Thursday 22 October 2026 · Bar opens 5pm, talk 6:30pm

Profs & Pints: What Drove Witch Hunts

Name: Profs & Pints: What Drove Witch Hunts
Start: 2026-10-22T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-22
Location: Section 771

Section 771, 504 Washington Blvd

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504 Washington Boulevard, the brick corner building Section 771 is in, photographed in 2019 when the bar there was Sliders, with orange awnings and a '771 feet from home plate' sign · Photo: Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA · CC0

When: Thursday 22 October 2026, Bar opens 5pm, talk 6:30pm
Where: Section 771, 504 Washington Blvd

Larissa 'Kat' Tracy, medieval literary historian at UMBC, on what drove the witch hunts of late medieval and early modern Europe and colonial America: kings, queens, witch-finders general, and the healers, heretics and rivals they went after. Advance tickets $13.50 plus tax and fees; $17 at the door, $15 with a student ID.

Read off Profs & Pints' own ticket page for the talk, read Oct 18, 2026.

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