Category: Downtown Events

Small Business Saturday Downtown Appleton

Small Business Saturday is November 24.

Many of the downtown businesses will continue their specials and some red kettles will still be available. This is your opportunity to support small businesses in your community. These are the same businesses that answer your questions and provide help with your shopping while supporting many charitable events throughout the year.  See the offers below:

Small Business Saturday, November 24th Specials (West to East College Ave.)
Globally Sound Fair Trade*, 604 W. College Ave.: Soul satisfying treats (samples of fair trade chocolate & tea) Plus FREE Recycled, USA-Made Gift Bag for every gift purchase of $10 or more!
Muncheez Pizzeria*, 600 W. College Ave.: Free Super-Muncheez or Cinni-Muncheez with Gourmet Soda or beer purchase, $5 bonus for every $20 gift certificate purchased and 10% off all apparel!
Appleton Bike Shop*, 121 S. State St.: 20% OFF any regular priced item. Excludes: Bikes, Service Labor, Service Parts and Appleton Bicycle Jersey
déjà vu Martini Lounge, 519 W. College Ave.: Sly Joe & The Smooth Operator playing at 9pm.  Happy Hour daily 5 – 7pm: $6 Full size martinis, $3 19oz Import Draughts, half off bottles of house wine.
Thrifty Tickets*, 513 W. College Ave.: Holiday Thrifty 50 with 50% of Everything! (some exclusions do apply)
Adore*, 508 W. College Ave.: See store for details
Angels Forever-Windows of Light, 310 W. College Ave.: ALL WEEKEND: Drawing for an Angel Star statue; FREE jewelry polishing cloth when you register in our “Wish Book” and; FREE cookies! Plus on Sat: Receive $10 in Angel Bucks for every $50 purchase!
Joseph’s Shoes*, 10 College Ave (inside City Center): See store for details
Downtown Appleton Farm Market, City Center:  Eat fresh, Shop Local and great gift ideas!
In Times Past, 10 College Ave (inside City Center):  Drawing for $25 gift certificate plus $5 off $25 purchase or $10 off $50 purchase!
Time On Our Hands, 10 College Ave. (inside City Center): Raffle for a Little Black Dress Apron for Black Friday & Saturday!
Mystical Earth Gallery*, 10 College Ave.: FREE 7″ gemstone bracelet with $20 purchase, 20% off Himalayan Salt Lamps, 30% off Psychic Readings booked, 25% off One-Hour therapeutic massage( only $45), & Free consultations booked for Holistic Health Counselor, Megan Kerkhoff!
New Style Salon, 103 E. College Ave.:  20% Off Gift Cards with any product purchase.
Plus double-stamps on Loyalty Cards thru 12/31and assortment of Haircare Duos/Trios, travel sizes, lotions, etc.
BellyBeans*, 103 E. College Ave.: Save 20% on one item!
Vagabond Imports, 113 E. College Ave.: Storewide Anniversary Sale!
Lillians Shoppe*, 115 E. College Ave.: See store for details
The Vintage Garden*, 119 E. College Ave.: 10% off storewide plus Early Bird Special: first 20 adults recieve a free candle valued at $18. And $5 gift certificate with $50 purchase!
hey, daisy!*, 121 E. College Ave.:Save 20% off clothing with your hey, daisy! Green Bag (bags still available for $10) on Black Friday & Small Business Saturday!
Eco Candle*, 123 E. College Ave.:  All holiday candles -15% off plus receive a $10 gift card for every $50 spent, raffles and cookies!
Just Act Natural*, 129 E. College Ave.: Black Friday through Sunday:  20% off your entire purchase (does not include local, hand-made items)!
Gabriel Furniture*, 201 E. College Ave.: Photos with Santa Noon-3pm!
Tennie’s Jewelry, 208 E. College Ave.: Enjoy Christmas Cookies and save 25% off all Diamond Jewelry!
Fox River Wood Shop*, 212 E. College Ave.:  Stop in to say hi at this brand new store!
Beatnik Betty*, 214 E. College Ave.: Enjoy cider, coffee & cookies plus 15% off select items!
Studio 213*, 213 E. College Ave.: Enjoy Cider & Cookies, samples by Soup N Dipity 2-4. and sales on Jewelry, Paintings, Hand painted items and antiques up to 50% OFF!
Dance!*, 225 E. College Ave.: See store for details
dainty daisies*, 227 E. College Ave.: See store for details
The Fire*, 230 E. College Ave.: see store for details!
Happy Bellies Bake Shop, 105 N. Durkee St.: New Christmas Flavors.  Buy Cupcake 4pack & be entered into $30 gift certificate drawing.  New items, hot coffee & more!
Franklin Street Inn, 318 E. Franklin Str.: Complimentary gift package( ½ lb. of Wilmar Chocolates & a bottle of wine) included with each gift certificate sold at the weekend rate for any suite!

Some restrictions apply.  See individual business for details.
* denotes participation in the Window Display Contest

People’s Choice Holiday Window Contest

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Here is a sampling of our downtown holiday windows.

Check out all the window displays and vote for your favorite on the Appleton Downtown Facebook page Nov. 17-25! See if you agree with the judges from West, our Window Display Sponsor and be entered into a drawing to win an overnight stay at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel.

 

Downtown Appleton Winter Farm Market – Every Saturday inside City Center

Experience the area’s largest indoor Winter Farm Market with more than 50 vendors selling fruits and vegetables, meats and cheeses, breads and baked goods, eggrolls, popcorns, specialty foods and handcrafted items.  Many of your favorite summer vendors move inside plus several winter only vendors!
A list of seasonal vendors will be available in November including the vendors in our expanded space on the first floor next to J. Hawkinson Clothiers.

While you are there, check out the Special Program for that week:

  • 1st Saturday of each Month:  Education & Learning
  • 2nd Saturday of each Month:  Health & Wellness
  • 3rd Saturday of each Month:  Kids Day
  • Last Saturday of each Month:  Sample Day

While you are Downtown, enjoy the resturants, unique retail stores, the Building for Kids, History Museum at the Castle, The Trout Museum of Art and more!
“Like” Downtown Appleton Farm Market on Facebook for recipes, vendor highlights and more!  We’ll post info on the Special Program that week as well as letting you know which vendors will be there!

Understanding Each Other – Appleton Public Library

Understanding Each Other : Sikhism

Join us as we explore the religious beliefs of people and cultures from around our community.

Thursday, November 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Appleton Public Library, Lower Level Meeting Room

Brought to you by: The Appleton Public Library and the City of Appleton

With Support from: IndUS, Toward Community, Fox Cities Rotary Multicultural

Center, Common Ground and Esther

Do’s and Dont’s for Wedding Place Cards and Meal Choices – Radisson Paper Valley Hotel

The Radisson Paper Valley Hotel shares DOs & DONTs: Place Cards & Meal Choices.

 

Place cards are cute and all, but when you actually need to use them to distinguish meal choice you have to keep in mind their purpose: showing the meal choice.  The room is most likely going to be dim and those servers need to move fast.  In order to make place cards that actually serve their purpose, there are a few things to know.

3 Basic Tips:
-Do the pre-work 
-Choose your method 
-Keep it SIMPLE

Read more Do’s and Don’t on the Radisson blog

Help with Storyland – The Building for Kids Children’s Museum

Families and friends of the Building For Kids Children’s Museum.  The museum needs your help!

FVTC intern, Jenny, will be teaching in the Davinci Studio in November about Storyland! She wants to know what you already know about the books in the Storyland exhibit (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Abuela, The Snowy Day, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Tuesday, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and Where’s Spot?). Have you read all the stories before? What is your favorite one? What do you want to know about the stories, authors, illustrators, pictures, etc?

Leave your comments on Facebook here and come see the new and exciting activities Jenny has planned in November!

White Chicken Chili Featured for Soup Walk at Fratellos

 

Fratellos Waterfront Restaurant-Appleton is famous for the White Chicken Chili. This soup is  a blend of chicken, cheese, sour cream and slight pepper flavor which creates the perfect combination and also pairs nicely with a variety of wines or their own handcrafted Fox River Brewing Co. beers.

What could be better than strolling down College Avenue in Downtown Appleton on a crisp fall day enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of autumn?
How about the opportunity to taste signature soups in 17 different restaurants?
And the opportunity to donate canned goods to St. Joseph Food Program & receive specials for doing so at participating retailers Oct. 20-28?
And the chance to win great prizes by voting for your favorite soup Oct. 20-28?
Plus the Downtown Cool Trolley will be running from noon to 4 pm to help you get to all the restaurants!

 

Art on the Town at Coventry Glassworks and Gallery

Coventry Glassworks and Gallery has had a great season and they are excited about their opening reception on the September 21st, for Art on the Town featuring drypoint and relief prints by artist Stephanie Harvey.

Stephanie’s work is intricate and thought-provoking. Much of her inspiration for these images comes from her reevaluation of gender-geared labels and the consequence of rejecting tradi

tional feminine roles. She strives to call attention to the way people treat others based on their gender-specific expectations.

Stephanie earned her BFA at UW Oshkosh, and has exhibited her work in many group and solo shows. She is an active member of the NE chapter of the Wisconsin Visual Artists, and is also part of the Oshkosh gallery group Art
Space Collective.

Art on the Town is 6 – 9 pm on Friday September 21st.