The Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation invites you for cocktails to benefit


featuring

A Taste of the Avenue -

elegant hors d'oeuvres
luscious libations
bodacious belly dancers
dazzling drummers

provided by the artists and merchants of the atlantic avenue community

also featuring
a preview of the Master Plan

Friday, October 18, 2002
6:00 - 9:00 PM

Axelle Fine Arts Gallery
312 Atlantic Avenue
between Hoyt and Smith

friend: $75 advance | $100 at the door
patron: $200
benefactor: $500

Patrons and Benefactors will be listed in the event program and will receive a special Walk the Windows shopping bag filled with unique Atlantic Avenue merchandise



Walk The Windows of Atlantic Avenue -- 2 days and 10 blocks of sales, food, festivities and visual installations, October 19-20 on Atlantic between Hicks Street and 4th Avenues.
From minimalist to historic, store windows designed by local artists will showcase the unique nature of Atlantic Avenue as a retail strip from Hicks Street to 4th Avenue. Purveyors of everything from designer sofas to olive oil will host special sales and in-store events. Shoppers can expect tastings, fashion shows, appraisals, crafts, readings, urban archaeology, storytelling, cooking demos and the friendly service, distinctive goods and exceptional deals Atlantic Avenue is known for.

Saturday October 19

1:00 p.m
Marty Goes Shopping! Borough President Marty Markowitz and city officials lead a Shopping Brigade down Atlantic Avenue. Location: Flowas, 349 Atlantic Avenue between Bond & Hoyt Streets

1:30 p.m. Town Hall community meeting with Master Planners to discuss "Building The Boulevard" Master Plan and share visions for the Atlantic Avenue community.
Location: YWCA, 30 3rd Ave, corner of Atlantic Ave

Sat - Sun
October 19-20
12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m

IN THE STORES/ON THE STREET: Atlantic Avenue merchants between Hicks St. & 4th Ave: Storytelling, cooking demos, vintage fashion show, face painting, interior design consultation, wood carving, furniture appraisals, costumed characters, mortgage analysis, lectures, weaving, pony rides, window art, live bands, street performers, archaeologists artifacts with clues about life in Brooklyn 150 years ago, dub poetry, gumbo, cider, java, couscous and more.
The public is invited to all events.