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Happy Hauntings: Edgar Allan Poe

David Keltz as edgar allan poeTHIS WEEKEND: The father of the modern detective story and author of timelessly unsettling short fiction is claimed by his hometown of Baltimore. But Edgar Allan Poe visited Virginia in 1849.

Actor David Keltz re-creates Poe's visit with a reading of stories and poems on Friday and Saturday. As it's the 200th anniversary of the author's birth this year, expect an enthusiastic crowd ready to get spooked by the great man himself — and perhaps his ghost will drop by as well.

» Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria; Fri. and Sat., Oct. 30 and 31, 8 p.m., $15, 703-838-4994, Alexandriahistory.org.

Photo courtesy Tom Radcliffe

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