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| Other Events > First Fridays |
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Summer fun continues during the August First Fridasy event on Friday, August 5th from 6-9pm! Join family and friends for a fun filled evening downtown as you discover the shops, galleries & museums in downtown Racine. Wander Downtown's charming historic shopping district or treat yourself to a horse drawn carriage ride. With shopping specials, hands-on activities, demonstrations, dining and live music inside and out, you’ll want to explore all that downtown Racine has to offer. Thirteen Bands will be performing during the August First Fridays event. Outdoor offerings include:
Racine Mayor John Dickert will be on hand to present this years Women of Distinction Awards at Monument Square starting at 5:30. Merchant Specials include: Casablanca de Mexico Restaurant & Lounge will be delivering steamed ears of Sweet Corn on the Cob to random tables. Who would reject that just dripping with melted butter??? Fired Up! Racine will be offering a workshop from 6-8:30pm. The featured piece will be a large square box with 4 styles to choose from; gecko, dragonfly, sun or fish. Learn a fun spatter paint technique to add to your box. Kids 7 and up may attend while their parents enjoy all the great Downtown activities, or make it a family night and everyone stay and paint. Racine Heritage Museum will showcase CASE Company, past to present, J I Case to CNH, featuring a large Racine-made CASE tractor outside, and photos and models inside. There will be entertainment for all ages and a scavenger hunt and 'I Spy" activities. Lake House Health & Learning Center invites visitors to participate in “Ancestors, Constellations & Healing,” a discussion and demonstration of systemic family constellation work, a new healing process that focuses on the energetic connections within a family and the blockages that create problems in our lives today. The open house and program is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Check out the latest jewelry arrivals made from Roman Glass at Northern Lights Gallery. Mediterranean Jewelry is made from glass fragments originated from parts of ancient blown glass vessels of the Roman Byzantine Empire between 1st-6th centuries A.D. - shortly after glass was invented and picked up on ancient sites on the Holy Land. Photographic Design Studio & Gallery will welcome Jan Asala, jewelry artist. Jan's jewelry would be described as eclectic, ranging from Swarovski crystals to seed beads to pearls and more. Jan has a good eye for detail, and her use of intricate designs and quality materials are reflected in the colorful pieces which will be on display at Photographic Design. Artists Gallery will feature all new works by member artists. Cindy Morgenroth is this months featured artist exhibiting her pottery. A reception will be held from 6-9pm. August 5th also marks the 4th annual Artists Gallery 10"x10" Silent Auction featuring nearly 40 pieces of jewelry, pottery, wood, paintings, photographs, sculpture, wearable art and more. The Silent Auction will continue through the end of the Party on the Pavement celebration in October. Mathis Gallery will feature Japanese Woodcuts from The Edo Period...1603-1868. Original woodcuts from that period by famous Japanese artist including Hiroshige, Toyokuni, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and others Plumb Gold will have a special exhibit of designer peridot at 20% off. Peridot is the birthstone for August. Funky Hannah’s will feature fun earring-making demonstrations all evening! Let the funky gals show you how easy it is to make your own fashionable beaded jewelry! The Pink Magnolia will serve Friday Fish Fry specials. INSIDE-OUT will have an AUGUST BLOW OUT SALE. Everything in the store will be on sale with 10% storewide and up to 70% off on many items. Artistry Furniture and Gift Gallery will be offering a 20% off storewide sale. Sale excludes custom furniture and window treatments, already reduced and previously purchased merchandise. Enjoy free RAM admission and extended hours from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm. View the newest exhibition in RAM’s Windows on Fifth Gallery by metalsmith Kim Cridler. Also, drop in and create magnificent artwork inspired by the current RAM exhibitions from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. Moxie Child is having a 50% off apparel sale. Henry & Wanda’s will offer a $6 Martini Special! Downtown's newest coffee shop, Bare Coffee, 327 Main Street, will be joining First Fridays with a grand opening! Hot Shop Glass will feature glassblowing demonstrations 6:00-8:30. Salute’ Italian Restaurant will offer a free glass of wine or desert with any two entrees ordered. Uncorkt features a Complimentary Wine Tasting with Beth from Purple Feet Wines from 6 - 8 pm!! Plus in-store specials on wine and merchandise! a’s,
a strumming guitarist at Moxie Child, Brew City Rhythm and Blues Band
at McAuliffe’s on the Square, Macyn Taylor at Northern Lights
Gallery, Katie
Lafond at Dimple’s, the Fourcast at Molly Magruder’s, Night
Wing at
Evelyn’s, Group Therapy at The Pink
Magnolia, and Mark Paffrath at John’s Dock. Racine Mayor John Dickert will be on hand to present this
years Women of Distinction Award at Monument
Square starting at 5:30. Merchant Specials include: Casablanca de Mexico Restaurant & Lounge will be delivering steamed ears of Sweet
Corn on the
Cob to random tables. Who would reject that just dripping with
melted
butter??? At Fired Up! Racine we will be offering a workshop from
6-8:30pm. The featured piece will be a large square box - 4
styles to
choose from; gecko, dragonfly, sun or fish. We will be teaching a
fun
spatter paint technique to add to your box if you'd like. As
always with
our workshops, kids 7 and up may attend while their parents enjoy all
the great
Downtown activities, or make it a family night and everyone stay
and
paint. Over 400 items to choose from! Racine Heritage Museum's First Friday program for August will
showcase CASE
Company, past to present, J I Case to CNH, featuring a large
Racine-made CASE
tractor outside, and photos and models, all ages entertainment
including a
scavenger hunt and 'I Spy" activities inside. Racine
Heritage
Museum is free and is located at 701 Main Street. www.racineheritagemuseum.org Lake House Health
& Learning Center 932 Lake Ave.,
invites visitors to
participate in “Ancestors, Constellations & Healing,” a
discussion and
demonstration of systemic family constellation work, a new healing
process that
focuses on the energetic connections within a family and the blockages
that
create problems in our lives today. The open house and program is
scheduled
from 6 to 8 p.m. While
listening to the ever
popular Macyn Taylor at Northern Lights
Gallery, be sure to check out the latest jewelry arrival
made
from Roman Glass. Mediterranean Jewelry is made from glass
fragments
originated from parts of ancient blown glass vessels of the Roman
Byzantine
Empire between 1st-6th centuries A.D. - shortly after glass
was invented
and picked up on ancient sites on the Holy Land. Photographic Design Studio & Gallery is happy to again welcome Jan Asala, jewelry
artist,
as its guest on First Friday, August 5.
Jan's jewelry would be described as eclectic,
ranging from Swarovski
crystals to seed beads to pearls and more.
Jan has a good eye for detail, and her use of
intricate designs and
quality materials are reflected in the colorful pieces which will be on
display
at Photographic Design. The
Fourcast will be
appearing at Molly MaGruder from
6:00 - 8:30pm Artists
Gallery will
feature a complete new look with it's quarterly gallery changeover. All
new
works by member artists will be presented. Many pieces for the first
public
showing. Cindy Morgenroth is this months featured artist. Cindy will be
exhibiting pottery for the month of August. A reception will be held
for her
during First Friday festivities from 6-9pm. August 5th will also mark
the 4th
annual Artists Gallery 10"x10" Silent Auction featuring work the
is no larger than 10"square or in a 10" square box. Nearly 40 pieces
will be auctioned off.....art at your price, featuring
jewelry,pottery,wood,paintings,photographs, sculpture wearable art and
more. Silent
Auction will continue thru the end of Party on the Pavement
celebration. Mathis Gallery
will have Japanese Woodcuts from The Edo Period...1603-1868.
Original
woodcuts from that period by famous Japanese artist including
Hiroshige,
Toyokuni, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and others Plumb Gold
will have a special exhibit of designer peridot at 20% off. Peridot is
the
birthstone for August. Funky Hannah’s,
324 Main St, has fun earring making demonstrations all evening! Let the funky gals show you how easy it is to
make your own fashionable beaded jewelry! The Pink Magnolia is featuring Group Therapy and we are having
our Friday Fish Fry
specials. INSIDE-OUT
will be having our AUGUST BLOW OUT SALE. Every thing in the store will
be on
sale with 10% storewide and up to 70% off on lots of things. Come in
and join
us for a good time and lots of savings. We will be serving refreshments. Artistry Furniture and Gift Gallery will be doing 20% off storewide sale.
Sale excludes custom furniture and window
treatements,
already reduced and previously purchased merchandise. Enjoy
free RAM admission and extended hours from
10:00 am to 9:00 pm. View the newest exhibition in RAM’s Windows
on Fifth
Gallery, Kim Cridler: My Wisconsin Home. Using steel and
bronze, as well
as organic materials such as beeswax, bone, eggshells, hair and
mother-of-pearl, metalsmith
Kim Cridler
creates vessel forms that connect her interests in history, craft,
ornament and
function. Also, drop in and create magnificent artwork inspired by the
current
RAM exhibitions from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. McAuliffe's On The Square will have the Brew City Rythmn And
Blues
Band performing. moxie child is having strumming guitar and our 50%
off apparel
sale. Henry & Wanda’s has ‘Patio Daddio’s’ a band from
N. Chicago playing from 8:00-12:00 as well as a $6 Martini Special! Dimple’s
will have singer/guitarist Katie Lafond. Bare Coffee,
327 Main Street, will be joining First Fridays with a grand opening! Hot Shop Glass, 239 Wisconsin Ave, will
feature glassblowing demonstrations 6:00-8:30. Salute’ Italian Restaurant,314 Main St.,
offers a free glass of wine or
desert with any two entrees ordered. Uncorkt
features Complimentary Wine Tasting with Beth from Purple
Feet Wines
from 6 - 8 pm!! Plus in-store specials
on wine and merchandise! Evelyn’s has Night Wing at 8pm. John’s Dock will have Mark Paffrath
performing on the
deck from 7:30pm til 10:30pm. Check out our website www.firstfridaysracine for
more
information!
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