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 [...]
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 [...]
Salem’s Jazz and Soul Festival kicked off on the right foot with Afro-Cuban Jazz musician Juan Chavez and his band made up of fellow Berklee students. The weather might have been chilly Saturday afternoon but the band was hot, playing a mix of salsa and jazz that had everybody on the front steps of the [...]
I while back I wrote a post regarding some of the disappearing businesses from Salem’s down town area. As a follow up I’d like to talk about some of the new businesses emerging and expanding. Perhaps I was correct when I stated “now is the time to pick up retail space in the pedestrian mall.” [...]
Almost every day we here at theSalemInsider.com get information regarding happenings from local businesses and organizations. If you are familiar with Salem then you know there is a thriving and diverse religious community here in town. In addition to your more well known world religions Salem is home to a number of pagan, magical and [...]
Cinema Salem 1 East India Square (inside the mall) 978.744.1400 I’m not one who goes to the movies that often, in fact until recently I can only recall 3 movies I’ve seen in the theater in the past 5 years. All that changed about a year ago when I was dragged kicking and screaming to [...]