Pictured at the right: Celebrities at the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum (above the coin-op Laundromat on Dickinson Boulevard) for the 2013 conference of the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts (DOPE). Left to right: Pope Francis, Kathy Griffin, Jimmy Fallon, Lady Gaga, Samuel L. Jackson, Judge Judy, Lindsay Lohan & Hoda Kotb INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2013 DOPE CONFERENCE IS BELOW. |
OCTOBER 11 - 13
WASHERST, PENNSYLVANIA
The Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts (DOPE) and the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum (above the coin-op Laundromat) in Washerst, PA, present the panelists, speakers and guests for the 2013 meeting of DOPE in October 2013 to celebrate the 210th birthday of Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s third cousin twice removed (at her request).
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Kathy Griffin In a day and age when women weren’t educated, Griffin’s progressive parents sent Kathy to the Emmett Lee Dickinson for Boys in Manhattan as “Cory” Griffin. Griffin will speak on her love of Dickinson– and her life as “Cory” at the prestigious boys’ school that bears his name. Pictured at the right: “Cory”Griffin’s yearbook picture from the ELD School for Boys in Manhattan. |
Other Speakers and VIP Guests include the following:
Lady Gaga
Stephen Hawking Neal Patrick Harris James Earl Jones Charles, Prince of Wales David Hasselhoff Jimmy Kimmel |
Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Carter Dateline’s Chris Hansen Hoda Kotb Judge Judy The Corn Palace Mascot from Mitchell, SD. |
For more information on the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts, click HERE.