Longfellow Big Read

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday April 9, 2008 7pm, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride: Dispelling the Myths
In this slide lecture, Patrick M. Leehey, Research Director at the Paul Revere House, will discuss the many other myths and misconceptions about Paul Revere, and review the life and times of one of the most famous (and least understood) figures in American history. (Full event description in PDF.)

Saturday April 19, 2008 10am, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn
Patriot’s Day Brunch and Read of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
A family brunch featuring a community read-aloud of the Landlord’s Tale. (Brunch Menu in PDF.)

LONGFELLOW BIG READ LAUNCH

February 27, 2008: Longfellow's 201st Birthday. The launch of the Longfellow Big Read was a huge success thanks to the involvement of the National Endowment for the Arts, especially Chairman Dana Gioia who gave a wonderful speech in the Inn's Martha- Mary Chapel. For those of you who missed the event, Sudbury Cable will start broadcasting the speech starting the week of March 10, 2008. (Click here for Sudbury Cable broadcast schedule.) Also be sure to check out the recent article in the Sudbury Town Crier for a feature article about the talk.

The Inn hosted other special guests from the National Endowment for the launch as well, including Senior Literature Specialist Erika Koss (who co-wrote the educational materials provided for the Longfellow Big Read with the Chairman), Congressional Liaison Shana Chase, and Director of Communications Felicia Knight. Steve Young, Program Director for the Poetry Foundation, also came to town to lend his support for the event. The dinner event was a huge success thanks to all the Inn staff who worked so hard to provide such a wonderful meal and to Longfellow biographer Charles Calhoun, who provided the perfect after-dinner digestif with his intelligent humor and scholarly reflections on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Thanks to Lynne Puorro from Sudbury Cable for filming the event, as well as photographers Marie Craig and Jonathan Sachs.

February 28, 2008: Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life. If you missed Charles Calhoun, you definitely have to check the Sudbury Cable listings for the re-broadcast of his talk at the Longfellow birthday dinner. Witty and learned are but two of the adjectives that come to mind when describing Charles. We are grateful for his timely arrival and for all that he had to offer to make it a perfect evening. If you don't get Sudbury Cable, check out the WGBH recordings you can link to on our Listen Online page.

February 29 and March 5, 2008: Christopher Bing and The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
For two days, Friday February 29 and Wednesday March 5, award-winning illustrator Christopher Bing visited the Sudbury elementary schools and Curtis Middle School. He spoke to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders across the entire district and a select group of 8th graders at the middle school about his beautifully illustrated version of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. More than 1,200 Sudbury students were entranced by his presentations! His Tour de Sudbury ended at the Goodnow Library on March 5th, with the library audience equally as enthralled with his work. He is one of the most gifted and intelligent illustrators working today. Everyone was thrilled that he came to town!

Thanks to Susan Halperin Weiss, parent yearbook photographer at the Nixon School, for sharing her photos of the talk.

GOODNOW LIBRARY

Thursday, March 13, 2008 7pm, Goodnow Library
Longfellow as Translator
In our day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best known for his narrative poems on American history, such as “Paul Revere's Ride,” The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. In his time, Longfellow was also recognized for his work as a translator, popularizing European literature for an American audience. Dartmouth College Professor Colleen G. Boggs discusses how Longfellow's efforts as an author and teacher introduced modern European languages into American higher education.

LONGFELLOW’S WAYSIDE INN

Sunday March 16, 2008 4pm, Martha-Mary Chapel at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn
Longfellow Chamber Chorus from Portland, Maine
The thirteen singers of The Longfellow Chamber Chorus will present an extraordinary international selection of 19th, 20th, and 21st century vocal settings of Longfellow poems. Included on the program will be an 1875 Sanskrit version of “A Psalm of Life,” for baritone voice, sitar and Hinustani tabla, and the world premier of a humorous jazz setting of the poem "Finale," from Part First of Tales of a Wayside Inn, ("The hour was late; the fire burned low..."), by Chilean composer and tango pianist Michael Landau. Phone 978/443-1776 beginning February 1st to reserve. Tickets are $20. (Full event description in PDF.)

Thursday March 20, 2008 7pm, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn
Paul Revere’s Ride Revisited
As we close the bicentennial year of Longfellow's birth, independent historian Charles Bahne will examine how the poet came to write about Revere, and why his poem isn't historically accurate. Mr. Bahne will also look at Longfellow's relationship with the Red Horse Tavern in Sudbury, and how the tavern was immortalized in the three volumes of the Tales of a Wayside Inn. (Full event description in PDF.)

LIFELONG LEARNING COURSE AT THE SUDBURY SENIOR CENTER

Mondays March 10, 17, 24 1–2:30pm, Sudbury Senior Center
Maureen K. Griffin, SND, Longfellow Instructor for the Worcester Institute for Senior Education will lead a three-part course especially for Sudbury seniors that will explore the life and works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this country’s greatest poet.

Big Read Event Schedule (PDF)
UPCOMING EVENTS
	Wednesday April 9, 2008 7pm, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride: Dispelling the Myths In this slide lecture, Patrick M. Leehey, Research Director at the Paul Revere House, will discuss the many other myths and misconceptions about Paul Revere, and review the life and times of one of the most famous (and least understood) figures in American history. (Full event description in PDF.)
	Saturday April 19, 2008 10am, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn Patriot’s Day Brunch and Read of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere A family brunch featuring a community read-aloud of the Landlord’s Tale. (Brunch Menu in PDF.)

LONGFELLOW BIG READ LAUNCH
	February 27, 2008: Longfellow's 201st Birthday. The launch of the Longfellow Big Read was a huge success thanks to the involvement of the National Endowment for the Arts, especially Chairman Dana Gioia who gave a wonderful speech in the Inn's Martha- Mary Chapel. For those of you who missed the event, Sudbury Cable will start broadcasting the speech starting the week of March 10, 2008. (Click here for Sudbury Cable broadcast schedule.) Also be sure to check out the recent article in the Sudbury Town Crier for a feature article about the talk. The Inn hosted other special guests from the National Endowment for the launch as well, including Senior Literature Specialist Erika Koss (who co-wrote the educational materials provided for the Longfellow Big Read with the Chairman), Congressional Liaison Shana Chase, and Director of Communications Felicia Knight. Steve Young, Program Director for the Poetry Foundation, also came to town to lend his support for the event. The dinner event was a huge success thanks to all the Inn staff who worked so hard to provide such a wonderful meal and to Longfellow biographer Charles Calhoun, who provided the perfect after-dinner digestif with his intelligent humor and scholarly reflections on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Thanks to Lynne Puorro from Sudbury Cable for filming the event, as well as photographers Marie Craig and Jonathan Sachs.

	February 28, 2008: Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life. If you missed Charles Calhoun, you definitely have to check the Sudbury Cable listings for the re-broadcast of his talk at the Longfellow birthday dinner. Witty and learned are but two of the adjectives that come to mind when describing Charles. We are grateful for his timely arrival and for all that he had to offer to make it a perfect evening. If you don't get Sudbury Cable, check out the WGBH recordings you can link to on our Listen Online page.

	February 29 and March 5, 2008: Christopher Bing and The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere For two days, Friday February 29 and Wednesday March 5, award-winning illustrator Christopher Bing visited the Sudbury elementary schools and Curtis Middle School. He spoke to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders across the entire district and a select group of 8th graders at the middle school about his beautifully illustrated version of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. More than 1,200 Sudbury students were entranced by his presentations! His Tour de Sudbury ended at the Goodnow Library on March 5th, with the library audience equally as enthralled with his work. He is one of the most gifted and intelligent illustrators working today. Everyone was thrilled that he came to town! Thanks to Susan Halperin Weiss, parent yearbook photographer at the Nixon School, for sharing her photos of the talk.

GOODNOW LIBRARY
	Thursday, March 13, 2008 7pm, Goodnow Library Longfellow as Translator In our day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best known for his narrative poems on American history, such as “Paul Revere's Ride,” The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. In his time, Longfellow was also recognized for his work as a translator, popularizing European literature for an American audience. Dartmouth College Professor Colleen G. Boggs discusses how Longfellow's efforts as an author and teacher introduced modern European languages into American higher education.
LONGFELLOW’S WAYSIDE INN
	Sunday March 16, 2008 4pm, Martha-Mary Chapel at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn Longfellow Chamber Chorus from Portland, Maine The thirteen singers of The Longfellow Chamber Chorus will present an extraordinary international selection of 19th, 20th, and 21st century vocal settings of Longfellow poems. Included on the program will be an 1875 Sanskrit version of “A Psalm of Life,” for baritone voice, sitar and Hinustani tabla, and the world premier of a humorous jazz setting of the poem "Finale," from Part First of Tales of a Wayside Inn, ("The hour was late; the fire burned low..."), by Chilean composer and tango pianist Michael Landau. Phone 978/443-1776 beginning February 1st to reserve. Tickets are $20. (Full event description in PDF.)
	Thursday March 20, 2008 7pm, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn Paul Revere’s Ride Revisited As we close the bicentennial year of Longfellow's birth, independent historian Charles Bahne will examine how the poet came to write about Revere, and why his poem isn't historically accurate. Mr. Bahne will also look at Longfellow's relationship with the Red Horse Tavern in Sudbury, and how the tavern was immortalized in the three volumes of the Tales of a Wayside Inn. (Full event description in PDF.)
LIFELONG LEARNING COURSE AT THE SUDBURY SENIOR CENTER
	Mondays March 10, 17, 24 1–2:30pm, Sudbury Senior Center Maureen K. Griffin, SND, Longfellow Instructor for the Worcester Institute for Senior Education will lead a three-part course especially for Sudbury seniors that will explore the life and works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this country’s greatest poet.