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
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.
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.
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.
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.