Farrand Hall’s longest running event — which began the same year it opened, 2017 — is its Guest Chef series where they invite top chefs from all across the country giving them a space to cultivate and share their food.
Known as Uproot Market and Eatery, the member-owned business is currently offering limited hours during its soft opening. Uproot, located at 119 W. Michigan Ave. in Battle Creek, will be open this Saturday, September 20 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Submissions from eligible first, second, third and fourth graders will be accepted through Friday, September 26.
General admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 11-16, and free for children 10 and under. Parking is free with courtesy carts to transport attendees from their parking spots to the fairgrounds.
Farrand Hall is setting up shop in downtown Three Rivers for one day only, bringing a spread of its signature pastries and breads to 15 N. Main St. on Saturday, September 6. The pop-up bakery will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The event, themed “Power in the Park!”, is organized by Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo and Paw Paw Indivisible — two local chapters of the national Indivisible.org network. Lead organizer Ken Greschak said the festival is a direct response to “efforts to dismantle our nation’s democratic institutions and to defund critical federal programs and services.”
Music will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday and continue until 10 p.m., when the party shifts to the East Alley for an after-party performance by Faux Beamage.
The path to publishing began when Camarillo shared her work publicly for the first time in 2024 at a small open mic night in a church basement.
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