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Salem Arts Festival June 1 – 3

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May 062012

The 4^th annual Salem Main Streets Salem Arts Festival will be held June 1^st – 3^rd. The popular and ever- growing event will feature over 80 artists including local bands, painters, photographers, poets, belly dancers, to name a few. The Festival is a family friendly event with free performances, free art making activities and a fantastic range of art on display. The festival website is www.salemartsfestival.com and is in the process of being updated.

The Festival is spread out at a variety of venues in downtown Salem, anchored at the Essex Street Walking Mall. A Juried Art Show will be held in Old Town Hall. This year live performances and demonstrations will be held outside, at the Museum Place Mall Fountain (weather permitting). Last year Festival attendance numbers were over 4,000 people and we expect an even larger crowd this year. Rain location for the performances is upstairs Old Town Hall.

To volunteer contact info@salemmainstreets.org.

This Weekend in Salem

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May 012012

This weekend in Salem you can sweep the city streets, visit some of Salem’s most exclusive homes, view A Picasso and participate in a Walk/Run for a worthy cause. Not a bad range of choices for the weekend.

Consider helping with Clean Sweeps Day Saturday starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Salem Common. Help keep Salem beautiful with this yearly clean sweeping.

Saturday is also a May Day tour of Salem Homes. The event starts at 3:45 at Hamilton Hall, 9 Chestnut Street. “The Most Architectural Street in America” is offering the chance to view gracious homes and discover their histories as owners and guides share traditions and stories. Tickets to view 10 homes $25.00 with tea at Hamilton Hall $45.00. Reservations required. 978-744-0805 Info@HamiltonHall.org

Running now through May 19 Salem Theatre Company, 90 Lafayette St. is showing A Picasso, a show about art in German-occupied Paris.

Sunday join a Walk for HAWC, a 5 mile walk through historic Salem to raise domestic violence awareness. This year HAWC introduces a 5 mile run! Registration starts at the Salem Common at 11.

Celebrate Salem Award Winners

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Apr 262012

Congratulations to all the Celebrate Salem Awards recipients announced at the Salem Chamber of Commerce’s 100th anniversary gala last night. The event which was held at the Peabody Essex Museum was attended by over 300 people. Award winners included Juli Lederhaus, General Manager of the Hawthorne Hotel as Business Woman of the Year and Shelly Matthews as Best New Business for re-find womens and re-find men’s clothing stores. Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie, which was founded in 1806, received the Long-Term Achievement Award, Healing Abuse Working for Change (HAWC) received the Community Service Award; and Delande Lighting won the Excellence in Retail Award.

100 Years Celebration Tonight

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Apr 252012

The Salem Chamber of Commerce celebrates 100 years tonight at their – Centennial Dinner Celebration and Annual Dinner! The event which is being held at the Peabody Essex Museum is sold out. They will be celebrating businesses who are over 100 years old, and identifying leaders in the community. Award categories include Businessman of the Year, Businesswoman of the Year, New Business of the Year, Long-Term Achievement Award, Community Service Award, and Excellence in Retailing Award. For more information please call 978-744-0004 or visit www.salem-chamber.org.

Mass Poetry Festival this Weekend!

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Apr 192012

Spend your weekend downtown Salem April 20 – 22 at the Mass Poetry Festival. The poetry festival kicks off Friday with programs for Families and Children; then moves into adult programing in the later afternoon. In the evening enjoy a headline reading with Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz and Major Jackson. The night closes out with an intercollegiate poetry slam at Victoria Station.

Saturday begins with workshops and more programs for children and families. Throughout the day there will be activities for families in the Peabody Essex Museum. Across the street in the Museum Place Mall, the small press fair will run from noon to 5:00 pm. Montserrat College of Art will be silkscreening and giving away Mass Poetry festival book bags. At 1:30 pm there will be a reading of the 2012 Common Threads poets. More than 60 readings, workshops, panels and performances will sprawl throughout downtown Salem all afternoon. In the evening there will an amazing performance of song and poetry by powerful story tellers. The evening will end with a late night Poetry Slam organized by famed slam master of the Boston Poetry Slam Simone Beaubian!

Sunday also includes a full line up of events. Visit the official Mass Poetry website for full details. Festival buttons only cost $10. Link to full festival calendar here.

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