May 17, 12 p.m. to Sunday, May 18, 12 p.m., Lord Baltimore Hotel, Mezzanine Level. The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre presents the fourth annual 24-hour marathon reading of Poe’s best-loved poems and stories, with participants from in Maryland, Tennessee, and Ohio, and across the globe in Brazil, Italy, England and Scotland — and the list keeps growing! The event is streamed on YouTube and free to attend in person as well.