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Write from the Heart: A Salem Lit Fest Romance Writing Workshop 9:00 am
Write from the Heart: A Salem Lit Fest Romance Writing Workshop
Aug 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Write from the Heart: A Salem Lit Fest Romance Writing Workshop @ Salem Athenaeum
This event is a fundraiser for the 2025 Salem Literary Festival; all proceeds will be used to fund festival programming. Romance is having a moment on the national stage as a genre, moving both book … Continued
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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 5 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am
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
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Book Group 11:00 am
Book Group
Aug 9 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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.
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Dare to Begin: A Generative Writing Workshop 9:00 am
Dare to Begin: A Generative Writing Workshop
Aug 10 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Dare to Begin: A Generative Writing Workshop @ Salem Athenaeum
This event is a fundraiser for the 2025 Salem Literary Festival; all proceeds will be used to fund festival programming. Whether your characters are traveling through time, aisle 8 in the grocery store, or a … Continued
Member Meetup: American Heritage Museum 1:00 pm
Member Meetup: American Heritage Museum
Aug 10 @ 1:00 pm
Member Meetup: American Heritage Museum @ American Heritage Museum
Special Meetup for Athenaeum Members American Heritage Museum, Hudson, MA Join us for a special tour for Athenaeum members at the American Heritage Museum. Housed in a 66,000 + square foot building, this massive collection of … Continued
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
Monday Evening Conversations 7:00 pm
Monday Evening Conversations
Aug 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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
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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 12 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am
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
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 12 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm
La Tertulia—Online
Aug 12 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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.
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 13 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
Nonfiction Writers Group—online
 6:30 pm
Nonfiction Writers Group—online

Aug 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 14 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 15 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
Salon—One Book, One Salem Book Club with Keja Valens 5:30 pm
Salon—One Book, One Salem Book Club with Keja Valens
Aug 15 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Salon—One Book, One Salem Book Club with Keja Valens @ Salem Athenaeum
Meet us in the garden for book club! We know you’re all reading The Cemetery of Untold Stories for One Book, One Salem in preparation for Julia Alvarez’s visit to Salem Lit Fest on September 7. Her conversation partner … Continued
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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 19 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am
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
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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 26 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am
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
La Tertulia—In Person 6:00 pm
La Tertulia—In Person
Aug 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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
Aug 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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
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