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Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival - May 29

It's chocolate week on Beast Blog!

From my inbox:

CHOCOLATE & CHALK ART ON SOLANO The sidewalks along the entire length of Solano Avenue in Berkeley and Albany are the target of artists young and old, professional and greenhorn during the 8th annual CHOCOLATE & CHALK ART ON SOLANO on Saturday, May 29.

With no fees to artists, areas of sidewalk will be assigned to participants to create their own fanciful chalk paintings. Registration takes place 9-5 in three locations on Solano: 1561 @ Peralta Park; 1850 @ Andronico's Market.; and 1216 @ YMCA Kid's Club. Artist's chalk and a Polaroid of their finished work are available for a fee. To encourage early registration, a raffle for merchandise donated by local businesses will be drawn at noon from the names of registered artists.

Buy a packet of $1 tickets for $10 at any of the registration sites for CHOCOLATE SAMPLING. The menu features delectable brownies, yummy rich chocolate cake, Brooklyn'€™s "My-T-Fine" chocolate pudding, and spicy chocolate mole burritos as well as the stranger chocolate fried wontons, chocolate raspberry body paint for adults, and chocolate covered ants! Spend your tickets on these
delights in the Solano Avenue businesses flying festival banners. Music & balloons fill the air, street poets slam on the corners, there are pet adoptions at Peralta Park, and there are many more surprises as you stroll along the sidewalks viewing the artwork which remains in place for the next two weeks.

Unfurling of the SPRING ART STREET BANNERS which have been individually painted by 150 members of the community will complete the cycle of art above and below!
Sponsored by the Solano Avenue Association
510/527-5358
www.solanoave.org.

CHOCOLATE & CHALK ART FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2004

All along Solano Avenue from The Alameda in Berkeley to San Pablo Ave. in
Albany
9AM-5PM Chalk Artists draw on sidewalks
9AM-5PM or from store openings to closings
Look for the stores with brown festival pennants to redeem your
tickets for items listed on the Chocolate Menu

Peralta Park, 1561 Solano Ave., Berkeley
9AM-5PM Registration of Chalk Artists
Information, Chocolate Menus, Chocolate Tickets (10 for $10)
SAA Headquarters booth, First Aid
12 Noon Artist's raffle at SAA HQ booth
12-4 PM Berkeley Animal Care Pet Adoptions

Andronico's Market, 1850 Solano Ave., Berkeley
9AM-5PM Registration of Chalk Artists
Information, Chocolate Menus, Chocolate Tickets

YMCA Kid's Club, 1216 Solano Ave., Albany
9AM-5PM Registration of Chalk Artists
Information, Chocolate Menus, Chocolate Tickets

ENTERTAINMENT
Papel Picado demonstrations 11-3 1564 Solano @ Gathering Tribes
Poet - Chokwadi 1-2 1580 Solano @ Solano Cellars
Mike Glendinning - Guitarist 1-3 1115 Solano @ Albany Theatre
Carol Denney & Jim Nelson 1-3 1850 Solano @ Andronico'€™s
Pat Ryan'€™s Celtic Junket 11-1 1744 Solano @ Pharmaca
Featherlight the Clown 11-3 1224 Solano @ Sweet Potatoes
Poet - Tony Caine 2-3 1561 Solano @ Peralta Park
Poet - Selene Steese 12-1 1497 Solano @ High Tech Burrito
Poet - Louis Cuneo 3-4 1745 Solano @ Sue Johnson'€™s
Poet - Jim Williams 3-4 1561 Solano @ Peralta Park
Dana Smith &
His Performing Dog Lacey 3-5 1275 Solano @ Key Route
Gassy Bones 3-5 1423 Solano @ Gordo'€™s

CHOCOLATE MENU

Artbeat Salon 1887 Solano Cacao Eye Liner by Aveda $11
Noah'€™s New York Bagels 1883 Solano Chocolate Chip Mini Bagels 3/$2
KNA Copy Centre 1865 Solano Chocolate Colored Note Pad 1/Free
Andronico'€™s Market 1850 Solano Adult Thick Chocolate Brownie $5
A.G. Ferrari Foods 1843 Solano Gianduja Chocolate Brownie $1
Peet'€™s Coffee & Tea 1825 Solano Chocolate Covered Blueberries $6
Ideas 4 Elements 1774 Solano Real Swiss Chocolate 'Clogs' $1
Pharmaca Pharmacy 1744 Solano Chocolate Raspberry Body Paint $10
Pharmaca Pharmacy 1744 Solano Organic Milk or Dark Chocolate Bar $2
Pharmaca Pharmacy 1744 Solano Milk Chocolate Calcium Chews $8
Pharmaca Pharmacy 1744 Solano European Chocolate Orange Soap $4
Pharmaca Pharmacy 1744 Solano Mexican Cocoa Votive Candle $2
Tangerine Food Bar 1707 Solano Dutch Cocoa Hot or Cold $2
King Tsin Restaurant 1699 Solano Chocolate Fried Wontons $3
Bone Room 1569 Solano Chocolate Covered Ants $2
Frishman'€™s NY Deli & Bakery 1561 Solano Ortman'€™s Chocolate Ice Cream $2
Frishman'€™s NY Deli & Bakery 1561 Solano Brooklyn'€™s '€˜My-T-Fine'€™ Chocolate Pudding $2
Frishman'€™s NY Deli & Bakery 1561 Solano Rich Chocolate Homemade Brownie $2
Seven-Eleven Food Store 1540 Solano King Size Hershey Bar $1
High Tech Burrito 1497 Solano Spicy Chocolate Mole Chicken Burrito $6
Sophia Cafe 1247 Solano Chocolate Covered Marzipan Fingers $2
Celadon Fine Teas 1111 Solano Yummy Rich Chocolate Cake $3
Max'€™s Liquor 865 San Pablo Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich $2