B&B Newsletter, 10/21/26

Bag&Baggage is excited to bring you another season of our “B&B PreCheck” Lecture series! Lecture to last no more than 20 minutes, and is free to attend. There will be a 10 minute break before the show begins at 7:30.

Friday, October 23rd – 7:00pm

Filius Nullius (Nobody’s Son): What Edwardian England Did With Its Inconvenient Children

A short talk with Board Chair Scott Palmer on the real history buried inside The Woman in Black.

In English law, a child born outside marriage was filius nullius, the child of nobody. No legal tie to either parent, no inheritance, no claim on anyone. And until 1926, there was no such thing as legal adoption, anywhere in England and Wales.

So families improvised. A sister took the baby, the mother became the aunt, and everyone agreed never to say otherwise. It was considered the “humane option.” It also left thousands of women with a grievance the law gave them no standing to pursue.

Susan Hill wrote her 1983 novel The Woman In Black as a deliberate throwback to the Victorian ghost story. But the thing haunting the story isn’t supernatural; it is the rage those laws left behind in real women, with nowhere lawful to go.

Two-Show Subscription offer extended! You can still purchase your subscription through the end of The Woman In Black‘s run on November 1st, so we can continue to pass on savings to you for the rest of the season! Your Two-Show Subscription gives you a $25 ticket to The Woman In Black, as well as Every Christmas Story Ever Told! This is a $10 savings for tickets to both shows. Book ahead with the option to exchange any time!
We hope you will join us for the rest of the season. We’ve got some great things coming your way!
To book a Two-Show Subscription, follow this link HERE or visit our box office page and click Subscriptions. 

Join Bag&Baggage Company Artists Samuel Campbell and Signe Larsen for an evening of Autumnal and Halloween themed poetry reading with B&B Company Artists, paired with delicious wines and snacks from DAnu Wines! DAnu will serve a different wine pairing with each section of readings through our evening together. We hope you will join us to get in the Spooky Spirit for Halloween Weekend!
When: Tuesday, October 27th, 2026 6:00-8:00 (Doors open at 6, readings will begin at 6:30)

Where: DAnu Tasting Room, 173 NE 3rd Ave Ste 107, Hillsboro, OR 97124

General Admission- $15
Your general admission ticket gets you a welcome glass of wine from DAnu and a reserved seat for the reading. Additional glasses, bottles and snacks available for purchase throughout the evening. 

Flights and Bites Upgrade- $35
Your Flights and Bites ticket gets you a wine and snack pairing with each reading section, and reserved seating. Additional glasses, bottles and snacks available for purchase throughout the evening.

Only 30 tickets available!