Shop Bellevue this Friday!

Prepare for a little toe tapping while you're on "The Avenue" with live music in addition to great eats and dynamite shopping.    (more below) In This Issue Upcoming Events Art Exhibit at Sigra Gallery Travel Options Shop Bellevue! Article Headline Artifex Upcoming Events Bellevue Farmers Market at The Party Source Saturdays: 8 am to 3 pm Wednesdays: 3:30 to 7:30 pm Celebrate seasonality - buy direct from your local independent farmer.  Outside 2-day market until Saturday, November 10. Then look for the Wednesday market inside The Party Source until spring! Shop Bellevue! Turkey Jam - Giving Thanks  Friday, November 2 beginning at 6 pm Enjoy live music on the sidewalks and in the shops on The Avenue as we give thanks to the patrons of Bellevue. Unchained Saturday, November 17 Shopping locally owned independent businesses makes a difference!  Pick up a passport for a chance to win a Fairfield Avenue gift basket! Christmas Walk Friday, November 23 Saturday, November 24 10 am to 6 pm  Start your holiday shopping during  these festive days and earn chances to win fabulous prizes.   Small Business Saturday Saturday, November 24 Shop with participating businesses for the American Express Small Business $25 gift certificate promotion.  Shop Bellevue! Home for the Holidays - A Dickens' Christmas Friday, December 7 An old-fashioned festive evening of shopping and dining. Bellevue Neighborhood Association  Holiday Tour of Homes Saturday, December 8 4 to 8 pm Be sure to stop by the Avenue to shop and dine! Astar (Charlotte) Daniels at Sigra Gallery Sigra Gallery is pleased to present a showing of portraits and landscapes by renowned artist--Astar (Charlotte) Daniels. The opening will be on   Friday, November 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. and exhibit will run thru December 31.    Highlighted by her 92nd Birthday Celebration on Saturday, November 24 Sigra Gallery will hold a reception from 1 to 4 p.m.  The public is invited to both events. Travel Options Sure, you can hop in your car to get to Fairfield Avenue, but you may also want to consider walking, riding your bicycle or taking a TANK bus or the Southbank Shuttle.  http://www.tankbus.org/ It's hip, it's green, and you're bound to meet great people along the way.  Bellevue's independently-owned shops and galleries, fine eateries and bars hope you will share this monthly e-newsletter with your friends and family. You will find a link below to make it easy.  Thanks! Quick Links Register Now News More About Us Our Sponsors Bellevue Renaissance www.shopbellevueky.com Bellevue Renaissance mission is to enrich lives by providing a unique experience in the historic Fairfield Avenue business district.     Fairfield Avenue: Where People & Creativity Mix    859-431-8866   Proud member of:  Kentucky Main Street    City of Bellevue www.bellevueky.org 616 Poplar Street Bellevue, KY 41073 859-431-8866 I t ' s   F i r s t   F r i d a y !  N o v e m b e r   2 0 1 2 S h o p   B e l l e v u e !   Turkey Jam  F r i d a y ,   N o v e m b e r  2        Beginning at 6 pm        Prepare for a little toe tapping while you're on "The Avenue" with live music in addition to great eats and dynamite shopping.    We hope you'll join our businesses help others by bringing a canned good to donate to the St. Bernard's Food Pantry.    205     Sigra Gallery Opening Reception and Art Exhibit by Astar (Charlotte) Daniels: A Life in Review at 92.   223     Pretty's  Special guest, Shawn Holley, personalizing glass engraving on-site 6-9. Sale on Furniture, Longaberger, Signature pieces of Fenton, Waterford, Quilts, Coats & Sweaters. Something for EVERYONE!  224     Bridal 911      305     Home Style                              307     The Cozy Cottage           10% off one item, 20% off 2nd item 30% off 3rd item. Check out our new flying wish paper for $1 donation to local food pantry.    309      RSVP Services Art Opening - Jason Ian Erler - Abstract works on canvas and wood from the last decade and representational drawings on paper from the last year or two.  Live Drawing on the night of the event. 310     Avenue Brew        Our dinner special will be delicious homemade pot roast.       312     Splendid Things    Come celebrate our 7th year anniversary and shop our huge after Halloween sale!   313     Bellevue Bistro 318     Bella on the Avenue    Shop our fall selection of clothing, accessories and boots.  Bring in  a non perishable food item and receive 20% off one clothing item.  319     Cleves and Lonnemann Jewelers We're open until 7 pm on Fridays.    321     Little Moments            334     Past & Presents             336     Purple Monkey                      341     The Bellevue Beadery      Shop at "The Gift Shop" at The Bellevue Beadery and receive 10% off any piece of jewelry.    343     Pasquale's  339     Mrs. Teapots Tea Room    Join us as we celebrate our 7th year!  Our full menu will be available during Shop Bellevue!  400     Circa                                     401     Fabulous Finds for Less   402     Groneck Photographix 404     Interior Visions      Enjoy 50% OFF all Halloween Decor! Drop off a canned good item and receive 20% OFF any one non-sale item.   405     Healing Therapy  406     Twice as Nice Antiques and More       "DISCOUNT SURPRISE" - Let's Make a Deal!  411     Twisted Sisters Cafe         Our Harvest Apple Pretzel, with apples baked into a half pretzel, dipped in cinnamon/sugar, then drizzled with caramel sauce...topping of pecans..for $2.  420     Schneider's Sweet Shop          Give a foiled covered chocolate Turkey; a Meltaway Turkey or Pumpkin for Thanksgiving! Featuring our homemade Fudge specially priced at $7.95lb. It's not a holiday without the homemade goodness of Schneider's Sweet Shop! 421     Thyme Square         The amazing sampling of Thyme Square products from teas to spices and some other amazing creations. We will also have a drink special for our customers.   511     Siam Orchid   For our dine-in customers, enter to win a $25 Siam Orchid gift certificate valid through the end of this year.   519     The Elusive Cow                           Opening Next Week!    601     Mackey Advisors                   605     Crone Cottage     Treasures, Trinkets & Baubles. New items of adornment and hidden gems at the Crone Cottage. 605     Oasis for Healing Visit us and hear the soft jazz of our friend Jim Bankert and refreshments. 708     Doggynauts Halloween Costumes and Cookies 50% off.  Bed-Beds-Beds! All sizes and types for Doggies & Kitties. Check out our Paw Print Beds. Don't forget to get your pet's photo engraving in time for the Holidays.                                         A Chili Master Has Been Crowned!   Congratulations to Avenue Brew for receiving the most votes during The Avenue's "Chili Crawl" on October 20th--their White Chicken Chili was a huge hit.  The rainy, nasty day did not keep true chili fans from coming out and also sampling tasty creations from The Bellevue Bistro, The Elusive Cow, Siam Orchid, and Twisted Sisters.  Lots of crawlers left this fun event with smiles on their face, full bellies, and spots on their shirts!   The Art of Jason Erler At RSVP Services   Private Mythology vs. Biography as written by Jason Erler  I have never tried to make a big deal about being a self-taught artist. I have always been an artist. I always will be. I'm not interested in the ideas of the so-called conceptual approach to creation. I create because of my relationship with the source. And the source has no concept. It would be like the ocean thinking of a cup. I'm more interested in the actual history of artists themselves. Their minds. Their artistic desires. The mythology they created so they could cope with the imagery that had to be produced. Had to be. This is how to learn about art. How to grow as an artist. By looking at those that told the immortal stories that haunt all of our dreams through any artistic medium. Their private mythology becomes public. Even if we do not (or refuse to) understand it, it still connects us to the source. When we look at art in this light it might become clear that the life story that led me to this line of reasoning is irrelevant. Where I grew up, or went to school. My hardships and joys. The artists I endorse or despise. What I look like or how I dress. All have no relevance. What is relevant is the story or mythology I have created to share with the viewer and if you connect with it. If you do then my shamanistic duty to help connect you to the source has succeeded.   Banner artwork by Tyler Hildebrand of Hilde's Gallery. Shop Bellevue! poster design by Mark Kerley of Lucky Rabbit Studio.

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