The weekly farmers market on Penn Street has a new home at the courtyard of the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts this season, which opens Thursday.<\/p>\n
Organizational changes within the former Penn Street Market and downtown development put the market at risk of disappearing if it was unable to find a new location, officials said in an announcement.<\/p>\n
With support from the Wyomissing Foundation, the GoggleWorks will continue the market, bringing local food, community partners, art, culture and public gathering at its campus at 201 Washington St., just a few blocks from the market\u2019s previous location.<\/p>\n
The market, renamed Reading Roots Market, will take place every Thursday from June 11 through Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
It will feature fresh produce and vendors, among them the Bog Turtle Creek Farm, Farm Traveler and GoggleWorks Gardens at Lauer\u2019s Park, along with art demonstrations, family-friendly activities, entertainment and community organizations.<\/p>\n
\u201cReading Roots Market is about more than preserving a farmers market,\u201d said Levi Landis, GoggleWorks executive director. \u201cIt is about protecting a vital community gathering space, supporting local food access, celebrating creativity, and making downtown Reading a more vibrant place to live, work and visit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The inaugural market Thursday will include invited community leaders and dignitaries.<\/p>\n
After the market, GoggleWorks will welcome visiting textile artist Avelina Mart\u00ednez Garc\u00eda for a special live weaving demonstration from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on the Thorn Alley Stage. Presented in partnership with the Consulate of Mexico, the bilingual program will highlight Indigenous textile traditions, including natural dyeing, spinning and backstrap loom weaving.<\/p>\n
At 3 p.m., a World Cup kick-off viewing party will be held, featuring Mexico vs. South Africa, at the Thorn Allen Kitchen. Guests can watch the match while enjoying food and drink specials available for purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weekly farmers market on Penn Street has a new home at the courtyard of the GoggleWorks Center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,858,28,128,130,129,435,289,706],"class_list":["post-213676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-ontap","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}