Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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6 FEBRUARY 10-16, 2016 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM C ome for cool restaurants like Circa 1800, Blue Moon Cafe and The Wing Company, stores like Pressed, The Shops at 123 Hay Street and White Trash, as well as events like the Downtown Art Walk, Valentine's Carriage Rides and the Farmer's Market. Downtown Fayetteville — has now become a place to navigate a plethora of art, retail, food, and culture… it feels like one of the coolest places on Earth. Creatives and Downtown enthusiasts are taking over converted lofts that once stood vacant and abandoned. Chefs are taking chances in smart, stylish restaurants with dazzling range of cuisines that refl ect Fayetteville's own ethnic stew. And small business shop owners are opening must-shop boutiques in historic buildings where bustling dollar stores and colorful lunch counters once occupied storefronts. Discoveries abound in Fayetteville's Downtown – antiques, Carolina-only products, museums and rare books. Downtown also feels like a Fayetteville neighborhood where you're most likely to experience the thrill of discovery without having to schlep around in a car. It's self-contained enough to qualify as a destination on its own; and there's an energy and spontaneity you don't feel when visiting malls or shopping centers. The monthly Fourth Friday Downtown ArtWalk draws multitudes of patrons, artisans and curiosity-seekers to happening galleries and events. Taking a stroll throughout the Downtown area, galleries and entertainment begin to illuminate in the twilight of evening. Artists and musicians begin to display their wares for all to experience. Maybe there is a gallery exhibit at the Market House or the Arts Council. Walk a little further and there is a jazz band playing at Marquis Market and a poetry reading at Sweet Palate. Everywhere you look, something is happening that you will not fi nd anywhere else. Like the menu at Taste of West Africa, Sherefé and Pierro's, they all take inspiration from Fayetteville' s dazzling ethnic diversity. Downtown Fayetteville is changing at warp speed; construction is as common as American fl ags… and fresh restaurants, galleries and shops seem to pop up daily. But classic Fayetteville character still abounds, and transformation hasn't completely taken over. Get here fast so you can still experience the sheer exuberance of a great city in transition. WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN Stay connected to your Downtown... Follow us on social to keep up-to-date with the latest activities, events and happenings. FEBRUARY 12 Love Stories: A Date with the Symphony Hu Concert Hall, Methodist University 7:30P.M. FEBRUARY 1627 Lafayette in Fayetteville Exhibit, Transportation Museum 10A.M. - 4P.M. FEBRUARY 1620 Railroading in Fayetteville Exhibit & Edward Evans Exhibit Transportation Museum 10A.M. - 4P.M. FEBRUARY 17 City Market at the Museum Transportation Museum 2P.M. - 6P.M. Fayetteville ART Attack The Rock Shop 8 P.M. FEBRUARY 20 Come See The Trains! Fascinate-U Children's Museum 12 P.M. - 4 P.M. FEBRUARY 22 African-American Heritage Tour Transportation Museum 9A.M. - 12P.M. ONGOING Cabin Fever non-juried exhibit Cape Fear Studios Vandorn Hinnant exhibit Rosenthal Gallery, FSU Romare Bearden: Beat of a Di erent Drum The Arts Council With a mix of art, retail, food and culture - downtown Fayetteville has become the NEW destination billiards poker sports trivia live music DJ yesterdaysgrille.com (919) 499-0100 98 Amarillo Lane Sanford, NC 27332