Max Brooks - Preeminent Zombie Expert & Best-Selling Author
7 p.m. Saturday, February 27 in Loucks Auditorium

TICKETS FOR THE MAX BROOKS APPEARANCE HAVE SOLD OUT
Free Zombie movies will be shown from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
(see below for details)
Seating for the movies is first-come, first-seated

 Salem Public Library offers a day of zombie-riffic fun and education as it presents, “More Brains! A Zombie Survival Drill.”

The featured event is an appearance by preeminent Zombie expert and best-selling author, Max Brooks. Considered by many to be one of the world’s foremost Zombie preparedness experts, Brooks is the author of the popular “Zombie Survival Guide,” “World War Z,” and the 2009 graphic novel, “The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks.”

The son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, Brooks is a former writer for Saturday Night Live who is now completed dedicated to the cause of raising awareness on the issue of Zombie survival. Born in New York City in 1972, Brooks' introduction to the living dead began with a traumatic childhood incident, an incident he still refuses to discuss. Since that time, he has devoted much of his life to the study and development of anti-ghoul security. He is, at present, the leading Western student in the Afro-Carribean martial art of Mkunga-Lalem, the world's oldest and most effective anti-ghoul fighting skill.

"People have asked me, 'Did you write this as a metaphor for the paranoia that's sweeping the nation,'" says Brooks. "No. I'm not that smart. I'm just really scared of zombies."

His presentation, “10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack: An Evening with Max Brooks” will be followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing. Books will be available for purchase through a partnership with The Willamette Store.

Also as part of “More Brains! A Zombie Survival Drill,” Salem Public Library will offer a full day of free Zombie movies, shown in Loucks Auditorium on the big screen.

By the terms of our contract, we are not permitted to use the movie titles here, but we can describe them. Movies to be shown are:

• 9:30 a.m. - The one where Charlton Heston speeds around a plague-ridden Los Angeles trying to get home before sundown to avoid "The Family." No apes in this one. (1971 film; rated PG)
• 11:15 a.m. - The one where a comet turns everyone but a couple of valley girls into zombies and they're left alone to fight for the right to shop 'til they drop. (1984 film; rated PG-13)
• 1 p.m. - The one where Lionel's mom gets bitten by a Sumatran rat monkey, becomes a crazed zombie, and a makes life pretty hard for Lionel, their family, and the whole neighborhood. Voted one of the goriest Zombie movies ever, this is pre-Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson. (1992 film; rated R.)
• 2:45 p.m. - The one where Shaun has to fight through a wall of zombies to impress his girl and win back her heart. (2004 film; rated R.)
• 4:30 p.m. - The one where Woody Harrelson fights zombies, desperately seeks Twinkies, and illustrates the importance of the double-tap. (2009 film; rated R.)

Admission is free on a first-come, first-seated basis for all films. Anyone under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for admission to the R rated films. Concessions will be available for purchase during the Filmfe(a)st.

“More Brains! A Zombie Survival Drill” is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Salem Public Library Foundation.