Throughout the month of September this year, Salem residents will have a chance to experience the Museum of Science for free thanks to the Norman H. Read Trust! Salem Residents are encouraged to come to Boston to explore MOS Exhibit Halls, catch an IMAX movie in the Mugar Omni Theater, and see one of the three shows in the Charles Hayden Planetarium!
The North Shore Pet Fair is a chance for local exhibitors and pet venders to hold a fair at the Salem Common while local pet enthusiasts showcase their dogs in a variety of competitions. This is a great opportunity to show off the family pet, or to introduce your child to the world of pet ownership! Registration for this year’s the North Shore Pet Fair at the Salem Commons has begun! Sign Up Today!
Ahoy! Join Captain Puddle at Mud Puddle Toys in Salem on Fridays at 1 p.m. to share stories of high adventure, friendship and heroes of all sizes!!! Captain was a plundering pirate once before, but found she seemed to only pillage books, not gold. The crew left Captain Puddle for more bountiful treasures (what they don't know is a book is the greatest treasure of all!) An intellectual pirate through and through: A pirate of print.
Mother's Day is a special day for children to take the time to say thank you to Mom. Families get together and celebrate, laugh, have fun and enjoy each others company. The Hawthorne Hotel makes it an especially nice get together with the sumptuous brunch service they offer for Mother's Day. The brunch, menu is abundant with a larger variety of offerings and caters to all types of guests.
Enjoy an American Girl Trunk show and fashion walk. Shop the latest handmade doll clothing, accessories and furniture for your 18 inch doll. Get her dressed and walk the runway showing off her new outfit. Take home a picture of the two of you and enjoy free refreshments and snacks.
The first 25 guests will receive a swag bag containing coupons and free items from local businesses.
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) celebrates the closing week of Santa at Salem Common with extended evening hours on Thursday, April 26, and Friday April 27. Join us from 5 to 9 pm for your last chance to experience the exhibition that critics are calling “one of the most thrilling shows you are likely to see this year.” Shapeshifting closes to the public on Sunday, April 29, after an exceptional run.
Join Peabody Essex Museum to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japan's gift of 3,020 cherry blossom trees as a gift to the United States to honor the nations' growing friendship. We'll create our own cherry blossoms to take home and welcome spring!
I recently had the opportunity to tour PEM's newest exhibit Santa at Salem Common and left with a whole new perception of Native Americans as individual artists in their own right. As a child and growing up I remember native art being presented more as 'craft' than art - possibly because it was not made as art, but as something to be used - a basket, a blanket, a beaded headdress, a tomahawk. PEM has changed all that with this exhibit.
Come to the opening day celebration of this wonderfully unique exhibit of Native American Art! Shapeshifting is a common theme in today's fiction and science fiction, but did you know this theme has been present in Native American art, dance, music and story telling for millennia? PEM invites you to explore this concept of transformation through paintings, ceramics, textiles, photographs, videos and monumental installations drawn from collections in the United States, Canada and Europe!
See the great House of Seven Gables aglow as Nathaniel Hawthorne saw it in his time! This year, we are reintroducing Lantern Tours, and visitors can learn about New England’s Christmas traditions while viewing the rooms subtly illuminated, as they were in Hawthorne’s day. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve excluded. Admission for Christmas & Lantern Tours is: adults $12.50, seniors 65 and older or AAA Members $11.50, children age 5-12 $7.50, children under five free, and member discount $2.00/ticket.
