Andrew Bunar and Elizabeth Daly are in the cast of Stoneham Theatre Company’s production of “James and the Giant Peach.”
Program looks at Beat Scene
GLOUCESTER — The Gloucester Writers Center and the Cape Ann Museum bring Beat-era memoirist Hettie Jones to Gloucester to share her recollections of Worcester-born poet Charles Olson. Jones will present the seventh annual Charles Olson Lecture at the Cape Ann Museum on Saturday at 1 p.m. Jones is best known for her memoir “How I Became Hettie Jones” in which she recalls her many experiences in and around the Beat Scene. She has authored 23 books for both adults and children, and “Drive” — her first poetry collection — won the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Faber Award.
During the 1950s and ’60s, Jones co-edited a publication that Olson had read called “Yugen.” Copies of volumes 2, 5, 7 and 8 can be found in the Maud /Olson Library, which the Gloucester Writers Center opened to the public in June.
Suggested donation: $10. No one turned away for lack of funds. The Gloucester Writers Center offers readings, workshops and classes, as well as residencies for writers, and encourages diverse voices to be heard through the literary arts. For more information, contact the Cape Ann Museum at 978-283-0455, or the Gloucester Writers Center at [email protected], or head to the Writers Center website www.GloucesterWriters.org.
‘James and the Giant Peach’
STONEHAM — The Stoneham Theatre Company will present Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach” Nov. 5 and 6. It is the inaugural production of the Advanced Young Company Ensemble, an audition-based performance program. The cast features two actors from Lynnfield, Andrew Bunar and Elizabeth Daly, Caroline Castro of Peabody and Talia Cutulle of Saugus. Tickets, $15 to $25, may be purchased by calling 781-279-2200 or going to www.stonehamtheatre.org.
‘Jimmy Tingle for President’
GLOUCESTER — Gloucester Stage Company and Cape Ann Community Cinema and Stage present “Jimmy Tingle for President” Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St., Gloucester. Tingle has constructed a hilarious, thought-provoking and politically charged one-man show based on his 2016 run for the presidency. As the founder of Humor for Humanity, Tingle is running on his comedic record. The campaign underlines his passion and creative thinking on every issue the next president must grapple with, from money in politics and free speech to climate change, immigration, gun safety and technology. The Cambridge-born Tingle has a career spanning three decades as a comedian, writer, actor, activist and entrepreneur. He rose up from the Boston comedy boom of the ’80s, the scene that spawned Denis Leary, Bobcat Goldthwait and Paula Poundstone. Tickets, $25, at www.gloucesterstage.com or 978-281-4433.
Artists ‘Drawn to Peabody’
PEABODY — Celebrate autumn during National Recycling Week by visiting “Drawn to Peabody” at the Peabody Institute Library, 82 Main St., on Saturday, Nov. 5, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 6, 1-4 p.m. This free public event will show recycled artwork created by Peabody students in grades 5-12. On Saturday only, Peabody High AP art students will display their work in the Sutton Room, next to the library’s collection of original Audubon prints. Both days, visitors can view student paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures that will be on display on the second floor. For more information, visit www.greenpeabody.org.
Local artist showcase
MARBLEHEAD — The Cloister Gallery at St. Andrew’s Church, 135 Lafayette St., is featuring an exhibition by local artists Judy Beals, Pat Dunbar and Annette Sykes. The show will open with a reception on Sunday, Nov. 6 from 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and run through Jan. 12. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, 8:30-11:30 a.m. and Sunday, 8 a.m.-noon. For more information, call 781-631-4951 or visit standrewsmhd.org/cloistergallery.html.