a do tank, not a think tank
The second Garfield Night Market was held on September 6, 2013 with more vendors (including 9 Garfield-based vendors), a bigger crowd and more lanterns! Miss it? Take a stroll through the Night Market in the video below, see photos from September’s market on the Facebook page, and come to the October 4th Night Market!
The Garfield Night Market kicked off last Friday night and was a big success. The market had 29 vendors, six of whom were from Garfield, which — though we’ve set it as our goal to have more and more Garfield-based vendors sell at future Night Markets — we were very proud of for our first market. Paper lanterns floated over N. Pacific Avenue and attracted a diverse crowd, including families, to eat food, peruse vendors’ handmade goods, and enjoy a great summer evening in Garfield.
The next market will be held on September 6th — find out more about it at garfieldnightmarket.org.
The kind people at The Union Hall Times focused the latest issue of their newsletter on the Garfield Night Market, which the profits from next Monday’s No Menu Monday at Bar Marco (from 5-10 PM!) will support. UHT’s Alaina Webber interviewed cityLAB’s Sara Blumenstein about the Night Market, cityLAB’s 6% Place experiment, and some of Sara’s favorite Pittsburgh things. Read the UHT interview in full here, and our thanks to Alaina and her team for the great coverage highlighting the Garfield Night Market!
No Menu Monday
Monday, June 24th, 5-10 PM
Bar Marco, 2216 Penn Avenue
Come out next Monday, enjoy some tacos from Pittsburgh Taco Truck, and help get the Garfield Night Market up and running!
All profits from June 24th’s No Menu Monday (which will run from 5-10 PM at Bar Marco) will go towards the Garfield Night Market, which is launching on August 2nd. Your support will help aspiring Garfield food vendors get the licenses and permits they need to jump-start their own businesses—so come enjoy some delicious food and help a new generation of Pittsburgh food entrepreneurs get off the ground!
Cheers from cityLAB, the Garfield Night Market planning committee, and our partners at the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation!
Catapult Show-n-Tell #13: Garfield Showcase
Friday, June 7th 2013 at 6 PM
Catapult PGH, 5139 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15224
RSVP for a very special edition of Catapult’s monthly Show-n-Tell, featuring projects and stories from Garfield residents—and how they are helping the neighborhood grow.
The event, co-organized by Catapult and cityLAB, will feature Jason Sauer of Most Wanted Fine Art, Jessie Rommelt of the BUNKERprojects, Mark Fairclaugh of cityLAB’s very own 6% Place committee, and Michael Stanton of Open Hand Ministries.
Show-n-Tell is free and open to the public, and there will be snacks!
See you there tomorrow!
What’s that item in the back of this month’s Bloomfield-Garfield Bulletin?
Aha!
Please come to our first workshop for Lessons from the 6% Place on April 25th, 2013 at 6:30 PM at Assemble Gallery in Garfield. Read more about our first session, “Freelancing and the Law,” and our series right here.