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Welcome to the Disneyland of Horror, where history is served with a smile. We stumble dizzily into the gift shop with its array of “Witch Crossing” shot glasses. Across the street, you can buy witch figurines and candleholders at the local souvenir shop. In Essex Square, the town’s main drag, there is the usual array of fried dough and roasted nut stands common to county fairs everywhere. Salem is much like any other tourist trap, except when you remember what happened here. 25 dead. 200 imprisoned. The trials the Massachusetts State Legislature...
Outside on Essex Street, Louis Gottstein is taking advantage of the Halloween rush. “We make them handmade, or out of poured resin from originals that we’ve made,” he says as he holds up one of his handcrafted pairs of devil’s horns. “These are even copyrighted,” he brags dubiously. Gottstein is originally from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He noticed a lack of handmade devil’s horns in the world and, like any American, was eager to capitalize on this entrepreneurial black hole...
Summers was the keynote speaker at a forum convened to discuss how the University can best address Africa’s health troubles. He was joined by SPH Dean Barry R. Bloom and Chair of the Harvard AIDS Initiative Max Essex...
After Summers spoke and fielded questions, Essex outlined the efforts of his AIDS Initiatives, with centers in Senegal, Botswana and South Africa, Nigeria and Tanzania. Bloom also spoke briefly about the SPH’s efforts in Africa...
...Hefner. "It's just that four or five albums is enough, unless there's something really new to do." Hefner's drummer and guitarist are pursuing solo projects, while Hayman and bassist John Morrison are the French. Why call a band the French? Hayman, who grew up in Essex, explains that due to the antipathy his countrymen have for their neighbors across the Channel, "it's a kind of litmus test of my audience." His audience - somewhere between big cult and the bottom of the pop charts - will be relieved to discover that the essence of Hefner is still there...