | 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Organizer & Location: Penn Libraries

Exhibition: Voyages by Road and Sea: Philadelphia Perspectives of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville

Date: November 13, 2019–August 31, 2020

Organizer & Location: Free Library of Philadelphia

Performance: Slavery, Miscegenation and Liberation: Classical Cuban Music

Date: September 21, October 12, November 16, 2019 | 3:00-5:30 p.m.

Organizer: Owlsong Productions

Location: The Philadelphia Building

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: Walt Whitman: The Commercialization of his Name, Poetry, and Image in Modern Society

Date: September 4–November 25, 2019

Organizer & Location: Camden County Historical Society

Exhibition: Keith Carter: Seek & Find

Date: September 12–November 16, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

Exhibition: The Politics of Rhetoric

Date: September 12–November 16, 2019

Organizer & Location: The Print Center

 

 

December

Ongoing Listings

Exhibition: Spencer Finch: As Lighting on a Landscape

Date: May 29–December 15, 2019

Organizer: Arcadia Exhibitions

Location: Arcadia University, Spruance Galleries

Exhibition: Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Body and Soul

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden

Exhibition: There are a dozen of me afloat

Date: May 30–December 7, 2019

Organizer: Rutgers University-Camden, featuring Lewis Colburn & Mark Stockton

Location: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden