Featured Event
POE-try Slam
As part of “The Big Read” being celebrated in libraries, theaters, and schools all over Rio Rancho and Albuquerque, there will be a poetry slam at the Loma Colorado Main Library on October 20 at 6 o’clock featuring a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s narrative poem, “The Raven,” truly one of the most famous poems ever. Leading the slam will be performance poet and poetry teacher, Carlos Contreras, a fixture in the Albuquerque slam scene since he was seventeen and Katrina Guarascio, an English teacher, poet, and sponsor of the Cleveland High School Poetry Community. Teens, adults, slam teams, English classes...all are invited to participate. Open Slam, sign-ups begin at 5:45. For more information, call 891-5013, ext 3032.
Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Public Events
Youth Art Interpretations of "The Raven" Contest
This ongoing program encourages youth artists elementary through highschool to illustrate her/his interpretation of the poem, The Raven. Paintings, photography, drawings, graphic design, video and many more creations can be entered to win a month long show in January at the Main Library! Judged by a panel of professional artists, winners in different age groups will be highlighted and recognized on our website along with the dates of their exhibit, and all entries will be featured. Notification of winners will be announced November 5th. For more details click here.
Event Location: P.O. Box 26657, Albuquerque, NM, 87125-6657Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
History and Mystery Edgar Allan Poe Library Field Trips (on-going)
Throughout the Big Read program in Albuquerque, we will be hosting field trips to explore the history and mystery of Edgar Allan Poe. Students will view the A&E Biography - "Edgar Allan Poe: The Mystery of Edgar Allen Poe," after which their class will discuss "Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe." The classes will receive educational materials and end with a library tour. Call your local library to schedule your History and Mystery field trip! The program will run October 10 through November 4. Title I schools, daycare & preschool programs serving low-income families and organizations serving children with special needs are eligible to get free round-trip transportation for students, faculty and chaperones, allowing them to visit libraries, participate in our library programs and events. For more information visit http://library.cabq.gov/thomason and contact Anna Harman at aharman@cabq.gov or 505-768-5103.
Event Location: P.O. Box 26657, Albuquerque, NM, 87125-6657Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Meet the Blind Month Poe Readings
ABC Libraries is partnering with The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) for Meet the Blind Month this October. Coinciding with The Big Read celebration of Edgar Allan Poe, members of the NFB will be reading works and poems of Edgar Allan Poe in Braille. Created by the NFB, Meet the Blind Month is a nationwide person-to-person awareness campaign every October, aiming to increase understanding about the NFB and the many resources for vision loss, blindness, and rehabilitation. During Meet the Blind Month, NFB affiliates and chapters throughout the country conduct a variety of activities to spread this message to their local communities. For more information about the NFB in New Mexico, visit www.nfbnm.org.
10/17, 4:00 p.m. Cherry Hills Library with Francine Garcia
10/21, 4:00 p.m. Tony Hillerman Library with Tara Chavez
10/27, 10:30 a.m. Main Library with Kathy Claus
10/29, 2:00 p.m. Main Library with Kelly Burma
Event Location: ABC Libraries, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Find the Tell-Tale Heart
Each week, from October 17th - October 28th, the Alamosa Library will hide a paper heart in the library. Follow the clues to find it. The first person to find the heart claims the weekly prize. Only one winner per week.
Event Location: Alamosa Library, Albuquerque, NM 87121
POE-try Slam
As part of “The Big Read” being celebrated in libraries, theaters, and schools all over Rio Rancho and Albuquerque, there will be a poetry slam at the Loma Colorado Main Library on October 20 at 6 o’clock featuring a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s narrative poem, “The Raven,” truly one of the most famous poems ever. Leading the slam will be performance poet and poetry teacher, Carlos Contreras, a fixture in the Albuquerque slam scene since he was seventeen and Katrina Guarascio, an English teacher, poet, and sponsor of the Cleveland High School Poetry Community. Teens, adults, slam teams, English classes...all are invited to participate. Open Slam, sign-ups begin at 5:45. For more information, call 891-5013, ext 3032.
Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Am I Related to Poe? Genealogy Workshop
This genealogy workshop geared to adults and teens will teach participants how to use the library databases to research their family history. The workshop will take place in the Genealogy Area of Main Library. Few writers have pioneered so many forms of escapism as Edgar Allan Poe, and fewer still have sought escape so desperately themselves. His most satisfying escape was into his writing, where generations of readers have followed him ever since. Escape doing your genealogy. Be transported back in time as you learn about yesteryear and where your ancestors lived and what they were doing. Poe essentially invented detective fiction. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said “Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the breath of life into it?” You become a detective as you look for clues and piece together the puzzle pieces to discover your family’s history. You can breathe life into your family’s unique story. Poe almost always relied on a first-person narrator. Your family history is your personal history. You can tell it in your own words. Poe appeals to readers from childhood to old age. So does genealogy.
Event Location: 501 Copper, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum Film Screening with Reading
Dir. Roger Corman - 1961 - 80m - An ABC Libraries Presentation of THE BIG READ PROGRAM! - FREE! But seating is limited! A great Roger Corman 60's flick based on sci-fi/horror writer Richard Matheson's script of the Edgar Allan Poe classic tale and the second in AIP's long-running Poe series. Set in post-Inquisition Spain, the film stars John Kerr as a young Englishman who travels to the seaside castle of his brother-in-law (Vincent Price) to uncover the circumstances behind the death of his sister (a dubbed Barbara Steele!). Price is tormented by memories of his mother's premature burial by his inquisitor father (also Price) and fears that this sadistic legacy has contributed to Steele's demise. Furthermore, he believes that Steele was also buried alive--a belief compounded by the mysterious destruction of her room, and the sound of her harpsichord playing in the night... Structured almost identically to Usher, Richard Matheson's script fleshes out the brief original text with a fast-paced and twist-filled plot that never loses sight of the psychological themes of Poe's work. It also provides Price with the richest of his many AIP/Poe roles, a sympathetic, deeply emotional man who is unhinged by the sins of his father. Corman's direction is equally driven and fluid, and features some impressive quasi-psychedelic visuals in the tense climax. Also noteworthy is art director's Daniel Haller's impressive design of the title set piece.
Time: 12:30pm – 3:00pm
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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Poetry Discussion & Writing Workshop with Gary Jackson:
Image, Persona, Voice: Finding Inspiration in the Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
The Albuquerque Community Writing Center presents a poetry discussion & workshop featuring Gary Jackson, winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for Missing You, Metropolis. • Discussion of Poe’s influence on American poetry • Exercises on image construction, ekphrastic writing, & response persona poems • Book-signing by featured poet Gary Jackson Saturday, October 22, 2-4pm, Main Branch Library, Albuquerque, NM.
Bio: "Gary Jackson was born and raised in Topeka, Kansas, and received his Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of New Mexico in 2008. He is the winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for his first book Missing You, Metropolis. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Laurel Review, Callaloo, Tin House, Blue Mesa Review, Pilgrimage, BorderSenses and elsewhere. He has been a fierce lover of comics for over twenty years."
Event Location: Main Library, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Community: Friends for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Libraries
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Chess Tournament with Readings
Rio Ranch Public Library will host a chess tournament for teens and adults with readings from Poe’s essay “Maelzel’s Chess Player” and a discussion of its modern equivalent of playing chess against a computer. Special guests: Dr Gerald M. Leavitt, author of "The Turk, Chess Automation" Oren Stevens, President, New Mexico Chess Association champion Scott Kerns.
Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Community: Friends for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Libraries
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
In Depth - A Poetry Discussion Group
In Depth: A Poetry Discussion Group at Los Griegos Library Explore poetry in the context of the writer’s life and times. Meetings are quarterly, on the fourth Thursday of the month starting - - - with Edgar Allan Poe’s "Ulalume: A Ballad" For more information or to be added to the e-mail list, call or come in: Los Griegos Library 505-761-4020
Event Location: Los Griegos Library 1000 Griegos Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Wide World of Mystery Book Club
Wide World of Mystery Book Club will be reading and discussing the three short stories :"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" , "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" and "The Purloined Letter".
Event Location: The Main Library, Albuquerque, NM, 87102Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
"The Raven" Art Opening
Our Big Read will close with a free community reception at Albuquerque’s Main Library to open the art exhibit featuring "Artist Interpretations of The Raven." This event will include a dramatic reading of the poem by local actor, Leonard Madrid, and silent art auction
Event Location: Main Library, 501 Copper NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Book: The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Poe Film Series - Guild Cinema
Events not to miss for Roger Corman and Edgar Allan Poe fans! Guild Cinema will present free community screenings of The Pit and the Pendulum and House of Usher that will be preceded by readings from the associated stories.
The Fall of the House of Usher
Saturday Oct. 15 at 12:30pm
Vincent Price brings a theatrical flourish to the role of Roderick Usher, a brooding nobleman haunted by the dry rot of madness in his family tree. This being Poe, there's a history of family madness and melancholia, a premature burial, and a sense of doom hanging over this gloomy, crumbling mansion.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Saturday Oct. 22 at 12:30pm
Structured almost identically to Usher, Richard Matheson's script fleshes out the brief original text with a fast-paced and twist-filled plot that never loses sight of the psychological themes of Poe's work.
For more information visit: http://guildcinema.com/comingsoon/
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