Scottish novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850, and would have been 160 years old today if only he had been one of the Immortals and not prone to the cerebral hemorrhage that brought him down at the age of 44. While Google is honoring the author of with a fancy ass doodle, we decided to celebrate his birthday by presenting you with the creepiest reading of a Stevenson poem that you're ever, ever going to witness: more ›

Often when we think of plays, rosy cheeks and jazz hands come to mind. While a great variety of plays exist, it seems the majority try to uplift and entertain, not scare the bejesus out of us. But the WildClaw Theatre wants us to expect the unexpected. This newly-formed company is dedicated exclusively to bringing true horror back to the stage, and wastes no time kicking off their mission with The Great God Pan - their inaugural show which opened Sunday night at the Athenaeum Theater in Lakeview. more ›