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???

Sustainabilty Showcase - other groups in attendance.

And lastly there was a whole lot more offered at the Sustainability Showcase.

Also participating were many other groups that provided literature for handouts including the Tree People, Terra Pass, Ice Energy and both The Theodore Payne Foundation and Plug In America who had put on other programs during this year's Burbank READS program.

Sustainabilty Showcase - Library table

And yes, your Library had a table at the Sustainability Showcase. We featured notepads and pencils made from recycled paper and our great green reusable bags can be purchased at the Circulation desk at all three Burbank Library branches.