Salem Happenings

Salem Happenings
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A monthly current events program on Salem Access Television, offering informed commentary and digging into the news and hot-button items hitting Salem, Massachusetts.

  1. 08/01/2021

    Unpacking the Salem Race Equity Task Force Report

    The August 2021 discussion includes the selection of Native American artist Chris Pappan to create a portrait of a Naumkeag leader for display in Salem City Hall, the Salem Race Equity Task Force Report as well as the opening of the Charter Street Cemetery Welcome Center. Panelists include: Will Dowd, Deborah Greel, Rebecca Hains, Dustin Luca and Gwendolyn Rosemond.

    Unpacking the Salem Race Equity Task Force Report

  2. 07/11/2021

    The Black Lives Matter movement on the North Shore

    The Salem Happenings crew discusses the fast-pace world and national changes in between each show: Protest and demonstrations, the Black Lives Matter movement on the North Shore and reopening under strict COVID-19 limitations.

    The Black Lives Matter movement on the North Shore

  3. 06/02/2021

    We interview NAGLY's new executive director

    The Salem Happening's crew interviews the North Shore Alliance of GLBTQ+ Youth's new executive director, James Giessler, who succeeded Steve Harrington in April. Panelists also discuss the origins of and historical significance of Juneteenth, the incoming Salem police chief and the Salem Sound Coastwatch's Collins Cove salt marsh restoration project.

    We interview NAGLY's new executive director

  4. 05/01/2021

    Salem State University just got a big donation

    The Salem Happenings crew interviews Cheryl Crounse, vice president of Salem State University Institutional Advancement, on the news of a $6 million gift to, in part, help "assist undergraduate seniors in overcoming their final financial hurdle before graduation." Also on this episode: The South River Revitalization Project by the North Shore CDC; Salem's new police chief and hiring trends in local law enforcement. And a cute story about children creating and distributing window art in panelist Deborah Greel's neighborhood on Boardman Street.

    Salem State University just got a big donation

  5. 03/01/2021

    The poster child for Massachusetts housing crisis

    The Salem Happenings crew discusses race equity, the growing housing crisis, the COVID-19 response and a proposed gunshop eyed for Salem.

    The poster child for Massachusetts housing crisis

  6. 01/02/2021

    IN THE FIELD: We tour the PEM's Salem Witch Trials exhbit

    From September 2020 to April 2021, the Peabody Essex Museum put extremely rare and original documents from the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 in its care on display. It was the first time the invaluable collection was exhibited in public in nearly three decades. Our panelist, Will Dowd, toured the exhibition with the PEM's head librarian of the Phillips Library, Dan Lipcan, whom he interviewed along the way. Artifacts, in part, owned by people involved in the 1692 episode flanked the tenuous documents. The show featured iconic 19th century paintings by the American artist Tompkins Harrison Matteson: The “Trial of George Jacobs of Salem for Witchcraft” and "The Examination of a Witch."  A centerpiece among the documents: The return of Chief Justice William Stoughton's carried-out warrant, confirming the execution of Bridget Bishop. She was the infamous trials' first victim, hanged in June of 1692.

    IN THE FIELD: We tour the PEM's Salem Witch Trials exhbit

  7. 12/01/2020

    Reflecting on, taking stock of a year like none other

    The Salem Happenings crew’s final and reflective episode in 2020, a year that many described as being like none other.  Panelists dig into the main issues, current events and topics over the past year: A cultural awakening over race, a nail biter of a presidential election, a groundswell of protests, the city and local businesses fight against a once-in-a-century pandemic.

    Reflecting on, taking stock of a year like none other

  8. 11/11/2020

    A post-mortem on Halloween in Salem amid a global pandemic

    The Salem Happenings crew offers a post-mortem on how the Halloween season played out for the Witch City amid a raging pandemic. Other topics discussed: The 2020 presidential election, voting in Salem and the ways COVID-19 has impacted daily life.

    A post-mortem on Halloween in Salem amid a global pandemic
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A monthly current events program on Salem Access Television, offering informed commentary and digging into the news and hot-button items hitting Salem, Massachusetts.

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  • Creator
    Salem Happenings
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © SALEM ACCESS TELEVISION
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