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Berklee Jazz Group Free Performance Today

May 122012

The Berklee Jazz group The Soul of a Man will peform live today in Derby Square from 5 – 7 p.m. This is the first free concert of many organized by the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival leading up to their fantastic annual concert at the Willows. There will be a concert every second Saturday in Derby Square through the summer.

According to SFSF “The Soul of a Man (website) is a modern day R&B band whose sound is infused with blues, gospel, soul, and funk. Individually, each of the band’s skilled musicians brings a unique and powerful sound to the stage. Together, their four-piece rhythm section, horn trio, and vocalist produce a massive sound that’s been described as “High energy – all the time.” Whether in a small club or a huge venue, The Soul of a Man delivers a thrilling, uplifting show.” Stop by Derby Square to today and check them out.

More information about the SJSF/Berklee Summer Series.

Opportunties for Artists

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Feb 242012

City of Salem Calls for Submissions to ArtBox 2012

Winners to Receive Significant Visibility & $500 dollars

Utility to Beauty

The City of Salem is asking artists to submit proposals to paint a downtown utility boxes as part of ArtBox 2012. Winning artists will have their work in front of one million people annually and will receive $500.

In the hopes of promoting individual artists as well as the community’s burgeoning arts scene, ArtBox asks all interested to propose a piece of art that presents his or her visual interpretation of Salem’s cityscape, culture, community pride or art itself.

Project Background

Salem’s first art box (pictured above), has been received very positively. Inspired by its success and the city’s increased artistic momentum, a group of local art appreciators and community leaders came together at the end of 2011 to spearhead ArtBox, a program to transform these utilitarian eyesores into original works of art.

Beyond adding to Salem’s spirit of creativity, community and innovation, these boxes are meant to beautify and inspire. If successful, ArtBox will be a perennial project.

Nuts & Bolts

Open to all skilled and talented artists, the deadline for submission is Friday, April 6th. The work will be judged by an independent group of creative professionals, including Steven Zevitas, President and Publisher New American Painting and owner of the Boston-based Steven Zevitas Gallery. One box will be painted weekly starting in June.

Winners will be publically announced at the Salem Arts Festival on June 1.

See the city website at salem.com/pages/artbox to download the submission requirements and details. (Info. from a city of Salem Press Release)

Artists and Authors Winter Exhibit Thursday

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Feb 212012

Artists and Authors Winter Exhibit, to be held at the Hawthorne Hotel on 23 February 2012 from 5 to 9 p.m.

The Hawthorne Hotel’s Ballroom will be overrun by local fine artists and authors— including visual artists Charles Lang, Wendy Snow-Lang, Sara Ashodian, and Ellen Hardy and authors Robert Booth and Nelson Dionne. Robert Booth is the author of Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America’s Richest City. Nelson Dionne’s Salem in Stereo: Victorian Salem in 3D—just recently published—comes complete with 3D glasses. Also, enjoy the music of Brendan O’Reilly and Clay Ventre & the Bond Girls. To complete the delight of visitors’ senses on this cold winter night will be a cash bar featuring a special ‘arts menu.’ The Artists and Authors Winter Exhibit is free and open to the public.

Exhibit Opening – Painting The American Vision

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Jul 292011

Opening this weekend, July 30th, Peabody Essex Museum presents Painting The American Vision.

Stop by the PEM this weekend and check out the 45 gorgeous magnificient natural landscapes paintings. The exhibit includes works by Thomas Cole Frederick Church and Asher Brown Durand, known as artists of the Hudson River Schoo. Admission to the museum and this exhibit is free for Salem Residents.

For more info visit Painting The American Vision page on Peabody Essex Museum website

UPDATE – London Boys Choir Concert Relocated to Rockafellas

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Jul 182011

The Boys Choir Concert schedule for tonight in Old Town Hall has been relocated to Rockafella’s Colonial Hall at 231 Essex Street. This venue is air conditioned and a lovely spot to enjoy a free summer evening concert. The prestigious London Boys Choir from Merchant Taylors’ School will perform in Rockafella’s Colonial Hall tonight Thursday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the school’s founding 450 years ago. It is a free concert but they will be accepting donations which they will contribute to the Salem Farmers’ Market. Mayor Kimberley Driscoll will introduce the choir and welcome them to Salem.

The Choir of 48 boys (ages 11 – 18) are on a singing tour to celebrate the school’s founding in 1651 The school is one of the oldest in the UK, founded by the Merchant Taylors’ Guild of the 1500’s. It has a long, prestigious, and proud history. Over the centuries, Merchant Taylor choirs have frequently sung in St Paul’s, London and in many other Cathedrals and halls in the UK and Europe. The choir is lucky have had many excellent conductors over the years. Currently their conductor is Richard Hobson, a former Cathedral chorister, one of UK’s well-known organists and a former Council member of the British Institute of Organ Studies, and adviser on organs to the Diocese of London. He brings great knowledge and discipline to the choir. Their program will range from Bach to Duke Ellington.

Follow this link to read a recent story on the choir visit in the Salem News.

For more info on Merchant Taylors’ School visit: http://www.mtsn.org.uk/

Their program July 21 ranges from Benjamin Britten’s The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard Thomas to Bach’s God is our hope and strength (from Cantata 129) to Duke Ellington’s It don’t Mean A Thing.

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