Salem Arts Association presents “Ahht for Peeps”
The following is a press release from the Salem Arts Association.
The Salem Arts Association (SAA) and Artists’ Row are pleased to host a summer, three-day art happening at Salem’s Old Town Hall in Derby Square, August 6-8. Enjoy fine art, music, fashion and theater all in one place. This is what having an arts center in downtown would be like!
North Shore Arts Association hosts gala and auction
Watch North Shore Arts Association of Gloucester President Andrea van Gestel describe the 90-year-old institution’s upcoming gala and auction.
Essex Antiquing: White Elephant Shop
The fourth installment of my Essex, Mass. travelogue video series takes me to the White Elephant Shop, a lively destination with a wide range of wares. I start out at the main shop, then head to their outlet, and finally arrive at my parents’ garden to situate a White Elephant acquisition.
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Retiree goes high-tech to create art
Who says technology’s only for the young?
"Derby Wharf" by Richard Scott (digital painting)
Richard Scott, a retiree and photographer from Salem, has been experimenting with a new medium: digital painting. He works with a digital tablet and stylus hooked up to his computer that allows him to paint virtually onto the screen. more »
Book Review: Little Charlie Goes to Gloucester
Any one who takes young children to a beach witnesses their curiosity as they explore every little stone and shell. After all, it’s right under their gaze. No one has to tell them what to do. Henry Ferinni and Stephan Mallette’s children’s book about the poet Charles Olson’s early years in Gloucester serves a similar function. Children know this book is for them, they connect to this story immediately. They are inspired to speak, to write, to draw. Little Charlie Goes To Gloucester, shows children that this shore is connected to a great sea coast city which was once populated by Native Americans, explored and settled by Europeans and connected by stories to the Ancient Greek World. more »
Essex Antiquing: Scenic Highlights and Americana Antiques
The third installment of my Essex, Mass. travelogue video series features Americana Antiques and includes some bonus scenic highlights. Americana americanaantiques.com has been a purveyor of antiques and collectibles for forty-one years. Tune in for a taste of Essex - its clam shacks and Americana’s antique blanket chests.
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Amy's Agenda
Musts: Thursday, July 29 through Wednesday, August 4
SALEM
Auditions for Debra Crosby’s Talent Quest TV Show: The A Quest Summer Stage at 24 Derby Street (Artist’s Row)
Every Thursday from 5:30 to 7PM
Admit it. You wanna be an American Idol. Well, here’s your chance. Debra Crosby’s Talent Quest TV Show show is the only talent show in New England that showcases all of the performing artists from all cultures, all ages and all disciplines including: singers, dancers, actors, musicians, stand up comics and entertainers. Did we mention its produced and filmed live at the Hard Rock Cafe Boston every 6 weeks? Learn more: http://www.aqueststudio.com/wp/about/peformancesevents
Creative Corner
I vowed when I owned a house, I would not have any prints hanging on my walls, only original artwork. No mass printed Monet water lilies, no Degas dancers- the real thing. more »
Food
Photo courtesy of Jesse Pruneda
It’s usually at about the halfway-point on my bike ride that I wonder as I pedal up the ridiculous-steep hill what I’m doing on a back road outside of a Connecticut blip at 4:50 in the morning smelling of week-old cow dung. more »
Photographer of the Week
Photographer of the Week: Mary Shea
Mary Shea, a local talent, photographs a Pens Perforum performance at the Salem Commons. The weekly spoken word open mic for Salem Theater Company features local poets, musicians, and writers. Here are beautiful images Mary captured that mirror the poetry of that day. more »
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