Friday Don’t let your mama tell you not to come to the Elsinore Theatre Friday to see Three Dog Night perform. The band has been singing hits like “One” and “Shambala” to audiences for nearly 50 years. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at 170 High St.[Read More…]

(City of Mill City) Lynda Harrington’s daily walks take her across the old railroad bridge connecting downtown Mill City to Highway 22. The bridge wasn’t much to look at, she said. Lichen was growing on it, planks were missing pieces and there used to be wires hanging down. “I thought[Read More…]

Ranch Records co-owner Lori Close looks for a Three Dog Night record Thursday. (Saphara Harrell/ Salem Reporter) The 1970s are still rocking, if decades-old bands still touring and drawing large crowds is any evidence. On Friday, Three Dog Night, whose songs “One” and “Mama Told Me Not to Come” became[Read More…]

(City of Salem) Thursday Kids will have the opportunity to sit in dump trucks, climb through a 29-foot salmon sculpture and jump in a bouncy house Thursday during Salem Public Works Day. The event aims to inform residents about what goes on behind the scenes at the city department. The[Read More…]

Salem Public Works Day is a free event with multiple booths related to the department. (Salem Public Works Department) Kids will have the opportunity to sit in dump trucks, climb through a 29-foot salmon sculpture and jump in a bouncy house Thursday during Salem Public Works Day. The Salem Public[Read More…]

Kids play a parachute game at Camp Mighty Oaks, a camp for families who have lost loved ones. (Willamette Valley Hospice) Melissa Lindley has run into people that attended Camp Mighty Oaks – a grief camp for families with children that have lost a loved one – 10 years ago[Read More…]

Every Thursday night Capitol City Theater hosts an open mic night starting at 7 p.m. (Saphara Harrell/ Salem Reporter) Every Thursday night a crowd of 60 or so sits at tables in the dark at the Capitol City Theater, listening as comedians spend five minutes on stage trying to elicit[Read More…]

Santiam Brewing is hosting an event Thursday night which allows customers to cuddle kittens and drink beer in the name of charity. Wednesday The play “Burst” follows the story of a woman running a tech company that is ushering the planet into the post-plastic era. In the play, she must[Read More…]

Visitors look at the CSI Salem exhibit during a member’s opening on June 6 (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Two years ago, Sharon Borgford brought Willamette Heritage Center curator Kylie Pine a box of her grandfather’s things. It contained what would be the starting point for the CSI Salem exhibit, which opened[Read More…]

This weekly list is a new way we’re providing readers with information about events going on in the region. Feel free to reach out with feedback or event suggestions.  Friday A new exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center will showcase crime fighting history in the state’s capital and explain how[Read More…]