Your Salem Through the Years

Destination Salem. Learn how the City of Salem is looking after Deepwood and other cultural assets in our city, as Virginia interviews Kimberli Fitzgerald.

Destination Salem. Virginia Green interviews Steve Martin - Elsinore Theatre

Destination Salem. Virginia Green interviews Graham Morris, Executive Director of the Salem Multicultural Institute, organizers of the World Beat Festival, the last weekend of June every year, one of Salem's most popular festivals.

Destination Salem. Virginia interviews Roger Hull, professor emeritus at Willamette University about the Hallie Ford Museum of Art exhibit and Roger's book about sculptor Manuel Izquierdo.

Destination Salem, sponsored by McLaran Enterprises. Virginia will reflect on the life and legacy of Mike McLaran with her guest Kyle Sexton who worked for McLaran at the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce for a decade. Virginia was a close friend of McLaran, having known him since 1972 when, as a 12 year old California student, he spent a month traveling with her in Europe. Their reunion in Salem 35 years later was a surprise and pleasure for both. McLaran was a close friend and mentor to Sexton, formerly the Director of Business Development for the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce and now a successful business consultant.

Destination Salem. Virginia will be live in the studio with the man who has done more to preserve historic buildings in downtown Salem in recent years than any other. Learn about Roger Yost and his passion to preserve our historic downtown.

Destination Salem. In this episode, Virginia interviews Executive Director Karl Knudson of the Willamette Art Center about the programs and activities of the center.

Destination Salem with Virginia Green interviews Executive Director of the Salem Chamber Orchestra Noreen Murdock and her guest Conductor Nickolas Caoile.

Destination Salem: Virginia talks with Deepwood Executive Director Lois Cole about the Deepwood estates.

Destination Salem. Virginia interviews Hazel Patton about historical designation, preservation issues, properties around Salem, and her own story of saving, preserving, and living in an historical home, the Barquist House.