Events

Enjoy complimentary wine as Artist Svitlana Rozghon provides instruction as well as the materials needed for you to make your own Petrykivka art. You will go home with an ornament with your own Petrykivka design! All proceeds go to Dobro New England to provide humanitarian support for the people of Ukraine.

Oleksandra Kovalchuk, Acting Director of the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, will tell the stories of 10 exceptional works of Ukrainian art. These stories will give listeners a glimpse into the history of Ukrainian art and culture. The selected works span the periods from the Byzantine mosaics to Ukrainian avant-garde and contemporary art. All attendees will enjoy Ukrainian pastries, a hot beverage, and browse the Ukrainian crafts for sale after the lecture.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its eighth month. Emily's presentation will explain the background of the invasion, look at Ukraine’s history, and discuss potential future outcomes for Ukraine and the world. Enjoy Ukrainian pastries, a hot beverage, and browse the Ukrainian crafts for sale after the lecture. Event is free.

May is Historic Preservation Month and The Gables is kicking it off with a great discussion of climate and historic preservation! Climate change impacts us all, but in different ways and with a variety of outcomes.

Join The Gables, Crowley Wind Services, and other community members to discuss renewable energy and its sources as it impacts Salem and its neighbors.

Join The Gables and explore Salem’s industrial heritage along a changing shoreline with Barbara Warren, Executive Director of Salem Sound Coastwatch, and Vijay Joyce, Founder of Rekindled History.

Join the Gables as we host Bill Golden aboard The Schooner Fame as we tour the harbor and discuss the existential threat to coastal communities of storm surge, sea level rise and storm water caused by melting glaciers and the increased destructive capability of storms.

Join The Gables and explore Salem’s heritage along a changing shoreline with Barbara Warren, Executive Director of Salem Sound Coastwatch, and David Moffat, Visitor Services Specialist and Lead Researcher at The Gables.

This year’s Community Conversations series will focus on the history of the Settlement movement, the cultures of the groups with whom we work, and what Settlement and Salem looks like today.

Join us at The House of the Seven Gables for Foreign Soil: Common Ground, an exuberant chamber music performance that features compositions by seven composers who hail from six countries with populations that have historically emigrated to the United States, and who themselves left their native homelands to build cultural bridges and lasting artistic legacies through their contributions to the oeuvre of classical music.