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SUMMARY:Salem 400+ Parade Preparation Community Workshop Closing Day
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss out! Today\, it’s your last chance step Into Salem’s Past!\nFor this exhibit\, Old Town Hall in Salem will be transformed into a living\, breathing journey through four centuries of local history — and everyone is invited.\nHistory Alive\, Inc. is planning a free public exhibit featuring 40 remarkable Salemites who shaped the city between 1626 and 1936. The collection highlights a diverse range of people from across Salem’s long and layered past\, brought to life through displays\, audio-visual presentations\, and hands-on experiences.\nBut this is far more than a traditional exhibit. Visitors will find a photo station stocked with period costumes and props\, where they can dress up as real figures from Salem’s history and step — however briefly — into another era. The space is designed as an interactive timeline\, with multiple entry points into the Salem story so that visitors of all ages and interests can find their own way in.\nOne of the most distinctive features of the exhibit is that it will be built in public. Costume and prop makers will work right in the space\, constructing parade materials in real time. Community members and volunteers are welcome to roll up their sleeves and help build elements that will eventually appear in Salem’s August 1st Heritage Days Parade — making the creative process itself part of the experience.\nThat parade will also feature History Alive company members drawn from communities across the North Shore\, including Beverly\, Danvers\, Haverhill\, Peabody\, Rowley\, Lynn\, Salem\, Swampscott\, and Marblehead\, alongside a volunteer cast of Salem residents. The procession is designed to reflect Salem’s full community\, with participants of diverse backgrounds\, abilities\, and ages taking part.\nAt least two creative staff members from History Alive will be present during all open hours to engage with visitors and keep the space lively.\nThe exhibit is part of Salem’s broader 400+ anniversary celebrations — a milestone marking more than four centuries since the city’s founding. History Alive’s contribution is a reminder that Salem’s story isn’t just about one moment in time\, but about the many people\, across many generations\, who made it what it is today. \nHistory Alive\, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing local history to life through performance\, education\, and community engagement. Sonnet 4.6
URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/salem-400-parade-preparation-community-workshop-opening-day/
LOCATION:Old Town Hall\, 32 Derby Square\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
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SUMMARY:Love\, Your Salem opens at Old Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Old Town Hall in Salem will be transformed into a living\, breathing journey through four centuries of local history — and everyone is invited. History Alive\, Inc. is planning a free public exhibit featuring 40 remarkable Salemites who shaped the city between 1626 and 1936. The collection highlights a diverse range of people from across Salem’s long and layered past\, brought to life through displays\, audio-visual presentations\, and hands-on experiences.  \nOne of the most distinctive features of the exhibit is that it will be built in public. Costume and prop makers will work right in the space\, constructing parade materials in real time. Community members and volunteers are welcome to roll up their sleeves and help build elements that will eventually appear in Salem’s August 1st Heritage Days Parade — making the creative process itself part of the experience. \nThat parade will also feature History Alive company members drawn from communities across the North Shore\, including Beverly\, Danvers\, Haverhill\, Peabody\, Rowley\, Lynn\, Salem\, Swampscott\, and Marblehead\, alongside a volunteer cast of Salem residents. The procession is designed to reflect Salem’s full community\, with participants of diverse backgrounds\, abilities\, and ages taking part. \nThe exhibit is part of Salem’s broader 400+ anniversary celebrations — a milestone marking more than four centuries since the city’s founding. History Alive’s contribution is a reminder that Salem’s story isn’t just about one moment in time\, but about the many people\, across many generations\, who made it what it is today. You’ll find the dove making crafting at other celebratory events throughout the summer in culmination with “Love\, Your Salem” on August 1st—and maybe even a time warp ball if the fancy strikes us! \nHistory Alive\, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing local history to life through performance\, education\, and community engagement.  \nOld Town Hall hours are:\nThursdays 4-7 pm\nFridays 12-4 pm\nSaturdays 12-4 pm\nSundays 12-4pm
URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/love-your-salem-opens-at-old-town-hall/
LOCATION:Old Town Hall\, 32 Derby Square\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
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SUMMARY:In Open Rebellion
DESCRIPTION:It’s Autumn\, 1774. Massachusetts is confined\, punished & neglected by the Royal Government. Tyranny sparks hopes of Revolution! When Patriots meet secretly in Salem\, enslaved Africans want to take the talk of Liberty at face value. Can they? Join the forbidden assembly! \nAttending “In Open Rebellion” is your chance to imagine yourself amidst Salem’s Patriots\, Loyalists and enslaved Africans as the seaside town prepares for a secret Provincial Congress. Learn what Africans may have been thinking about the impending revolution\, hear songs from the time period and be surrounded by the Revolutionary energy of Salem’s liberty-aspiring inhabitants. \nIn Open Rebellion was commissioned in 2024 by the Essex National Heritage Commission to be written by Kristina Wacome Stevick. Attend the world premiere\, February 23\, 2025. Be surrounded by Adeniyi Samuel as “Caesar”\, and Colin LaMusta\, Caleb Palmer\, Carl Schultz\, Hannah Spangler\, Brigid Warner-Streff\, and Jon Warner-Streff as the Patriot and Loyalist citizens of Salem\, as the candlelit Old Town Hall transforms into the historic meeting house–just a stone’s throw from the site of the October 1774 secret meetings! Directed by Samantha Searles. Produced by History Alive\, Inc. www.historyalivesalem.com \nFree and open to the public! \nRegistration required\, register here! \nFunded by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism
URL:https://www.salem400.org/event/in-open-rebellion-2/
LOCATION:Old Town Hall\, 32 Derby Square\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
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