June 2025 UnHappy Hour: Pride
Join 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 […]
Join 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 […]
About 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 […]
Enjoy 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. […]
All aboard for Land Poe!—a nautical-themed UnHappy Hour at the Poe Museum! Join us on Thursday, July 24 from 6–9pm for a raucous, salt-sprayed soirée where landlubbers and pirates alike will dance to […]
Edgar 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 […]
About 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 […]
There's no place like Poe... Join us on Thursday, August 28 from 6–9pm for a whimsical, Wizard of Oz-inspired evening full of music, food, and magic under the summer sky. Enjoy the smooth […]
About 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, […]
Welcome the autumn season...Presented by James River Film Society, join us on Friday, September 19th at 7:00 PM for Silent Music Revival, Richmond’s enduring live music silent cinema series, live at the Poe Museum. Featuring silent era films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, with a live score by GULL. Schedule: Doors - 7:00 PM […]
Live unhappily ever after... Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Fairy-Land," join us for an evening of (dis)enchantment on Thursday, September 25 from 6–9pm at the Poe Museum's Fairy-Land UnHappy Hour! Let the chimes of Tiara & Andrew and Deau Eyes transport you to a strange and beautiful place, full of moonlight and winged creatures. Eat like a king with 1115 Mobile Kitchen, serving up […]
October readings: "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne Join the Poe Museum for our virtual Short Story Club, a low-commitment literary gathering designed for busy reader who may not be able to commit to reading a new book every month. Our Short Story Club meets once a month on Tuesdays on Zoom from 6:00pm-6:30pm--a […]
About 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 […]