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Closed Labor Day Weekend
Closed Labor Day Weekend
Sep 2 all-day
Salem Athenaeum is closed on Saturday in honor of Labor Day. Have a safe holiday! We re-open on September 5 at 11:00 a.m.
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Salem Lit Fest 6:00 pm
Salem Lit Fest
Sep 5 @ 6:00 pm – Sep 10 @ 7:00 pm
  Salem Lit Fest 2023 is September 5–10 Details at salemlitfest.org Sign up for as many sessions as you like! Tuesday, September 5—Online only 7:00 p.m. In Conversation: Paul Tremblay and Grady Hendrix Wednesday, September … Continued
Salem Writers’ Group 7:30 pm
Salem Writers’ Group
Sep 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
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.
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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Sep 6 @ 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
Sep 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 April 8th discussion is King Lear by William Shakespeare. View the … Continued
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Playwriting Workshop with Peter Sampieri 6:00 pm
Playwriting Workshop with Peter Sampieri
Sep 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Come explore the craft of the playwright in a supportive, seminar-style workshop environment. Experience the process of shaping characters, action, and conflict through weekly development of your play in process with other writers. The class … Continued
Monday Evening Conversations 7:00 pm
Monday Evening Conversations
Sep 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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
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La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm
La Tertulia—Online
Sep 12 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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.
Nonfiction Writers’ Group 6:30 pm
Nonfiction Writers’ Group
Sep 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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 essays may be included as well as writing prompts. … Continued
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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Sep 13 @ 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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Trails & Sails: Athenaeum Tour 11:00 am
Trails & Sails: Athenaeum Tour
Sep 16 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
As part of Trails and Sails, the Salem Athenaeum will be having free guided tours of the building along with a brief history of the institution (established 1760). Select books from the library’s Historical Collections … Continued
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Playwriting Workshop with Peter Sampieri 6:00 pm
Playwriting Workshop with Peter Sampieri
Sep 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Come explore the craft of the playwright in a supportive, seminar-style workshop environment. Experience the process of shaping characters, action, and conflict through weekly development of your play in process with other writers. The class … Continued
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Salem Writers’ Group 7:30 pm
Salem Writers’ Group
Sep 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
***May 17 Writers Group is Virtual only this week. Please log in with the Zoom link that has been used for the past year.***   All are welcome to bring work-in-progress to share with the … Continued
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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Sep 20 @ 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
Reappraisal Reading Circle 7:00 pm
Reappraisal Reading Circle
Sep 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Open meeting discussing the works of a prolific, popular author of the past whose works are held in quantity by the Athenaeum. Please note the schedule for the 2023-24 season: Sep 20 Frank R. Stockton … Continued
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Any Book Group 7:00 pm
Any Book Group
Sep 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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
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No Library Hours during Book Sale 11:00 am
No Library Hours during Book Sale
Sep 22 @ 11:00 am – Sep 23 @ 5:00 pm
The Athenaeum will be closed for library hours on Friday and Saturday as we prepare for and host the Book Sale. We will open at 6:00 p.m. on Friday only for the Members Preview Sale … Continued
Members Preview Book Sale 6:00 pm
Members Preview Book Sale
Sep 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Members Preview Book Sale @ Salem Athenaeum
Mark your calendars for the best book sale of the Fall! Members, plus one guest, have the opportunity to attend the Members Preview Book Sale on Friday night, before it opens to the public on … Continued
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Book Sale 9:00 am
Book Sale
Sep 23 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Book Sale @ Salem Athenaeum
  Stop by the best book sale of the year! One Day Only! Saturday 9/23 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Stop by and buy books!   Are you a member? Sign up for the Members … Continued
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Playwriting Workshop with Peter Sampieri 6:00 pm
Playwriting Workshop with Peter Sampieri
Sep 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Come explore the craft of the playwright in a supportive, seminar-style workshop environment. Experience the process of shaping characters, action, and conflict through weekly development of your play in process with other writers. The class … Continued
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La Tertulia—Online 5:00 pm
La Tertulia—Online
Sep 26 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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
Sep 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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Writers’ Open Studio 8:30 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Sep 27 @ 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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Library closes at 4pm today for Zuraitis Concert 11:00 am
Library closes at 4pm today for Zuraitis Concert
Sep 29 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
The library will be open from 11:00am –4:00pm on Friday, September 29. The early closure is to setup the main reading room for the 7:30pm concert with Nicole Zuraitis.
Jazz concert with Nicole Zuraitis 7:30 pm
Jazz concert with Nicole Zuraitis
Sep 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Jazz concert with Nicole Zuraitis @ Salem Athenaeum
  Salem Athenaeum is excited to present a special concert with jazz vocalist Nicole Zuraitis in the library’s intimate reading room. With a “heart as big as her remarkable voice” (Jazz Police), GRAMMY®-nominated Nicole has … Continued
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