Rusty and Ingrid Kinnunen – Rusty and Ingrid Creative Company Instagram: @rustyandingrid Facebook: @rustyandingrid In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative. We are an artist couple with a passion to create beautiful, handcrafted, and affordable fine art. We draw and hand print travel poster style screen prints that celebrate New England. Tell us a bit about you

Originally Published by The Hawthorne Hotel on June 18, 2019 June 28, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which have come to represent a turning point in the movement for LGBTQ and civil rights in the United States. Fed up with discrimination and repeated raids on their bar, patrons of the Stonewall Inn confronted police officers and took to the

Video by Creative Collective Click here for the photo gallery The 2019 Salem Arts Festival brought thousands of people to downtown Salem for a weekend of music, art, performance, and fun. The organizers for the event are Salem Main Streets and Creative Collective. The Peabody Essex Museum was the title sponsor. The Salem Arts Festival promotes the arts in downtown

Images by Creative Collective Click here to view the full gallery The annual Salem Pride Flag Rising Ceremony took place Monday, June 3rd, 2019 at 12:00pm to launch Pride Month. Businesses and community members sent representatives to raise flags at Riley Plaza, Salem. The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem No Place for Hate, The Rainbow Times, Vampfangs, Georgia Made This, Mayor Kim

by Laura Owens Is breakfast your favorite meal of the day? Do you live around the Salem area? If yes, you should consider breakfasting in downtown Salem. All of these morning haunts have their own signature dishes and unique breakfast combinations. These four local spots have their own unique charm and their own spin on classic American breakfast food. I

By Alyse Diamantides Celebrating its 11th year, the Salem Arts Festival is one of the largest and most widely attended events in the city — drawing in nearly 7,000 visitors and residents. Featuring dozens of performers, gallery pieces and public art projects, this year’s festival kicks off Friday, June 7 and highlights multiple forms of art. The three-day event is

Images by Creative Collective It’s time for Salem Arts Festival again this weekend! Performers and artists from all over New England will converge on downtown Salem to put on a great show, sell their wares, and participate in one of the biggest events of the year. Here’s the schedule for July 7th, 8th, and 9th 2019. If you attend the

Sonorium is a concert quite unlike anything you’ve ever heard before, and calling it a concert is probably a stretch, because Sonorium is an experience. A longstanding tradition in Salem, MA, Sonorium hosts a talented group of cacophonous noisemakers and experimental musicians. This month, you can experience the wonder of this event on Saturday, May 25 at 8:00 pm at

Salem State held its inaugural TEDx event in September 2018 SALEM, MA – Ten Salem State University faculty members will present at the university’s second TEDx event. TEDxSalemStateUniversity will be held on Sunday, September 22, from 1 to 4 pm in the Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts. The event’s theme is “Mindfulness and Transformation.” “Our inaugural event

Salem, MA, May 18, 2019 – On the second Thursday in June, the Salem Farmers’ Market will officially kick off its eleventh season on Derby Square. With over 35 vendors, the market will be held at Derby Square on Front Street in Salem, MA every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. from June 13th through October 17th, 2019. “The Salem Farmers’