Shadows & Darkness: Don’t miss this performance by renowned beatboxer, Shodekeh, interpreting the immense darkness that Poe's poetry evokes. You can read Poe’s words while listening to this Baltimore-based vocal percussionist, whose worldwide performances include with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Alash, the masters of Tuvan throat singing. (Rain or shine, meet at noon at the Sir Moses Ezekiel Statue, Northeast corner of Maryland & 21 West Mount Royal Avenues, University of Baltimore Law School Gordon Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201; BYO: umbrella and folding chair if you'd like.) To view an interactive map, visit: http://www.poeinbaltimore.org/poe-places/

Rain or shine: located at the Edgar Allan Poe Statue (by Sir Moses Ezekiel) on the north side of West Mount Royal Avenue at Maryland Avenue, in the Gordon Plaza at University of Baltimore Law School. BYO: umbrella and folding chair if you'd like.

Learn more and register for FreeFall passes at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/shadows-darkness-by-beatboxer-shodekeh-october-15-poes-statue-3rd-nomadic-edgar-allan-poe-try-event-tickets-13142101379?aff=es2&rank=1

Want a hint to know what to expect? Listen up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRHwWgtdLwY

To view an interactive map, visit: http://www.poeinbaltimore.org/poe-places/

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THE SERIES:

FreeFall Baltimore Nomadic EDGAR ALLAN POE-try Events (10.1, 10.8, 10.15, and 10.22)

Come celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s dark and fearsome brilliance with four lunchtime events in Poe-appropriate locations across downtown Baltimore.

As part of Free Fall Baltimore, Poe Baltimore has planned four free events at Poe-appropriate sites tied to the famed Edgar Allan Poe. Starting at NOON on the first four Wednesdays in October, you can enjoy free 30-minute special performances/interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe’s writing as part of FreeFall Baltimore. Each event will take place outdoors (rain or shine—so be POE-like and bring an umbrella if it’s gray and gloomy.) To learn more about each program, please visit www.poeinbaltimore.org or become a Facebook fan of “Poe Baltimore” (we’re the page with the yellow and black logo.)

ABOUT THE PERFORMER:

Shodekeh Talifero is a professional beatboxer & vocal percussionist currently working in the Baltimore, MD area & beyond. Boldly taking his craft wherever the passion for music brings him, he works in a number of artistic fields for Dance, Music, & the Visual arts. By channeling the concepts of various instruments & sound scapes, he vocalizes many dynamic emulations of everything from drum sets, turntables, ocean waves, to sleigh bells. These abilities & his keen musical adaptability have brought him far & wide across many genres & artistic traditions within a very short period of time, which has also allowed him to repeatedly become the first Beat Boxer/Vocal Percussionist to serve in array of creative settings.

Shodekeh is the founding director of "Embody, A Music Series of The Vocal Arts" which strives for artistic & cultural unity through the many vocal traditions of the world from Opera, Throat Singing, to Beat Boxing, has evolved into larger festivals in recent years. He currently serves as Faculty/Musical Accompanist @ Towson University's Department of Dance & The American Dance Festival @ Duke University. Over the years, Shodekeh has completed a number of high level music commissions, such as opening for President Bill Clinton at a Maryland State Reception with The Coppin State University Choir, "Witness" with VT Dance @ The Kennedy Center, "Fuse Muse" with percussionists Brian Prechtl & Barry Dove of The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, "The Kandinsky Beatdown" @ Virginia Tech University, "The Urbanite Project 2009" with Urbanite Magazine, The Conference on World Affairs @ The University of Colorado (2008-2010), & "Transformations: New Directions in Black Art", a 2009 conference of African American Art presented by The Maryland Institute College of Art & Harvard University. Shodekeh has also won many awards & honors such as his 2006-2007 residency with The Johns Hopkins Modern Dance Company, The 2007 Artist Studio Residency at The Creative Alliance @ The Patterson, grants & commissions for The United States Embassy of Lithuania's 2009 & 2010 Month of American Culture Program, & placement on The Maryland State Arts Council 2009-2012 Touring Artist Roster Program.

To learn more about Shodekeh, visit http://www.bakerartistawards.org/users/view/shodekeh_talifero/

ABOUT THE SERIES:

Between Noon-12:30pm on October 1, 7, 15 & 22, Poe Baltimore will offer Four FreeFall Baltimore Poe Baltimore’s Nomadic EDGAR ALLAN POE-try Events:

Come celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s dark and fearsome brilliance with four lunchtime events in Poe-appropriate locations across downtown Baltimore.

As part of Free Fall Baltimore, Poe Baltimore has planned four free events at Poe-appropriate sites tied to the famed Edgar Allan Poe. Starting at NOON on the first four Wednesdays in October, you can enjoy free 30-minute special performances/ interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe’s writing as part of FreeFall Baltimore. Each event will take place outdoors (rain or shine—so again, please be POE-like and bring an umbrella if it’s gray and gloomy.)

ABOUT THE SITE:

Sir Moses Ezekiel Statue, Northeast corner of Maryland and West Mount Royal Avenues, University of Baltimore Law School:

The last work of the great American sculptor Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel, it was commissioned in 1907 by the Women’s Literary Club of Baltimore. It was hoped that the statue would be ready by Poe’s centennial in 1909, but a series of problems prevented its completion until 1916 and World War I delayed its arrival in Baltimore. The statue was dedicated in Wyman Park on October 20, 1921. Over the years, it suffered from neglect, vandalism and the effects of wind and rain, which eroded the inscriptions until they were virtually unreadable. Deciding that the park was too isolated a location for the statue, it was moved, under the recommendation of the E. A. Poe Society Baltimore, to the plaza of the University of Baltimore’s Law School, where it now resides.

ABOUT POE BALTIMORE:

To learn more about Poe Baltimore, please visit our website at www.poe.baltimore.org , and you can also find @poebaltimore on Twitter, Instagram, and on Facebook as “Poe Baltimore” (“search more” for our distinctive black and orange logo to receive news since the “Poe House” and “EAP Society” is not our page.)

ABOUT FREEFALL BALTIMORE:

Free Fall Baltimore is made possible by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and the generous contributions of BGE, The Abell Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, American Trading & Production Corporation (Atapco), The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation, and the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Charitable Funds.