Workers with Chintimini Wildlife Center rescue a bald eagle on May 12, 2021 after a trucker who stopped in Salem unintentionally collided with the bird. (Screenshot from Chintimini Wildlife Center video) The delivery driver arriving at South Town Glass on Southeast 12th Street in Salem last month heard a noise[Read More…]
Tag: SALEM SCENE
Salem folk band singer finishes strong in national songwriting competition
Kristen Grainger and Dan Wetzel, the core members of folk and bluegrass quartet Kristen Grainger & True North, have had plenty of time to rehearse at home since the Covid-19 outbreak. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Kristen Grainger likens songwriting to making a pie crust – don’t handle it too much or[Read More…]
Elsinore turns to community for help to stay alive until the curtain can go up again
Tom Fohn, executive director of the Elsinore Theatre, stands on stage next to the theatre’s ghost light on Monday, Nov. 23. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The performance venue at the Elsinore Theatre is in danger of closing for good unless enough money is raised to keep it going. Ticket sales cover[Read More…]
Getting people into local television in Salem is one goal for new community media leader
Jasmine White, incoming executive director of Capital Community Media, stands in a studio on Thursday, August 20.(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The executive director of Capital Community Media will have a busy fall. The organization added services in August and took on a new name to reflect its refined role in Salem.[Read More…]
A voice from the past talks you through a key piece of Salem history
The Willamette Heritage Center is now providing a new way to learn the history of Salem’s Thomas Kay Woolen Mill. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) In these uncertain times, there’s a way to learn some fun facts about the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill and see how workers produced blankets and fabrics without[Read More…]
A fresh look at Salem’s history provided by Jason Lee artifacts
The Jason Lee house at its original location on Northeast Broadway Street before it was moved in 1963 (Willamette Heritage Center archives) About 2,000 artifacts were discovered during a recent archaeological dig at the former home site of Jason Lee, one of the first missionaries in Oregon. The findings found[Read More…]
SALEM IN NEED: Association seeks ways to save downtown Salem restaurants while saving itself
A couple sits outside of Ritter’s Housemade Foods during the first phase of Salem’s reopening on Friday, May 22. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) It is the middle of summer. Usually, we would have had the World Beat Festival and the Salem Art Fair and Festival. With none of these events happening[Read More…]
Salem singer was headed for Mexico performance when Covid got in the way
Singer Laura Agüero at her Salem home on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem resident Laura Agüero was all ready to go to Mexico and sing. Her trip was backed by a $1,459 grant from the Oregon Arts Commission, allowing her to perform as a guest with the Orquesta[Read More…]
Miss browsing for art while strolling? Salem’s first Virtual Art Fair is this weekend
An online map will guide shoppers through Salem’s first Virtual Art Fair, an effort to sustain artists during a pandemic that forced a cancellation of the usual Bush’s Pasture Park event. The virtual doors open at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 18. About 125 artists are signed up to participate in[Read More…]
Vinyl fans wait in line for hours to bid farewell to Salem’s Ranch Records
Keenan Foraker of Silverton left, browses through CDs at Ranch Records’ going out of business sale on Wednesday, July 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Kit and Lori Close planned to buy and sell records in downtown Salem for two more years. When 2022 arrived, Ranch Records would celebrate its 40th year[Read More…]
