Brown Bag Lecture: If the Broom Fits - Halloween and the History of Witches

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Adults
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Witches are one of the most traditional as well as mysterious entities we associate with Halloween. Have you ever wondered, especially on Halloween, why witches are depicted as riding on brooms through the nighttime sky? How did the benevolent image of a wise woman transform into the malevolent figure of the witch we know today? Ehris and Velya from the Grounded Goodwife will answer these questions and more. You're never going to look at sweeping the same way again...  *Register

This program is being held virtually via Zoom. Please register through Zoom directly: If the Broom Fits