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Opening today at the Smith College Museum of Art!
Rinko Kawauchi: Seeing Shadow

Open today, through March 31, 2019: 川內倫子 Rinko Kawauchi: Seeing Shadow. See the work in our Video & New Media Gallery 😎

Coming to the UMCA Spring 2019!
Xylor Jane: Counterclockwise
Jan 31 – Apr 28, 2019
Opening Reception January 30, 5 – 7 p.m.

Celebrate Emily Dickinson's 188th birthday at her home - the Emily Dickinson Museum! On Saturday, December 8 from 1-4 pm, join us for a festive open house. Tour the Homestead and The Evergreens at your leisure for free; enjoy the Holiday decorations and traditional music; decorate an ornament with a special birthday message and hang it on the tree at The Evergreens or take it home; and of course, enjoy coconut cake made from the poet’s own recipe. For the full schedule: http://bit.ly/2SfpqsP

On Sunday, December 2 at 2 PM, the Emily Dickinson Museum and the Amherst Historical Society present a reading and book signing by Julie Dobrow, author of the newly released book, After Emily: Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of America's Greatest Poet. The event will be held at the Amherst Woman's Club at 35 Triangle Street. This event is free and open to the public -- stick around for refreshments and an opportunity to get your book signed! For more info:

After Emily: A reading and book signing with Julie Dobrow | Emily Dickinson Museum   “Dobrow chronicles the lives of two of Emily Dickinson’s earliest champions and editors. . . . Impeccably researched using more than 700 boxes of the Todds’ personal documents, Dobrow’s narrative gives a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two tireless advocates for Dickinson’s work,...

"How softly summer shuts, without the creaking of a door, abroad for evermore."
- letter to Louise and Frances Norcross, autumn 1880

Autumn is in full color in Amherst. As we near the end of another season in Emily Dickinson's garden, help us to softly shut summer with Gardener-in-Residence Marta McDowell during the final volunteer garden sessions of the year in November! Learn more at:
www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/Gardenerinresidence