Before Edward Cullen swept the field with his skinny sparkliness, Count Dracula was the nonpareil of dangerously irresistible vampires. But Philadelphia wants to introduce you to Dracula this Halloween, if you dare.
The Rosenbach Museum and Library's annual Dracula Festival allows the rare-books vault to bring forth Bram Stoker's original notes on his vampire creation, and in addition, they'll be hosting a free screening of the silent horror classic "Nosferatu" and a visit from Stoker's great-grandnephew to read from his vampire book. (Everyone's written one these days.) Outside Philly, the Tri-County Performing Arts Center will put on a stage version of "Dracula" (October 8-25, 245 E. High Street in Pottstown). If you prefer your vampires dancing, the Brandywine Ballet has you covered there on October 23-25.
If you can't make it to the City of Brotherly Love this fall, the folks behind Infinite Summer, in which people on the Internet read Infinite Jest together, is doing the same for Stoker's classic in October. Better yet, the book's free online, so you have no excuse to leave your computer.
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· 2009 Dracula Festival [GoPhila.com]
· Jack Bauer Travels In The Shadows Of Dracula [Jaunted]
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