One of the most popular aspects of last year’s Holiday Stroll was the Raffle. We’ll be continuing that tradition this year. Your favorite East End Shops are offering some amazing raffle prizes totalling more than $2000 in value:

Angela Adams- Canvas Mailbag ($85)
The Body Architect- One Month Membership ($165)
Carlson Turner Books- $30 gift certificate
Coffee By Design- CBD Gift Basket ($75)
Dean’s Sweets- 16-piece “Maine” mix box of truffles ($27.50)
Duckfat- T-shirt, Mug and $25 Gift Certificate
Earth & Soul Pottery- South African Banana Print
Eli Phant- Bobbin Bag ($90 value)
Ember Grove- Handmade Paper Table Lamp ($68 value)
emilie inc- Free Child’s Portrait Session ($350 value)
Ferdinand- selection of greeting cards ($30 value)
Ferricchia- $100 Service-Only Gift Certificate
Field- Porcelain Snowball
Fraser Art Studio (at the SEA Sale)- 5×5 Daily Painting of your choice
Arthur Fink- “Dance” Photobook ($24) & 3 Dance Posters ($45)
Katie Made- $50 Gift Certificate
Knitwit- “Socks from the Toe Up” book, skein of String Theory yarn and Double-Sided Needles.
Solstice Designs (at Running with Scissors)- Sterling Silver Beach Stone Bracelet ($125)
North Star Café- $25 Gift Certificate
Old Port Specialty Tile- 20″ Snowflake Mosaic Mural
Pepperclub / The Good Egg Cafe- 2 Winners! $50 Gift Certificate
Portland Fiber Gallery- $50 Gift Certificate
Rabelais- “Stir, Mixing it up in the Italian tradition” by Barbara Lynch (signed)
Residence Inn by Marriott- 2 night stay ($538)
Silly’s- Four Winners! $5 Gift Certificate and Silly’s Mug
St. Lawrence Arts Center- Year Passes for Two to The Saturday Show and Secret Lives of Comedians
Two Fat Cats- $25 Gift Certificate
Z Fabrics- $20 Gift Certificate
Zero Station- “life size” mounted image of a Fender Stratocaster guitar

To enter the raffle, all you need to do is pick up a raffle card and visit 5 shops during the Holiday Stroll on Saturday. At each shop you’ll need to have a staffperson mark that you’ve been there. Once you have 5 marks on your raffle card, you can drop it off at the business of your choice to enter thier raffle. Each business will be raffling off their own prize, and each person can enter only one business’s raffle- so choose wisely!

This will be a great way to get some of your Christmas Shopping done, or get a special treat for yourself– with none of the guilt!

*Please note that raffle prizes may change without notice, and that each shop is responsible for the handling of its own raffle.

On Sunday July 19th from 1:00 to 3:00 Duckfat and Rabelais will host author, and Boston Globe food columnist, Adam Ried as he makes us some milkshakes and signs copies of his new book Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes. Please come out and meet Adam for a fun afternoon of frosty treats. The famous Duckfat vanilla milkshake is featured in his new book, and we will be celebrating it next door at Hugo’s with a demonstration and a tasting. Adam’s book will be available for sale and he will be signing copies. The event will take place at Hugo’s, 88 Middle street, just next door to Rabelais. For more information contact Rabelais at 774 1044.

For other events on Portland’s East End, be sure to check out our calendar.

This Sunday is the 5th Annual Artists’ Studio Tour organized by the Society for East End Artists (SEA). On Sunday June 28th, artists around the neighborhood will open their studios to visitors. Many will have art for sale as well as demonstrations of their craft. You can download a map of the open studios as well as your “SEA Passport” at seaportland.org. If you get your passport stamped at 15 locations, you are entered into a raffle for many great prizes from local businesses including Rosemont Market, North Star Cafe, Coffee By Design and others.

While you are in the neighborhood, be sure to stop in some of the great shops nearby. Rabelais Books will be having a Sidewalk Sale on Sunday, and several other businesses will be open and have specials for the event.

241 Congress Street
Portland Maine 04101
207.773.4200
www.carlsonturnerbooks.com

Traditional Used/Antiquarian Bookstore in business for over 25 years. We also offer Bookbinding and have a letterpress printing and printmaking studio.

86 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
207-774-1044
www.rabelaisbooks.com

Rabelais is always serving up fine books about food, wine, farming, and gardening. We carry a sizable stock of rare, out-of-print and new books, alongside prints, photographs, and more, all concerned with the pleasures of the senses.