Past Events

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A Something Overtakes the Mind

(In-Person Art Installation) “Did you ever read one of her Poems backward,” Emily Dickinson wrote on a scrap of wrapping paper, “because the plunge from the front overturned you? I sometimes (often have, many times) have—A something overtakes the Mind.”...

Sweet Countrymen — Judge Tenderly of Me
A Community Poetry Hour
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 3pm ET

FREE Virtual Program - An hour of poetry on election day...
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[SOLD OUT] Emily Dickinson 194th Birthday Open House
Sat., Dec. 7, 1-4:30pm ET

FREE In-Person Program - You are cordially invited to the Emily Dickinson Museum’s in-person celebration of the poet’s 194th birthday!...
archival lithograph showing the carriage house next to The Evergreens

Carriages – Be sure – and Guests – True:
A Dickinson Birthday Celebration
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 6pm ET

FREE Virtual Program - A celebration of Emily Dickinson’s 194th birthday with Executive Director Jane Wald...
Emily Dickinson's handwriting on a letter and envelope

Poetry Discussion Group Spring 2025 Series

A lively virtual discussion of Emily Dickinson’s poetry and letters, meeting once a month from February to May...
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Educator Workshop
Dickinson’s Planetary Poems
Wednesday, October 22, 6:30pm ET

Virtual Program - An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...
graphic Educator Workshop - Dickinson’s Gardens and Volcanoes

Educator Workshop
Dickinson’s Gardens and Volcanoes
Tuesday, November 11, 6:30pm ET

- An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...

Educator Workshop
Learning from Dickinson’s Letters
Wednesday, December 3, 6:30pm ET

- An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...
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Emily Dickinson 195th Birthday Open House
Sat., Dec. 6, 1-4:30pm ET

FREE In-Person Program - You are cordially invited to the Emily Dickinson Museum’s in-person celebration of the poet’s 195th birthday!...
Graphic for Emily Dickinson's 193rd birthday. Dickinson is photoshopped to stand in front of ballons and big text with the numbers 193.

SOLD OUT – Emily Dickinson 193rd Birthday Open House
Sat., Dec. 9, 1-4:30pm ET

(IN-PERSON PROGRAM) You are cordially invited to the Emily Dickinson Museum’s in-person celebration of the poet’s 193rd birthday!...
the Evergreens surrounded by beautiful fall trees

Duties beautifully done:
A Dickinson Birthday Celebration
Monday, Dec. 11, 6pm ET

(VIRTUAL PROGRAM) - A celebration of Emily Dickinson’s 193rd birthday with Executive Director Jane Wald and Dickinson scholar Martha Nell Smith...
graphic delve into dickinson - Nature and God – I neither knew

Nature and God – I neither knew
Dickinson, Scientist of Faith
Thursday, September 12, 6:30pm ET

- A workshop for educators discussing a range of Dickinson poems with scientific content...
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Newer every day:
A Dickinson Birthday Celebration
Weds., Dec. 10, 6pm ET

FREE Virtual Program - A celebration of Emily Dickinson’s 195th birthday...
Emily Dickinson's handwriting on a letter and envelope

Poetry Discussion Group Spring 2024 Series

A lively virtual discussion of Emily Dickinson’s poetry and letters, meeting once a month from February to May...
graphic delve into dickinson - Dwelling in Possibility

Dwelling in Possibility
The Pleasurable Path of What if Poems
Thurs., November 21, 6:30pm ET

- An educator workshop exploring how to write poems that begin in surprise and motor towards wisdom or delight...