Fahrenheit 451 and the witch trials

[kestrell]

As part of
The Big Read in Boston
http://www.neabigread.org/communities/?community_id=1286

which is featuring _Fahrenheit 451_ by Ray Bradbury as its 2010 selection, the following event will be occuring next week in Dorchester:

Discussion about the Salem Witch Trials as they pertain to Fahrenheit 451

Alison D’Amario, Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum will discuss the Salem Witch Trials and the persecution of ideas. Time TBA.

Event Location: Adams Branch Library, 690 Adams Street, Dorchester, MA 02122

Date: Mon, Mar 8, 2010
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

There are *lots* more fascinating events being presented around this book, read more at
http://www.neabigread.org/communities/?community_id=1286
andmaybe catch the movie:

Monday Movie Matinee - "Fahrenheit 451" at the Adams Street Branch of the Boston Public Library

Directed by Francois Truffaut, this 1966 film is based on the 1951 Ray Bradbury novel of the same name. Guy Montag is a firefighter who lives in a lonely,
isolated society where books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. It is the duty of firefighters to burn any books
on sight or said collections that have been reported by informants. People in this society including Montag's wife are drugged into compliancy and get
their information from wall-length television screens. After Montag falls in love with book-hoarding Clarisse, he begins to read confiscated books. It
is through this relationship that he begins to question the government's motives behind book-burning. Montag is soon found out, and he must decide whether
to return to his job or run away knowing full well the consequences that he could face if captured. (from imdb.com) FREE POPCORN!!

Event Location: 690 Adams Street, Dorchester, MA 02122
Date: Mon, Mar 15, 2010
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm