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Johnny's Summary16th Annual Moby Dick Marathon - Stump the Scholars
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Date: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Start Time: 10:00 am End Time: 11:00 am
Location: Museum Theater
Category: *Public Calendar
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Moby-Dick Marathon celebrates 16 years with three days of activities, Jan. 6-8, 2012
The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Moby-Dick Marathon celebrates its sixteenth annual non-stop reading of Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece with a 3-day program of entertaining activities and events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 6-8, 2012.
This year the Museum will build on its landmark 2011 multi-media marathon with more live streaming on the internet to participants around the world, Round Two of the interactive quiz with Melville scholars called “Stump the Scholars”, and a timely lecture by Melville Scholar Dr. Tim Marr of the University of North Carolina who will discuss “Moby-Dick in American Popular Culture.”
As the culmination of the three month long Moby! promotion with the Zeiterion Performance Center, the Marathon will be positioned to entice new audiences. Since 1995, the Museum has marked the anniversary of Herman Melville’s 1841 departure from the Port of New Bedford and Fairhaven aboard the whale ship Acushnet, with a 25-hour nonstop reading of Moby-Dick. The Marathon has grown to become a midwinter tradition, which attracts hundreds of Melville enthusiasts from all walks of life.
Activities kick off on Friday, January 6th with a ticketed buffet dinner and cash bar at 5:30 p.m. in the Jacobs Family Gallery. The dinner will be followed by the Marr free public lecture at 7:15 p.m. in the Cook Theater. For tickets to the buffet dinner ($25), call (508) 997-0046 ext. 100.
On Saturday, January 7th at 10:00 a.m., “Stump the Scholars,” will allow the public to quiz Melville Society scholars on all matters Moby-Dick. The free public program is patterned after National Public Radio’s popular show, “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” No questions will be deemed too tough and prizes will be awarded. Stump the Scholars will be held in the Cook Memorial Theater.
On Saturday, the Moby-Dick Marathon begins with the most famous opening line in American literature, “Call me Ishmael.” The Marathon is still free, still a 25-hour event, and runs through the night, concluding at approximately 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 8th with the reading of the Epilogue.
Again this year, throughout the reading, images related to all 135 chapters of the book will be projected in the Cook Theater, assembled and presented by the Museum’s Apprentices. The expanded weekend of activities will offer something for everyone, but reading aloud and celebrating Melville remain at the heart of the event.
Reservations to read are limited. Automated line for readers opens at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, November 14. Please leave your name, spell your name, leave the phone number and three times for which you will be available to read. (508) 997-0046 ext. 151.
For other information call Bob Rocha, (508) 997-0046, ext. 149.
Contact: Bob Rocha
Email: rrocha@whalingmuseum.org
Phone: 508 997 0046 x149
