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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Book your Holiday Party Space Early! We are less than six months away from Christmas now and it is time to get cracking! Make your party spaces! From small, intimate gatherings to large, formal receptions, here are a few options: 50 to 500 people. Visit www.themetroroom.com for more details. The Rainbow Room is a prime example of a renovated downtown building centered on Hay Street, which features brick sidewalks and blossoming trees. With a modern interior and room for 100-150, this venue has housed wedding receptions, corporate meetings and the like. They provide chairs and tables for your guests music and decorations. For small, intimate gatherings, this is your venue. Visit www.rainbowroom.biz for more information. The Rainbow Room SkyView on Hay SkyView on Hay, at 121 Hay St., is our newest fabulous place. Their main 25-feet high ceiling ballroom allows for up to 400 people, but they also have other options, including two other levels and a garden terrace, all with individual sound systems, chairs and tables to your liking. Check out the outdoor lighting, too, that can be customized for your event. Visit www.skyviewonhay.com for more information. The Metropolitan Room The Metropolitan Room boasts a 5,000-square foot ballroom, a unique mini-vault lounge (which can be used for serving drinks), lobby, marbled entrance foyer with a marble fountain and a private four-story parking garage. Floor to ceiling windows complete the look and the view of Downtown Fayetteville and the Market House is extraordinary. This beautiful addition to Downtown Fayetteville can service parties from July 5 Opening Night Relive some of the best sequel of all time! Part Deux July 7 Lifelong Memories Night Fans receive a 2012 souvenir team photo presented by Miller Mott College -First 500 July 10 Hope Mills Night - Meet our neighbors from Hope Mills and see what great things they have to offer - If the Dogs should lose, everyone receives a free G.A. ticket to the next game. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. First Pitch at 7:05 www.goswampdogs.com WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Arssrpvrhqrvvtphyy( to Grow Your Business www.upandcomingweekly.com Advertising #'# %! AIT's Festival Hall AIT's Festival Hall has a seating capacity of 250 in their 3,300-square foot main hall and plenty of downtown parking. The room is almost a blank canvas, as far as the different seating arrangements that can be imagined featuring round and rectangular tables. Table linens, setup and breakdown of the room are included in their event package. Visit www.ait.com/aitauditoriumlayout.php for photos and contact information. Celebrate the Christmas holidays in style! Find your perfect venue downtown – you, your co-workers and friends will be glad you did! How Much Do You Know About Downtown? See if you know the answer to this trivia question: What is the name for the historic military command established in jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us will win a fun prize. The winner installment of Downtown Developments. Congratulations to Oscar King for submitting the correct answer last issue. The section of Cross Creek Linear Park, at the corner of Ray Avenue and Mason Street, is dedicated to Ashton Wilson Lilly. Calendar of Events July 4 - Happy 4th of July! (City Hall closed) July 14 - 2nd Saturdays Arts Fest,Museum of the Cape Fear, www.museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.gov Downtown Farmer's Market every Wednesday and Saturday! Business Spotlight Celebrate this 4th of July with a visit to the Airborne and Special Operations Museum at the corner of Hay Street and Bragg Boulevard. With a full calendar of events, ASOM, as it is affectionately known, is usually bustling with summer camp groups, school trips and visitors to the area, but this is a perfect spot for the locals and their friends, too. Admission to the museum is free; however, donations are graciously accepted. Tickets to the theater show are $4 and tickets to the motion simulator are $5. If you want to do both, tickets are $8, and any person under 38- inches tall can ride the simulator for half price. Events during the year include celebrating National Airborne Day, Movies in the Camp, a popular Easter Egg hunt and numerous special military events. After visiting the gift shop, and on your way out, say, "Hi" to Iron Mike and visit the N.C. Field of Honor, located in front of the museum. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The museum is closed on Mondays except for federal holidays. For more information, visit www.asomf.org JAMI SHEPPARD McLAUGHLIN, Downtown Development Manager jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us www.visitdowntownfayetteville.com www.facebook.com/downtownfayetteville The City of Fayetteville, North Carolina does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion, or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, services, or activities. qh JULY 4-10, 2012 UCW 19 is Fun! Where l