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

Goodnight, Captain White: A Maritime History-MysteryWritten by Mark StevickDirected by M. Lynda Robinson Get Tickets It’s 1830. “All friends and well-wishers are invited to attend” the retirement party of Captain Joseph White’s favorite ship, the Caroline.  But this magnanimous invitation lures a host of enemies and ill-wishers into the perfect opportunity to murder the rich, old captain. Allegiances twist and

By Laura Owens and Joey Phoenix Father’s Day: the national holiday to celebrate all the dads and father figures in your life. Dads are the people who give you tough love when you need it, and a big hug when you need that too. They tell bad puns and terrible jokes but are happiest when they see you thriving. They

Images by Creative CollectiveClick here for the full gallery By Skiff and Basket Project, Originally Posted on Essex County Creates. With a grant from the Essex County Community Foundation the Essex Shipbuilding Museum is hosting events around the construction of a traditional clamming skiff and clam basket making workshops. The skiff under construction in our shipyard is a re-creation of

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

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

Tomorrow, June 1, 2019 at Hale Farm in Beverly: Kick off your summer with a creative outdoor festival hosted by Miranda’s Hearth and Historic Beverly! Get to know your community while picnicking in the yard, listening to local music, trying your hand at an art activity, or playing a lawn game! The festival is open to all ages, dogs are welcome. Tickets are

by Joey Phoenix and Kylie Sullivan If you live on the North Shore and have access to the diversity of restaurants, retail, services, and experiences that these cities have to offer, it’s not difficult to imagine why it’s important to support small business in your community.  Supporting local small business is incredibly important for so many reasons: it feeds back

SALEM, MA –   Salem State University and the Salem Athenaeum announce the eighth Salem Poetry Seminar, a week-long event for students at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts. The Seminar gives thirteen students, selected from throughout the commonwealth, the opportunity to study poetry writing intensively with noted teachers and authors Charlotte Gordon, J.D. Scrimgeour, and January Gill O’Neil. Scrimgeour,

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