Author: Gather Shoppe
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a little more Kick! {part II}
That Kickstarter. Man! I thought I had it figured out. I’d written up a project before for a store I once volunteered for years ago . . . a store close to my heart and similar to the one I plan on opening. But things are different now. This store is different. I’m different. And…
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A Kick! {part I}
I’ve never been one that *needs* motivation. There’s just something innate there, something gnawing at my soul that is always saying “Go!” “Do!” or “Make!”. And I do. And it’s been a great 34 years living life that way. Last February, something happened – a conversation, a request over dinner and drinks, a slight suggestion,…
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to make it happen
Call to Artists & Makers Gathering needs your help! We’re hosting a silent auction on May 3 in conjunction with an arts event where we’ll be hosting a variety of performance art as well as a silent art and craft auction. We need your donations to the cause. Do you support handmade? Do you support…
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Interested in being Involved?
It’s that time again. We’re opening up submissions for our Fall Opening. Yes, Fall! Fill out the Submission Form. Read the FAQ. Tell your friends! Yell it from the rooftops!
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pondering our opening days
I know that the rule is to use ‘we’ and be ‘personable but not personal’ but on days like these, it’s hard to not yell from the rooftops of my beautifully well-lit city and scream at the top of my lungs, “I Love you Bloomington!” because, you know what? This IS personal. This is (sometimes)…
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Staying Local
This weekend (half of) our little family ventured downtown to visit Bloomington’s first Open Streets event. From the Open Streets Project’s website: Open streets initiatives temporarily close streets to automobile traffic, so that people may use them for walking, bicycling, dancing, playing, and socializing. With more than 90 documented initiatives in North America, open streets…
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on Finding a Place
Gathering has spent most of its life looking for a space to fit into. A space to live. A space to flourish and grow. With each event we find a new space that we fill to our hearts’ content, that we make our own, with the blessing of some amazing people by our side. In…
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Social Media & Marketing Interns
Gathering is growing by leaps and bounds these days, and with that I’ve learned I can’t do it all anymore?! Surprise surprise! Thanks to this wonderful community we live in, I don’t have to. This week I’ve been interviewing and speaking with a number of interested IU students who want to be our Social Media…
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