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Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon, September 2009 :

Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon, September 2009

Updated: Sep 28, 2009 8:53pm PST

Holcomb Farm Summer Food Film Festival, 20 August 2009. :

Holcomb Farm Summer Food Film Festival, 20 August 2009.

Updated: Aug 28, 2009 10:25am PST

"Creatures of Bliss and Mystery" The Circus comes to Emily Dickinson : 11 July 2009

"Creatures of Bliss and Mystery" The Circus comes to Emily Dickinson

11 July 2009

Updated: Jul 12, 2009 11:08am PST

Poetry Picnic at the Emily Dickinson Museum, 13 June 2009 :

Poetry Picnic at the Emily Dickinson Museum, 13 June 2009

Updated: Jun 15, 2009 2:39pm PST

Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk, 16 May 2009 : The Emily Dickinson Poetry walk is a long-standing Amherst Tradition, dating back to the 1970's. Now in it's thirteenth year as an Emily Dickinson Museum program, the Walk is an opportunity to mark the anniversary of the post's death by sharing Dickinson's poetry at six historic sites in Amherst. In 2009, in honor of the Museum's designation by the National Endowment for the Arts as an America Literary Landmark, the Walk featured selections of Dickinson's work read by five local poets. Keeping with tradition, the Walk concluded at the Dickinson gravesite, where walkers were invited to read a favorite Dickinson poem.

Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk, 16 May 2009

The Emily Dickinson Poetry walk is a long-standing Amherst Tradition, ...

Updated: May 18, 2009 11:57am PST

ED Museum Tree Removal :

ED Museum Tree Removal

Updated: Feb 25, 2009 3:41pm PST

"What Did Dickinson Write?" Emily Dickinson Birthday Lecture, 11 December 2008 : "What Did Dickinson Write?" The annual Emily Dickinson Birthday Lecture at the Alumni House, Amherst College, Speaker: Virginia Jackson. Virginia Jackson teaches at Tufts University. She is the author of Dickinson's Misery: A Theory of Lyric Reading (Princeton, 2005), which won the MLA First Book Award in 2005 and the Christian Gauss prize from Phi Beta Kappa in 2006. Co-sponsored with Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.

"What Did Dickinson Write?" Emily Dickinson Birthday Lecture, 11 December 2008

"What Did Dickinson Write?" The annual Emily Dickinson Birthday Lectu ...

Updated: Jan 05, 2009 5:49pm PST

"Amherst is Alive with Fun this Winter!" Emily Dickinson's 178th birthday. : The Annual Emily Dickinson Victorian Birthday Dinner Fundraiser at Amherst College. "Amherst is Alive with Fun this Winter!" recaptures the literary and cultural delights of a sumptuous feast, rediscovering the finest of dining fare and customs in nineteenth-century Amherst society.

"Amherst is Alive with Fun this Winter!" Emily Dickinson's 178th birthday.

The Annual Emily Dickinson Victorian Birthday Dinner Fundraiser at Amh ...

Updated: Jan 05, 2009 5:50pm PST

Sojourner Truth Memorial, Florence, Mass. 4 November 2008 : From the website for the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Project: "Sojourner Truth, a former slave who lived in Florence, MA in the Mid-1800's, was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice. A group of citizens from many walks of life, have come together to create a memorial statue and site honoring her life and work." http://www.sojournertruthmemorial.org/index.html, and http://historic-northampton.org/highlights/educationindustry.html

Sojourner Truth Memorial, Florence, Mass. 4 November 2008

From the website for the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Project: "Soj ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2008 11:49am PST

"Such a Hurrah!" Emily Dickinson Museum 5th Anniversary, 27 September 2008 : The Emily Dickinson Museum's fourth annual Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon: an extemporaneous reading of all 1789 Dickinson poems and the Fifth Anniversary of the formation of the Emily Dickinson Museum combining The Homestead and The Evergreens. www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org

"Such a Hurrah!" Emily Dickinson Museum 5th Anniversary, 27 September 2008

The Emily Dickinson Museum's fourth annual Emily Dickinson Poetry Mara ...

Updated: Sep 28, 2008 11:09am PST

Poetry in the Garden, "I'm Nobody," A Jouney of Healing, Susan Hess, 20 July 2008 : Susan Hess is a Fiber Artist living in Georgetown Maine. She read her first Dickinson poem at age 56 which was also the age at which Emily Dickinson passed. Dickinson's poetry opened, for the first time, a "sacred closet" and allowed Susan to final sweep the memories of her childhood abuse and form a narrative for her recovery process.

Poetry in the Garden, "I'm Nobody," A Jouney of Healing, Susan Hess, 20 July 2008

Susan Hess is a Fiber Artist living in Georgetown Maine. She read her ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2008 7:43am PST

Mount Greylock in Footsteps of Thoreau, 19 July 2008 : "I have come over the hills on foot and alone in serene summer days, plucking raspberries by the wayside," begins Henry David Thoreau's narration of his 1844 visit to the summit of Mount Greylock. In July of 2008 local author Lauren Stevens lead a dozen hikers along the same path to experience the mountain and better understand the philosophical observations recorded by Thoreau along the way.

Mount Greylock in Footsteps of Thoreau, 19 July 2008

"I have come over the hills on foot and alone in serene summer days, p ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2008 7:53pm PST

Poetry in the Garden, Literary Travel with Todd Felton, 13 July 2008 : After spending the morning crawling around Quabbin Park with the local mycologists, the afternoon found me among the more cultivated environs of the "Poetry in the Garden" event at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst. Local author Todd Felton discussed the history and philosophies presented in his book "A Journey into Transcendentalists' New England" and how these influenced, despite her relative isolation, Emily Dickinson's poetry. The full text of his remarks can be found at: http://www.redroom.com/blog/robert-todd-felton/remarks-poetry-garden-event-emily-dickinson-museum

Poetry in the Garden, Literary Travel with Todd Felton, 13 July 2008

After spending the morning crawling around Quabbin Park with the local ...

Updated: Jul 16, 2008 2:30pm PST

Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton, 25 May 2008 : Paradise City Arts Festival is very much a festival rather than just a show. Live band, theatre, kenetic sculpure, craft demonstrations, and hand-on activities for the kids provide part of the dynamic interaction with the event. As passive as the artist's booths might first appear, they have their own dynamic energy in stimulating thoughts, promoting learning, and inspiring feelings. After all that is what art is. For more on the Festival see: http://www.paradisecityarts.com/spring/other/foodjazzsprg.html After the Festival I joined the Broad Brook Coalition for a wildflower walk at Fitzgerald Lake.

Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton, 25 May 2008

Paradise City Arts Festival is very much a festival rather than just a ...

Updated: Jun 08, 2008 8:16am PST

The annual Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk, Amherst, Massacusetts, 17 May 2008. : Held each year on the Saturday closest to Dickinson’s May 15 death, the Poetry Walk began in the garden at the Dickinson Homestead at 280 Main Street in Amherst and then proceeded to Amherst Train Station, The Evergreens, the Amherst History Museum, the site of Dickinson’s girlhood home on North Pleasant Street, and then to the West Cemetery. The walk was a program of the Amherst College's Emily Dickinson Museum. www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org This was my first experience with the walk and I found it a delightfully spiritual connection between literary expression and the world that we share with others, including the numerous participants on the walk. I became so lost in the event that I managed to lose my written notes so to accompany my photographs in the journal below I have added my favorite poems to convey the feeling of this inspiring spring afternoon stroll. It is already on my calendar for next year.

The annual Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk, Amherst, Massacusetts, 17 May 2008.

Held each year on the Saturday closest to Dickinson’s May 15 death, ...

Updated: Oct 02, 2008 10:23pm PST

Katahdin, "the unfinished parts of the globe" : "Man is born to die. His works are short-lived. Buildings crumble, monuments decay, wealth vanishes. But Katahdin in all its glory forever shall remain the mountain of the people of Maine." Percival Baxter © 2006 R. Steven Fratoni, contact: stetoni@gmail.com

Katahdin, "the unfinished parts of the globe"

"Man is born to die. His works are short-lived. Buildings crumble, mon ...

Updated: Oct 12, 2007 7:12am PST

Mt. Holyoke, Last Tuesday Lunge with Aaron Vega : IMPORTANT NOTE: These images are the property of Vega Yoga. (Photos by Aaron and Debra Vega ©2007) An e-mail announcement earlier in the day allowed me and Tom (gray shirt, silver hair) to get to the Summit House ahead of the PVHC and in time for an Aaron Vega lead yoga session. FABULOUS place for yoga!!! From the Vega Yoga website: "LAST TUESDAY LUNGE - The last Tuesday of each month Bringing our practice one step closer to nature. The last Tuesday of each month Aaron invites yogis to gather and practice outdoors. Aaron leads this mixed level, bring your own mat, stretch and soak up the sun gathering."

Mt. Holyoke, Last Tuesday Lunge with Aaron Vega

IMPORTANT NOTE: These images are the property of Vega Yoga. (Photos b ...

Updated: Nov 24, 2007 3:11pm PST

The Big Read, An Afternoon of Poetry, 4 April 2009 : From the website, www.neabigread.org. "The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment."

The Big Read, An Afternoon of Poetry, 4 April 2009

From the website, www.neabigread.org. "The Big Read is an initiative ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2009 11:27am PST

Emily Dickinson Discussion Group, 24 April 2009 :

Emily Dickinson Discussion Group, 24 April 2009

Updated: Apr 29, 2009 3:56pm PST