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Join us for the staged reading of the new play, SALTONSTALL’S TRIAL, The Untold Story of the Salem Witch Trials by award-winning actress, poet laureate, and director Myriam Cyr and attorney and author Michael Cormier. 1692 Salem, Massachusetts. Hysteria abounds and witchcraft accusations fly. A respected judge Nathaniel Saltonstall, is called to serve on the court of the Salem Witch Trials. As he questions the legitimacy of the proceedings, he is forced to choose between integrity and self-preservation. The truth will put his loves ones at risk and himself on trial. Based on a true story. In collaboration with the Suffolk University Theatre Department and Punctuate4 Productions. The reading will be followed by a talk back with Cyr, Cormier, and Marilynne Roach, acclaimed author and expert on the Salem witch trials. This is a collaboration among Ford Hall Forum, the Suffolk University Theatre Department, and Punctuate4 Productions.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
6:00 pm
Modern Theatre, 535 Washington Street, Boston, MA
Admission is free and open to the public.
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THE SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL IN COLLABORATION WITH FORD FALL HALL FORUM AND GBH FORUM NETWORK PRESENTS:
The State of Local Journalism and the Effects of its Decline on Local Politics, Government Accountability, and Democracy
This year’s Masterman Speaker Series will examine the relationship between the decline of local news and the rise of polarization, as well as the effect this decline has had on government accountability and democracy. The discussion will also consider models for strengthening and reimagining local journalism in the years ahead.
The evening’s panelists are Renée Loth, opinion columnist and former editor of the Editorial Page, The Boston Globe, Professor Joshua Darr, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, and Charles St. Amand, former editor of the Sentinel & Enterprise in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and a Practitioner in Residence at Suffolk University’s Department of Communication, Journalism & Media. The evening’s moderator is Dan Kennedy, professor of, the College of Arts, Media, and Design, Northeastern University, a nationally recognized media commentator, and a weekly columnist for GBH News in Boston. A reception will follow the program.
Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 5:00 pm
120 Tremont Street, 5th Floor Blue Sky Lounge
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Join Ford Hall Forum and the Suffolk University Theatre Department for an evening of Mini Fringe discussion and theater.
The forum will feature a conversation with playwright/creators Wesley Savick, Theatre Department professor and Larry Jay Tish. The talk will be followed by performances of the playwrights’ works, Trouble on Six – Piece of Tish Work and Handbook of Civilian Defense – Juvenilia.
Saturday, September 17, 2022, 6:00 pm
Modern Theatre, 535 Washington. Street, Boston, MA
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Thursday, September 15, 2022,
2:00 pm – 3:00pm
Sargent Hall, Fifth Floor Commons
120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
What Direction for American Democracy? Protecting and Expanding the Right to Vote at a Moment of Choice
What does a fully inclusive, fully participatory democracy look like? Is it possible to have such a system in the United States? In this talk, Miles Rapoport, executive director of 100% Democracy: An Initiative for Universal Voting, will discuss his proposals for reforms to reimagine American Democracy and engage more citizens in the political process. He will also discuss his work as Secretary of State of Connecticut, 1995-1998, his work in the Connecticut legislature 1984-1994, and his work as President of Demos and Common Cause.
This event is free and open to the public.
Registration is not required.
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Levine’s latest feature film
For Ahkeem is a love story set against the backdrop of the Ferguson uprising and the school-to-prison pipeline.
For Ahkeem played as an official selection of over 60 film festivals—including the Berlinale, Tribeca, and Hot Docs —where it won 10 awards, including 8 “Best Documentary Awards.” During its limited theatrical run,
For Ahkeem was named in the Top 10 Lists by both
Entertainment Weekly and
People and was included on the “Unforgettables” List by the Cinema Eye Honors, a list that
IndieWire wrote, “helped to define documentary cinema in 2017.”
TBD
Modern Theatre, 535 Washington Street, Boston, MA
This event is free and open to the public.
