Nomadic EDGAR ALLAN POEtry Event: Shodekeh, beatboxing “Shadows & Darkness”
About this event:
Nomadic EDGAR ALLAN POEtry Event: Shodekeh, beatboxing “Shadows & Darkness”
October 15: @ Poe’s Statue/Sir Moses Ezekiel Statue, Northeast corner of Maryland & 21 West Mount Royal Avenues, University of Baltimore Law School Gordon Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201
ABOUT THE EVENT: Shadows & Darkness: Don’t miss this performance by renowned beatboxer, Shodekeh, interpreting the immense darkness that Poe’s poetry evokes. You can read Poe’s words while listening to this Baltimore-based vocal percussionist, whose worldwide performances include with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Alash, the masters of Tuvan throat singing.
(Rain or shine, meet at noon at the Sir Moses Ezekiel Statue, Northeast corner of Maryland & 21 West Mount Royal Avenues, University of Baltimore Law School Gordon Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201; BYO: umbrella and folding chair if you’d like.) To view an interactive map, visit: https://www.poeinbaltimore.org/poe-places/ Want a hint and get an idea of what you might expect? Listen up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRHwWgtdLwY
ABOUT THE SERIES: Between Noon-12:30pm on October 1, 7, 15 & 22, Poe Baltimore will offer Four FreeFall Baltimore Poe Baltimore’s Nomadic EDGAR ALLAN POE-try Events: Come celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s dark and fearsome brilliance with four lunchtime events in Poe-appropriate locations across downtown Baltimore. As part of Free Fall Baltimore, Poe Baltimore has planned four free events at Poe-appropriate sites tied to the famed Edgar Allan Poe. Starting at NOON on the first four Wednesdays in October, you can enjoy free 30-minute special performances/ interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe’s writing as part of FreeFall Baltimore. Each event will take place outdoors (rain or shine—so again, please be POE-like and bring an umbrella if it’s gray and gloomy.)
ABOUT THE SITE: The last work of the great American sculptor Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel, it was commissioned in 1907 by the Women’s Literary Club of Baltimore. It was hoped that the statue would be ready by Poe’s centennial in 1909, but a series of problems prevented its completion until 1916 and World War I delayed its arrival in Baltimore.
The statue was dedicated in Wyman Park on October 20, 1921. Over the years, it suffered from neglect, vandalism and the effects of wind and rain, which eroded the inscriptions until they were virtually unreadable. Deciding that the park was too isolated a location for the statue, it was moved, under the recommendation of the E. A. Poe Society Baltimore, to the plaza of the University of Baltimore’s Law School, where it now resides.
Free Fall Baltimore is made possible by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and the generous contributions of BGE, The Abell Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, American Trading & Production Corporation (Atapco), The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation, and the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Charitable Funds.
