Sunday, November 1 is the 138th birthday of Stephen Crane, who would certainly appreciate the irony that it is also All Saints' Day. That afternoon, we will have our annual Crane celebration, complete with birthday cake. At 4 PM we will have a reading of one of Stephen's war correspondent stories, "The Lone Charge of William B. Perkins". It was written in Cuba for the July, 1899 edition of McClure's Magazine, a copy of which was graciously donated to the Crane House library by Kate Mellina. The short article details an incident during the U.S. Marines taking of Guantanamo during the Spanish-American War. At 4:30 we will have a screening of the great director John Huston's 1950 movie version of "The Red Badge of Courage" (MGM,b&w, 69 min.). There is no admission charge, but any and all proceeds, cash or check, will go to the Asbury Park Little League (after all, one of Stephen's great passions was baseball, and as a youngster in Asbury Park, it was said that he could catch any baseball without a glove!). Due to limitations of space, I'd appreciate an e-mail response to cranehousereservations@gmail.com.