Don’t miss the Haunted Happenings Family Fun on the Salem Common Saturday and Sunday 11 – 5 this weekend and next.
Here’s a peak at what you are missing. 
For $10 children
can enjoy 7 rides unlimited. This weekend a portion of the proceeds go to Salem Main Streets. Next weekend a portion of the proceeds go to the Salem Common Neighborhood Association.
Celebrate the art, beauty and business of writing at the Salem Literary Festival Friday – Sunday downtown Salem. There will be over 50 talented authors, bloggers, booksellers, editors, news-anchors, playwrights, professors, poets, publicists, publishers and storytellers
at the 4th annual festival. The festival kicks off Sept. 23 in Rockafella’s Colonial Hall, 227 Essex Street with hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and a reading by Erin Morgenstern author of The Night Circus. The festival continues on Saturday with a Scrabble Tournament, a Literary Agent Panel, workshops and more. The festival continues Sunday with a full day of activities ending with an Open Mic at Gulu-Gulu. For full details visit www.salemlitfest.com.
The Salem Farmers’ Market is opening a winter market for 7 weeks in November and December due to popular demand. Many loyal customers told us they were sorry to see an end to the delicious produce and local food items that the market offers. In order to meet the demand and interest in a holiday market the Salem Farmers’ Market is bringing a “winter” market downtown Salem. The market will be held in Artists’ Row starting November 10. The current summer market ends October 20 so there will be a lull of two weeks without a farmers’ market in Salem. The Winter Market will run Thursday, November 10, 17, (Tuesday, November 22), December 1, 8, 15 and 22.
We are currently looking for vendors for the Salem WINTER Farmers’ Market. The market will be open from 2 – 6 p.m. each week. The market will have some of the summer market vendors and some new vendors. Applications are available on-line at www.salemfarmersmarket.org or via email Jennifer@salemmainstreets.org or by calling (978)744-0004×15. The deadline to apply to the market for the 2011 season is September 15, 2011.
Jennifer Normant, chef at the Hawthorne Hotel, cooked up a Chicken and Clam stew at the Salem Farmers’ Market. This was a similar dish to the 
one she prepared on HELL’S KITCHEN but at the market she substituted wine for beer. Many people came out to show their support for Jennifer and to ask her questions about the show. The full recipe can be found on the Hawthornehotel.com blog.
For more information on the market visit www.salemfarmersmarket.org.
At the Salem Farmers’ Market Thursday, September 1 there will be a cooking demonstration by local chef Jennifer
Normant who is currently appearing on the HELL’S KITCHEN Television show. Jennifer Normant is a chef with the Hawthorne Hotel here in Salem. She currently is on the FOX TV show which airs locally Monday and Tuesday evenings. The market is held Thursdays in Derby Square on Front Street from 3 – 7 p.m. The cooking demo will take place starting at 3:30. From 5 – 7 p.m. enjoy music by Will Faust. The market features delicious fresh fruits and vegetables from 9 local farms including one certified organic farm. There will be delicious peaches, juicy tomatoes, beans and much more at the market this week. For more information go to www.salemfarmersmarket.org or call Salem Main Streets at (978)744-0004.