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Practical Magic - Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Wed, Aug 20
|Cinema Salem
Join us at Cinema Salem for Practical Magic (1998) film screening & a panel discussions with several Salem Witch Fest Summer Agora Presenters!
Time & Location
Aug 20, 2025, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Cinema Salem, 1 E India Square Mall, Salem, MA 01970, USA
About the event
Join Salem Witchcraft & Folklore Festival for a screening of the 1998 witchcraft classic, Practical Magic, followed by a lively panel discussion amongst magical practitioners and folklorists exploring the film's themes and impact.
About the film: In a small Massachusetts town, the Owens family have been regarded with suspicion for over three centuries due to their ancestor Maria Owens, who survived an attempted execution for witchcraft. Heartbroken when the father of her unborn child never returned to her, Maria cast a spell to prevent herself from ever falling in love again. The spell developed into a curse upon Maria's descendants, dooming any man an Owens woman loves.
About the Panelists:
Jesse Hathaway Diaz (he/him/they/them) is a folklorist, artist, performer and independent scholar with a Masters in Performance Studies from NYU. With initiations in several forms of witchcraft from Europe and the Americas, he is also a lifelong student of Mexican curanderismo,…
Tickets
Practical Magic
This ticket is valid for 1 (one) admission to Practical Magic film screening & panel discussion as part of The Salem Witch Fest 2025
$20.00
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