The green grass and winding footpath in Bush’s Pasture Park won’t be the site of the Annual Salem Art Festival this but Salem Art Association board member Judi McGavin is working to help create a virtual art festival. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) There’s going to be a Salem Art Fair this[Read More…]
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And they’re off! Carousel horses back on track in Salem
Violet Stubbs, 15 months, of Independence, rides on Salem’s Riverfront Carousel on Friday, June 26, after the facility reopened the day before. Visitors under 12 years old do not have to wear a mask. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The doors are open and the horses are ready for riders at Salem’s[Read More…]
Uncategorized A Salem rehearsal turns into a neighborhood show with jazz group
The Salem group Gail Gage Jazz performs in a driveway on Friday, June 19, watched by neighbors, including Twylla Adams, left, and Deanna French. (Jan Jackson/Special to Salem Reporter) Gail Gage Jazz, a Salem-based group, tuned up for its first scheduled performance since coronavirus restrictions took hold by inviting neighbors[Read More…]
PHOTOS: West Salem gets its own Black Lives Matter protest
A handful of demonstrators wave signs at passing traffic during in “pop up” protest at Orchard Heights Park on Wednesday, June 17. (Cathy Cheney/Salem Reporter) A small gathering of Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered on Wednesday, June 17, in front of Orchard Heights Park in West Salem to hold up[Read More…]
Largely white audience in Salem gets the message: Act on racism
Demonstrators march through downtown Salem on Saturday, June 13, as part of the End White Silence rally. Several hundred people listened to speeches, marched to Salem City Hall, and kneeled in silence for George Floyd. (Kate McMahon/Salem Reporter) Several hundred people – most of them white – stood for more[Read More…]
Protesters gathered Saturday as speakers pressed for reforms in Salem and elsewhere
Shelaswau Crier of Salem speaks during the End White Silence event at the Capitol on Saturday, June 13. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Several hundred protesters turned out Saturday at the Capitol for another rally aimed at pressing for social and political change in Oregon and the country. “End White Silence” featured[Read More…]
Speakers tell Salem crowd of work bringing Oregon’s black history out of shadows
Willie Richardson and Gwen Carr of Oregon Black Pioneers tell of their work to explore and recover black history in Oregon. They addressed the Salem City Club on Friday, Feb. 7. (Casey Chaffin – Special to Salem Reporter) Leaders of Oregon Black Pioneers outlined how black history has been neglected[Read More…]
