Whitman on Walls (WoW!)
Past Event
In November 2023, Whitman on Walls (WoW!) came to Buffalo. WoW! is a project of Compagnia de’ Colombari, which created seven short films with actors and musicians around the globe performing passages from “Song of Myself.” Colombari then took its films on the road, recruiting seven poets in each location to create and perform poems responding to the films – conversing with, talking back to, wrestling with Walt Whitman. You can now view films of the performances by seven of Buffalo’s finest performance poets, recorded live at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
Calamus Songs
Past Event
Curtis Lovell has created songs from four of Whitman’s Calamus poems. You can now enjoy films of Curtis performing them live at the Burchfield Penney Art Center and Ujima Theatre, accompanied by the multi-talented Luis Montijo.
Calamus Project Live
Past Event
Ujima Company performed 23 of the Calamus poems live at the Burchfield Penney Art Center on June 29, 2022. You can watch just the performances or the full program, which includes a discussion with the performers and remarks by Burchfield Scholar Nancy Weekly and Partnership for the Public Good senior policy fellow Sam Magavern.
The Calamus Project:
Camaraderie, Friendship, and Love
Past Event
On July 14, 2022 The Walt Whitman Initiative’s Robust American Love podcast featured Brian Brown of Ujima Theatre and Sam Magavern of Partnership for the Public Good discussing the Calamus poems and the Calamus Project with Karen Karbiener. Highlights include Brian’s live performance of “Not heat flames up and consumes.”