Saturday, Sept 28, 12:15pm:  Meet in Ferry Terminal (Staten Island side) to board the12:30 boat.

Join us for a trip to Poe’s historic cottage in the Bronx.  We’ll read Poe’s poetry & short works on the Ferry, and on the front porch of the charming Poe Cottage & in Poe Park Visitors Center.  The Bronx Historical Society will give us a private tour of the cottage; they request a cash donation of $5 (adults) or $3 (students, seniors & children).

Poe Cottage is managed by Bronx County Historical Society.  Poe Park Visitors Center is managed by the NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation.

For directions via public transportation, visit www.hopstop.com

For driving directions, visit www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org

If you like mystery and suspense, you’ll love Hitchcock. Check out Sundog Theatre’s The 39 Steps – Thurs Sept 26 thru Sunday, Sept 29 – at Snug Harbor’s Veterans Hall. Hitch said that Poe was his inspiration. For that reason, Sundog will give away 15 books by Poe – with a neighborly nod to Staten Island OutLOUD’autumn series, “Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”. Call Sundog & get your tix: www.sundogtheatre.org