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).

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

LIndsay Lohan
Lohan will lead a four-hour symposium on her addiction to Dickinson.  “I can’t be rehabilitated,” she said when she announced to the press that she would attend this year’s convention of DOPEs. “I’ve been DOPEd for years,” she added.

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.

Samuel L. Jackson
Jackson, a native of Washerst, PA, attended the Washerst Dry Cleaning Academy. He will present a fascinating look at advances in the field of dry cleaning including an in-depth look at solvent processing, fabric restoration, and the “miracle of Martinizing.”

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.

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