Dracula the Ballet

Dracula is a popular ballet which is staged many times across the country during the fall season.  Even if you don't usually attend the ballet, you will want to catch a performance of this timeless tale.  Start by looking at your local theaters and seeing what is on their calendar for the coming fall season, and get your tickets early if you are lucky enough to do so!   Read on to see pictures of different ballet companies and their versions of Dracula, plus a link to a full performance of the ballet on youtube.  

Gothic Coloring Books Plus Free Gothic Coloring Pages to Download

A page from Vampires Coloring Book by Marly Noble

By now, we're all familiar with the adult coloring book craze.  It's easy to see why it's become so popular - coloring is fun, nostalgic, relaxing, and requires no special artistic talent to make something really pretty. 

Memento Mori and Vanitas Art

For centuries, artists have painted still lifes, portraits, and other scenes which feature skulls as a design motif.  The purpose of such paintings is to remind us that death is always near.  Most Goths are familiar with this type of art, called Memento Mori - and its meaning: Remember Death.