Salem Athenaeum

10/16/2026

Salem Athenaeum's Book Sale is now!

To get ready, volunteers hauled boxes down from upstairs storage, but to speed things up, we built a book chute!

The chute's in storage now, but we have thousands of books waiting for you to buy! Sale hours: Oct 16-17, 10am-4pm.

SalemAthenaeum.net

10/12/2026

The best book sale of the year is this week!
Friday–Saturday, October 16–17
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Support the Salem Athenaeum and find some amazing reads!

Read more: salemathenaeum.net

10/11/2026

Tonight is your last chance to see this year's edition of the sold out MISFORTUNE show!

Two tickets opened up for tonight @ 7PM!
Get them here: salemathenaeum.net

10/01/2026

We're looking forward to another enchanted weekend with The Magic of Evan Northrup at the Salem Athenaeum. He's got some new tricks up his sleeves! Seats available for Oct. 3 and 4 at salemathenaeum.net

When the (previous) Mayor of Salem, Ma - The Witch City calls your magic show amazing, you know it counts for something :-D

Three seatings this weekend: Sat Oct 3rd at 5:30 & 7:00, and the Sun Oct 4th matinée at 3:00. ✦

🎟 Tickets: link in bio/comments or the site button at the top of our page! (Or just chant the name of the show 3 times and you appear in your seat).

09/30/2026

Some stories shouldn't be told. This Saturday, we tell them anyway.

MISFORTUNE opens Sept 26 at the Salem Athenaeum: an hour of magic, close enough to touch. Eight seatings, a few dozen chairs each. ✦

🎟 Tickets: misfortuneshow.com (link in bio)

09/30/2026

THIS SATURDAY: the cards are shuffled, the room is dimly lit , and fate WILL be tempted.

MISFORTUNE opens Sept 26, 5:30 PM at the . A few chairs remain, and October's seatings are filling up behind it.



FB: use link https://misfortuneshow.com/

09/30/2026

The cards know all... including which night you'll join.

Three days to opening. Tarot cards behave unimaginably at MISFORTUNE — along with a few other things we won't spoil. Sept 26 – Oct 11, Salem Athenaeum.

🎟 Tickets: misfortuneshow.com (link in bio)

09/30/2026

Opening night, audiences braved a storm (and a series of unfortunate events) and survived. Salem was superstitious in all the right ways.

As for what's inside the frame she's holding: she knows. The room knows. You'll have to find out in person. ✦

Three seatings this weekend: Sat Oct 3 at 5:30 & 7:00, and the Sun Oct 4 matinée at 3:00, (for daylight mischief).

🎟 Tickets: link in bio/comments or the site button at the top of our page.

09/30/2026

What breaks here doesn't always stay broken.

Tomorrow night, the season begins... MISFORTUNE opens Sat Sept 26 at 5:30 PM in the reading room of the Salem Athenaeum. By candlelight, strange things happen. Eight seatings; few chairs. Don't miss it. ✦

🎟 Tickets: misfortuneshow.com (link in bio)

09/25/2026

Get out of the rain this weekend at the MISFORTUNE parlor magic show in the Salem Athenaeum's historic reading room.
A few tickets remain for Saturday, Sept 26 at 5:30pm. Tickets: www.misfortuneshow.com