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Monster Cookie Ride returns for 46th year
Nearly 46 years ago, Nancy Lewis made a few batches of monster cookies for the bike ride she and her husband Larry started in Salem. On August 28, the Monster Cookie Metric Century will return – and there will be cookies. The Salem Bicycle Club…
Theatre 33 takes summer curtain call with historical musical
When “Lost in the Hills” hits the stage Thursday night at Theatre 33 in Salem, it will be the first time anyone has seen it. Anyone outside of the playwright, Paul Lewis, the actors, the professional writer hired to help work out the wrinkles and…
PHOTOS: A celebration of steam, firefighting returns to Powerland
The 62-acre Powerland Heritage Park was alive this weekend with the sounds of machinery as Oregonians from all corners of the state gathered to celebrate antique machinery. The 52nd annual Great Oregon Steam-Up kicked off July 30 with an army of 1,000 volunteers, and the…
Great Oregon Steam-Up puts focus on vintage firefighting
Jim Kelsey, of Gervais, uses a hammer to shape a shoehorn while forge welding in the blacksmith shop at Powerland Heritage Park (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) In the 1950s, a group of local farmers felt nostalgic. Before World War II, they tended the land with wheat…
PHOTOS: Vintage cars, costumes on display at Rust-O-Rama
Judith Schmaltz gestures towards the painting of herself on her husband’s car at Salem’s 2022 Rust-O-Rama classic car show on Saturday, July 16, 2022 (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Mike Appel, right, Demetrius Appel, and Brutus the rottweiler in their Dodge truck at Salem’s 2022…
PHOTOS: Art fair brings a colorful spectacle in Bush’s Pasture Park
Colorful fabric art surrounds a visitor to the Salem Art Fair Friday, July 15 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Late afternoon sunlight glints off the glasses of a singer with the rock band” Heart By Heart” during a performance Friday, July 15 at the Salem Art Fair.…
PHOTOS: Hoops actions fills Salem streets for 23rd year
Competitors play at Hoopla 2022 in Salem (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Thousands of basketball lovers descended on Salem this weekend, competing in the annual Hoopla tournament. Competitors play at Hoopla 2022 in Salem (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) The view at Hoopla 2022 looking…
PHOTOS: Catch the 2022 Marion County Fair
Fairgoers enjoy the twister at the 2022 Marion County Fair (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Carson Kuenzi shows a pig in the 4-H Round Robin competition at the 2022 Marion County Fair (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Corbin Kuenzi on Kubota tractor at the 2022…
Hoopla bringing basketball action back to Salem
Jason Unruh was managing The Hoop, now the Capital Fieldhouse, back in 1999 with his father Charrol when Jim Kniffin approached them with an idea: a three-on-three basketball tournament. That tournament became Hoopla and is set to spill out over Salem streets this week with…