Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'bramstoker'
October 22, 2008
Full disclosure: Yes, tonight is game one of the World Series, in which the Philadelphia Phillies battle the Tampa Bay Rays at 8pm Eastern Time. However, if you're not a baseball fan, there are some other options for this evening. THE ROSENBACH PRESENTS: THE NEW ANNOTATED DRACULA Bram Stoker scholar Leslie Klinger (as much a fan of Sherlock Holmes as he is of Dracula) will be reading from and signing copies of his new release,......
Continue Reading "Can't Miss This!"July 2, 2008
Many of you may not know that Philly is home to the notes Bram Stoker developed as he wrote his acclaimed classic Dracula. The bragging rights are cool enough, but it turns out that the notes, housed at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, drew the attention of HBO while they were filming a documentary about the nocturnal blood drinkers. The doc itself is playing second fiddle to an hour-long series about vampires called True Blood......
Continue Reading "HBO Films Vampire Doc at the Rosenbach"March 13, 2006
Did you see that "Battlestar Galactica" season finale on Friday? "One year later?!" C'mon, how many people thought that was going to turn out to be a dream right up until the last scene? Anyway, here's what's fun and/or interesting on TV this week (not "BG"...and not again until October! Sigh): Boy with the Frozen Bones (Mon; 8PM-9PM; Discovery Health): With shows highlighting weird and rare medical conditions like this one, "The Dog-Faced Boy," and......
Continue Reading "TelePhillyist"October 25, 2005
As part of the 2005 Dracula Festival, The Rosebach's Associate Director, Michael Barsanti, will be speaking on the research Bram Stoker undertook when writing Dracula. Some of Stoker's notes will also be on display. This is sheer speculation, but we're guessing his method was a bit more thorough their our own personal research into vampire lore, which focused largely on the Hammer Horror catalogue of films. (Did you see the part in the latest......
Continue Reading "31 Days of Halloween: Curatorial Notes on "Dracula""October 21, 2005
The Rosenbach Museum and Library and The Spiral Q Puppet Theater will be joining forces again this year for the Dracula Puppet Parade (which we'll tell you more about next week) - and in preparation this weekend they are inviting kids of all ages to come to the Rosenbach (2008 DeLancey) for a hands-on costume workshop. And while you're there generating ghoulish garb, be sure to check out the museum's collections ..especially Bram Stoker's......
Continue Reading "31 Days of Halloween: Demonic and Dastardly Dracula Costume Workshop"