Category Events

EVENTS: Fine art festival, calligraphy demonstration and more to do in Salem this weekend
The Westminster Festival of Fine Art returns to Salem this weekend, plus you can catch a Broadway spoof concert or live performance of Pink Floyd's "The Wall."
LIVE BLOG: Follow the Town Hall on city payroll tax
Salem Reporter’s Town Hall on Taxes on Wednesday at the Elsinore Theatre digs into a single question on the November ballot: should the city impose a new income tax on wage-earners and those self-employed to fund “community safety services?”

ART: October’s artist exhibitions in Salem
Opportunities to see art in Salem this month include open hours at a home studio, a celebration of quinceañeras and work by Indigenous printmakers.

Salem’s 6th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day event Monday will spotlight Native Americans’ history, legacy
This year’s Indigenous Peoples Day celebration in Salem will retain the same theme as the previous for years – ”resistance is existence.” Organizers say that’s because the lack of diversity and inclusion in local government and schools remains unchanged.

Salem Art Fair will move to September after overwhelming support from artists, vendors
The 75th Salem Art Fair & Festival will be held Sept. 13-15, 2024, Salem Art Association leaders announced. The change from a July event comes in a bid to avoid the worst heat of summer after the event was moved into an unshaded pasture to protect nearby oak trees.

EVENTS: Farmers markets, Indigenous celebrations on tap for Salem this weekend
A book sale at the Salem Public Library, early Halloween activities and an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration are among the local events slated for the coming days.

Clowns, jumpscares return for 36th year of Nightmare Factory at Oregon School for the Deaf
Oregon School for the Deaf’s “Nightmare Factory” haunted house returns, bringing scares and building community connections. The endeavor funds school improvements and student trips, including a visit to Knott’s Scary Farm to learn how to act from the pros.

PHOTOS: The world’s best slalom skateboarders compete in Salem
Daniel Syrovy from the Czech Republic took the world title at the Slalom Skateboarding World Championships held in Bush's Pasture Park over the weekend.

Pentacle’s newest musical features music, comedy, romance, bloodlust and 90 costumes
"A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” starts Friday, Sept. 29, and runs through Oct. 21 at the Pentacle Theatre.
