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
Salem residents have a full slate of community events the week of Aug. 20–26, led by a Kalapuya traditions workshop at the Willamette Heritage Center, a Y2K adults-only party at Gilbert House Children's Museum and a free Zootopia 2 screening at Riverfront Park.
Community
The 2026 Oregon State Fair runs Friday, Aug. 28 through Monday, Sept. 7 at Salem's fairgrounds, featuring expanded agricultural exhibits, highland cattle, an Electric Drill Team, concerts from Nate Smith to "Weird Al" Yankovic, and a wildfire-prevention giveaway on opening day.
Community
Mr. Vale's Math Class turned the crowd into co-songwriters on a witches-and-cherry-blossoms tune, then MarchFourth Marching Band brought stilt-walkers, a juggler and 90 minutes of brass-band spectacle to downtown Salem on Aug. 15.
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
Salem's annual Lights of Hope event will fill Riverfront Park's amphitheater with more than 3,000 glowing luminaria bags on Aug. 20, honoring people affected by cancer and raising money for treatment-access advocacy.
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The Level 3 Open Pacific Northwest Sectional Wheelchair Tennis Championship brought international competitors and a $3,000 prize pool to Salem Tennis & Swim Club Aug. 7–9, with the Lone Oak Road facility also offering weekly adaptive tennis sessions for residents of all skill levels.
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Salem's Englewood Park hosted its eighth annual Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 8, doubling as a centennial celebration of the park designed by pioneering women landscape architects Lord & Schryver.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Sheep in the Box," a drama about a couple who replace their dead child with a humanoid robot, opens Friday, Aug. 7, at Salem Cinema for a weeklong run through Aug. 13.
Community
Family Building Blocks is recruiting volunteers for Saturday's free Riverfront Family Fest at Riverfront Park, which expects more than 4,000 guests, and has announced two fall fundraising events at the Salem Convention Center.
Community
Allan Pollock, who led Salem's public transit agency since 2007, has retired after 19 years. The Cherriots board appointed Deputy General Manager David Trimble as interim leader and launched a national search for a permanent replacement.
Community
Riverfront Park's $2.5 million playground rebuild, Salem's first intentionally inclusive play space, will open by the end of September with wheelchair-friendly turf, a low-sensory Eagle's Nest zone and equipment shaped by family feedback.
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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.
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