Art Downtown Salem

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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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Spring Restaurant Weeks in Salem!

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Mar 132012
 

Mark you calendar for the annual Spring Salem Restaurant Weeks! It starts on Sunday, March 25 – Thursday, March 29 and continues on to Sunday, April 1 – Thursday, April 5. You have 10 days to check out the delicious cuisine at a wide range of restaurants in Salem. The restaurants will be offering either a two-course prix-fixe dinner menu for $15, or a three- course prix-fixe dinner menu for $25, or both (note that these prices do not include drinks, taxes or gratuities). Reservations are encouraged. Participating restaurants are:

43 Church, 62 Restaurant and Wine Bar, Adriatic Restaurant and Bar, Bella Verona, Black Lobster at Stromberg’s Cove, Cafe Polonia, Capt’s Waterfront Grill & Club, Cilantro, Finz Seafood Restaurant & Grill, Grapevine Restaurant, The Great Escape, Green Land Café, Nathaniel’s at the Hawthorne Hotel, Red Lulu Lulu Cocina & Tequila Bar, Regatta Pub at the Waterfront Hotel, Rockafellas , Salem Beers Works, Scratch Kitchen, Seaport Café, Tavern In The Square, Thai Place, and Victoria Station. For more information or to see sample menus visit the Salem Chamber of Commerce Website.

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This Weekend in Salem

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Mar 082012
 

Looking for a few fun things to do in the city this weekend? Salem has plenty of options.  Here are just a few…Stop by Victoria Station/ Vic’s Boathouse this Friday March 9th, for the “Old School 80’s” with DJ TONE spinning the hottest tunes. For art lovers, the “Transformations in Native American Art” that is being shown this weekend at the Peabody Essex Museum, where you’ll see rare historic pieces alongside of some of the finest contemporary work.  The exhibit is FREE with museum admission. Also, if you have time for a bit more fun, go check out “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, a YMCA production. Tickets can be purchased at the Salem YMCA.  Also opening this weekend is Adam Bock’s “Swimming in the Shallows” at Salem Theatre Company. 

(Post written by Jessica  Merisier) 

 

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The Salem Film Festival Continues

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Mar 042012
 

The Salem Film Festival runs through Thursday, March 8. There are five or more films to choose from each evening playing at Cinema Salem. For a full list visit www.salemfilmfest.com. Then join us as we wrap up the festival at 10:30 p.m. at the Cinema Salem Cafe. At this event the Jury and Audience Award Winners will be announced.

(Picture from Wish Me Away Thu, Mar 8- 8:30 pm “the poignant story of Chely Wright, the first country music star to ever come out as openly gay. Chronicling the aftermath in her hometown of Nashville and within the larger LGBT community, WISH ME AWAY reveals both the devastation of her own internalized homophobia and the transformational power of living an authentic life.”)

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This Weekend at the Film Fest

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Mar 012012
 

Last night festival attendees enjoyed an After-Party at Finz Seafood Restaurant & Grill and the music of Henley Douglas…

The Salem Film Festival is much more than great film. Although, there are 14 different Independant Documentary Films showing just on Saturday, March 3 at the Salem Film Festival.  For a full list visit www.salemfilmfest.com.

Friday, March 2 join the festival at Finz After-Party with film makers and music by Henley Douglas. The event starts at 9:30 p.m. at 76 Wharf St.

Saturday, March 3 enjoy a Filmmaker Forum at 10 a.m. at the NPS Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty St. about Documentary Filmmaking as an Activist Tool.

1:30 p.m. Join the Filmmaker’s Forum at Griffen Theatre (7 Lynde St.) sponsored by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists to discuss how media covers documentary film.

9:30 p.m. Another great opportunity to unwind with filmmakers at the After-Party at Victoria’s Station (82 Wharf St.) with music by Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket.

Sunday, March 4 join filmmakers for breakfast at Caffe Graziani (133 Washington St.)

Noon enjoy the Filmmakers Forum at the Peabody Essex Museum (166 Essex St.) discussing Reframing Reality.

3 p.m. Attend Funding, Broadcasting, and Distribution Tips for Filmmakers at the Peabody Essex Museum (166 Essex St.)

(Photos of We Still Live Here showing at the PEM at 1:00 and Wild Horse, Wild Ride  showing at Cinema Salem at 10.)

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