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After a week of protests, thousands plan to attend Salem’s Saturday march for George Floyd
Protesters march to the Capitol for a rally and vigil on Monday June, 1. The event was the third day of protests against police violence in Salem. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Saturday could be the biggest march yet in a week of Salem rallies and protests…
Awesome 3000 postponed until August
Books fill the downtown office of the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation on Dec. 17, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. The Salem-Keizer Education Foundation’s signature event, the Awesome…
The lights are going out on one Salem event after another
NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Salem organizations are canceling events altogether, looking to reschedule or haven’t decided what to do yet in the wake of a state ban on gatherings…
Get your garden going this spring with free help from Marion Polk Food Share
One of the 65 community gardens supported by Marion Polk Food Share in the greater Salem area (Courtesy/Marion Polk Food Share) If this week’s sunshine has you thinking about getting outside, Marion Polk Food Share wants to help. The organization is hosting “Celebrate the Seed,”…
West Salem stages post-apocalyptic interpretation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”
Mady Breitling as Lady Macbeth and Isaiah Lane as Macbeth in dress rehearsal for the West Salem High School theater production (Courtesy/Joe Gottsch) The witches’ cauldron is a five-gallon plastic bucket. Shields and axes are made in part with discarded license plates, and pieces of…
YMCA annual luncheon raises funds for capital campaign
Single grandmothers Jeanine and Julie give a testimony about the Y, with board member Vanessa Nordyke. (Courtesy/Ashley Russell) The Salem YMCA has been changing lives in Salem since 1892. The Y (YMCA) is more than a fitness center. For over 125 years they have been providing…
Salem Cinema shines a light on homelessness with documentary screening and discussion
Salem photographer Diane Beals has been making portraits of homeless residents around the city (Courtesy/Diane Beals) When tents pop up downtown with homeless occupants, some people look down as they walk past and others cross to the other side of the street. But Salem Cinema…
Inspired by nature, composer’s work debuts at Oregon Symphony in Salem
Gabriella Smith’s new composition will debut in Salem on Friday. (Courtesy/ Gabriella Smith) Gabriella Smith likes to make recordings of the natural world. The 28-year-old composer will listen to early morning bird songs or dip a hydrophone into the water to record shrimp crackling or…
From Mickey Mouse to Civil War veterans, learn about the clubs that shaped Salem’s history
Visitors read about Salem’s Mickey Mouse Club at Willamette Heritage Center’s new “Join the Club” exhibit (Courtesy/Willamette Heritage Center) For much of the 1930s, more than 1,000 children flooded Salem’s Elsinore Theatre on Saturday afternoons to watch Mickey Mouse cartoons and act in skits. They…