Calendar | Salem Athenaeum

January 2025

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			1 Winter Break Winter Break Dec 25 2024 – Jan 1 2025 all-day Tickets The Salem Athenaeum is closed for winter break 12/25/24-1/1/25. See you on 1/2!	2	3	4
5	6	7 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jan 7 @ 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 Jan 7 @ 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.	8	9	10	11 Book Group 11:00 am Book Group Jan 11 @ 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.
12	13 Monday Evening Conversations 7:00 pm Monday Evening Conversations Jan 13 @ 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	14 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jan 14 @ 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 La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm La Tertulia—Online Jan 14 @ 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.	15 Reappraisal Reading Circle 2024-25 7:00 pm Reappraisal Reading Circle 2024-25 Jan 15 @ 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	16 Any Book Group 7:00 pm Any Book Group Jan 16 @ 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	17	18
19	20	21 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jan 21 @ 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 Jan 21 @ 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.	22	23 The New Small Press 7:00 pm The New Small Press Jan 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The dominance of the “The Big Five” publishers (Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, and Macmillan) may seem unlimited, but small, alternative publishers still exist and offer innovative options to authors. … Continued	24	25 Members’ Sketching Class with Slow River Studio 10:00 am Members’ Sketching Class with Slow River Studio Jan 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Please join Slow River Studio for a free beginner sketching lesson at the Salem Athenaeum! Learn to capture the beauty of what you see with patient instruction and fun activities. This two-hour adventure includes a … Continued
26	27	28 Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am Writers’ Open Studio Jan 28 @ 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 La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm La Tertulia—Online Jan 28 @ 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 Jan 28 @ 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	29	30	31

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