SALTONSTALL 2019: Saturday, October 19 after the 2:30 performance
SALTONSTALL 2019
Saturday, October 19 after the 2:30 performance
The First Curse to be Cast
Our host for the afternoon: John Archer is President of Archer Insurance, known throughout New England for performing in musical theatre, cabaret, and operas. Besides his busy performance life as a pianist, singer and actor, John is well known for his philanthropy and advocacy for historic preservation and nonprofits throughout the North Shore area, including Catholic Charities, VNA, River House, Hospice of North Shore BevArt, Danvers Art Association, Monserrat College of Art, LifeBridge NorthShore, and many others.
Our guest for the afternoon: Richard Trask is a historian and a leading authority on the Salem witch-hunt of 1692. He serves as Town Archivist for Danvers (formerly Salem Village), Massachusetts, where he is custodian of all early town records, the Brehaut Witchcraft Collection, and tens of thousands of manuscripts. He is also curator of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead and he chaired the Salem Village Witchcraft Tercentennial Committee from 1990 to 1992. Trask has written numerous books and articles on Salem and two of his ancestors were hanged as witches.
