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February 7, 2012

Learn more about Dickens

East Coasters still have until Sunday to view a remarkable exhibit of Dickens letters and manuscripts (including the original of "A Christmas Carol") at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. Closer to home in Lowell, where Dickens visited the mills in 1842, UMass Lowell is sponsoring a seven-month series of performances, speakers and community programs honoring Dickens, which will kick off in late March with the opening of the exhibit, "Dickens in Massachusetts: A Tale of Power and Transformation" (for details go to www.uml.edu/conferences/dickens-in-lowell).

And here in Salem, where local Dickens enthusiast Deb Benvie has recently established a North of Boston branch of the International Dickens Fellowship (www.dickensnorthofboston.com), an impressive and beautifully displayed collection of Dickensiana assembled by resident Elaine Von Bruns can be seen at the Salem Athenaeum on Essex Street.

The North of Boston Fellowship, which meets regularly to read and discuss Dickens' works, will be celebrating his birthday on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Athenaeum, where "Pickwick Papers" will be discussed and a birthday cake consumed in the author's honor. The curious are invited to attend and are likewise invited to a Dickens evening, "Reaching Across the Pond, Part 1" on March 22 at 7 p.m. also at the Athenaeum (admission is $5).

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