First Fridays Allentown
 First Fridays Allentown Gallery Walk continues on Friday, December 4th, 2009 with a host of holiday exhibits and events including a tree lighting ceremony, free horse-drawn carriage rides from 6:30-8:30pm, a poetry reading at Café 59 and a surprise appearance by Santa Claus! In addition to Friday hours, many shops and galleries will have extended hours on Saturday and Sunday as part of the Holiday Open Studios and Galleries weekend.
Galleries and Shows for Friday, December 4th, 2009
B West Studio Annual Holiday Show 148 Elmwood Avenue 5-9pm
Betty's Joe Radoccia: Cut Flowers, Recent Paintings 370 Virginia Street Open until Midnight (Check out the full bar and expansion)
Buffalo Big Print Lilla Johnson, Recent Paintings and Drawings Sally Danforth, Functional Pottery 78 Allen Street 7-9pm
C.G. Jung Center "Transformations" by Dianne Baker 408 Franklin Street 6-9pm
College Street Gallery Holiday Party and Opening 244 Allen Street 5-10pm
COMAND Solutions "Type is Art" Public interactive art by Silo Design & JRVisuals 110 Elmwood Avenue 6-9pm
East End Salon 47 Allen Street 6–8pm
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center A.J. Fries, Ignoring the Sirens (paintings) Jon Haddock, Mouse Porn (digital drawings) 341 Delaware Avenue 5–9pm
Indigo Winter: 20 Artists-Small Works Celebrate the Season at Indigo 74 Allen Street 5-9pm
Kepa3 Gallery Holiday Extravaganza featuring the paintings of Gary Kyte 31 Barker Street 5:30-9pm
MJ Peterson Real Estate Work of local artists Peter Fowler, Grey Hutton, David Marinello and James Live Music by Rob Falgiano 431 Delaware Avenue 6-9pm
SPACE@224 Works and Progress: Designs by Hilary Salmon 224 Allen Street 6-9pm
Starlight Studio "Luminaries" show opening Spoken word performance from 7-7:30pm Nomad Magazine preview of "Giving Warmth" fundraiser for Buffalo City Mission. 340 Delaware Avenue 6-9pm
Studio Hart 3rd Anniversary Reunion Show including Georgia Trimper, Barbara Baird, J-M Reed, Cynnie Gaasch, Molly Jarboe, Priscilla Bowen, Robert Schulman, Nate Larson, Dennis DeHart, Carl Chiarenza, Nancy Parisi, Linda Gale and more! 65 Allen Street 6-9pm
Sugar City Gallery exhibit featuring collage artist and cover designer Maureen Matthews. With poetry readings by Nava Fader and Robin Brox and book launch for Nava Fader's “All the Jawing Jackdaw” from local publisher BlazeVox. $5 donation requested. 19 Wadsworth Street 7pm

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