Calendar of Events
Upcoming Events~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upcoming Events~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NecronomiCon Providence – August 15-18, 2024
General Passes now available here!
NecronomiCon Providence is a biennial multifaceted exploration of the weird fiction literary genre, which combines elements of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. The convention is part literary and academic conference, part fan festival, and part community reunion of people from around the world who are drawn to Providence.
Originally a convention built around the works of local writer H. P. Lovecraft, the convention expands beyond to embrace all creators, thinkers, and fans of every aspect of the genre, classic and contemporary, and includes creative writing, exposition, academia, 2D and 3D art, film, gaming, etc. We welcome a diverse weird community of attendees from over twenty countries and all backgrounds.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: Please visit our NecronomiCon website www.necronomicon-providence.com, which will be continually updated until the convention.
Poster art by Providence-based artist, Michael Ezzell
NecronomiCon Providence is a biennial multifaceted exploration of the weird fiction literary genre, which combines elements of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. The convention is part literary and academic conference, part fan festival, and part community reunion of people from around the world who are drawn to Providence.
Originally a convention built around the works of local writer H. P. Lovecraft, the convention expands beyond to embrace all creators, thinkers, and fans of every aspect of the genre, classic and contemporary, and includes creative writing, exposition, academia, 2D and 3D art, film, gaming, etc. We welcome a diverse weird community of attendees from over twenty countries and all backgrounds.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: Please visit our NecronomiCon website www.necronomicon-providence.com, which will be continually updated until the convention.
Poster art by Providence-based artist, Michael Ezzell
Past Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
August 18 - 20, 2023
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Providence, RI Edition
The only festival that understand returns to Lovecraft's hometown for our 4th biennial event during HPL's birthday weekend - August 18-20th! Join us for 3 days of the best in independent cosmic horror short and feature films at the historic Columbus Theatre on Federal Hill. Plus literary events hosted by the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, after-party trivia, and much communing with our fellow cultists!
Tickets and more info coming soon.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1214508735927630
Tickets and more info coming soon.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1214508735927630
June 2023
The Arcade Asylum Author Series returns June 10, 2023
The Arcade Asylum Author Series returns June 10, 2023
August 18-21, 2022
NECRONOMICON PROVIDENCE 2022
Our flagship event returns - the international conference and festival of weird fiction, art, and academia in the heart of Providence, Rhode Island - the birthplace of weird! NecronomiCon Providence is an expansive exploration and celebration of all the greats of weird fiction, including predecessors and contemporaries of Providence’s H. P. Lovecraft and the many authors and artists who have forged their own paths of weird. PASSES AVAILABLE NOW! Click here to visit the convention website.
January through June, 2022
The Arcade Asylum Author Series - remote edition
This series of monthly *online* author events, coursing the winter and into the spring of 2022, features fine voices of Weird fiction - all by zoom! Each session begins at 6pm eastern US time.
More information can be found on our facebook events page: https://www.facebook.com/lovecraftarts/events
Each event will have a unique zoom registration link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
January 8th - VICTORIA DALPE, ERRICK NUNNALLY, JONATHAN THOMAS
February 12th - GRETCHEN FELKER-MARTIN, EVE HARMS, HAILEY PIPER
March 5th - ZIN E. ROCKLYN, JAYAPRAKASH SATYAMURTHY, PAUL TREMBLAY -
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodu2ppzwuE9CPCyXU3yHkXxXbBd7ZTGAr
April 9th - LAIRD BARRON, CATHERINE GRANT, JOSHUA REX -
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdu6vqDkoH9UFHAJJH-rhb3hG01LlE8V3
May 7th - NATHAN CARSON, MARGARET KILLJOY, USMAN MALIK
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pf-GprDorHdbvEVVkHZAB72FLDsgWN-dI
June 11th - CRAIG L. GIDNEY, JOE KOCH, RORY RAVEN
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474216496?pwd=L3V0bVZMWW5JUEdEb3BvYkQzYk1UQT09
The Arcade Asylum Author Series - remote edition
This series of monthly *online* author events, coursing the winter and into the spring of 2022, features fine voices of Weird fiction - all by zoom! Each session begins at 6pm eastern US time.
More information can be found on our facebook events page: https://www.facebook.com/lovecraftarts/events
Each event will have a unique zoom registration link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
January 8th - VICTORIA DALPE, ERRICK NUNNALLY, JONATHAN THOMAS
February 12th - GRETCHEN FELKER-MARTIN, EVE HARMS, HAILEY PIPER
March 5th - ZIN E. ROCKLYN, JAYAPRAKASH SATYAMURTHY, PAUL TREMBLAY -
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodu2ppzwuE9CPCyXU3yHkXxXbBd7ZTGAr
April 9th - LAIRD BARRON, CATHERINE GRANT, JOSHUA REX -
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdu6vqDkoH9UFHAJJH-rhb3hG01LlE8V3
May 7th - NATHAN CARSON, MARGARET KILLJOY, USMAN MALIK
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pf-GprDorHdbvEVVkHZAB72FLDsgWN-dI
June 11th - CRAIG L. GIDNEY, JOE KOCH, RORY RAVEN
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474216496?pwd=L3V0bVZMWW5JUEdEb3BvYkQzYk1UQT09
October 2020
Saturday, October 24, 2020 Tour de Tentacle: Part VI
There are a lot of evils spreading across the globe as you read this. If nothing else, perhaps we can work together to fight some of this growing, slithering, unthinkable, unknowable force right here in Providence!
Tour de Tentacle, Providence's signature bike-based quest, is back this year— sort of. Team up with friends for a different, socially distanced version of this Lovecraftian puzzle-solving odyssey to save humanity.
Visit our Facebook event page here for more details.
Suggested donation: $20 per team, with proceeds to help fund the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council.
There are a lot of evils spreading across the globe as you read this. If nothing else, perhaps we can work together to fight some of this growing, slithering, unthinkable, unknowable force right here in Providence!
Tour de Tentacle, Providence's signature bike-based quest, is back this year— sort of. Team up with friends for a different, socially distanced version of this Lovecraftian puzzle-solving odyssey to save humanity.
Visit our Facebook event page here for more details.
Suggested donation: $20 per team, with proceeds to help fund the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council.
August 2020
August 21-23 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival
The third biennial H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Providence, RI takes place Aug 21-23, 2020 in Lovecraft's hometown! We'll be showcasing short and feature films with a Cosmic Horror flavor or inspired by/adapted from the works of H. P. Lovecraft, his contemporaries, and literary horror forebears. To stay in the loop, click here to sign up for our low-volume announcements list.
August 21-23 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival
The third biennial H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Providence, RI takes place Aug 21-23, 2020 in Lovecraft's hometown! We'll be showcasing short and feature films with a Cosmic Horror flavor or inspired by/adapted from the works of H. P. Lovecraft, his contemporaries, and literary horror forebears. To stay in the loop, click here to sign up for our low-volume announcements list.
February 2020
Friday, February 21 - Arcade Asylum Author Reading with James Cambias and local guest authors Catherine Grant and Daphne Host
The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council welcomes noted science fiction author James Cambias for a reading from his new novel THE INITIATE, a modern-day noir fantasy with magic and demons, and a secret society of wizards in Manhattan. Cambias draws on his deep knowledge of the occult and his talent for world-building to craft an intricate, supernatural adventure tale. James L. Cambias is a writer, game designer, and co-founder of Zygote Games. He has been nominated for the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and the 2001 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He lives in Western Massachusetts. He will be joined by local horror writers Catherine Grant and Daphne Host reading from their own works. Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council welcomes noted science fiction author James Cambias for a reading from his new novel THE INITIATE, a modern-day noir fantasy with magic and demons, and a secret society of wizards in Manhattan. Cambias draws on his deep knowledge of the occult and his talent for world-building to craft an intricate, supernatural adventure tale. James L. Cambias is a writer, game designer, and co-founder of Zygote Games. He has been nominated for the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and the 2001 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He lives in Western Massachusetts. He will be joined by local horror writers Catherine Grant and Daphne Host reading from their own works. Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
November 2019
Sunday, November 2 - Tour de Tentacle: Part V
(postponed from October 27)
Experience the dark underside of Providence like you’ve never seen it before! A menacing energy is growing in the city and it’s up to you and your team to stop it…or to welcome the monsters! Inspired by the arcane writing of H. P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city of Providence will require you and your teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, to save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. This odyssey will take you around the city of Providence to a variety of mysterious sites. Expect surprises, twists, and turns at every corner. This is the fifth installment of Tour de Tentacle, and we promise a new experience for anyone returning to ride again! A collaboration between the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council and Confluence Placemaking, this event on Sunday, November 2 begins at the Arcade at 2:00pm and culminates at the same place at dusk for a dark cosmic reckoning. There will be tentacles. There will be bikes (bring your own, plus helmet). And there will be beer (at the end). * Tickets include one free drink at the after-party, which is free and open to the public!
(For those who do not own a bicycle, DASH Bicycle Shop in Providence is offering half off their rental fee -- normally $35 -- just $17.50 for Tour de Tentacle riders).
Time: 2:00pm
Location: The Arcade, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903
Tickets: $10, available online at eventbrite. Visit the Facebook event page for more info!
(postponed from October 27)
Experience the dark underside of Providence like you’ve never seen it before! A menacing energy is growing in the city and it’s up to you and your team to stop it…or to welcome the monsters! Inspired by the arcane writing of H. P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city of Providence will require you and your teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, to save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. This odyssey will take you around the city of Providence to a variety of mysterious sites. Expect surprises, twists, and turns at every corner. This is the fifth installment of Tour de Tentacle, and we promise a new experience for anyone returning to ride again! A collaboration between the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council and Confluence Placemaking, this event on Sunday, November 2 begins at the Arcade at 2:00pm and culminates at the same place at dusk for a dark cosmic reckoning. There will be tentacles. There will be bikes (bring your own, plus helmet). And there will be beer (at the end). * Tickets include one free drink at the after-party, which is free and open to the public!
(For those who do not own a bicycle, DASH Bicycle Shop in Providence is offering half off their rental fee -- normally $35 -- just $17.50 for Tour de Tentacle riders).
Time: 2:00pm
Location: The Arcade, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903
Tickets: $10, available online at eventbrite. Visit the Facebook event page for more info!
October 2019
The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft Walking Tour and Film Screening
Four Dates - Saturday, October 19; Sunday, October 20; Saturday, October 26; Sunday, October 27
October means it's time for the Rhode Island Historical Society's HPL walking tour and film screening in collaboration with the Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival. The life and work of Providence's best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, provide the backdrop for this walking tour led by the knowledgeable guides of the RIHS. Lovecraft wrote eloquently and in great detail about such landmarks as Prospect Terrace, the First Baptist Church, and Benefit Street houses. See the site of his former home, as well as the sites mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shunned House, and The Call of Cthulhu. Lovecraft's own words offer a most amazing literary, historical, and architectural walking tour. The tour lasts 90 minutes. The film (TBA) screening will run approx. 90 min.
Location: Tour departs from the John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence.
Time: 12:00pm Film: 2:00 p.m.
Admission: $22 per person, which includes a ticket to the Horror Film Festival. Tickets and more info available here.
Four Dates - Saturday, October 19; Sunday, October 20; Saturday, October 26; Sunday, October 27
October means it's time for the Rhode Island Historical Society's HPL walking tour and film screening in collaboration with the Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival. The life and work of Providence's best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, provide the backdrop for this walking tour led by the knowledgeable guides of the RIHS. Lovecraft wrote eloquently and in great detail about such landmarks as Prospect Terrace, the First Baptist Church, and Benefit Street houses. See the site of his former home, as well as the sites mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shunned House, and The Call of Cthulhu. Lovecraft's own words offer a most amazing literary, historical, and architectural walking tour. The tour lasts 90 minutes. The film (TBA) screening will run approx. 90 min.
Location: Tour departs from the John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence.
Time: 12:00pm Film: 2:00 p.m.
Admission: $22 per person, which includes a ticket to the Horror Film Festival. Tickets and more info available here.
Friday, October 11 - Eldritch Mystery & Madness at Battleship Cove
Take on the role of a 1940s detective and save the world from the Elder Gods aboard the USS Massachusetts! Eldritch Mystery & Madness interactive mystery uses the ship as the game board as you interview suspects, search for clues and uncover the plot of the cultists. Costumes are strongly encouraged! Check out the Facebook event page for more info and videos. Enter the TICKET GIVEAWAY at http://bit.ly/bristolcountyoct19 happening LIVE from Battleship Cove on Facebook Tuesday, October 8th at 12:30! Or purchase tickets by clicking here, and use the code LOVEWEIRD for 10% off! Brought to you by Mastermind Adventures LLC.
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mastermind Adventures, Battleship Cove's USS Massachusetts, 5 Water St., Fall River, MA 02721
Tickets: $60 (includes food and drinks)
Take on the role of a 1940s detective and save the world from the Elder Gods aboard the USS Massachusetts! Eldritch Mystery & Madness interactive mystery uses the ship as the game board as you interview suspects, search for clues and uncover the plot of the cultists. Costumes are strongly encouraged! Check out the Facebook event page for more info and videos. Enter the TICKET GIVEAWAY at http://bit.ly/bristolcountyoct19 happening LIVE from Battleship Cove on Facebook Tuesday, October 8th at 12:30! Or purchase tickets by clicking here, and use the code LOVEWEIRD for 10% off! Brought to you by Mastermind Adventures LLC.
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mastermind Adventures, Battleship Cove's USS Massachusetts, 5 Water St., Fall River, MA 02721
Tickets: $60 (includes food and drinks)
August 2019
Thursday - Sunday, August 22-25, 2019 -
NECRONOMICON PROVIDENCE
Our four-day festival of Weird fiction, art, and academia returns for its fourth iteration this August 2019. NecronomiCon Providence is an expansive exploration and celebration of all the greats of weird fiction, including predecessors and contemporaries of Providence’s H. P. Lovecraft and the many authors and artists who have forged their own paths of weird. Visit here for more information about special guests, programming, and lodging. Providence welcomes you all!
Admission: $90 General Pilgrimage Pass: a full four-day pass to all NecronomiCon talks and panels, as well as access to art exhibits, workshops, movie screenings, gaming, and the vendor hall. Includes our 2019 edition “Eye of Providence / Elder Sign” enamel sigil pin and a copy of our collectible 2019 convention memento book. Purchase passes online by clicking here.
NECRONOMICON PROVIDENCE
Our four-day festival of Weird fiction, art, and academia returns for its fourth iteration this August 2019. NecronomiCon Providence is an expansive exploration and celebration of all the greats of weird fiction, including predecessors and contemporaries of Providence’s H. P. Lovecraft and the many authors and artists who have forged their own paths of weird. Visit here for more information about special guests, programming, and lodging. Providence welcomes you all!
Admission: $90 General Pilgrimage Pass: a full four-day pass to all NecronomiCon talks and panels, as well as access to art exhibits, workshops, movie screenings, gaming, and the vendor hall. Includes our 2019 edition “Eye of Providence / Elder Sign” enamel sigil pin and a copy of our collectible 2019 convention memento book. Purchase passes online by clicking here.
June 2019
Wednesday, June 26 - Lovecraft and American Materialism
Alley Edlebi, current recipient of the S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship at Brown University, discusses his research using the Lovecraft Collection at the Hay Library.
Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Lownes Room, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Saturday, June 15 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: The Dark Solstice Dawns
In celebration of the approach of Midsummer, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences is excited to welcome two authors of the weird, esoteric, and occult: Janaka Stucky and Peter Bebergal. Both authors have new books out, and we will have copies available for purchase and signing. Janaka's newest collection of poems, ASCEND ASCEND, features his latest inspired works of mystical poetry. Peter's latest book, STRANGE FREQUENCIES, follows his popular SEASON OF THE WITCH (a perennial bestseller in the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences bookstore).
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
May 2019
Wednesday, May 1 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: 100 Fathoms Below
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences is pleased to present Nicholas Kaufmann reading from his new book, 100 FATHOMS BELOW. Joining him will be authors Christa Carmen and Errick Nunnally. What better way to celebrate the return of green to the previously dead limbs of nature?
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
April 2019
Saturday, April 27 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: April Is the Cruelest Month
Join the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council on Saturday, April 27 for a very special edition of Arcade Asylum, with readings and performance by Jason O'Toole and Alec K. Redfearn. Jason will read from his recent poetry collection SPEAR OF STARS, while Alec makes some noise. Jason is a composer of heavy verse and esoteric ballads; he began his career as vocalist for Life's Blood, an original, 1980s NYC hardcore punk band. Also reading will be Fiona Maeve Geist and MJ Cunniff.
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
February 2019
Saturday, February 23 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Women in Weird
February is Women in Horror Month (WiHM), an international, grassroots initiative that encourages supporters to learn about and showcase the underrepresented work of women in the horror industries. Whether they are on the screen, behind the scenes, or contributing in their other various artistic ways, it is clear that women love, appreciate, and contribute to the horror genre. Join the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council to experience an evening of horrific visions invoked by some new voices in contemporary Weird fiction: Carrie Laben, Daphne Gem Host, and Catherine Grant.
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
January 2019
Saturday, January 5 - Book Launch: ANONYMA by Farah Rose Smith
Join the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council on Saturday, January 5 to celebrate the launch of Farah Rose Smith's new novel, ANONYMA.
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
December 2018
Saturday, December 1 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Krampusnacht Edition
In celebration of the longer, darker, colder nights, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences is thrilled to welcome several exciting voices in weird and dark fiction: ADAM GOLASKI, CLINT SMITH, JULIE C DAY, BARRY LEE DEJASU, LARISSA GLASSER, and SHERI SEBASTIAN-GABRIEL
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
November 2018
Saturday, November 17 - Special Event: Poe's Mask of the Red Death and Others
Join us for a special celebration of Ulthar Press's latest publication, THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH AND OTHERS! This collection of classic Edgar Allan Poe tales and poems is illustrated by famed artist, Jason Eckhardt. Rarely has Poe's tales of horror been captured so brilliantly as in these illustrations! Come meet and chat with Jason the illustrator and publisher Sam Gafford. A limited number of copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
October 2018
Sunday, October 28 - Tour de Tentacle: Part IV
Experience the dark underside of Providence like you’ve never seen it before. A menacing energy is growing in the city and it’s up to you and your team to stop it…or to welcome the monsters! Inspired by the arcane writing of H. P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city of Providence will require you and your teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, to save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. This odyssey will take you around the city of Providence to a variety of mysterious sites. Expect surprises, twists, and turns at every corner. This is the fourth installment of Tour de Tentacle, and we promise a new experience for anyone returning to ride again! A collaboration between the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council and Confluence Placemaking, this event on Sunday, October 28 begins at 2:00pm at the Arcade at 65 Weybosset Street, and culminates at the same place at dusk for a dark cosmic reckoning. There will be tentacles. There will be bikes (bring your own, plus helmet). And there will be beer (at the end). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased via Eventbrite. For more information, visit our Facebook event page.
Saturday, October 27 - Arcade Asylum Author Series, Hallowe'en Edition
In celebration of Hallowe'en, the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council is excited to welcome several established and rising voices in weird and dark fiction for an evening of eerie story-telling. DANIEL BRAUM, SAM GAFFORD, DOUNGJAI GAM, CATHERINE GRANT, MEG SMITH, and JEFFREY THOMAS will be reading from their own works. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903. FREE and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information about the authors and the event, visit our Facebook event page.
October 20, 21, and 27 - Literary Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. Lovecraft Walking Tour & Film Screening presented by Flickers' Film Festival
The life and work of Providence's best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, provide the backdrop for this walking tour led by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Acknowledged genius of occult and horror fiction, Lovecraft's Providence stories (written between 1924 and 1935) provide the basis for this walk. Lovecraft wrote eloquently, and in great detail, about such landmarks as Prospect Terrace, the First Baptist Church, and Benefit Street houses. See the site of his former homes, as well as the sights mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shunned House, and The Call of Cthulhu. Lovecraft's own words offer a most amazing literary, historical, and architectural walking tour. The tour departs at noon from the John Brown House, 52 Power Street, Providence and lasts 90 minutes. The screening, part of the Flickers' Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival will run from 90-120 min. Cost: Tickets are $19 per person. Film: TBA. More information can be found at the film festival's event page, and tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite, here.
August 2018
Friday through Sunday, August 17-19 - H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival
A collaboration between the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® and the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, with the partnership of the Rhode Island School of Design - returns to Providence! For over 20 years, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival has been the vanguard of Weird independent cinema, adapted from or inspired by the works of the father of Cosmic Horror, H. P. Lovecraft. The festival was founded by Andrew Migliore in Portland, OR, where it has run continuously since, but it has spawned several horrible offspring in various cities over the years, primarily in San Pedro, CA, but with satellite events in numerous locations, including Seattle and Austin, as well as special screenings as part of the biennial NecronomiCon in Providence. This will be the second stand-alone HPLFF to take place in Providence. Films will screen at the Rhode Island School of Design's Metcalf Auditorium (20 N. Main Street) on Friday night and Saturday day and night. Additional events will take place at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Providence Arcade (65 Weybosset St. 02903). Visit our Facebook event page for the latest updates and film schedule.
Saturday, August 11 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Sonya Taaffe Book Launch
The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council is honored to host the launch party for FORGET THE SLEEPLESS SHORES, a new short story collection by Somerville-based author Sonya Taaffe. The event will be held in the Arcade lounge beginning at 6:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. FREE and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information about the author, her new book, and the event, visit the Facebook event page.
July 2018
Monday, July 30 - Arcade Asylum Author Series - Infernal Summer Edition
As a diversion from the hellish heat, join us for a special Monday evening edition of our reading series, featuring authors NATHAN CARSON and PAUL Di FILIPPO. Their works will be available for purchase and signing.
6:00-8:30pm, Providence Arcade. FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! For more information about the authors and the event, visit our Facebook event page.
June 2018
Saturday, June 23 - Arcade Asylum Author Series - Midsummer Edition
In celebration of Midsummer, we're excited to welcome three major luminaries in weird and dark fiction: LAIRD BARRON, MICHAEL CISCO, and JOHN LANGAN. Their works will be available for purchase and signing.
Event runs from 6:00-8:30pm. It's FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! Please visit the Facebook event page for more information.
May 2018
Saturday, May 5 - Arcade Asylum special event - Caitlin Kiernan book launch!
We're honored to be hosting the launch of Caitlin Kiernan's newest novella, Black Helicopters, the anticipated sequel to Agents of Dreamland. Please join us for her reading and purchase a copy of the book for her to sign.
Please visit the Facebook event page for more information!
April 2018
Saturday, April 14 - Arcade Asylum Author Series - Vernal Edition, Part 2
Welcoming the first tendrils of life after a frozen, bleak winter - join us for our Spring Edition of the Arcade Asylum Author Series, featuring another cadre of superb local and regional writers of dark fiction:
LEZA CANTORAL, AMBER FALLON, JONATHAN THOMAS, SCOTT THOMAS, and SEAN THOMPSON.
6:00-8:30pm. FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! Please visit the facebook event page for more information.
Friday, April 13 - Providence premiere of THEY REMAIN - screening all week until Thursday, April 19!
Two scientists investigate the root of environmental changes and strange animal behavior at a remote site where a cult committed atrocities. The isolated location, the unraveling of their relationship, and the biome itself begin to lead them down a path of doom where primeval forces threaten to consume them. Directed by our own Phil Gelatt, this film is an adaptation of Laird Barron's short story “30." Please visit the Cable Car Cinema for more information and to purchase tickets - the film runs ALL WEEK!
Sunday, April 8 - Lovecraft memorial service at Ladd Observatory
The annual gathering to recognize the unique literary contributions of renowned horror fantasy writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft will take place from 3 - 4 pm. The Observatory will be open to visitors starting at 1:30 pm to view the historic scientific instrument collection and tour the building, rain or shine. The commemoration is organized by the Lovecraft and Poe Commemorative Activities Committee. Please visit their facebook event page for more information!
March 2018
Sunday, March 18 - H.P. Lovecraft Annual Memorial Tribute at Swanpoint Cemetery
Join our friends from the Cthulhu Prayer Society at the grave site of H. P. Lovecraft, as they gather for a humble and sincere tribute to mark the anniversary of his passing. All are welcome - and you may bring readings to share, if you wish.
2:30pm, Swan Point Cemetery, 585 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906
Saturday, March 17 - Arcade Asylum Author Series, Vernal Edition, Part 1
On the cusp of the Vernal Equinox, we welcome some emerging, powerful voices in weird and dark fiction, featuring:
LARISSA GLASSER, JULIE SAINT JAMES, JEANNE THORNTON, SUSAN JANE BIGELOW, and FIONA MAEVE GEIST - 6:00-8:30pm. FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! More info can be found at the facebook event page, here!
Thursday, March 15 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Notes on a Nonentity
Join us for thtis special edition Arcade Asylum for the anniversary of HPL's death as author Sam Gafford and artist Jason Eckhardt unveil their remarkable graphic novel version of Lovecraft's biography, SOME NOTES ON A NONENTITY: The Life of H.P. Lovecraft. More info at the facebook event page, here!
Friday, March 2 -Arcade Asylum Author Series: StokerCon Edition
In honor of StokerCon coming to Providence, we're thrilled to welcome back our 2017 NecronomiCon poet laureate, DONALD SIDNEY-FRYER, the finest living practitioner of the epic weird poem, with special guest poet ADAM BOLIVAR, and poets STANLEY GEMMELL and STARRY WIZDOM. Thanks to Hippocampus Press for making this happen; we will have copies of recent works by both poets available for purchase and signing. Join us and be regaled!
Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
FREE and open to the public, but space is limited.
March 1-4 - StokerCon 2018 - Biltmore Hotel, Providence
Guests, panels, readings, Horror University, the Final Frame Film Competition, the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference, the Bram Stoker Awards® … StokerCon™ has got it all! For more information and registration, visit stokercon2018.org
February 2018
Saturday, February 24 -Arcade Asylum Author Series: Women in Horror Edition
In honor of February being Women in Horror month, we're featuring some remarkable new and established female voices in weird and dark fiction. Reading their own works:
Catherine Grant, Doungjai Gam, Carrie Laben, Kristen Ringman, and Farah Rose Smith; and Allison Rich will read from a selection of spooky classics.
Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
FREE and open to the public, but space is limited.
January 2018
January 30 - February 26 - Fantastic Places, Unhuman Humans: Exploring Humanity Through Literature
This is a free online course offered through Brown University's BrownX initiative. This non-credit course examines literary excerpts from such authors as Margaret Atwood, H. P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allen Poe to consider and question what it means to be human. The course also utilizes gamification techniques as well as avatars to lead students through a dynamic and exciting learning adventure. Instructor Jim Egan is a professor of English at Brown University. His research focuses on the use of digital tools to read, engage, organize, analyze, and imagine literature in particular and storytelling more broadly. Registration is now open, and the free, fully online course runs from Tuesday, January 30 through Monday, February 26, 2018. To register and for more info, visit https://www.edx.org/course/fantastic-places-unhuman-humans-exploring-humanity-through-literature
Saturday, January 20 - ARCADE ASYLUM Mid-Winter Edition:
Chris Irvin, Bracken Macleod, K.L. Pereira, Sonya Taaffe, and Paul Tremblay. Come in from the cold and join us for a deep winter's night of readings by five New England-based weird-fiction authors. Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. For more information, please visit the Facebook event page.
DECEMBER 2017
Sunday, 17th - Special book release party for Parasite Life, by Victoria Dalpe
4-6pm in the LAS storefront, 130 Westminster St PVD 02903
Visit the facebook event page for more info and updates.
Friday and Saturday, 8 & 9- ARCADE ASYLUM series, Yule-edition: two nights of author readings at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Arcade. Friday features Madeira Darling, Barry Dejasu, Paul Di Filippo, Kenneth Vaughn, and The joey Zone - and Saturday features Chris Irvin, Bracken Macleod, K.L. Pereira, Sonya Taaffe, and Paul Tremblay. Readings start at 6:30pm and generally go until 8:30pm. Free and open to the public - but space is limited. UPDATE: Saturday night's readings cancelled due to storm
OCTOBER 2017
Halloween weekend, Sunday Oct 30 - a special Hallowe'en return of the Tour de Tentacle: A Weird Bike Odyssey in Providence - 2-5pm, with after-party at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits
A reprise of the highly successful and popular TdT we staged twice in 2016!
Experience the dark underbelly of Providence - by bike. Inspired by the arcane writing of H.P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city will require you and your three teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. A collaboration between the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, this Sunday afternoon odyssey will take you to many of the city’s historic sites. Bring your own bike (and helmet), and bring your own team of friends (don't worry, we'll find you a team of hearty adventurers if you come solo). Completion of the quest gets you one free beer (or soda!) at the end, courtesy of Narragansett Brewery and New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
START: Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
AUGUST 2017
Thursday - Sunday, 17-20 - the return of...
NECRONOMICON PROViDENCE
Visit necronomicon-providence.com for complete schedule.
APRIL 2017
Sunday, April 8 - H. P. Lovecraft Tribute at the Ladd Observatory
MARCH 2017
Thursday, March 16 - Fundraising Gala for the Lovecraft Statue
Join us for the weirdest gala in Providence at the Athenaeum on March 16th! CABINETS OF CURIOSITY is a fundraising event in support of the Lovecraft Providence Statue Project; all proceeds from the event will go toward the completion and installation of a life-size bronze statue of H. P. Lovecraft right here in Providence, Rhode Island. Set in the glorious hallowed halls of literary history, the evening will feature live music by goth-folk band Vudu Sister, a silent auction, the statue in progress on display, delicious treats by Julians, Pizza J, and Knead Doughnuts, drinks, and some weird surprises! Mingle with fellow Lovecraft fans and chat with sculptor Gage Prentiss. And see the HPLHS silent film Call of Cthulhu like never before — with a live musical score performed by avant-garde composer and multi-instrumentalist Antonio Forte. It's an evening not to be missed (and this statue cannot happen without your support)! Learn more about the gala at the event's Facebook page. Learn more about the statue here on our website via the MORE>Statue tab in the menu above.
6-9pm, Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903 ~ Ages 21+
FEBRUARY 2017
Saturday, February 25 - Launch Party for Caitlín R. Kiernan's AGENTS OF DREAMLAND
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council is honored to host the launch party for AGENTS OF DREAMLAND, a new Lovecraftian horror novella by legendary author and Providence resident Caitlin R. Kiernan. This work, published by Tor, is due to be released Feb. 28, but we're fortunate to have some advance copies arriving for this very special night.
Cailtin will read from her new work and be available to sign copies of her book.
Sonya Taaffe, award-winning poet and fiction writer, will also join to read from her own work and conduct a Q&A with Caitlin. Be sure to make plans to attend this special night!
Free admission to the general public, but space is limited.
6:30 - 8:30pm, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, the Arcade, 130 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903. More information about the book can be found here:
http://www.tor.com/2017/01/27/excerpts-agents-of-dreamland-caitlin-kiernan/
JANUARY 2017
Thursday, 19 - Narragansett Beer's UNNAMABLE Launch Party
Join us at 6:30pm for Narragansett Brewery's Block Party in the Arcade to celebrate the latest in their series of Lovecraft beers - the Unnamable Black Lager. Our neighbors across the hall at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits will be selling the special-edition cans that feature the iconic Unnamable design by local artist (and good friend) Jrt McP, and Rogue Island will be serving the ale on tap, along with their signature tasty bites. The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences store will be open for business during the party, so you'll be able to purchase books and merch while you take the latest eldritch brew for a spin.
6:30-9pm, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. Free admission, absolutely 21+ to drink - positive ID mandatory.
Saturday, 28- ARCADE ASYLUM series: A night of author readings at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Arcade, featuring readings by award-winning author Livia Llewellyn, with Sam Gafford, Hector Laureano, Sean Thompson, and others joining. Readings start at 6:30pm and generally go until 8:30pm. Free and open to the public - but space is limited. More information can be found at the Facebook event page, here.
November 2016
Friday and Saturday, 4 & 5- ARCADE ASYLUM series: two nights of author readings at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Arcade. Friday features new works by Bracken McLeod and Doug Wynne and readings by Errick Nunnally and Jonathan Thomas, and others - and Saturday will be a special night of women authors featuring Victoria Dalpe, Catherine Grant, Hazel Hill, Farah Rose Smith, and others to be announced soon. Readings start at 6:30pm and generally go until 8:00pm. Free and open to the public - but space is limited.
October 2016
Sunday, 30 - a special Hallowe'en return of the Tour de Tentacle: A Weird Bike Odyssey in Providence - 2-5pm, with after-party at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits
A reprise of the highly successful and popular TdT we staged back in May!
Experience the dark underbelly of Providence - by bike. Inspired by the arcane writing of H.P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city will require you and your three teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. A collaboration between the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, this Sunday afternoon odyssey will take you to many of the city’s historic sites. Bring your own bike (and helmet), and bring your own team of friends (don't worry, we'll find you a team of hearty adventurers if you come solo). Completion of the quest gets you one free beer (or soda!) at the end, courtesy of Narragansett Brewery and New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
START: Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
More info can be found on the Facebook event page, here.
Saturday, 29 - a Hallowe'en screening of two horror classics: The Corpse Vanishes, and The Black Cat - 3-6pm at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
This timely double-feature is organized by our friends at the New England Classic Horror Film Society, a new group dedicated to bringing back the golden days of scary cinema! This screening is hosted by New Harvest Coffee and Spirits, so you'll have plenty of libations available - come and enjoy a good scare with other fans of Bela Lugosi!
More info about this screening can be found at the Facebook event page, here.
Friday, 28 - a Hallowe'en weekend dramatic reading of THE TATTERED KING, a modern play based on Robert W. Chambers's King In Yellow works, 6:30-8:00pm.
As part of our plans for a Weird Hallowe'en weekend, we're happy to host a special dramatic reading of a modern play, THE TATTERED KING, based on the KING IN YELLOW work of Robert Chambers. We hope to present a full production of this at next year's NecronomiCon PVD.
Please join us and be the first to bear witness to this special event
More information can be found on the Facebook event page, here.
Saturday and Sunday, 22 + 23 - "H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Life" Walking Tour
Rhode Island Historical Society's popular ramble about Lovecraft's College Hill neighborhood will launch from the John Brown House Museum at 1pm. Admission is $10, & reservations are encouraged.
August 2016
Monday, 22 - "Lovecraft's Providence, Real and Imagined"
A special talk by our friend and award-winning author, Paul DiFilippo, on the regional history and geography that played such an important role in Lovecraft's stories.
Hosted by the Providence Community Library, Rochambeau branch. More info can be found here: www.provcomlib.org
Saturday, 20 - "H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Life" Walking Tour
Rhode Island Historical Society's popular ramble about Lovecraft's College Hill neighborhood will launch from the John Brown House Museum at 1pm. Admission is $10, & reservations are encouraged. More information can be found here: www.rihs.org/lovecraft-birthday
Saturday, 20 - "Lovecraft Birthday Bash," sponsored by Narragansett Brewery!
Saturday night, 9pm onward - Narragansett is throwing a birthday party for Lovecraft, and celebrating the release of their new beer in the Lovecraft series: The White Ship IPA.
More info can be found here, on the faceboook event page: www.facebook.com/events/1065679880182383
Friday-Sunday, 19-21 - The famed H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival comes to Providence!
Tickets and more info HERE! hplfilmfestival.com
The festival will feature three days of films and activities, including author readings, panels, and vendors. For over 20 years, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® has been the vanguard of Weird independent cinema, adapted from or inspired by the works of the father of Cosmic Horror, H. P. Lovecraft. Founded by Andrew Migliore in Portland, OR, where it has run continuously since, this will be the first standalone H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Providence, hosted by the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council (organizers of NecronomiCon PVD) and the festival organizers in Portland, and done in partnership with the Providence Public Library (150 Empire St. 02903), where the films will screen.
Blocks of films will run on Friday from 6 to 11pm and 1 to 11pm on Saturday. Tickets (including day and weekend passes) available soon, and a detailed schedule of screenings will be announced at the beginning of August.
Sunday will feature special author readings at the historic Providence Arcade (65 Weybosset St 02903), featuring Laird Barron, Paul Tremblay, and John Langan, starting at noon. Additionally, the Arcade will host several weird vendors, including the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, Arkham Bazaar, Hippocampus Press, Necronomicon Press, and additional local artisans and vendors. Special events are also planned for the Providence Athenaeum, including a special screening of The Call of Cthulhu. More details to come shortly.
Full schedule now available here: www.hplfilmfestival.com/hplfilmfestival-providence-ri/schedule
June 2016
Thu-Sun, June 2-5 - LOVE & MONSTERS : As part of PVD Fest, the four-day international arts festival taking over downtown Providence, we'll be taking over the Environs storefront in the Arcade (next door to Lovecraft Arts & Sciences) and turning it into a temporary art gallery to showcase fantastical works by local and international visual artists. The gallery will be open 10:30 - 7pm Thu & Fri; 10:30am - 10:00pm Sat; 12-5pm Sun. Stay tuned for more details. Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., unit 103, Providence 02903.
May 2016
Friday, May 13 - Tour de Tentacle: A Weird Bike Odyssey in Providence
Experience the dark underbelly of Providence like never before. Inspired by the arcane writing of H.P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city will require you and your three teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. The odyssey will take you to many of the city’s historic sites, like the Arcade, the Athenaeum, and Broadway’s Wedding Cake House. A collaboration between the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council during National Bike Month, this event on Friday the 13th of May begins at the Arcade at 6:00pm and culminates near the Industrial Trust Tower at dusk for a dark cosmic reckoning. There will be tentacles. There will be bikes (bring your own, plus helmet). And there will be beer (at the end). Completion of the quest gets you one free beer at the end, courtesy of New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
6-9pm, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. $10 per person; get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tour-de-tentacle-a-weird-bike-odyssey-in-providence-tickets-24571458895
Friday, 20 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: Author readings at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences storefront in the Arcade, featuring Michael Cisco, Sam Gafford, Barry Dejasu, Sean Thompson, and others TBA. Readings start at 6:00pm and generally go until 8:00pm. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, 21 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS 2015 Nominations Readings - in honor of the recently announced nominees for this prestigious award, we're thrilled to play host to readings of Shirley Jackson stories read by members of the Awards board, including Paul Tremblay, Jack Haringa, JoAnn Cox, and Brett Cox - and tales by some of the nominees themselves, TBA. The evening starts at 6pm, and will continue until 8 or 9pm. Free and open to the public.
http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/
April 2016
Sunday, April 10 - H. P. Lovecraft Tribute at the Ladd Observatory
March 2016
Sunday, March 20 - H.P. Lovecraft Annual Memorial Tribute at Swanpoint Cemetery
Join our friends from the Cthulhu Prayer Society at the grave site of H. P. Lovecraft, as they gather for a humble and sincere tribute to mark the anniversary of his passing. All are welcome - and you may bring readings to share, if you wish.
2:30pm, Swan Point Cemetery, 585 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906
Saturday, March 19 - H.P. Lovecraft: I Am Providence Walking Tour and Call of Cthulhu Film Screening
To mark the anniversary of Lovecraft's death on March 15, 1937, as well as the release of Narragansett Brewery's I Am Providence Imperial Red Ale, the Rhode Island Historical Society presents a special edition of its H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Life walking tour of the East Side of Providence. Led by expert RIHS guides, tour groups depart at 1:00pm from the John Brown House Museum. Following the tour, join us and folks from Narragansett Beer at the Cable Car Cinema for a 3:30 screening of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's The Call of Cthulhu, a 47-minute black-and-white film adaptation of the seminal short story. The film is presented by Narragansett Brewery, the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, and the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
Walking tour - 1:00pm, John Brown House Museum, 52 Power St., Providence 02906. Tickets for the walking tour are sold out (as of March 18).
Film screening - 3:30pm, Cable Car Cinema, 204 Main St., Providence 02903. Tickets are $5.00 and are available at the Cable Car Cinema.
Wednesday, March 16 - Lecture: "Fungi from Yuggoth" by Jason C. Eckhardt
A brief overview of H.P. Lovecraft's sonnet-cycle, "Fungi from Yuggoth," and how the artist approached illustrating it: choices of image, style, medium and inspiration. Illustrations from the project will be shown with explanations for each, and brief readings from the poems themselves. This publication of "Fungi from Yuggoth" is the culmination of years of research by noted Lovecraft scholar David E. Schultz, and over a year of research and drawing by local illustrator Jason C. Eckhardt. For more info: [email protected] or 401-331-8575 x136
5:00pm, John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence, RI
Free admission. RSVP online, here.
Tuesday, March 15 - Unveiling of the H.P. Lovecraft Birthplace Marker
Dedication and unveiling of the birthplace marker created by local artist Gage Prentiss.
5:00pm, 454 Angell St., Providence, RI
Saturday, March 12 - H.P. Lovecraft Tribute at North Scituate Library
Local actors, singers, and performers share readings and excerpts of Lovecraft’s work as well as original Lovecraft-inspired works of their own. Audience members are encouraged to bring readings to share, but are not required to, and may choose to observe. Emceed by Lady C’thuhu, the event features special guest paranormal investigators, natives of North Scituate and Lovecraft enthusiasts themselves, Keith Johnson and Carl L. Johnson. Visit www.scituatelibrary.org or call 401-647-5133 for more info.
2:00-3:00pm, North Scituate Public Library, 606 West Greenville Rd., N. Scituate, RI 02857. Free admission.
February 2016
Saturday, February 27 - I Am Providence Imperial Red Ale Launch Party
Join us beginning at 5pm for Narragansett Brewery's Block Party in the Arcade to celebrate the latest in their series of Lovecraft beers. Our neighbors across the hall at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits will be selling the special-edition cans that feature the iconic I Am Providence design by artist Gunsho, and Rogue Island will be serving the ale on tap, along with their signature tasty bites. The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences store will be open for business during the party, so you'll be able to purchase books and merch, including Gunsho stickers and posters, while you take the latest eldritch brew for a spin.
5-9pm, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. Free admission.
January 2016
Friday, 29 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: Author readings at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences storefront in the Arcade, featuring Caitlin Kiernan, Jeffrey Thomas, and Scott Thomas, and special additional readings. 6pm start. Free to the public
Saturday, 30 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: Author readings at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences storefront in the Arcade, featuring Paul Tremblay, John Langan, and special additional readings TBA. 6pm start. Free to the public.
Wednesday, June 26 - Lovecraft and American Materialism
Alley Edlebi, current recipient of the S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship at Brown University, discusses his research using the Lovecraft Collection at the Hay Library.
Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Lownes Room, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Saturday, June 15 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: The Dark Solstice Dawns
In celebration of the approach of Midsummer, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences is excited to welcome two authors of the weird, esoteric, and occult: Janaka Stucky and Peter Bebergal. Both authors have new books out, and we will have copies available for purchase and signing. Janaka's newest collection of poems, ASCEND ASCEND, features his latest inspired works of mystical poetry. Peter's latest book, STRANGE FREQUENCIES, follows his popular SEASON OF THE WITCH (a perennial bestseller in the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences bookstore).
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
May 2019
Wednesday, May 1 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: 100 Fathoms Below
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences is pleased to present Nicholas Kaufmann reading from his new book, 100 FATHOMS BELOW. Joining him will be authors Christa Carmen and Errick Nunnally. What better way to celebrate the return of green to the previously dead limbs of nature?
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
April 2019
Saturday, April 27 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: April Is the Cruelest Month
Join the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council on Saturday, April 27 for a very special edition of Arcade Asylum, with readings and performance by Jason O'Toole and Alec K. Redfearn. Jason will read from his recent poetry collection SPEAR OF STARS, while Alec makes some noise. Jason is a composer of heavy verse and esoteric ballads; he began his career as vocalist for Life's Blood, an original, 1980s NYC hardcore punk band. Also reading will be Fiona Maeve Geist and MJ Cunniff.
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
February 2019
Saturday, February 23 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Women in Weird
February is Women in Horror Month (WiHM), an international, grassroots initiative that encourages supporters to learn about and showcase the underrepresented work of women in the horror industries. Whether they are on the screen, behind the scenes, or contributing in their other various artistic ways, it is clear that women love, appreciate, and contribute to the horror genre. Join the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council to experience an evening of horrific visions invoked by some new voices in contemporary Weird fiction: Carrie Laben, Daphne Gem Host, and Catherine Grant.
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
January 2019
Saturday, January 5 - Book Launch: ANONYMA by Farah Rose Smith
Join the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council on Saturday, January 5 to celebrate the launch of Farah Rose Smith's new novel, ANONYMA.
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
December 2018
Saturday, December 1 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Krampusnacht Edition
In celebration of the longer, darker, colder nights, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences is thrilled to welcome several exciting voices in weird and dark fiction: ADAM GOLASKI, CLINT SMITH, JULIE C DAY, BARRY LEE DEJASU, LARISSA GLASSER, and SHERI SEBASTIAN-GABRIEL
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
November 2018
Saturday, November 17 - Special Event: Poe's Mask of the Red Death and Others
Join us for a special celebration of Ulthar Press's latest publication, THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH AND OTHERS! This collection of classic Edgar Allan Poe tales and poems is illustrated by famed artist, Jason Eckhardt. Rarely has Poe's tales of horror been captured so brilliantly as in these illustrations! Come meet and chat with Jason the illustrator and publisher Sam Gafford. A limited number of copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences (Arcade lounge), 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
Admission: Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
October 2018
Sunday, October 28 - Tour de Tentacle: Part IV
Experience the dark underside of Providence like you’ve never seen it before. A menacing energy is growing in the city and it’s up to you and your team to stop it…or to welcome the monsters! Inspired by the arcane writing of H. P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city of Providence will require you and your teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, to save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. This odyssey will take you around the city of Providence to a variety of mysterious sites. Expect surprises, twists, and turns at every corner. This is the fourth installment of Tour de Tentacle, and we promise a new experience for anyone returning to ride again! A collaboration between the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council and Confluence Placemaking, this event on Sunday, October 28 begins at 2:00pm at the Arcade at 65 Weybosset Street, and culminates at the same place at dusk for a dark cosmic reckoning. There will be tentacles. There will be bikes (bring your own, plus helmet). And there will be beer (at the end). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased via Eventbrite. For more information, visit our Facebook event page.
Saturday, October 27 - Arcade Asylum Author Series, Hallowe'en Edition
In celebration of Hallowe'en, the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council is excited to welcome several established and rising voices in weird and dark fiction for an evening of eerie story-telling. DANIEL BRAUM, SAM GAFFORD, DOUNGJAI GAM, CATHERINE GRANT, MEG SMITH, and JEFFREY THOMAS will be reading from their own works. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903. FREE and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information about the authors and the event, visit our Facebook event page.
October 20, 21, and 27 - Literary Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. Lovecraft Walking Tour & Film Screening presented by Flickers' Film Festival
The life and work of Providence's best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, provide the backdrop for this walking tour led by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Acknowledged genius of occult and horror fiction, Lovecraft's Providence stories (written between 1924 and 1935) provide the basis for this walk. Lovecraft wrote eloquently, and in great detail, about such landmarks as Prospect Terrace, the First Baptist Church, and Benefit Street houses. See the site of his former homes, as well as the sights mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shunned House, and The Call of Cthulhu. Lovecraft's own words offer a most amazing literary, historical, and architectural walking tour. The tour departs at noon from the John Brown House, 52 Power Street, Providence and lasts 90 minutes. The screening, part of the Flickers' Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival will run from 90-120 min. Cost: Tickets are $19 per person. Film: TBA. More information can be found at the film festival's event page, and tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite, here.
August 2018
Friday through Sunday, August 17-19 - H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival
A collaboration between the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® and the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, with the partnership of the Rhode Island School of Design - returns to Providence! For over 20 years, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival has been the vanguard of Weird independent cinema, adapted from or inspired by the works of the father of Cosmic Horror, H. P. Lovecraft. The festival was founded by Andrew Migliore in Portland, OR, where it has run continuously since, but it has spawned several horrible offspring in various cities over the years, primarily in San Pedro, CA, but with satellite events in numerous locations, including Seattle and Austin, as well as special screenings as part of the biennial NecronomiCon in Providence. This will be the second stand-alone HPLFF to take place in Providence. Films will screen at the Rhode Island School of Design's Metcalf Auditorium (20 N. Main Street) on Friday night and Saturday day and night. Additional events will take place at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Providence Arcade (65 Weybosset St. 02903). Visit our Facebook event page for the latest updates and film schedule.
Saturday, August 11 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Sonya Taaffe Book Launch
The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council is honored to host the launch party for FORGET THE SLEEPLESS SHORES, a new short story collection by Somerville-based author Sonya Taaffe. The event will be held in the Arcade lounge beginning at 6:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. FREE and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information about the author, her new book, and the event, visit the Facebook event page.
July 2018
Monday, July 30 - Arcade Asylum Author Series - Infernal Summer Edition
As a diversion from the hellish heat, join us for a special Monday evening edition of our reading series, featuring authors NATHAN CARSON and PAUL Di FILIPPO. Their works will be available for purchase and signing.
6:00-8:30pm, Providence Arcade. FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! For more information about the authors and the event, visit our Facebook event page.
June 2018
Saturday, June 23 - Arcade Asylum Author Series - Midsummer Edition
In celebration of Midsummer, we're excited to welcome three major luminaries in weird and dark fiction: LAIRD BARRON, MICHAEL CISCO, and JOHN LANGAN. Their works will be available for purchase and signing.
Event runs from 6:00-8:30pm. It's FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! Please visit the Facebook event page for more information.
May 2018
Saturday, May 5 - Arcade Asylum special event - Caitlin Kiernan book launch!
We're honored to be hosting the launch of Caitlin Kiernan's newest novella, Black Helicopters, the anticipated sequel to Agents of Dreamland. Please join us for her reading and purchase a copy of the book for her to sign.
Please visit the Facebook event page for more information!
April 2018
Saturday, April 14 - Arcade Asylum Author Series - Vernal Edition, Part 2
Welcoming the first tendrils of life after a frozen, bleak winter - join us for our Spring Edition of the Arcade Asylum Author Series, featuring another cadre of superb local and regional writers of dark fiction:
LEZA CANTORAL, AMBER FALLON, JONATHAN THOMAS, SCOTT THOMAS, and SEAN THOMPSON.
6:00-8:30pm. FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! Please visit the facebook event page for more information.
Friday, April 13 - Providence premiere of THEY REMAIN - screening all week until Thursday, April 19!
Two scientists investigate the root of environmental changes and strange animal behavior at a remote site where a cult committed atrocities. The isolated location, the unraveling of their relationship, and the biome itself begin to lead them down a path of doom where primeval forces threaten to consume them. Directed by our own Phil Gelatt, this film is an adaptation of Laird Barron's short story “30." Please visit the Cable Car Cinema for more information and to purchase tickets - the film runs ALL WEEK!
Sunday, April 8 - Lovecraft memorial service at Ladd Observatory
The annual gathering to recognize the unique literary contributions of renowned horror fantasy writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft will take place from 3 - 4 pm. The Observatory will be open to visitors starting at 1:30 pm to view the historic scientific instrument collection and tour the building, rain or shine. The commemoration is organized by the Lovecraft and Poe Commemorative Activities Committee. Please visit their facebook event page for more information!
March 2018
Sunday, March 18 - H.P. Lovecraft Annual Memorial Tribute at Swanpoint Cemetery
Join our friends from the Cthulhu Prayer Society at the grave site of H. P. Lovecraft, as they gather for a humble and sincere tribute to mark the anniversary of his passing. All are welcome - and you may bring readings to share, if you wish.
2:30pm, Swan Point Cemetery, 585 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906
Saturday, March 17 - Arcade Asylum Author Series, Vernal Edition, Part 1
On the cusp of the Vernal Equinox, we welcome some emerging, powerful voices in weird and dark fiction, featuring:
LARISSA GLASSER, JULIE SAINT JAMES, JEANNE THORNTON, SUSAN JANE BIGELOW, and FIONA MAEVE GEIST - 6:00-8:30pm. FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! More info can be found at the facebook event page, here!
Thursday, March 15 - Arcade Asylum Author Series: Notes on a Nonentity
Join us for thtis special edition Arcade Asylum for the anniversary of HPL's death as author Sam Gafford and artist Jason Eckhardt unveil their remarkable graphic novel version of Lovecraft's biography, SOME NOTES ON A NONENTITY: The Life of H.P. Lovecraft. More info at the facebook event page, here!
Friday, March 2 -Arcade Asylum Author Series: StokerCon Edition
In honor of StokerCon coming to Providence, we're thrilled to welcome back our 2017 NecronomiCon poet laureate, DONALD SIDNEY-FRYER, the finest living practitioner of the epic weird poem, with special guest poet ADAM BOLIVAR, and poets STANLEY GEMMELL and STARRY WIZDOM. Thanks to Hippocampus Press for making this happen; we will have copies of recent works by both poets available for purchase and signing. Join us and be regaled!
Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
FREE and open to the public, but space is limited.
March 1-4 - StokerCon 2018 - Biltmore Hotel, Providence
Guests, panels, readings, Horror University, the Final Frame Film Competition, the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference, the Bram Stoker Awards® … StokerCon™ has got it all! For more information and registration, visit stokercon2018.org
February 2018
Saturday, February 24 -Arcade Asylum Author Series: Women in Horror Edition
In honor of February being Women in Horror month, we're featuring some remarkable new and established female voices in weird and dark fiction. Reading their own works:
Catherine Grant, Doungjai Gam, Carrie Laben, Kristen Ringman, and Farah Rose Smith; and Allison Rich will read from a selection of spooky classics.
Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
FREE and open to the public, but space is limited.
January 2018
January 30 - February 26 - Fantastic Places, Unhuman Humans: Exploring Humanity Through Literature
This is a free online course offered through Brown University's BrownX initiative. This non-credit course examines literary excerpts from such authors as Margaret Atwood, H. P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allen Poe to consider and question what it means to be human. The course also utilizes gamification techniques as well as avatars to lead students through a dynamic and exciting learning adventure. Instructor Jim Egan is a professor of English at Brown University. His research focuses on the use of digital tools to read, engage, organize, analyze, and imagine literature in particular and storytelling more broadly. Registration is now open, and the free, fully online course runs from Tuesday, January 30 through Monday, February 26, 2018. To register and for more info, visit https://www.edx.org/course/fantastic-places-unhuman-humans-exploring-humanity-through-literature
Saturday, January 20 - ARCADE ASYLUM Mid-Winter Edition:
Chris Irvin, Bracken Macleod, K.L. Pereira, Sonya Taaffe, and Paul Tremblay. Come in from the cold and join us for a deep winter's night of readings by five New England-based weird-fiction authors. Readings are held in the Arcade lounge from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. For more information, please visit the Facebook event page.
DECEMBER 2017
Sunday, 17th - Special book release party for Parasite Life, by Victoria Dalpe
4-6pm in the LAS storefront, 130 Westminster St PVD 02903
Visit the facebook event page for more info and updates.
Friday and Saturday, 8 & 9- ARCADE ASYLUM series, Yule-edition: two nights of author readings at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Arcade. Friday features Madeira Darling, Barry Dejasu, Paul Di Filippo, Kenneth Vaughn, and The joey Zone - and Saturday features Chris Irvin, Bracken Macleod, K.L. Pereira, Sonya Taaffe, and Paul Tremblay. Readings start at 6:30pm and generally go until 8:30pm. Free and open to the public - but space is limited. UPDATE: Saturday night's readings cancelled due to storm
OCTOBER 2017
Halloween weekend, Sunday Oct 30 - a special Hallowe'en return of the Tour de Tentacle: A Weird Bike Odyssey in Providence - 2-5pm, with after-party at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits
A reprise of the highly successful and popular TdT we staged twice in 2016!
Experience the dark underbelly of Providence - by bike. Inspired by the arcane writing of H.P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city will require you and your three teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. A collaboration between the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, this Sunday afternoon odyssey will take you to many of the city’s historic sites. Bring your own bike (and helmet), and bring your own team of friends (don't worry, we'll find you a team of hearty adventurers if you come solo). Completion of the quest gets you one free beer (or soda!) at the end, courtesy of Narragansett Brewery and New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
START: Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
AUGUST 2017
Thursday - Sunday, 17-20 - the return of...
NECRONOMICON PROViDENCE
Visit necronomicon-providence.com for complete schedule.
APRIL 2017
Sunday, April 8 - H. P. Lovecraft Tribute at the Ladd Observatory
MARCH 2017
Thursday, March 16 - Fundraising Gala for the Lovecraft Statue
Join us for the weirdest gala in Providence at the Athenaeum on March 16th! CABINETS OF CURIOSITY is a fundraising event in support of the Lovecraft Providence Statue Project; all proceeds from the event will go toward the completion and installation of a life-size bronze statue of H. P. Lovecraft right here in Providence, Rhode Island. Set in the glorious hallowed halls of literary history, the evening will feature live music by goth-folk band Vudu Sister, a silent auction, the statue in progress on display, delicious treats by Julians, Pizza J, and Knead Doughnuts, drinks, and some weird surprises! Mingle with fellow Lovecraft fans and chat with sculptor Gage Prentiss. And see the HPLHS silent film Call of Cthulhu like never before — with a live musical score performed by avant-garde composer and multi-instrumentalist Antonio Forte. It's an evening not to be missed (and this statue cannot happen without your support)! Learn more about the gala at the event's Facebook page. Learn more about the statue here on our website via the MORE>Statue tab in the menu above.
6-9pm, Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903 ~ Ages 21+
FEBRUARY 2017
Saturday, February 25 - Launch Party for Caitlín R. Kiernan's AGENTS OF DREAMLAND
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council is honored to host the launch party for AGENTS OF DREAMLAND, a new Lovecraftian horror novella by legendary author and Providence resident Caitlin R. Kiernan. This work, published by Tor, is due to be released Feb. 28, but we're fortunate to have some advance copies arriving for this very special night.
Cailtin will read from her new work and be available to sign copies of her book.
Sonya Taaffe, award-winning poet and fiction writer, will also join to read from her own work and conduct a Q&A with Caitlin. Be sure to make plans to attend this special night!
Free admission to the general public, but space is limited.
6:30 - 8:30pm, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, the Arcade, 130 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903. More information about the book can be found here:
http://www.tor.com/2017/01/27/excerpts-agents-of-dreamland-caitlin-kiernan/
JANUARY 2017
Thursday, 19 - Narragansett Beer's UNNAMABLE Launch Party
Join us at 6:30pm for Narragansett Brewery's Block Party in the Arcade to celebrate the latest in their series of Lovecraft beers - the Unnamable Black Lager. Our neighbors across the hall at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits will be selling the special-edition cans that feature the iconic Unnamable design by local artist (and good friend) Jrt McP, and Rogue Island will be serving the ale on tap, along with their signature tasty bites. The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences store will be open for business during the party, so you'll be able to purchase books and merch while you take the latest eldritch brew for a spin.
6:30-9pm, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. Free admission, absolutely 21+ to drink - positive ID mandatory.
Saturday, 28- ARCADE ASYLUM series: A night of author readings at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Arcade, featuring readings by award-winning author Livia Llewellyn, with Sam Gafford, Hector Laureano, Sean Thompson, and others joining. Readings start at 6:30pm and generally go until 8:30pm. Free and open to the public - but space is limited. More information can be found at the Facebook event page, here.
November 2016
Friday and Saturday, 4 & 5- ARCADE ASYLUM series: two nights of author readings at Lovecraft Arts & Sciences in the Arcade. Friday features new works by Bracken McLeod and Doug Wynne and readings by Errick Nunnally and Jonathan Thomas, and others - and Saturday will be a special night of women authors featuring Victoria Dalpe, Catherine Grant, Hazel Hill, Farah Rose Smith, and others to be announced soon. Readings start at 6:30pm and generally go until 8:00pm. Free and open to the public - but space is limited.
October 2016
Sunday, 30 - a special Hallowe'en return of the Tour de Tentacle: A Weird Bike Odyssey in Providence - 2-5pm, with after-party at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits
A reprise of the highly successful and popular TdT we staged back in May!
Experience the dark underbelly of Providence - by bike. Inspired by the arcane writing of H.P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city will require you and your three teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. A collaboration between the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, this Sunday afternoon odyssey will take you to many of the city’s historic sites. Bring your own bike (and helmet), and bring your own team of friends (don't worry, we'll find you a team of hearty adventurers if you come solo). Completion of the quest gets you one free beer (or soda!) at the end, courtesy of Narragansett Brewery and New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
START: Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903.
More info can be found on the Facebook event page, here.
Saturday, 29 - a Hallowe'en screening of two horror classics: The Corpse Vanishes, and The Black Cat - 3-6pm at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
This timely double-feature is organized by our friends at the New England Classic Horror Film Society, a new group dedicated to bringing back the golden days of scary cinema! This screening is hosted by New Harvest Coffee and Spirits, so you'll have plenty of libations available - come and enjoy a good scare with other fans of Bela Lugosi!
More info about this screening can be found at the Facebook event page, here.
Friday, 28 - a Hallowe'en weekend dramatic reading of THE TATTERED KING, a modern play based on Robert W. Chambers's King In Yellow works, 6:30-8:00pm.
As part of our plans for a Weird Hallowe'en weekend, we're happy to host a special dramatic reading of a modern play, THE TATTERED KING, based on the KING IN YELLOW work of Robert Chambers. We hope to present a full production of this at next year's NecronomiCon PVD.
Please join us and be the first to bear witness to this special event
More information can be found on the Facebook event page, here.
Saturday and Sunday, 22 + 23 - "H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Life" Walking Tour
Rhode Island Historical Society's popular ramble about Lovecraft's College Hill neighborhood will launch from the John Brown House Museum at 1pm. Admission is $10, & reservations are encouraged.
August 2016
Monday, 22 - "Lovecraft's Providence, Real and Imagined"
A special talk by our friend and award-winning author, Paul DiFilippo, on the regional history and geography that played such an important role in Lovecraft's stories.
Hosted by the Providence Community Library, Rochambeau branch. More info can be found here: www.provcomlib.org
Saturday, 20 - "H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Life" Walking Tour
Rhode Island Historical Society's popular ramble about Lovecraft's College Hill neighborhood will launch from the John Brown House Museum at 1pm. Admission is $10, & reservations are encouraged. More information can be found here: www.rihs.org/lovecraft-birthday
Saturday, 20 - "Lovecraft Birthday Bash," sponsored by Narragansett Brewery!
Saturday night, 9pm onward - Narragansett is throwing a birthday party for Lovecraft, and celebrating the release of their new beer in the Lovecraft series: The White Ship IPA.
More info can be found here, on the faceboook event page: www.facebook.com/events/1065679880182383
Friday-Sunday, 19-21 - The famed H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival comes to Providence!
Tickets and more info HERE! hplfilmfestival.com
The festival will feature three days of films and activities, including author readings, panels, and vendors. For over 20 years, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® has been the vanguard of Weird independent cinema, adapted from or inspired by the works of the father of Cosmic Horror, H. P. Lovecraft. Founded by Andrew Migliore in Portland, OR, where it has run continuously since, this will be the first standalone H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Providence, hosted by the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council (organizers of NecronomiCon PVD) and the festival organizers in Portland, and done in partnership with the Providence Public Library (150 Empire St. 02903), where the films will screen.
Blocks of films will run on Friday from 6 to 11pm and 1 to 11pm on Saturday. Tickets (including day and weekend passes) available soon, and a detailed schedule of screenings will be announced at the beginning of August.
Sunday will feature special author readings at the historic Providence Arcade (65 Weybosset St 02903), featuring Laird Barron, Paul Tremblay, and John Langan, starting at noon. Additionally, the Arcade will host several weird vendors, including the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, Arkham Bazaar, Hippocampus Press, Necronomicon Press, and additional local artisans and vendors. Special events are also planned for the Providence Athenaeum, including a special screening of The Call of Cthulhu. More details to come shortly.
Full schedule now available here: www.hplfilmfestival.com/hplfilmfestival-providence-ri/schedule
June 2016
Thu-Sun, June 2-5 - LOVE & MONSTERS : As part of PVD Fest, the four-day international arts festival taking over downtown Providence, we'll be taking over the Environs storefront in the Arcade (next door to Lovecraft Arts & Sciences) and turning it into a temporary art gallery to showcase fantastical works by local and international visual artists. The gallery will be open 10:30 - 7pm Thu & Fri; 10:30am - 10:00pm Sat; 12-5pm Sun. Stay tuned for more details. Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., unit 103, Providence 02903.
May 2016
Friday, May 13 - Tour de Tentacle: A Weird Bike Odyssey in Providence
Experience the dark underbelly of Providence like never before. Inspired by the arcane writing of H.P. Lovecraft, this bike-based quest around the city will require you and your three teammates to solve puzzles, fight (or help) monsters, and ultimately, save the city from annihilation. Or if you’re feeling evil, you can open the portal to the tentacled horrors yourselves. The odyssey will take you to many of the city’s historic sites, like the Arcade, the Athenaeum, and Broadway’s Wedding Cake House. A collaboration between the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council during National Bike Month, this event on Friday the 13th of May begins at the Arcade at 6:00pm and culminates near the Industrial Trust Tower at dusk for a dark cosmic reckoning. There will be tentacles. There will be bikes (bring your own, plus helmet). And there will be beer (at the end). Completion of the quest gets you one free beer at the end, courtesy of New Harvest Coffee & Spirits in the Arcade.
6-9pm, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. $10 per person; get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tour-de-tentacle-a-weird-bike-odyssey-in-providence-tickets-24571458895
Friday, 20 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: Author readings at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences storefront in the Arcade, featuring Michael Cisco, Sam Gafford, Barry Dejasu, Sean Thompson, and others TBA. Readings start at 6:00pm and generally go until 8:00pm. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, 21 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS 2015 Nominations Readings - in honor of the recently announced nominees for this prestigious award, we're thrilled to play host to readings of Shirley Jackson stories read by members of the Awards board, including Paul Tremblay, Jack Haringa, JoAnn Cox, and Brett Cox - and tales by some of the nominees themselves, TBA. The evening starts at 6pm, and will continue until 8 or 9pm. Free and open to the public.
http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/
April 2016
Sunday, April 10 - H. P. Lovecraft Tribute at the Ladd Observatory
March 2016
Sunday, March 20 - H.P. Lovecraft Annual Memorial Tribute at Swanpoint Cemetery
Join our friends from the Cthulhu Prayer Society at the grave site of H. P. Lovecraft, as they gather for a humble and sincere tribute to mark the anniversary of his passing. All are welcome - and you may bring readings to share, if you wish.
2:30pm, Swan Point Cemetery, 585 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906
Saturday, March 19 - H.P. Lovecraft: I Am Providence Walking Tour and Call of Cthulhu Film Screening
To mark the anniversary of Lovecraft's death on March 15, 1937, as well as the release of Narragansett Brewery's I Am Providence Imperial Red Ale, the Rhode Island Historical Society presents a special edition of its H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Life walking tour of the East Side of Providence. Led by expert RIHS guides, tour groups depart at 1:00pm from the John Brown House Museum. Following the tour, join us and folks from Narragansett Beer at the Cable Car Cinema for a 3:30 screening of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's The Call of Cthulhu, a 47-minute black-and-white film adaptation of the seminal short story. The film is presented by Narragansett Brewery, the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, and the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
Walking tour - 1:00pm, John Brown House Museum, 52 Power St., Providence 02906. Tickets for the walking tour are sold out (as of March 18).
Film screening - 3:30pm, Cable Car Cinema, 204 Main St., Providence 02903. Tickets are $5.00 and are available at the Cable Car Cinema.
Wednesday, March 16 - Lecture: "Fungi from Yuggoth" by Jason C. Eckhardt
A brief overview of H.P. Lovecraft's sonnet-cycle, "Fungi from Yuggoth," and how the artist approached illustrating it: choices of image, style, medium and inspiration. Illustrations from the project will be shown with explanations for each, and brief readings from the poems themselves. This publication of "Fungi from Yuggoth" is the culmination of years of research by noted Lovecraft scholar David E. Schultz, and over a year of research and drawing by local illustrator Jason C. Eckhardt. For more info: [email protected] or 401-331-8575 x136
5:00pm, John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence, RI
Free admission. RSVP online, here.
Tuesday, March 15 - Unveiling of the H.P. Lovecraft Birthplace Marker
Dedication and unveiling of the birthplace marker created by local artist Gage Prentiss.
5:00pm, 454 Angell St., Providence, RI
Saturday, March 12 - H.P. Lovecraft Tribute at North Scituate Library
Local actors, singers, and performers share readings and excerpts of Lovecraft’s work as well as original Lovecraft-inspired works of their own. Audience members are encouraged to bring readings to share, but are not required to, and may choose to observe. Emceed by Lady C’thuhu, the event features special guest paranormal investigators, natives of North Scituate and Lovecraft enthusiasts themselves, Keith Johnson and Carl L. Johnson. Visit www.scituatelibrary.org or call 401-647-5133 for more info.
2:00-3:00pm, North Scituate Public Library, 606 West Greenville Rd., N. Scituate, RI 02857. Free admission.
February 2016
Saturday, February 27 - I Am Providence Imperial Red Ale Launch Party
Join us beginning at 5pm for Narragansett Brewery's Block Party in the Arcade to celebrate the latest in their series of Lovecraft beers. Our neighbors across the hall at New Harvest Coffee & Spirits will be selling the special-edition cans that feature the iconic I Am Providence design by artist Gunsho, and Rogue Island will be serving the ale on tap, along with their signature tasty bites. The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences store will be open for business during the party, so you'll be able to purchase books and merch, including Gunsho stickers and posters, while you take the latest eldritch brew for a spin.
5-9pm, Arcade Providence, 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903. Free admission.
January 2016
Friday, 29 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: Author readings at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences storefront in the Arcade, featuring Caitlin Kiernan, Jeffrey Thomas, and Scott Thomas, and special additional readings. 6pm start. Free to the public
Saturday, 30 - ARCADE ASYLUM series: Author readings at the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences storefront in the Arcade, featuring Paul Tremblay, John Langan, and special additional readings TBA. 6pm start. Free to the public.
