Fans flock to the museum in January for a 25-hour marathon reading of Melville’s epic “Moby Dick.” The event began in 1997 ...

When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: “Moby-Dick. That’s great!” “Then I ran to a used bookstore and ...

During the 2026 New Bedford Whaling Museum's Moby Dick Marathon, 'Wings' actor Steven Weber surprised audience with an ...

Once the whaling capital of the world, New Bedford remembers Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece with an annual reading ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — On Monday, the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of Jake Heggie’s “Moby-Dick” — the composer’s 2010 ...

Calling all Melville fans: the New Bedford Whaling Museum has announced the dates for its beloved Moby Dick Marathon. The 29th annual reading marathon is happening in 2025 from Jan. 3 through 5 and ...

NEW BEDFORD -- As the downtown area prepares for the annual "Moby-Dick" Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Saturday, Jan 4, Aviary Books is getting into the spirit with their first Melville ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Fans of Herman Melville’s famous novel “Moby-Dick” have a weekend of events to look forward to. The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s 29th annual “Moby-Dick” marathon will take ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Herman Melville was not a man for his time. And his most famous work, the epic adventure novel Moby-Dick. Ironically, becoming a noted, revered and beloved author while he was ...

Condensing Melville’s vast and discursive work into a three-hour opera may have seemed as foolish as Captain Ahab’s increasingly desperate voyage to find the whale that maimed him, but Heggie and ...

The Moby Dick Blues runs June 7 - 22, 2025 in a limited engagement at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street in New York City. Previews begin June 7 for a June 9 opening.