In this Halloween-themed staged reading event, with stage talent and direction from ACT, local actor Peter Crook reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Also on the bill: Wesley Rice reads the I.B. Singer tale “The Last Demon;” and Crook joins Imogen Love in “Mrs. Acland’s Ghosts” by William Trevor. Kurt Beattie from ACT is emcee and director. BRIAN MILLER

Sun., Oct. 26, 4 p.m., 2008