Film Screening: Daughter of Rubens

Rehearsal Room, Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts 356 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA, United States

In this short documentary film, Daughter of Rubens, filmmaker Sarah Hachey and executive producer Gloria Monaghan hope to shed light on the brilliant, talented painter Nancy Ellen Craig. Initially a portrait painter, Craig painted aristocrats and notable figures. She was born in 1927 in Bronxville, NY and died in 2015 in Truro, MA. Critics have compared her work to Thomas Eakins […]

Open Level Technique Class with SSU Guest Artist Amber Sloan

OK Dance Studio 303, O'Keefe Complex 225 Canal Street, Salem, MA, United States

Amber Sloan is a 2023 Choreography Fellow from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her work has been presented by Centro Cultural Los Talleres in Mexico City, The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, EstroGenius Festival, Dance on the Lawn, Roulette Theater, Dixon Place, Soaking WET at the West End Theatre, 92Y, and Green Space, as […]

“Dance Wreckoning” Workshop at Salem State with Guest Artist Rebecca Pappas

OK Dance Studio 303, O'Keefe Complex 225 Canal Street, Salem, MA, United States

Wreck It!-A Choreography Workshop  In this workshop, dancemaker Rebecca Pappas works alongside students to seek the creative potential inherent in destruction. Drawing from choreographer Susan Rethorst’s seminal “Dance Wrecking,” process, Pappas exposes the political potential and joy inherent in “the wreck.” In the workshop students will use texts by early modern innovators Isadora Duncan and […]

Jenny Oliver: Horton Technique Masterclass at Salem State

OK Dance Studio 303, O'Keefe Complex 225 Canal Street, Salem, MA, United States

Jenny Oliver is an artist in the Greater Boston area working as a teacher, performer, choreographer, and advocate for artistic integrity. She's on faculty at Tufts University, Emerson College, the Dance Complex and Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center. Through her collaborative efforts she's partnered with organizations like MONUM, the City of Boston, Masary Studios and […]

The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg, Translated by Harry G. Carlson

Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts 356 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA, United States

Friday, October 27 is SALEM NIGHT. Free admission for all Salem residents. Advance reservations are not required. Provide ID at the box office for your free ticket/s. August Strindberg’s The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, Arkenholz, who idealizes the lives of the residents of an opulent apartment building. He makes the […]

Keith Knight Exhibition at Salem State University

The Winfisky Gallery 352 Lafayette Street , Salem, MA

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 am-4 pm   Keith Knight (Keefe) is an award-winning American cartoonist and musician known for his accessible yet subversive comic strips The K Chronicles, ink, and The Knight Life. While his work is humorous and universal in appeal, he also often deals with political, social, and racial issues. Woke, a television […]