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Big shout out to Cinema Salem as the $20,000 grant recipients of American Express' 'Shop Small Grants Program.'

>Our application stressed our commitment to live events -- from indie film premieres to Shakespeare plays to burlesque to Rocky Horror.  We told AmEx that we want to do more, and that we would spend their grant on better theater lights, sound, and underlying electrical improvements. Our aim, we explained, is to give Salem and the creative community an arts and cultural space — for film and so much more.

>We are delighted to receive the money, of course.  But, to be honest, the national affirmation means a lot as well.

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