{"id":6910,"date":"2022-01-18T15:33:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T20:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2022-01-25T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:39:11","slug":"poe-birthday-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/poe-birthday-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Jan. 26th event: Poe&#8217;s Birthday Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Jan. 26th from 6pm-7pm Eastern, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library will host me as their online speaker for the Poe&#8217;s Birthday Bash event. This session is free and is aimed at adults, teens, and older kids.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Founder of the modern detective story, Edgar Allan Poe continues to influence writers today. Celebrate Poe with us as we welcome an online author visit from Ohio-based Bram Stoker Award winner Lucy A. Snyder. After the reading, join a discussion about how to write scary stories, and take home a Poe-themed activity pack. Grades 4 &#8211; 12. Registration begins Jan. 12.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please register online here: <a href=\"https:\/\/heightslibrary.org\/events\/event-calendar\/?action=viewEvent&amp;eventID=62856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/heightslibrary.org\/events\/event-calendar\/?action=viewEvent&amp;eventID=62856<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f7-8U8OmfMw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8lgg-pVjOok?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>On Wednesday, Jan. 26th from 6pm-7pm Eastern, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library will host me as their online speaker for the Poe&#8217;s Birthday Bash <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/poe-birthday-bash\/\" title=\"Free Jan. 26th event: Poe&#8217;s Birthday Bash\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[117,172,164],"class_list":["post-6910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-workshop","tag-edgar-allan-poe","tag-fiction","tag-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Poes-Birthday-Bash_monitors-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qT6f-1Ns","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1726,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/the-masque-of-the-red-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":6910,"position":0},"title":"The Masque of the Red Death","author":"Lucy A. 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