BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180812T190000Z DTEND:20180812T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:20th Annual Tapestry of Voices Poetry Collaboration DESCRIPTION:The Whittier Home Museum and Tapestry of Voices invite you to its 20th annual collaborative readings from the poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier on Sunday\, August 12 from 3-5:00 p.m. The poetry readings will take place in the Victorian garden of the Whittier Home Museum\, 86 Friend Street\, Amesbury. Informal reception and light refreshments to follow the reading. Free and open to the public.\n\n2018 is the 350th anniversary of Amesbury\, MA and this year's readings will be devoted to Whittier's poetry about its vast cultural heritage. From 1836 until his death in 1892\, John Greenleaf Whittier lived and wrote most of his poetry and prose in his Amesbury\, MA home. Samuel Francis Smith\, author\, minister and friend wrote\, "Mr. Whittier admired nature as he saw in it the landscapes which surrounded his several homes\, the rolling green hills of Haverhill and Bradford\, the mighty trees of Oak Knoll\, the flowing stream and graceful curves of the Merrimack\; the sober and quiet graces of Amesbury\; and with his pen he stamped upon them immortality." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


\nThe Whittier Home Museum and Tapestry of Voices invite you to its 20th annual collaborative readings from the poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier on Sunday\, August 12 from 3-5:00 p.m. The poetry readings will take place in the Victorian garden of the Whittier Home Museum\, 86 Friend Street\, Amesbury. \; Informal reception and light refreshments to follow the reading. \; Free and open to the public.

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2018 is the 350th \;anniversary of Amesbury\, MA and this year&rsquo\;s readings will be devoted to Whittier&rsquo\;s poetry about its vast cultural heritage. From 1836 until his death in 1892\, \;John Greenleaf Whittier \;lived and wrote most of his \;poetry \;and prose in his \;Amesbury\, MA home. Samuel Francis Smith\, author\, minister and friend wrote\, &ldquo\;Mr. Whittier admired nature as he saw in it the landscapes which surrounded his several homes\, the rolling green hills of Haverhill and Bradford\, the mighty trees of Oak Knoll\, the flowing stream and graceful curves of the Merrimack\; the sober and quiet graces of Amesbury\; and with his pen he stamped upon them immortality.&rdquo\;

\n LOCATION:The Whittier Home Victorian Garden at 86 Friend St.. Amesbury\, MA UID:e.1189.59277 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260411T201315Z URL:https://business.newburyportchamber.org/events/details/20th-annual-tapestry-of-voices-poetry-collaboration-59277 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR