Nevermore - Program Recap!

NEVERMORE… We had an engaged crowd of 147 for "Nevermore," the Big Read kickoff starring Duffy Hudson as Edgar Allan Poe. Brittany Vaughn from The Boys and Girls Club of Burbank and East San Fernando Valley introduced the audience to the Big Read concept, and told them about the B&G Club-sponsored activities to follow in October, while I filled them in on the library-centered ones, including our Poe movie screenings and the Teen Writing Contest (ghost, horror or supernatural story, 1500 words or less, due Oct. 31). The first 100 attendees received a copy of Nevermore, the Poe text being used for the Big Read, and many of them followed along in it as Duffy performed The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and Annabel Lee.

[Thanks Melissa E.!]

Teen Read Month - Writing Contest.

The Burbank Public Library Young Adult Services Present

TEEN READ MONTH - October 1-31, 2009

Writing Contest for TEENS in Grades 6-12

Write a Scary Story!

Tell a Tale of Terror!

Be a Master of the Macabre!

We're looking for tales in the tradition of the pro, Edgar Allan Poe.

• Write a ghost, horror, or supernatural story, 1,500 words or less in length; typed (or handwritten neatly!).
• Turn in your scary story at the Reference Desk of any Burbank Public Library. Or, attach a Word doc or "paste" your story into an email and send your submission to frighten_me@earthlink.net by October 31, 20o9.

PRIZES will be awarded to the best submissions.

First Place -- 2 tickets to Magic Mountain

Second Place -- 2 AMC movie tickets

Third Place -- $15 i-Tunes gift card.

• WINNERS will be announced on November 10 at the Library's Twilight screening/party.
• EXTRA CREDIT may be given at your teacher's discretion.

This program is funded by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library.

The Big Read PSA

Here is Mr. Poe himself to tell you all about The BIG READ!

The Big Read: Edgar Allan Poe

Celebrate Edgar Allan Poe's Bicentennial !

. . . a few Poe websites

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Poe Museum

Edgar Allan Poe National Historical Site

Edgar Allan Poe 200 Project

Check out all NEA's Poe events in October:
1st choose by Book and then by Date.

. . . and blogs of interest:

The Edgar A. Poe Calendar:

to celebrate Poe's bicentennial year - 2009
The Edgar Allan Poe Bicentennial

Watch Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" Poem Animation Movie
or try some tests about Edgar Allan.

Nevermore featuring Duffy Hudson at Buena Vista!

Burbank Public Library and Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley Presents......

Nevermore ... a dramatization of the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe featuring Duffy Hudson.

Edgar Allan Poe walks on stage to present his life story and perform his most memorable and haunting works -- Annabel Lee, The Raven and Tell-Tale Heart.

A unique, in-depth theatrical experience of the life and works of one of America's best-known and enigmatic personalities.

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Buena Vista Branch Library

300 N. Buena Vista St.

818-238-5620

• Extra Credit at Teacher's discrection.

Burbank's 2009 The BIG READ presents...

The Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley in partnership withs the Burbank Public Library presents Burbank's 2009 The BIG READ title:

Nevermore: Prose and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe!

Come with us and explore the world and writings of Edgar Allan Poe with a variety of activities taking place across Burbank. Look for the brochure at your local library for full details and look right here for upcoming posts highlighting events taking place at the Burbank Central and Buena Vista Branch Libraries! For activities elsewhere in Burbank, click here.

You have to admit, Edgar Allan Poe and the month of October is a perfect match...this collection and many more books by Poe are found here.

The BIG READ is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

The Big Read - coming in October.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'

hhhhmmm, I do wonder what could The Boys and Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley and the Burbank Public Library have chosen to read for The BIG READ in October???