http://www.film-festival.org/HPLovecraft10.php
QuotePROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence native and cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft will be the subject of a special walking tour and film series during the annual FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival (RIHFF), October 21-24th. The tour will take place on Friday, October 22nd at 3:00 p.m..
The life and work of Providence's best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, will provide the backdrop for the tour, which will be lead by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Lovecraft's "Providence stories" (written between 1924 and 1935) provide the basis for this walk. Lovecraft wrote eloquently, and in great detail, about such landmarks as Prospect Terrace, the First Baptist Church, and Benefit Street houses. Participants will see the site of his former home, as well as locales mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shunned House, and The Call of Cthulhu.
Following the tour, which begins at 3:00 p.m. and lasts for approximately 90 minutes, participants will be treated to ticket to see a film screening at the Bell Street Chapel Theatre anytime during the Festival.
"It is amazing how Lovecraft's horror writing still resonates with audiences today," commented Demetria J. Carr, Managing Director of the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival. "Providence provided the inspiration for his most chilling and terrifying stories. This walking tour is a wonderful opportunity for his fans to connect with the man behind the writer."
STFU and call out of work.
:hammer:
I have Fridays off!
YAY!
I'm getting tickets for myself and GS today most likely. I know Richter and some other friends will be joining us as well.
Can't too much work, also, RI is very far from TRONE.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 04, 2010, 04:46:20 PM
I have Fridays off!
Contact me prior for parking instruction, then. We have guest spots.
This exposse of the banal and prosaic behind tales of the eldrich and squamous is just about guaranteed to end at a bar somewhere. Also hoping for overcast and light rain, to set the right mood.
:argh!: When you said "New England", I thought you meant Australia.
Quote from: Lysergic on October 04, 2010, 07:21:03 PM
:argh!: When you said "New England", I thought you meant Australia.
Nope, we're New England, you're England's jail.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on October 04, 2010, 09:37:31 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on October 04, 2010, 07:21:03 PM
:argh!: When you said "New England", I thought you meant Australia.
Nope, we're England's religious rejects, you're England's jail.
FFT.
Well yeah...but at least we aren't the murderers, rapists, and pedos.
Whee, reason to pull out of work early on a Friday! I'll see if I can manage this.
Quote from: leln on October 04, 2010, 10:45:44 PM
Whee, reason to pull out of work early on a Friday! I'll see if I can manage this.
It's relevant to your work! You should get paid.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on October 04, 2010, 09:44:17 PM
Well yeah...but at least we aren't the murderers, rapists, and pedos.
Actually, most of the convicts that got sent to Australia were the pick pockets, food thieves and hanky snatchers.
People used to steal hankies?
That blows.
Quote from: Sigmatic on October 05, 2010, 05:35:54 AM
People used to steal hankies?
That blows.
No! Bad Sig! :argh!:
ETA: Reason #247 I wish I lived in New England..... :sad:
Quote from: Richter on October 04, 2010, 09:41:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on October 04, 2010, 09:37:31 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on October 04, 2010, 07:21:03 PM
:argh!: When you said "New England", I thought you meant Australia.
Nope, we're England's religious rejects, you're England's jail.
FFT.
You're confusing all of New England with Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony. Southern New England was colonized by all of the colonists that the original Massholes booted out for not being Puritan enough.
And now we're the first state to recognize gay marriage.
Doktor Blight,
Appreciates the irony behind the colony he lives in.
Because I love that dirty water.... Boston you're my home!
Quote from: Lysergic on October 05, 2010, 05:08:21 AM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on October 04, 2010, 09:44:17 PM
Well yeah...but at least we aren't the murderers, rapists, and pedos.
Actually, most of the convicts that got sent to Australia were the pick pockets, food thieves and hanky snatchers.
And then you wonder why your country is as fucked up as it is.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on October 05, 2010, 06:12:52 AM
Quote from: Richter on October 04, 2010, 09:41:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on October 04, 2010, 09:37:31 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on October 04, 2010, 07:21:03 PM
:argh!: When you said "New England", I thought you meant Australia.
Nope, we're England's religious rejects, you're England's jail.
FFT.
You're confusing all of New England with Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony. Southern New England was colonized by all of the colonists that the original Massholes booted out for not being Puritan enough.
I was gonna say, Portsmouth, RI is where all the non-puritans with progressive beliefs were sent by the Puritans. Rhode Island was a shipping colony (Portsmouth, Middletown, Jamestown and Newport), and Providence Plantations was the first colony to have total religious freedom, as was founded by Massachusetts Bay exile, Roger Williams. The first Synagogue was built in Providence, as well as the first Baptist Church, which still stands (That pretty white church I always take pics of? That's the 1st Baptist Church in America.) They combined sometime in the late 1600s/early 1700s. Don't know exacts.
This is why up until recently, the Massachusetts Constitution stated that all citizens of Rhode Island caught crossing the border were to be shot on sight. :x
Rhode Island history is fucking crazy, I haven't done a lot of it yet, but I'm thinking of taking the History of Rhode Island course offered at my school. I like to have a strong knowledge of where I live. I mean, how many people know of the chaos that was King Phillip's War or that Washington and Rochambeau marched into battle starting in Newport?
...OR THAT THE REVOLUTION STARTED WITH THE ATTACK ON THE HMS GASPEE AND NOT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER (*cough* Breeds...) HILL?!
Fucking Mass...always taking credit for our cool shit. :argh!:
...I'm done. WOO! LOVECRAFT!
Okay, I can't purchase a fucking ticket. The site isn't accepting a perfectly valid card and PayPal is making me wait 2-4 days to use its services for some unclear bullshit.
Alright, attempt number 14 worked. Now I have a receipt for a ticket, and no info on if the ticket is will call, or any option to print it out, or really anything.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 21, 2010, 11:26:24 PM
Alright, attempt number 14 worked. Now I have a receipt for a ticket, and no info on if the ticket is will call, or any option to print it out, or really anything.
When you get there, look for the man in the green coat. He will tell you what to do next.
...I honestly don't know. I can't go now because my arm is getting pin cushioned. Richter WILL be there though.
So:
The walk was great. highlighted a few places I already new about, and many I didn't. It wasmore historical about Lovecraft's life / influences, but still well worth it.
Leln and Dfrom fencing arrived early so we hit lunch. EOC showed up on time at te tour site, and we went out for drinks / snack after. In the middle of that we got word that the other Suu and others were drinking at the local German club, and went there (After a long detour and some bad navigating on my part.) General Stuart and I schooled a few folks at darts, riding on beginner's luck.
6 hours of drinking and BS'ing later we all finally rolled home.
I need to hand someone else my wallet next time I'm in the presence of German food. I go into INFINITE SAUSAGES mode. :sad: