45th NLAPW Biennial

                                   April 7 - 12, 2010

                        "Three Ways to Tell Her Story"

                               Art  -  Letters  -  Music

                     The Peabody, Little Rock, Arkansas

                        http://www.peabodylittlerock.com

 ALBC Past Events Hosted by NLAPW

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Concert

This concert took place June 21, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in the Joe Rosenthall theater, Building 29A, Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia. After the concert, NLAPW held a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to honor and commemorate the memory of Vinnie Ream.

"Vinnie Ream: A Celebration of Art, Letters, & Music"

 On April 18th, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pen Arts Building at 1300 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C., NLAPW hosted the fourth of a series of Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration events, "Vinnie Ream: A Celebration of Art, Letters, & Music."

January 2009 ~
"Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: An Inaugural Celebration"

On January 17th, 2009, at 7 p.m., the NLAPW held its third-in-a-series of pre-Lincoln Bicentennial celebration events, "Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: An Inaugural Celebration," at the Pen Arts Building, 1300 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C. The NLAPW spotlighted the launch of its book, Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: A Commemorative Collage. The festivities included presentations of contributed works.

"Abraham Lincoln: Portraits in Poetry & Song"

On October 18th, 2009, at 7 p.m., the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) held the second in a series of pre-Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration events, Abraham Lincoln: Portraits in Poetry & Song at the Pen Arts Building, 1300 17th St. NW. Marilyn Thies played selections from her music trilogy: Lincoln and Metaphors: "Mary Lincoln, Through Joy and Sorrow," "Abe's Ambition: 'Engine That Knows No Rest,'" and "Pillar of the Temple of Freedom."

Lincoln Salon Event

Endorsed by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration, the NLAPW scheduled a number of multi-faceted projects designed to celebrate the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. While the pre-celebration Lincoln Salon was an "invitation-only" event intended to set the stage for the League's membership and the surrounding DuPont Circle neighborhood, additional art, music, and literary events were scheduled. On January 19, 2008, at 7 p.m., NLAPW hosted a "Lincoln Salon," a pre-Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration event. Dramatist Mary Margaret Buss kicked off the event with her in-character performance of Mary Todd Lincoln. As she descended the steps of the historic Pen Arts Building, Buss's characterization brought Lincoln's era to life. Although Buss found plenty of examples of character assassination in researching the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham Lincoln, she chose her as one to portray because of her somewhat unheralded contributions. "She has often been vilified for her jealousy or for being a spendthrift, but she offered to (President) Lincoln a doorway into a world of art, beauty and social graces – another kind of education – that he might never have had," she says.