Date: January 1, 2018
In 1935, the founder of The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association, Caroline O. Emmerton, published a small hardcover book about the historic site. Titled The Chronicles of Three Old Houses this book details her lifelong familiarity with the house and its association with famed Salem author Nathaniel Hawthorne. First opened in 1910, growing visitation...
Date: January 1, 2018
by Ana Nuncio Once again this year, The Gables’ Adult ESL and Citizenship program attracted many eager adult students. Since the spring of 2014, The Gables has offered instruction in English as a Second Language and citizenship to adults in Salem and other cities of the North Shore. For the fall segment of the program,...
Date: January 1, 2018
by JF Dacey, playwright In the spring of 1967, a good friend asked if I could help him out; and I told him I would. As a result of his request, I took the fateful plunge into the wild and woolly world of community theatre. Since then I have never left it. I have acted...
Date: December 21, 2017
by: Julie Arrison-Bishop, Special Projects Manager The House of the Seven Gables staff is looking forward to kicking off the 350th anniversary of the Turner-Ingersoll mansion with some great winter programming. This week, playwright and director Anne Lucas met with Karen Nascembeni of the North Shore Music Theatre and Dana Hersey, the morning host for...
Date: December 7, 2017
Salem has quickly evolved into a community that you can visit year-round and find a wonderful lineup of festive fun. In the summer you can listen to music or watch a movie by the water, enjoy outdoor dining, or take advantage of a cruise around the harbor. October and fall are all about the Haunted...
Date: December 3, 2017
by Rae Padilla Francoeur Brunonia Barry, Salem resident and author of the international bestseller, “The Lace Reader,” has a couple of stories about The House of the Seven Gables she loves to share. These are writer stories, proud affirmations of a true calling. Barry came to The Gables on Saturday, November 25, to talk about...
Date: November 30, 2017
Recent years have witnessed a considerable amount of preservation work here on our campus. Many of the individual pieces that make up this whole may go completely unnoticed. Take for instance the garden beds and trellises that were rebuilt a few years ago. Although fairly new, they are now seamless in their appearance among the...
Date: November 30, 2017
By Ana Nuncio, Manager of Settlement Partnerships The first round of Caribbean Connections as a summer enrichment program took place onsite at The Gables in the summer of 2012. Fifteen students, most of them newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, had been guided to our programming by the Salem public school district. Our instructors were...
Date: November 8, 2017
2018 is going to be an amazing year to be a member of The House of the Seven Gables! We’ll be celebrating the 350th anniversary of the famed mansion with events inspired by the architectural and literary history of the National Historic Landmark District site. Want to be a part of it all AND...
Date: November 7, 2017
Don’t forget! The House of the Seven Gables is a drop-off location for the Tenth Annual It Starts With Me Thanksgiving Drive. There are just ten days left to help this organization collect enough to feed 400 families on the North Shore. Check out the flyer to see what non-perishable goods you can drop off at...
