Kunitzfest & Poetry Bash at Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Stanley Kunitz 100th Birthday Celebration
Friday, July 29, 1:30 – 4:00 pm
Many thanks to Ed Schofield of Tower Hill for organizing
and hosting the day's events:
Reading of “My Mother’s Pears” by poet Debra Kang Dean;
Dedication of commemorative ‘Bartlett’ pear tree near the Tower Hill
Vegetable Garden;
Presentation to Stanley Kunitz (in absentia) of a Silver Medal
in recognition of his lifetime accomplishments as a gardener;
Slides of the Kunitz garden in Provincetown;
Birthday cake!
Saturday, July 30, 1:00 – 4:30pm
Readings from the work of Stanley Kunitz by Worcester poets.
Tree Dedication and Reading, July 29
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Top Row (l to r): Dave Macpherson, Heather Macpherson, Anne Marie Lucci, Gary Hawksley (Organizer). Bottom Row (l to r): Dan Lewis, Laura Menides, Carle Johnson, Byron Menides.
