FromWitchCity
October 11, 2026
Witch City Hibachi does two themed days this week, Monday and Thursday, and they are the thing I would actually plan around. Monday is also a holiday, so the Peabody Essex Museum is free all day on top of it. Tuesday is quiet, properly quiet, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. Thursday picks back up. This is the midweek edition, Monday to Thursday.
IF YOU DO ONE THING
Dress up and eat at Witch City Hibachi.
Two themed days this week and they commit properly. Monday is Superheroes vs. Villains, DC to Marvel and the multiverses in between, with a costume contest at 6:30 and a cash prize at 6:45. Thursday is Tim Burton Day, running Friday as well, with that contest on the Friday at 6:30 judged by a Beetlejuice. Both days bring themed decor, music, and specialty cocktails and mocktails, and if you turn up in theme you leave with a goodie bag. I go for the sushi.
Monday, October 12 and Thursday, October 15 · 11:30 AM to 10 PM · Witch City Hibachi, 94 Lafayette Street · No ticket
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Monday, October 12
Free Admission for Indigenous Peoples' Day. 10 AM to 5 PM, Peabody Essex Museum. The whole museum, no ticket. Elizabeth James-Perry presents her work in the Main Atrium from noon to 1:30, and the Morse Auditorium screens We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân twice, at 11:30 and again at 1. Eighty-four minutes, worth sitting down for. Details
Indigenous People's Day Hands-on History. 11 AM to 3 PM, The House of the Seven Gables. Drop in whenever, it runs twenty to thirty minutes, and it is included free with a Mansion Tour or Grounds Pass. Details
Blown Glass Pumpkins and Fused Glass Dream Catchers. From 10 AM, North Shore Glass School, 16 Proctor Street. Watch the glass get blown, which never stops being good. Details
Ryan Kelleher Music. 2 PM, Far From The Tree, with the Elia Taverna food pop-up in the same room. Details
Open Mic Night. 7 PM, East Regiment Beer Company on Church Street. Details
Also Monday: the Glass Pumpkin Patch on the Common from 10, the Haunted Happenings Marketplace at Derby Square, Salem Common and Charlotte Forten Park from 10, the Food Court at Old Town Hall from 11, The Salem Haunted Magic Show at Emerson Hall at 12:30, hat making at Historic Salem at 4, and Monday Evening Conversations at the Athenaeum at 7.
Tuesday, October 13
A quiet one. Five things, and that is the honest count.
Cry Innocent: The People Versus Bridget Bishop. 11:30 AM, Old Town Hall. They stage Bishop's examination and the audience decides whether she goes to trial. Details
Writers' Open Studio. 9 AM, Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex Street. Bring your own work and sit with other people doing the same. Details
Tarot Tuesday with Wicked Witchy Writer. 5 PM, Far From The Tree. Details
Karaoke with Maxine Harrison. 7 PM, Gulu-Gulu Cafe. Details
Horror Movie Trivia. 8 PM, Bit Bar. October is the only month this one is fair. Details
Also Tuesday: the EDEX cheese cart at Far From The Tree at 2, Start the Night at Bernadette at 5, and trivia at East Regiment at 7.
Wednesday, October 14
Tarot Intensive For Artists and Creatives. 6 PM, Salem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street. Details
Watercolor 101 and Card Making. 6:30 PM, Couch Dog Brewing. Beginners genuinely welcome. Details
Halloween Sober Sip and Paint. 7 PM, The Satanic Temple on Bridge Street. Painting, no drinking, vintage Halloween cats. Details
The Shadows of the Seven Gables. 7 PM. The Gables after dark, which is a different building than the daytime one. Details
Survivor 51 Watch Party. 8 PM, Far From The Tree. Details
Also Wednesday: Open Mic at Far From The Tree at 5, Start the Night at Bernadette at 5, free bingo with Will Pottorff at Gulu-Gulu at 6, and the Notch Run Club at 6.
Thursday, October 15
Monthly Meat Raffle, Cheese Edition. 5:30 to 8 PM, Notch Brewing. Vin Fromage brings the cheese, prizes go every twenty minutes, tickets are a dollar and the money goes to the Salem Food Pantry. Buy a beer and your ticket is free. Details
Witch Broom Making Class. 6 PM, East Regiment Beer Company. You leave with the broom. Details
Haunted Fables at The Gables. 6:30 PM. Storytelling, not a jump-scare tour. Details
Wretched Reels. 7 PM, Koto on Washington Street. Details
Salem's Comedy Coven, Haunted Comedy Show. 7 PM, The Lost Library on Derby Street. Details
Also Thursday: the Food Court at Old Town Hall from noon, Convivial Craft at the Athenaeum at 1, the Marketplace at Charlotte Forten Park at 5, The Wicked Running Club from Village Tavern at 5, Start the Night at Bernadette at 5, Sips and Myths at Salem Wine Imports at 5:30, hat making at Witch Pix at 6, the Athenaeum's members preview sale at 6, a members-only Collection Center tour at PEM at 6, the East Reggie Run Club at 6, the Sea Witch Ball workshop at 7, Witches Amongst Us at The Cellar at 7, Couch Dog trivia at 7:30, and Open Mic at Gulu-Gulu at 7:30.
On the horizon
The Salem Athenaeum Book Sale opens to everyone Friday and Saturday from 10. Thursday's members preview is the warm-up.
Salem Night Faire runs Friday and Saturday from 5 at Salem 1630: Pioneer Village.
Hawthorne's Halloween Bash takes The House of the Seven Gables Saturday at 7.
The weekend proper lands in Thursday's issue.
57 events made this week's list. The whole calendar lives at fromwitchcity.com/events, and last week's weekend issue is still here.
THE DINNER CLUB
We are about to open a third table.
Six people, one table, a good meal and real conversation. You take a short quiz, we match you with five compatible locals and pick the restaurant, and you find out where the morning of. After dinner every table meets up somewhere for a drink.
Tuesday, November 3 · 6:30 PM · Salem · Dinner on your own tab
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