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This Weekend in Salem... Music, Festivals, Art, Community and more! August 5 6 7

MUSIC

SALEM HERITAGE DAYS: SALEM'S MARITIME FESTIVAL KICK-OFF CONCERT

Aug 5, 2016

6:00pm – 8:00pm

HOBO CHILI * LONG ARM REX * THE PITY WHORES @ OPUS UNDERGROUND

Aug 5, 2016

8:00pm – 11:55pm

V E I N FRIDAYS @ THE LOBSTER SHANTY

Aug 5, 2016

8:00pm – 11:00pm

PHANTOM GLUE, PSALM ZERO(PROUFOND LORE RECS), SUNDRIFTER @ KOTO

Aug 5, 2016

9:00pm – 11:55pm

ERINN BROWN @ THE LOBSTER SHANTY

Aug 6, 2016

8:00pm – 11:00pm

I AM BECOME DEATH, THE ANTI-QUEENS, CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, PSYCHIC WEIGHT @ KOTO

Aug 6, 2016

9:00pm – 11:55pm

GATES OF THE WEST RELEASE @ NOTCH BREWING

Aug 7, 2016

6:00pm – 10:00pm

RYAN SWEEZEY @ THE LOBSTER SHANTY

Aug 7, 2016

8:00pm – 11:00pm

VEIN @THE LOBSTER SHANTY

Sep 2, 2016

8:00pm – 11:00pm

COMMUNITY, ARTS AND PERFORMANCE

SALEM MARITIME FESTIVAL

Aug 5, 2016 – Aug 7, 2016

3:00pm

GOODNIGHT, CAPTAIN WHITE @ THE HAWTHORNE HOTEL LIBRARY

Aug 5, 2016

7:30pm – 9:30pm

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL SKILL WORKSHOP @ DEAD HORSE BEACH

Aug 6, 2016

10:00am – 3:00pm

CLOWN DAY @ SALEM WILLOWS

Aug 6, 2016

11:00am – 3:30pm

BRIDGIN' GAPS FESTIVAL @ SALEM WILLOWS: DAY 1

Aug 6, 2016

12:00pm – 8:00pm

ANNUAL SUMMER BBQ @ BREWER HAWTHORNE COVE MARINA

Aug 6, 2016

1:00pm – 6:00pm

THE ART OF PAINTING TREES @ BOSTON WOODTURNING

Aug 6, 2016

1:00pm – 4:00pm

GODSPELL! IN SALEM WITH STILL SMALL THEATRE

Aug 6, 2016 – Aug 7, 2016

4:00pm

ART RECEPTION: MUSIC FOR THE EYES @ IN A PIG'S EYE

Aug 6, 2016

5:00pm – 7:00pm

GOODNIGHT, CAPTAIN WHITE @ THE HAWTHORNE HOTEL LIBRARY

Aug 6, 2016

7:30pm – 9:00pm

THE 4TH ANNUAL BRIDGE & BACK 10K ROAD RACE @ TAVERN IN THE SQUARE

Aug 7, 2016

8:00am – 9:00am

TOUR-A-TRUCK @ SALEM WILLOWS

Aug 7, 2016

10:00am – 11:00am

WILD FISH OPEN WATER SWIM FESTIVAL @ COLLINS COVE BEACH

Aug 7, 2016

12:00pm – 2:00pm

AMERICAN TRAVELLING MORRICE @ SALEM COMMON

Aug 7, 2016

2:30pm – 3:15pm

AMERICAN TRAVELLING MORRICE @ DERBY SQUARE

Aug 7, 2016

4:30pm – 5:15pm

GOODNIGHT, CAPTAIN WHITE @ THE HAWTHORNE HOTEL LIBRARY

Aug 7, 2016

5:30pm – 7:00pm

GATES OF THE WEST RELEASE @ NOTCH BREWING

Aug 7, 2016

6:00pm – 10:00pm

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CINEMA SALEM LISTINGS

Week of Friday, August 05, 2016 through Thursday, August 11, 2016 Suicide Squad (PG-13)  Fri - Thu: (11:20 AM), (2:00), 7:15 Suicide Squad 3D (PG-13)  Fri & Sat: (4:35), 10:00 Sun - Thu: (4:35 PM) Jason Bourne (PG-13)  Fri & Sat: (11:00 AM), (1:30), (4:15), 7:00, 9:45 Sun - Thu: (11:00 AM), (1:30), (4:15), 7:00 The Secret Life of Pets (PG)  Fri & Sat: (11:30 AM), (1:45), (4:00), 6:30, 9:00 Sun - Thu: (11:30 AM), (1:45), (4:00), 6:30 Wiener-Dog (R) Exhibited in HD in our intimated 18-seat Screening Room. Fri & Sat: (12:15), (2:50), (4:40), 7:20 Sun: (12:15), (4:40), 7:20 Mon - Thu: (12:15), (2:50), (4:40), 7:20 Shelley (NR) Exhibited in HD in our intimate 18-seat Screening Room. Fri & Sat: 9:30 PM This Perfect Place: A Natural History of the Massachusetts North Shore (NR)  Mon - Thu: 4:30 PM The True 1692 in 3D (NR)  Fri - Thu: 2:00, 6:30

THIS WEEKS PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT ARTISTS' ROW THIS YEAR?!

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Salem Ma Spice Eating Challenge on Artists Row

The heat is on Halloween weekend with the launch of the First annual “Salem’s Wicked Hot Spice Eating Challenge.” The Challenge will take place Friday night, October 30th at 6pm onArtist’s Row in Salem, MA. Featuring four levels of heat, from mild to extreme, the event welcomes participants who want to test their taste buds, as well as onlookers to cheer folks on. The event will also embrace a charitable component as Salem Fire Department Local 172 will be on hand selling tee shirts to raise money for local fire station amenities.

“We are thrilled to stage this free community event” says Karen Scalia of Salem Food Tours, who are spearheading the Challenge. “It’s a fun and exciting way to start Halloween weekend in Salem, a fantastic way to celebrate Artist’s Row, and a great opportunity to support our local fire department.”

Sales of tee shirts from Local 172 support fire station amenities. These comfort features are typically paid for out of pocket by fire personnel, and help make the station a home during their 24/7 stay.   

The chilis are being supplied by Salem Spice, which will have them also for sale during the event.  The tastings will be four types of mashed chili peppers with four levels of hot fun, from mild, medium, hot, and SUPER HOT. A few steps down on Artist’s Row, The Lobster Shanty will be serving up some delicious spicy hot specials in addition to their regular menu to get folks taste buds roaring.

Says Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll “We welcome locals and visitors to come on down and show their taste bud bravery -or just come on down to cheer the brave folks on!”

Follow Salem’s Wicked Hot Spice Tasting Challenge on Facebook for updates and information.

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Sam’s Journey: From “Questionable Art” to “Local Landmark”

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If you happen to be in the Artist Row area make sure and check out the Samuel Mcintire sculpture. There is a really interesting history to this piece and we will be putting it up on the site shortly. We were happy to be put in charge of Sam and thank the @lobstershantysalem for letting us put it on Artist Row for October! #salemma #publicart #creativesalem

A photo posted by @creativesalem on Oct 6, 2015 at 10:25am PDT

By Chris Ricci

It’s amazing how things can change over the course of twenty years. We’ve seen three different presidents, countless changes in technology, and the city we knew as Salem in 1995 is almost entirely different. Even more remarkable is the story of Samuel McIntire. No, not the famous McIntire Historic District architect, the wooden statue made in his likeness. If you’ve lived in Salem long enough, you’ve certainly seen him before: a tall wooden chainsaw carving created by artist Ken Dudley. However, many people seem to gloss over the rather controversial history of Sam. It started in 1995, when the statue was proposed, and the Salem News was inundated with letters claiming that the “Common Carving” didn’t make any common sense. Ken was lambasted, but people quickly rose to his defense. In an open letter to the Salem Evening News, Paul Brotchie slammed detractors, stating that “questioning the appropriateness of a carved wooden likeness of this national icon who personally designed and influenced the architecture for many of the very homes beautifying the circumference of the Salem Common is, in itself, an act of questionable common intelligence.”

The statue was eventually completed, and was unveiled and remained at the commons for many years. However, in July of 2001, the news broke that Sam was stolen from his spot. However, the response to the disappearance was quite different than the response was when the project was first brought to light. Samuel was referred to as a “Salem landmark” and various locals interviewed expressed their deep love for the statue. “I don’t know if I should say this,” said local author Margaret Press, “but I often hugged him.” 

The reactions of horror and frustration were calmed by the members of ARTSalem, who had actually taken Sam from his post to save his life (with some major help from Margaret Press). Sam fell victim to carpenter ants, which was an issue ARTSalem were trying hard to rectify. Even then-mayor Stanley Usovicz was fully behind the restoration of Sam, stating clearly “The instructions were quite clear – To save Samuel at all costs.”

In 2007, the Salem News again reported on Sam, but this time, it was marking his comeback to Salem. “An Old Friend Returns” was the headline, and the opening sentence summed up the city’s thoughts on this now beloved icon: “welcome back, Sam. We’ve missed you.” In honor of the actual Samuel McIntire’s 250th birthday, Sam was completely restored by Ken Dudley and made his way to his new post, located on Artists Row. As the article clearly stated, “It’s always nice to run into an old friend in Salem.”

Unfortunately, nature was not kind to Sam and, yet again, he was taken from his post to protect him from the elements. For a few years, Sam has been housed safely in Margaret’s garage waiting for a new home. Where will he go? What’s next for Sam? Is his journey over?

No, not quite.

Sam will be getting a permanent home now, thanks to JohnAndrews, the creative mind behind this very publication and the Creative Salem mission of supporting creative professionals and endeavors through all of Salem celebrating past, present and fitter creatives. So, in the future, when you see Sam standing proudly in our creative suite, be sure to thank him and his creator for making it from “controversial ‘art’ piece” to “Downtown Salem Landmark.”

Click images to see the stories and police log mentioned above. News articles by Salem News

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