Thursday, December 19: Rod Serling: Before The Twilight Zone
Doors to the Everson open at 5:00pm
Screening and lecture start at 6:00pm
Hosmer Auditorium
Celebrate Rod Serling’s 100th Birthday with a Free Lecture and Screening of Patterns at The Everson
Rod Serling, the creator of the Twilight Zone was born in Syracuse, NY on December 25, 1924. In celebration of his 100th birthday, The Everson is teaming up with The Rod Serling Memorial Foundation and SUNY Oswego to offer a free lecture and screening of his famed teleplay Patterns.
Throughout Rod Serling‘s career, he wrote hundreds of works for the screen including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and Planet Of The Apes that all fueled the public’s imagination. In the 1950s, before dabbling in the world of fantasy, Serling got his start prolifically writing teleplays that turned into live events broadcast around the country. Patterns, a workplace drama about the cycles of agism in business, was broadcast on July 12, 1955 and received such critical praise that Jack Gould of the New York Times described it as “The best thing that had ever been on television” and event won Rod Serling an Emmy Award for “Best Original Teleplay Writing.”
On December 19th, The Everson will host a screening of Patterns along with a lecture about Rod Serling’s work by SUNY Oswego professor Ryan Zlomek. The event is free and open to the public as part of The Everson’s Pay What You Wish nights.
For tasty treats during the screening, Fat Cat Baking will be set up selling vegan baked goods for you to enjoy.
Doors to the Everson open at 5:00PM
Screening and lecture start at 6:00PM
