In Honor of the Opening of
American Writers Museum
Reading/Signing:
The American Spirit
Tuesday, May 16th, 1 p.m.
400 S. State Street.
In honor of the opening of the new American Writers Museum, David McCullough will read from and discuss his new book,
The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For, a collection of his speeches that remind us of lasting American values. Dr. McCullough will sign copies of the book. Purchase of
The American Spirit is required if attendees wish to have personal copies of earlier McCullough works signed. This event is free and open to the public.
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American
Writers Museum May Events!
Screening:
Even Though the Whole World is Burning
Monday, May 8th, 6 p.m.
Columbia College Film Row Center
1104 S. Wabash, 8th floor
Documentary about the life and work of poet laureate, two-time Pulitzer winner and environmental activist W.S. Merwin, produced and directed by Stefan Schaefer. Featuring poetry readings and a panel discussion with Schaefer, presented by the Merwin Conservancy, The Canary Project and the American Writers Museum. Hosted by the Photography Department at Columbia College.
General public. Free.
Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks
Thursday, May 18th, 7 p.m.
American Writers Museum, Readers Hall
180 N. Michigan
Readings from Revise the Psalm, an anthology of work celebrating the life and work of Gwendolyn Brooks, by editors Quraysh Ali Lansana and Sandra Jackson Opoku, with contributors. $5 suggested donation.
Road Music: Dennis McNally
Thursday, May 25, Readers Hall, 6:30 p.m.
American Writers Museum, Readers Hall
180 N. Michigan
Dennis McNally, author of the Jack Kerouac biography Desolate Angel and award-winning music historian, speaks about Kerouac's journey and the role music played as a "character" in On The Road.
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American Writers Museum Installation Update
The museum space is really starting to come together! Make sure to come check us out at our new home at 180 N. Michigan Ave. this month!
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Receive 25% off tickets to performances 5/18 - 5/28 with code WRITERS
Not valid on balcony seating, on previously purchased tickets or in combination with other offers. Expires 5/29/17
Stacy Keach stars as Ernest Hemingway in
Pamplona, a new drama about one of history's most charismatic and complex literary legends, directed by Goodman Artistic Director Robert Falls.
After the prize comes the pressure. Basking in the glory of career-defining awards-the 1953 Pulitzer Prize and the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954-legendary writer Ernest Hemingway insists his best work is yet to come. Five years later, holed up in a Spanish hotel with a looming deadline, he struggles to knock out a story about the rivalrous matadors of Pamplona. But his real battles lie outside the bullfighting arena; in declining health, consumed by the end of his fourth marriage and tormented by the specter of past glories, he must now conquer the deepening despair that threatens to engulf him. A Golden Globe Award winner and Emmy nominee for the TV mini-series Hemingway, Mr. Keach reprises his tour de force characterization in Jim McGrath's riveting new look at the American novelist, short story writer and journalist-and Oak Park, IL native.
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American Writers Museum in the News
The American Writers Museum thanks those who feature us in their publications. This month, we are happy to share this recent coverage.
American Way
talked with our president, Carey Cranston this month!
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American Writers Museum
Welcomes Three New Affiliates
The Sequoyah's Cabin owned by the Cherokee Nation is located on a 200-acre site in Salllisaw, Oklahoma. Sequoyah, born in Tennessee around 1778, began developing an alphabet for the Cherokee language and completed it in the 1820's. His work resulted in the Cherokees becoming the first Indian tribe to have a written alphabet and led to a significant increase in literacy rates and advancement of their communication and culture.
The Carl Sandburg State Historic Site located in Galesburg, Illinois is the birthplace and boyhood home of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Lincoln biographer, children's author and folk song collector. Guided tours of the cottage are conducted upon request.
The Vachel Lindsay Home
is a historic house museum in Springfield, Illinois. Built in 1848, it was the birthplace and lifelong home of poet Vachel Lindsay. He was internationally known in the early 20
th
century for his unique poetry, the artwork which illustrated his poetry and animated performances of his work.
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Become a Donor
The American Writers Museum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Federal Tax ID Number 27-1822749). All donations made to the Foundation are fully tax deductible.
We are currently
hosting our new Anonymous $500,000 Challenge Grant, running
from now until we open on May 16th! Every donation made between now and then will be matched dollar for dollar.
Your support will help us accomplish our goal of creating a national museum to celebrate the lives and works of our nation's preeminent. Please select an amount and use the
"Donate" button to make a secure online contribution via PayPal.
If you donate $100 dollars or more, we will list you as a Chapter One Patron on the website.
For information on wire or stock transfers, please call the AWM office at (312)374-8790.
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Upcoming Events with American Writers Museum Affiliates
AWM has over 60
Affiliates
throughout the United States. Here are some of the exciting events they have coming up in May:
- Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House(Concord, MA): "Welcome to Our Home Living History Tour"
- William Cullen Bryant Homestead (Cummington, MA): "Returning Home: William Cullen Bryant at Home - House Tour," "Poetry Workshop: Writing a Series," "Mothers' Day Tea & Poetry at the Homestead," "Home Sweet Home at the Bryant Homestead," "The Poet's Bobolink," and "Open the Books!"
- Pearl S. Buck House (Perkasie, PA): "Short Story Discussion Group," "Book Discussion Group," "Writing Short Stories in a Year," "Discover the Legacy," "Taste of the World," "Writers Guild," and "Journaling and How to Use it in Your Other Writing"
- The Willa Cather Foundation (Red Cloud, NE): "Catherland by Shane Booth," Cather Book Club: House Made of Dawn," and "Western Wonderlands"
- The House of the Seven Gables (Salem, MA): "Mandarin Language and Chinese Culture Classes," "Journaling and How to Use it in Your Other Writing," "Spring Writers' Conference," "Short Story Discussion Group," "Writers Guild," ""Discover the Legacy"
- Truman Capote and Harper Lee, Old Courthouse Museum (Monroeville, AL): "Capote & Other Voices Reading Club"
- Emily Dickinson Museum (Amherst, MA): "Amherst Arts Night Plus: Poetry Night and Art Exhibition" and "Poetry Discussion Group"
- The Old Manse (Concord, MA): "Hawthorne's Buds and Bird Voices: a Reading and Conversation"
- The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum(Pocantico Hills, NY): "The 23rd Annual Fitzgerald Gala & Silent Auction"
- Washington Irving's Sunnyside(Montgomery, AL): "Opening Day: May 3rd"
- Helen Hunt Jackson, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum (Colorado Springs, CO): "Windows Into History Tour," "Young Chautauqua Experiences," "LECTURE - Boozers, Brothels and Bare Knuckle Brawlers: The Tale of Buffalo Bill's Little known Business Partner" and "Children's History Hour"
- Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center (Historic New England)(South Berwick, ME): "'A Writer's Circle' Writers' Group," "Brule in Maine: An Artist's Journey, 1960's Cocktail Reception," and "South Berwick Strawberry Festival"
- Jack London State Historic Park (Glen Ellen, CA): "The Art of Stunning Flower Photography," "Spring Piano Concert," "Family Fun Days" and "Memorial Day Hike"
- Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site(Cambridge, MA): "A Mother's Tenderness"
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House & Garden (Portland, ME): "Season Opening," "Longfellow's Cocktail Party & Magical History Tour," and "Beer in the Garden: Longfellow Artifacts"
- Margaret Mitchell House (Atlanta, GA): "Time Marches Forward: Historical Romance Writer's Panel," "Hidden Midtown: Foodies of the Past," "Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter," "Ted Geltner, Blood, Bone and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews," "Nathan Hill, The Nix," and "Richard Russo, Trajectory"
- Poe Baltimore(Baltimore, MD): "Pints for Poe"
- Will Rogers Memorial Museum (Claremore, OK): "Family Day at the Birthplace Ranch," "Milam Lecture Series - Bob Blackburn," and "Cowboy Trader Days"
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site(Flat Rock, NC): "Carl Sandburg Folk Music Festival"
- Sequoyah's Cabin (Sallisaw, OK): "Preservation Series: Gravestone Workshop," "Oddities of the Advocate," and "Brown Bag Lecture Series: Oddities of the Advocate"
- National Steinbeck Center (Salinas, CA): "Steinbeck Festival"
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (Hartford, CT): "Raise Your Voice! Music as Activism," "How to Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform," and "Author Talk & Book Signing"
- Thoreau Farm(Concord, MA): "Sally Sanford to speak on Henry and the Huckleberries"
- Thurber House(Columbus, OH): "Wil Haygood: Special Event"
- Edna St. Vincent Millay Society at Steepletop(Austerlitz, NY): "Opening Day: May 5th"
- Noah Webster House(West Hartford, CT): "Poetry Read-In"
- The Mount(Lenox, MA): "Opening Day at The Mount! - May 13"
- Margaret Mitchell House(Huntington Station, NY): "Open Mic at the Walking With Whitman 2017 Series," "Walking With Whitman - Wendy Barker," and "Volunteer for I Love My Park Day"
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial (Asheville, NC): "Writers at Wolfe"
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