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What's Up Downtown Martinez
A weekly newsletter for downtown news and events!

 
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Martinez History
Armado's
Martinez Chamber
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Community Partners!


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Main Street Martinez
PO Box 776
Martinez, CA 94553
925.228.3577

Have a Happy Holiday Season

from everyone at Main Street Martinez!

Main Street Martinez News & Events
beer glass Give the gift of Craft Beer Fun!
Still looking for the perfect gift for the craft beer enthusiast on your list? Consider tickets to the 2014 Bay Area Craft Beer Festival!

It's a fun day of live music, delicious food, and beer sampling! Over 35 local breweries pouring over 70 types of beer.

Tickets are $35 in advance for beer sampling, Designated Driver tickets are $5 in adv. and include a reusable water bottle.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click here!

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wine & chocolate stroll art Save the date!
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he 2014 Wine and Chocolate Stroll
Sat., Feb. 8, 2014
2pm-5:30pm

Sample delicious wine and chocolates at participating businesses. A great way to spend the afternoon!

Details and ticket sales coming soon!

www.MainStreetMartinez.org
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Farmers MarketMartinez Farmers Market
Stop by to pick up your locally grown produce and support the market this year!

Buy local produce and visit local shops and restaurants too!

Sundays, 10am-2pm
YEAR-ROUND!
Main St. between Castro & Ferry St.   

Visit www.pcfma.com

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Join us on Facebook! facebook
Did you know that Downtown Martinez has a Facebook page? We have over 5,400 great and loyal fans and we want you to be part of the social experience and fun!
You'll get regular updates about events, new business openings, special sales, and more!
Click on the link below to see the page and don't forget to hit LIKE once you're there!

Like us on Facebook

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Volunteer Opportunities
Want to make a difference in your community? If so, Downtown Martinez can use your help!

Main Street Martinez is a volunteer run organization and we are looking for people who want to help with this years events and projects. You can click here to download the sign up form, fill it out and mail or fax it back to us and we will contact you. Or you can email us with your contact information and your area of interest. Jobs range from office help, event set up and take down, clean up day, NEW Downtown Ambassadors, and more!
Thanks! We look forward to having you on our team!!!
Main Street Martinez

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Main Street Partner News 
Historic Joe DiMaggio Photograph

Own a piece of Martinez history!

For $25, you can purchase an 8 x 10 print of Joe DiMaggio

posing with a local Martinez boys peewee baseball team.

The photo was taken in August, 1964, and the prints were made

from the original negative. Some of the boys in the photo include,

Marty O, Bob Cellini, Ron Newgard, Chucky DiMaggio,

Lloyd Cellini, Paul Delavati, Butch Delavati

and many more of our local "boys"!

Along with the 8 x 10 print you will also receive a list of names of everyone in the photograph.


Contact Stahlberg Photography at 229-2939

if you would like to purchase a copy of this historic print.

(There is a large copy of this print displayed in the front window

of Stahlberg Photography at 620 Main St.)
 

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Visit Les Schwab Tire Center Martinez
A Gift Certificate makes a great gift for that special person in need of new tires or service! Or for a set of custom wheels without picking the style and design.

Stop by Les Schwab in Martinez today for tires, brakes, alignments, shocks and struts, batteries, wheels, and more!

Les Schwab Tire Center in Martinez
3800 Alhambra Ave.
(925) 370-6382
www.lessschwab.com 

 

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Holiday Arts & Crafts Boutique xmas tree
Martinez Art Association proudly presents at
The Old Train Station
A Holiday Arts & Crafts Boutique
Support local arts and spread holiday cheer
Lots of arts and crafts

Through Dec. 22
Wed, Thurs, Fri 11:30-3
Thurs & Fri evenings 4-8pm
Sat 12pm-8pm
Sun 11am-3pm 

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A-Club at Artu4ia!  artu4ia
We'll be making art Tues-Fri, 12:00pm - 5:30pm. Special Rate $20
Join
A Club Today! As a member your child will enjoy time to explore creative play with friends. The skills which your child will be developing, such as imagination + innovation aren't easily duplicated and will define the emerging skills of the future. They will be PAINTING A BRIGHTER FUTURE! They will be ART SMART!
Get on the "A" list!
925.323.6533 or 925.451.9372 

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Check out SpotMojo
Spotmojo is a place where you can ask for the businesses you want. Is there a business, a restaurant or maybe cafe that you wish was located downtown? Or maybe a good lunch spot or place to get drinks?

Spotmojo connects the community with businesses, and businesses with spaces. With the community's feedback it helps businesses know where they're needed and where they can be successful.

Spotmojo gives you a voice in the businesses that open in your neighborhood. You can suggest and vote for the things you want. You no longer have to wait and just hope the empty space down the street is filled with something useful for you.

Spotmojo is good for the community and the environment

Maybe the shops and restaurants you like do exist, but they're a good drive away in another city. By getting them closer to you, you save gas and the environment. By doing more dining and shopping locally you benefit the city you live in.


It all starts with YOU suggesting the things you want in your neighborhood. You can suggest restaurants, shops, other businesses you want where you live, work, or wherever you find yourself regularly.

Click here to get started!

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Barrel Aged Toy Drive
It is quite simple and easy to give. When a customer brings in a new, unwrapped toy to give to for donation, Barrel Aged will buy a daily specialty cocktail or glass of wine for the customer.  Now through Christmas until December 30th for the kids that need toys in January as well.

Barrel Aged Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge in Martinez is a Classic Cocktail Lounge and Modern American Comfort Food Lounge located at 823 Main Street in downtown Martinez.

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BCI Kitchen & Bath! null

BCI Cabinet Design is your cabinet and counter top resource. We are your alternative to the big box store, providing the best in personal service and even better pricing. It's an easy choice! null

 

BCI is happy to offer our clients fine quality Merillat Cabinetry with three different price points to fit every budget. We can also supply you with Laminates, Quartz, Natural Stone and Solid Surface counter tops.

 

nullBCI employs experienced and reliable professionals who you can  count on to meet high quality standards. At BCI, it's all about you and your needs.

 

Schedule your FREE in-home consultation today and let our team of experts show you what BCI Cabinet Design can do for you!

 

BCI Kitchen & Bath
817 Arnold Dr. #100, Martinez
Call today for a FREE Consultation!
(925) 370-0707 Click here to visit our website!

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Arts & Entertainment
armandosArmando's

Live Music at Armando's 

Friday, December 20, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Dinner & Show Special: Have dinner at local favorite, Haute Stuff, and mention "Dinner and a Show special", (wed-sat, 5-6) after dinner come to Armando's for a FREE beverage of choice that evening.
More Details

  

707 Marina Vista Ave. (925) 228.6985

www.armandosmartinez.com 

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California Magic Club
Gerry Cal Magic
We have Gift Certificates Available!

Good Fun, Great Laughs, Grand Entertainment!

 

DECEMBER 20TH & 21ST 

Juggler Extraordinaire - DANIEL RASPYNI

opening our show on stage - Magician Hank Morfin

... with your magical host Gerry Griffin  

 

DECEMBER 27TH & 28TH  

The Amazing TIMOTHY JAMES

opening our show on stage - Magician Alvin Lui

... with your magical host Gerry Griffin

 

Doors Open at 7:30 PM 

514 Main St.
For show and ticket info click here

 

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Royal Thai RestaurantRoyal Thai music logo
Friday & Saturday:
K.J. Al Karaoke
6:00-11:00

 

414 Ferry St. (925) 313-9185
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mARTinez!
A Rotating Art Exhibit Sponsored by Martinez Arts Association as a collaborative effort between participating downtown businesses working together with local artists to highlight their business by showcasing artwork.
Downtown Locations & Artists
Citrus Salon 631 Main St.

Sophie Benjamins  

City Hall 525 Henrietta St.
Gregory Wilkie, boats & ships paintings
Land/Home Financial Services Inc, 533 Main St.

Cathy Riggs, Ricardo Alvarez, paintings  

Luigi's Deli, 537 Main St.
Susan Taylor, photography
Muir Executive Offices 535 Main St.

Amy Garcia, abstracts 

Stahlberg Photography, 620 Main St.,

fine art and studio photography 

TJ's Cafe 3210 Pacheco Blvd.,
Pat Calabro, eclectic   

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Martinez History
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The Contra Costa County Historical Society's History Center is located at:

724 Escobar St. in Martinez.
Normal hours of operation are:

  • Tuesdays, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  • Wednesdays, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  • Thursdays, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
In addition, the History Center is open on the third Saturday of each month from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

From time to time, we may be open for special events, such as exhibit open houses, or if there is an event in downtown Martinez.

Remember, we are staffed largely by volunteers, so we may not always be open the entire time. To be sure we are open, please call ahead.

(925) 229-1042 or visit  www.cocohistory.com

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Martinez Historical SocietyMtz Museum

The Martinez Historical Society was created in 1973 to save this 1890 cottage and its site from becoming another parking lot in downtown Martinez. Convinced that our city's history deserved a repository where papers, documents, photographs and artifacts could be housed, we prevailed upon the City of Martinez to join with us in acquiring use of the "Borland House" for our purpose. A lease was obtained from the Contra Costa College District, and we took possession in February, 1974. More... 

 

Martinez Historical Society
1005 Escobar St., 228-8160 


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John Muir National Historic Site  John Muir

Fruit Rancher, Family Man, Writer...
Father of the National Park Service!

John Muir played many roles in his life, all of which helped him succeed in his role as an advocate for Nature. As America's most famous naturalist and conservationist, Muir fought to protect the wild places he loved, places we can still visit today. Muir's writings convinced the U.S. government to protect Yosemite, Sequoia, Grand Canyon and Mt. Rainier as national parks.

For information and events click here


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Visit the Shell MuseumShell Museum
Open Tuesdays & Thursdays
10am-2pm
Pacheco Blvd. at Arreba

After two years of luncheons, bus trips, and holiday excursions, the Shell Martinez Complex Alumni turned their attention to the assembling of artifacts for a museum.  Shell Oil Company provided the building and financing for the initial stages of the remodeling. Alumni members and their spouses donated their time and expertise from carpentry, to plumbing, to gardening, to computer programming, and spent hundreds of hours outfitting the museum.    All pictures and objects are identified and catalogued and the information stored in a computer. The museum is staffed by Alumni members who also conduct tours. The museum was dedicated and opened for visitors September 22, 1990 and is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More... 
 
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City of Martinez 
Eco Friendly Workshop City of Martinez logo
The City is pleased to announce it is accepting reservations for another free workshop in support of its recycling, resource conservation and Climate Action Plan initiatives.  The class is called "Sustainable Citizen," and is scheduled for Saturday, January 11, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to noon in the City Council Chambers located at 525 Henrietta Street. More... 
 
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Martinez Chamber of Commerce
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Jan 9, 5:30-7:30pm   
Boydstun Construction/BCI Cabinets
& Richard Cash Photography
817 Arnold Dr., #100
Networking, Food, Fun, Raffle! 
www.martinezchamber.com

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For downtown shopping, dining,
and events, visit www.mainstreetmartinez.org
    
Sincerely,
Leanne Peterson
Executive Director, Main Street Martinez
925.228.3577
[email protected] 

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