Gloucester High School student Katy Geraghty is no stranger to big bad wolves, picnic baskets, grandmothers or red capes.
When she takes the lead as Little Red in Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" with Summer Theatre at Salem this July, it will be her third time in the role. She performed it before with North Shore Music Theatre and at Boston Children's Theatre where she worked with Danielle Ferland, the actress who originated the role.
At 16, Geraghty is the youngest actress to ever work with Summer Theatre at Salem, the professional troupe in residency at Salem State College, now in its 16th season. The popular theater attracted 4,000 patrons last summer.
"Into the Woods" is a glimpse into what happens "happily ever after." Characters from various fairy tales combine for a new musical adventure, and learn poignant life lessons from wolves, witches, princes and giants you thought you knew from childhood.
The show runs July 8 to 18 at Mainstage Theatre, 352 Lafayette St., Salem. Tickets are available at salemstatetickets.com or 978-542-7890.
City, Seafood Auction in magazine spotlight
Gloucester and the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction make an appearance in "The Price of Fish" in the June/July Market Issue of Saveur magazine.
The story follows haddock, from being by the local fishing vessel Miss Trish to the auction, to the fish buyer to a restaurant and finally a diner's plate. And haddock's price per pound along the journey climbs from the 36 cents paid to the fishermen of the Miss Trish to the $25.90 the diner pays for his plate.
Making appearances in the story are Larry Ciulla, the auction owner, and his sister Rosemarie; Steve Dunn, a fish grader; and Capt. Marden's, a family-owned group of fish markets.
Celebrating poet Olson
The Charles Olson Society, the Gloucester-based nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping alive the legacy of the renowned Gloucester poet, has received a $2,500 grant from the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation to assist in planning and organizing a series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Olson's birth.
The main events of the Charles Olson Centenary celebration will take place in downtown Gloucester over Columbus Day weekend, from Friday, Oct. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 10, Society member Peter Anastas noted.
Other events are also being planned prior to the main festival, and the Olson Society is soliciting matching donations to make it all happen.
Events will include a Charles Olson study group, led by writers Anastas and James Cook, with plans to meet at The Book Store in Gloucester's West End once a week for five weeks prior to Columbus Day weekend.
There will also be nightly readings at venues throughout Gloucester in the week prior to the main events; symposia and panel discussions, co-sponsored with the Cape Ann Museum, and a screening of Henry Ferrini's award-winning film about Olson and Gloucester, "Polis is This."
As the weekend celebration draws near, events will include a marathon reading at the Independent Christian Church on Middle Street on Friday, Oct. 8; featured readers on Saturday, Oct. 9; and an Olson walk with readings highlighting sites in "The Maximus Poems" that Sunday, followed by a performance of Olson's dance play, "Apollonius of Tyana" at the Blackburn Theater by Gloucester dancer and choreographer Sarah Slifer and Mark Wagner.
Wagner was director of Worcester's Charles Olson Centenary, held in March in the city of Olson's birth.
All of the events and others still being discussed are designed to complement an Olson exhibit at the Cape Ann Museum that is set to open the first weekend in October.
In addition, the Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library is sponsoring a special catalog and exhibition of rare, inscribed, and out-of-print books, letters, magazines and broadsides by Olson, curated by Greg Gibson of Ten Pound Island Book Company.
Stay tuned.
Honored veteran
The flag at the Veterans' Center will fly this week in honor of Revolutionary War veteran James Bachilder. The private entered the military on Dec. 30, 1775, and served with Capt. Nathaniel Wade's Company.
The flag was requested to fly in his honor by the Office of Veterans' Services.
Anyone wishing to fly a flag in honor of a deceased veteran can call the Office of Veterans' Services at 978-281-9740.
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