Celebrate Poe's Birthday with a Trio of Great Performers at the Library on Jan. 19

“It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful,

and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic”

The Murders of the Rue Morgue (1841)--EAP 

The South Pasadena Public Library, the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, and the South Pasadena Community Services Department will proudly present an Edgar Allan Poe 205th Birthday Celebration on Sunday, Jan 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. on the historic Carnegie Stage of the Library Community Room. The free program will be fun, fascinating, and educational for all ages.  The event will showcase the remarkable talents of actor Duffy Hudson, magician Micah Cover, and entertainer Eric Sharp.

Sharp will emcee the not-to-be-missed evening and will first introduce the great magician, Micah from The Magic Castle in Hollywood. Micah will perform his extraordinary brand of magic, culminating with his famous straight jacket escape, done while reciting Poe's timeless poetic masterpiece, “The Raven”. Eric Sharp will then rousingly introduce Duffy Hudson who will perform his riveting one man show on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, “Shadow of the Raven.” The virtuoso showcase has delighted audience around the nation while increasing awareness of Edgar Allan Poe’s timeless American literary heritage. 

The life of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was characterized by dramatic personal highs and lows, including a series of exhilarating successes and heartbreaking losses, not to mention a string of crushing breakdowns and  triumphant comebacks. Through it all, Poe created some of the finest literature the world has known. Although he’s best known for his stories and poems, Poe also invented both the psychological thriller --and the detective story (!) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who later authored the Sherlock Holmes tales, said Poe “was a model for all time.” Poe is probably best remembered today as a writer of horror stories, but they comprise only a small portion of his works. Poe is probably so closely identified with horror because he was the first to perfect the genre --and so many writers have imitated or been indelibly influenced by him. That lengthy list includes none other than Ray Bradbury who said that as a boy he started writing by trying to imitate Poe.

The Community Room is located at 1115 El Centro Street. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. No tickets or reservations are necessary. Refreshments will be served.