Don’t Miss July First Friday’s in Downtown Racine!
On July 6th, Enjoy the downtown festivities and celebrate freedom from cookie-cutter big-box stores this First Friday’s® in Downtown Racine on July 6, 2018 from 4-9PM.
Bring your friends to Downtown Racine this year for the holiday! It’s a great place to spend a Friday browsing Racine’s unique shops, galleries and eateries while scoring some great First Friday deals like:
The creative team at Funky Hannah’s is ready to wow you with all the cool jewelry YOU can make in our inspiring workshops! Stop in during First Fridays for a fun $10 make & take! Bring in your favorite piece of beach glass or stone and learn to drill it and create a sweet necklace or key chain with it! Check out all the beautiful jewelry you can make in summer workshops.
Don’t miss a stop at Hot Shop Glass, 239 Wisconsin Ave, during your First Friday explorations! This state of the art glass blowing facility allows visitors an up-close experience watching artists turn molten 2000º degree glass into beautiful functional blown glass forms or garden art. Stop in and be mesmerized. An ever-changing selection of locally made glass art is available in the gallery. Learn about the latest wedding crazy – unity glass! Come see the action at Hot Shop Glass.
Kid’s Creative Camps This Summer At Funky Hannah’s
This camp is a favorite for so many families! We’re only offering two session this summer so act now if you’d like to register your child, grandchild, or special kid in your life! Each day brings a different project they will love — and you’ll love the results! Call us soon to register. 262-634-6088
Funky Fun in 2018!
Mark your calendars for the fun events we have planned for 2018!!! Here in town we’ll have fun classes, two bead camps, rock star classes, art walks, and fun when the Loose Bead Society is here for their annual retreat, as well as monthly First Fridays starting in April. We’re also taking it on the road, to bead shows in Madison and Milwaukee and our April bead camp in beautiful Door County!
Bead Camps/Retreats
We’re cooking up three exciting Bead Camps. This year we’re taking our April camp on the road to DOOR COUNTY! What?!?! Yes, it’s true! Stay tuned for details and mark your calendars:
January 19th-21st at the DeKoven Center in Racine. Click here for details and registration.!
April 27th-29th in Door County
October 19th-21st at the DeKoven Center in Racine
Rock Stars
As always, we’re inviting your favorite bead rock stars to join us this year. Watch our website for the latest details.
Cynthia Rutledge will be here September 27-30th. Workshops TBD. Mark your calendar now so you don’t plan anything else!
Bead Shows
Madison Bead Show – March 24-25, 2018
Bead & Button Show – June 8-10, 2018
Milwaukee Bead Show – October 2018
But wait! There’s more….
April – December
First Fridays resume in April! Plan to join us for a fun evening, every First Friday for the rest of the year!
Downtown Racine Art Walk This Saturday!
Visit Funky Hannah’s Saturday from 4-8pm during the Downtown Racine Art Walk (DRAW) & watch Tracy and Joann create in the flame making glass beads and torch fired copper enamel pendants. Learn from these two accomplished artists & watch how they transform glass and copper into lovely components for jewelry.
the Downtown Racine Art Walk. There is so many cool things to see & do…. then dine at one of the many amazing restaurants in our neighborhood!
Pop Up Bead Boutique in Door Co!
Funky Hannah’s is taking a road trip to Door County April 26th-29th for a weekend retreat we are hosting at The Settlement Courtyard Inn & Lavender Spa in Fish Creek. For two days we’ll have a BEAD BOUTIQUE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC in a room at the Inn right off the lobby.
Friday April 27th & Saturday April 28th 10am-4pm
Be sure to stop in and see the latest in our fabulous selection of seed beads, shaped & two hole Czech beads, chain, charms plus new kits and loads of inspiration! Don’t miss our loot in your neck of the woods!
First Friday Kicks Off Friday Night!
First Friday’s® Downtown Racine Kicks off it’s 2018 Season April 6th with New Sponsors, New Events and New Fun
Celebrate a beautiful night Downtown during Racine’s First (of 2018) First Friday April 6th, from 4- 9pm!
Socialize with friends and neighbors as you enjoy shopping, adult beverages and a stroll through the historic Downtown city streets. Join all the First Friday’s Sponsor business owners as they welcome you to shop local, dine & discover the best Racine has to offer: Downtown! Come early & stay late! Downtown Racine has been a shopping destination since 1860.
Sparkle up your springtime wardrobe with accessories from Funky Hannah’s!. Choose from handcrafted jewelry from their on staff designers or be inspired to create something yourself. Spring classes are offered for adults as well as birthday parties for children. Stop in and find out why Funky Hannah’s has been a favorite shop downtown for more than twenty years!
Don’t miss the fun at Hot Shop Glass – our sister business-, 239 Wisconsin Avenue, as owners & artisans Dan Sviland & Amanda Paffrath turn 2000o molten glass into art right before your eyes. Come and be mesmerized by the process, heat and dynamics of working with liquid glass. See the latest creations in the gallery and pick up info about upcoming classes.
And your last chance to see the PEEP exhibit at RAM is this weekend & it’s free admission all day & eve Friday!!!
Visitors enjoy free RAM (Racine Art Museum) admission and extended hours from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm on Friday, April 6. The art made with fluffy, sugar-coated marshmallow PEEPS gets more creative every spring in the popular RAM 9th Annual International PEEPS Art Exhibition. At the same time, RAM releases the beasts of contemporary craft in the multi-media exhibition, Beasts: Wild Animals in RAM’s Collection. Meanwhile, Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions tells the story of how RAM established the world’s largest polymer collection in 2011 and spotlights pieces that have been donated to the museum since then. Contemporary artists express themselves through the power of the written wordin Text Message: Words and Letters in Contemporary Art. And, Japanese Studio Craft at RAM is an exploration of small-scale craft from artists with Japanese heritage. Beer and wine will beavailable for purchase, 5:30 to 8:30 pm.
Here are even more of the happenings the friendly merchants have in store for you April 6:
Join us at Northern Lights Gallery, 423 Main Street for First Friday on April 6th. New in for 2018: boutique fashion, home accents, wall art, jewelry, and more unique finds you won’t see anywhere else. Beat your cabin fever and stop in to say hi! We’re known for our friendly and welcoming atmosphere and we’d love to see your smiling faces!
Uncorkt, 240 Main Street, is the place to be on First Friday, April 6th. Our drink specials begin
at 4:00 pm. with glasses of wine, only $5, and the lowest priced craft beer in Racine. Starting
at 6:00 pm. until 10:00 pm. we have a FAN favorite the Gary T. Ricchio Project. Uncorkt also
has free wine sampling from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Come see why Uncorkt won the 2015, 2016 and
2017 the BEST WINE STORE in Racine County!
Check out our selection of new Opal jewelry at red moon, 334 Main Street. To help celebrate the
return of First Fridays, we are offering a free Lavish Jewelry Cleaning Kit with any Opal purchase
as well as a 5% discount on all purchases.
DIVINO GELATO, 245 Main Street, will be hosting an Open Mic Night from 6 PM – 9PM
The popular NANO BUG RACES will be held at Dover Flag & Map, 323 Main Street. Be sure to
stop in to cheer your favorite color BUG to victory on the winding track. Bring your friends and
you may be the lucky winner of . . . Famous Amos Cookies! Say the secret word (Springtime)
and receive 15% off of your entire purchase.
Racine Arts Council’s ArtSpace Gallery (409 Sixth Street) will feature Emergency Room, a Color-Coded Art Exhibition. Emergency Room artists Catherine Cajandig (IL), Judith Jones (MI), Deanna Krueger (IL), Erik R. Peterson (IL), Mimi Peterson (WI), and Daniel Teafoe (IL) present a fluid collection of works that boldly fuels the idea that color is perpetually transformative.
At Art Metals Studio, 332 Main Street, test your Gem knowledge by playing “Know Your Bling”!!! In honor of April’s Birthstone, Diamond, AMS is holding another gemstone guessing contest. Stop
in the store on April 6th, from 10am – 9pm, and try your hand at Diamond identification! Guess
which stone is Diamond from the contest tray to be entered into a drawing for a super-sparkly
AMS Diamond pendant! Guess wrong? AMS’s knowledgeable staff will be there to educate you
on how to tell the difference in the future. One guess per customer. The winner of the drawing will
be announced on Saturday, April 7th. Shine on!!! See you there!
Lighthouse Gallery & Gifts, 306 Main Street, welcomes April 2018 First Friday with clearance
pricing on fashion jewelry (some exclusions apply). Our exclusive photo jigsaw puzzles will be
20% off only for this First Friday. Get a head start on Mother’s Day and order your custom photo
tin at a special price!
Enhance your shopping experience by listening to soft rock rhythm and blues and Timeless
favorites by solo singer guitarist Bob Treml 6 to 9 p.m. at Dimples. From necklaces to rings to
bracelets, you can cross off everything on your jewelry list at Dimples Fine Imports, 416 Main
Street.
Stop on in at RG Natural Babies, 430 Main Street, and get ready for Spring Gardening Fun with
your little ones! Plus, 20% off Lifeactory Water Bottle, Wine glasses and beverage glasses all
Made in the USA!
Twice Baked Pottery (320 Main Street) looks forward to the return of first Fridays for 2018! Wedding
season is approaching! Now’s the time to pick up those wedding and shower gifts for all of your friends
and family. Now featuring new products including travel mugs and microwave bacon cookers. We look
forward to seeing you soon!
Other First Friday’s sponsoring merchants include: Artful Glass Objects (232 Main Street), Main Street General Store (302 Main Street), Sugar Shack Sweet Shoppe (530 Monument Sq.), and Photographic Design Gallery & Framing (411 Sixth Street.)
Spend an evening with friends and family enjoying downtown: the BEST of Racine. Visit our website (FirstFridaysRacine.com) for information about the latest happenings, in store specials and links to your favorite spots downtown.
CONTACT:
Tony Bigonia
firstfridaysracine@yahoo.com
FirstFridaysRacine.com
First Friday’s® is a Registered Trademark of First Friday’s, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Door County Bead Retreat – April 26-29, 2018
Join us for the best bead retreat EVER!
It’s been a dream we’ve been mulling over for years. And now, here it is!
Space is limited. We hope you will join us. Laughter, creativity and a memorable adventure guaranteed. Don’t miss out!
Live in (or near) Door County and just want to shop with us? We’ll have a pop-up bead boutique at the Settlement Courtyard Inn, our host for the weekend. Stop & Shop with us Friday April 27 & Saturday April 28th 10am-4pm!
Download the flyer and Door Co Bead Retreat Registration 2018!
Visit us at the Madison Bead Show March 24th & 25th!
It’s one of our favorite shows in one of our favorite cities! Don’t miss it! We are loading up the truck with seed beads, all the crazy cool new Czech beads, crystals, charms, chain, metal components, kits and more. Road trip to see us and all of your favorite vendors under one roof! Look forward to seeing you this weekend. It’s a show worth coming to!
And don’t worry, we’ve swiped a lot of stuff, but Funky’s is open all weekend too!
March & April Class Fun Starts Here!
We have a stellar line up of classes for March & April! Great new classes, old favorites and perfect options for new and experienced jewelry makers! Be sure to check out Joann’s new Crackle Enamel Pendant and fabulous designs by Erika Sandor taught by Amanda! We’ll keep your create juices flowing this spring!
Click on the link below for the pdf of the class list!
February Classes!
Hot off the presses – our January & February class schedule is out! We’ve got some new classes we’re introducing as well as some popular favorites, so be sure to check them out! Download the schedule here—> January & February 2018 Class List
Free Friday! Zoliduo Earrings on Friday, February 9th from 12-2 p.m.
Zuzu Pendant Thursday February 8th 6-9 p.m.
Beginning Bead Crochet with Candy Sexton-February 18th
Single Stitch Bead Crochet with Candy Sexton-February 17th
