Calendar | Salem Athenaeum

July 2025

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		1 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jul 1 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:30-11:00 every Wednesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued Salem Writers’ Group 7:00 pm Salem Writers’ Group Jul 1 @ 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.	2	3 Night Owls: Backyard Games Edition 6:00 pm Night Owls: Backyard Games Edition Jul 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Backyard Games Edition Celebrate summer with the Night Owls in the Athenaeum garden! We will have a few yard games on hand—corn hole, croquet, kubb, ring toss, etc.—and also encourage you to bring your … Continued	4	5
6	7	8 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jul 8 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:30-11:00 every Wednesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued	9 Nonfiction Writers Group—online  6:30 pm Nonfiction Writers Group—online  Jul 9 @ 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	10	11	12 Book Group 11:00 am Book Group Jul 12 @ 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.
13	14 Monday Evening Conversations 7:00 pm Monday Evening Conversations Jul 14 @ 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	15 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jul 15 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:30-11:00 every Wednesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued Salem Writers’ Group 7:00 pm Salem Writers’ Group Jul 15 @ 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.	16	17 Any Book Group 7:00 pm Any Book Group Jul 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets What are you reading? This is new 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! … Continued	18 Salon: Pasta, Prose & Poetry: Two Old Friends Sharing Stories 6:00 pm Salon: Pasta, Prose & Poetry: Two Old Friends Sharing Stories Jul 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Tickets What happens when you grow up with one Italian parent and one non-Italian parent? The Italian side wins, of course! Linda Dini Jenkins (late of the Pickering House) and Barbara Worton have been friends since … Continued	19
20	21	22 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jul 22 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:30-11:00 every Wednesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon 7:00 pm Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon Jul 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	24	25 Salon: Willie Nelson—Songs & Stories with Matt York 6:00 pm Salon: Willie Nelson—Songs & Stories with Matt York Jul 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Matt York returns to the Athenaeum garden for another evening of song and stories—this time paying homage to the great Willie Nelson. New England singer/songwriter York will focus on Willie’s long and illustrious music career that … Continued	26
27	28	29 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jul 29 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 8:30-11:00 every Wednesday (unless announced otherwise). Feel free to come by and write in a quiet peaceful setting. Come for as long … Continued	30	31

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