The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will be hosting a discussion of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907 - 1922 with Sandy Spanier, the book's editor, and novelist Ward Just. Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, will moderate. Corey Stoll, the actor who played Hemingway in recent film Midnight in Paris, will read from the book. A free screening of Midnight in Paris will be shown following the forum!
The JFK Library is the world's principal center for research on the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, the Collection spans Hemingway's entire career, and contains 90% of existing Hemingway manuscripts. >> Read More
Join the JFK Library Forum, from 1:30PM to 2:30PM, for the presentation of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award to winner Teju Cole for his first novel Open City, and the presentation of the Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Awards to fiction winner Yannick Murphy for The Call, poetry winner Elizabeth Willis for Address, and nonfiction winner Mitchell Zuckoff for Lost in Shangri-La. 
On Sunday, February 26, 
On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, the John F. Kennedy Library will be hosting a forum in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the White House Tour with Jacqueline Kennedy. Join the JFK Library for a screening and discussion of Mrs. Kennedy's famous televised tour of the White House with current White House curator William Allman. This forum is happening from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Stephen Smith Hall at the JFK Library, Dorchester. All forums are free and open to the public. To make reservations and for further information, visit the JFK Library 
Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One, and Hendrik Hertzberg, columnist for The New Yorker, will participate in a discussion at a John F. Kennedy Library Forum, Assessing Obama's Presidency. Alter and Hertzberg will analyze the Obama presidency as the 2012 presidential race begins with former Boston Globe Editorial Page Editor Renee Loth. The forum will be held at the JFK Library on January 15, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information on upcoming JFK Library Forums, and to register, visit the JFK Library by clicking 
Amanda Smith, the daughter of Jean Kennedy Smith, will be discussing her recent biography, Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson. The forum will be held on December 12, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Cissy Patterson, at one point considered the most powerful woman in America, was the first woman to head a major daily newspaper, the now defunct Washington Times-Herald in Washington, D.C. To register for this forum, click 
Paul Hendrickson will be discussing his new biography of Ernest Hemingway. The book highlights Hemingway's relationship to the sea and his beloved boat, Pilar. The forum will be held in the Stephen Smith Hall at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. All forums are free and open to the public. To register, or to see more information, visit the listing of upcoming forums on the library's website 
