Feline Fables and Macabre Meows: A Deep Dive into Poe’s The Black Cat [ages 12-15]
The Poe Museum 1914 E Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, United StatesThis event is hosted by Richmond Young Writers Join us for an engaging and immersive creative writing workshop where we explore the mystery, superstition, and symbolism of black cats – both in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat and in the real-life feline residents of the Poe Museum. Come meet the Museum’s black cats, Edgar and Tibs, […]
June 2025 UnHappy Hour: Pride
Poe Museum's Enchanted Garden 1914 E Main St, Richmond VA, Virginia, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, June 26 from 6-9pm for the Poe Museum's Pride UnHappy Hour! Celebrate Pride with a Summer Solstice Party at the Poe Museum! The Summer Solstice marks the onset of summer, taking place on the longest day of the year. It is thought to be a time of new beginnings and transformation. […]
Tell-Tale Talks featuring: Chris Semtner
Poe Museum's Enchanted Garden 1914 E Main St, Richmond VA, Virginia, United StatesAbout Chris Semtner: Chris Semtner, who recently celebrated his 25-year anniversary as the curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, is also an internationally exhibited fine artist […]
Edgar’s Enchanted Garden Family Movie Night
The Poe Museum 1914 E Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, United StatesEnjoy a summer evening in the museum’s Enchanted Garden as we celebrate summer reading before the school year. Join us for a screening of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. […]
July 2025 UnHappy Hour: Land Poe!
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Professional Development Workshop
The Poe Museum 1914 E Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, United StatesEdgar Allan Poe is often viewed as an anomaly in history, both for the gruesome subject of his literature and his peculiar appearance. How can one place Poe in the historical timeline when their appears to be so many deviations from our understanding of life in the 19th century? This professional development workshop explores how […]
Tell-Tale Talks featuring: David Allen Voyles
Poe Museum's Enchanted Garden 1914 E Main St, Richmond VA, Virginia, United StatesAbout David Allen Voyles: Some of the tales in David Allen Voyles’ first collection of original horror stories, The Thirteenth Day of Christmas and Other Tales of Yuletide Horror, were those he told while conducting tours for his ghost tour company Dark Ride Tours in Asheville, NC. Playing the role of gravedigger/storyteller Virgil Nightshade, Voyles […]
August 2025 UnHappy Hour: Wizard of Oz
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Tell-Tale Talks featuring: SJ Sindu
Poe Museum's Enchanted Garden 1914 E Main St, Richmond VA, Virginia, United StatesAbout SJ Sindu: SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author of two literary novels (Marriage of a Thousand Lies, which won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award; and Blue-Skinned Gods, […]
September 2025 UnHappy Hour: Fairy-Land
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Tell-Tale Talks featuring: Stephen Smith
Poe Museum's Enchanted Garden 1914 E Main St, Richmond VA, Virginia, United StatesAbout Stephen Smith: Stephen Smith is an actor and theatre producer from Watford, UK. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts). He is the Artistic Director of Threedumb Theatre, a four-time OFFIE award-winning theatre company. Under which, he has self-produced many of his own opportunities as a self-represented […]
Edgar’s Enchanted Garden Family Day
The Poe Museum 1914 E Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, United StatesJoin us on Saturday, October 11th from 10:00am-2:00pm for an enchanted free family day. Enjoy arts, crafts, and programming brought to you by The Poe Museum. We will be joined […]