Past Events

IN-PERSON PROGRAM: Phosphorescence Amherst College LitFest featuring poets Victoria Chang and Tyehimba Jess...

Phosphorescence November 2022 featured poets:
Indran Amirthanayagam, Margo Taft Stever, and Susana Case...

Happy 192nd birthday, Emily Dickinson! For the first time in 3 years, we'll be celebrating Dickinson's birthday from the place she called home (the Homestead). Join us for free tours, activities, music, and treats!...

Composer Dana Kaufman screens Emily and Sue, a pop opera...

Happy 192nd birthday, Emily Dickinson! Join us for a behind-the-scenes exploration of the Emily Dickinson Museum's collections, which contains more than 12,000 artifacts...

Phosphorescence October 2022 featuring poets:
.chisaraokwu. and Shin Yu Pai...

Virtual reading with a moderated conversation to follow from The Evergreens...

Phosphorescence April 2022 featured poets:
Saida Agostini, Shauna M. Morgan and Tara Betts ...

The annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is an event with international reach that celebrates Emily Dickinson’s poetic legacy and the contemporary creativity she and her work continues to inspire from the place she called home...

An illustrated talk with live musical accompaniment, George Boziwick explores the various composers, music sellers, and publishers behind the music...

Phosphorescence June 2022 featured poets:
Anna Talhami and Stacy Szymaszek...

Phosphorescence December 2022 featured poets:
Eleanor Hooker and Cori A. Winrock...

Join master gardener Marta McDowell and a group of fellow volunteers to aid in the cultivation and growth of the historic Dickinson family landscape...

IN-PERSON PROGRAM - the Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS) returns to Amherst!...

In honor of the 136th anniversary of the poet’s death, join the Emily Dickinson Museum for an engaging virtual poetry reading and "walk" through Amherst, the town she called “paradise” ...