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Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
The Salem Art Association opens its inaugural Indigenous Northwest Biennial on Sept. 4 at the A.N. Bush Gallery, featuring 16 Pacific Northwest Native artists curated by Grand Ronde tribal member Steph Littlebird, with three free public talks through October.
Community
The Salem Art Association opens its inaugural Indigenous Northwest Biennial on Sept. 4 at the A.N. Bush Gallery, featuring 16 Pacific Northwest Native artists curated by Grand Ronde tribal member Steph Littlebird, with three free public talks through October.
Community
The Salem Art Association opens its inaugural Indigenous Northwest Biennial on Sept. 4 at the A.N. Bush Gallery, featuring 16 Pacific Northwest Native artists curated by Grand Ronde tribal member Steph Littlebird, with three free public talks through October.
Community
A crew of about 20 volunteers is rebuilding a B-17G Flying Fortress at McNary Field, aiming to make the storied Lacey Lady airworthy again while also raising $800,000 to buy the hangar that houses it.
Community
Family Building Blocks hosts its annual Riverfront Family Fest at Salem's Riverfront Park on Saturday, Aug. 8, offering a free health and safety resource fair with fire trucks, helicopters and connections to local support services for an expected 4,000 guests.
Community
Salem Cinema screens "Road to Everywhere," an independent drama starring two-time Grammy winner Robert Mirabal in his first lead film role, with a confirmed showtime of Monday, Aug. 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Community
The Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival kicks off its 11th season Aug. 8–9 at J. Christopher Wines in Newberg, featuring Grawemeyer Award-winning composer-in-residence Lei Liang and wine pairings just 40 minutes from Salem.
Community
Salem's Pentacle Theatre stages the Tony-nominated musical "Catch Me If You Can" from Aug. 14 through Sept. 5, featuring a live band on stage and directed by Wendy Boyack.
Community
The Oregon Center for the Book selected *Bing's Cherries*, a picture book about the Chinese orchard worker behind Salem's iconic cherry variety, to represent the state at the 2026 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Community
The Many Nations Powwow at Oregon State Correctional Institution on Salem's north side marked more than three decades of cultural tradition on July 28, drawing roughly 80 outside guests to witness incarcerated Native American men dance, drum, and reconnect with heritage while the club's MMIW scholarship continues to grow.
Community
Salem's week of July 30 through August 6 brings five community events including a free rockabilly concert, the On High Music Festival headlined by Slightly Stoopid and Big Boi at Riverfront Park, rooftop yoga overlooking the Capitol, and a free art market downtown.
Community
Courtney Place Veterans Housing has opened a free Essential Goods Pantry at 2907 22nd St. SE in Salem, where program specialist Baltazar Campuzano provides veterans with household necessities and connects them to social activities like trivia nights and miniature golf.
Community
The acclaimed film adaptation of Azar Nafisi's memoir about women secretly reading banned books in post-revolutionary Iran opens Friday, July 24, at Salem Cinema, one of only two Oregon theaters screening the film on opening weekend.
Community
The Oregon Board of Forestry voted 5-2 on Wednesday, July 22, to approve a 168-page management plan for 640,000 acres of western state forests, projecting a 20% decline in logging over 70 years and restricting harvest on about half the acreage.
Community
Family Building Blocks is recruiting Salem volunteers for its free annual Riverfront Family Fest on Saturday, August 8, at Riverfront Park, with roles ranging from gate greeting to face painting and grounds cleanup.
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