ORDER tickets NOW for Empty Bowl Marketplace: there’s still time!
The Open Door Empty Bowl Marketplace has been reimagined with a new twist—a street fair-themed event at Cruiseport in Gloucester (6 Rowe Square, Gloucester MA) this Thursday, May 4, from 3:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Step through the doors and into a dining room transformed into a colorful marketplace packed with this year’s bowls. Choose your favorite bowl and then head to the lower level to bid on auction bowls, get your picture taken, and pick up your dinner from the Farmers’ Truck. The bowl will go home as a reminder that somewhere, someone’s bowl is empty.
CLICK HERE for pay-what-you-can tickets.
Each year, The Open Door Empty Bowl event raises funds for programs that keep local children fed over summer break, including Summer Meals for Kids, Mobile Market, and Food Pantries. The annual event is held in tandem with an online auction featuring one-of-a-kind, stunning bowls painted by local Cape Ann artists. To view and bid on this year’s online auction, click here.
“Anniversary Bowl” by Jeff Weaver is available for bid through The Open Door Empty Bowl 2023 online auction.
“Clamming” by Captain Sam Nigro is available for bid through The Open Door Empty Bowl 2023 online auction.
“Swan Platter” by Evelyn Stewart is available for bid through The Open Door Empty Bowl 2023 online auction.
In 2022, The Open Door helped stabilize the lives and health of 8,486 people from 4,872 households through the distribution of 1.78 million pounds of food. Learn more at FOODPANTRY.org
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