Xmas Arts Market 2010

The inaugural West End Xmas Arts Market and Carnivale comes to town for one day only! We invite you to celebrate Xmas in the West End. (also your last chance to grab some Christmas cards from Messagemark!)

What: West End Christmas Arts Market & Carnivale 
When: Sunday December 19th | 12pm - 8pm (last Sunday before x-mas) 
Who: Adelaide West End Association and Casablabla 
Why: Because it's difficult to get a unique and interesting Christmas present!

The Adelaide West End Association, in conjunction with Casablabla, Flightpath Architects, Weathersafe Shades, Mojo Inc , La Bomba , Adelaide City Counciland ABAF, invite you to what is set to become an Adelaide institution, the inaugural West End Christmas Arts Market & Carnivale.

On Sunday, December 19th a beautiful cobbled street in Adelaide's West End will be transformed into a thriving christmas market place reminiscent of the alleyway bazaars of Sao Paolo and Marrakesh. Leigh Street will be closed to traffic for the day.

Historic Leigh Street will host the West End Christmas Arts Market & Carnivale, including 30 hand-picked stalls selling quality merchandise for the discerning Christmas shopper.

Shoppers will be treated to the sounds, colours and flavours of latin-inspired live entertainment with delicious multicultural cuisine inspiring and delighting every palate.

This is a family-friendly event, with The Stage Shop providing activities for the kids throughout the day, including live performances and even African drumming workshops for Mum and Dad.

With a highly unique and enjoyable festival atmosphere, the West End Christmas Arts Market & Carnivale will take the chore out of Christmas shopping. Get ready to knock off that special someone's gift and kick back and enjoy live music and delicious food into the warm summer evening! More details of the program are available from the AWEA website:

Entertainment for the day includes:
Brazza,
Akoustic Odyssey,
New White Sneakers
Tropico
Belly dancers, Brazilian show girls, Bollywood dancers, La Bomba salsa crew
and more....

Beautiful Visions

 

I've been drawn into this beautiful creation. Using animation, projections and her own moving shadow, Miwa Matreyek performs a gorgeous, meditative piece about inner and outer discovery. Do check it out and take a quiet 10 minutes and dive in.

Online Polaroid Maker

If you've ever wished you had a Polaroid Camera to play with then here is the coolest app. I found this via Little Paper Lane (thanks Jayde). It's a small application for Mac or PC that is so simple to use. Drag and drop your JPEG images onto the little camera and a little Polaroid appears on your screen. Be patient though, you have to wait for the image to develop just like the real thing!

The result, an authentic looking pic. See some more photo samples here or download for FREE at Poladroid.

Get Christmas Sorted

It's on again, Australia's pop-up shop and it's coming to Adelaide for the second time! Messagemark are all stocked up with their gorgeous Christmas card range, unique wall art, and a couple new surprise products. Magnolia Square is the perfect opportunity to stock up for Christmas with some Australian labels that you can't easily find in Adelaide stores.

Lollipop Debrief

It was a spectacular day yesterday at the launch event of Lollipop Markets... Nearly 2000 people through the doors, an awesome range of local product made by some very talented "Work at Home" SA mums, and best of all, they raised a total of $1646 for the Childhood Cancer Association through a gold coin donation at the door. Fantastic. A couple of Adelaide labels that I discovered yesterday at the market definitely worth a mention...

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