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The Downtown Market
ASHEVILLE’S NEWEST SHOPPING EXPERIENCE
A
s its tag line denotes,
The Downtown
Market features One
Bazaar Community
of merchants selling
art, crafts, local produce,
eclectic flea market items, and
antiques. There is something
for everyone inside this 42,000
square foot micro-mall.
Featured merchants include
Amazing Savings Grocery’s
newest location, offering
discount and organic groceries
at yes, amazing prices!
Also located inside …
the hi-fi Coffee Bar, featuring
local organic coffees and
teas, and some special recipe
coffees that will knock your socks off! And
while the Market is currently only open
Friday-Sunday, hi-fi has recently opened a
street window and is serving coffee beginning
at 7:30 a.m. every day of the week.
Since the Market’s opening on October
17, growth of the community continues
on a steady incline, hosting as many
as 70-75 vendors weekly and customer
counts as high as 700 folks over the 3 day
weekends. Currently, there are four food
vendors located in The Culinary Canvas
food court, offering tastes and delicacies
from Columbia, Cuba and Italy as well as
Americana cuisine and of course, good old
fashioned North Carolina barbeque.
The Market will begin accepting applications
for a 4,000 square foot artist and antique
consignment shop scheduled to open
Owners Bobby Potts and Josiah Hyatt cut the ribbon
to officially open the Downtown Market. One Bazaar
Community, located at 45 S. French Broad Ave.
in late February. This will offer merchants
the option of selling inside an unmanned
booth space, in addition to manning a booth
on the Market floor. Already calendared for
2010 are two juried arts and craft shows, the
first during Mother’s Day weekend and the
other December 3-5, 2010.
IF
YOU
GO:
The Downtown Market is
open every Friday, Saturday
and Sunday from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Ample free street
parking is available on both
sides of S. French Broad Ave. For more
information regarding shopping or if you are
interested in merchant information, please
email info@DowntownMarketAsheville.
com, www.DowntownMarketAsheville.
com, or call (828) 255-8858.
Social Media Workshop Series
S
ocial Media Jams, a monthly workshop
series offering education in
how businesses and people can use
blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter,
Facebook and LinkedIn for fun and
profit, launches Tuesday, February 9 at the
Tomato Jam Cafe.
These Jams will offer expertise in
everything from how small businesses can
use Twitter to how to use Google Analytics
to drive more traffic to your website.
Workshops are presented by local experts,
for local users of all levels.
Leading the first workshop on Tuesday,
February 9 is Wendy Lou Gillespie of Creative
Imp Works, whose social media clients
include Monkeywhale.com, TEDxAsheville
and Asheville Vaudeville. Her kickoff workshop
will teach small business owners how
to use online tools like Twitter and Facebook
to grow their business in new ways.
“We want to create an easygoing atmosphere
for the Jams,” said organizer Jennifer
Saylor. “There’ll be learning and networking,
but there’s also good food. Come out,
have dinner, and learn something you need
to know.”
Cost per person is $15 (dinner not included).
Participants must RSVP via e-mail
to jsaylor@mountainx.com as seating is limited.
Bring a laptop or web-enabled device
that allows you to access the Internet.
IF
YOU
GO:
Social Media Jams will be
held the second Tuesday of
the month at Tomato Jam
Cafe, 379 Biltmore Ave. from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Short Order Durang
ASCREEN PLAYS AND ONE ACTS BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG
n ensemble cast performs an evening
of one-acts and shorts from mended for mature audiences.
adult language and situations. Recom-
Christopher Durang, a contemporary
playwright renowned
for his outrageous and absurd
Short Order Durang, directed
by Jason Williams.
comedy.
Titles include The Actor’s Nightmare,
For Whom the Southern Belle
Thursdays - Saturdays,
February 4 - 27, 2010.
Tolls, Funeral Parlor, DMV Tyrant,
7:30 p.m. in 35below.
Medea, The Book of Leviticus Show, Tickets: $15 adult; $10 senior/student.
and The Hardy Boys and the Mystery Available online at www.ashevilletheatre.
of Where Babies Come From. Contains org or by calling (828) 254-1320.
IF
YOU
GO:
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