Tavern on Main in Crown Point, Indiana joins The Shop Local Network as a Shop Local Mission Partner

Tavern on Main located at 136 South Main street in Crown Point, Indiana, offers amazing craft beers and food.

Crown Point, Indiana, September 09, 2018 - Tavern on Main located at 136 South Main street in Crown Point, Indiana, offers amazing craft beers and food. Nick Bello, president of The Shop Local Network stated, “Tavern on Main is a one-of-a-kind experience. When you walk in and sit down, you get a five star experience all the way around.”

The founders have a mission to serve high-quality, unique, and creative food and drink in an eclectic yet welcoming atmosphere. A gathering place where both the adventurous and not-so-adventurous patron can find the perfect dish to satisfy their individual craving. From cutting-edge cuisines to comfort classics, there is something on the menu for everyone. That doesn't just apply to the food menu, though- the drink menu boasts 18 craft brews on tap plus specialty cocktails. Tavern on Main gives you the best of both worlds.

Their menu selection is described by their executive chef, Tommy Forbes, as "high-end American eclectic". Entrees vary from high-quality, Chicago-style gastropub dishes to delectable homestyle comfort foods. The creativity continues onto their drink menu, where you'll find an array of craft cocktails and brews.

The featured dishes showcase their most-loved culinary fare; the favorites (of patrons and staff) that will have you going back again and again. They also have regular drink and dinner specials- so, keep an eye out for those! They think the pride they take in serving top-notch and unique cuisine is evident to their customers in each and every bite.

Tavern on Main also takes part in the Shop Local Keytag promotion, so make sure you show them your keytag to get an extra discount. Now is the time to plan your night out at Tavern on Main. Give them a call or visit their website to learn more.

219-779-9377
www.tavernonmaincp.com

Contact:
Nick Bello
The Shop Local Network
LaPorte, Indiana
1-800-501-2632
support@TheShopLocalNetwork.com
http://www.TheShopLocalNetwork.com

Amateur Castle-builders Invited to compete in 58th Annual Great Sandcastle Competition 2018 on Carmel Beach Sept. 8

Anyone who has built or dreamed of building a sand castle is invited to Carmel Beach on Sept. 8, to compete in the 58th annual Great Sandcastle Competition.

Carmel, CA, September 9, 2018 — Anyone who has built or dreamed of building a sand castle is invited to Carmel Beach on Sept. 8, to compete in the 58th annual Great Sandcastle Competition.

The contest will be held 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Carmel Beach and 10th Avenue, with the theme “Rooms in the Dunes.”

The event is free and open to the public and is held rain or shine. It is sponsored by the city of Carmel and the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

The contest is open to all participants and all ages, with no admission fee to compete or to view. Skill level is not important — judging takes place in many categories. Artistic expression is encouraged, however, in a family-friendly fashion.

The only rules are that no machinery or power tools can be used, contestants must stay within contest boundaries and the only decorations allowed are those that can be found on the beach.

Judges will include members of the AIA, plus local celebrities and dignitaries. Contestants are urged to “bribe” judges with non-monetary offers, such as cookies, beer and wine, and food.

The best “sand castle” wins the coveted Golden Shovel Award, with other awards including the Sour Grapes award and Best Traditional Sand Castle. Every participant in the contest goes home with a plaque commemorating their handiwork. Following the theme is not required.

About The American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects has been advancing the value of architects and architecture for more than 150 years through AIA member resources and as the collective voice of the profession. Benefits that enhance the professional and competitive position of AIA members and the profession of architecture, and links to additional information regarding advocacy, sponsorship, or membership, can be found at the host chapter website: www.aiamontereybay.org

The AIA Monterey Bay informs its members and the public about the activities and programs of this chapter, as well as issues affecting the architecture and practice of architecture in the counties of Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz.

Contact:
City of Carmel-by-the-Sea
Community Services Dept.
(831) 620-2020
ci.carmel.ca.us

American Institute of Architects Monterey Bay
aiamontereybay.org
aiamb@sbcglobal.net
831-372-6527

Contact:
Marci Bracco Cain
Chatterbox PR
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 747-7455
http://www.aiamontereybay.org

Auto Design Collision Center in Crown Point Indiana joins The Shop Local Network as a Shop Local Mission Partner

Auto Design Collision Center located at 529 Sheridan St in Crown Point, Indiana offers collision repair that is second to none.

Crown Point, Indiana, September 07, 2018 - Auto Design Collision Center located at 529 Sheridan St in Crown Point, Indiana offers collision repair that is second to none. Nick Bello, president of The Shop Local Network stated, “When your vehicle is in a collision, it is very difficult to get it back to the way it was before the accident happened. Auto Design takes special care to not just get the job done, but get it done right like it never happened.”

Whether your vehicle has been damaged in an auto accident, has been vandalized, or has minor dings and dents that need to be repaired, their body shop is equipped to restore your vehicle to like new condition.

Auto Design Collision Centeris a family owned business serving the community since 1988. Their motto is “Where quality is standard, not an option.” From their high quality of repairs and keeping customers informed all through the process, from start to finish they provide a high quality of communication. Their staff can help with any of their customer needs with insurance claims. They are truly their for their customers.

If you come across the need for a collision center, make sure you make the right call and call Auto Design Collision Center.

(219) 662-8284

Contact:
Nick Bello
The Shop Local Network
LaPorte, Indiana
1-800-501-2632
support@TheShopLocalNetwork.com
http://www.TheShopLocalNetwork.com

Plaza Lanes in Highland, Indiana becomes a Shop Local Mission Partner

Plaza Lanes, located at 8101 Kennedy Ave in Highland, Indiana has become a hot spot in Highland.

Highland, Indiana, September 06, 2018 - Plaza Lanes, located at 8101 Kennedy Ave in Highland, Indiana has become a hot spot in Highland. Nick Bello, president of The Shop Local Network said, “They have put so much effort into making their establishment more than a bowling alley. It really is the place to have a party!”

Plaza Lanes hasbeen a cornerstone in the communityproviding a great place for entertainment and Family Fun for over 57 YEARS! Their goal is to simply provide all of their customers with a facility andatmosphere which is enjoyable,exciting and competitive. So grabthe gang and "Let's Go Bowling"!!!!

Bowling Parties at Plaza Lanes are an excellent way to make your child's day both enjoyable andmemorable, along with making it hassle-Freefor the Parents too! Your party starts with all the set up before, and the clean up afterwards, and their staff can make more options available . . . all with you in mind, so you can enjoy the occasion and to concentrate on what's really important --The Birthday Child and Their Friends!Their packages are the perfect way to add unforgettable FUNto everyone's celebration! They even offer COSMIC PARTIEScomplete with music, lasers, and black lighting (only available on Friday and Saturday Nights.)

Plaza Lanes would like to invite you to join in the FUN and be a part of their organized league bowling format. A majority of leagues at Plaza Lanes are considered "traditional" leagues, meaning that they start in August or September (depending on the league) and bowl approximately 34 weeks through the Winter season. They are a great choice for fun and entertainment when the outdoor season has changed and sometimes leaves you stranded in the cold. Bowling is America's #1 Participation Recreation, and Plaza Lanes is the Perfect place to bowl. So why not combine the two and sign up for a league today! See for yourself what you've been missing! Plaza Lanes has something for everyone, men, women, children and mixed. Consider organizing your own league with your fellow employees or businesses! See how much FUN League Bowling really is!

If you are ready to learn more, give Plaza Lanes a call, or visit their website.

http://plazafunbowl.com/
(219) 923-3800

Contact:
Nick Bello
The Shop Local Network
LaPorte, Indiana
1-800-501-2632
support@TheShopLocalNetwork.com
http://www.TheShopLocalNetwork.com

The Shop Local Network is pleased to have Fagen-Miller Funeral Home as a Shop Local Mission Partner

Fagen-Miller Funeral Home, located at 2828 Highway Avenue Highland, IN, is a great place to honor the life of a loved one.

Highway Avenue Highland, IN, September 06, 2018 - Fagen-Miller Funeral Home, located at 2828 Highway Avenue Highland, IN, is a great place to honor the life of a loved one. Nick Bello, President of The Shop Local Network stated, “It is amazing how much the staff at Fagen-Miller cares. They walk families through the process step by step making sure that they are taken care of during their time of need.”

They realize that remembering the difference that a loved one has made in our lives is an important step to the healing process. To them a funeral is an occasion of showing our affection and respect for the deceased and a way to support others in the times of sorrow.

Fagen-Miller has been a family owned establishment since 1896. The staff at the funeral home are professionals and are very devoted to helping friends and families honor the loss of a loved one. They recognize that trusting other people with honoring the loss of your loved one is difficult, and they make sure that they have filled their establishment with a staff that is experienced, dedicated, and compassionate. They understand how big of a deal it is to earn your trust.

A funeral is one of the most personal and emotional events that a family can share. At Fagen-Miller, they create a meaningful time where you can celebrate the life of your loved one and reflect on that individuals’ life.

Fagen-Miller offers their help with all of your needs for the arrangement. They offer help in contacting churches, insurance company, veteran’s benefits, etc. They can also arrange the obituary notice in the local newspaper. They show individual attention to specific wishes, customs or religious considerations, regardless of denomination. They offer traditional and non-traditional funerals, as well as cremation services and direct cremation. They provide memorial services and full services with cremation. They will also offer a wide selection of caskets along with other items that can help personalize services, and which are available in a variety of styles that will meet your needs and budget.

You can find grief support, resources, and other information on their website or with a phone call. So, if you are looking for a place to honor the loss of a loved one, Fagen-Miller Funeral Home would be a great establishment for you.

(219) 838-4824
www.fagenmiller.com

Contact:
Nick Bello
The Shop Local Network
LaPorte, Indiana
1-800-501-2632
support@TheShopLocalNetwork.com
http://www.TheShopLocalNetwork.com

State of the Art - An Invitational Exhibition at the R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

Center for Photographic Art The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) expands its reach beyond
Carmel, California with its first exhibition in Santa Cruz, CA, at that city’s premier art space, the R. Blitzer Gallery.

Carmel, CA, September 03, 2018 - Center for Photographic Art The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) expands its reach beyond
Carmel, California with its first exhibition in Santa Cruz, CA, at that city’s premier art space, the R. Blitzer Gallery.
A broad-ranging invitational exhibition, STATE OF THE ART (SOTA) features an exciting diversity of work from prominent Northern California photographers. The exhibition will run from November 2 through November 29, 2018, and will kick off with a festive opening reception during Santa Cruz’s First Friday, November 2, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. In addition, workshops and panel discussions that highlight the SOTA exhibition will take place in the gallery during the entire month of November.

CPA welcomes a new and wider audience to experience an exhibition by leading Northern California artists who are exploring contemporary issues using a diverse range of current and historical mediums including digital imaging, wet plate collodian, platinum, and mixed media installations. The artists include Binh Danh, whose powerful images on leaves and contemporary daguerreotypes have expanded the medium, Bob Kolbrener’s large scale gelatin silver prints, Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao’s provocative Dress Tent series, Katherine Mayo’s large, expressive tintype portraits of Selma, Alabama residents, Sara Friedlander’s evocative mixed media ruminations on immigration, Jerry Takigawa’s striking imagery of his family’s World War II-era internment, and Huntington Witherill’s dynamic digital manipulation, among others.

In addition to the exhibition, on Saturday, November 3, CPA will host a digital printing workshop with digital printing expert, Eric Joseph, Senior Vice President, Freestyle Photographic. Following the workshop, CPA will present a SOTA panel discussion, “Breaking Boundaries,” moderated by CPA’s Executive Director, renowned photographer and teacher, Brian Taylor, and Wallace Baine, beloved former Santa Cruz Sentinel Arts Editor and freelance art writer. Then, on Wednesday, November 14, CPA hosts a special reception with former long-time Congressman, Honorable Sam Farr, to acknowledge his contributions and support of the photographic arts in the Monterey Bay area.

Finally, as a complement to the exciting SOTA exhibition CPA will host an online competition juried by Ann Hazel, Director, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, and photographer, educator and CPA Assistant Director, Rick Murai. All are welcome to enter and vie for five hundred dollars in prizes. All entries will be featured on CPA’s website and be viewable by our global audience. A lively and informative jurors’ talk and awards presentation will take place on Saturday, November 17.

Join us in celebrating the Center for Photographic Art’s State of the Art exhibition and its foray into the North Monterey Bay area with a month of groundbreaking photography and events at the R. Blitzer Gallery in Santa Cruz. The R. Blitzer Gallery is located in a sprawling renovated warehouse once home to the historic Wrigley Chewing Gum factory, and now integral to the hip renaissance taking place on Santa Cruz’s West Side. Don’t miss the festive First Friday Opening Reception on Friday, November 2, 5:00 to 8:00 pm.

To learn more about SOTA and accompanying events go to: https://photography.org/event/state-of-the-art/

What:
• STATE OF THE ART Exhibition • Freestyle Photo Workshop
• STATE OF THE ART “Breaking Boundaries” panel discussion and reception
• Special Evening with former Congressman, Honorable Sam Farr

• STATE OF THE ART online competition awards presentation and Juror’s talk

When:
• Exhibition: November 2 – 29, 2018, Opening reception November 2, 5:00 to 8:00 pm
• Freestyle Photo Workshop: Saturday, November 3, Noon to 4:00 pm
• STATE OF THE ART “Breaking Boundaries” panel discussion, Saturday November 3, 6:00 to 7:30 pm; Reception: 7:30 to 8:30 pm
• Reception and award presentation with Honorable Sam Farr, November 14, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
• STATE OF THE ART online competition entry period: September 26 – November 6. Juror’s event, Saturday, November 17, 4:00 to 7:00 pm

Where:
R. Blitzer Gallery
Wrigley Building
2801 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060,
Gallery hours: Noon to 5:00 pm, Tuesday through Saturday

Tickets:
• State of the Art Exhibition: Free, open to the public
• Freestyle Photo Digital Printing Workshop and “Breaking Boundaries” panel discussion, General admission: $75 for both (includes CPA membership), CPA Members: $35 for both. Space is limited, tickets available via EventBrite
• Hon. Sam Farr Reception, free
• SOTA Online competition entry: $35 for four images.

PR Images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jedlfeinl67paap/AADuG_TnuEstgFFZ-W3ae1Kwa?dl=0 Info: www.photography.org

CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART
Sunset Center

San Carlos and 9th Avenue
P.O. Box 1100

Carmel, CA 93921
www.photography.org

Contact:
Brian Taylor,
Executive Director
brian@photography.org
408-334-0040

ABOUT CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART
Tracing our roots back to the Friends of Photography, founded in 1967, the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) remains the second oldest members’ photography gallery organization in the country. A short walk from Ocean Avenue in Carmel, CA brings you to the venerable gallery launched by iconic artists Ansel Adams, Cole Weston, and Wynn Bullock. Today, CPA continues to serve as a valuable cultural resource to its members, the community and the greater world of the photographic arts.

Contact:
Marci Bracco Cain
Chatterbox PR
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 747-7455
http://www.photography.org

Amilia K Spicer to Release New Single and Music Video “Harlan” on September 7th!

The music video premieres on September 7th, and the track goes to radio on September 10th.

Los Angeles, CA, August 31, 2018 – After a whirlwind year of touring around the United States, Americana songwriter Amilia K Spicer is thrilled to officially release “Harlan” as her third single from “Wow and Flutter.” The music video premieres on September 7th, and the track goes to radio on September 10th.

“Harlan” marks Spicer’s third foray into directing music videos for this album, once again producing and filming it with production partner, Edward Romero.

Using footage from Harlan and rural Pennsylvania (Spicer’s childhood state),the video follows Spicer’s personal journey to the birthplace of her father. It merges landscapes from both, with vacant lots and abandoned buildings becoming farm landscapes with a golden hue.

“I know what I cannot see,” she sings. “Dove tailed swallow been follow in’ me. I cannot reach it, I can’t outrun – take these halves and make them one.”

Spicer’s lyrics are full of vivid imagery, and sensual confessions. As she sings of her dreams “filled with waltzes,” describes the whisky running through her “like Mississippi mud,” and remembers the sound of “a fiddle playing in a child’s room,” the scenes evoke a crystal-clear glimpse into her nostalgia.

When Spicer traveled to Harlan to film the music video, she searched for her Father’s home, only to find a mostly barren lot at the address.

“I wandered around,” Spicer recalls, “and noticed something shiny in the dirt. Turned out to be several pieces of coal, which I now have. Sometimes a lump of coal is a beautiful gift.”

In “Harlan,” what American Songwriter Magazine said of “Wow and Flutter” rings true: It’s “a timeless brand-new Americana classic.”

“Harlan” debuts September7th.

About Amilia K Spicer:

Amilia K Spicer’s latest album is the triumph Wow and Flutter,which is Spicer’s thirdrelease.It landed on many year-end best-of lists for 2017. Despite the acclaim, Spicer retains an underground mystique to her, perhaps due to her “don’t fence me in” attitude (also the name of her record label). In addition to performing, Spicer spends time traveling (recently to Tibet and Bhutan), showcasing her photography, and directing/producing indie films.

Throughout 2018, Spicer performed frequently in the Americana festival circuit. Shewowed fans with a full band set at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, as well as the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Oklahoma. Furthermore, she’s performed more intimately at venues across the US, including 30A Songwriters Festival in January.

Upcoming Amilia K Spicer Tour Dates:

9/13/18 - Nashville, TN - The Annual California Country Social at Fond Object
9/14/18 - Nashville, TN –The Bill Wence Promotions Showcase atBobby’s Idle Hour
9/15/18–Nashville, TN- Magnolia Roads American Roost Saturday at Dee’s Country Lounge
9/21/18 - Phippsburg, ME - Firehouse Center for the Arts
9/22/18 - Franklin, MA - First Universalist Society Meeting House
9/23/18 - Stony Brook, NY - The Long Island Museum (Gillespie Room)

For more information on Amilia K Spicer please visit:
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For more information, interviews, or inquiries about tour dates, please contact: Chip Schutzman, Miles High Productions, chip@mileshighproductions.com, 323-806-0400.

Contact:
Chip Schutzman
Miles High Productions
P.O. Box 93157
Hollywood, CA 90093
323-806-0400
chip@mileshighproductions.com
http://www.mileshighproductions.com/