(8.21) Get ready for the return of Necronomicon Providence, the world’s premier weird fiction convention brought to you by the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council. People travel from around the world to take part in this four-day celebration of weird fiction, art, and academia, right here in Providence, the home and final resting place of …
Only a few weeks till the return of the world’s premier weird fiction convention: Necronomicon Providence — featuring panels, films, gaming, vendors, weird art, readings, concerts, HPL tours, and more. People come from around the world for this event which will run from August 18 through the 21st. Holding down the fort last Friday at …
(8.20) NecronomiCon — the international festival of weird fiction, art, and academia — kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday, August 20th. This event is held every other year around the date of H.P. Lovecraft’s birth and this is one of those years. This year’s guests of honor include renowned editor Ellen Datlow, filmmaker Richard …
(8.20) What would H.P. Lovecraft, architecture critic, have made of The Facade? One Ms. Archer writes, “Lamenting the decay and destruction of American Colonial buildings, [Lovecraft] uses these dilapidated buildings as a symbol of horror and the sublime.” Safe to say, this gutted Georgian Revival can be filed under “symbol of horror” and greed and …
With glow-in-the-dark letters! A more fitting and durable marker has replaced the original wooden sign at H. P. Lovecraft Memorial Square, located at the intersection of Angell and Prospect Streets. According to the artist Gage Prentiss, This is a cold cast bronze sign for H P Lovecraft Memorial Square in Providence Rhode Island. It was …
Time to get your eldritch on and sign up for NecronomiCon 2015: The Stars Are Right, Again. Single-day passes are $30. General pilgrimage passes go for $75. Or go for the Silver Key and Golden Key passes. Click here for ticket info. You are invited to celebrate the 125th birthday of Howard P. Lovecraft and …
On this day in 1890 horror fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft was born in his family home on Angell Street in Providence. Since his death at the age of 46, his work has been spun into countless movies, and inspired generations of writers, artists, and musicians. Just last summer this mural went up on the side …