'An Afternoon with Edgar Allan guarantees a chilling,
informative, and fun filled glimpse into the strange, sometimes dark and
always intriguing realm of the life and works of America’s premier
master of the macabre and literary bad boy Edgar Allan Poe.
"This award winning one person show will showcase dramatic recitations of some of Poe’s best loved works along with informative sidelights into Poe’s life and times. Great for lovers of literature, the theater or those that love a good scare. The show concludes with an audience interactive portion where people are invited to participate in a question and answer session with Mr. Poe himself."
~from the library's Facebook page
This presentation has been produced somewhere or other in Bend for nine years, at times as a two hour program, and I'm guessing today's free production at the library may have been about an hour. Alastair Jacques now lives in Portland, but the audience at the library meeting room compared notes of when he was in Bend, and in what theater productions. I was the newbie of my neighbors, everyone else having seen him once or four times. I learned that the "Author, Author!" series at Bend High was a fund-raiser for the free events at the library, as explained by the library events coordinator who did the introduction.
Mr. Poe's visit here took place in the year 1849, four years after "The Raven" was published. It was a few minutes before I realized that he was acting out "The Cask of Amontillado," and then later "The Tell-Tale Heart." I am not familiar with the poem "Lenore," but I have attempted to memorize "The Raven." Afterwards, he did a question and answer, staying in character. It was excellent, and I'm glad I got a front row seat. If there is another production next year, count me in.
After the program, I went for a walk in Drake Park. The weather involved a light shower, so I was glad to have my hoodie. I visited the restroom, happy with the thought that I would not be cleaning it for the next several months, and satisfied that I had made sure to fill the soaps before I left. There had been very light use, probably due to the downpour that took place hours earlier, when I was in Relief Society, probably because it was still cloudy and rather chilly.
I walked fast, down the slope to the river, and along the riverside, heading south. I remembered that it had been more than two years since I walked that part of the trail, back when I had to park my truck at Harmon Park, and walk through tiny Pageant Park and over the foot bridge through Drake to clean the restroom, due to road construction. I went to the southern end of the park, and walked back, the sun breaking through the clouds before I returned to where I had entered the park. I went up to Wall and Franklin (checked the restaurant, "Drake," prices on the posted menu--ouch!) and then south on Wall to my Subaru.
I don't know if I got the full 30 minutes in, but I did get a good brisk walk.
http://www.bendsource.com/bend/deep-into-that-darkness-peering/Content?oid=2296323
"This award winning one person show will showcase dramatic recitations of some of Poe’s best loved works along with informative sidelights into Poe’s life and times. Great for lovers of literature, the theater or those that love a good scare. The show concludes with an audience interactive portion where people are invited to participate in a question and answer session with Mr. Poe himself."
~from the library's Facebook page
This presentation has been produced somewhere or other in Bend for nine years, at times as a two hour program, and I'm guessing today's free production at the library may have been about an hour. Alastair Jacques now lives in Portland, but the audience at the library meeting room compared notes of when he was in Bend, and in what theater productions. I was the newbie of my neighbors, everyone else having seen him once or four times. I learned that the "Author, Author!" series at Bend High was a fund-raiser for the free events at the library, as explained by the library events coordinator who did the introduction.
Mr. Poe's visit here took place in the year 1849, four years after "The Raven" was published. It was a few minutes before I realized that he was acting out "The Cask of Amontillado," and then later "The Tell-Tale Heart." I am not familiar with the poem "Lenore," but I have attempted to memorize "The Raven." Afterwards, he did a question and answer, staying in character. It was excellent, and I'm glad I got a front row seat. If there is another production next year, count me in.
After the program, I went for a walk in Drake Park. The weather involved a light shower, so I was glad to have my hoodie. I visited the restroom, happy with the thought that I would not be cleaning it for the next several months, and satisfied that I had made sure to fill the soaps before I left. There had been very light use, probably due to the downpour that took place hours earlier, when I was in Relief Society, probably because it was still cloudy and rather chilly.
I walked fast, down the slope to the river, and along the riverside, heading south. I remembered that it had been more than two years since I walked that part of the trail, back when I had to park my truck at Harmon Park, and walk through tiny Pageant Park and over the foot bridge through Drake to clean the restroom, due to road construction. I went to the southern end of the park, and walked back, the sun breaking through the clouds before I returned to where I had entered the park. I went up to Wall and Franklin (checked the restaurant, "Drake," prices on the posted menu--ouch!) and then south on Wall to my Subaru.
I don't know if I got the full 30 minutes in, but I did get a good brisk walk.
http://www.bendsource.com/bend/deep-into-that-darkness-peering/Content?oid=2296323
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