by seamensb | Dec 30, 2024 | Blog
Each year, readers and Melville enthusiasts from around the world gather in New Bedford for the annual Moby-Dick Marathon—a 25-hour celebration of Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece. In the 2024 event, chapters 7 through 9 were read inside the historic Seamen’s...
by seamensb | Oct 31, 2023 | Blog
The annual Moby-Dick Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum honors Herman Melville’s enduring connection to this historic whaling port. In the 2023 reading, chapters 7 and 8 were performed inside the Seamen’s Bethel—the very chapel that inspired Melville’s...
