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5 ‘don’t miss’ events at Riverhead’s Edgar Allan Poe festival

By Vera Chinese

Edgar Allan Poe Riverhead

Things are about to get spooky once again in downtown Riverhead for the second annual Edgar Allan Poe Festival.

Plans for the festival are now in full swing, with volunteers, dancers and storytellers all preparing for what organizers hope will be a grand production this weekend.

Here are just a few of the highlights of the festival, which runs Friday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 1, that you won’t want to miss.

Local authors will also perform readings of Poe’s works and other spooky tales throughout the day at various Riverhead businesses, so check listings.

Read our list of “don’t miss” events on northforker

TOP PHOTO: Edgar Allan Poe, or rather Darren St. George, walks down Riverhead’s Main Street during the 2014 Poe Parade. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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