Salem Jazz and Soul Festival 2026 photos tell the story of Saturday, August 15 at Salem Willows. It was a free, all-ages day of live music, art, and music education beside the harbor. The festival’s 19th season moved from Wood & Bone’s rootsy midday set to Lydia Harrell’s soaring voice. Later, The Nth Power brought pocket-deep funk before Dwayne Dopsie

Your Money Story Was Written by Age 10:  How It Shapes Your Relationship Today  By Katie Kimball Dyer, The Heart of Finance Before you understood interest rates, inflation, or investing, you learned what money meant.  You absorbed it in the background.  Maybe money felt tight. Maybe it felt stressful. Maybe it was never talked about. Maybe it was used as

About Let It Out Edition Sevening (v.): the act of showing up after seven(ish), for your people, your community, and honestly yourself in Essex County. The definition’s letting it all hang out this week. In need of the original? It’s still all out in our About Time Edition. Oh hey there, Essex County. Take a breath. A big deep breath.

Ice Scream Bowl 2026 turned Salem Common into an ice cream tasting party — local scoops, spoon kits & pup cups, all benefiting Salem Main Streets.

Photos from the Salem Cardboard Boat Regatta 2026 at Derby Wharf — hand-built boats, costumed crews, glorious sinkings, and the Titanic Award, all free.

About Wait and See Edition Sevening (v.): the act of showing up after seven(ish) — for your people, your community, and honestly yourself in Essex County. Still don’t know what that means? Well, wait and see — the full definition’s chilling in our About Time Edition. Oh hey there, Essex County. I know you can’t wait to get into this

Interviewee: Alisa Sickora (she/her) In your own words, tell us about your business, organization, or initiative. Alisa has been giving this nutty world texture, absurdity and occasional catharsis for nearly three decades of making and teaching. A world builder at heart, she produces, designs, and fabricates for theatre, film, themed entertainment and immersive experiences. Specializing in performance objects in leather

Things to do in Downtown Lynn this August: the Arts & Culture Festival, a $2.1M museum reopening, Beyond Walls mural tours, and a floating-lantern night.

About What Goes Around Edition Sevening (v.): the act of showing up after seven(ish) for your people, your community, and honestly yourself in Essex County. Oh hey there, Essex County. Karma’s a whole production number this week, and honey, the choreography is tight. Last week Essex County anted up — tarot cards, board game night, music bingo, the Garbage Pail

Picture a lobster bake under a tent at Lynch Park where 90% of the trash never sees a landfill. A LEGO model of four centuries of city history, built by a guy from Beverly. A long-hidden time capsule cracked open in Beverly Cove, and a wall of names from Vietnam standing on a high school lawn. That’s Beverly Homecoming 2026