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Poe statue slated for Boston
Even as Edgar Allan Poe's continuing presence in Baltimore remains uncertain, another East Coast city —the one in which the celebrated author was born — is preparing to honor him with a bronze statue.
Poe partisans in Boston have chosen New...Tags: Arts, Charles Street, Arts and Culture, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Sculpture
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Newfound Poe manuscript to be displayed in Richmond
A handwritten draft of one of Edgar Allan Poe's earliest poems and a letter to author Washington Irving are among a handful of items that will be part of an exhibit opening April 26 at a Richmond, Va., museum devoted to the writer. "This is the kind of...
Tags: Poetry, Washington Irving, Gertrude Stein, Fiction, Museums
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Poe House could operate as part of the B&O Museum
A consultant charged by city officials with exploring ways of keeping Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum open and making it self-sufficient is recommending that it be operated in partnership with the nearby B&O Railroad Museum.
Under the...Tags: Genres, National Football League, Literature, Baltimore Ravens, Museums
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Maryland firm chosen to plan future for historic Edgar Allan Poe House
The city Board of Estimates selected a Maryland firm Wednesday morning to come up with a plan to make Baltimore's historic Edgar Allan Poe House self-sufficient by next July.
The winning bid was submitted by Cultural Resources Management Group (CRMG),...Tags: Leesburg, Maryland, Elections, Human Interest, Museums
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Psychics to try and summon spirit of Edgar Allan Poe
Mr. Poe, the microphone is yours.
A group of selected mediums and psychics will be spending a March weekend trying to reach Edgar Allan Poe, the literary giant and creator of the modern detective story who has made Baltimore his permanent home since...Tags: Museums, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Tradition of the Poe Toaster may be nevermore
Even in a city defiantly proud of its quirks, the Poe Toaster stood out.
Every year for more than half a century, in the early-morning hours of Jan. 19, a mysterious figure would quietly leave three roses and a half-emptied bottle of cognac on the...Tags: Fells Point, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Customs and Tradition
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Film review: 'The Raven' is a lackluster Edgar Allan Poe mash-up
Edgar Allan Poe's place in American literature would have been secure even if his death hadn't been completely bizarre and mysterious ... just like his stories. But to be found on the streets of Baltimore, delirious, ill, and wearing someone else's...
Tags: The Raven (movie), David Lynch, John Cusack, Entertainment, Alice Eve
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Edgar Allan Poe graveside "toaster" doesn't show -- again. Is tradition over?
Is one of Baltimore's quirkiest traditions -- the Poe toaster -- dead? In the dark of night, on Jan. 19, the author's birthday, a mysterious, anonymous toaster had for years left cognac and roses at his grave outside Westminster Hall. Now that the...Tags: Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
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Edgar Allan Poe to get new statue in Boston
Boston may be slipping ahead in the Edgar Allan Poe arms race -- the city is preparing for a new bronze statue to honor the great author, even as Baltimore struggles to preserve his former home. The Baltimore Sun's Chris Kaltenbach reports that...
Tags: Arts, Charles Street, Museums, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Arts and Culture
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New large-scale brewery will be Baltimore's first in more than 30 years
The former bottling plant in the Abell neighborhood has been all but abandoned for years. The Beverage Capital Corp. sign outside has faded. The white office walls have yellowed. A nearby mechanic uses the space that used to hold the bottling line as a...Tags: Highlandtown, Mary Pat Clarke, Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Senator Theatre
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Restaurant Review: Steam pots shine at Plug Ugly's
Plug Ugly's Publick House is a strange name for a tavern. But Baltimore history buffs know the Plug Uglies were a thuggish street gang/political club that ran riot on Baltimore's streets in the 1850s. Don't worry. The newest resident of O'Donnell...Tags: Summer Squash, Foods and Beverages, Peanut Butter, Butter, Bars and Clubs
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The Hypocrites announces 2012-13 season
The Chicago theater company known as The Hypocrites has announced its 2012-13 season. The shows are: - “Fall of the House of Usher”: Adapted and directed from Edgar Allan Poe by former artistic director Sean Graney, this show will have an...
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