BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Salem 400 - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Salem 400 X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.salem400.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Salem 400 REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T210000 DTSTAMP:20260721T135900Z CREATED:20260721T135900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T135900Z UID:10021019-1789930800-1789938000@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Salem: The Game Show! DESCRIPTION:Salem: The Game Show will be a live\, in-person\, interactive game show. Inspired by Vaudeville\, A Prairie Home Companion\, The Late Show with David Letterman and The Price Is Right\, the one-hour show will include music\, comedy\, and games where Salem locals will have the chance to win prizes contributed by local businesses.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Add to Calendar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n \n \n \n \n iCalendar\n \n \n \n \n Outlook 365\n \n \n \n \n Outlook Live URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/salem-the-game-show-2/ LOCATION:Old Town Hall\, 32 Derby Square\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/salem-game-show.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T183000 DTSTAMP:20260903T195320Z CREATED:20260903T194518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T195320Z UID:10021055-1790184600-1790188200@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Salem 400+ Art Installation at Blaney Wharf DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, September 24th at 5:30pm at 10 Blaney St\, Salem MA for the dedication of the installation of Traces of Arrival. This event marks a significant addition to Salem’s public art landscape and serves as a lasting tribute to the city’s past\, present\, and future as part of the Salem 400+ celebrations. \nThe selected work\, Traces of Arrival by artist Roark T. Congdon\, is a striking sculptural installation that draws inspiration from historic navigation charts and spatial systems used to understand Salem Harbor and its global maritime connections. The piece reinterprets these cartographic forms into a three-dimensional structure\, translating movement\, orientation\, and arrival into a geometric framework anchored within the harbor landscape. \nRooted in extensive historical research\, including sources such as Salem’s Centuries\, Salem Then and Now\, This Land Is Their Land\, and Maritime History of Massachusetts\, Traces of Arrival reflects the intersecting forces that have shaped Salem over time. Indigenous pathways\, colonial expansion\, and global trade routes are expressed through intersecting planes of weathering steel\, converging around a shared center. URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/salem-400-art-installation-at-blaney-wharf/ LOCATION:Salem Ferry Terminal\, 10 Blaney Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_1017-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="City of Salem":MAILTO:vcherol@salem.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T193000 DTSTAMP:20260902T134215Z CREATED:20260902T134215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T134215Z UID:10021046-1790188200-1790191800@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:"American Admiralty Law in Salem and Boston\, 1800–1840\, and Its Legacy" Lecture DESCRIPTION:Judge William G. Young explores how Salem and Boston maritime conflicts (1800–1840) shaped early American admiralty law post Revolution. \nLearn about the establishment of American Admiralty Law in Salem and Boston following the American Revolution\, tracing how early 19th-century maritime conflicts in these port cities shaped the development of American jurisprudence. The lecture will examine how disputes over cargo\, salvage\, and prize cases during the period tested and refined the young nation’s legal system. Judge Young will also discuss the pivotal role played by Judge John Davis in establishing practical precedents for handling these cases — precedents that would go on to influence the broader framework of American admiralty law. \nAbout the Speaker: \nThe Honorable William G. Young has served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 1985\, following eight years on the Massachusetts Superior Court. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School\, he served as a U.S. Army officer before beginning his legal career as law clerk to Chief Justice Raymond S. Wilkins of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He later practiced law with Bingham\, Dana & Gould and served as Special Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel to Governor Francis W. Sargent. An acclaimed teacher of evidence and trial advocacy\, Judge Young has taught at Harvard\, Boston College\, and Boston University. He is also a prolific legal scholar and the author of several influential works on evidence\, trial practice\, and federal jurisprudence. \nRegister here! URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/american-admiralty-law-in-salem-and-boston-1800-1840-and-its-legacy-lecture/ LOCATION:National Park Service Salem Armory Visitor Center\, 2 New Liberty Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/E03EC696-F6F8-20AE-D1BA15E24C2018AF-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Salem Maritime National Historical Park":MAILTO:vcherol@salem.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T190000 DTSTAMP:20250407T153404Z CREATED:20250407T153404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T153404Z UID:10000019-1790355600-1790362800@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Mayor's Night Out DESCRIPTION:Come kick-off the Spooky Season with the Mayor of Salem and his team! More information coming soon! URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/mayors-night-out/ LOCATION:MA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T210000 DTSTAMP:20260811T123943Z CREATED:20260811T123943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T123943Z UID:10021036-1790623800-1790629200@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Aaron Larget Caplan - Guitar America 250/Revolutionaries and Rockstars DESCRIPTION: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 and texts by abolitionists\, immigrants\, suffragettes\, revolutionaries and rockstars with spoken word provided by special guest and Salem resident\, poet Richard Hoffman. \nAdmission to this concert is free but advance reservations are recommended. Register here! \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nA daring and trailblazing classical guitarist and composer\, Aaron Larget-Caplan searches for the life in music and music in life. He has performed over 1000 concerts across Europe\, Russia\, Taiwan\, and the US. He directs and curates the Spanish dance ensemble ¡Con Fuego!\, regularly performs chamber music\, and the performance and educational endeavor Now Musique. His 12 solo albums have earned over 13 million streams\, and he has several publications of John Cage\, Alan Hovhaness\, and contemporary composers. Born in Oklahoma\, raised in Colorado he makes his home in Boston where he is on faculty at the New England Conservatory. \nRichard Hoffman’s eleven books include the memoirs Half the House\, winner of the Boston Athenaeum Reader’s Award and Love & Fury\, a finalist for the New England Independent Booksellers Award. He has published five books of poetry\, Without Paradise; Gold Star Road\, winner of the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize and the Sheila Motton Award from The New England Poetry Club; Emblem; Noon until Night\, winner of the 2018 Massachusetts Book Award\, People Once Real and most recently two volumes of his New & Selected Poems\, Each Child a Disappearance\, and Mundus et Infans: Selected Suites\, Sequences\, and Series. His other books include the story collection Interference and Other Stories\, and the 2023 essay collection Remembering the Alchemists. He is Emeritus Writer-in-Residence at Emerson College and the nonfiction editor of Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. \nThe Recital Hall is located on the ground floor of the Classroom Building\, 71 Loring Avenue (Nancy D. Harrington Campus). \nParking is available to concerts guests after 5 pm in the parking lot directly across the street. URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/aaron-larget-caplan-guitar-america-250-revolutionaries-and-rockstars/ LOCATION:Salem State Recital Hall\, 71 Loring Ave.\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Aaron-Guitar-America-250-for-brochure.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T170000 DTSTAMP:20260813T180114Z CREATED:20260813T140437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T180114Z UID:10021041-1790928000-1790960400@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Italian Heritage Flag Raising DESCRIPTION: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. \nAll are welcome! URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/italian-heritage-flag-raising/2026-10-02/1/ LOCATION:MA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T120000 DTSTAMP:20260813T180114Z CREATED:20260813T140437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T180114Z UID:10021042-1790938800-1790942400@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Italian Heritage Flag Raising DESCRIPTION: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. \nAll are welcome! URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/italian-heritage-flag-raising/2026-10-02/2/ LOCATION:MA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T120000 DTSTAMP:20260903T172640Z CREATED:20260903T172640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T172640Z UID:10021054-1791021600-1791028800@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Salem Kids Clothing Swap DESCRIPTION:Shop for FREE\, pre-loved fall and winter clothing for children infants to 12 years old! URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/salem-kids-clothing-swap/ LOCATION:Espacio\, 105 Congress Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SKCS-Oct-3-2026-English.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T180000 DTSTAMP:20260331T174155Z CREATED:20260331T174155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T174155Z UID:10020966-1791478800-1791482400@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Indigenous People's Day Flag Raising DESCRIPTION:Join us in raising the Massachusett tribe flag to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/indigenous-peoples-day-flag-raising/ LOCATION:City Hall Council Chambers\, 93 Washington Street\, SALEM\, MA\, 01970\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="City of Salem":MAILTO:vcherol@salem.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T153000 DTSTAMP:20260902T142643Z CREATED:20260902T142643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T142643Z UID:10021050-1792933200-1792942200@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Film Screening : The Witch DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis history-focused horror movie screening is part of our Salem 400+ programming. See our full list of events at pem.org/salem400. \nRegister Here! \n\n\n\nLocation: Morse Auditorium\nIncluded with admission. Preregistration encouraged. Salem residents and people who work in Salem receive free general admission upon presentation of a business card or employee ID at the admissions desk. \nThis film is rated R for disturbing\, violent content and graphic nudity. Recommended for ages 17+ URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/film-screening-the-witch/ LOCATION:Peabody Essex Museum\, 161 Essex St.\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ev_TheWitch1800_Share-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Peabody Essex Museum":MAILTO:vcherol@salem.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T120000 DTSTAMP:20260330T161135Z CREATED:20251110T200654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T161135Z UID:10000029-1794042000-1794052800@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Repair Cafe DESCRIPTION: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. \nVolunteers 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. \nThese free services may vary depending on volunteer availability\, but the spirit remains the same: learning from each other\, reducing waste\, and strengthening community connections through shared knowledge and resourcefulness. \nJoin us for this hands-on event where fixing things isn’t just about saving items—it’s about preserving traditions of craftsmanship while creating a more sustainable future for Salem. URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/repair-cafe/2026-11-07/ LOCATION:Mayor Jean A. Levesque Community Life Center\, 401 Bridge St.\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Repair-Cafe-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T193000 DTSTAMP:20260902T133732Z CREATED:20260902T133732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T133732Z UID:10021045-1795113000-1795116600@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:"To the Farthest Ports of the Rich East" Lecture DESCRIPTION:Join James Fichter as he discusses profit and peril in the new trade to Asia \nWith 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 pepper\, and to many other ports in between. The trade to Asia accelerated as the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815) kept European traders out of Asian waters\, creating a tussle between between British and American crews to supply French-occupied Europe with Asian goods. This process created a new class of American investor-capitalists and the first American millionaires. Yet such wealth came at a cost\, as the ever growing and increasingly wealthy American trading fleet was a tempting target for foreign states and pirates—from Britain and France to Barbary and Yemen—against which the U.S. Navy was not always a match. \n  \nPlease register here! URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/to-the-farthest-ports-of-the-rich-east-lecture/ LOCATION:National Park Service Salem Armory Visitor Center\, 2 New Liberty Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/E4CD6DB5-FF99-18E9-AE434B74D09B7166.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Salem Maritime National Historical Park":MAILTO:vcherol@salem.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T170000 DTSTAMP:20250611T201525Z CREATED:20250611T191356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T201525Z UID:10000022-1795186800-1795194000@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Puritan Funeral Reenactment DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reenactment of a 17th-century Puritan funeral. The procession will march down Essex Street down to Charter Street Cemetery. \n  \nThis reenactment will allow audiences to engage with seventeenth-century New England funerary culture and draw attention to  Salem’s oldest cemetery! \n  \nThe procession will begin at Higginson Square and end at the Charter Street Cemetery. \n  \n  URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/puritan-funeral-reenactment/ LOCATION:Essex Street\, Essex Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261125T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261125T130000 DTSTAMP:20260331T174344Z CREATED:20260331T174344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T174344Z UID:10020967-1795608000-1795611600@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Albanian Independence Day Flag Raising DESCRIPTION:Join us in raising the Albanian flag to celebrate Albanian Independence Day! URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/albanian-independence-day-flag-raising/ LOCATION:Riley Plaza\, 1-21 Margin St\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="City of Salem":MAILTO:vcherol@salem.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261129T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261129T130000 DTSTAMP:20260902T143002Z CREATED:20260902T143002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T143002Z UID:10021051-1795951800-1795957200@www.salem400.org SUMMARY:Live Music - Music in the Atrium: The Fo'c'sle Four DESCRIPTION: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. \nMusic 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 on select Sundays from 11:30 am–1:30 pm. \nThis event is part of our Salem 400+ programming. See our full list of events at pem.org/salem400. \nAbout our collaborator\nThe Fo’c’sle Four\nThe Fo’c’sle Four is a New England folk ensemble dedicated to preserving and performing traditional maritime music\, historic ballads and songs from Salem and Gloucester\, including sea shanties. The quartet is deeply rooted in the musical traditions of the North Shore. Their performances focus on the rich seafaring history of Salem and the surrounding coastal communities\, blending vocal harmonies with traditional acoustic instrumentation. Leader Bob Strom is a musician\, researcher and the author of Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song. His extensive archival work serves as the foundation for much of the group’s historical repertoire. Jen Strom is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional fiddle tunes. Michael O’Leary is a singer\, storyteller and interpreter of Celtic and maritime songs of Gloucester. Gary Dolinsky rounds out the group as an instrumentalist and vocalist who contributes driving sea shanty choruses and accompaniment on concertina and bouzouki. \nLocation: Main Atrium. Included with Admission. Salem residents and people who work in Salem receive free general admission upon presentation of a business card or employee ID at the admissions desk. \nThis program includes moderately loud live music. URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/live-music-music-in-the-atrium-the-focsle-four/ LOCATION:Peabody Essex Museum\, 161 Essex St.\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.salem400.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ev_MusicintheAtriumFocsleFour1800_Share.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Peabody Essex Museum":MAILTO:vcherol@salem.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR