Mayor Pangallo's Podcast Features PEM Curator Petra Slinkard

Mayor Dominick Pangallo released a new episode of his "Salem Compass" podcast on Monday, featuring a conversation with Peabody Essex Museum Curator of Fashion and Textiles Petra Slinkard about how Salem's history and culture shape the museum's mission.

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The episode, posted to the city's website Monday afternoon, has Pangallo and Slinkard discussing her role at PEM and how the city's centuries of maritime and cultural history continue to inform the museum's work, as Salem moves through its Salem 400+ quadricentennial commemorations throughout 2026.

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"Salem nonprofit gives hundreds of kids access to sailing," WCVB reports. The station describes Sail Salem opening up the Salem Harbor waterfront to a new generation of young sailors this summer, giving local children access, skills and time on the water (read it at https://www.wcvb.com/article/sail-salem-opens-up-the-waterfront-to-a-new-generation-of-young-sailors-1787588958/73512485).

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