Waiting. Watching. This statue of H.P. Lovecraft is part of Ars Necronomica: Dark Dreams in the Divine City, a new exhibit at the Providence Art Club opening Tuesday (you can go see the statue now). This show ties in with the upcoming Lovecraftian literature convention, Necronomicon Providence, to be held later in the month. (We’ll […]
(4.14) The annual gathering commemorating the life and work of H.P. Lovecraft will take place Sunday at 3pm at the Ladd Observatory. Visitors today can get a bonus look at the daytime moon. (Facebook event.) An annual gathering recognizing the life and unique literary contributions of Mr. Lovecraft. He was an avid, amateur astronomer This
This 1884 edition of “The Raven” illustrated by Gustave Doré is just one of the gems in Ravenous: The Enduring Legacy of Poe, the new exhibit at the Providence Athenaeum. Poe hair! Highlights from the Athenæum’s collection include Poe’s signature, a portrait of Sarah Helen Whitman, a print of Le Corbeau “The Raven” by Édouard
(2.23) That’s weird, as in weird fiction, for the uninitiated. The Arcade Asylum Series at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council will be hosting four authors this Saturday. The event is free but seating is limited. ( Facebook event.) Join us to experience an evening of horrific visions invoked by some of the strongest voices
(2.24) Each year the English Speaking Union challenges high school students from across the country to learn and perform one sonnet and one monologue from Shakespeare’s vast collection of works. For the fourth year the Providence Athenaeum will be hosting the regional competition. Through the competition, students develop communication skills and an appreciation of the
(10.12) Attention impulsive/procrastinating Moby-Dick fans: This is for you. The Brown University English Department will be hosting a day-long symposium Friday on Herman Melville. Herman Melville’s towering “Moby Dick” crosses oceans, spans centuries, imagines new forms of life and still has readers captivated. On the eve of the author’s bicentennial, a day-long symposium hosted by
Today is the birthday of Providence author H.P. Lovecraft — what better time to check in on the statue project. Last week, sculptor Gage Prentiss posted this photo on the project Facebook page adding, “Here is a taste of the newly cast bronze life size statue of H P Lovecraft! There is still welding, chasing,
(7.21) Head over to Books on the Square Saturday afternoon when author Ann Hood will discuss her latest book “She Loves You (Yeah Yeah Yeah).” Bestselling author Hood (The Obituary Writer) revisits Beatlemania through her narrator Trudy Mixer, a sixth grader growing up in Rhode Island in 1966. When Trudy learns that the Beatles are
(6.23) If life isn’t already weird and dark enough for you, the Arcade Asylum Series at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council will be hosting three authors this Saturday. The event is free but seating is limited. (Facebook event.) In celebration of Midsummer, we’re excited to welcome three major luminaries in weird and dark fiction:
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“Celebrating the unspeakable practices of Robert Coover and the International Writers Project!” For three days, Brown University will celebrate novelist and freedom-to-write advocate, Robert Coover, through readings and performances by his former students, his colleagues and his admirers. Don DeLillo, Paul Auster, William Kennedy, T.C. Boyle, Marlon James, and a host of other literary luminaries
(4.8) The annual gathering to recognize the unique literary contributions of renowned horror-fantasy writer H. P. Lovecraft takes place Sunday afternoon at the Ladd Observatory. The observatory will be open to visitors starting at 1:30 pm to view the historic scientific instrument collection and tour the building, rain or shine. If the skies are clear
(3.22) Ada Books will be celebrating the publication of Steven Seidenberg’s SITU this Thursday evening with readings and a few special guests. Steven will read from the book and will be joined by writers Mary-Kim Arnold, Mairéad Byrne, and Sara Wintz. (Facebook event.) Steven Seidenberg is the author of Situ (Black Sun Lit), Null Set
The Biltmore Hotel will play host to StokerCon 2018 this weekend, with events planned through Sunday. No reason that Bram Stoker fans would not be welcome here in the darkened heart of Lovecraft territory. Although, what’s with the tentacles? Is that a Stoker thing too? (Facebook event.) On tap: A banquet presentation of the Bram
(2.25) The English Speaking Union will hold its annual competition this Sunday at the Providence Athenaeum. Rhode Island high school students (and one from Connecticut!) will present sonnets and soliloquies as they compete to represent Rhode Island at the National Shakespeare Competition in New York in April. The students will be judged by a panel
(1.20) The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council will host “In the Dark of Winter,” the mid-winter edition of the Arcade Asylum Author Series this Saturday. (Facebook event page.) This cold, winter evening will feature five New England authors whose tales will further chill you to the bone: Chris Irvin/Bracken Macleod/KL Peirera/Sonya Taaffe/Paul Tremblay Free and
(9.16) The fall season of The Publicly Complex Reading Series begins Saturday with Alexis Almeida, Sussy Santana, and Christopher Kondrich. (Facebook event.) Why would they schedule this the same day as Oktoberfest at The Guild? No reason you can’t do both. (As far as I know, the wearing of lederhosen is not verboten.) Free, 6pm