Ray Bradbury’s THE HALLOWEEN TREE: Video Lecture Stream Available at Cinema Arts Center This Thurs

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Beginning this Thursday October 29th at 8pm for one week only, join local author and educator Joe Beck on a journey of discovery into the mysteries of All Hallows Eve - as he weaves Ray Bradbury’s classic novella The Halloween Tree into a video presentation with his own personal narrative for an Odyssey divine...an evening of spooky travel through space and time!

Tickets are available at Public $10 | Members $7 and can be purchased on the Cinema Arts Center website HERE.

"A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. " - Goodreads

--"and I would argue… the meaning of life itself" -- Joe Beck

Our ghoulish time and space travelers discover answers for three important questions…

1. What is the true meaning of All Hallow's Eve?

2. Why do we dress as monsters and witches?

3. What are you made of? Your true character for those you love?



Playwright Joseph Beck has written ten dramatic plays which have been performed all around Manhattan and Long Island at The NYC Fringe Festival, Midtown International Theater Festival (MITF), The Manes Studio Theater, Emerging Artists Theater (EAT), The Dramatists Guild, Manhattan Rep Theater and The Cinema Arts Centre on Long Island. Recently, his one man play James Joyce - "A Short Night's Odyssey From No To Yes" was presented at Guild Hall as an innovative virtual stage reading by acclaimed actor Austin Pendleton - who also worked with Mr. Beck on his play “Our Lady of Queens” last year.



Joe Beck's plays include Our Lady of Queens, Acts of Love, James Joyce...Waits, Saddam The Musical, Fuel, Dictators for Hire, Murderous Huntington and Don't Leave Tracks. He's a proud member of The Dramatists Guild, The Author's Guild of America East and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). During the last 25 years he has written, co-authored and collaborated on more than 12 books, from fiction novels, to non-fiction to how-to books and national and international trade and consumer magazines and newspapers.

For More About Author Joe Beck, VISIT: www.JoeBeckWrites.com

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