Introducing SPENDING SATURDAYS!

How are you SPENDING SATURDAY?

Friends of Norwood Center want you to spend the 3rd Saturday of each month in Downtown Norwood!

The third Saturday of every month FNC will hold SPENDING SATURDAY, beginning Saturday, April 21^st with a kick off to our Earth Day weekend of events with Together Yes. 

Your group support of our local merchants on these days can add up for our downtown businesses. When you spend your money locally more of that money stays in your local community. Make a difference in your community by patronizing your local merchants.

Every business in Norwood Center will benefit from your patronage on SPENDING SATURDAY, our version of a cash mob, but focused on numerous merchants in our Norwood Downtown business district. 

Green-focused businesses participating in our First SPENDING SATURDAY event 

with an Earth Day tie-in on April 21^st include: 

Envy Boutique, 

Babel’s Paint and Decorating, 

Twice Is Nice, 

Silver and Sage, 

Custom Art Framing, 

Band Gig Music Program, 

with more coming on! 

Visit these stores for discounts and chances at raffle giveaways to be announced at the FNC and Together Yes Earth Day event on Sunday, April 22^nd from 2-5pm, held at the United Church in Norwood’s common room.

Spending Saturdays feature savings and specials for patrons of Norwood Center stores, restaurants, businesses, etc. Want to know what is available to you for this month’s SPENDING SATURDAY? 

Check our website: norwoodcenter.blogspot.com for updated listings.

How are you SPENDING SATURDAY?
On April 21^st, I’m spending it at businesses concerned with the earth and sustainability.

How about you?

April 21st :: Artists' Workshop!!

Custom Art Framing/Gallery9 is offering a workshop for those interested in getting out and painting for Earth Day Weekend! 

An Artist Considers EARTH DAY:

Painting the Norwood Common using Uncommon Greens

Instructor: JT Harding

Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 (Rain Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012)

Time: 10 AM – 4 PM

Tuition: $75 (Payable to Gallery 9/Custom Art Framing)

Class size: 15 Maximum

Location: Norwood Common (Corner of Washington St. & Nahatan St., Norwood, MA)

Course Description:

Get out into the fresh spring air and celebrate Earth Day by joining Gallery 9 artist JT Harding for a one-day plein air landscape painting workshop on the Norwood Common!  The Common provides a variety of unique compositions, juxtaposing the natural and urban landscape. 

The emphasis of the class will be on observing and mixing the varieties of green in the spring landscape.  Students will also be coached on other important fundamentals of landscape painting including composition, gray-scale drawing, atmosheric perspective, and the play of light on objects. 

The workshop begins with an introduction and demo at the start and provides individual instruction throughout the day. It’s sure to be a lot of fun for confident beginner and experienced painters alike!

You’ll leave with full color studies and the confidence to apply your learning to other challenging landscape subject matter and light conditions.

Materials List:

-- Bagged Lunch + Beverage  (or take advantage of the many food options in Norwood Center)

-- Easel

-- Hat or Umbrella

-- Brushes (boar bristle, mid-price range, flats and filberts preferred)

-- 2 canvases, panels, or paper (9 x 12” - 11x14”)

-- For oils: odorless mineral spirits or Turpenoid

-- Painting medium or water

-- Lidded jars (for water, medium, or mineral spirits)

-- Palette

-- Paper towels or rags (for cleaning brushes, etc. I like VIVA brand towels)

-- Plastic bags for cleanup

-- Paints: Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor, Oil, and water-mixable oils are allowed

Suggested colors:

Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Rose , Perylene Red, Cadmium Red Medium

Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Viridian, Cerulean Blue

Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Dioxazine Purple, Titanium White

Earth Day weekend in Norwood Center

Please mark your calendars!

Earth Day is Sunday, April 22nd and we're working with Together Yes to bring a celebration of Earth Day to Norwood Center!

Saturday, April 21 will be a series of specials involving merchants, businesses, and restaurants Downtown.
 

Sunday, April 22nd is EARTH DAY and we've secured various entertainment, displays, sponsors, etc. to celebrate the Earth.

We look forward to sharing more information with you and having you join us!

Thanks for your interest in Norwood Center!
~Kim Weineck, Downtown Manager, FNC

Call for sewing machines!

Do you have an unused sewing machine?

Together Yes, a local non-profit organization focused on sustainability, has been working with the FNC to develop a series of events to coordinate with Earth Day in April .

During a preliminary meeting, Susan Clare, the group's founder, mentioned how they are on the hunt for sewing machines.

Mending and re-purposing clothing is a truly green activity and Together Yes has a plan to offer sewing classes for this purpose.

If you have or know of someone who has a sewing machine (in working order) to donate to a worthy venture, please contact Susan at Together Yes!

Probably a little newer than this! 

A donated sewing machine can make a difference!