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March 20th Lunch & Learn 2025

Sponsored by National Grid

Sponsored by: National Grid


LUNCH & LEARN

The Devil in new York-The Witchcraft Trail of Goody Garlick

Tara Rider, PhD.

Thursday, March 20, 2025

12:00-2:30 pm


Dr. Tara Rider is a senior lecturer at Stony Brook University in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences with a multidisciplinary background in history, marine studies, and sustainability.  Her research focuses on how nature, gender, and race are entwined with questions of power, culture, and identity.  


The most famous American witch-hunt began in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts. Yet, more than three decades before that notorious event, Long Island had its very own witchcraft trial – the trial of Goody Garlick! Accusations of flying on poles and cavorting with the Devil ran rampant in the colonies during the 17th century and led to hundreds of accusations of witchcraft.  To understand what happened during these trials, we must first understand the stresses of ordinary 17th-century life in New York and why the fear of witches existed. The trial of Goody Garlick will act as a lens to understand the hysteria associated with these accusations.

Pricing: Members: $45 Non-Members: $55                        

Price includes gourmet two-course meal and dessert. Cash bar available.

Location:

Red Restaurant

417 New York Avenue

Private parking lot on-site


The program begins at 12 pm and runs for approximately two hours.



 

 

 

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