Special Events / Festivals Salem Film Fest February 26 – March 5: It kicked off yesterday and is running for a week. This is your best opportunity to see all those killer documentary’s you order up on Netfilx in a actual theater. Don’t miss out of this once a year opportunity. Check out salemfilmfest.com for [...]
I’m sorry we haven’t posted much this past week but thankfully all our current contributors are putting in massive hours in their respective real world jobs. Hopefully things will slow down a bit shortly and we get moving on the backlog of post ideas. Thanks, Glen Huhges Special Events / Festivals Not much going [...]
From time to time people send us stuff to talk about, some of it makes the cut while the rest gets “recycled”. Today we have a gem that anybody who lives in might be interested in. Then & Now: Salem Author: Jerome M. Curley, Nelson L. Dionne Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (February 16, 2009) Amazon link: [...]
Special Events / Festivals 7th Annual Salem’s So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival Chocolate & Wine Tasting Hamilton Hall, 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA Friday, February 6 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm This luscious tasting event, now in its 7th year, features wine and chocolate samplings from many of Salem’s restaurants and sweet shops. [...]
I love when people try something new and it sticks. CinemaSalem went out on a limb a while back and decided to do a film festival. Guess what? People loved it! Once again they are back with the late February early March film fest that has really picked up speed. With an event of [...]
Special Events / Festivals Brunch under the Yellow Umbrella January is cervical cancer awareness month and Sixty2 on Wharf wants to spread the word about cervical cancer prevention. You can join them for brunch this Sunday and listen to live music from Qwill and host Christine Baze from the Yellow Umbrella. Mothers bring your daughters and [...]
The other day via Twitter and myspace we asked people to send us their pictures from this past weekend’s storm. We had a few submissions from readers and picked a few snaps by our own photographer to give you this little gallery of wintery goodness. Enjoy. in front of salem Five Bank by Moon*Child [...]
With Christmas around the corner and the temps dropping I thought it was a perfect day to showcase this hot video. Cherry S/T is a real treat of a local band. You can catch them over at Dodge Street fairly often, where they put on a hell of a live show. This track “Erase You” [...]
There is some great musical talent in Salem. After our last video segment posted we received a flood of emails about local talent. Today we are showcasing the super cute singer/songwriter Orange Nicole. Her warm friendly voice just makes you want to drift off… Nicole is off to Europe in the new year with some [...]
This post by regular TheSalemInsider.com contributor Forrest Frazier. I received an email from local eatery Sixty2 on Wharf the other day which put me in a nostalgic mood. For years I worked as a DJ in Boston, New York and through out the US spinning jazz, big band and swing music during the neo-swing movement [...]