Culture House Schedule of Events at Old Town Hall
April 2022
CultureHouse Salem
List of Events
April
Title and Affiliation: Salem Gnu Kitchen
Date: 4/1, 4/8. 4/22, 4/29
Time: 4-8pm
Description: Salem Gnu Kitchen is, first and foremost, a commercial kitchen. Our main purpose is to help entrepreneurs, caterers, and small local businesses in and around Salem (and the North Shore) grow their businesses and become successful. We truly believe that supporting our local farmers and local businesses is not only vital to our environment, but it’s the smartest way to support a healthy community. Secondarily, we are a culinary learning facility and cooking school with a mission to offer our clients a wide range of culinary education. Those attending classes at Salem Gnu Kitchen will not just learn a few handy knife skills and cooking tips. We also have our own Chef-inspired prepared food line, Salem GNU-2-U. Whether you’re looking to live the vegan life, make the perfect sauce, amp up your keto, or even give your date night a red-carpet treatment, we are your one-stop shop for a culinary cornucopia of knowledge. We are the whole GNU experience!
Title and Affiliation: ChagallPAC Saxophone Quartet
Date: 4/1
Time: 6-8pm
Description: The ChagallPAC Saxophone Quartet has performed and premiered music from many of the world’s finest composers, including European composers Etienne Rolin (Bordeaux, France) and Claudio Gabriele (Rome, Italy), and American composers David Krebs (Lawrence, KS) and Mark Popeney (Boston, MA). A versatile group, all the players perform on all sizes of saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones), although the most common configuration is SATB. Emulating a string quartet, the group performs classical music, but also adapts to perform contemporary favorites. The ChagallPAC Saxophone Quartet can be found in a bar or club, a concert hall, or at a music festival. Their recent performance at Old Town Hall in The Salem Festival of Light and Colors featured music with choreography, lighting design, poetry, and visual art. They have also performed at Salem Arts Festival, BitBar, Jewett Hall (Harvard Square), and AllSouls (Salem, MA).
Title and Affiliation: Ellery and Son Photography Exhibition
Date: 04/01 to 04/30
Time: All day event
Description: Ellery Sanchez is a nature and landscape scenery photographer. He loves to capture nature scenes to look like paintings. He was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Boston. His first years were spent exploring the arts through music and poetry.
Ellery Sanchez currently lives in the North Shore Lynn area and travels all over to capture that perfect image. He has a passion for photography that will make you think, wonder, inspire and have you appreciate the beauty of our world. His goal is to photograph nature in its essence, showcasing New England throughout the seasons and its many beautiful locations. He aspires to show the beauty and grace of our nature, to bring awareness to the animals and locations that he captures.
What he loves most about photography is the fact that it's a preserved piece of the past, looking through the lens is like looking through a soul. His mottos are “Think, Feel, Photography” and “A picture is worth more than a thousand words” His photography is Simple. Affordable. Memorable.
Title and Affiliation: The Salem Plant Witch
Date: 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30
Time: 1-4pm
Description: Created in 2020, The Salem Plant Witch specializes in easy to care for Plants; promoting a philosophy of Green Spaces for All Places. The Salem Plant Witch strives to give all individuals access to various house plants and greenery to enhance their homes and lives. The Marimo Moss Intention Bottle has 6+ varieties of bottles with different stone and crystal combinations for specific intentions. The Marimo Moss is propagated by Lulu (The Salem Plant Witch) in her home in Salem. The Moss has minimal care needs and is great for plant lovers of any skill level.
Title and Affiliation: Maritime Ropework Workshop
Date: 04/07
Time: 1-3pm
Description: This ropework workshop is led by Jim Keating, who has undertaken work at such historical landmarks as the U.S.S. Constitution and Boston Tea Party Ship in Boston and in Salem at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Maritime National Historic Site, and the House of Seven Gables, as well as working for the Queen of England.
FINAL Title and Affiliation: Abilities Dance Workshop
Date: 04/09
Time: 1-2pm
Description: Ellice Patterson is the founder/ executive and artistic director of Abilities Dance, a Boston-based dance company that welcomes artists across the nation with and without disabilities. She is also the executive director of BalletRox, providing dance education to Boston youth facing the most systemic inequities at our after-school location and across many public schools, private schools, and more in Boston. Outside of self-produced Abilities Dance's shows, her choreography has appeared in the MFA, Links Hall in Chicago, Gibney Dance in NYC, The Series: Vol IV at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC, and more. She has given lectures and workshops at schools, universities, and organizations across the country, including keynote speaker at Berklee's 2020 ABLE Conference, keynote speaker at Trauma Center's Trauma Sensitive Yoga Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Fidelity Investments, Boston University, and more. She has informally and formally worked with organizations to improve their intersectional access approaches such as Record Co., Community Music Center of Boston, and more. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from Wellesley College and her Masters of Science in Management Studies from Boston University Questrom School of Business.
Workshop on Adaptive Ballet/Contemporary/Modern: Adapting different forms of dance into a practice that works for disabled and nondisabled bodies. In addition to various warm-ups (some deriving from ballet), they'll also learn examples of choreography from previous / current ADB performances.
Title and Affiliation: Mini Movers Studio Dance Classes
Date: 04/09
Time: 3-6pm
Description: Mini Movers Studio is an on-location dance studio dedicated to bringing quality dance and movement education to children ages 2-10. We offer classes in the Northshore and Boston areas which include year-round classes and summer sessions, and offerings for schools, preschools, summer and community programs, and more!
We commit to providing an inclusive, nurturing, and fun environment to children of all backgrounds. In offering an array of classes to schools, communities and more, Mini Movers Studio provides top notch instruction while instilling confidence and creativity in young movers!
For more information about Mini Movers Studio, follow us on Instagram @minimoversstudio, check out our website, minimoversstudio.com or e-mail us at minimoversstudio@gmail.com
Ballet Ages 2-3 : Ballet for the tinitiest dancers! Young dancers will learn ballet technique and terminology in an encouraging environment. Parents are not required to participate, but must stay in class.
Ballet Ages 4-6: Time to Plie and Jete! Young dancers will learn ballet technique and terminology in an encouraging environment
Eventbrite registration - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mini-movers-studio-dance-classes-tickets-302913230627
Title and Affiliation: The Black Women of the Suffrage Movement Exhibit
Date: 4/9 to 4/23
Time: All day event
Description: North Shore Juneteenth Association has curated The Black Women of the Suffrage Movement Exhibit. Come to learn about the remarkable Black Women who paved the way for Shirley Chisolm, Maxine Waters, Kamala Harris, Ayanna Pressley and so many more. Be inspired by the contributions these women made to secure the vote for all women! North Shore Juneteenth Association Inc. is a group of community leaders seeking to create awareness and educate the broader community about positive aspects of African American culture, by creating events and programming that change the perceived narrative about Black Americans. The goal of our organization is to have all cities and towns help us raise awareness about positive contributions of Black Americans. We have curated ten 22x28 Posters depicting Black Women that contributed to the Suffrage Movement. Our hope is that this exhibit will travel to libraries, museums, and be hosted by organizations throughout the North Shore.
Title and Affiliation: Vintage Week
Date: 4/13 to 4/16
Time: All day event
Description: For Vintage Week at old Salem town hall, we got together a handful of vendors with varying styles to bring a collection of Spring and Summer vintage to Salem.
Title and Affiliation: Lydia Lucas’ Stone Soup Ensemble
Date: 4/15
Time: 6-8pm
Description: The Stone Soup Ensemble will perform new music and classical music selections featuring the beautiful marimba sounds of percussionist Lydia Lucas! The Stone Soup Ensemble is comprised of percussionists Lydia Lucas and Michael Sullivan and their dearest comrades and fine musicians from the Boston area. Their performances bring a modge-podge of musical selections, from modern classical chamber music to experimental aleatoric, by chance, music-- Whatever happens, happens! If you’re hungry for music, we will definitely feed your ears!
Title and Affiliation: Salem Sound Coastwatch Exhibition
Date: 4/20 to 4/23
Time: All day event
Description: Are you a visual learner who loves STEM and the ocean? Join us by participating in an environmental science exhibit that features an Augmented Reality (AR) Sandtable. Kids and adults can participate by molding the sand to see what happens in the watershed when it rains, floods or when landforms change! This AR technology uses sensors, projection, and participants’ hands to depict water cycles and changes in sea level. This 3D, interactive experience is perfect for learning about how water moves across the land, what a watershed is and how you can contribute to its ecological health. Salem Sound Coastwatch (SSCW) staff and volunteers will guide you during this hands-on learning experience. SSCW is an environmental nonprofit with an ongoing mission to protect and restore the ecological health of Salem Sound and its watershed. Our science-based initiatives include marine education, field research, municipal guidance, community engagement, and much more. We are dedicated to Salem Sound watershed communities and strive to create diverse, inclusive and accessible place-based, environmental education across the North Shore. Come celebrate Earth Day with us!
Title and Affiliation: Sadie’s Beads Beading Workshop
Date: 04/21
Time: 4-6pm
Description: In this workshop you will learn how to make small jewelry items such as earrings out of beads! Beading is so much fun, and Sadie makes it delightful! Crafting, re-creating and re-engineering are traits of a creative person. Raising children, being active in the education system as well as leading Girl & Boy Scout troops gave me opportunities to explore art related activities with kids and young adults in the Northern VA area for 30 years. I have always been a resourceful person and in 2010 a different type of challenge called Lyme disease overwhelmed my life. I needed to find a new activity and a trip to the local craft store was in order. I purchased a spool of thread, 2 tubes of seed beads and a tiny spiral necklace was born. Beads saved my life. They helped me learn to keep focused and not allow unnecessary brain clutter. Beading is a wonderful meditative state of mind. There is seldom a day that passes when I am not without my beautiful glass and stone beads. I have a collection of beads from around the world. France, Germany and the Czech Republic are my favorite countries to find handmade glass beads and buttons. Porcelain flowers, Semi precious stones, agate, pearls and feathers are on hand. I use quality seed beads, TOHO or Miyuki Delica for precise woven work. The thread is also produced by Miyuki, a 100% nylon beading thread.
Title and Affiliation: JobGet Workshop
Date: 4/22
Time: 2 - 3pm
Description: We believe that getting a job shouldn’t involve hours of filling online applications and then waiting for weeks to hear back. That’s why JobGet created a mobile platform and marketplace where employers and job seekers can instantly message each other, schedule meetings, or even interview virtually, all within minutes.
JobGet’s Community Outreach Team - Cynthia Vargas and Jake Sugerman - will host community workshops to develop and explore skills and strategies towards securing meaningful employment and opportunities utilizing their passions and talents. As certified career coaches with significant workforce development experience, Cynthia and Jake will offer support and ideas around resume enhancement, developing an elevator pitch, and job search resources, and answer questions from job seekers in real time!
Title and Affiliation: Support Sock Monkeys/Familiars, The Artful Life Center
Date: 4/22
Time: 6 - 8pm
Description: After so much isolation and difficulty to get a hug from loved ones, we could all use a toy stuffed animal to squeeze. Colorful and patterned socks will be provided for participants to make a sock monkey, or other animal of their choice. The cute button eyes really bring these animals to life and provide comfort and a cute friend for days when we are stuck inside.
Ages: 8 years old and up, adults encouraged!
Eventbrite registration - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/support-sock-monkeys-and-familiars-workshop-tickets-303051243427
Title and Affiliation: Book Discussion - The Crucible
Date: 4/23
Time: 2 - 3:30 pm
Description: Join your neighbors for a book group discussion of Arthur Miller’s classic play The Crucible, a fictionalized account of the 1692 Salem Witch Hysteria on April 23rd between 2-3.30pm . Written in 1953 after spending days in Salem reading trial documents, Miller was convinced that the persecution of innocent neighbors in seventeenth-century Salem had an important message for Americans during the McCarthy era. The play focuses on the courage of those who refused to plead guilty to witchcraft, such as Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor. Facilitated by licensed city guide and former professor Rebecca Johnson, we’ll explore why the play continues to be relevant today.
Title and Affiliation: What Matters Most? An interactive Public Artwork
Date: 4/27 to 5/15
Time: All day event
Description: WHAT MATTERS MOST? is a 6-green mini-putt golf course based upon issues of the climate crisis. This installation was created for Salem State University’s Earth Days 2022, CLIMATE CRISIS: ACTIONS FOR A JUST; LIVABLE WORLD, April 11 through April 15.
The project was conceived by Salem State University Professor Ken Reker and designed; fabricated by Art + Design students during the Spring 2022 FORM; DESIGN classes. Each green examines a myriad of climate concerns including sea-level rise, the continued degradation of the worlds’ environment, overconsumption, the dead-zones of the ocean garbage patches, art worlds’ love affair with NFT’s (non-fungible tokens); the impact of burgeoning populations.
This public art installation will relocate to downtown Salem and be installed around Old Town Hall at 32 Derby Street from April 27 through May 15, 2022. Hours of play are Wednesday & Thursday from 1:00 – 6:00 PM, Friday & Saturday from 1:00 – 8:00 PM and Sunday from 12:00 – 5:00 PM. Putters & balls are available from CultureHouse in Salem Old Town Hall.
For further information contact Professor Ken Reker at kreker@salemstate.edu
Title and Affiliation: Diana Norma Szokolyai Poetry
Date: 4/30
Time: 6 - 8 pm
Description: This poetry and music performance will include poetry by Diana Norma Szokolyai, music by Dennis Shafer and David Krebs, Soundpainting, and an invitation to become involved in the performance with an interactive component. Diana Norma Szokolyai is a writer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. Her books are CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos & Sourcebook for Creative Writing, Parallel Sparrows, and Roses in the Snow. Her work has been published in MER VOX Quarterly, VIDA, Quail Bell Magazine, The Boston Globe, Critical Romani Studies Journal and has been anthologized in Other Countries: Contemporary Poets Rewiring History and Teachers As Writers. Her poetry has been translated into German and her poetry-music collaborations have been featured in several independent international films and have hit the Creative Commons Hot 100 list. She is co-founder/co-director of the Cambridge Writers’ Workshop and Chagall Performance Art Collaborative, a collaborative of local artists with a studio on Artists Row in Salem, MA. She holds an Ed.M in Arts in Education from Harvard University, and an M.A. in French from UConn. She is also a candidate for an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
