List of Events by Month
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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