Poetry enthusiasts can celebrate the works of Walt Whitman later this month during an evening of food, short films and live performances at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center. MORE EVENTS Arts ...

Louisiana’s history is full of stories about creative geniuses who come here and find their lives changed forever by what they see. Artist John James Audubon arrived in Louisiana in 1821 and ended up ...

Back in September, we posted on a Curtis Lovell Meets Walt Whitman: Listening Party, as part of the Calamus Project. Now that the musical side of the project has wrapped up, it’s time for the poetic ...

Walt Whitman, Author, Peter Strauss, Read by Warner Adult $9.98 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59483-558-2 This Whitman guide-one of the first six installments in Hachette Audio's new study guide series-is the audio ...

Though delayed because of the pandemic, members of the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association will finally seal a time capsule —with artifacts, written historic texts and books — to commemorate the ...

Jones invites you to a summer garden party from June 21-24 for Whitman in Love - Live Oak, with Moss & Other Poems. Half a century following Whitman’s 1892 passing, a secret notebook was discovered ...

ONE of the most familiar of figures in print and picture, everywhere well known or easily taken for granted, Walt Whitman was also personally most accessible ; it was part of his conception of the ...

Nation marks anniversary of start of Civil War. April 12, 2011 -- Walt Whitman, one of America's most revered authors and poets, is best known for his "Leaves of Grass" collection but the National ...

A dramatic recitation of one of Walt Whitman’s poems will be held at the Jackson Center, helping to commemorate the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s death. Submitted photo A dramatic recitation of one ...

Banners of well-known poets like Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes hung from the wood-paneled ceilings, as poets sang, rhymed and read their own original works. While football fans were readying beer, ...