Empty Bowl luncheon

The Empty Bowl Luncheon, hosted by the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia is this Wednesday at noon. The benefit is held to raise awareness of hunger on a local and national level. Tickets include soup, a sandwich and a bowl handcrafted by Good Dirt potters.

There will also be an auction at the Empty Bowl Luncheon featuring 11 pieces from Good Dirt. The Food Bank is asking for local artists to donate bowls in any media, from ceramic to paintings of bowls, for the auction. All submissions should be themed around the Empty Bowl Concept. Good Dirt will also have donated bowls available for purchase at the luncheon for $15.

The luncheon will take place at the Classic Center. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., lunch starts at noon. Call the Food Bank at 706.354.8191 for more information.

Marketplace this weekend

Marketplace, hosted by the Junior League of Athens will take place this weekend, October 23–25, at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. The event features local and area vendors, including the Georgia Museum of Art Shop. This will be the fifth year of Marketplace. Make sure to stop by some time over the weekend—it will be a great chance to get started on your holiday shopping!

The first event of Marketplace is preview shopping, which is free to the public and is from 4 to 6 p.m. this Friday. A kick-off party begins at 7 p.m. Tickets for the kick-off party are $15 and include a catered dinner, wine tasting, entertainment and a silent auction. Admission is free on Saturday and Sunday! Feel free to support another Junior League of Athens project by bring pop-top cans of ravioli for the Food2Kids program in partnership with the Northeast Georgia Food Bank .

On Saturday, shopping hours will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Activities will include pictures with Santa, Santa Secret Shop and free registration for the Georgia Child Identification Program, or GACHIP. Shopping hours on Sunday will be from 12 to 5 p.m. Santa Secret Shop will also take place on Sunday. Click here for the schedule.

In addition to GMOA, some of the vendors will include Fire & Flavor, the UGA Alumni Association, Entourage Clothing & Gifts, Homemade Gourmet and many others. Go to the Marketplace blog to check out all of the vendors.

Email jlamarket@gmail.com or call 706.549.8688 with any questions.

Scare up a Harvest

It’s almost Halloween, so get in the spirit and come see some fun scarecrows with us on Saturday, October 24 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Lyndon House Arts Center! Groups, individuals and organizations, including GMOA (which plans to make a “Blow Oskar” scarecrow) will be creating the scarecrows for display at the Lyndon House. The entry fee to view and vote on the scarecrows is 15-ounce pop-top cans of ravioli. These will go to the Food Bank’s Food 2 Kids program, a partnership between the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and the Junior League of Athens. You can take a tour of the scarecrow exhibit, the Historic Ware-Lyndon House and Lord Love You: Works by R. A. Miller from the Mullis Collection. The scarecrows will then move to Chase Street Elementary and be on display as part of the Outdoor Classroom Symposium. Check out the event flyer. The event is co-sponsored by the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division, the Food Bank and the Junior League of Athens.

Want to build your own scarecrow for the event? Armatures and guidelines will be available until October 17. Email carolineself@co.clarke.ga.us for more information or see the information here. The ACC Recycling Division encourages participants to make scarecrows with discarded materials. There will be prizes for the best scarecrows!