Destination Salem: Salem Weekend At A Glance During July 16-18

Press release from Destination Salem:

July 15, 2021

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All-day
Negro Election Black Celebration Day
Downtown Salem | SalemUnitedInc.org
Join Salem United, Inc. for the raising of the 1967 Black Heritage Flag, guest speakers, tours of the exhibition at Hamilton Hall, and more.

10:00 am-8:00 pm
“Salem Stories” at PEM
Peabody Essex Museum | pem.org
Using selections from PEM’s vast collection, see more than 100 works, including paintings, sculpture, textiles, decorative arts, photos, natural history specimens, manuscripts, posters, books, eyewitness accounts, and even a murder weapon. Advance tickets required.

10:00 am-8:00 pm
“In American Waters” at PEM
Peabody Essex Museum | pem.org
In this exhibition, visitors will also discover the sea as an expansive way to reflect on American culture and environment, learn how coastal and maritime symbols moved inland across the United States, and question what it means to be “in American waters.”

11:00 am-5:00 pm
“Cevin Soling: We’ve Become What We Parody” at the Satanic Temple
Satanic Temple | SalemArtGallery.com
The works serve as critiques of both ourselves and our culture designed to prompt unsettling questions. What kind of world have we created? What do we value, and what do we want to achieve?

12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Broom Making, Book Binding
The Witchery | thewitcherysalem.com
Craft a rustic broom from scratch or bind your own leather grimoire, book of shadows, spell book, art or dream journal- something for all your creative and magickal works! Personalize your projects with pendants, herbs, dried flowers, bones, charms, stencils. Hourly by appointment.

4:00 pm-7:00 pm
Unmasking & Evolution of Negro Election Day and The Black Vote
Hamilton Hall | HamiltonHall.org
Salem United, Inc. and its president Doreen Wade demonstrate how the first black voting system evolved into the “Black Picnic Day” celebration that has been running for 281 years.

7:00 pm
Salem Séances
Omen | omensalem.com
Step into the Spirit Parlor of Omen and experience an authentic Salem Séance with a true spirit medium. Our departed yearn to reach out to us from beyond and the psychic mediums at Omen have helped thousands of people reunite with souls who have crossed over!

8:00 pm
Miles Over the Moon
Downtown Salem | RunSignUp.com
Miles Over the Moon is a 4-mile twilight road race in Salem, MA. This will be a live, in-person race.

10:00 am-5:00 pm
“Salem Stories” at PEM
Peabody Essex Museum | pem.org
See event listing Friday, July 16.

10:00 am-5:00 pm
“In American Waters” at PEM
Peabody Essex Museum | pem.org
See event listing Friday, July 16.

10:00 am-5:00 pm
The Salem Flea
Derby Square | TheSalemFlea.com
The Salem Flea returns to Derby Square with 25+ local vintage and handmade art vendors.

10:00 am-5:00 pm
Record Store Day (RSD Drops 2)
The Record Exchange | See Facebook Page
To celebrate independent RECORD STORES this year, as well as to celebrate our wonderful, loyal and supportive customers, we’ll have a LARGE and VARIED selection of RSD special limited edition exclusive LPs and 45s.

11:00 am-5:00 pm
“Cevin Soling: We’ve Become What We Parody” at the Satanic Temple
Satanic Temple | SalemArtGallery.com
See event listing Friday, July 16.

12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Broom Making, Book Binding
The Witchery | thewitcherysalem.com
See event listing Friday, July 16.

1:30 pm
African American History Tour with Salem Historical Tours
Salem Historical Tours | SalemHistoricalTours.com
This tour will start at our office and end at Hamilton Hall where Salem’s Black History Museum will be through the summer. Tickets online.

3:00 pm-6:30 pm
Unmasking & Evolution of Negro Election Day and The Black Vote
Hamilton Hall | HamiltonHall.org
See event listing Friday, July 16.

7:00 pm
Salem Séances
Omen | omensalem.com
See event listing Friday, July 16.

10:00 am-5:00 pm
“Salem Stories” at PEM
Peabody Essex Museum | pem.org
See event listing Friday, July 16.

10:00 am-5:00 pm
“In American Waters” at PEM
Peabody Essex Museum | pem.org
See event listing Friday, July 16.

11:00 am-5:00 pm
“Cevin Soling: We’ve Become What We Parody” at the Satanic Temple
Satanic Temple | SalemArtGallery.com
See event listing Friday, July 16.

12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Broom Making, Book Binding
The Witchery | thewitcherysalem.com
See event listing Friday, July 16.

1:00 pm-6:30 pm
Unmasking & Evolution of Negro Election Day and The Black Vote
Hamilton Hall | HamiltonHall.org
See event listing Friday, July 16.

This press release was produced by Destination Salem. The views expressed here are the author’s own.