Calendar | Salem Athenaeum

August 2019

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4	5	6 Writers’ Open Studio 8:40 am Writers’ Open Studio Aug 6 @ 8:40 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:40-11:30 every Tuesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued	7	8	9 Summer Concert: Boston Saxophone Quartet 5:30 pm Summer Concert: Boston Saxophone Quartet Aug 9 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Join us on the lawn for a special Friday evening concert of Puccini, Mancini, and Duke by Boston Saxophone Quartet. The Boston Saxophone Quartet is a unique blend of musicians who have performed with the Boston … Continued	10 Book Group 11:00 am Book Group Aug 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Discussion group meets on the second Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m. View the reading list.
11	12 Monday Evening Conversations 7:00 pm Monday Evening Conversations Aug 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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 interest to know that the The Social … Continued	13 Writers’ Open Studio 8:40 am Writers’ Open Studio Aug 13 @ 8:40 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:40-11:30 every Tuesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued La Tertulia 6:00 pm La Tertulia Aug 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets La Tertulia is a group of members interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice. Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM	14 Incessant Pipe: Contentions 7:00 pm Incessant Pipe: Contentions Aug 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Philosophy, Science, and Ideas. Come sit around a medium-large table and discuss the big stuff. 2nd Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.	15	16 Salon: Dogtown—James R. Scrimgeour and Carl Carlsen 5:30 pm Salon: Dogtown—James R. Scrimgeour and Carl Carlsen Aug 16 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Dogtown, the abandoned settlement on Cape Ann, has long fascinated historians and artists for its stories and its geography. According to Professor Carl Carlsen, James R. Scrimgeour’s recent book of poetry, Voices of Dogtown: Poems … Continued	17
18	19	20 Writers’ Open Studio 8:40 am Writers’ Open Studio Aug 20 @ 8:40 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:40-11:30 every Tuesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued	21	22 Memoir Writers Group 3:30 pm Memoir Writers Group Aug 22 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Meets monthly on fourth Thursdays. This group is for people who are writing, or wish to write, memoirs. It will not be a class, but rather an opportunity for participants to share and discuss each … Continued Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon 7:00 pm Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon Aug 22 @ 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	23 Salon: Victoria Sirianni: From the Veneto to Virginia—the Unlikely Beginnings of American Architecture 5:30 pm Salon: Victoria Sirianni: From the Veneto to Virginia—the Unlikely Beginnings of American Architecture Aug 23 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This is the story of a 16th-century Italian architect’s profound influence on the development of American architecture and specifically that of Thomas Jefferson. The Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), considered one of the most influential … Continued	24
25	26	27 Writers’ Open Studio 8:40 am Writers’ Open Studio Aug 27 @ 8:40 am – 11:30 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:40-11:30 every Tuesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued La Tertulia 6:00 pm La Tertulia Aug 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets La Tertulia is a group of members interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice. Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM	28	29	30	31

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