Saturday, July 28, 2016, at 4pm.  At the historic Biddle House, 70 Satterlee St (at Shore Road), SINY 10307.  Free parking on surrounding streets. The Biddle House is located about 500 feet from the corner of Sattlerlee St & Hylan Blvd, past the Conference House.  BRING A LAWNCHAIR!

This event is good for all ages. Our performance will take place rain or shine. Free parking on the surrounding streets.

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts our annual celebration of Herman Melville’s haunting tale of the sea.  Maritime music by the Brass Ensemble of the Staten Island Philharmonic Orchestra. You’ll hear the story of the mystical voyage of the Pequod as it circumnavigated the earth. You’ll meet Ishmael and the crew as they discover Captain Ahab’s mad obsession with the great whale, Moby Dick.

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul… then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”

The historic Biddle House is an Island architectural treasure. Captain Henry Hogg Biddle, who owned the ferryboat between Tottenville and Perth Amboy, as well as Biddle’s Grove, a summer resort for temperance groups, constructed this house about 1845. It is a rare example in New York of the Greek Revival architectural style, with identical sweeping, sloped rooflines on both facades.