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Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, editor and literary critic and is described as the father of the modern detective story. Some of his most famous writings of mystery and the macabre include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely recognized as the first mystery-detective story. Among his most cited poems are "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven." Born in 1809 in Boston, Poe's parents died when he was young and he was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. Poe's publishing career began in 1827 with an anonymous collection of poems, "Tamerlane and Other Poems." On Oct. 7, 1849, Poe d...
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, editor and literary critic and is described as the father of the modern detective story. Some of his most famous writings of mystery and the macabre include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely recognized as the first mystery-detective story. Among his most cited poems are "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven." Born in 1809 in Boston, Poe's parents died when he was young and he was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. Poe's publishing career began in 1827 with an anonymous collection of poems, "Tamerlane and Other Poems." On Oct. 7, 1849, Poe died at the age of 40 in Baltimore. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other conditions. The bar in which Poe was last seen drinking still stands in Fells Point in Baltimore. Known today as The Horse You Came In On, local lore insists that a ghost they call "Edgar" haunts the rooms above. The earliest surviving home in which Poe lived is in Baltimore, preserved as the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum. Since 1949, a mysterious person -- the so-called Poe Toaster -- has visited the writer's grave behind Westminster Hall near the western edge of downtown Baltimore every Jan. 19 (Poe's birthday) and leaves a half-bottle of cognac and three roses.
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10 underrated depictions of the apocalypse
1839: Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion." A comet passed too close to Earth. People were in awe until oxygen was sucked from the atmosphere and everyone exploded. As recounted by two dead men. 1937: Picasso's...Tags: San Francisco, Cormac McCarthy, Spain, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Alfonso Cuaron
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Cate Blanchett captures faded-flower essence in 'Streetcar'
Baltimore Sun reporter"So many people have condemned the play for its sordid theme," Vivien Leigh said in a 1950s interview about Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," the vehicle for one of her most indelible achievements as an actress. "To me it is an infinitely...Tags: Cate Blanchett, Tennessee Williams, Vivien Leigh, Liv Ullmann, Celebrity
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Blanchett's star power a big draw in D.C.
Baltimore Sun reporterWASHINGTON -- Cate Blanchett and Liv Ullmann conducted an impromptu lesson over the weekend in the duties, delights, and hierarchies of star power -- with the help of the Australian embassy. Blanchett is starring in, and Ullmann is directing, the...Tags: Sydney (Australia), Cate Blanchett, Ingmar Bergman, Tennessee Williams, Henrik Ibsen
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Founder of Dead Poets Society visits bards' graves, resurrects their works with readings
Associated Press WriterCUNDY'S HARBOR, Maine (AP) — On the big screen, the leader of the Dead Poets Society at an all-boys prep school was an inspirational teacher played by Robin Williams. In real life, it's a balding amateur poet who drives around in his "Poemobile,"...Tags: Robin Williams, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Documentary (genre), Halloween, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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POE PROJECT: Single Carrot Theatre, 120 W. North Ave., offers four free performances of an interactive work in progress based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. The show takes place today and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Call... -
Great Halloween Lantern Parade lights up the night
No lantern yet? Don't fret. This year, procrastinators will have the opportunity to walk in the Creative Alliance's Great Halloween Lantern Parade.
Pre-parade activities at the new lantern festival, which begins before Sunday's parade, include last-...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Holidays, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Patterson Park, Religious Festivals
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Wild stock ride ended in a crash
"You know, the only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damn greedy." - President Herbert Hoover to author Mark Sullivan The weeks preceding the Great Crash of 1929 that occurred 80 years ago this week would be remembered for decades...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), History, Goldman Sachs, Stock Broking, Winston Churchill
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Haunt hunt
The stories are Anne Arundel legend, passed down through generations - hair-raising reminders of life's cruelty that grow grislier with time.
There was the panicked teenage mother in the 1820s, the one who threw her crying baby into the Patuxent River,...Tags: Prostitution, Hunting, Hands, Executive Branch, Tourism and Leisure
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Haunted 'hoods
For years, Fells Point has been Baltimore's premiere Halloween hot spot.
Every Halloween, thrill-seeking partyers bounce from bar to bar, swilling drinks and showing off costumes. Mayhem is unavoidable.
But this weekend, other neighborhoods such as...Tags: Children, Holidays, Assault, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Saluting Sherlock Holmes with 'Hound of the Baskervilles'
Sherlock Holmes fans antsy with anticipation for the forthcoming extravaganza starring Robert Downey Jr. as the great detective and Jude Law as his sidekick, Dr. Watson, can settle down this weekend with the 1939 version of the most famous of all Holmes...Tags: Vincent Price, Documentary (genre), Mongolia, Highlandtown, Museum Dioramas
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Macabre movies miss the mark
Baltimore Sun reporterBaltimore's an Edgar Allan Poe kind of town, never more so than in 2009 with the Poe House, a football team named for his most famous poem, and a year-long celebration honoring the macabre author's death. Naturally, Baltimore's repertory movie house would...Tags: Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Jack Nicholson, Vincent Price, Barry Levinson, Museum Dioramas
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•7 p.m. — Free screening of "Death of a Cyclist," Juan Antonio Bardem's 1955 commentary about life under Francisco Franco. In Spanish with subtitles. Unrated. Life Sciences Auditorium, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford. •7 p.m....Tags: Trinity College, Connecticut, Middletown, Francisco Franco, Museum Dioramas
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