When

Wednesday December 9, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST
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TOUR

Goggleworks Center for the Arts at 6pm
201 Washington Street
Reading, PA 19601

Driving Directions

DINNER

Panevino Restaurant at 7:30p

25 North 2^nd Street, Reading PA 19601

Contact

Melodie Burkey
Int'l Furnishings & Design Assoc./ Philadelphia Chapter
610-696-0732
mdesign@ptdprolog.net

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IFDA PHILA. CHAPTER HOLIDAY PARTY

Join us for our end of the year Holiday celebration! This very special event will include a guided tour, starting at 6p, of the Goggle Works Center for the Arts with the opportunity to SHOP and to meet some of the fine artisans who have studios and workshops in the facility. The evening will be topped off, at 7:30p at Panevino Rustic Italian Restaurant with Chef David Brennan's prepared dinner and wine pairings by Todd Shanks of the Wine Merchant. The evening’s proceeds will benefit the *Children Youth Services of Delaware County*. There will be silent auction items avaliabe for those last minute holiday gifts.

**Parking: Best to park in the Thorn & Washington St. lot. There is a covered walk to the Goggleworks on the street level. The Goggleworks will be closed by the time dinner is over so it's best to park at the lot mentioned above by the restaurant. If you need more info. please contact Melodie Burkey at Mdesign@ptdprolog.net

*Children's Youth Svcs. has a program for older foster children to learn life skills for independent living. This program is for foster children who are aging out of the foster care program. It offers them life skills, such as financial budgeting and subsidized housing. This program realizes that children at age 18 are really still children, so helping them cope with growing into adulthood is very important..

A prime example of adaptive reuse in architecture, the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts derives its name from the original structure from which it evolved, the former Willson Goggle Factory. Reading officials had long discussed plans for the revitalization of the city, and the renovation of the Willson Goggle Factory was viewed as a potential cornerstone upon which the revitalization of downtown Reading could be built. With generous support from the community and state government, a yearlong renovation transformed the abandoned goggle factory into the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, opening to the public in September 2005. The decision to locate the GoggleWorks in the urban core of Reading, where the needs of the community are greatest, has proven a catalyst for much needed change; many other vacant buildings are being renovated and new businesses are opening, creating new jobs and a safer community environment. The GoggleWorks now draws attention to an architecturally beautiful area of the city that is in serious need of economic revitalization. The GoggleWorks received a 2006 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award which acknowledged the integrity of the extensive renovation. To read more about the GoggleWorks, please click on the logo to go their website.

PANEVINO MENU & WINE PAIRINGS

1^st course -Saut�ed lobster and crab cake with orange citronette Wine: Cantele Chardonnay, Apulia

2^nd course- Four cheese ravioli with roasted tomato sauce with sweet basil Wine: Colosi Rosso, Sicily

3^rd course- Spring mixed green salad with candied pecans and pears

4^th course-Saut�ed pine nut crusted breast of chicken with lemon zest and asparagus parmesan Wine: Capestrano Verdicchio, Marche

5^th course- Apple fritters with gelato and caramel sauce Wine:Leacocks Rainwater Madeira

*Cash bar for additional alcoholic beverages*

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