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Practical Magic - Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Wed, May 21

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Cinema Salem

Join us at Cinema Salem for Practical Magic (1998) film screening & a panel discussions with several Salem Witch Fest Summer Agora Presenters!

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Practical Magic - Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Practical Magic - Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Time & Location

May 21, 2025, 5:52 PM – 6:07 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.


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 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, an initiated priest…


Tickets

  • The Wicker Man

    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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