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Places around Salem to celebrate, spend time on New Year’s Eve
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Gilbert House Children’s Museum or enjoy a nice dinner at the Salem Elks Lodge before midnight. Many places in Salem will be celebrating the New Year tomorrow, so here is a list of parties, meals and music performances that will ring in 2025.
2024 TOP PHOTOS: Rodeos, Ironman glory and the faces of Salem
Photographer Laura Tesler shares her favorite images from the year.
2024 TOP STORIES: The Cannery, a wetland-inspired mural, Peter Courtney
Managing Editor Rachel Alexander shares her favorite Salem stories from 2024.
COLUMN: Planning for shelter during a disaster
Mark Wardell, the leader of West Salem’s Community Emergency Response Team, walks through shelter considerations during a disaster, and an upcoming community training.
2024 TOP STORIES: Willamette River rescue, volunteer historians and big personalities
Reporter Abbey McDonald shares her favorite Salem stories from 2024.
Event highlights from Dec. 26-31: Stand-up comedy, pet painting, live music
A lineup of local comedians, a Beatles tribute band and a showing of “Singin’ in the Rain” are among the Salem events slated for the coming days.
Radness Ensues provides a welcoming space to be on Christmas, and any other day
Radness Ensues, a new all-ages community center in Keizer, provides a warm, welcoming and unabashedly dinosaur themed space where anybody can come and feel safe and appreciated.
PHOTOS: Salem Tuba Holiday delights crowds at the Elsinore
A pair of twin tuba players were among dozens of musicians who took the stage for Salem's Christmas Eve tuba tradition.
After 2023 arson, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church celebrates another Christmas season in the gym
The main sanctuary at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church remains under construction after an August 2023 arson. Since the fire, the congregation has turned up for mass in the gymnasium and students have enjoyed an unusual school year.