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THE GREAT HEROES AND LEGENDS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW The fun starts with a birthday poetry celebration February 27, 2010! |
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Events Calendar Book discussion groups are highlighted in red. Free anthologies available at the Longfellow Birthday event. All titles on sale at the Wayside Inn Gift Shop. Wayside Inn: Longfellow Wine Dinner February 26, 2010 (Friday) 6:30pm; $60 per person Wayside Inn: Longfellow Birthday Party February 27, 2010 (Saturday) 3:00-5:00pm Free cake and books when you sign up for book discussion groups! Prepare for the celebration with the Birthday Celebration Packet! Wayside Inn: Book Discussion Group March 3, 2010 (Wednesday) 7:00pm Discussion: Excerpts from Paul Revere, Evangeline, Hiawatha, and Miles Standish Wayside Inn: Book Discussion Group March 4, 2010 (Thursday) 10:00-11:00am Discussion: Excerpts from Paul Revere, Evangeline, Hiawatha, and Miles Standish Marlborough Public Library: The French-Acadian Migration to Massachusetts March 9, 2010 (Tuesday) 7:00pm The story behind Longfellow's Evangeline. Goodnow Library Film Event March 10, 2010 (Wednesday) 7:00pm Silent movie classic Evangeline with Delores Del Rio (1929) Wayside Inn: Lecture Often I Think: Longfellow's Early Years in Portland, Maine March 16, 2010 (Tuesday) 7:00pm Carolin Collins, Director of Education at the Maine Historical Society Goodnow Library Film Event March 17, 2010 (Wednesday) 7:00pm "Expulsion: The Story of Acadia" Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary of the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia Wayside Inn: Book Discussion Group March 23, 2010 (Tuesday) 7:00pm Discussion: Longfellow's Greatest Hits, excerpts from Paul Revere, Evangeline, Hiawatha, and Miles Standish, in preparation for Sudbury Savoyards event. Wayside Inn: Dinner Theater Longfellow's Greatest Tales March 26, 2010 (Friday) 6:15pm Featuring the Sudbury Savoyards; $69 per person Wayside Inn: Book Discussion Group March 29, 2010 (Monday) 7:00pm Discussion: Pilgrims and Patriots: Paul Revere and Miles Standish. Great Massachusetts legends in preparation for Patriots Day activities. Wayside Inn: Afternoon Tea Fireside Discussion of Longfellow's Tales April 6, 2010 (Tuesday) 4:00pm Longfellow biographer Charles Calhoun Wayside Inn Film Event Thomas Edison's 1914 Film "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" April 8, 2010 (Thursday) 7:00pm Patrick Leehey, Paul Revere House Wayside Inn: Afternoon Tea Fireside Discussion of Longfellow's Tales April 13, 2010 (Tuesday) 4:00pm Longfellow biographer Charles Calhoun Marlboro Public Library: Book Discussion April 13, 2010 (Tuesday) 7:00pm Discussion: Longfellow's Greatest Hits, including The Song of Hiawatha led by Longfellow biographer Charles Calhoun. Preparation for Michael Maglaras event April 18. Wayside Inn: Lecture The History of the Wedgwood Company April 14, 2010 (Wednesday) 7:00pm An evening lecture by Ron Frazier of the Wedgwood Society of Boston. Wayside Inn: Dramatic Reading of The Song of Hiawatha April 18, 2010 (Sunday) 4:00-5:00pm A dramatically beautiful reading of excerpts by Michael Maglaras. Wayside Inn: Brunch and Lecture Patriot’s Day Brunch and Read of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere April 19, 2010 (Monday) 10:30am Wayside Inn: Lecture The Courtship of Miles Standish April 28, 2010 (Wednesday) 7:00pm James Baker, Plymouth Historian and retired Curator of the Alden House Historic Site in Duxbury, MA. Garden in the Woods: Family Event Hiawatha Day May 2, 2010 (Sunday) 1:00-4:00pm Family activities, music, and poetry readings at the New England Wildflower Society / Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA Bearly Read Books Children's Event Read-Aloud for Children May 11, 2010 (Tuesday) 10:30-11:30am Family activities, music, and poetry readings at the New England Wildflower Society / Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA Marlborough Public Library: Book Discussion Group May 11, 2010 (Tuesday) 7:00pm Discussion: The Courtship of Miles Standish Wayside Inn: Boy Scout Campover May 14-May 16 2010 The Inn is hosting Scouts from Caldwell, NJ interested in earning their historic preservation badges while learning about Longfellow and Paul Revere. Event open to Sudbury-area Scout troops only. Call 508/308-1849 for more information. Marlboro Public Library: Book Discussion May 27, 2010 (Thursday) 7pm Closing event to wrap up discussion of Longfellow's Greatest Hits. Exhibits
Ongoing Exhibits The "Longfellow Series of Wedgwood Plates" exhibit is open for public display starting in February 2010. Sudbury Senior Center
Longfellow's Life and Legends April 6, 13, 20 (Tuesdays) 2:00-3:00pm Lifelong learning class led by Longfellow biographer Charles Calhoun. Space is limited. Register with the Sudbury Senior Center at 978-443-3055. |
Longfellow's Wayside Inn is honored to host another community-wide read of the poems of this country's greatest poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The 2010 Longfellow Big Read will explore The Great Heroes and Legends of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — from Paul Revere and Miles Standish to Evangeline and Hiawatha. The stories are compelling and their impact on North American culture has been indelible and undeniable. In 2010, our Big Read will go national, with other Big Read communities choosing to read Longfellow from Longfellow's birthday on February 27, 2010 to the end of May 2010. We are excited to have the Caldwell Public Library in Caldwell, New Jersey share their fun with us. We have extended the Big Read fun beyond Sudbury this year as well and welcome our collaborators in Marlborough and Framingham: the Marlboro Public Schools, Framingham Adult ESL, and the New England Wildflower Society. We have a lot of exciting events that we will be posting in the next few weeks. So stay tuned and check back often for the makings of an exciting year! About the Longfellow Big Read ... in 2008, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn was honored to be the first grant recipient in a pilot initiative created by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Poetry Foundation to celebrate great American poets and the nation’s historic poetry locales. From Longfellow’s birthday on February 27, 2008, to Patriot’s Day, April 19, 2008, the Wayside Inn sponsored a community read of the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Public events began at the Martha-Mary Chapel at the Wayside Inn on February 27th with Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, speaking on the poet’s life and works. Events were held at the Wayside Inn as well as at the Goodnow Library, the Sudbury Public Schools, and the Sudbury Senior Center. Our goal is to reenergize community interest in the importance of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as this country’s greatest poet and to publicize Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn within the larger context of all of Longfellow’s works. Programming includes book discussions, lectures, classes, and special events that can bring the readers together for the enjoyment of historic poetry Check out the Upcoming Events calendar to the right for an overview of what the scheduled events were, or the more detailed Events page. Website Resources
This website offers a wide range of resources to help you learn more about the life and poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Book Discussion Group page lists resources for group leaders and participants who want to learn more about Longfellow. This page lists titles suitable for adults, young adults, and children. We encourage everyone to read Longfellow during their lunch hour, to their families at night, before the start of community meetings, and together at one of the many book discussion groups that we will hold. Teacher Resources include Reader’s Guides and Teacher's Guides that will bemade available to all program participants.
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The Sudbury Foundation has generously provided the matching support that makes the Longfellow Big Read program possible. For more information on The Big Read, visit www.neabigread.org. |
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