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Community Art Show: “Strength, Perseverance, and Hope in Beverly”
From Historic Beverly Public Opening Reception Friday, September 24, 2021 from 6-8pm Historic Beverly’s John Cabot House, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01915 Artists will be on hand and Jurors’ prizes will be announced at the reception event. All submissions to the Community Art Show will be available for sale. This juried art show draws over 40 local artists who submit

PEM Celebrates a Century of Iris Apfel
From the Peabody Essex Museum The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) honors the 100th birthday of global fashion icon Iris Apfel with a month-long celebration featuring special programming, a pop-up shop, and the inaugural Iris Apfel Award presented to American designer Tommy Hilfiger. Known for her daring personal style and signature round glasses, Iris has bedazzled fashion, interior design, and museum

Welcoming Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, PEM’s new Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO
From The Peabody Essex Museum As a curator, scholar, and museum executive, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to PEM. During her time as Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, she led an internationally recognized acquisition initiative to build collections of works by Black, self-taught, and modern and contemporary artists. In 2003, Lynda was

Looking Ahead: Highlights of the 12th Salem Literary Festival
Related reading: “Your Weekend is Booked with Salem Lit Fest 2021” The twelfth Salem Literary Festival (aka Salem Lit Fest) will be presented September 9-12, 2021. Having hosted a very successful virtual festival in 2020, we’ll be delivering most sessions online in 2021, with our Children’s program presented in person at the Peabody Essex Museum on September 11. Featuring four

See history anew with The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming
From The Peabody Essex Museum This fall, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents a new exhibition about the tragic events and lasting legacy of the 1692 witch trials. The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming dives into the circumstances that fueled the crisis while recognizing the individuals who rose to defend those unjustly accused. The exhibition features authentic 17th-century court documents and

Annual Gables’ fundraiser with auction set for Sept. 12
From The House of the Seven Gables Anyone making plans during the time of the pandemic has learned how easily plans must and do change. The House of the Seven Gables is no exception. Amid an uptick in COVID-19 infection rates and related unknowns regarding public safety, The House of the Seven Gables has decided to remake its annual fundraiser

Salem State Arts Returns to Live Events on September 9 with Free Faculty Dance Concert
From The Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State University The Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State returns to presenting live performances and other arts events on campus with a Faculty and Guest Artist Dance Concert on Thursday, September 9 at 7:30 pm in the Sophia Gordon Center. Admission is free but advance registration is

Coming Soon to CinemaSalem
From CinemaSalem Calendars tell us the new year begins in January, but in many ways September is our most notable time for beginnings — new academic years, fresh performing arts seasons, and the renewal of.patterns and routines interrupted by summer vacations. At Cinema Salem, September is arriving with a twist. Along with our regular fare. we’ve scheduled three special screenings

Salem Haunted Happenings Makes Highly Anticipated Return to Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch City Celebrates Halloween with Time-Honored Festivities and New, Unique Special Events The world-renowned Salem Haunted Happenings returns to Salem, Massachusetts in October with street fairs, traditional event favorites, and new expanded programming. Believed to be the largest celebration of Halloween, Salem Haunted Happenings is comprised of hundreds of events during the month of October. Programs range from reverent commemorations of the Salem

DREAM LOVE ESCAPE – Free Public Performances in Salem, MA
From The Ridiculous Project The Ridiculous Project is taking over Derby Square with Dream Love Escape, an exciting remix of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at 7pm on September 3, 4, 5, 11, 12. Directed by Rebecca Holderness and Kate Kohler Amory, Dream Love Escape is a free-to-the-public immersive outdoor performance event that invites audience members to learn dance sequences





