Labor Day weekend, and Salem is doing its early September thing: acting like summer is not over while quietly moving the fall stuff onto the calendar. The best of it is Saturday afternoon on the water. Mahi Mahi is running an end-of-summer harbor cruise you are meant to bring your dog on.
Around that: a free bird lecture at PEM tonight, Bridget Bishop back on trial Saturday, and a Monday that is actually quiet, which is what a holiday Monday should be.
Salem Events This Weekend
Cast Off with the Canines: End-of-Summer Dog Cruise. Saturday, 4 PM, Mahi Mahi Cruises at Pickering Wharf. A harbor cruise where the dog is the point. If you have been meaning to get on the water before the season closes, this is the one. The listing does not post a price. Details
ECOC Lecture: Saving Birds to Save the Planet. Friday, 7:45 PM, Peabody Essex Museum. Free. The Essex County Ornithological Club has been doing these a long time, and it is an unfussy way to spend a Friday evening indoors. Details
Cry Innocent: the People vs. Bridget Bishop. Saturday, 3 PM, Salem Armory. You sit as the jury in Bishop's 1692 examination. It is the rare Salem history thing that is good rather than merely available. Details
Dennis Dulong Jr. plus the Mal'Idea food pop-up. Saturday, 2 PM, Far From The Tree. Music and a food pop-up in the same afternoon at the cidery, which is a correct use of a Saturday. Details
Salem Events During the Week
Hands-on History on Labor Day. Monday, 11 AM, The House of the Seven Gables. Open on the holiday. Details
Marathon Sports Salem Run Club. Monday, 6 PM, 9 Paradise Road. Free, weekly, and 10% off in the store afterward. Details
Live Jazz at The Babe. Tuesday, 6 PM, 268 Washington Street. Steve Lacey and Pat Dole, free admission. Details
Free Bingo Night with Will Pottorff. Wednesday, 6 PM, Gulu-Gulu Cafe. Details
Goth Yoga at The Satanic Temple. Thursday, 6 PM, 64 Bridge Street. A sentence Salem lets you write in September. Details
Salem's Comedy Coven. Thursday, 7 PM, The Lost Library on Derby Street. Haunted comedy show. Details
Also On in Salem
Tea and cake tasting, Friday 3 PM, Jolie Tea. Free. Details
Miz Diamond Wigfall drag, Friday 8 PM, Bit Bar. Same weekly night we covered last issue. Details
Sunset paddle tour, Friday 6:45 PM, Salem Willows. Details
Bat mask drop-in art, Saturday and Sunday 1 PM, PEM. Details
Tour en Espanol, Sunday 12 PM, the Gables. Details
Joint public hearing, City Council and Planning Board, Wednesday 6 PM, City Hall. Details
Farmers market, Thursday 3 PM, Derby Square. Details
On the Horizon
Andover Sax Guy plays Far From The Tree next Friday the 11th, free.
A quiet week, mostly by design. Labor Day earns that. If we missed something, reply and tell us. That is how most of the good stuff ends up in here.
From Witch City, a local's guide to Salem, MA. Reply and tell us what we missed.
P.S For those that replied DNNR last week, I have you on the list and will include you on our upcoming Dinner Club announcement. I’m currently debating if I want to launch it while our city is entering it’s busy season, or launch it in November when we all start to become hermits. Let me know your thoughts.