Lunchtime Lectures with Jim McAllister (VIRTUAL EVENT)

Jim McAllister’s  

LUNCHTIME LECTURES

Weekdays at noon

Half hour (plus) illustrated talks on Zoom 

 This week’s Access Code and general reservation & payment information at the bottom of the page 

Monday, August 3      The Salem Lyceum: Notable Presenters & Presentations 

For 60 years Daniel Webster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, educator Horace Mann, and other brilliant 19th century minds provided “mutual instruction and rational entertainment” through their lyceum lectures 

Tuesday, August 4      John Beresford Hatch to the Rescue

Or how the efforts of a retired engineer to exonerate Salem Witch Trial victims in the 1950s disrupted the governments and judicial systems of two countries and attracted the attention of the international media

Wednesday, August 5      It’s All in a Name

Fascinating facts about how some of Salem’s streets and neighborhoods got their names, and, sometimes, had them changed to reflect new developments in the community 

Thursday, August 6     Community Conflicts on Boston’s North Shore 

The events and eventual resolution of  Salem’s Liberty Hill Riot of 1844, the famous temperance-driven Women’s Raid in Rockport in 1856, and the Marblehead-Salem Smallpox Riot of 1774

Friday, August 7     More Hawthorne’s Forgotten Treasures

An examination of the plot lines and themes of two of the author’s more “difficult” works, one especially relevant to modern times, and a few he penned to delight or educate his younger readers

All talks by reservation  (culturecorner@gmail.com). $5 per talk.  Pay via PayPal to that email address or check (or make other arrangements)!