Calendar | Salem Athenaeum

November 2024

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					1 Library Closed Library Closed Oct 26 – Nov 2 all-day Tickets Salem Athenaeum will be closed October 26-November 2. We will re-open on November 5. As October 31 draws closer and traffic and visitors increase, fewer Athenaeum members are able to make it to the library. … Continued	2
3	4	5 Salem Writers’ Group 7:00 pm Salem Writers’ Group Nov 5 @ 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.	6 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 6 @ 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	7	8	9 Book Group 11:00 am Book Group Nov 9 @ 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 the reading list.
10	11 Monday Evening Conversations 7:00 pm Monday Evening Conversations Nov 11 @ 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	12 La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm La Tertulia—Online Nov 12 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets La Tertulia is a group of members interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice. Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday The 2nd Tuesday meeting is online via Zoom. Contact staff@salemathenaeum.net for details.	13 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 13 @ 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 Reappraisal Reading Circle 2024-25 7:00 pm Reappraisal Reading Circle 2024-25 Nov 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Open meeting discussing the works of a prolific, popular author of the past whose works are held in quantity by the Athenaeum. Meetings are hybrid. Please note the schedule for the 2024-25 season: Sep 18 … Continued	14 David Curcio — Smash Hit: The Sociology of the Boxing Film 7:00 pm David Curcio — Smash Hit: The Sociology of the Boxing Film Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Since Edison’s celluloid film tests in the 1890s, boxing movies have held audiences captive. David Curcio, author of Smash Hit: Race, Crime, and Culture in Boxing Films, looks at 20 films from the past 90+ … Continued	15	16
17 Sunday Jazz: Dan Pugach Quartet featuring Nicole Zuraitis 4:00 pm Sunday Jazz: Dan Pugach Quartet featuring Nicole Zuraitis Nov 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Currently on tour in Australia, Nicole Zuraitis returns to the Athenaeum reading room with the celebrated Dan Pugach Quartet and hotter than ever after winning a 2024 Grammy! In addition to her Grammy honor, Nicole has distinguished … Continued	18	19 Salem Writers’ Group 7:00 pm Salem Writers’ Group Nov 19 @ 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.	20 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 20 @ 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 Susan Zalkind: Murder in Massachusetts 7:00 pm Susan Zalkind: Murder in Massachusetts Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Author and filmmaker Susan Zalkind presents a lecture and reading from her debut book, The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit To Expose The Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy. In September 2011, Zalkind’s … Continued	21	22	23 Writing Workshop with J.D. Scrimgeour: Visitations 10:00 am Writing Workshop with J.D. Scrimgeour: Visitations Nov 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Visitations: The Strange Guest A Poetry Workshop This workshop will examine some poems and prose by Stanley Kunitz to explore the idea of “visitation” in poetry. Why does one get visited? How does that visit … Continued
24	25	26 La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm La Tertulia—Online Nov 26 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets La Tertulia is a group of members interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice. Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays online. Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon 7:00 pm Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon Nov 26 @ 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	27 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Nov 27 @ 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 ThanksGAMING / Night Owls 6:00 pm ThanksGAMING / Night Owls Nov 27 @ 6:00 pm Tickets ThanksGAMING Night! We are thankful for games and for you! If you are not traveling or hosting for Thanksgiving, come spend Wednesday evening ThanksGAMING with the Night Owls. We will plan some games, and also … Continued	28	29	30

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