Calendar | Salem Athenaeum

November 2025

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						1 Library Closed Library Closed Nov 1 all-day Tickets Salem Athenaeum will be closed October 25 – November 1. We will re-open on November 4. As October 31 draws closer and traffic and visitors increase, fewer Athenaeum members are able to make it to … Continued
2	3	4 Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 4 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting. Salem Writers’ Group 7:00 pm Salem Writers’ Group Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets All are welcome to bring work-in-progress to share with the group for feedback. The group is facilitated by J.D. Scrimgeour, Professor of English, Salem State University.	5 New Members Night 7:00 pm New Members Night Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Please join us for a free orientation and behind-the-scenes tour of the Salem Athenaeum just for new members. The event includes an overview of our history, mission, and outlines current services and membership benefits. Registration … Continued	6	7	8 Book Group 11:00 am Book Group Nov 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Discussion group meets on the second Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m. Sessions are hybrid. Register in advance if attending via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZModOCvrj0v_MkPJIjN5jmwNm_XvSb0IA View this year’s reading list.
9	10 Monday Evening Conversations 7:00 pm Monday Evening Conversations Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This group currently meets online. Register here The Monday Evening Conversations Group meets on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 PM. All members and other interested parties are invited. It may be of … Continued	11 Nov 11 all-day Tickets The Salem Athenaeum is closed on November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 11 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting. La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm La Tertulia—Online Nov 11 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets La Tertulia is a group of members interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice. Meets twice a month: 2nd Tuesdays is online via Zoom 4th Tuesdays in person Contact staff@salemathenaeum.net for details.	12 Nonfiction Writers Group—online  6:30 pm Nonfiction Writers Group—online  Nov 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets This group meets online every 2nd Wednesday, 6:30-8:00 p.m. We focus on nonfiction prose. Participants read their work in a supportive environment and receive useful feedback. If time permits, readings of favorite pieces and craft … Continued	13 Kill Talk: On Military Language and Combat Poetry with Dr. Janet McIntosh 7:00 pm Kill Talk: On Military Language and Combat Poetry with Dr. Janet McIntosh Nov 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Brandeis anthropologist Janet McIntosh interviewed nearly fifty combat veterans and visited the famous/infamous Marine Corps bootcamp at Parris Island as part of the research for her book, Kill Talk: Language and Military Necropolitics (Oxford University Press, 2025). … Continued	14	15 Writing Workshop: Pieces of Salem with J.D. Scrimgeour 10:00 am Writing Workshop: Pieces of Salem with J.D. Scrimgeour Nov 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join Salem Poet Laureate, J.D. Scrimgeour, for a workshop to help you generate writing about Salem for Pieces of Salem, an anthology of prose and poetry to celebrate Salem’s quadricentennial. The call for submissions for Pieces … Continued
16	17	18 Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 18 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting. Salem Writers’ Group 7:00 pm Salem Writers’ Group Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets All are welcome to bring work-in-progress to share with the group for feedback. The group is facilitated by J.D. Scrimgeour, Professor of English, Salem State University.	19 Reappraisal Reading Circle 7:00 pm Reappraisal Reading Circle Nov 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Reappraisal Reading Circle meets bi-monthly on Third Wednesdays—hybrid sessions Sign up here for Zoom link Open meeting discussing the works of a prolific, popular author of the past whose works are held in quantity by … Continued	20 Any Book Group 7:00 pm Any Book Group Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets What are you reading? This discussion group is for readers of all genres. We all share a love for books–classics, mysteries, sci-fi, memoir, poetry–whatever genre you are reading now, come prepared to share! Be ready … Continued	21 The Hard Work of Hope with Michael Ansara 7:00 pm The Hard Work of Hope with Michael Ansara Nov 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us for a conversation about organizing and activism in the sixties and seventies and today with someone from the front lines: Michael Ansara. Ansara will be speaking with Drew Darien, Associate Dean for the … Continued	22
23	24	25 Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 25 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting. La Tertulia—In Person 6:00 pm La Tertulia—In Person Nov 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets La Tertulia is a group of members interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice. Meets twice a month: 2nd Tuesdays is online via Zoom 4th Tuesdays in person Contact staff@salemathenaeum.net for details. … Continued Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon 7:00 pm Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon Nov 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Incessant Pipe Poetry Salon will meet upstairs in the Salem Athenaeum. “The Pipe” is a space to read poetry, yours or others, and discuss everything from the price of tea in China to quantum … Continued	26	27	28	29
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