Mayor’s Night Out – Restaurant Sampler

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Jul 222011
 

Reserve your place now to join Mayor Kimberley Driscoll on a tour of three of Salem’s hot dining spots: Café Polonia, Adriatic Restaurant & Bar, and The Great Escape. The event, a Mayor’s Night Out Restaurant hors d’oeuvres Sampler, gives residents a unique opportunity to spend time with the mayor. The event is one of many great events put on by the city of Salem as part of Heritage Days.

The event takes place Monday, August 8; from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Cost to participate is $20 with proceeds to benefit Salem Main Streets.  Pre-registration for the event is required.

For more information or to pre-register contact Salem Main Streets at (978)744-0004 or Jennifer@salemmainstreets.org.

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VOTE for the Salem Farmers’ Market

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Jul 162011
 

Farmer Mike Raymond of First Light Farm

Show your support for the Salem Farmers’ Market by voting for our market in the American Farmland Contest. The market which meets every Thursday in Derby Square on Front Street from 3 – 7  provides fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, fresh organic produce and locally made foods.  One large, medium, small and boutique farmers market will win the title of ‘America’s Favorite Farmer’s Market 2011’.  “VOTE today and help us spread the word that saving farmland and supporting your farmers market matters. NO FARMS NO FOOD!” Follow this link to vote America’s Favorite Farmers Market.

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This Summer Downtown Salem

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Jul 082011
 

Salem Main Street’s Events this summer:

SALEM FARMERS’ MARKET

Every Thursday from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.

OPEN TO ALL in Derby Square

LONDON BOYS CHOIR CONCERTJuly July 21st – 7:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m.

FREE at the Old Town Hall

MAYOR’S NIGHT OUT Restaurant Sampler

August 8th – 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Purchase tickets by calling 978-744-0004

 SALEM’S ICE SCREAM BOWL

August 9th – 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

At the Salem Commons

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Out Night in Salem Thursday

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Jun 262011
 

Start your Out Night at the Salem Farmers’ Market which opens at 3 p.m. in Derby Square on Front Street. This week at the market the Green City Growers will be giving a raised bed installation and maintenance talk at 3:30, Diane DeGuzman will offer free Health Coaching, and from 5 – 7 Jake and Jesse Armerding will entertain with folk music.

Enjoy many promotions, discounts and events in Salem Thursday Night including:

Peabody Essex Museum – Art After Hours, 161 Essex Street, (978) 745-9500 | pem.org, Experience PEM and its special exhibition, Soundscapes, at this after hours garden party.  Sound artists James Forrest, Scott Buchanan and Noel Snow create unexpected atmospheres using voice, acoustic and electric instruments, recorded music and digitally created sound. Modern dancer Sarah Slifer and her ensemble offer an immersive dance performance in East India Marine Hall. Also, make your own sound art, listen to tracks from the DIY recording projects The RPM Challenge and hear what’s new from Dorkbot Boston, a group inspired by the creative blending of art, science and electricity. Members & Salem Residents $8, Nonmembers $10 | Cash Bar

5:30 and 7:30 p.m. A Love Song for Salem: A Visual Tribute, by Jim McAllister, at the Salem Regional Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty Street, (978) 745-6314 | An impressionistic portrait of Salem, a visual poem, a nostalgic time capsule containing more than 300 images representing four seasons, five neighborhoods, and fifteen years (1978-1993) of photography by historian Jim McAllister.  CultureCorner@gmail.com for reservations and tickets $10.

8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Gay Mixer at Omen Psychic Parlor & Witchcraft Emporium, 184 Essex Street,(978) 666-0763 | OmenSalem.com, Celebrate Out Night at Omen! Bring your own wine or snack.

5pm-9pm Open Door Celebration, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 24 St. Peter’s Street, (978) 745-2291 | StPetersSalem.org,St. Peter’s is extending a special welcome to all LGBT folk and their friends on Out Night and at all times.  The church will be open on June 30 for tours, and there will be refreshments. 

7:30 PM Smudge, Salem Theater Company, 90 Lafayette Street, S978-790-8546 | salemtheatre.com | info@salemtheatre.com,    A dark comedy about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake, as a hopeful young couple gives birth to a smudge, written by two-time Emmy Award winner Rachel Axler (The Daily Show, Parks & Recreation).  Adults: $18, Seniors: $15, Students: $10

6:30 PM & 7:30 PM Salem Trolley presents their Tales & Tombstones Tour, 8 Central Street, (978) 744-5469 |, salemTrolley.com Dusk transforms the city of Salem.  As the city of renown seafarers and distinguished architecture fades into the shadows, a new Salem of the occult and paranormal emerges. You will experience all of this and more as you ride the Salem Trolley’s Tales & Tombstones Tour and explore Salem of the Shadows.  Tour is approximately 1 hour.  Tour departs from 8 Central Street.  Adults $20.00, Seniors (60+) $15.00 and Children (6-14) $10.00

5pm-8pm. Wedding and Milestone Planning & Open House , First Universalist Society of Salem (UU), 211 Bridge Street (front entrance is off of Federal Street) (978) 744-3224 | SalemUU.org FUSS welcomes and performs same-sex and opposite-sex weddings, and milestone ceremonies for families of all types. We also offer general building rental. Staff will available to show our facilities and answer questions.

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