So the Salem Art Fair is coming up this weekend. I don't know about everyone else, but I LOVE the art fair. There is nothing else like it from the mixture of local and out-of-town artists, the evening concerts on the grass, the greasy fried yakisoba noodles, your name in colorful calligraphy (for a donation of course), to the sense of community I always feel this time every year from our city.
My question is, how many days does it take to fully enjoy the art fair? I say 3.
The first day I always get exited and run around looking quickly at everything and immersing myself in culture, art and music. The second day I realize I need to slow down and actually look at each and every vendor booth, critiquing or drooling over each artist's passionate expression. The third day is the day to decide what to buy. I go over the vendors again, skipping those I wasn't interested in. When I find items I want, I go back and forth comparing them and debating over what I could use or enjoy more. It takes me until the end of the day to realize its not practical to buy a $100 diggery-doo and I go home with a $12 pencil drawing by my favorite artist.
What are your memories of the art fair and how many days do you take to soak it all up?
By Lisa Anne
Salem Oregon Event Calendar
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Salem Event Calendar
Edit 12/16/2013
A new blog has been created for the Event Calendar. It has evolved quite a bite from 2009. You can find and follow the blog at: http://salemeventcalendar.blogspot.com/ as well as the Facebook page
6/19/2009
I've been wanting to do this for awhile. There are many sites and places to see a calendar of events for Salem, but there is something convenient about being able to have all of your calendars in one place. I use Google calendar frequently and found that I can import that same calendar into my iCal application. Now I can access the same information online as I do on my computer as I do on my iPod. Crazy, eh?
After following the Tea Party Book Shop's Google Calendar, I decided it was time to make a Salem events Google Calendar. I have added some large scale events and a few smaller ones with a wide spread appeal. My idea is to collect events in Salem that appeal to many types of Salemites such as festivals, fairs, special holiday events and cultural events. I'm not tracking concerts, unfortunately. Though if anyone wants to start a weekly concert calendar I'd be so grateful!
I want to have as many eyes and ears finding dates for this collection as possible, so add my email to your cell phone or address book and send me a quick note when you see a sign for something cool. In addition to the name of the event and the date, I'd like the time span, if it is kid friendly or not, and if there is admission for entry.
The email address is: salemOrCalendar@gmail.com
This calendar can be subscribed to by iCal and any other calendar application that accepts iCal or XML feeds (scroll to bottom of post for feed code). Or you can subscribe to this Salem Events calendar from your own Google Calendar. If you want to embed this on your site let me know and I'll send you the code.
I hope this will be just as useful to everyone else as it has been for me!
XML feed (copy and paste into application):
http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/80hp1b3l1p6jv3gger1du5aegc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic
iCal feed (copy and paste into application):
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/80hp1b3l1p6jv3gger1du5aegc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
HTML version (embed into your own site): http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=80hp1b3l1p6jv3gger1du5aegc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles
A new blog has been created for the Event Calendar. It has evolved quite a bite from 2009. You can find and follow the blog at: http://salemeventcalendar.blogspot.com/ as well as the Facebook page
6/19/2009
I've been wanting to do this for awhile. There are many sites and places to see a calendar of events for Salem, but there is something convenient about being able to have all of your calendars in one place. I use Google calendar frequently and found that I can import that same calendar into my iCal application. Now I can access the same information online as I do on my computer as I do on my iPod. Crazy, eh?
After following the Tea Party Book Shop's Google Calendar, I decided it was time to make a Salem events Google Calendar. I have added some large scale events and a few smaller ones with a wide spread appeal. My idea is to collect events in Salem that appeal to many types of Salemites such as festivals, fairs, special holiday events and cultural events. I'm not tracking concerts, unfortunately. Though if anyone wants to start a weekly concert calendar I'd be so grateful!
I want to have as many eyes and ears finding dates for this collection as possible, so add my email to your cell phone or address book and send me a quick note when you see a sign for something cool. In addition to the name of the event and the date, I'd like the time span, if it is kid friendly or not, and if there is admission for entry.
The email address is: salemOrCalendar@gmail.com
This calendar can be subscribed to by iCal and any other calendar application that accepts iCal or XML feeds (scroll to bottom of post for feed code). Or you can subscribe to this Salem Events calendar from your own Google Calendar. If you want to embed this on your site let me know and I'll send you the code.
I hope this will be just as useful to everyone else as it has been for me!
XML feed (copy and paste into application):
http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/80hp1b3l1p6jv3gger1du5aegc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic
iCal feed (copy and paste into application):
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/80hp1b3l1p6jv3gger1du5aegc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
HTML version (embed into your own site): http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=80hp1b3l1p6jv3gger1du5aegc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles
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