The Siposium: Witch Please - Why the Witch Won't Leave Us Alone

Ever wish your favorite NPR segment came with trivia, drinks, and real conversation?Welcome to The Siposium—a live, interactive gathering where we deep dive into surprisingly niche topics with expert guests, thoughtful dialogue, and just enough irreverence to keep it fun.Think NPR-style curiosity, casual community vibes, and real-time interaction. With drinks.

This month: Witch, Please: Why the Witch Won't Leave Us Alone

Why does the witch still cast such a long shadow?This talk explores how the figure of the witch continues to haunt our collective imagination—from pop culture icons to political metaphors and Instagram aesthetics. Building on foundational ghost work, our speaker dives into the witch as a spectral presence: a symbol of fear, freedom, rebellion, and otherness. What does our fascination with witches reveal about our anxieties, our desires, and the stories we tell about power? Come trace the crooked path of the witch through history, culture, and the present moment—and uncover why we just can't seem to let her go.

Speaker Bio: Bio: Nikki Kendra Davis is a multidisciplinary theatre artist, performance studies scholar, and haunted historian who holds a Master’s degree in Performance Studies from New York University. She is the creator of Theatre of the Ghostly Feminine, a feminist, political, history-adjacent performance praxis for reckoning with ghosts. She has led workshops at universities and theaters in Ohio, Kentucky, and New York, and has presented her ghost work at international academic conferences in the US and the UK. Davis lives in Columbus, OH where she has worked as an actor, playwright, director, and dramaturg since 2016.

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