Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

250. rocznica: Siedziba Rewolucji – wycieczka szczegółowa

<p><strong>Wejście do zabytkowego domu jest możliwe jedynie poprzez zwiedzanie z przewodnikiem, a wszystkie wycieczki są bezpłatne.</strong></p> <p>Cambridge Headquarters generała George’a Washingtona było miejscem testowania wielu ideałów, instytucji i pytań, które nadal definiują nasz naród. Ta rozmowna wycieczka bada Cambridge Headquarters jako centrum rewolucyjnej działalności, gdzie generałowie, zniewoleni ludzie, opłacani robotnicy, poeci, tubylczy dyplomaci, politycy i żołnierze tworzyli historię – i jak późniejsze pokolenia kształtowały jej pamięć.</p>

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Cambridge Open Archives: Evolving Landscapes

<p>This free annual event, hosted by the Cambridge Historical Commission, invites you to explore the rich history of our city with the help of archivists from multiple repositories across the city.</p> <p>The archivist from Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS will join colleagues from other Cambridge archives at Joan Lorentz Park, outside the Main Branch Library, to share facsimiles from the collection showing the evolution of the cultural landscape at and around 105 Brattle Street.  Drop by for crafts, conversations, and a peek behind the archival curtain.</p> <p>With activities and engaging exhibits for all ages, it’s a day of fun for the whole family!</p>

Lokalizacja: Joan Lorentz Park, outside Main Branch Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Wycieczka Ekspresowa

<p><strong>Wejście do historycznego domu możliwe jest tylko z przewodnikiem, a wszystkie wycieczki są bezpłatne.</strong></p> <p>Masz mało czasu? Zwiedź kolekcje na pierwszym piętrze podczas nieformalnej eksploracji historii, kultury i tożsamości amerykańskiej.</p>

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Wycieczka Co Godzinę

<p><strong>Wejście do zabytkowego domu jest możliwe tylko z przewodnikiem, a wszystkie wycieczki są bezpłatne.</strong></p> <p>Co ten dom ujawnia o naszej wspólnej przeszłości? Tu tworzono historię i o niej pisano. Podczas tej konwersacyjnej wycieczki, podkreślającej dom i jego niezwykłe kolekcje (oryginalne z okresu Longfellowa), zbadamy związki między niewolnictwem i wolnością z epoki kolonialnej, siedzibą Washingtona na początku amerykańskiej rewolucji, poetyckim dziedzictwem Henry'ego Wadswortha Longfellowa, a dziedzictwem rodziny Longfellow w zakresie ochrony zabytków.</p>

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Concert: Juventas New Music Ensemble

<p><em>The <a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a> brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.</em></p> <p><em>Of Earth and Sky</em> will feature violinist <strong>Hannah O'Brien</strong> and cellist <strong>Matthew Smith</strong>. Selections include fiddle tunes drawing on Scottish and Appalachian traditions, and other works inspired by American folk music:</p> <ul> <li>Rachel Panitch, <em>Sand and Snow</em></li> <li>Evan Fein, <em>Kansas Sky</em></li> <li>Carson Cooman, <em>Ever-Returning Spring </em>(World Premiere)</li> <li>Alasdair Fraser &amp; Natalie Haas, <em>Valley of the Moon Reel; Giga de Tenerife; Natalie Mariah; Cameron's Caper; Peace Longing</em></li> </ul> <p>Juventas’s Neighborhood Series features our same phenomenal musicians in informal free concerts — right in your neighborhood. Soak in the last few glimmers of summer with this collection of pieces inspired by natural landscapes and changing seasons.</p> <p><strong><br />Juventas New Music Ensemble</strong> is a dynamic contemporary chamber group with a special focus on emerging voices. They reimagine classical music as a vibrant living art form, uplifting rising voices and bringing audiences music from a diverse array of composers that live in today’s world and respond to our time.</p> <p class="sqsrte-large">Juventas has earned a reputation as a curator, with a keen eye for new talent. Since their founding in 2005, they have performed the music of over 300 living composers. Their musicians champion these artists with exceptional professional performances that open doors.</p>

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Koncert: Owen Mar

<p><em><a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a> to muzyka, poezja i społeczność na wschodnim trawniku Domu Longfellow w niedzielne popołudnia przez całe lato. Wszystkie wydarzenia są bezpłatne i otwarte dla publiczności. Ten koncert jest prezentowany we współpracy z cyklem koncertów <a href="https://college.berklee.edu/events/summer" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#myModal" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal" data-remote="/common/commonspot/customcf/modals/modal_intercept.cfm?targetURL=https%3A%2F%2Fcollege.berklee.edu%2Fevents%2Fsummer">Berklee Summer in the City</a>.</em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Owen Mar</strong> studiuje step jako główny instrument w Wydziale Perkusji w Berklee College of Music. Gra jazz oraz latin jazz, zarówno własne kompozycje, jak i standardy, zazwyczaj z towarzyszeniem gitary basowej, gitary i fortepianu.</span></p>

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How "The Raven" Became America's Most Famous Poem

<p>Join us for this special book launch event with author Paul Lewis, on the 177th anniversary of the day Poe died in 1849. Copies of <em>Quothing "The Raven": The First Responses to America's Most Famous Poem</em> will be available for purchase and signing.</p> <p>What factors influenced the attention devoted to Poe's "Raven" from the very day when it was first published in 1845? Why was it widely reprinted, praised, criticized, and mocked during the following weeks and months? How has it sustained interest from that first publication through to the present? And how did Poe's "Little Longfellow War" and Bostonian parodies of "The Raven" figure in the rollicking rollout of America's most famous poem?</p> <div><strong data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Blurbs: </strong></div> <div>"<span class="markao7txsk4o" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsbtc="" data-ogsbrc="" data-ogsbbc="" data-ogsblc="">Paul</span> Lewis's <em>QUOTHING </em>'THE RAVEN' is a wonderful romp through the sea of parodies that proliferated in the wake of the publication of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' in 1845. Here we meet not the saintly, stately Raven of Poe's poem, but 'The Owl,' 'The Turkey,' 'The Gazelle,' and even 'The Bed Bug.' Gathering these parodies together for the first time, Lewis expertly guides readers through the chaotic world of Antebellum magazines and newspapers that Poe himself navigated. Lewis has written an absolutely delightful book full of both humor and wisdom about America's most famous poem." --Sandra Tomc, professor of English Language and Literature, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and author of INDUSTRY AND THE CREATIVE MIND<br /><br />"<em>QUOTHING</em> 'THE RAVEN' is a significant contribution to Poe scholarship and a genuine pleasure to read. Poe said that he wrote his most famous poem 'for the express purpose of running,' and <span class="markao7txsk4o" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsbtc="" data-ogsbrc="" data-ogsbbc="" data-ogsblc="">Paul</span> Lewis shows us how it 'ran' through 1840s pop culture and reshaped Poe’s career and reputation. The parodies themselves are fascinating, and the context Lewis provides for them is invaluable. This book is essential to understanding how 'The Raven' became America's favorite poem." --Scott Peeples, author of THE MAN OF THE CROWD and THE AFTERLIFE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE</div> <div> </div> <div><strong><a id="https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/morrissey/departments/english/people/retired-faculty/paul-lewis.html|" href="https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/morrissey/departments/english/people/retired-faculty/paul-lewis.html" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#myModal" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal" data-remote="/common/commonspot/customcf/modals/modal_intercept.cfm?targetURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bc.edu%2Fbc-web%2Fschools%2Fmorrissey%2Fdepartments%2Fenglish%2Fpeople%2Fretired-faculty%2Fpaul-lewis.html">Paul Lewis</a></strong><strong> </strong>is a professor emeritus at Boston College, past president of the Poe Studies Association, the curator of exhibitions on literary Boston, and the neologist who coined the word “Frankenfood.” The author of books and articles on humor, American literature, gothic fiction, and literary Boston, Lewis edited <em>The Citizen Poets of Boston: A Collection of Forgotten Poems, 1789-1820</em>, for the University Press of New England. His newest book, <em>Quothing "The Raven": The First Responses to America's Most Famous Poem</em>, will be released October 6, 2026 from Mercer University Press.</div>

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Victorian Science and the Beyond: Ethereal Evening Tours

<p><em>The spirit-world around this world of sense</em><br /><em>Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere</em><br /><em>Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense</em><br /><em>A vital breath of more ethereal air.</em><br />-From “Haunted Houses” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br /><br />Scientific discovery – and the promise of glimpsing the world beyond our perception – captured the imaginations of 19th century Americans. Join Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters for a special evening of historic house tours exploring the intersections of Victorian scientific thought, the lure of the supernatural, and their echoes today.<br /><br />50-minute tours will invite participants to examine the unknown as we consider the Longfellow family’s entanglements with forensics and phrenology, early views of outer space, the spiritualism movement, and their pioneering use of ether anesthesia.<br /><br /><em>Please note: This tour will include sensitive but frank discussions of 19th century violence, medical procedures, and drug use. Please use discretion when registering.</em></p>

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

A Closer Look at Charley Longfellow’s “Japan Room"

<p>Charles Appleton Longfellow (1844–1893), the eldest son of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Appleton Longfellow, was a globetrotter and avid collector. During his 20-month stay in Japan (1871–1873), he purchased and shipped home to Cambridge dozens of crates of artworks and decorative objects for himself, friends, and family.</p> <p>Upon his return in 1874, Charley transformed the sitting room at his family home into a “<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/japan-room.htm">Japan Room</a>” with the help of his cousin Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow (1854–1934). One of its most striking features was a ceiling decorated with more than 35 fan-shaped paintings arranged in a “scattered fan” pattern.</p> <p>Although Japanese art and decorative objects had entered U.S. markets by the mid-1870s, their availability and visibility varied considerably by city. Created in 1874, on the eve of the transformative 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, the Japan Room represents an unusually early American domestic interior devoted to Japanese art and design. This lecture examines its remarkable ceiling of fan paintings, exploring their origins and arrangement and considering how this distinctive feature of the room reflects the ways Japanese art was displayed and experienced in nineteenth-century America.</p> <p>This research was supported by the Friends of the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters 2025 Art Research Fellowship Program.</p> <p>—————————————</p> <p><strong>Elizabeth K. Eder, Ph.D.</strong>, is a museum scholar, educator, and researcher who has worked at the Smithsonian Institution for more than 20 years, including at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Museum of Asian Art (formerly the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery), and the Anacostia Community Museum. Her museum career has also included positions at the Walters Art Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the American Alliance of Museums. Her research interests include nineteenth-century American art; Chinese, Japanese, and European artistic influences on American art; the history of cultural exchange; and women’s histories. Her publications include books, scholarly articles, and museum print and digital resources. She is currently a Research Associate at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and teaches in the Museum Studies Graduate Program at Johns Hopkins University, most recently <em>History and Philosophy of Museums (in Global Context)</em>. She is also Principal of Elizabeth K. Eder &amp; Associates LLC, a museum consulting practice.</p>