Winter Solstice 2009 – Downtown Fairbanks
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  • 2009

  • Dec4

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    Tonight is First Friday!

    Posted in: 2009

    As we are gearing up for our first Solstice Saturday tommorow, look at all our downtown businesses have planned to help bring in the holiday season. First Friday’s have been a Fairbanks tradition and this month everyone is having a celebration! Only downtown brings you a First Friday with so much participation in such a small area. Park your car and walk around the different venues with live music, candle lit shopping, raffles, spinners & weavers, movies, stone cut jewelry, and of course No Shame Theatre to end the event filled night.

    All event information can be found on the calendar of events: December 4th page.

  • Dec3

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    Thank You Pennant Helpers!

    Posted in: 2009

     

    Thank you to the team of downtown community members who gave up their time to help make this 2nd Ave recreation a reality! Pennants are looking great, next step getting everything hung!

  • Dec1

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    Pennant Making Party!

    Posted in: 2009

     

    As we try to recreate this photographic scene from Downtown Fairbanks 1942, we will need help reproducing all the pennants draped across 2nd Ave. So…We are throwing a pennant making party tomorrow-Wednesday, December 2nd, from 4 until 7 PM at the Downtown Association office on 410 Cushman Street.

    If you are artistically inclined, come join us as we  prepare to reconstruct a particularly radiant bit of history.

  • Nov30

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    Sneak Peak: 1st Poster Series

    Posted in: 2009

  • Nov24

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    Lanterns on Two Street

    Posted in: 2009, Activity

    There’s this beautiful black & white photograph ….. with dazzling white Chinese lanterns and long rows of pennants twisting in the wind. The lanterns are draped festively, lazily, happily, haphazardly across a vibrant downtown street.  The pennants, each one more interesting than the last, bear a resemblance to national flags, geometric shapes, celestial bodies….

    Where, might you ask, is this intriguing mix of white lanterns and colorful pennants? And you might be surprised to hear the answer. The year is 1942, the street is number Two, and the vibrant town is our own.

    This year we aim to recreate that brilliant scene from 1942. One hundred white lanterns are in the mail, and we are throwing a pennant making party next Wednesday, December 2nd, from 5 until 7 PM at the Downtown Association office on 410 Cushman Street.  If you are artistically inclined, come join us as we  recreate a particularly radiant bit of history.

    The photograph is from Candy Waugaman’s amazing collections.

  • Nov18

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    Window Decorating Contest

    Posted in: 2009, Activity

    Decorate!

    Not only will we light up downtown but we will showcase downtown’s unique artistic talent through our window/storefront decorating contest. Anyone who plans on decorating their own windows please fill out the form below, or contact our office with a title and address of where you are located. Wishing you had a window? Anyone who wants to take part in the contest and contribute to our downtown can be partnered with a vacant downtown window. The contest will start on December 5th and run through December 21st. Winners will be presented with a special prize, and for those of us involved in the past know, they will also have year-long bragging rights.

    This year we will have 3 categories for the decorations to fall into:

    • Traditional- Any holiday scene
    • Themed- Winter, snow and ice
    • Outdoor- Lighting Displays, Wreaths and Trees

    The winner in each category and overall winner will be determined 50% by public and 50% by celebrity judges, and then awarded and announced the following week in the newspaper and on our website.

    Sign Up Today

  • Nov17

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    Join The Fun

    Posted in: 2009

    Join in the fun of this downtown holiday tradition with this interactive site designed to provide frequent updates and encourage feedback as the Downtown Winter Solstice Celebration plans unfold.

    There will be loads of laughter and holiday cheer as friends and families draw from far and near as our month-long Winter Solstice Celebration presents festive and fun things happening Downtown every Saturday in December, including the grand fireworks show on December 21st!  Be part of the winter wonderland Downtown with participating businesses and groups, events and activities, and sponsors from all over the country! Here’s what you can do… Read More | Comments

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