Local Events

Salem Horror Fest Weekend 2

Downtown Salem

Salem Horror Fest is back again this year with another spine-chilling lineup of films and programs. To find out more details on programming and venues click the website link.

Hats and Heels Tea at the Hawthorne Hotel

Hawthorne Hotel

Please join the North Shore Juneteenth Association at their 7th Annual Hats & Heels Tea at the Hawthorne Hotel! Indulge in a delightful afternoon of tea, treats, and inspirational speakers that will encourage you with this year’s theme: Lifting As We Climb. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to network with local community leaders, support North Shore Juneteenth Association, show your style, and ...

Our Time On Earth – 18th Annual PEM Inspirational Exhibition

Salem Arts Association 159 Derby Street, Salem, MA

Inspired by PEM – Our Time on Earth:  Our 18th Annual PEM Inspirational Exhibition invites artists to take inspiration from the PEM exhibition “Our Time on Earth, on view at the Peabody Essex Museum through June 9, 2024.  From the PEM, “Part of PEM’s Climate + Environment Initiative, this traveling exhibition from the Barbican Centre in London celebrates the power of global ...

Minimalism at Salem Arts Association

Salem Arts Association 159 Derby Street, Salem, MA

A form of abstract art that came about in the 1950’s in the US and spread worldwide, minimalism was best described as art with no subtext or, “What you see is what you get.”  Salem Arts Association invited our artist members to present the essence of their expression, to strip down their creative process to concepts that represent a world of ...

DIAMOND’S DINE-IN DRAG BRUNCH!

Gulu-Gulu Cafe 247 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

Come on down for Diamond’s Dine-In Drag Brunch! This is a weekly event with local Drag Queen Miz Diamond Wigfall! Someone will be her guest. Be ready for numbers, games, drag, and mimosas all afternoon.

Symphony by the Sea: Heroic Imagination

The Cabot Theatre 286 Cabot Street, Beverly, United States

Back by popular demand, teenage violin virtuoso Keila Wakao, who dazzled us last season with her Vivaldi Four Seasons, will join Symphony by the Sea again to perform Tchaikovsky’s iconic Violin Concerto. Combined with Mendelssohn’s Scotland inspired Symphony No.3, this program promises to deliver edge of your seat performances. Join us for this not to be missed season finale!

Sip ‘n’ Shop Book Launch

Wicked Good Books 260 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

Join Wicked Good Books on May 5th from 5-7 at (260 Essex Street). Join us for the launch of bestselling and award-winning author Eric Jay Dolin’s latest book, LEFT FOR DEAD. Meet the author, pick up your copy, and enjoy complimentary sparkling wine and cheese while browsing the store. A big Sunday evening!

SPRING PREVIEW PARTY Artists Row

Artists’ Row New Derby Street, Salem, MA, United States

Come join us on Friday evening from 7pm-9pm for a preview party! ChagallPAC will be loaded with new work for the 2024 season, including our May collection “Fire, Flowers, and Fiber.” Poet Shari Caplan will be delighting us with poetry from her new book “Exhibitionist.” Holy Crow will provide some typewriter poetry and surrealist games. Afterwards, we will have some light refreshments. ...

Image, Invention, and Imagination: A Series on Art & Community Through the Ages.

Hammond Castle 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States

Doors open at 6:45 pm  Admission: $15 per presentation / $50 for series.  Member savings apply.  Proceeds from this series will support the restoration and preservation of the Hammond Castle Museum.  Join us on a captivating journey through history as we explore the profound connections between art, innovation, and the human imagination. Delve into the fascinating intersection of artistic expression ...

Glenn Miller Orchestra

The Cabot Theatre 286 Cabot Street, Beverly, United States

The most popular and sought after big band of all time returns to Beverly at The Cabot for one night only! On May 6, The World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform their greatest hits, including “In The Mood”, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, “American Patrol”, “A String Of Pearls”, “Little Brown Jug”, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, Tuxedo Junction”, and of course their theme song ...

140 Years of Television Technology

Hammond Castle 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States

Presented by: John Leysath, Curatorial Director at Hammond Castle Museum Television is one of the most ubiquitous technologies in human history, so much so that we tend to take it for granted. However, the story of TV is a winding tale of decades of painstaking research, false starts, technological dead ends and breakthroughs, commercial failures and successes, aspirational ideals, and ...

Image, Invention, and Imagination: A Series on Art & Community Through the Ages

Hammond Castle 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States

On July 7, 1956, the librettist John Treville Latouche’s seminal American Opera The Ballad of Baby Doe premiered in Central City, Colorado. “It’s about love and It’s about money,” Latouche had joked, in predicting the public’s response to the Opera, “And there’s no combination an American audience likes more!” Today, The Ballad of Baby Doe is often cited as one ...