Misery loves firm, and The National Edgar Allan Poe Theater is right here for the gloomiest of oldsters with the third annual Doomsday 2024.
For 24 straight hours on May 18-19, 2024, the Poe Theater will maintain its nonstop livestreamed marathon of the studying of Edgar Allan Poe’s legendary writing. This 12 months, the celebration will go worldwide, with coordinated occasions in Brazil, the UK, and Italy along with Baltimore.
To assist elevate cash for Doomsday 2024, a donation web page has been established at this hyperlink. Funds raised may even assist finance the Poe Theater’s award-winning Poe-themed radio dramas. Early supporters have already begun to contribute.
In Baltimore, the Doomsday 2024 Readathon takes place on the Carroll Mansion and is free for all to attend. There shall be arts and writing actions for individuals of all ages to get pleasure from, Poe trivia, and open entry to the Poe Death Exhibit.
Participants in different nations doing their very own model of Doomsday 2024 embody the next theater teams:
- Vigor Mortis in Curitiba, Brazil
- Grand Guignol de Milan in Milan, Italy
- Threedumb Theatre in London, England
Each nation’s livestream, together with Baltimore’s, shall be hosted from The National Edgar Allan Poe Theater’s web site and its Givebutter donation web page.
People who’ve already dedicated to learn Poe’s works throughout Doomsday 2024 in Baltimore embody Maryland State Delegates Luke Clippinger and Mark Edelson; Rachel D. Graham, CEO of The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts; Poe House and Museum Executive Director Enrica Jang; Loyola University’s Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead; and lots of extra.
“Poe’s legacy as one of the crucial influential American authors has been embraced globally, and his works are translated into languages spoken world wide,” mentioned Alex Zavistovich, founder and creative director of Poe Theatre. “It’s gratifying to see an concept that began three years in the past in my basement in Baltimore City start to develop into a very worldwide occasion.”
The Edgar Allan Poe connection to Baltimore runs deep, despite the fact that his residence right here wasn’t lifelong. He labored in Baltimore for 3 years, throughout which he wrote “MS Found in a Bottle,” “Berenice,” and “Shadow – A Parable.”
The author met his Baltimore-born spouse right here, and his grandfather David Poe helped discovered Baltimore’s historic First and Franklin Church. His residence has been became a museum in downtown Baltimore, the town’s NFL soccer staff is known as after his well-known poem “The Raven,” their staff mascot is known as “Poe,” and his gravesite was visited yearly for many years on his birthday by “The Poe Toaster” — a mysterious, nameless determine who would depart three roses and a bottle of cognac at Poe’s tombstone.
Last 12 months’s Doomsday occasion occurred at Greedy Reads in Fells Point. Doomsday is Baltimore’s distinctive tackle Ireland’s Bloomsday, which is their annual celebration of author James Joyce.
This 12 months’s 24-hour Doomsday Poe Readathon shall be held at Carroll Mansion, positioned at 800 E. Lombard St., Baltimore, Md. The occasion is free, although donations are welcomed.
