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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM JULY 25-31, 2018 UCW 7 2018 Best of Fayetteville Special Edition • Coming Sept. 19, 2018 ATTENTION LOCAL BUSINESSES...NEED CUSTOMERS? Advertise & promote your business all year long effectively and affordably! Advertise, market and promote your business in the most popular, most read edition of the year! RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY! For more information, rates and deadlines call (910) 484-6200 UP & COM I NG W EEKLY 'S The Arts Council's grants, programs and services are funded in part by contributions from businesses & individuals, and through grants from the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Special Thanks to 301 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 9 1 0 - 3 2 3 - 17 7 6 10:10:10 When you give 10 linear feet to 10 artists for 10 self-curated exhibitions? There's plenty to see and do every 4th Friday in downtown Fayetteville! Check out these locations for arts and culture-related activities: Arts Council (301 Hay Street) ― Catch the opening of 10:10:10 from 7-9 p.m. Cape Fear Studios (148 Maxwell Street) ― View the opening of the Member's Silent Auction from 6-9 p.m. Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center (300 Maiden Lane) ― Sing along to traditional American work songs from 7-9 p.m. Fascinate-U Children's Museum (116 Green Street) ― Create a craft, and then enjoy play at the museum from 7-9 p.m. Admission is always free on 4th Friday. Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum (325 Franklin Street) ― Check out the Frances Benjamin Johnston photo exhibit from 6-9 p.m. Market House ― View the temporary exhibit Vintage Postcards, and also the permanent exhibit, A View from the Square: A History of Downtown Fayetteville, from 6-9 p.m. What happens... Exhibition Opens 4th Friday, July 27 (Through August 18) — The Arts Center, 301 Hay Street "Art gives me the freedom to express myself. When I paint, I'm trying to take myself and others to a place that shows just the beauty of life." — 1st Sgt. Michael Novotny Celebrating Our 45 TH Anniversary t h e a r t s c o u n c i l . c o m This month's 4th Friday theme is Midsummer Night Downtown. Dress up as a fairy, gnome, dragon, princess, goblin, elf, sprite, or a magical creature! Begin your journey with the Fairy Door Scavenger Hunt from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, July 27. But don't worry, you don't have to finish it all in one night. Participants can continue to locate all the clues on Saturday, July 28, from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Find your Fairy Journal containing the map that the fairies made with scavenger hunt and quest instructions at downtown businesses and online at: www.visitdowntownfayetteville.com. More than $500 in prizes will be awarded. UPCOMING @ THE ARTS CENTER Aug. 4: The Marquis Slam ― The art of poetry and the spoken word, 7-11 p.m. Aug. 24: Contemporary Art Forms By America's First People II ― Celebrating Native American artists & creative works of our nation's first people. Opens Aug. 24, 7-9 p.m. In August at The Arts Center, home of the Arts Council, 301 Hay Street. 4th Friday Highlights The Purple Fairy Door, created by Adrienne Trego of the Arts Council. Become an Arts Council Donor or Member today. Visit theartscouncil.com/donate, or call 910-323-1776. Calling all fairies, gnomes and dragons! 45 TH