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Northshore October 2025
Every year, during one special weekend in February, people walking around Salem are struck once again by just how magical a mid-winter ice sculpture can really can be. “It happens mysteriously, overnight,” explains Kylie Sullivan, executive director of Salem Main Streets. “They last as long as they last. That is both the exciting part and the hard part. We’ve had years with blizzards and they lasted for weeks. We’ve had years they are melting by illumination.”  By illumination, Sullivan means the colorful light show that takes place Saturday evening from 5 to 9 p.m. against the ice sculptures, which are in place by about 11 on
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