Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Oregon's Bounty fills the State Capitol with farm animals and square dancing Saturday, a Hispanic Heritage food fair and Venture Hall's first open mic night follow Tuesday, and harvest festivals round out the week of Oct. 1–7 in Salem.
Community
Oregon's Bounty fills the State Capitol with farm animals and square dancing Saturday, a Hispanic Heritage food fair and Venture Hall's first open mic night follow Tuesday, and harvest festivals round out the week of Oct. 1–7 in Salem.
Community
Oregon's Bounty fills the State Capitol with farm animals and square dancing Saturday, a Hispanic Heritage food fair and Venture Hall's first open mic night follow Tuesday, and harvest festivals round out the week of Oct. 1–7 in Salem.
Community
Pride in the Park returns to Salem's Riverfront Park on Saturday, Sept. 19, with 200-plus booths for Salem Capital Pride's 49th year, headlining a weekend that also includes a community grief walk, Celtic dancing, roller derby and Star Wars characters at the carousel.
Community
Salem nonprofit Family Building Blocks held its second annual Salmon Bake Under the Stars fundraiser at Kay Estates vineyard the first weekend of September, drawing community supporters and local vendors.
Community
Salem-Keizer Public Schools published a 59-title K–12 reading list for Hispanic Heritage Month, organized by grade band, in a district where Hispanic students make up about 47 percent of enrollment.
Community
Salem's 77th Art Fair & Festival wraps its final day Sunday, Sept. 13, at Bush's Pasture Park, with organizers hoping to close the attendance gap that has lingered since the pandemic and a shift from the fair's traditional July dates.
Community
Five Salem organizations will receive a combined $81,100 from the Oregon Cultural Trust's record $4.5 million statewide grant cycle, funding programs from youth theater to music lessons for low-income students.
Community
The Rotary Club of Salem is accepting applications for literacy grants of $500 to $2,500 for nonprofits and educators in Salem, Marion and Polk counties, with a 6 p.m. deadline on Oct. 8.
Community
A statewide early-intervention program for young people experiencing psychosis got its start in Marion County in 2001 and now serves about 700 Oregonians at any time, with a local office on Center Street NE accepting referrals for ages 12 to 30.
Community
The Rotary Club of Salem is accepting applications for its 2026/2027 Good Works Large Grant, offering $5,000 to $30,000 for nonprofit projects that benefit Salem-area youth and community health. Applications are due by Oct. 21.
Community
A free exhibit at the Oregon State Capitol traces 100 years of the Bridge of the Gods, from its 1926 opening through the 1940 engineering feat of raising the entire span 44 feet, and runs through Oct. 1.
Community
MusicOregon included Salem in a statewide listening tour where about 130 music professionals described feeling isolated from collaborators and opportunities, and separately, server Lorri Hibbard celebrated 40 years at Sybil's Omelettes Unlimited.
Community
The 77th Salem Art Fair & Festival runs Friday through Friday, Sept. 11-13, at Bush's Pasture Park, featuring more than 200 juried artists, live music, a Kids' Court and food vendors, with adult admission at $10 a day.
Community
The East Salem Rotary Club's annual book drive, in partnership with Book Bin, runs through the end of September to keep 14 little libraries stocked in high-need east Salem neighborhoods that lack a public library branch.
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