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Raleigh Fashion Week & STRUT09

Raleigh Fashion Week, a celebration of fashion, beauty, music and dance will debut in May 2009. Gleaning the momentum gained from Strut 08, Brian Williams Television will present an expanded fashion showcase, highlighting the work of national fashion designers, many with roots and local connections right in the Triangle, and featuring the latest offerings of area boutiques and stores.

This three–day showcase will also include beauty, talent and healthy living seminars, vendor displays, trunk shows and evening runway fashion shows.

Thursday night will salute Raleigh’s Emerging Artists, including selected North Carolina State University Art to Wear designers. Friday night will be devoted to Women’s and Men’s Formal Wear. The Saturday night grand finale of Raleigh Fashion Week will be Strut 09 where national designers return to their “Carolina roots”! Alexander Julian and Peter Millar Fashions have signed–on and others will be announced soon. This red–carpet affair will air as a 90–minute television special a total of 4 times, twice in primetime on CW22 and MyRDC.

Raleigh Fashion Week will entertain more than 1,000 fashion enthusiasts each night in downtown Raleigh.

http://www.strut09.com for more info.

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Give & Take: An Artspace After Dark Event

Raleigh, NC — Artspace will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Artspace Summer Arts Program on Thursday evening, April 2, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Give & Take is a casual spring fundraiser featuring 50 works of art for $50 each to support Artspace’s goal of providing 50 scholarships to the Artspace Summer Arts Program. Guests will enjoy music by DJ Madcow, hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Green Planet Catering, wine, and beer.

Noted local and national artists have created 50 original 12” x 12” works of art in honor of the event. Each piece will be for sale at a price of $50. Come discover a new emerging artist’s work or purchase a special piece from one of your favorites. Online preview of pieces will post on Friday, March 20.

Through the Artspace Summer Arts Program a variety of classes are available, including acrylic painting, collage, stained glass, and paper-making. Classes are available for children (rising 3rd through 10th grade), college prep courses for youth (rising 9th through 12th grade), and several workshops for adults (ages 16 and up). You can find this year’s course catalogs at artspacenc.org.

Each year Artspace provides 50 scholarships to deserving youth to attend the Artspace Summer Arts Program. Scholarship selections are based on nominations from area art teachers and in order to qualify students must participate in the free/reduced lunch program.

Help Artspace inspire creative energy in the next generation by attending Give & Take on April 2nd! Tickets are available online at artspacenc.org or at the door for $10 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are available; please call 919-821-2787 for more information.

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April 23, 2009
Howell at the Moon with Bob, Kelly & Ashley

Bob Foley and his wife Kelly Kehoe have been committed to helping the children of the Frankie Lemmon School for years – but this Spring they are celebrating the cause in grand fashion.

Join us for THE PARTY of a lifetime with entertainment from Bob and his band mates, Dave and Mike who makeup the Robert Foley Band. To make this party even better, Ashley Christensen of Poole’s Diner will be cooking a “designer” pig and all the fixins!

Come party and prepare to be wined and dined with swine!

Online registration begins Friday, April 3rd, but tickets are VERY limited,
so be sure to mark your calendars and call to register early!

For more information call 919.845.8880

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For the first time since its original construction in 1792, Hillsborough Street will be closed for an all day eco-friendly arts & music festival on Saturday, March 14th. The festival has been created to showcase the construction changes occurring on the street over the next two years, and to revitalize Raleigh’s famed Hillsborough Street. Proceeds from the festival will go to support student and community non-profit organizations focused on renewable energy research, sustainable development, and community improvement projects.  The event will feature a wide variety of activites as well as live music and ton of vendors! Come check out the first annual, soon to be historic Hillsborough Street Renaissance with live bands, an Eco-Fashion Show, a Fraternity, Sorority & Business BBQ Taste Testing Competition, an Iron Chef Cookoff styled after March Madness Basketball Brackets, and more!

See http://www.legacyeventplanners.org/events/planningGroups/NC_hillboroughStreet/events/hsr/index.php for more details.

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