Durham Central Market

Are you a Facebook user? Consider joining the Durham Central Market group on Facebook. It's another way for you to keep up on events and join other DCM owners online. Join the DCM Facebook group by going to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32881816670

Looking for a meaningful gift that supports your community, keeps your money local, and brings joy to the recipient for years to come? Give an owner share in Durham Central Market this holiday season! Gift share form and instructions are available HERE.

Durham Central Market presents Durham History Paintings by Robert Olason !

Come visit the office of Durham Central Market (538 Foster Street) on Friday, Dec. 18th and view a new painting series by local artist, Robert Olason, about the history of Durham!

This series is titled: "Studies and Ephemera for 'The Birth of Hattie Scarlotte's Child'." At 7:15 pm the artist will make a brief presentation -- "Durham after Reconstruction: Hattie Scarlotte's Story" -- and answer questions about the project.

THE ART OF FARMING: A Public Symposium on Farming
Presented by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in conjunction with the national documentary project Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families (www.fivefarms.org)

December 4-5, 2009 at the N.C. School for Science and Math

Keynote Speaker: Verlyn Klinkenborg - Farming and the Problem of Complexity

More details here.

Durham Central Market presents mixed media by Denee' Black!
Friday, 11/20, from 6-9 pm, 538 Foster Street

Come visit the office of Durham Central Market and view the wonderful mixed media artworks by local artist Denee' Black!

Denee’ Black is an artist based in Raleigh, NC. She primarily works in mixed media; involving acrylic, polymer transfers, photography and collage. Having a background in design, her work is also highly influenced by typography, lines, shapes and form.

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems will present a lecture by Will Allen, recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Genius Award and founder of the Growing Power farm in downtown Milwaukee, a model for how to create sustainable agriculture and build stronger communities in urban areas. The lecture, to be held at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, is free and open to the public and is part of the Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture workshop series. Visit their site for more information.

The current version of the DCM By-laws, the rules by which the co-op operates, are now available in the Who We Are section. We invite you to read them over, and as always, let the Board know if you have any questions.

We're proud to announce that DCM has been awarded a $25,000 Sprout Fund loan from Food Co-op 500. The loan program, financed by National Cooperative Bank (NCB), is designed to provide capital during the middle and late stages of co-op development. Over the last 3 years, only seven co-ops nationwide have been awarded a Sprout Loan, so we are in elite company!

DCM will host a 3rd Friday showing of photographs by George Louro at our Liberty Arts office, 538 Foster Street, this Friday, 10/16/09, from 6-8 pm. We hope you will stop by and say hello, and view George's beautiful photographs and hand-made frames. You can learn more about George and his work here.

Come visit the office of Durham Central Market (538 Foster St.) this Friday evening from 6-9pm and see the wonderful photography of Caryl Feldacker.