Tag: Baltimore

The mysterious Poe Toaster visited Edgar Allen Poe’s grave for over half a century
Cognac, roses and graveyards..

Siobhan O'Shea January 19, 2018 What Day

A mysterious black-clad stranger makes a yearly pilgrimage to the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. The Poe Toaster leaves behind three red roses and a bottle of cognac. For …

May 6, Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race. Let’s take some floating works of art and race ’em

Siobhan O'Shea May 8, 2017 What Day

The Kinetic Sculpture Race in Baltimore adds the one thing that’s missing from sculpture – Wacky Racing. Amphibious, human powered works of art race against each other. They battle for …

April 1st, April Fools Day. Did Edgar Allan Poe play an April Fool’s day joke on the residents of Baltimore?

Siobhan O'Shea April 1, 2017 What Day

Edgar Allan Poe happily called his time the “epoch of the hoax.” He contributed six hoaxes. But did he prank a city on April Fool’s Day? For over a century …