SWEETSER LECTURE SERIES, WAKEFIELD, MA, PRESENTS RICK BEYER

The SWEETSER LECTURE SERIES ends the 2016 season with the appearance of RICK BEYER, best-selling author, award winning documentary producer, and long-time history enthusiast. With a take on history that is both humorous and illuminating, he has appeared on CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, The Discovery Channel, NPR and Fox News.

Rick’s most recent documentary film, The Ghost Army premiered nationally on PBS in 2013. It has been honored with a CINE Golden Eagle and audience awards at several film festivals. TV Guide called it “entrancing,” while the LA Times referred to it as “fascinating, detailed, and oddly delightful.” He has also produced films for The History Channel, National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institution, Historic Mount Vernon and others. His documentary credits include Expedition Apocalypse, The Wright Challenge, Secrets of Jamestown, The Patent Files and Timelab 2000, an acclaimed collection of 200 history minutes hosted by Sam Waterston.

Location and Time: The lecture will be held at The Savings Bank Theatre, Wakefield High School, 60 Farm Street, Wakefield, MA (handicapped accessible) at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets ($10) will be sold at the door or are available at Smith’s Drug Store, 390 Main St., Wakefield, MA.

Net proceeds from the lecture benefit Wakefield charities. The Sweetser Lecture Series is sponsored by The Savings Bank.

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