Join the party! This fun and informative program includes role-playing while teaching social skills, self-esteem and confidence. Children learn dining manners, such as how to properly hold and cut with a knife and fork. Apple juice will be substituted for the hot tea. Participants also practice … [Read more...]
Long Island North Shore Events
Democratic Vistas: Favorite Poem Project
The Walt Whitman Birthplace hosts its Favorite Poem Project. Community members will read aloud their favorite poems and brief personal statements about their significance. Event will be hosted by News12 Long Island news personality Elisa DiStefano. The readings will be recorded to preserve the state … [Read more...]
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization Presents the 25th Annual Walk for Beauty…in a Beautiful Place!
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization Presents the 25th Annual Walk for Beauty…in a Beautiful Place Come join us for the 25th anniversary of the Walk for Beauty: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 Stony Brook Village Center Since the inception of the walk, $1,415,000 has been raised for breast … [Read more...]
I Love My Park Day at the Walt Whitman Birthplace
Join us as we improve and enhance the Walt Whitman Birthplace. Projects will include: raking, cleaning flower beds, pruning, power washing, painting/staining, and planting. Refreshments and snacks will be provided for all volunteers! To register please go to: … [Read more...]
Hot Cocoa and Marshmallows
Your child will love listening to picture books brought to life by none other than the author of the book! Following the story, you and your child can enjoy a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows! Each reading starts at 10:30 AM, the schedule is as followed: Tuesday, February 20: Arline … [Read more...]
Summer Concerts on the Green
Summer Concerts on the Green July 15, 2018 - August 19, 2018 7 PM - 9 PM Stony Brook Village Center Green 631-451-2244 The 37th Annual Summer Sunday Concert Schedule 2018 Join us for LIVE music every Sunday from July 8th-August 19th Free Admission! July 15th– The Queen of Dixie Land … [Read more...]
Path Through History at the Walt Whitman Birthplace
Celebrate local history at the Walt Whitman Birthplace! The weekend will include Whitman-era music, historical games, and children’s stories and activity books. Regular admission rates apply. Admission includes a guided tour of the Interpretive Center and Birthplace. For more information please … [Read more...]
Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is having a weekend celebration for Walt Whitman’s 198th birthday and his legacy. The event will start on Saturday, June 3rd at 12:30PM with Marilyn Hacker, 2017 Poet-In-Residence. Hacker will give a poetry workshop, followed by a poetry reading. The following … [Read more...]
Children’s Victorian Tea Party
Join the party! This fun and informative program includes role-playing while teaching social skills, self-esteem and confidence. Children learn dining manners, such as how to properly hold and cut with a knife and fork. Apple juice will be substituted for the hot tea. Participants also practice … [Read more...]
Now You See It … Now You Don’t
Join us for a night of mystery and mayhem! This murder mystery dinner includes a buffet dinner, wine, dessert, and coffee/tea. Plus, a free jewelry raffle. Call 631-689-5888 to reserve your spot today! … [Read more...]
The 4th Annual Holistic Nutrition Seminar: Optimizing Your Nutrition
The 4th Annual Holistic Nutrition Seminar: Optimizing Your Nutrition Saturday, April 28, 2018 11:00am-3:00pm The Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s Educational and Cultural Center 111 Main St. Stony Brook, NY 11790 Featuring Yu-Shiaw Chen, Ph.D.—author, biochemist, and … [Read more...]
Salut au Monde Series, Part 1 : The Immigration Challenge with Tatyana Kleyn
WWBA announces its 2017 Program Series, Salut au Monde. This title is taken from one of Whitman’s poems and we aim to bring the world to the Whitman stage with this Series. The Immigration Challenge with Tatyana Kleyn is the first in this Series. Tatyana Kleyn will hold a community discussion … [Read more...]
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association Presents Irish Dancers
Children of all ages will enjoy a performance of Irish dancing by teachers and students from the Mulvihill-Lynch Studio of Irish Dance, known regionally, nationally and internationally as champions on the competitive circuit. The award-winning dancers will also interact with the children- answering … [Read more...]
Halloween Family Fun Day
Come in costume and enjoy pumpkin painting, trick-or-treating, crafts and more! Musical performances by the Instrument Petting Zoo and an Eerie Animal Presentation from Sweetbriar Nature Center. Free admission all day. Sponsored by Target. No reservations necessary. … [Read more...]
Salut Au Monde Series, Part 3: Native American Storytelling with Joseph Bruchac
WWBA continues its 2017 Program Series, Salut au Monde. This title is taken from one of Whitman’s poems and we aim to bring the world to the Whitman stage with this Series. Joseph Bruchac will present a 60 minute program on Native American Storytelling. Sandi Brewster-Walker will speak on her story … [Read more...]
Children’s Presidents’ Week Activity: Make a Cornhusk Figure
Celebrate an all-American Presidents’ week! Step back in time and follow a Native tradition of fashioning dolls using cornhusks. Wherever corn was grown as a crop, children in both Native American and Colonial American families used husks to fashion dolls. With a knowledgeable interpreter, hand … [Read more...]
Holiday Celebration Gala & Silent Auction
Annual holiday gala & silent auction honoring Linda Margolin, Esq., partner at MargolinBesunder LLP; and our Patron of the Arts, D. Frederick Baker. Includes fine food, cocktails, entertainment, raffle prizes, and a silent auction with hundreds of original art, holiday décor and gift items … [Read more...]
Democratic Vistas – Voices of Democracy
Walt Whitman Scholars Ed Folsom, PhD, and David S. Reynolds, PhD, will give speeches on the role of reading in the creation of a Democracy, and Whitman’s prescriptions for a healthy Democracy, respectfully. Both scholars have recently been quoted on the NY Times front page. For one day only, the … [Read more...]
Whitmanland Exhibit Reception
Whitman Relatives Gather for Closing Reception for Whitmanland Exhibit at Walt Whitman Birthplace. Free & Open to the Public Come and hear family stories. View authentic 1870 Whitman deed and see photos of the ancestral Long Island environs of the Whitman family. Read a letter from Whitman’s … [Read more...]
Summer Concerts on the Green
Summer Concerts on the Green July 22, 2018 - August 19, 2018 7 PM - 9 PM Stony Brook Village Center Green 631-451-2244 The 37th Annual Summer Sunday Concert Schedule 2018 Join us for LIVE music every Sunday from July 8th-August 19th Free Admission! July 22nd– Six Gun Band … [Read more...]
Super Poem Sunday
It's that time of year again, for the annual Super Poem Sunday, co-sponsored this year by the Bards Initiative and the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site. The annual Super Bowl Alternative for Poets (which still ends in enough time for you to catch the actual Super Bowl if you want!) … [Read more...]
Huntington School Art Show at the Walt Whitman Birthplace
The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is proud to host the Huntington School Art Show comprised of work from Huntington Elementary School and High School. The art show is free and open to the public. Hours will vary daily, please call to find out the hours for that day. … [Read more...]
Ebb & Flow: Seascape & Shoeline Views
Tranquil waves and calm waters or tempestuous storms with sea monsters and shipwrecks, coastline images have always captured the imagination of artists. Ebb & Flow: Seascape and Shoreline Views at The Heckscher Museum of Art illustrates this timeless subject in a noteworthy new exhibition. This … [Read more...]
Children’s Program: Irish Dancers
Children’s Program: Irish Dancers Sunday, March 6, 2016 Dancers Start Promptly at 1:00 P. M. $9.00/child, Chaperones FREE Click here to register ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Children of all ages will enjoy a performance … [Read more...]
2018 Chinese New Year Celebration
Celebrate the New Year with festivities including: Authentic Shaolin Kung Fu-Lion Dance & Kung Fu Demonstration Manhattan Taiko- Taiko Drumming Long Island Chinese Dance Group- Chinese Dancing and Singing A children’s craft activity Advanced Registration … [Read more...]
Heckscher Museum of Art Lego Workshop
Calling all Lego builders! Meet and build along with Lego Artist David Haliski. The first 25 families receive a free Heckscher Museum "Take and Make" Lego set. The Lego workshop is part of The Heckscher Museum's 97th Anniversary Celebration, with free admission and free family activities all … [Read more...]
In Harm’s Way: Past, Present & Future
Five years after Super Storm Sandy, the region’s most recent battle with nature, this all-day symposium explores storm preparation, recovery and moving forward. Local residents, folklorists, historians, planners, and architects and will share stories and memories of Superstorms Sandy, Irene and Lee, … [Read more...]
Summer Concerts on the Green
Summer Concerts on the Green July 29, 2018 - August 19, 2018 7 PM - 9 PM Stony Brook Village Center Green 631-451-2244 The 37th Annual Summer Sunday Concert Schedule 2018 Join us for LIVE music every Sunday from July 8th-August 19th Free Admission! July 29th– Left Jab Band … [Read more...]
Summer Concerts on the Green
Summer Concerts on the Green August 5, 2018 - August 19, 2018 7 PM - 9 PM Stony Brook Village Center Green 631-451-2244 The 37th Annual Summer Sunday Concert Schedule 2018 Join us for LIVE music every Sunday from July 8th-August 19th Free Admission! August 5th– Sound Chaser Band … [Read more...]
Walking with Whitman
Walt Whitman Birthplace hosts poet Jesús Papoleto Meléndez for a poetry reading. Evening will begin with a musical prelude at 7:30. Book Signing and Audience Q&A to follow the reading. … [Read more...]
