Salem Meets the Noir, the first conference on Hispanic Noir in literature, television and cinema, is this week! Attend tonight’s Virtual Fireside Chat with internationally acclaimed author Silvia Moreno-Garcia at House of the Seven Gables. Tickets to Fireside Chat: https://bit.ly/4ueWzaG

Mystery blooms this spring at the Salem Athenaeum on May 31. Step into an afternoon of suspense and surprises. Follow clues in a scavenger hunt and enjoy killer cocktails among the blooming rhododendrons... Solve the Mystery at the Garden Party! Tickets: https://bit.ly/498u6Lh SalemAthenaeum.net

Salem Lit Fest may be in November, but there are literary events in Salem next week! Salem Meets the Noir, the first conference on Hispanic Noir in literature, tv, and cinema, is May 19–21 at Salem State University. Virtual keynote with Sylvia Moreno-Garcia Info: https://bit.ly/48X4Ibd

Your mother hopes you remember to attend tonight's event at the Salem Athenaeum: Storytelling: The Nature of Mothers at 7pm! Bring her along if you can. She'll love it. Read more about the storytellers and get your tickets at salemathenaeum.net

Celebrate Mother's Day early with a collection of true stories by local friends, neighbors, and mothers on May 6, 7pm at Salem Athenaeum! Storytellers: Zoe Culbertson, Anusia Gillespie, Felicia S. Pierce, Katie Naoum Rogers, and Jacquie Valatka. Read more and sign up at salemathenaeum.net

Celebrate National Poetry Month at the Salem Athenaeum on April 29 at 7pm! We are excited to announce that Liana Galvin, Salem's first Youth Poet Laureate, will be one of the featured poets, along with Bonnie Bishop, Kali Lightfoot, Casey Lynn Roland, Clay Ventre, and more. www.salemathenaeum.net

Thank you to everyone who attended the Adams Lecture with Colin Woodard on April 16! So many have commented since the event that his presentation was very informative and shed light on the current political climate. See you at the next talk!

What do Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Nathaniel Philbrick, Andrew Delbanco, Maya Jasanoff, and David Blight have in common? They are just a few of the distinguished historians to give Salem Athenaeum's Adams Lecture. Come hear the latest addition April 16 at Tabernacle Church: Colin Woodard.

What do Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Nathaniel Philbrick, Andrew Delbanco, Maya Jasanoff, and David Blight have in common? They are just a few of the distinguished historians to give Salem Athenaeum's Adams Lecture. Come hear the latest addition April 16 at Tabernacle Church: Colin Woodard.