Upcoming Gables Goings-on!

Last week saw the end of Heritage Days in Salem, and we'd like to thank all of the visitors who came and enjoyed our free activities - from story-telling to lawn games to slide shows, we had something for people of all ages.

Looking forward, The Gables is gearing up for the busy fall season in Salem. The next lecture in our 7 Lectures at 7 Gables lecture series is slated for 2pm, Saturday, September 22nd during the Trails and Sails event coordinated by the Essex National Heritage Commission.

Our Museum Store is also already looking to the fall with fun Halloween and harvest-inspired items:

Since October is not that far away, we also want to invite everyone to take part in our special October offerings here at The Gables. Daily tours continue with extended hours from 10:00am to 7:00 pm, and we also have very special theatrical performances all through October:

Legacy of the Hanging Judge

In 1692 the Salem Witch Trials wrought havoc on a small New England Community. Relive these event – in their own words! Enter the Nathaniel Hawthorne House, where you will be interrogated by magistrate, John Hathorne, Hawthorne’s great-great grandfather, who is infamous for his role in the condemnation and deaths of so many people. From there, encounter the tormented, the accused and the accusers in this theatrical experience. Beware, you may find yourself being accused of “writing in the devil’s book!”

Spirits of The Gables

Guilt! Greed! Revenge! Enter the world of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s burdened characters from his classic, The House of the Seven Gables, as they haunt the hallways of their eerie mansion. Witness two families entangled in a curse as Matthew Maule condemns Colonel Pyncheon with the very words destined to become his fate and follow his family for nearly 150 years; “God will give you blood to drink!” Travel through this house at your own risk, for as long as there is a Pyncheon descendent inside, only darkness and death will fill its walls.

Spirits and Legacy will both run on:

October 5, 6, 7 from 7:30pm-9:30pm

October 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 from 7:15pm-11:00pm

October 31 from 7:15pm-10:00pm.

Shows run continuously and are each 35 minutes long.

Reservations highly recommended. Space is limited. Please Call 978-744-0991, ext 104.

For more information please visit our website HERE.

Pride, Fourth and Lecture!

Saturday, June 30 - Salem's first annual Pride Parade to take place as part of North Shore Pride Parade and festival. Please visit North Shore Pride's website for the parade route and further information.

Wednesday, July 4 - Salem celebrates the Fourth of July at Derby Wharf! There will be music featuring two different bands during the day, followed by the Hillyer Festival Orchestra performing a Pops Concert and finally, a grand fireworks display at approximately 9pm. Please visit Destination Salem's blog for specific information or The City of Salem's website, www.salem.com.







Wednesday, July 18 - 7 Lectures at 7 Gables: Strong Women of The Gables lecture series continues. Megan Marshall will be presenting her lecture entitled Sophia Peabody and her Sisters at The House of the Seven Gables on July 18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Marshall is the winner of the Francis Parkman Prize and Pulitzer finalist for her book, The Peabody Sisters, Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism.

In her upcoming lecture at The Gables, Marshall will speak on the formative years of Salem's best known sisterhood, whose youngest member, Sophia Peabody, grew up to marry native son Nathaniel Hawthorne. Marshall will also speak about the relationships among the sisters and their suitors, who also included the politican and educator Horace Mann. The Peabody and Hawthorne families together made Salem one of the most significant sites, along with Boston and Concord, of America's nineteenth-century renaissance in arts and letters.

Contact information for ticket purchases or information: (978) 744-0991, ext. 105, or email:  anuncio@7gables.org. Admission to the lecture:  $10 Members, $15 Non-Members.

Lecture three of Seven Lectures at Seven Gables

Robin Woodman, Assistant for Harvard Art Museums Archaeological Exploration of the Sardis, Turkey Expedition, will present a lecture entitled Susannah Ingersoll and Her Role in the Business Community on June 20^th, 2012 at 7:00pm at The House of the Seven Gables as part of their ongoing lecture series, Seven Lectures at Seven Gables: Strong Women of The Gables.

Woodman’s lecture will examine the life of Susannah Ingersoll, who inherited the Turner/Ingersoll mansion (better known as The House of the Seven Gables). Ingersoll, a first cousin to author Nathaniel Hawthorne, became a successful businesswoman during the male-dominated merchant/mariner era of late eighteenth, early-nineteenth century Salem.  

These were extraordinary times for the newly formed United States of America, for the city of Salem, and self-identified “singlewoman,” Susannah Ingersoll, who faced this unprecedented era on her own. Ingersoll profited from, and must have marveled at, mighty merchant ships as they sailed past her window on their way to the Orient and other exotic places during Salem’s Golden Age of Sail.  Although women had not yet won the right to vote, Ingersoll defied many social restrictions during her lifetime and died a very wealthy woman at the age of seventy-two. 

During the upcoming lecture at The Gables, Robin Woodman hopes to illuminate the fascinating connections between the events of the merchant/mariner era and Susannah Ingersoll’s extraordinary life.

Ms. Woodman was born and raised in Salem and reports that as a child she was fortunate enough to have benefited from classes (cooking and dancing) through The Gables and is very happy to be able to present this lecture at such an iconic Salem institution as The House of the Seven Gables.

Woodman earned her master’s degree in Museum Studies at Harvard University and has worked as a Special Projects Librarian at Harvard. She also has done work for the Maine Historical Society, as well as the Adams National Historical Park.

Contact information for ticket purchases or information: (978) 744-0991, ext. 105, or email:  anuncio@7gables.org. Admission:  $10 Members, $15 Non-Members.

Strong Women of The Gables Lecture Series continues...

On Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 at 7:00pm Robin Woodman will present her lecture entitled Susannah Ingersoll and Her Role in the Business Community. Woodman is
Assistant for Harvard Art Museum's Archaeological Exploration of the Sardis, Turkey Expedition and earned her Master’s degree in Museum Studies at Harvard University.

This lecture will look at the life of Susannah Ingersoll, who inherited the Turner/Ingersoll mansion, now known better as The House of the Seven Gables. Ingersoll became a successful business woman during the male-dominated merchant/mariner era of early nineteenth century Salem.

Ticket Price:  $10 Members, $15 Non-members. For ticket purchases, reserve by phone (978) 744-0991, ext. 105, or email:  anuncio@7gables.org 


Stay tuned for more to come!

The Gables is Gorgeous!

The flowering trees are doing their duty at The Gables right now! And the garden inside the site is still stunning despite the tulips being past their prime! Even on this rainy, dreary day, the garden and amazing wisteria in full bloom are something to behold. If you have a chance for a visit, be sure to come by...

Also, a reminder about our upcoming lecture...Dr. Lucinda L. Damon-Bach will give her lecture on May 16, 2012 at 7pm. It is entitled “Catherine Maria Sedgwick’s Literary Legacy.” Admission is a suggested donation of $10 for members of The Gables, $15 for non-members.

Presented by Dr. Damon-Bach, Professor of English at Salem State University and co-editor of Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives. Internationally acclaimed in the 19th century and admired by her U.S. contemporaries, Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s life and works inspired male and female readers alike. This lecture will focus on Sedgwick’s early novels, friendships, and interactions with fellow authors (including James Fenimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne), exploring her role as a founder of American literature.

Damon-Bach earned her Ph.D. in English, at the State University of New York at Buffalo and has received many honors including the National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowship. Damon-Bach is currently at Salem State University, but has also taught at Boston College and was a preceptor for the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University.

Her second co-edited book, Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and Great Britain, with Beth L. Lueck and Brigitte Bailey, is forthcoming from the University Press of New England in July 2012. In addition to publishing articles on other nineteenth-century American authors, Damon-Bach has helped to organize many conferences on Sedgwick and her contemporaries, including “Transatlantic Women,” at the Rothermere American Institute of the University of Oxford, U. K., which spawned her most recent book. She has delivered a great number of presentations across the United States, from Hawaii and California to Michigan and Massachusetts.

For more information, please call The Gables at 978-744-0991.

The Gables in Bloom!

The seaside gardens are looking rather spectacular this spring!

Just a reminder, as well, The Gables' Lecture Series "Strong Women of The Gables"  is underway...The next lecture is May 16th at 7pm:

Monday, May 16th at 7:00 p.m. 

Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Her Spirited Heroines  Presented by Lucinda L. Damon-Bach, Associate Professor of English at Salem State University.  Catharine Maria Sedgwick, a member of the distinguished Sedgwick family of Massachusetts, made her own mark as a writer. Her spirited fictional heroines defied the stereotypical conduct of women during her time. In her final novel, Married or Single (1857), she argued boldly that women should not marry if it meant that they would lose their self-respect.                   

We hope you will visit us soon! Thank you for your virtual visit today.