Hawthorne & Local Events

Food at 400+

Old Town Hall 32 Derby Sq, Salem

Salem Food Tours is celebrating Salem on its 400th anniversary with a multi-faceted 11-day event. Family-friendly and free events included! We’ll be shining a light on Salem’s history through lens of food, fishing, farming, trade, and community. Events to include an exhibit at Old Town Hall with complimentary trolley ride on first weekend, as well as a restaurant event, film ...

Author Talk and Book Signing with Eric Jay Dolin

Swampscott Public Library 61 Burrill Street, Swampscott

Come to hear Eric Jay Dolin talk about his newest book, The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail. It is an astonishing true story, one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century, told by our era’s “expert literary steersman” (Washington Post). Book sales by Wicked Good ...