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Mardi Gras tonight!

The Salem Creative Network celebrates Mardi Gras tonight with a benefit for Haiti and 60 jazz musicians at the Grand Ballroom and Theatre. A $5 donation get you in and we have mask for sale ($2-$25) made by the Open Studio artist from f-stop visual arts center.
So tivo NCIS, American Idol and the Olympics; Salem [...]

Wine Walk warms up

A nice civilized crowd at Tea Party Bookshop for the Wine Walk. Blind wine tasting continues to be a hit. Warren Zevon is the early leader.

British Invasion Friday in Downtown Salem!

The British are coming! The British are coming!
Spice Girls, royalty and bad teeth will be representing all night long in seven venues downtown Friday. Participants enjoy Salem Creative Network benefits at each location. As usual, the event is free in exchange for contact information. Here’s the schedule:
6:00 Copperjohn’s
6:45 Brown’s Towne Lounge
7:30 Venti’s Cafe and Basement [...]

We’re legit! – wine walk tonight, pub crawl, downtown summit

Salem Creative Network is officially a nonprofit! We filed the paper work last week with the State of Oregon, incorporating the Salem Creative Network as a 501 (c)(3) organization with the mission to provide creative solutions for social innovation.
It’s time to celebrate!
Join us tonight, Friday, January 15 on the monthly Willamette Valley Wine Walk. We’re [...]

Wine Walk this Friday, Pub Crawl Dec. 18, meeting tonight

The Salem Creative Network is celebrating six months of providing creative solutions for social innovation this month! When we started this back in June, we had no idea that it would become so popular. We now have more than 400 people on the email list and more joining after each event. We will assess our [...]

Looking to meet new people … in your pajamas?

Big fun at the Snuggie Pub Crawl Friday November 20.
Art by Michael Adamson, trivia and bar specials at the ƒ/stop.
Live music and $5 nacho bar crawler special at Cafe Noir.
NEW SURPRISE VENUE! (You’ll never guess)
Anti-Cute Bizarre Bazaar at Coffee House Cafe
Geolocation games, so you can follow us through town.
Slip on your nighties and join us [...]

Downtown priorities, wine walk redux, pub crawl schedule

Lots of activity happening downtown with the Salem Creative Network. The Pub Crawl continues to gain participants and the new Wine Walk turnout surprised even me. The monthly events and candidate forums are keeping us busy. Here’s a quick update.
Snuggie Pub Crawl this Friday, November 20
We’re stoked about his month’s theme – Snuggies and pajamas. [...]

Willamette Valley Wine Walk tonight

We will start tonight at 6:00 p.m. at Travel Salem, 181 High St NE. Each venue on the walk is offering $5 or $10 specials to wine walk participants. We will have approximately one hour at each venue.
Willamette Valley Vineyards, Mia Sontina and Oregon Bubbly are on the list for tasting. Our theme is [...]

Another successful Pub Crawl last night

A friendly crowd of Halloween revelers paraded through downtown Salem last night, leaving a trail of smile, empty glasses and happy spectators in their wake. We hit 13 venues and based on the bar owner and participant feedback alike, it was a huge success. See it for yourself
Sign up for the next crawl – the [...]

Pub Crawl Schedule, Wine Walk, upcoming meetings

The Creative Pub Crawl schedule is finalized for Friday, October 30 in downtown Salem. The theme is Halloween and we’re giving away gift certificates totaling $200 to the most creative costumes at each venue. Also new to the crawl is Pub Crawl Kids child care, a bike taxi and scooter service to get you home [...]