02/07/24 @ 7:00pm –
02/07/24 @ 8:00pm
Community Room A
South Country Library
Registration is required.
Registration starts: 12/27/2023 @ 9:30am
Registration end: 02/07/2024 @ 7:00pm
While many Long Islanders know of Salem’s witch hunts, they may not know that Long Island had its very own witchcraft trial more than three decades earlier – the trial of Goody Garlick. To help us understand, Dr. Tara Rider, a senior lecturer at Stony Brook U., delves into stresses of 17th century life, why women were targets, and why the fear of witches existed.