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Weekend Warrior: Weekend of April 25th

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Special Events / Festivals The 16th Annual Walk for HAWC Help Abused Women and their Children by walking around town. Registration Sunday at 11am walk starts at Noon. Music Friday April 25th Maggie Scott (jazz 6:30-9:30pm) Mamadou (afro-beat / reggae / jam band 10pm) @ Bangkok Paradise Demon’s Alley (rock / glam / punk) @ [...]

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Weekend Warrior: what to do and where to do it March 28th – 30th

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What’s going on in Salem MA the weekend of March 28th Special Events / Festivals 13th Annual Wine Tasting & Auction to benefit the North Shore Arc at the Lyceum Friday 7pm Music Friday March 28th Sandy Bedrosian (jazz 6:30-9:30pm) Mamadou (West African 10pm) @ Bangkok Paradise Nate Wilson Group (rock) @ Dodge Street Machine [...]

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Salem Theatre Co. presents Seneca’s “Oedipus”

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Everyday we at TheSalemInsider.com get email about events around town, some are interesting enough to share with everyone.  Today is one of those times.  There has been a real cultural blossom in Salem lately.  More venues are hosting live music.  The PEM is hosting some stellar exhibits, and now The Salem Theatre Company is presenting [...]

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Tattoo art in Salem

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In this post local photographer and theSalemInsider.com contributor Forrest Frazier tells us about a new photography exhibit at the PEM. No this isn’t an article about the Purple Scorpion or the soon to open Witch City Ink, it’s about some beautiful photographs, the Peabody Essex Museum and moko. (c) Hans Neleman Body Politics — Visions [...]

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Review of Samuel McIntire, Carving an American Style at the PEM

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Samuel McIntire is one of the reasons that Salem has been, and continues to be, a beautiful historic seaport city that people flock to year after year. With this being the 250th anniversary of the birth of Salem’s renowned architect and woodcutter, Samuel McIntire, a multitude of events (including the summer walking tours and Christmas [...]

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Weekend Warrior February 15th – 18th

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Whats going on in Salem Presidents Day weekend – February 15th through 18th Music Friday February 15th The Hangovers @ Rockafellas The Willows @ Dodge Street Christy Bluhm (jazz 6:30-9:30) New Water Hillbillys (rock 10) @ Bangkok Paradise DJ Ondrej! (house & trance) @ Gulu Gulu Saturday February 16th Lisa Love Experience @ Rockafellas Tottaro [...]

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