FIRST FRIDAYS - MAY 4

April 30th, 2012

Hardesty-Higgins House Visitors Center | 212 S. Main Street •  Open for First Fridays Downtown, the Visitor Center will be offering free travel information, maps, children’s games in the Valley Turnpike Museum, interpretive film in the Civil War Orientation center, restroom access and light refreshments

Larkin Arts Studio |  Coming Soon

Cosmic Debris | 16 Newman Avenue • 20% off all items

Duo: New & Used Clothing | 108 S. Main Street •  JMU student, Lauren Joseph will exhibit

Yarn Mountain | 25 E. Water Street

Laughing Dog Tee-Shirts & Gifts | 82 S. Main Street

Downtown Music 34 | 34 S. Main Street • Improvisational Theater with No Strings Attached • Tickets are $3

Dancing with Karen | 77 E. Market Street

A Touch of the Earth | 38 E. Market Street

Friendly City Food Co-op | 150 E. Wolfe Street

Glen’s Fair Price Store, Inc. | 227 N. Main Street

Blue Nile | 181 N. Main Street

Capital Ale House | 41-A Court Square

Downtown Wine and Gourmet | 41-C Court Square • Free Wine Tasting • Paintings by Rhoda Miller

Court Square Theater | 61 Graham Street

The Artful Dodger | 47 Court Square

Ragtime Fabrics | 60 W. Water Street

Beyond | 50 W. Water Street


All Things Virginia | 68 W. Water Street • Keisha Gangwer, pencil artist, will display drawings of barns and other local scenes, along with note cards

Wine on Water | 70 W. Water Street • Wine Tasting

The Lady Jane | 128 W. Market Street, Suite 101 • exhibit by Jodi Miller Photography http://www.jodimillerphotography.com

Ruby Red Shoe Boutique | 128 W. Market Street, Suite 102 • Nicole Martorana will exhibit photography

Mint Clothing, Accessories, and Gifts | 128 W. Market Street, Suite 103 • “Collective Memories” - photography by Erin Kling and Sarah Murphy – Studying ideas surrounding collective and second-hand memory, Kling and Murphy provide narrative-based images in which to question and contemplate

Dragonflies Toys | 49-E. W. Water Street

Dance & Co. | 115 S. Main Street

OASIS Gallery | 103 S. Main Street • An invitational exhibit of painter Ann E. Cheeks will be open on the mezzanine through
May 30.  Brenda Fairweather and Gerald Stump present their collaborative exhibit of basketry and photography in “Deja View” through June 30.  All three artists will be available at OASIS open house reception from 5-7pm, and speak at 6pm

Dave’s Taverna | 121 S. Main Street

Shenandoah Bicycle Co. and PULP Smoothie Bar | 135 S. Main Street • Organic Acai Bowls and Smoothies

Clementine | 153 S. Main Street •  Janice Breeden and Justin Roth

You Made It | 163 S. Main Street • Erica Lehman will exhibit paintings. Her work includes glass and dissimilar pieces of broken, old, used, and unwanted objects and combines them to create new meaning and context

Linda S. Hoover, CFP, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. | 165 S. Main Street • Jeff Bartley- woodworking:
jforresterwoodworks.com; Laura Gaines- oil paintings: cargocollective.com/lauragaineswaldo and Gaines will be creating live portraits; Shekinah, a vocal ensemble of 10 women, will be singing in Denton Park

Ten Thousand Villages | 181 S. Main Street • Brandy Somers will be displaying a collection of her cut paper artwork

The Yellow Button | 192 S. Main Street • Art by Denise Kanter

Asbury United Methodist Church | 205 S. Main St. • A Time To Laugh: John Rose, “Snuffy Smith” and political cartoonist, will be present from 7-8 pm

Arts Council of the Valley’s Smith House | 311 S. Main St.
 • Art by recent JMU grad, Carrie Spencer


Special Attractions:
* Horse-Drawn Rides with Classic Carriage. Anytime between 5-8 p.m., join Sonny and Cher, two beautiful Belgian Draft Horses,
  on a 20-minute tour around downtown Harrisonburg. Rides depart from the Massanutten Regional Library 174 S. Main St., $5 adults / $3 children

* Children’s Activities with Explore More Discover Museum | 150 S. Main Street.  Open from 4-7 pm, as part of their First Fridays Free program.  Located next to the Massanutten Regional Library

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