[Vision2020] Winter Market in the 1912 Center

[Tim]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            Moscow's outdoor Farmers Market may be over until May, but
market aficionados will have five chances this fall and winter to recreate
the spirit of the market - indoors.  

Heart of the Arts, Inc., a non-profit group formed to support arts and
culture programs in Moscow, will sponsor a Winter Market at the 1912 Center
starting Saturday, Nov. 13.  Organizers expect almost two dozen vendors,
many of whom are regulars at the outdoor market to participate.

"This is a chance extend the warmth of Farmers' Market as we socialize with
friends and shop for unique items, while creating a new tradition for the
1912 Center," said Evelyn "Evie" Adler, president of Heart of the Arts.  

            Doors to the Great Room on the center's plaza level will open at
10 a.m. and the market will run until 2 p.m.  The St. Cecelia Strings,
consisting of Lois Blackburn (cello), Becky Miller (violin) and Julia Cohen
(viola), will play from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the balcony overlooking the
Great Room.

Among the goods for sale will be glass art, pottery, African baskets,
jewelry, batiks, paint-your-own ceramics, murals, botanical prints, note
cards and wreaths, dried flowers, organic herbs and teas, and gourmet foods,
including wild mushrooms. Muffins, coffee and pastries will be available at
the Market Cafe. 

Tim Hillebrand, a member of the Heart of the Arts board of directors,
originally proposed the indoor market three years ago.  He pointed out that
the Saturday morning market in the summer and fall has been a popular event
for three decades.

"However, when the days grow shorter and the nights longer, this wonderful
mechanism for community vanishes, along with the fall colors," Hillebrand
said.  "The Winter Market will perpetuate this opportunity for fellowship
and community during the cold, isolated winter months."

Adler, who took over as Heart of the Arts president from Linda Pall earlier
this year, is hoping that market regulars will turn out to "shop for unique
handcrafted items and art while socializing and enjoying delicious
munchies." 

Future markets will be Dec. 4, Jan. 8, Feb. 12 and March 12.  All except
December's are on the second Saturday of each month.  

            Heart of the Arts, Inc., was founded last year to develop and
fund artistic and cultural programs using the 1912 Center as a centerpiece.
The building - Moscow's high school from 1912 to 1939 - is owned by the city
of Moscow.  The group views the building as "a focus for education,
exhibition, enhancement and excellence."

            In addition to Adler and Hillebrand, board members are Jack
Porter, Nancy Johansen, Pam Peterson, Duane LeTourneau and Kenton Bird, all
of Moscow.

 

For more information, contact:

Evie Adler, 882-7747, evieadler at yahoo.com

Tim Hillebrand, 882-9142, chief at synergetics.org

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