Posted by Vachel Lindsay 7 months ago.
Here's the new mural of Vachel's "The Wedding of the Rose and the Lotus". The Vachel Lindsay Association contracted with Ace Sign Company to create and install the mural in Downtown Springfield on 5th Street. The installation was completed on February 1...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 10 months ago.
The mural of Lindsay's painting, "The Wedding of the Rose and the Lotus," in Downtown Springfield is getting a new lease on life. The Vachel Lindsay Association, in partnership with Downtown Springfield, Inc, is replacing the faded mural with a brand new ...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
On June 24, I was honored to be the speaker at a tea given by and for the ladies of Mt. Pulaski, Illinois and the surrounding area. I was asked to relate Vachel Lindsay to Abraham Lincoln in some way and to recite some of Vachel's poetry concerning Linco...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
The Vachel Lindsay Association proudly congratulates former Board member Deborah Huffman on the occasion of her retirement as a school teacher at Lanphier High School after more than 30 years of teaching.Please join us at the Vachel Lindsay Home on Saturd...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
The Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site will host a series of events in April in honor of National Poetry Month. The events are all free and open to the public. A new display of Lindsay's artwork will grace the home throughout the month.April 14 - ...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
Here's a paper on Lindsay by Balz Enger I found while doing research on my upcoming presentation at the Lindsay Home (April 28, 2:00 p.m.) I was looking for Lindsay's comments on his "Gospel of Beauty" as found in his self-published Letter on My Four Pr...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
Springfield - The Vachel Lindsay Association and the Vachel Lindsay Home State Hitoric Site will present the next in the monthly 2007 "Poets in the Parlor" series, "Vachel Lindsay's Women," at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, February 10th at the Lindsay Home, 603 Sou...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
Lew Jaffe, a collector of bookplates and a blogger, recently posted this image of an original pen and ink illustration by Vachel Lindsay. According to Mr. Jaffe, Lindsay's obit (didn't say which newspaper) reported that the Rev. Clark Walter Cummings offi...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
In the spirit of Lindsay's tramps across America, the Vachel Lindsay Association is proud to host an evening with internationally renowned poet Simon Pettet tonight at 7:00 in the Art Gallery at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. The public is invited to...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 1 year ago.
Daily Kos, considered by many to be one of the most influential blogs on the Internet, was the scene of a virtual poetry slam hosted by blogger Darrell J. Gahm on Saturday, December 23, 2006. Gahm kicked off the event with "The Congo," "What the Moon Saw...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
On Thursday, November 9, 2006, The State Journal-Register published a front page story by Pete Sherman about a 1928 typewritten letter from Vachel Lindsay to his Springfield High School English teacher and mentor, Susan Wilcox. The letter, which also cont...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
100 years ago today, 27-year-old Vachel Lindsay celebrated his birthday in New York City by commencing the making of his poem, I Heard Emmanuel Singing. The poem was his interpretation of the startling dream he had the previous September. It was finished ...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
Join The Vachel Lindsay Association today and support our mission to keep the spirit of this great American poet and dreamer alive for all generations.Our annual membership dues are $25.00 for Individuals, $35.00 for Family membership, $50.00 for Patrons...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
This year's annual meeting of the Vachel Lindsay Association will be held Sunday, November 12 at noon at the PAC Restaurant at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Brunch will be served and the featured speaker will be Lee Gurga, author of Haiku: A...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
Springfield, Illinois - On October 13, 2006, a session of the IHPA's 8th annual Conference on Illinois History was devoted to Vachel Lindsay and it was my honor to present a paper at the session. My paper discussed the newly-discovered Lindsay annotation...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
100 years ago on September 4, 1906, on the last night of the return crossing from the European tour he took with his parents, Vachel Lindsay had one his visions. Quoting Ruggles:"Last night," he wrote, "I saw Immanuel singing in the New Heaven . . . in a...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Harriet Monroe (left) in Vachel Lindsay's career. In 1912, as she was researching prospective contributors for her brainchild magazine, Poetry, she found Vachel in an issue of the American and contact...
Posted by Vachel Lindsay 2 years ago.
Heartland Magazine, the weekly pullout in The State Journal-Register, featured the Vachel Lindsay Home in its September 8, 2006 edition. The story, titled "Where Time Stands Still", was written by DiAnne Crown with photographs by Shannon Kirschner.Featur...
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