Mar 222012
 

Downtown Salem has numerous opportunities for artists and art patrons. The Salem Arts Festival organized by Salem Main Streets is now accepting applications through March 31 for the Salem Arts Festival June 1 – 3. Go to the website www.salemartsfestival.com for more information. 

The City of Salem is also offering opportunities for artists. Artists are asked to submit designs for decorating downtown utility boxes by Friday, April 6. Selected artists receive $500.   See the city website at salem.com/pages/artbox to download the submission requirements and details for the Art Box Program.

The city has also just announced the opportunity for artists to apply for a spot in Artists Row for a seasonal program from May 24, 2012 – Oct 31, 2012.  Space is provided rent-free in exchange for free workshops/ performances.  Applications are available on the City’s Website at http://www.salem.com/pages/artistrow  Applications must be received by or before 4:00pm, April 11, 2012.  

Finally the Lady of Salem Downtown Beautification project is looking for business sponsors to purchase figures to be painted by local artists. For more information please contact Ellen Talkowsky at 978-619-5676 or etalkowsky@salem.com or Mary Ellen Halliwell at memhalliwell@yahoo.com.

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Feb 232012
 

Congratulations to Linda Korpusik of Salem, MA who was the Golden Ticket winner for the Salem’s So Sweet gift basket. Thank you to all businesses who contributed to the gift basket and to all participants in this fun annual raffle. Over 100 people participated in the Golden Ticket Raffle each visiting 8 stores or 800 – 1,000 total visits to downtown stores. Thank you to all Salem businesses who particpated in the Salem’s So Sweet Festival.

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Feb 132012
 

Get your tickets early next year. The Wine and Chocolate Tasting was sold out well over a week in advance this year and highlighted samplings from: 62 Restaurant and Wine Bar, Adriatic Restaurant & Bar, Ben & Jerry’s, Busa Wine and Spirits, Café Polonia, Caffe Graziani, Capt.’s Premium Steak & Seafood Grill, Captain Dusty’s Ice Cream, Finz Seafood & Grill, Green Land Café, Gulu-Gulu Cafe, Pamplemousse, Rockafellas, Salem Waterfront Hotel, Sweet Adeline’s, Thai Place, Victoria Station. and Ye Olde Pepper Co.

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Feb 122012
 

See the ice sculptures now downtown Salem as long as the weather allows. Thank you to all downtown businesses who sponsored a sculpture. Vote for your Favorite sculpture on Facebook.

 

Ice Sculptures:

1 The Friendship of Salem – sponsored by the Pickering Wharf Merchants Association, Pickering Wharf

 2 Salem Waterfront Hotel, sponsored by the Salem Waterfront Hotel, 225 Derby St

 3 We ♥ The Children of Salem – A Schoolhouse with Heart, sponsored by Sophia’s, 105 Essex St [The ice sculpture was made in celebration of the children of Salem and the bright future they have in education. Please consider making a donation during Salem’s So Sweet to the Salem Education Foundation. Donations can be dropped off at Sophia’s.]

 4 Salem Witch, sponsored by Salem Witch Museum, 19 ½ Washington Sq. N

 5 Cupid Gets Busted, sponsored by The Great Escape, (50 Saint Peter St.)

 6 Movie Projector, sponsored by Salem Film Fest (Cinema Salem, Church St.)

 7 Based on an untitled piece by Virgil Ortiz from Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art Exhibition, sponsored by the Peabody Essex Museum (161 Essex St.)

 8 Dragon, sponsored by Museum Place Mall: A Sacred Place Wellness Center, Bewitched in Salem, Daily Bagel Café, Glass and Etc., Lotus Gifts, Essex’s N. Y. Deli and Pizza, Marley Properties Salem, LLC, Polonus European Deli, Salem Vintage Photography, Thai Place, Witch Tee’s (180 Essex St.)

 9 Love and Gemstones with Cupid, sponsored by Bernard’s Jewelers, (179 Essex St.)

 10 Marilyn Monroe with Champagne, sponsored by Pamplemousse, Trolley Depot, Century Bank, Salem Trolley, Mighty Aphrodite, Modern Millie, and Reds (5 Central St.) 

 11 Tin Tin (w/Snowy), sponsored by Mud Puddle Toys, (221 Essex St.)

 12 Jazzing up the Winter, sponsored by Rockafellas, (231 Essex St.)

 13 Crystal Snowflake, sponsored by Laura Lanes and New England Soup Factory (in Lappin Park)

 14 Salem State University Viking, sponsored by Salem State University (Lappin Park)

 15 Monkfish with Adriatic Wave, sponsored by Adriatic Restaurant and Bar, (155 Washington St.)

 16 Giant Frog w/ Heart, sponsored by Maria’s Sweet Somethings, (26 Front St.)

 17 The Stanley Cup – Tavern in the Square Style, sponsored by Tavern in the Square, 189 Washington St [If you missed out on taking a photo with the Stanley Cup. Come by and take a picture with the repudiate of the Lord Stanley Cup.]

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Feb 072012
 

Looking for something to do with your signifiant other to celebrate Valentine’s Day… Enjoy the Salem’s So Sweet Chocolate and Ice Sculpture Festival. It starts Friday night with a sold out Wine and Chocolate Event and continues on Saturday with 17 beautiful ice sculptures filling the downtown. There are numerous opportunities to sample chocolate, shopping discounts and much more.

Some event highlights include:

Clifford the Big Red Dog Saturday in Old Town Hall from 11 -5.
Violin Music at the new J’Adore Romantic Gift Shop on Derby Square 11 -2
En Amour Latin Dance at RedLulu on Sunday presented by the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival
Make your own Valentine at Mud Puddle Toys 12 – 3 Sat. and Sun. for kids

Some businesses are staring early:

February 9:
 Cafe Graziani is having  a five course wine dinner paired with Italian Wine to celebrate 10 years of wine dinners.
J. Mode has a ladies night with Jenny Johnson champagne and chocolates and more.

For romance on the rocks see Salem Theatre Company’s production of Tom Stoppard’s THE REAL THING.

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