Start the new year right: give what you can and take what you need at the first Free Market of 2013!

Saturday, January 26
Roosevelt Recreation Center
1221 W. 36th Street
(click here for a map)

Accepting donations 10:00am – 11:30am
Giving away donations 12:00pm – 3:00pm

If you are also an awesome person, and would like to join Baltimore Free Store’s efforts in redistributing tons of items to the community for free, email volunteer@baltimorefreestore.org.

Important Message about Donations:
The Baltimore Free Store is not able to accept anything too large to be carried easily by one person.  For a complete list of items they accept, visit the Baltimore Free Store website. Thank you for your understanding. And remember – all donations are tax-deductible!

What is a Free Market?
For over 7 years, the main way BFS has redistributed donated & salvaged goods has been through 1-day events called Free Markets.  At these events, BFS accepts donations in the morning, then set them out on top of tables, in boxes, and hanging on clothing racks.  That afternoon, shoppers arrive to take what they need from the donated items, completely free of charge.  This method of redistribution enables us to interact with different parts of the city, different community groups, and partner with different organizations.  The events encourage recycling, redistribution, and community engagement.

Have an idea for a Free Market location?
Email events@baltimorefreestore.org.

Looking for a fun way to celebrate Wind Powered Baltimore Week and relax after a long day at the office? Look no futher and join us at the Golden West Cafe for the B-more Wind Powered Happy Hour!

Clean Currents along with the Baltimore City Paper and the Green Builing Institute are hosting Charm City’s windest happy hour. Drink specials and free giveaways are blowing in and it promises to be a blast! The first 20 people to mention Clean Currents will get a FREE drink on us. Come out and win your Wind Powered Baltimore Week t-shirt and more!

Date: Thursday, October 18th

Time: 5-8:00 pm

Location: Golden West Cafe at 1105 West 36th Street (Hampden)

For more information, CLICK HERE.

You are missing the point of a park if you think it needs to be easily navigable by a car.

From Baltimore Green Works:

Job Opening!

 Marketing Coordinator:

Baltimore Green Works is looking for an upbeat, self motivated, Baltimore-based marketing coordinator to help get the word out about Baltimore Green Works with a specific focus on the 10th Anniversary of Baltimore Green Week happening April 20-27th, 2013.  This person would manage BGW’s social networking outlets, be responsible for media and community outreach, and assist in recruiting participants for the upcoming year of programs (program partners, vendors/exhibitors, and sponsors.)  For a full position description, contact bgw@baltimoregreenworks.com.

All interested parties should send a resume and cover letter to christina@baltimoregreenworks.com by September 15, 2012.

Sideshow’s OUT-SIDESHOW – The Super-Duper Flea Market!

Saturday • September 8th • 9am-3pm

American Visionary Art Museum
Lots of Vendors! Fun for the Whole Family! Tons of Art, Books, Toys, Antiques, Collectibles, and more!
Location: AVAM, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore

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Sideshow’s OUT-SIDESHOW:  AVAM will be packed with a host of vendors selling original art, books, toys, antiques, vintage clothing, collectibles…and loads more goodies! Music, food trucks & tons of fun, so bring the whole family for an amazing time and endless bargains. Admission to the Flea Market is FREE! And don’t forget to stop in & check out the sights & wonders of AVAM’s Permanent Collection, 3rd Floor Gretchen Feldman: Love Letter to Earth exhibit, Sculpture Barn & Jim Rouse Visionary Center (regular museum admission applies), and grab a bite of lunch at Mr. Rain’s Fun House too!

To learn more and to join the Toilet Races, CLICK HERE.

Toilet Races on Facebook, CLICK HERE.

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Baltimore Summer Antique Show
August 23 – 26, 2012
Baltimore Convention Center
Downtown at the Inner Harbor

Dates: August 23 – 26, 2012
Thursday Aug. 23 12 – 8 pm
Friday Aug. 24 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday Aug. 25 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday Aug. 26 11 am – 6 pm
Admission: $15.00 Good through the run of the show.

Yes, the goods are expensive. So why go?

If for no other reason, the $15 admission is worth it to see how things were made before we embraced disposable merchandise.  There was once life before plastic and a petroleum-based world.  Things were made from natural materials and built to last so that we wouldn’t have to keep taking and taking from the planet. Goods were made with craft and care and passed from one person to the next and not just thrown in the dumpster when we grew tired of them.

Support a reuse economy.

Despite the $20,000 chest of drawers and $2,000 teapots they may sell, most antique dealers are not part of the %1.  Most are small business owners who spend a lot of effort tracking down quality items to sell.  They provide jobs for locals who run their shops, pack and deliver their merchandise, do their accounting and taxes, create their advertising and websites and so on.  Supporting folks who sell used goods is supporting a sustainable economy.

Can’t afford anything? -Grab a drink.

In the past, the Baltimore Summer Antique Show has had a few bars throughout the venue.  Take a date, grab a beverage and peruse the goods.  Can’t afford a piece of furniture? -Check out some of the booksellers for books on antique furniture.  Learn how to buy quality pieces and work your way up.

I want to buy something.  Is it real?

Ok, so maybe you are someone who has the resources to buy something, but you know nothing about antiques.  Should you be wary of getting swindled?  The Baltimore Antique Show is a vetted show.  The dealers have been carefully selected by experienced professionals in the field who recognize their quality merchandise. That being said, even high-end dealers make mistakes.  Make sure the dealer will refund your purchase if it is not what they claim it to be and do your homework.

Good luck and enjoy the show!

The Baltimore Summer Antique Show at the Baltimore Convention Center is the area’s largest antique show.  In recent years, the show has grown to over 500 dealers.  Despite the many high priced items, there is often something for everyone -with items ranging from reasonable to extravagant.  Dealers come from all over, but you’ll find many locals here too.

The only act of shopping that could truly be considered environmentally friendly is buying merchandise that already exists, such as antiques, vintage fashion and used and traded goods. Buying from your local antique dealer not only protects the environment, but it also supports small business and creates jobs.  For more information about the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, CLICK HERE.

The Bob Moore Memorial/Moonlight Madness Ride will be celebrated this year on Friday, August 31st at 7pm.  Partnering with the Baltimore Bike Party, this leisure 10 mile group ride will start from the west side of the Washington Monument (Charles & Monument St) and tour Baltimore under a full moon.

From Baltimore Bike Party:

Baltimore Bike Party’s August ride!!!
We will be combining forces with the annual Bob Moore Memorial Moonlit Madness bike ride this month! Still meeting at the monument, still blasting tunes, still having fun, but hopefully double the people! 400? 500??? we have the cycling numbers in the city to do it!
UPDATE: through the lovely support and cooperation of Recreation and Parks, we have secured a reservation to finish in Wyman Park Dell this month! so what does that mean?
a) we can gaze upon the blue moon!
b) we can play outside in the wonderful night air!
c) there will be music DJ’d by our own Ro Demen
d) we are working hard on getting a food truck or two down there for some grub
e) this month is BYOB. providing/selling booze gets expensive quickly in groups this size and if we do it we do it right! so that means you gotta haul what you want to drink, OR we will be finishing the ride by passing through Hampden, Remington, and Charles Village, so there are plenty of places near the end where you can peel off and get what you need to meet us in the Dell!
f) bathroom available
g) Adrian doesn’t have to put a shirt on aaaaaall night.

Say you are going on Facebook, CLICK HERE.

Here’s the route map: