An Evening With Charles Dickens at Unity Hall in Barneveld, Sun. Nov. 15

A short film about the night Charles Dickens spent in Utica in 1868, then live readings from A Christmas Carol to start the season.
"An Evening with Charles Dickens" is Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. at Unity Hall, 101 Vanderkemp Ave. in Barneveld. Tickets are $15, $10 for Unity Hall members and $5 for students, through Unity Hall's event page; details first ran in the Daily Sentinel.
The program
- A screening of Mr. Charles Dickens Comes to Utica, Dennis Dewey's documentary for the Oneida County History Center about the author's unplanned overnight stop in Utica in 1868.
- Live readings from A Christmas Carol by Tim Coombs, an actor and storyteller from Scotia.
Holiday refreshments are offered by donation.
The evening is a joint effort with the Oneida County History Center, the Barneveld Free Library and Apostasis Films, funded through the Statewide Community Regrants Program administered by CNY Arts.
Barneveld is about 20 minutes north of Utica off Route 12. Parking details weren't published; see Unity Hall's events page for directions.
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