Salem 5 Expects Big Crowd for 'After Hours'

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in the city and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Thursday, Jan. 23.

1. Cold: The very cold weather will stick around on Thursday, with a high temperature in the teens for the day. The west wind will blow at about 10 miles per hour, pushing the wind chill as low as -9 degrees.

2. Salem 5: The Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce's "After Hours" event arrives at Salem 5 on Cabot Street on Thursday evening, where many guests are expected. It runs from 4:30-7 p.m. with food and door prizes for any Chamber members who register beforehand. If you are driving through the area at the time, be aware that many people will be parking across the street at the Memorial Building and will be crossing Cabot Street to get to the bank.

3. Photo: The winners of this year’s Essex National Heritage Area photo contest will be honored on Thursday night.  The reception starts at 6 p.m. at the new gallery at Hunt’s Photo & Video in Melrose but then the 14 winning photos will be on display for a year at the National Park Service Visitor Center in Salem for a year.

4. Businesses: Nominations are open through Saturday for the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Awards. The awards, scheduled for Feb. 27, are designed to show the “business talent and the entrepreneurial spirit that exists within our business community.”

5. Bone Marrow: St. Peter’s Church in downtown Beverly will host a Be the Match Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive on Saturday, hoping to recruit a minimum of 150 bone marrow registrants in honor of the historic church’s 150th anniversary. It will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with representatives from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute signing up potential bone marrow donors for the National Marrow Donor Program. Registrants must be ages 18 to 44, meet health guidelines and be willing to donate to any patient for whom he or she is a match.