Two and a half centuries of America are commemorated by guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan in GUITAR AMERICA 250, an exploration of the United States’ musical history. From The Star-Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful to Paul Simon’s America and Eddie Van Halen’s 316, Larget-Caplan journeys through the soundscapes of a diverse nation. The evening includes music...
Join city officials and members of the Italian American community as we raise flags celebrating Italian Heritage on October 2, 11 AM at Riley Plaza. All are welcome!
Join city officials and members of the Italian American community as we raise flags celebrating Italian Heritage on October 2, 11 AM at Riley Plaza. All are welcome!
Shop for FREE, pre-loved fall and winter clothing for children infants to 12 years old!
Join us in raising the Massachusett tribe flag to celebrate Indigenous People's Day.
Join us for the 5th annual Halloween Boat Parade! Come view the decorated boats and spooky crew as they sail along Derby Wharf! Parade is weather permitting! Boaters can contact Cindy at 978-869-7260 to participate.
Would you like to live deliciously with us? Written by Robert Eggers and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, this haunting film follows a Puritan family in 1630s New England who are plagued by witchcraft and demonic possession. This history-focused horror movie screening is part of our Salem 400+ programming. See our full list of events at pem.org/salem400....
Zero Waste Salem is hosting a Repair Café as part of Salem 400+, celebrating sustainable practices that honor our past and invest in our future. Volunteers will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, and tinker with electronics—skills passed down through generations that help us build a more sustainable Salem for the next 400 years....
Join James Fichter as he discusses profit and peril in the new trade to Asia With independence from Britain secured, in the 1780s American began trading to Asia for themselves. They bought tea in China. They sailed to the East India Company-administered India for cloth, to Yemen and Dutch Java for coffee, to Sumatra for...
Join us for a reenactment of a 17th-century Puritan funeral. The procession will march down Essex Street down to Charter Street Cemetery. This reenactment will allow audiences to engage with seventeenth-century New England funerary culture and draw attention to Salem's oldest cemetery! The procession will begin at Higginson Square and end at the...
Join us in raising the Albanian flag to celebrate Albanian Independence Day!
Join the Fo’c’sle Four (Bob Strom, Jen Strom, Michael O’Leary and Gary Dolinsky) for an afternoon of rollicking sea shanties, ballads and other traditional songs from Salem and Gloucester. Music in the Atrium is PEM’s live concert series that features local and visiting performers from a variety of musical traditions and styles. Concerts take place...