Sal St. George, the festival director, is well underway with his plans for the 2015 RIVERHEAD POE FESTIVAL! He is looking for students, teachers, PTOs and families to get involved in the festivities. If you would like to be involved and want more information, call (631) 654-1888. The Festival Schedule is on RiverheadLocal.
Here's a message regarding this year's Poe Festival:
Here's a message regarding this year's Poe Festival:
Edgar Allan Poe Visited the Riverhead Schools on Halloween in 2014
On HALLOWEEN DAY 2014, Sal St. George, the director of the POE FESTIVAL, brought Edgar Allan Poe to the Pulaski Street, Middle and High School to talk with the students about some of his spooky tales, poetry and the mystique surrounding his life. Thank You!
EDGAR ALLAN POE IS A HIT AT Pulaski, rms and rhs on halloween!
Edgar Allen Poe at RMS from Sandra Kolbo on Vimeo. |
Edgar Allan Poe Visit from Sandra Kolbo on Vimeo. |
(October 24, 2014) With the upcoming Poe Festival scheduled for Halloween weekend in Downtown Riverhead, I went searching for classes that were studying the works of Edgar Allan Poe. This Glog (click on the word Glogor look below--
click on photos and videos for links or to enlarge) and the Vimeo movies are just a glimpse of the amazing discussion about Edgar Allan Poe and his story "The Tell Tale Heart" that RMS English teachers had with their classes and with Mr. Poe when he visited their schools on Halloween. Students could earn extra credit if they attended special events at the POE FESTIVAL.)
click on photos and videos for links or to enlarge) and the Vimeo movies are just a glimpse of the amazing discussion about Edgar Allan Poe and his story "The Tell Tale Heart" that RMS English teachers had with their classes and with Mr. Poe when he visited their schools on Halloween. Students could earn extra credit if they attended special events at the POE FESTIVAL.)
THE TELL TALE HEART story synopsis: Even though in the tale the narrator notes that this old rich guy hadnever been abusive to him, he decides to murder him anyway because of his aversion to the elderly man's vulture-like, milky, evil eye.
Shortly after killing the old man, the narrator dismembers and hides the body beneath the floor of the bedroom. When two policemen appear at the house early in the AM in response to a neighbor having heard a shriek, the murderer casually invites them in and chats with them in the bedroom. However, he becomes overwhelmed with a sound like the ticking of a clock wrapped in cotton that convinces him he can hear his victim's heart still beating beneath the floorboards where he buried him. He thinks the policemen can hear it as well and are mocking him by ignoring the sound. In a frenzied, manic moment, the murderer confesses to his crime. |