Becoming American: Immigration and Popular Culture
May 1, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Immigration and Popular Culture” looks at the ways the media and popular culture have historically taught newcomers how to “be... View Article
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The final Becoming American Community Conversation
April 30, 2019 9:00 am Leave your thoughtsThe final Becoming American community conversation will take place Wednesday, May 1 at The Gables. The Search for General Tso... View Article
Becoming American: Family and Community
April 3, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Family and Community” explores how family ties and community institutions have played an essential role in successful migration and adaptation... View Article
What’s Happening This Week?
April 2, 2019 1:58 pm Leave your thoughtsHold on to your hats! It’s going to be a BIG week at The House of the Seven Gables –... View Article
PRESS RELEASE: Becoming American: film and discussion series
March 26, 2019 4:13 pm Leave your thoughtsThe importance of family and community for America’s new immigrants is the next ‘Community Conversations’ topic at The Gables on April... View Article
Becoming American: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work
March 6, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Help Wanted? Immigration and Work” looks at the economic side of immigration, chronicling the essential part immigrant labor has played... View Article
What’s Happening This Week?
March 5, 2019 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsMarch has roared in like a white lion in Salem! Yesterday we received close to a foot of snow. All... View Article
Becoming American: Identity and Acculturation
February 6, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Between Two Worlds: Identity and Acculturation” looks at how immigrants react and adjust to living in a new country and... View Article
Becoming American: Promise and Prejudice
January 16, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Promise and Prejudice” explores the tension – historic and current – between Americans’ acceptance of immigrants, including the celebration of... View Article
Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Community Conversation Series
December 5, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsImmigration has been an ongoing and central component of American history, with identifiable peak periods. Between 1820 and 1924, forty... View Article
Welcome is Healing: Re-thinking Immigration | La Bienvenida es Sanativa: re-pensar la inmigración
September 26, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsIn this interactive workshop, participants will explore the idea of “welcome” in our lives, and how it benefits us to... View Article
The History of the Salem Black Picnic
July 26, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsJoin Dr. Kabria Baumgartner and local community leaders on an engaging Community Conversation on the History of the Salem Black... View Article