It would appear that Salem’s city officials wants to hear from the peanut gallery. For the first time ever, Salem has created an online survey for residents to partake in. The twenty question survey is a tool to improve the line of communication and for the City government to better understand the opinions and ideas of [...]
For almost 200 years the Old Town Hall in Salem’s Derby Square has been a central fixture of this historic seaport city. The Federal style municipal building is a joy for students of the Federal period as it exhibits features of Salem’s number one architectural son Samuel McIntire and his contemporary Charles Bulfinch. (As an [...]
Salem has all sorts of thriving scenes that the average tourista would never find if s/he wasn’t looking for it. Take for instance our local wordsmiths. We have done articles in the past about Author lectures and events pertaining to improving your writing. Recently Cornerstone Books hosted an Editor speed date. Writers are alive and [...]
I totally ripped off got this post from one of our twitter friends. He pointed me in the direction of FunnyGrownHere.com a Boston based comedy blog written by Nick Zaino. Tonight head over to CinemaSalem for a few laughs, music and home grown film. Discount Variety at CinemaSalem Tonight is the second edition of FunnyGrownHere.com [...]
We were planning on running an article about Salem’s Spring Fling today however, we got a last minute email about another event that made us change this post a bit. You might remember a post we did called “Wine Wars” discussing how some notable events in town sponsored by Pamplemousse or Salem Wine Imports always [...]
If you follow us on twitter @saleminsider, then you might have seen some interesting ongoings regarding Spirits. For the rest of you I’ll fill you in with the official info. We received an email and a tweet from a performer who was scheduled to play at Spirits but when he showed up they were not [...]
In case you didn’t get a chance to see Fox 25 this morning, VB made a field trip to the Pilgrim Diner right here in Salem. It seems those guys at the fair and balanced news station love our little town. They have done zip trips here and a plethora of charity events. We hope [...]
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 queen of England had an elaborate ceremony, Pope John Paul II’s was broadcast around the world and Napolean’s was ledgendary, but they will all pale in comparison to the $150 million extravaganza being thrown when our exhaulted president-elect is sworn in as the next best thing to the baby Jesus. While some people think this [...]