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Bring Your Little Poes to Poe’s Pumpkin Patch

It’s that time of year again. You and your kids are looking for fun Halloween activities, and you can’t do much better than Poe’s Pumpkin Patch, an afternoon of Poe-themed fun and games for children eleven and under. The event will take place in the Poe Museum’s garden on Sunday, October 28 from 2-5 P.M….

An Unhappy Hour with extra bite … – “Berenice”

The Poe Museum celebrated its second Unhappy Hour of the season by putting the spotlight on “Berenice”, Poe’s 1835 tale of love, obsession and dentistry. Amber Boice as Berenice and Ryan Lee as Egaeus The evenings festivities centered around a dramatic performance of the tale produced in cooperation with Haunts of Richmond and we were…

More Photos from Poe’s Birthday Bash

Poe’s 203rd Birthday Bash may be over, but we’ve been getting lots of fun photos from various people on our flickr group. Here are a few samples (click the photos for a closer look): Belly dancers Lucretia and Lavinia performing the “Dance of the Conqueror Worm” – Photo by Silly Human Tricks Belly dancer The…

Poe Musuem Illumination fun

We had nearly 200 people attend our Poe Museum Illumination event on December 2nd 2011. Guests enjoyed music by Beggars of Life and enjoyed a living history appearance from Eliza Poe (as portrayed by the lovely Debbie Phillips), who favored us with some Christmas carols that would have been familiar in her time. Guests also…

Poe’s Pumpkin Patch Returns

It’s that time of year again. Kids are wearing costumes, decorating pumpkins, and hunting for candy. On October 29, they can do all those things and more while getting an introduction to great literature at the same time by coming to Poe’s Pumpkin Patch at the Poe Museum. The event runs from noon until 5…

Wedding Fun at the Poe Museum

Some fun pre-wedding photos from a wedding that took place at the Poe Museum on the evening of September 9th, 2011. Some cute little imps paying the bride a visit. It’s great to see the fun ideas people come up with! Speaking of fun ideas, why not share your captions for this photo in the…

The Cask of Amontillado Cut-Out

Here are some photos of some friends of the Poe Museum portraying Fortunato and Monstressor from “The Cask of Amontillado” at CultureWorks’s Cultsha Xpo in June. On July 28, the Poe Museum will host an evening inspired by Poe’s classic tale. If you haven’t read “The Cask of Amontillado,” check it out at http://www.poemuseum.org/works-cask.php.