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Talking Tales of the Undead
2025-10-08 18:30:00 2025-10-08 20:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Talking Tales of the Undead Get ready for the season with vampires, ghouls and zombies! Downtown Branch - Community Room

Wednesday, October 08
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-08 18:30:00 2025-10-08 20:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Talking Tales of the Undead Get ready for the season with vampires, ghouls and zombies! Downtown Branch - Community Room

Downtown Branch

Community Room

Get ready for the season with vampires, ghouls and zombies!

Join UC Santa Cruz professors Michael Chemers (The Monster in Theater History), Renée Fox (The Necromantics), and Kimberly Lau (Specters of the Marvelous) as they discuss the histories and politics of vampires, ghouls, zombies and other undead monsters in literature, theater, and pop culture. 

The Center for Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz aims to explore the role of monsters in culture and humanities. Monsters play a role in the representation of some of the most challenging problems facing our world: matters of race and religion, social justice, and environmental threats.

AGE GROUP: | Teens 12-18 years | Adults 18+ years |

EVENT TYPE: | Holidays | Author Talks |

Downtown Branch
Phone: 831-427-7707
Branch manager
James Lee
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