Grace Church Fair This Coming Saturday

This Saturday, February 4, Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street (corner of Hicks and Grace Court) will hold its annual Winterfair. From 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., you may shop for children’s clothes and toys, men’s and women’s clothing, books and CDs, sporting equipment, plants and flowers, furniture, housewares and tchatchkes. From 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the cafe will serve delicious hot luncheon entrees. Starting at 6:30 p.m., there will be a gala cocktail reception and silent auction; the theme of this year’s gala is “Russian Rhapsody.” (Disclosure: your correspondent’s wife is in charge of the auction.) Among the prizes available at auction will be goods and gift certificates from local merchants and restaurants, tickets to cultural and sporting events, antiques and art works. Admission to the Fair is free; tickets for the gala are $25 if purchased in advance from the parish office (718-624-1850), and will be available at the Fair for $30.

If you have items you would like to donate for sale at the Fair, please take them to the Church during the day today through Thursday. Books, CDs, children’s toys and clothing should be left on the stage in the downstairs gym; fleas, clothing, sports equipment, and the like should be put in the back side pews on the left of the Church. If you have items for the silent auction, please contact Martha Foley at 718-624-4306 or foley.martha@gmail.com

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  • David on Middagh

    Is “fleas” an insider term for miscellaneous ceramic tchotchkes, etc.?

  • http://selfabsorbedboomer.blogspot.com Claude Scales

    It’s a term for any household items, including ceramic tchotchkes, kitchenware, dishes, and so on. I didn’t know it was that “insider” (think of, for example, The Brooklyn Flea).

  • David on Middagh

    I understood that flea markets are called such from the days when you could expect fleas in the clothing bought there. I did not know that in the absence of actual fleas, the name had been transferred to the purchases!