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Salem events: Thanksgiving 2019 edition
Thanksgiving has arrived. (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) Wednesday Capitol City Theater is hosting a free comedy show on Thanksgiving eve. The stand-up show will feature Portland comedians The Real Hyjinx, Adam Pasi and Wendy Weiss as well as Los Angeles comedian Joe Sinclitico. Email [email protected] to be…
CHECK OUT: Holiday shopping, choral concert or a comedy show about gender
(Anna CK Smith/Salem Reporter) There’s only one week until Thanksgiving. Wednesday Colorado singer-songwriter Daniel Rodriguez will ply melodic hooks alongside poetic and contemplative folk songs at The Governor’s Cup Wednesday night. The show starts at 6 p.m. 471 Court St NE. Thursday It’s the last…
CHECK OUT: Pottery for charity, a mushroom show or a holiday bazaar
The annual Empty Bowls fundraiser is this weekend. (Courtesy/ Willamette Art Center) Saturday This weekend, visitors to the Oregon State Fairgrounds can purchase handmade bowls, while also helping feed the area’s hungry. Each year, the Willamette Art Center hosts the annual Empty Bowls benefit sale…
Capitol exhibit highlights Jewish service members in World War II
A World War II exhibit at the Capitol Galleria runs until Nov. 28. (Courtesy/Oregon State Capitol) Visitors to Friday’s Tribute to Veterans at the Oregon State Capitol can see the presentation of the colors flag ceremony and listen to a choral performance. If they head…
CHECK OUT: A play, a tribute to veterans or a festival of light
Oregon Spirit Chorus will perform at the Tribute to Veterans on Friday. (Courtesy/Oregon Legislature) Thursday You’re 6 years old and mom is in the hospital. She finds it hard to be happy, so you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the…
PHOTOS: Halloween night
Residents in the historic Fairmount neighborhood had a parade on Thursday night. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) There was a lot of fun to be had on Halloween night in Salem. Residents in the Fairmount neighborhood had a parade, while students at three local high schools, North,…
CHECK OUT: Hocus Pocus, Halloween costume contests or orchestra concerts
Students in costume flood into South Salem past a Batman-themed room during Halloween last year. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Wednesday Three centuries have passed since the Sanderson sisters were executed for practicing dark witchcraft and this Wednesday they’ll return to life during the screening of Hocus…
Bootlegger’s Ball brings prohibition-themed fun to Willamette Heritage Center
Jessica & Richard Bell attend the Bootlegger’s Ball. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) The Willamette Heritage Center (WHC) transformed Oct. 22 into the Heritage Hideaway for its Bootlegger’s Ball. This 20s-themed gala was a fundraiser to support the nonprofit museum that sits on Mission…
Museum exhibit relays intimacy of artists’ work
Ben Buswell’s artwork,”All at Once,” is on display at the Hallie Ford Museum until Dec. 20. (Courtesy/Hallie Ford Museum of Art) Inside the Hallie Ford Museum’s latest exhibition, five large books sit on a table. Some are open, filled with pages of notes, while others…