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CHECK OUT: Teddy Roosevelt, a metal show or Indigenous Peoples Day
The Teddy Roosevelt Roadshow will be at the Oregon State Capitol Wednesday. (Courtesy/Oregon State Capitol) Wednesday Ever thought you’d get the chance to hear Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, speak? Wednesday is your chance when costumed interpreter Joe Wiegand transforms into…
Inmate awarded writing fellowship plans to create dramatic dialogue about prison dynamics
Sterling Cunio. (courtesy/PEN America) An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate is one of eight people recently awarded a PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship, which commissions writers to create “written works of lasting merit that illuminate critical issues related to mass incarceration and catalyze public debate.”…
Senior residents’ pups to get fenced area thanks to nonprofit
Harold Batcheller and his dog Buddy. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) In a small corner behind a senior community in Northeast Salem, residents are preparing for a new addition – a fenced dog area. On Saturday, Fences for Fido, a Portland nonprofit organization that builds fences for…
Hops Alley among winners in downtown Salem alleyway naming
Names for Salem’s downtown alleyways were announced this week. (Anna CK Smith/ Salem Reporter) The results have been tallied. The new names of Salem’s downtown alleys are as follows: Electric Alley: Named after the Electric Building erected in 1917. Wexford Alley: Named after Wexford Theater…
Capital Park church steps up to shelter Salem homeless in winter
Capital Park Wesleyan Church will house about 50 homeless people on below freezing winter nights, becoming the fourth Salem church to join the warming center network. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A fourth Salem church will shelter homeless people overnight during the winter months, adding space for…
CHECK OUT: A corn maze, haunted house or half marathon
(photo by Flickr user Mike Mozart) Thursday Come ride the rapids of a comic spectacle that follows the tale of John Wesley Powell’s exploration of the Colorado River, where story and gender can be as excitingly fluid as a white-water crusade. Men on Boats runs…
Audience members can sing along when Queen musical hits Salem Wednesday
We Will Rock You is coming to the Elsinore Theatre Wednesday. (courtesy/ Randy Feere) The music of Queen will reverberate inside the Elsinore on Wednesday when “We Will Rock You,” a musical based on the British rock band’s records, hits the stage. Salem is one…
CHECK OUT: A fundraising party for first responders, suicide awareness walk or Star Wars party
Saturday On Saturday, thousands of people will join the Out of the Darkness walk around the Oregon State Capitol to raise awareness about suicide and bring hope to those affected by it. The walk is free but serves as a fundraiser for the American Foundation for Suicide…
Employee surprised with car at Salem KFC
Crystal Lachance won a new car on Tuesday thanks to a wish-granting initiative at KFC. (Courtesy/KFC) When Crystal Lachance showed her 9-year-old son her brand-new car on Tuesday, he told her: “My dreams are coming true and yours are too now.” For more than a…