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Saturday, Nov 9, 9pm & 10pm, at Deep Tanks Gallery, 150 Bay St, SINY 10301  (just three blocks from the Ferry)

Staten Island OutLOUD presents a spoken-word performance based on Poe’s only novella, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.  Co-hosted by Margaret Chase and Deep Tanks’ Florence Poulain and Kristopher Johnson. OutLOUD will create a spoken-word performance with video and live music.

Plenty of free parking on the street.  For directions via public transportation, please visit www.hopstop.com

Saturday, Nov 9, 2pm at the St George Library Center, 5 Central Ave, SINY 10301

Staten Island OutLOUD joins our librarian friend, Margaret Sigglinno – and you! – for a community chat on Poe’s terrifying tale, The Tell-Tale Heart.  Copies of this short story will be available at the check-out desk ahead of time.

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

Sunday, Nov 3, 3pm – Jaques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Road, SINY 10306.

Staten Island OutLOUD resents a rare reading of Poe’s mystical poem, Al Aaraaf, a plce between heaven and earth.  This poem, which was written in Poe’s youth, was inspired by two very different sources:  passages in the Qu’ran, and the discovery of a supernova by Tycho Brahe in the 16th century.

This event is free.

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

Saturday, Nov 2, 8pm at Staten Island Makerspace, 450 Thompson Street, SINY 10304

OutLOUD teams up with sculptor/dancer D.B. Lampman and metal artist Scott Van Campen for a performance of Poe’s terrifying tale of the Spanish Inquisition.

Details to come; plans for this event are presently in progress.

Plenty of free parking on the street.  For directions via public transportation, please visit www.hopstop.com

Sunday, Oct 27, 3pm at the Noble Maritime Collection, 1000 Richmond Terrace, SINY 10301 (on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center)

Poe was a pioneer of science fiction, and this harrowing story is one of his most memorable works.  We’ll read this tale of disaster at sea in this beautiful maritime museum.

This event is perfect for all ages.  Youth and teens are especially welcome.  Plenty of free parking in the Snug Harbor lots.  For directions via public transportation, please visit www.hopstop.com

Saturday, Oct 26, 7pm at Honor Wines, 36 Bay St, SINY 10301 (across the street from the Post Office, and just half a block from the Ferry).

Join our hosts, Lorie & Robert Honor, for a free wine tasting and a sampling of Poe’s poems & tales of horror.

This event is free.  Ample free parking on the street.  For directions via public transportation, please visit www.hotpstop.com

Sat, Oct 26, 2pm, at Port Richmond Library, 77 Bennett St, SINY 10302

We’ll screen “The Raven” – a hilarious send-up of Poe’s classic.  Starrying Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and a very young Jack Nicholson.  This B-movie classic is an “embellishment” on Edgar Allan Poe’s immortal poem.  But the embellishments go so far afield that the poem is all but unrecognizable.  Hilarious, but almost unrecognizable – though the bird does make a personal appearance.  One critic called it “Cheesecake meets pure cheese.”

Kids will get a kick out of the saber-light swordplay between Vincent Price and Boris Karloff.

Fun for all ages!

Plenty of free parking on the street. For directions via public transportation, visit www.hopstop.com

Community celebration of Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday.  Saturday, January 18, 2014 – at the Stapleton Branch Library, 132 Canal St, SINY 10304

Readings, music & giveaways. There will be Ravens!  Stories & games for kids.  Spoken-word performance & literary fun for all ages. Music by Gary Moore. This event is good for all ages.  Join us!