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Life as Performance Art:
Celebrate Halloween

September: Gather inspiration!

• Watch Nosferatu, Friedrich Murnau's 1922 adaptation of Dracula... preferably with the original music score!
• Then watch Shadow of the Vampire, a wonderful fictional narrative about the MAKING of the original Nosferatu film.
• The Macabre and the Beautifully Grotesque on Facebook.

October 13:

• Read the Admonitory Hippopotamus by Edward Gorey.
• Listen to Eric Chanfield's score for The Admonitory Hippopotamus.

October 15:

• Sing a pentatonic song about Fall.

October 16:

• Read The Blue Aspic by Edward Gorey. As Ortenzia Caviglia's star as an opera singer rises, that of her reticent admirer, Jasper Ankle, is fading. As Jasper descends into madness, he expresses his admiration by staging accidents to Ortenzia's opponents and his rivals for her affection. At the end, he has no money, no home, one ticket to one last concert... and a knife. Fans of Mr Gorey have uncovered some clues as to why Jasper Ankle's last words were "J'ai trouve Hortense!" but an explanation for the title remains elusive, aside from the picture on the cover showing Jasper's head embedded in a construction of blue aspic on a plate. The pictures are especially fine. Buy this book.

October 20 -22:

• Read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
• Time to indulge in your favorite Dracula movies!

October 31: Dinner at The Count's!

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